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Charley Shelton searching for his brothers, sisters, and relatives
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 14, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire through you for brothers, sisters and relatives. My mother's name was Matilda Earhart and father's Dan Earhart. I had a sister, Vickey, and a brother, Jim, that I remember. I left my mother and sister in the State of Georgia with old man Earhart. My father, my brother and a woman by the name of Sara was brought to…
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John Mayo searching for his brother's wife Susan Dun and two kids
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 8, 1879
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my brother's wife and two boys. His wife's name is Susan Dun and the two boys were Edward and Oscar. Her husband went by the name of Oscar Coopwood, and was carried off from here three years before the surrender to Texas, by his young master, Benton Coopwood. In 1865 she and her two children lived in a little…
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Anthony Echoles searching for his mother Julia Echoles, two brothers, and sister
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 7, 1879
MR. EDITOR—I am seeking the whereabouts of Mother, two brothers and one sister. Mother's name is Julia Echoles; sister's Ellen; brothers' Lowen and Tom Echoles. I received a letter from her in the year 1870. She was then living in Desoto Co., near Cold Water Springs, Miss. I have not heard from her since we used to belong to Larkin Echoles. I was…
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Harriet Bedford searching for her mother Easter Hall and father Henry Hall
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
October 25, 1888
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my people. My mother's name was Easter Hall. Father's was Henry Hall. I had three brothers William, Emanuel and Oliver Hall Bro. William and Sister Charlotte were sold before I-was, but don't know to whom. Mother was set free at the death of her old mistress. She had one daughter after she was free. I left her in…
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Annie Carpenter searching for her brothers Anthony and Ned Carpenter
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 18, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I write to find the whereabouts of my brothers, Anthony and Ned Carpenter. My mother's name is Rebecca and father's Sam Carpenter. I'm servant of Isaac Carpenter. Coleman Carpenter took one of my brothers to Georgia from Anderson county, North Carolina: Coleman Carpenter died and his wife sold him to Bill Bell. They say that he is now…
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George Terry seeking his sister Lucy
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 14, 1888
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my sister Lucy. She was raised in Virginia many years ago and sold to a Negro trader when I was quite young. The man that raised us was Daniel Terry; our mother was named Sallie; she belonged to the same man. Our mother died when we were quite young, and our farther was named Moses. He belonged to Jessie…
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Rebecca Lord searching for her siblings Madison, James Alvest, Eliza Elizabeth, and Ellen Mahoney Lord
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 24, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire about some of my lost relatives. I have two brothers and two sisters. My brothers are named Madison Lord and James Alvest Lord. When last heard from they were living in Bayou Sara, La. My oldest sister. Eliza Elizabeth Lord, when last heard from was somewhere in Alabama. My other sister, Ellen Mahoney Lord, when last…
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Emily Curtten searching for her husband Jacob Fendel and son Ned Jackson
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 18, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my husband and son, who left during the war. Husband's name is Jacob Fendel: he belonged to Jacob Fendel. Son's name is Ned Jackson: he belonged to Mr. Thad Stanley. Husband lived within two miles of Sparta. My daughter Lucy is with me. My son Green Brown died at Smithville, DeKalb Co., Tenn. Any information will…
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Darthulia Minor searching for her daughter Edna Jerrett
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 8, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I have a lost daughter named Edna Jerrett. She went away with Dr. J. Robinson the last year of the war. When last heard from she was in Browns- ville [Brownsville], Jackson county, Ala. Her father's name is Jerry Chalmers. When she went off I belonged to the same family of Jerretts. I went off with Dr. Jerome Summerfield Jerrett. He…
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Richard Woods searching for his mother Lucy Hankins
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 19, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to make inquiry for my mother. She was sold in Lunenburg Co., Virginia, by Joe Hankins to Silas Woods. I was sold at the same time, but when Woods came after us Hankins bought me back from him, but let him take my mother. They sold her to some trader, and as I was only seven years old I cannot recollect much about it. Three…
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Mrs. Bettie Howell searching for her siblings Ann, Caroline, and Ben Warren
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 8, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I desire information of my long lost relatives, sisters and brother. My sisters' names were Ann and Caroline Werren, and my brother's Ben Warren. Our mothers' name was Nancy and father's Ben Warren. Our sister Ann was sold to a man on Red River by the name of Arthur. Sister Caroline was carried to North Carolina by a Methodist…
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W. M. Steward searching for his mother Mary Burans and his siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 31, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I wish information about my mother and sisters. I have two sisters, Mary and Eliza. Mother's name is Mary Burans. My brothers' names are Patrick and Pary Augustus. I left them in Russville, Kentucky, thirty years ago and have never heard from them. They all belonged to Mr. Burans. Any information will be thankfully received. Address…
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Sarah Baker (formerly Sarah Sibeley) searching for her mother Polly, father Dick Cash, and siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 24, 1879
Dear Editor—I want to find my kin people. I left them in Matthews country, Virginia. My mother’s name is Polly. She belonged to Bod Sibley. My father belonged to Billy Brumby; his name was Dick Cash. My older sister’s name is Rosetta, the next Judy. When I left them I went by the name of Sarah Sibeley, but now I am Sarah Baker. My next sister’s…
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Reverend Samuel Ginyard searching for his wife's brother John Young
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 31, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I desire information concerning my wife's brother, John Young. My wife is named Margaret. John Young used to live in Kansas. The last we heard of him he belonged to J. W. Lock, in Sumter Co., Alabama. Henderson Pierson, my nephew, I left in Meridian, Miss. We used to belong to Silas Ruff, in South Carolina. Millie Donald lived in…
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Eddie Manuel (formerly Eve Gregg) searching for her children January and Beckey Grimbol
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 16, 1889
DEAR EDITOR: I would like [undecipherable] make an inquiry to see if you ca[undecipherable] find out where my children a[undecipherable] They left me in Mattersville, Mis[undecipherable] and used to belong to Mr. Gu[undecipherable]bol. One was January Grimb[undecipherable] and was sold to a Mr. Johns [undecipherable] Georgia in the year of…
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George Knowles (formerly George Bates) seeking his brothers James Bethel and Stephen Fight
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
January 19, 1888
MR. EDITOR—I wish to find my brothers, James Bethel and Stephen Fight, and Mary Bates and Malinda Stokes. I left them in DeCalb county, Tenn. My father's name was Woolsey Givens and my sister Sallie Givens. They belonged to Mr George Givens. My name is George Bates My wife is Lou Bates; her brother Gidd Buttoner. I wish to find also Mr. Tom…
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Mrs. Martha Brown searching for her father Caesar Jackson
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 10, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I desire information concerning my father, Caesar Jackson, who was sold from Richmond, Va., about twenty years ago. When last heard from he was in Arkansas. He wrote to mother that if she would come to him he would send for her. We have not heard from him since. Any information concerning him will be thankfully received by his eldest…
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J. J. Wright searching for George Young
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 8, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I would like to find one George Young was was taken from his mother immediately after the war, at the Ferguson place, near Cheneyville, Bayou Bœuf, while she was on her way to Alexandria. His mother's name is Ann. He was only 4 or 5 years old when taken. They used to belong to Lasteel Young. His mother would be more than happy if she…
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M. A. E. Tolbert (formerly Martha Ann Elizabeth Brooks) searching for her mother Elizabeth Brooks
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 19, 1879
MR. EDITOR--I am seeking the whereabouts of my mother. I left her in St. Mary parish, La., about the year 1860. Her name is Elizabeth Brooks. She had a little boy, William, about two years old when I left. We formerly belonged to Solomon Levi. I nursed awhile for Mrs. Capt. Atkinson. Her husband ran the steamboat T.D. Hiues. After this Rosa Levi,…
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John Medlock (formerly Jack Medlock) searching for his father George McField and his siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 12, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire about my father, brother and sister. Fathers name was George McField; brothers George M. Balaguer, sisters Margret. She married Wm. Dobby. I left father near Atlanta Ga, August, 1860, and brother about the same time near Decatur Ga. I left sister and husband in Chattanooga, Tenn, in the year 1865. I belonged to Tom…
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Mrs. Evileana Epps searching for her husband's sister Bettie Epps
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 5, 1879
MR. EDITOR: I want to see if I can find my husband's sister. Her name is Bettie Epps. She was carried from Brazoria Co., Texas, to Austin, Travis Co., Texas, by a white man named Judge Robert Thomas. Her mother's name was Nancy Epps. She has two brothers, Freeland and Moses Epps. Freeland Epps is my husband. She has four sisters, Emma, Nellie,…
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Jack Jones seeking his parents Paul and Caroline Jones
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 14, 1888
I wish to inquire for my relations that I left in Georgetown, Scott Co., Ky., forty years ago. My father's name was Paul Jones and my mother's name was Caroline Jones and belonged to a Mr. Moses Thomas. I had two sisters, Emily and Amanda. We were four brothers: Doctor, Duncan, Jack and Nathan, (the baby boy.) My master had two brothers to my…
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London Morris searching for his mother Ann, father Fanshon Cox, and siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 12, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I want some information about my people. Mother's name was Ann, fathers Fanshon Cox, and they belonged to Dr. Morris, Caroline Co., Virginia. My sister Caroline was one year and a half younger than I am; another, Lucy Grimes, married a free man. I had a brother, Randall Morris; Jeff belonged to Hector Davis and came to Louisiana in…
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Nelson Ray searching for his wife Lucinda Jemison and children
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 15, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to enquire about my wife and children. They were owned by Dr. John Tarlton, who lived at Bayou Boeuf, below Morgon City or Brashear. He sold them to a man that carried them to Texas. I have heard that it was Alleyton, Colorado, but but do not know certainly. My wife's name was Lucinda Jemison before I had her. We had seven…
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R. B. Isam searching for Taylor McEwan and Coleman McEwan
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 31, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—Taylor McEwen and Coleman McEwen went away from Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss , in 1863, and I desire to know where they are. They used to belong to Asa McEwen, and one of the boys is named Louis McEwen. Please write to me at Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss. R. B. ISAM.
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