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- Newspaper: Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
David Eason searching for his brother Dorsey Eason
Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
February 18, 1904
Seeks Information.
David Eason, colored, of Roxobel, N.
C., writes the Mayor for information of
his brother, Dorsey Eason, who was sold
here several years before the war. Any
information will be gladly received by
the brother.
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Fanny Strong searching for her parents Joe and Sallie and her siblings Sucky, Dollie, Rachel, Joseph, and Green or her former enslaver's family
Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
May 13, 1907
Lost and Found.
WANTED, TO FIND MY RELATIVES
or former owner's family. I was sold
in Richmond, Va., in the days of
slavery. My father was named Joe,
and my mother was named Sallie. I
had three sisters--Sucky was the old-
est [oldest], and one named Dollie, and one
named Rachel; two brothers--one
named Joseph and one named Green.…
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Arena Ross seeking Bettie Sammony, Pete Flemings, Ned, John Harrison, Ben Sammons, Peggie Hardinay, and Rachel Sammons
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
January 9, 1906
Wants to Find Her People.
A negress named Arena Ross, of Cross
Plains, Tenn., has written Detective Tom-
linson [Tomlinson], asking for some information re-
garding [regarding] lost relatives. She wrote as fol-
lows [follows]:
Cross Plains, Tenn.,
January 1, 1906.
"Dear Sir,—I wish you to inquire of my
family and would be glad if you…
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Lillian S. Clayton searching for former slaves of William W. Standley
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
September 15, 1916
Information Wanted
of former slaves of William W.
Standley, of Port Royal. Sold with-
out owner's consent, 1859.
MRS. LILLIAN S. CLAYTON,
5112 Delancey Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Esther Overby searching for General Grant Royster
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
September 17, 1905
Where is Grant Royster?
Following is an appeal for the finding
of a certain Grand Royster, whom a sub-
scriber [subscriber] is anxious to locate:
"Will anybody who happens to know
the whereabouts of General Grant Roy-
ster [Royster] (colored), more generally called
"Grant" Royster, please have the kind-
ness [kindness] of heart to inform…
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George Crawford searching for Mag Crawford and Merinda Crawford
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
June 19, 1910
Lost and Found.
REWARD FOR INFORMATION CON-
cerning [concerning] Mag and Merinda Crawford,
who belonged to Jacob Woodson, of
Richmond, Va., who owned a livery
stable on Broad Street before the
war. His son, Chesterfield Woodson,
a lawyer, who owned me, moved to
Harrisonburg, Va. Please address
GEORGE CRAWFORD, Hearne, Tex.
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Mary Ann Brown searching for her husband Israel Brown
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
June 19, 1910
INFORMATION WANTED—IF ISRAEL
Brown, who was a slave belonging
to William Fulcher, of Hanover
county, Va., and was sold in Rich-
mond [Richmond] during slavery, is still living,
please write to his wife, MARY ANN
BROWN, care of Mr. Roy McChes-
ney [McChesney], Montpelier, Hanover county, Va.
June 17, 1910.
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