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Richard A. McVea searching for his brother Jim Aiken
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 1, 1880
DEAR EDITOR —I wish to inquire for my brother who left Fairfield District, South Carolina, about 1865, with the Yankees and said he was going to Texas to look for us. I have never heard a word from him since. His name is Jim Aiken; his mother's Catherine Aiken ; father's James McVea. He may go by father's name. Robert Mc-Vea [McVea], our old…
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Rev. C. Monroe looking for his brother Oscar Jones
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 8, 1882
DEAR EDITOR: I desire to find my brother. His name was Oscar Jones. His father was Oscar, and two sisters Caroline and Emily, used to belong Capt. W. M. Kelley who lived in East Baton Rouge Parish. Oscar went off during the war, and I have heard from him but once since; he wrote to sister Emily about five years ago. She then lived in Baton Rouge.…
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Ed Williams searching for his brothers Andrew and Washington Dabbs
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 15, 1889
Mr. Editor: "I wish to inquire through your valuable paper for the whereabouts of my two brothers, Washington and Andrew Dabbs. They and I are natives of Washington, Tenn. Is ante bellum days brother Washington was sold to one Jos. Dabbs, whose name he thereafter bore (having borne the name Stephen prior thereto), and brother Andrew went with the…
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Lucinda Vanslyke (formerly Lucinda Felterman) searching for her daughter Anna Felterman
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 4, 1889
MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my daughter, who left me when she was twelve years old. Her name was Anna Felterman. I had another daughter whose name was Laura. She left Breashear City July 3, 1863, with a Yankee captain, by name M. S. Tyler, captain in a colored regiment. The last time I heard from her she was in New York City, doing well,…
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Matthew Thompson searching for his brothers, and aunts Fannie and Sallie
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 24, 1888
MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my two brothers and two aunts. My father was Mat. Witherspoon, and my mother Jane Witherspoon, and belonged to Wm. Witherspoon. We left one of my annts in Natchez, Miss.; her name was Fannie, and Sallie was sold to a man by the name of Lowzeknow, in Franklin county, Miss. Mother had seven children. In 1864 Calvin…
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Isaac Allen searching for his brothers Rufus and James Allen
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 24, 1881
DEAR EDITOR: I desire to inquire for my brothers James and Rufus. Rufus I left on the Franklin pike, about seven miles from Louisville, Ky., with Sherman's army. He was in the 30th Indiana regiment, third division, 14th army corps, and waiting on Capt. Jordan. I think the Captain lives in Indianapolis. Rufus belonged to Jack Mound, in Jonesboro,…
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Caroline McAdory seeking her son Monroe Harvey
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 17, 1881
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my son. He left me in 1865 and went to Vicksburg with cavalry. He was Monroe Harvey. I heard he was living. Address me at West Station, Miss. CAROLINE MCADORY.
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E. W. Sanders seeking their siblings William, Henry, James, George, Jack, Jennie, Catherine, Willie, Elijah, and Robert Sanders
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 9, 1888
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to find my people, whom I left at Webster and Louisville, Winston county, Miss., at the close of the war. We belonged to Mr. Isaac Sanders. My father was Israel Sanders. Mother was Caroline Sanders. She had fourteen children. William, Henry, James, George, Jack, Jennie, Catherine, Willie, Elijah and Robert Sanders. Father is…
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Samuel Pollock searching for his uncles Frank, Sam, and Joe
Souhwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 5, 1880
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my uncles, Frank, Sam and Joe, who went from Kemper Co., Miss. Their mother's name is Penny Pollock. Joe ran away from Dr. A. Brown during the war, and the last I heard of him he was in Chicago, Illinois. Frank left to go to Texas with John Warren, and I have heard that he is there. Sam is in Louisiana. Their…
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Mary O. Johnson searching for her father David Nelson
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
December 9, 1880
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father, David Nelson, who left Yazoo county with the Union army about the year 1863 or '64. He wrote to his sister, Mary Eale, at or near Satartia, Yazoo Co., Miss He was at Clarksville, Mo. Since that time we heard that he had removed to the State of Ohio. He left mother, sister Lucy, and myself, Octavia; he…
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Ben Bates searching for his father Ben Boters and sister Nettie Humphries
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 15, 1880
MR. EDITOR— I desire to inquire for my father and sister. We were owned by the Lorbors, of East Gibson, La. Father's name was Ben Boters, sister's was Nettie Humphries. She and husband belonged to Mad. Ribbson, of East Gibson. At the death of the Horbors father and I fell to I. B. Hanes, near Jackson, La. I left home August 3, 1862. Any information…
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Elizabeth James (formerly Elizabeth Torry) searching for her sister Esther Allen
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 19, 1880
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my sister, Esther Allen. When I left home she had two sons, Nelson and Ned Allen, and a daughter, Mary Ann Allen. My owner was E. C. F. Jeffers, of Claiborne Co., Miss. I had one brother, Ned Adams, who left home during the battle of Port Gibson. Father's name is Moses Hawthorn. My name was Elizabeth Torry, but…
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A. J. Cooper seeking his father Clay and uncle Jacob Finner
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 8, 1881
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my kin folks. My father was Clay and uncle Jacob Finner. Father went to the army in 1860. I heard he was running a restaurant, also that he was dead. Uncle Jacob went away in 1861. I was a boy three years old. We belonged to old Joe Finner; he had two children, a boy and a girl. In 1863 we were sold to Parson…
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Wash. Stewart searching for his brother Abraham Stewart
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 28, 1881
DEAR EDITOR—I want to find my brother Abraham Stewart. We belonged to Robert Malloy in Louisiana. He went off with Gen. Banks troops in 1862, and we were brought to Texas, and have not heard from him since. Ten other slaves belonging to the same master went with him. I will pay ten dollars to the finder of my brother. WASH STEWART. Williamsburg,…
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Washington Stewart searching for his brother Abraham Stewart
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 28, 1881
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brother Abraham Stewart. He went off with the Yankees in 1863 from Louisiana. He is a son of Ned and Rutha Stewart. We belonged to Robert Malloy in Louisiana and Abraham was the oldest of eight children. He is about forty years old. I heard he went to Missouri. I will pay ten dollars to the finder of him.…
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Ishmael Fikes searching for Matt and John Allen
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
December 20, 1888
MR. EDITOR:—I want to inquire for my brother-in-law, his name is Matt Allen; and John Allen, left with Gen. Sherman's army in February, 1863; the last I heard of them they were in Jackson, Miss. Any information of their whereabouts will be thankfully received. They belonged to Bird Allen before the war. I ask all ministers to read this from their…
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Isaac Hughes Jr. searching for his father Isaac Hughes
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 21, 1888
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father. His name is Isaac Hughes. He left Starkville, Miss., in May, 1863; he left with the Federal army and I have not seen him since. The last time I heard from him he was in Memphis, Tenn. I have one brother named Peter Hughes, and my mother is named Jennie Hughes. Any information as to his whereabouts will…
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C. M. Moore seeking their brother-in-law Hart
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 26, 1888
MR. EDITOR-- I would like to inquire for my brother-in-law, who left home in 1865 with the Yankees. His name was Hart; his mother's name was Tempy Hart, he had four sisters, Margaret, Mary, Virty and Millie, and three brothers, Riley, Washington and John. Any information will be thankfully received. Address C. M. Moore, Orange, Grove Co., Tex.
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Caroline McAdory seeking her son Monroe Harvey
Southwestern Christian Advocate, (New Orleans, LA)
January 29, 1888
DEAR EDITOR:—I want to find my son; his name was Monroe Harvey; he left Kosciusko, Attala Co., Miss., during the last war. He formerly belonged to John Harvey in Kosciusko. I then belonged to a man by the name of Williamston McAdory. I now live sixteen miles north of Kosciusko with his sister Eliza. Address me at West Station, Miss. CAROLINE…
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Lee Dear (formerly Gabriel Dear) searching for his mother Nancy Dear, brothers Jack and Benjamin Dear, and sister Sinthia Dear
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 9, 1881
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my kin people. My mother is Nancy Dear. My father is dead. His name was Gabriel Dear. My oldest sister, before she married, was Matilda Dear, and after marriage, was Matilda Duffields. Brother Duffields got killed before the war by a grey mule, and my sister is dead and left one girl named Laura Duffields. She was…
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Betsy Doods searching for her son Sam Doods
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 15, 1880
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my son, Sam Doods. He belonged to Moses Foster, who lived in Copiah Co., Miss. He left home in June, 1862. When last heard from he was in the 58th U.S. Colored Infantry under Col. Preston. Address me at Brookhaven, Miss., in care of Rev. H. May. BETSY DOODS.
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George W. Dennis and relatives searching for brothers Andrew and Richard Dennis
The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
May 30, 1865
Information Wanted,
OF ANDREW DENNIS and RICHARD DENNIS,
generally called Dick. When last heard
from, some six years ago, they resided in Coweeche
County, Georgia.
It is supposed they joined the Union army.
Their mother, brother, George W. Dennis, and
sister, Cecelia, are residing in San Francisco, and
wish information respecting…
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Nathan Malony searching for his wife Eve
The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
October 6, 1866
Information Wanted,
OF EVE, wife of NATHAN MALONY, who resided
at Lexington, S.C., with Samuel Lurk.
She left, with many others, when Sherman was
marching through South Carolina, in February,
1865. Information of her present residence will
be thankfully received by her husband in San
Francisco.
Direct care of P.A. Bell, Editor of The…
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Frank Waters searching for his son John Waters
Anglo-African (New York)
May 27, 1865
INFORMATION WANTED of a young man by the name
of John Waters, who enlisted in the 4th Regt. U.S.
Colored Troops. He was in Co. I. Any information
of his whereabouts will be thankfully received by his
father Frank Waters, 93 Dallas st., Baltimore, Md.
192-5t.
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Susan Howard searching for her son Billy Howard
Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)
October 10, 1865
Information Wanted
Of Billy Howard, A COLORED BOY, ABOUT
19 years old, who left Kingston, Ga., in the spring
of 1864. Address his mother, at Chattnooga, Tenn.,
010d3* SUSAN HOWARD.
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