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Ed. Bolden searching for his family including his mother Emily and father Edmond Bolden

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 18, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to find my
people. I came from Tennessee
when I was only 12 years old, and
I saw my people once since the
break up. Mother was Emily and
father Edmond Bolden. Grand-
mother [Grandmother] was Ann Bolden, brother
Lee Bolden; my sister was named
Bolden. Address me, care of Rev.
Green Bragner, Hubbard City,…

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Ellen Gibson (formerly Ellen Woods) searching for her mother Jane Banks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 1, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire to inquire for my mother. Her name was Jane Banks. I was sold from my mother in Tennessee in 1861, the year the war started. My name was Ellen Woods then. My name is now Ellen Gibson, the man that sold me was named Archie Cocks, and I also had a brother by the name of William Banks. Address me at Shreveport, La., in care of…

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G. W. Beamon searching for his friend R. C. Halbrook

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 3, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for a friend of mine who left Pickens in August, 1884, and went to Tennessee, in what part I can not tell; he was a Professor and also a preacher. His name was R. C. Halbrook. Please address me, G. W. Beamon, Pickens, Holmes county, Miss.

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Rosina Nicholson searching for her son Albert Smith

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 14, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I am anxious to hear from my son Albert Smith, son David Smith. I received a letter two years ago from home, and he was in Tennessee, married, and with a family. His uncles Randall and Jordan, who resided in Georgia, say he has been gone not more than seven years. I now reside in New Orleans. Address me care of Rev. S. Priestly, of…

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B. F. Williams searching for his brother Edmond

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 31, 1882

Mr. Editor: I wish to enquire for my brother Edmond, who belonged to Widow Fox, on Tallahatchie River, Tenn. Our father, Ben Morris, died near Bolivar, Tenn, in 1860. If my brother, or any of his children, will come to me, I think I can be a help to them as I now have no children. Address me at Richmond, Texas. B. F. Williams.

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Louisa Burton searching for her extended family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 20, 1882

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my mother's people. Her name was Emsie Smith. she was sold from Lexington, Kentucky, when very small girl, aged 10 or 12 years I heard that uncle John Smith lived in St. Louis, Missouri; and uncle Fred Smith was in Baltimore with a doctor, and mother was in Louisiana. I also desire to hear from father's people. He…

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Patsey Walker (formerly Patsey Burks) searching for her daughters Julian and Jane Burks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 5, 1882

DEAR DDITOR [EDITOR] ---- I want to enquire
for my two girls I left in 1848,
Julian Burks and Jane Burks.
Julian is the oldest and Jane the
next. Julian was left in Tolberton,
Georgia, with a man named Monroe
Sanford and Jane was left in
Mississippi with Col. Burks, her
owner, and he went to Montgomery
in Alabama, and there…

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Jiles Hunley searching for his unnamed mother, sister Martha Jane, and brother George Hunley

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 3, 1881

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire,
through your valuable paper, for
my relatives, viz: Mother, sister
and brother. My mother belonged
to Betsy Anderson, who married a
man by the name of Minor Smith.
I left her about thirty years ago
for Texas. My sister's name was
Martha Jane, she belonged to the
widow Jennings who, I heard,…

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Orrin R. Clark searching for his father Dick Buford and brother Jerry Clark (formerly Jerry Norman)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 19, 1880

MR. EDITOR - - - I beg leave to
make inquiry for my brother, father,
and my wife's brothers and sisters.
My father's name is David
Clark. He belonged to Dick Buford.
He left here about five years
ago, and went to Tennessee, where
my brother lived. Brother is Jerry
Clark. He did go by the name of
Jerry Norman. He has never…

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Mary Boyd searching for her mother Mariah Thomas (formerly Mariah Puet)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 30, 1880

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire
for my mother. Her name was
Mariah Puet. She was once owned
by the Puets. She now goes by
the name of Mariah Thomas. Jack
Thomas was her husband, but he is
now dead. My name is Mary
Boyd. I left my mother in Middle
Tennessee when I was eight
years old. Please address me at
New…

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Clerry Ann Bertolotte searching for her parents, Susan and Cain Alison, and her siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 29, 1881

MR. EDITOR --- I wish to hear
from my mother or some of my
relations. My name is Clerry Ann
Alison. I was born in Greensville
Virginia. I was sold sold when I
was about sixteen years of age to
William Watkins in Petersburgh.
I and all my family formerly
belonged to Willian Wyatt. My
mother was named Susan Alison
my father…

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Isaac Adams seeking information about his brother Berry Caldwell

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 19, 1880

DEAR EDITOR ----- I wish to inquire for my brother, Berry Caldwell. He and family left South Carolina in 1870 and went to Tennessee, and myself and family came to Mississippi with brother Riley Walker. Please address me at Jackson, Miss.

ISAAC ADAMS.

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Lucinda Harrison searching for her father Jerry Pennwright, brother Jerry, and sister Maria

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 26, 1877

I will be very thankful for any
information concerning my relations.
I was raised in Middle Tennessee,
in the family of Judge Humphries.
My father and mother were named
Jerry and Caroline Pennwright. I
had a brother named Jerry and a
sister named Maria. My name was
then Lucy Pennwright. My mother
died when I was five years old,…

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James Cook looking for his father Allen Cook and mother Lydia Brinker

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 21, 1877

I wish to know concerning my
father and mother. They lived in
Tennessee. Father belonged to a
Mrs. Cook and was called Allen
Cook. Mother's name was Lydia
Brinker and she belonged to Dr.
James Charlson. Address, James
Cook, in care of Rev. G. W. Town-
send, Boerne, Kendall Co., Texas.

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Mrs. Jeannette Moore seeking information about her brother Jerry Moreland

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 9, 1877

I desire information of my brother,
Jerry Moreland, who belonged to a
family named Moreland in Middle
Tennessee. Address Mrs. Jeannette
Moore, care of J. D. Moore, Lewis-
ville, Arkansas.

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George Fielding looking for his former enslaver Mr. Roland

The Bolivar Bulletin (Bolivar, TN)

July 27, 1876

Information Wanted.
I am anxious to find my former master,
a Mr. Roland. He is a horse-trader
somewhere in West Tennessee. He can
address me at Bolivar.
jy27tf GEO. FIELDING, (col)

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Rev. R. S. Jordan looking for his mother Yillah Jordan

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 17, 1895

INFORMATION WANTED. Of
the whereabouts of my mother.
Her name is Yillah Jordan. When
last heard from see was in Ferris,
Texas. I haven't heard from her
since 1892. Her oldest daughter's
name is Adalaid. Only living
Brother is Kemp Turner Jordan,
My mother left Tennessee in 1889.
Any information of her where-
abouts will be…

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G. Alex Cooper seeking information about his brother Clayborn Cooper

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 9, 1887

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY BRO-
ther, Clayborn Cooper, who belonged
to one Thomas Cooper, of Edenton, Pitman
County, Ga., and was sold to one Thomas
O'Neal, of Tennessee, about the year of
1832. His brothers, names were Jeremiah
Cooper Wm. Alexander Cooper. He sis-
ters names, Calline Cooper and Eliza Coop-
er. The mother's name was…

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Amos Richardson (A. R.) Mitchell seeking information about his sister Betsy Mitchell (1st of 2 ads placed)

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 17, 1887

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SIS-
ter, Betsy Mitchell, who was sold in
New Orleans to Edward Summers and John
Brannon. She was a little girl when she
left Tennessee in 1860. Her father and
mother were Gabriel and Emeline Mitchell.
Amos Richardson Mitchell, Mineral
Springs, Ark.

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SIS-
ter, Betty Mitchell. She…

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Mrs. Lucy Windly searching for her brother Adam Call

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 4, 1884

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY BROTH-
er, Adam Call. He left Jacksonville,
Fla , with his master, W. M. Piles, for
Tennessee, to wait on him during the war.
My mother's name was Fannie Moody
She only had four children, viz, Harry,
Charles, Lucy and Adam Piles. Brother
afterwards changed his name to Adam Call.
The last we heard of him he was in…

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Caroline Holloway looking for her mother's family

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 22, 1884

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY PEOPLE.
They lived near Sparta, Tenn., and be-
longed to the Austin's. My mother's name
was Cloa Austin. She is now dead. My
mother had a brother. Peter or Harry Aus-
tin; she had a sister Violet, and one named
Celia. My grandmother's name was Fan-
nie; they all belonged to the Austins. My
mother was carried from…

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Rev. J. F. Cox searching for his brother Wilson Cox

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 10, 1884

INFORMATION WANTED OF THE
whereabouts of Brother Wilson Cox, who
left Louisiana in 1865. Last I head of him
he was in the State of Tenn. A minister of
gospel in the Baptist church, I was told he
used to live in the State of Arkansas. His
mother is living at Bayonbonoff[?], St Mary
Parish, La. He had three brothers, Milton,
Harvey and…

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A. Jones seeking information as to the whereabouts of his father Henry Jones

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 14, 1883

INFORMATION WANTED OF THE
whereabouts of Henry Jones father of An-
drew and Washington Jones, and some
eight sisters, all of Tennessee. Their older
children and the mother died, and the
father moved to the State of Mississippi
and has not been seen or heard of since
His son, A. Jones, wants to know his
whereabouts. Any information…

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Sallie Fine seeking information about her children Mary and William Branan

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 5, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED of my
son, William Branan, and my daughter
Mary Branan, who, sometime before the
war was sold to Ben Branan in Texas
who thereafter moved to Tennessee and
my son and daughter with them. Nothing
has been heard of them since. We all,
before the separation in Texas, belonged
to Jonathan Fine, hence the change of
their…

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P. H. Hall searching for his father David West and mother Lavinia West and several siblings

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 5, 1891

INFORMATION WANTED.--Of my
relatives, father David West and mother
Lavinia West. I left my father in middle
Tennessee. Brother's name, Job Sheaves.
Sister, Nancy Blueford: brothers Samuel
Smith and David Wake Information
will be thankfully received by P. H. Hall,
Hope, Lavaca Co., Tex.

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