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Sallie Reeves searching for her mother, father, and brother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 11, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to find my
father, mother and brother. I left
them in York District, S. C. My
father's name was Wilson Gordon,
my mother Ann Gordon, and my
brother Wilson Gordon, jr. I
heard that they were in Mississippi.
My name is Sallie Reeves. I was
brought here by Isaac Tipping. My
sister Charlotte is here with me. …

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Sophie Johnson (formerly Sophia Eddings) searching for her sister Eveline

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 19, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my sister Eveline. My brother
was taken from her in Montgomery.
She belonged to a man named Wm.
Lipscomb, but when last heard
from she was living with a Mr.
Brassfield, who married our young
Miss Jane. Myself and our brother
Thomas belonged to Mr. William
Edings, with whom we came to
Texas. …

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Peter Vinson and Peggy Vinson searching for their daughter Emma

The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)

May 31, 1866

NOTICE!
PETER AND PEGGY VINSON, (COLORED,)
of Halifax County, wish to obtaln information of
their child, named Emma, commonly called
"Poss." She formerly belonged to Mr. Chas.
Henderson, of Mississippi, and was brought and
left by him in Lincolnton, N. C.
She is dark…

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Henry White searching for the Samson Wilkerson family

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 20, 1907

Do You Know Them?

Carbondale, Ill., Feb. 12, `07.

My Dear Brother:

Being unacquainted with any one
in your city, I am writing you,
through your Postmaster, this letter
of inquiry in regard to some of my
relatives who may live in that coun-
try. I refer to the Samson Wilker-
son family (colored).
I am the son of Sofa Wilkerson…

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Betsey Williamson wishes to find her brother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 14, 1884

MR. EDITOR––I wish to find my
brother. I left him in Mississippi.
His name is Jeff. Brower, and I
understand that he belongs to the
M. E. Church. There were three
children of us, two sisters add one
brother. My sister is Chaney Hale.
If there is a brother of that
name I would like to know. Write
me at St. James Church, Houston,…

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Cornelius Washington searches for his sister

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 13, 1884

DEAR EDITOR--I desire to in-
quire for my sister whom I left in
Clinton, La., in 1831. She lived
then 3 miles below Clinton, La.;
and belonged to Frank Dixon. I
belonged to Lou Allen Dixon and
she belonged to Franklin Dixon,
in 1831 I was waiting-boy in Clin-
ton for Jim Bailey. At that time
her name was Minerva; she then
had 5 children,…

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Diannah White looking for her sons

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 17th, 1887

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SONS, George Washington House, Wm. White and Henry McGhee. William and Henry left me at Marianna; George at Memphis, Tenn. I was sold in South Carolina to K I Ferguson, who brought me to Mississippi and afterward sold me to a man by the name of Hugh McGhee. For the last twenty years I have been living at Marianna, Lee…

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Arthur White

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

September 23, 1893

I would like to know the whereabouts of my
mother and brothers. I was born in Tennessee
and left my mother and one brother there in
'68. I then went to St. Louis, Cincinnati,
Lewisville, and to Lexington in '72 I ran on
steamer from Nashville to Cairo, Ill. I belonged
to a man by the name of Davis Seals;
youngest brother's name was…

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Maria Warmley (formerly Maria Colwell) seeking information about her father Charles, mother Sarah Ann, and siblings

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

October 14, 1893

When I saw my folks last they were living in
Mississippi with Dr. Roston. My father was
named Charles my mother Sarah Ann. My sis-
ters [sisters] were Manda Eliza Matie, Mary, Kit and
Charity the baby. My brothers were George
and Gilbert. When I left my name was Maria
Colwell and I belonged to Marthia Colwell.
Lenzy Aliner brought me to…

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Mrs. Clara Bashop seeking information about her daughter Patience (2nd of 4 ads)

St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)

October 2, 1892

HUNTING HER CHILD.
A Former Slave Still in Search of Her
Lost Daughter.
New York, Oct. 1. - For thirty three years
Mrs. Clara Bashop of Morristown, N. J., has
been searching for her lost daughter, and she
is searching still. Tears have often flowed
over the woes of Uncle Tom, but her story is
sadder and more pathetic than the one…

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Unnamed father searching for his daughter Rachael

The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)

August 25, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED,
OF RACHAEL, a young Mulatto Woman, who was
sold in this city in the Spring of 1864, to Mr. ---Moore
by Mrs. Mary Ann Baldwin, of Mississippi. Informa-
tion [Information] of her whereabouts, left with us will be thankful-
ly [thankfully] received by her father.
TAYLOR, GREENE & ALLEN,
aug25 18 Perry Street.

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Rufus Rollings searching for his mother Letty and his siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 15, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- I was the last one sold out of nine in 1860. My mother and eight children were sold in Clarksville, Tenn., to Clark Cummings, a speculator. Mother was sold to Thomas Hughes, near Clarksville. The youngest one, Eveline, is dead. The next, Major, was sold the same day I was. I can't tell where he was taken to. I heard he went to…

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Robert Howard searching for his sister Elizabeth Harter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 8, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my sister, Elizabeth Harter. We belonged to W. W. Harter. Before the war we lived in Marengo Co., Alabama. The last time I saw her was in Marengo county in 1855. I left there then and moved to Jackson county, Mississippi. I wrote Mr. W.W. Harter, our former owner, and he wrote me that sister had moved to…

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Maria Applewhite (formerly Maria Anderson) searching for her mother Phillis, father Haskin, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 25, 1880

DEAR EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my mother, father, two sisters and two brothers. Father belonged to Claiborne Anderson. Mother, one sister, one brother and myself were sold by John Brooks in Mason Co., Ky., and I was brought to Mississippi by Chas. Diwit about 35 years ago. I don't know where the sister is tha was sold with me. My mother's…

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Sally and John Parum searching for their children John, Amelia, and Henrietta Parum

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 4, 1880

DEAR EDITOR--I left a son, John Parum, and two daughters, Amelia and Henrietta Parum, at Sulphur Springs, Texas. We belonged to John D. Wyatt, who moved to Texas from Mississippi before the war. Any information concerning them will be gratefully received by their father and mother. SALLY PARUM, JOHN PARUM.

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Handy Gales searching for his uncles Frank Walker and Rind Thomas

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 24, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my uncle, Frank Walker. He left Alabama in 1873 with his wife, Hattie, and son, Anderson, and went to the Mississippi bottoms. Also for uncle Rind Thomas, his three sons, Moses, Aaron and James; two daughters, Sylvia and Maria, and wife, Fanny. They left Alabama in 1867, and went to the Mississippi bottoms. My…

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James Beaver searching for his mother's father Stephen Thomas, mother Priscilla Thomas, and her siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 24, 1880

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my mother's kindred. Her father's name was Stephen Thomas; mother's, Priscilla Thomas; brother's Robert, Stephen, James, Henry, and Andrew Jackson; sister's, Virginia, Martha, Matilda and Louisa. Virginia was drowned in James river. Martha belonged to Albert Thomas, of Culpepper county, Va. Matilda and Louisa…

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S. L. Griffitts searching for his oldest sister Hetty and youngest brother George Washington Griffitts

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 7, 1887

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my oldest sister and my youngest brother. Sister was named Hetty, father was Solomon McGhee and belonged to old John McGhee; mother was named June, though everybody called her Aunt Jenny; she and six children belonged to old John Black; after Mr. Black died my mother and her children were divided out among his…

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Julius McCarter searching for his father Julius Dickerson, mother Cholra McKnight, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 8, 1888

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my people, whom I have not seen since before the war. Father was named Julius Dickerson, as well as I can remember. Mother was named Chlora McKnight. They both belonged to different owners and they went by their names. Father stuttered a great deal while talking. The man who owned my mother used to drink…

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Riley Walker (formerly Riley Caldwell) searching for his brother Sam Blake and relative Fannie Blake

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 16, 1881

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my brother, Sam Blake and Fannie Blake. John Blake brought them from Chester, South Carolina to Arkansas in the year 1856 Sam was named after father. Their mother was Lockey Mallory. I went by the name of Riley Caldwell. Our father was Sam Caldwell. I came from South Carolina in the year 1870 to Mississippi. I…

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Peter Fair seeking his sister Mrs. Hannah Hughes

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 23, 1881

DEAR EDITOR -- I desire information of my sister -- Mrs. Hannah Hughes, who left South Carolina 15 or 18 years before the war, with James Hughes and his mother. They went to Mississippi. Hannah Hughes there married Gilbert Gage, and was in Mississippi when I left heard of her. PETER FAIR. Lonoke, Arkansas.

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J. G. Webb searching for his brother John Lee Webb

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 29, 1880

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to inquire for my brother, John Lee Webb, who left here the last of June 1879, and said that he was going to the Mississippi bottoms, and from the time he left nothing has been heard from him. If any one can give any information of him please address me at College Hill, Lafayette Co., Miss. J. G. WEBB.

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Fannie Wells seeking her mother Fannie Haman and sister Katie Haman

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 12, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to inquire for my relatives. My mother's name was Fannie Haman; sister Katie Haman; we moved from Mississippi to Louisiana. I was brought back from Mississippi by my owner Henry Barlow, and left her in Claiborne parish, La., near the Arkansas line. She was taken from Louisiana to Texas, by Dock Haman, and there sold, but I do…

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Araby Roser seeking their parents Belgia and Betsy Roser

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 26, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my relatives. My father's name was Belgia Roser, mother's Betsy Roser, my brother's name were: John, Burrel and Henry Roser, my sister Florence Roser. They all belonged to J. B. Neclests. I was sold to a Negro trader in Louisiana, my mother was sold five years before I was. I heard that she was in Mississippi.…

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Bettie Lee seeking her siblings Harriet, Eliza, Bob, Sidney, Aaron, and Sarah Jane

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 7, 1889

Mr. Editor: Please allow me to inquire for my people whom I left in Tennessee when I was four years old. My mother's name was Peggie Weir; she belonged to a man by the name of Jimmy Weir. She had seven children, two boys and five girls; Bob and Aaron. My oldest sister's name was Harriet; my name is Bettie; I am next to my oldest sister. There is…

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