Edward Gant (formerly Halestock) searching for his mother, Octavia, who was enslaved by Johnson Jordan. Gant was born around 1848 and sold to John Gant who took him to Texas in 1853.
"Edward Gant (formerly Halestock) searching for his mother," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), July 21, 1881, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed September 19, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/lastseen312/items/show/4163
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