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William Body searching for his brothers Dick, Jim, and Joe

The Columbia Herald (Columbia, TN)

February 25, 1870

INFORMATION WANTED.

The undersigned formerly belonged to Collins
Stokes, in Lunenburg County, Va., who
had three children, Marse Henry Stokes, Marse
Richard Stokes, and Miss Susan Stokes. If
any of them are living, I would be glad if they
would write to me and let me know what has become
of my three brothers, Dick, Jim and Joe,…

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Ben Batchelor searching for his mother, Lucy McNiel

The Daily American (Nashville, TN)

July 24, 1888

WANTED—Thankfully to receive informa-
tion concerning the whereabouts of my
mother. Lucy McNiel, colored. BEN BATCHE-
LOR. 208 South Summer street.

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Sydney Elliott and Eliza Cannon searching for their sons Sidney and Harrison

The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)

March 22, 1866

Of my two sonss, Sidney and Harrison who belonged to Olean. Cannon, who formerly lived in Shelbyville, Bedford county Tenn., and were sold to Goodbar, a trader, and when last heard from were in Montgomery, Ala. The oldest one is about 26 years of age. My name is Sidney. When they left I belonged to a man by the name of Elliott. Information of…

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Robert Williams searching for his son Daniel

The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)

March 22, 1866

Of my son, Daniel, 15 or 16 years of age, who formerly belonged to Clinton Williams, Marshal county, Tenn., and subsequently to Harvey McRory. When last heard from was living in Memphis, Tenn. I am at present living at Unionville, Bedford county, Tenn., where I can be addressed, or the desired information can be sent to the Colored Tennessean,…

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James Lawrence searching for his wife Margaret Lawrence

Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN)

August 21, 1867

WANTED.
INFORMATION OF THE WHEREA-
BOUTS [WHEREABOUTS] of my wife, Margaret Lawrence, (colored) who
left Knoxville in June last to go to Georgia in search of her
father, who goes by the name of James Warden and James
Marshall. Nothing has been heard of said Margaret since
she left this place. It is supposed she has gone to Middle…

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Wesley Torry reunited with his wife after 21 years

Public Ledger (Memphis, TN)

June 28, 1882

ROMANTIC MEETING.

An Aged Colored Couple Renew
Acquaintance After Twenty-one
Years’ Separation.

San Antonio Express, 25.

Wesley Torry, an old and well
known colored man of this city, had
the pleasure last Saturday evening of
meeting his wife, whom he had not
seen before in twenty-one years, during
slavery times. An attempt of…

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Mrs. Lizzie Wilson searching for Linard Wilson

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

November 28, 1913

NOTICE OF INQUIRY.
To the Many Readers of the Globe.
I inquire for the whereabouts of
one Linard Wilson. He was born
and reared in Nashville. I have
not heard from him for seven years.
If any one can inform me of his
whereabouts I will appreciate it to
the highest.
Yours truly,
MRS LIZZIE WILSON,
3402 Pine St.,
St. Louis Mo.

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Mrs. Mary Jane Gilliam searching for her brother William Gilliam

Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

August 11, 1911

Looking For William Gilliam.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug 5, 1911.
Dear Friends:
Does anybody know the where-
abouts [whereabouts] of my brother, William Gil-
liam [Gilliam], from Battle Creek, Tenn. I
would like to know if he is living, or if
dead; if he has any family surviving
him. He has a brother by the name
of Brown Gilliam.
I will be…

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Martin Lucas searching for relatives and former fellow servicemembers

Globe (Nashville, TN)

February 7, 1908

LOOKING FOR RELATIVES.
A letter received from Kingsbury,
Texas, contains a request that will
possibly be of some interest to some
one in Nashville. The letter comes
from Mr. Martin Lucas, who is now in
Texas. It seems that Mr. Lucas some
years ago lived in Tennessee and was
associated in the army with George
Rosh, Charley Andrews…

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Edward Green searching for his aunts and uncles

Globe (Nashville, TN)

December 3, 1909

LOST RELATIVE.

I am desirous of locating my brother,
last heard of was in Pine Bluff,
Ark. His name is Edward Riley,
55 years old and born in Barnsville,
S. C. I understand he has a large
family and any information furnished
of his whereabouts will be gladly received
by S. S. Green, his brother,
Room 318, Lannom Bldg,…

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Brown London searching for his uncles

Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

February 2, 1917

Brown London Looking
for Relatives
A communication received from
Brown London of Clarksville, Tenn.,
wants to know if any one in Nash-
ville or any other part of the coun-
try where the Nashville Globe is
read, can give him an information
as to the present whereabouts of
John McCraty, Sam McCraty, Green
McCraty, or eWst…

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Mrs. Mary Ann Coleman searching for her sister Birdie Thomas

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

January 12, 1917

WHO KNOWS BIRDIE THOMAS?
A letter has just been reeceived in
Nashville in which the writer, Mrs.
Mary Ann Coleman of Switchback, W.
Va., in making a careful inquiery, try-
ing to locate her sister Birdie. She
says she is willing to pay a liberal re-
ward to any one who will succeed in
locating her. Those who know of her
last…

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Mrs. Victoria Hullum searching for relatives of her father, William Wigg Young

Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

September 18, 1908

SEARCHING FOR RELATIVES
The postmaster of Nashville, Maj.
A. W. Wills sent to the Nashville
Globe ahis week a letter from Pass
Christian Miss. The writer of the
letter is Mrs. Victoria Hullum. The
lady in question has reasons to be-
lieve that she has in Nashville some
relatives, or that some one in and
about Nashville can assist…

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Wm. Wilson searching for his mother Lizzie Ross

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

April 19, 1918

MR. WILL WILSON OF SOUTH
PITTSBURGH, TENN., WANTS TO
FIND HIS MOTHER MRS. LIZZIE
ROSS.
I am the older son of my mother,
Lizzie Ross, known at Jacksonville,
Ala., Jackson County, on the Wyley
Cotton farm as Lizzie Jack. She
left or was taken from me when I
was a little boy and now I am a man
50 odd years of age. I had a…

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Mrs. Margaret Rollins searching for her uncle, James Mitchell

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

March 23, 1917

WHERE IS JAMES MITCHELL?
Shreveport, La., Feb. 24, 1917.
To The Fraternal Monitor,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dear Mr. Editor:
I would like to ask if you or any
of your readers can tell me the pres-
ent whereabouts of James Mitchell, a
son of Mrs. Millie Benden and a half-
brother of Allen Lee. In slavery time
the family was owned by…

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Rev. J.R. Ruffin [Rev. Jeremiah R. Ruffin] searching for John Ruffin

Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

October 17, 1913

INQUIRING FOR RELATIVES.
Philadelphia, Penn., Sept. 29, 1913.
Rev. R. H. Boyd:
Dear Sir and Brother—I am writ-
ing you asking you if you know of
a man in your city by the name of
John Ruffin. I am inquiring to try
and find him. My father was born in
King and Queen County, Va., owned
by Col. Alexander Fleet. His fath-
er's name was Lewis…

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Mrs. J. T. Gayton searching for her sister Annie Scott and relative Magnolia Scott

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

July 29, 1910

SEEKING RELATIVES.
436 No. 26th Avenue,
Seattle, Wash., July 7, 1910.
To the Pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Nashville, Tenn.:
My Dear Sir: Will you please make
inquiry in your church for my rela-
tive, Magnolia Scott? I left there
when a mere child, with a white fam-
ily, Lawyer Maxwell. I left a small
sister in your city by the name…

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Mr. King Bird searching for his mother

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

November 22, 1907

SEEKING RELATIVES.
The Nashville Globe is in receipt of
a letter from New Castle, Wash.,
dated November 7. It comes from
one Mr. King Bird, who is looking for
his lost relatives. The letter reads
in part as follows: "I would like to
ask a favor of you, and it is that you
please lend me some assistance in
locating my relatives. I left…

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Willie Annie Marina searching for Marina relatives

Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

June 9, 1911

LOST RELATIVES.
To the Nashville Globe:
Will you please assist me in finding
some of my people whom I suppose
must be living in Nashville, or some
part of Tennessee? The name of the
family that I am looking for is Ma-
rina. One of their names is Jerry
Marina, another is David Marina, while
my father's name is Ben Marina. My
name is…

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Mr. Toney (or Tony) Black searching for his mother Malinda Palmer and two sisters Elvie and Marie Wade

Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

May 1, 1908

ANOTHER LETTER OF INQUIRY.
The Globe is in receipt of a letter
written at Caster, Miss., in which the
writer asks that a notice be put in the
paper to assist in finding lost relatives.
The writer is Mr. Toney Black, who is
inquiring for his two sisters and
mother. The sisters were named
Elvie Wade and Marie Wade. They
used to live in…

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Mrs. Lucy King searching for her brother and sisters

Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

June 24, 1910

LOST RELATIVES.
I am inquiring about my brother Wal-
ace and sisters, Minnerva and Juda
Braxton, who were sold from Hamp-
ton, Va., by Mr. Karry S. Jones a
great many years before the Civil
War. I was told that one man bought
them all. Our father and mother
were Robert and Malvina Braxton.
I am their sister Lucy. Each has a
daughter…

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Mrs. Jane Hanford searching for her half-brother, William Boyd

Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

June 16, 1911

LOOKING FOR LOST RELATIVE.
St. Louis, Mo.
To Editor Nashville Globe:
I am inquiring about a brother of
mine, or I will say a half-brother, by
the name of William Boyd. I am his
half-sister, and if you know any
Boyds among your friends and ac-
quaintances would you be so pleased
as to inquire? He is the son of Brit-
ton Boyd. His…

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Rev. Samuel A. Franklin searching for his Franklin/Boves family

Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

March 5, 1909

TO FIND RELATIVES.
There have been separations in
many families, most of this being
brought about by the conditions that
prevailed during the days of recon-
struction or soon after the emancipa-
tion. Father was separated from
wife, mother from daughter, sister
from brother, and so on. A case of this
has come to light now: Rev.…

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Matilda Waricks (formerly Matilda Woods) searching for her parents

The Bolivar Bulletin (Bolivar, TN)

January 29, 1870

WANTED TO KNOW.-Matilda Waricks,
formerly Matilda Woods, colored, of Burl
ington, Kansas, desires us to advertise for
her the whereabouts of her parents; she
says her father belonged to a man named
Futrell and her mother to Fennel Woods, of
this county. Call at this office for informa-
tion.

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Worden Scott searching for his father

Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)

July 11, 1878

Worden Scott, colored, of Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, desires to learn the whereabouts of his
father, John Scott, who is somewhere in Ar-
kansas, possibly not far from Memphis, Ten-
nessee. He was sold seventeen years ago by
Major Benjamin W. Shacklet, of Etna, Scot-
land county, Missouri, to one Biggs, of Mem-
phis, Tennessee. He is of a…

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