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Andrew Baylis searching for his wife Betsy Robinson

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 20, 1864

NOTICE
MR. EDITOR: -- Dear Sir: You will do me a
very great favor if you will publish this state-
ment in your paper:
Andrew Baylis, a freedman, who left, in Do-
ver, Tenn., a wife by the name of Betsy Robin-
son, is now in West Jefferson, Madison County,
Ohio.
Any information as to her whereabouts will
be thankfully received.
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George Fountain searching for his brothers Harry and Shepherd Fountain

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 23, 1877

INFORMATION WANTED.
Mr. Editor: I wish to know through your
paper about my brothers Henry Fountain &
Shepherd Fountain. I have not seen them
since 1867 I left Shepherd in Alabama, and
Henry in Ga. If any information will be
thankfully received by their brother George
Fountain, Williamsport Tennessee. We
were raised in Columbus Ga. Our…

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Mrs. Martha A. Giles searching for her father George Whets, uncle John Whets, and grandmother Nancy Whets

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

July 20, 1895

Do You Know Them?
10 W. Leigh Street
RICHMOND, VA., April 4, 1895
Mr Editor:
I would like to find the whereabouts
of my father, George Whets,
my uncle, John Whets, and my
grandmother, Nancy Whets. The last I
heard of them my father was in
Galveston, Texas. My uncle was in
Chicago, and kept a bar in that place.
My grandmother lived…

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Mrs. Amanda Wells searching for her father Cager Simms, mother Jennie, and several siblings

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

July 9, 1898

Do You Know Them?

405 E. 1st St., FORT WORTH, TEX.,
June 24, 1898.

Editor PLANET;
Dear Sir: —Allow me space
in your paper to say a few words about
my lost relatives. I left them in Virginia
years ago. My father, mother,
two brothers and three sisters. They
were owned by Burton Woods. Father
and mother were named Cager and…

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George Payne (formerly James Fuller) looking for his parents Walter and Sarah

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 2, 1879

Editor SOUTHWESTERN :- I wish
to inquire through your paper for
father and mother. My father's
name was Walter, my mother's
was Sarah. I have a brother and
sister. My name is James Fuller.
Our fathers were different. We belonged
to Samuel Cobes; on his
death we were sold to Mr. Frank
Payne. Mr. Thomas Nicholls
bought my brother…

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Lucy Harden (formerly Minnie West) looking for her mother Mary Glover, father Squire West, sister Lucy Nelson, and brothers Brooks and Wilson West

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 9, 1879

San Antonio, Texas,
Dec. 22, 1878.
Editor SOUTHWESTERN : Please
publish my inquiry for friends.
My mother's name was Mary Glover,
father's Squire West. They belonged
to a man named Bladburn.
My sister, Lucy Nelson, belonged
to Tom Bladburn; my brothers
Brooks and Wilson West belonged
to the same owner. My name was
Minnie West.…

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Lucy Harden searching for Anderson, Marie, Peter, Zadie, Green, and Lavie Harden

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 16, 1879

San Antonio, Texas, Jany. 4th, 1879.
Ed. SOUTHWESTERN. - I wish to
inquire through your journal for my
people, Anderson, Mary, Peter,
Zadie, Green and Lavie Harden.
Mary Harden's husband was named
Jordan. Monroe and Lavie are
Anderson Hardin's sons. Lavie
died on Island 32, belonging to
Henry H. Colans. She married a
man by the…

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Kansas Campbell (formerly Kansas McQueen) looking for her sister Fanny McQueen

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 23, 1879

Navasota, Grimes Co., Texas.
EDITOR SOUTHWESTERN :- I wish to
make inquiries of my sister Fanny
McQueen. Her husband's name is
Allen. My name is Kansas McQueen
I left sister Fanny in Alabama. I
was brought to Louisiana by Murderick
McQueen. I have two brothers
and one sister here with me,
Shack, Jim and Harriett. Our mother's…

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Margaret Curry searching for her sisters-in-law Julia, Martha, and Nancy Curry and brother-in-law Damar Curry

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 23, 1879

SPRING HILL, TENN., Jan. 13, 1879.
EDITOR SOUTHWESTERN:--I wish you
to publish my inquiry for friends.
Husband's sisters names were Julia,
Martha and Nancy Curry. His brother,
Damar Curry, belonged to James
Porter. Husband's name is William
Curry. Yours truly,
MARGARET CURRY.

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Mary Ann Fields looking for her sister Josephine Cook

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 20, 1879

Editor SOUTHWESTERN.--I wish
to inquire through your paper for
my sister. The last time I heard
from her she was in Mississippi. Her
name is Josephine Cook, and mine
is Mary Ann Fields. I reside at
Indian Village, St. Tammany Parish
West Pearl River. She has a grandfather
named Samuel Williams, her
mother Laura Williams and…

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Frank Earheart searching for Frank Pelum or any of his heirs

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 27, 1879

Editor SOUTHWESTERN.-I
desire information concerning Frank
Pelum, or any of his heirs. He
lived at New Orleans before the
war and I heard he moved to Knoxville,
Tenn. If you can learn any
thing of him, please publish it in
the SOUTHWESTERN.
Yours truly,
FRANK EARHART.

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Edmond Patison searching for his brother Ephraim Patison

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 6, 1879

MINTER CITY LEFORE COUNTY, MISS.
February, 15th 1879}
Editor SOUTHWESTERN, I wish
to make inquiries through the
SOUTHWESTERN ADVOCATE, of my
brother Ephraim Patison. He was
owned by Mr. John M. Bell before
the war. A citizen of New Orleans,
my brother Ephraim was known as
a cook. That is what he was following
the last time I…

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Rosa A. Wilcox searching for her father William Hill and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 28, 1884

MR. EDITOR- I wish to hear from
my brothers William, Robert, Martin
and Thomas Hill; and sisters
Nancy, Sallie, Eliza, Caroline and
Mary Hill. I left them in Hunts
ville, Ala. Father was Wm. Hill.
Address me at Capleville, Shelby
county, Tenn. ROSA A. WILCOX.

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S. Young searching for her father Jackson Jennings and sister Victoria Wright

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 28, 1884

DEAR EDITOR- I wish to hear
of my friends. Father was Jackson
Jennings, and he was set free
before the war by his owners, and
went to Alabama. Sister was a
girl about ten years old, and left
with her young master, Frank
Sloat. When he died her father
left her with her grandmother,
Fanny Sloat. Her name is now
Victoria Wright. …

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Phillip Scott searching for his sister Nancy

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 28, 1884

DEAR EDITOR- I wish to inquire
for my sister Nancy. Mother is
Henrietta. I left her at Poindexter's
trade yard. We belonged to
a man named Scott. Address me at
Lockhart, Texas. PHILIP SCOTT.

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J. M. Scott searching for his brother Henry and two boys Henry Scott and Edward Jarman

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 28, 1884

MR. EDITOR- I desire to inquire
for a little boy, Henry Scott, who
got lost last June. He lived near
Columbus, Texas, and he is about
8 years old. I wish also to hear of
a boy named Ed. Jarman. I also
had a brother, Henry, who was sold
to Bill Atwood. He then lived in
Harris county, Texas, near Houston.
Address me at Baazoria,…

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Robert Stanfield seeking information about his brother Bry Majors and his nephew Joshua Majors and Mrs. Amy Stanfield searching for her sister, Laura Stanfield

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 22, 1877

HOUSTON, March 14 '77.
Mr. Editor. Robert Stanfield
wants to know of the present home
and welfare of his brother Bry
Majors, and his nephew Joshua
Majors. When last heard of they
were in New Orleans. This was two
or three years ago.
And Mrs. Amy Stanfield wants
to hear of her sister, named Laura
Stanfield daughter of Jerry and…

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Sarah Mason searching for her mother Clara Smith

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 22, 1877

AUSTIN, March 13, '77.
Mr. Editor: I wish to find my
mother. Her name was Clara Smith,
she was sold from me when I was
between six and seven years old.
She was sold to the speculators and
I don't know where. She was a
small dark brown woman and had
two other children. We belonged
to Wm. Smith and lived in Rockcastle,
near a big…

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Miash Merit looking for her mother Fannie With

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 6, 1879

Editor SOUTHWESTERN. - I wish
to get some information of my
mother, Fannie With. She former-
ly belonged to Peter Maish, near
Clinton, Hones County, Georgia.
I was sold in Clinton to James
Satterwhite, who lived in Elbert Co. ;
moved from there to Mississippi,
and afterward to Texas. I have
been in Texas 25 years. I had an
elder…

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Cassa Banks (formerly Cassa Melven) looking for her daughter Elizabeth

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 17, 1879

DEAR EDITOR-I desire information
concerning my daughter. We
belonged to John Melvin, who
died in Bladon county, North
Carolina. His estate was divided,
and his daughter, Nancy Reeves,
brought me to Texas. My name
was Cassa Melven; daughter's
Elizabeth. If found address,
CASSA BANKS,'
care of Jordan Bonner, Bryan, Texas.

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Robert Braxton looking for his mother Evie Braxton and siblings Thomas, Archie, and Elizabeth Braxton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 10, 1879

DEAR EDITOR: I wish information
of my mother, Elvie Braxton,
brothers Thomas and Archie, and
sister Elizabeth Braxton. Our
father, Harrison Braxton, is dead.
I was sold from King Williams
county, Virginia, in 1856, by Wm.
M. Garrick to Messrs. Robinson &
Smith, who brought me to Alabama;
there I was sold to Edwin A.
Glover and…

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Orrin Clark looking for his father David Clark and unnamed mother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 27, 1879

DEAR EDITOR - I wish information
about father and mother. My
father left here about four years
ago and went to Tennessee, where
my brother lived. Father's name
is David Clark, brother's Jerry
Clark. The last letter I received
from them in Germantown, Tennessee.
ORRIN CLARK.
Columbus, Texas, Feb 17, 1879.

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A. J. Criner searching for his father Thomas Perry

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 1, 1879

DEAR EDITOR : I left my father
at Tuskegee, Macon county, Ala.,
ten years ago this fall. His name
was Thomas Perry. He belonged
to D [indecipherable] n Perry during the war. I
had two brothers, Eli and William,
and five sisters, Lydia, Martha,
Emily, Mary and Louisa. My father
was a Methodist preacher and had
charge of the Warrior…

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E. J. Dickens looking for his brothers Ellis and John Dickens

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 17, 1879

DEAR EDITOR - I wish information
of my brothers Ellis and John
Dickens. They were owned by
James Cummings, Rapides parish,
Louisiana, eight miles below Alexandria
on Red River.
E. J. DICKENS,
Fairfield, Freestone county, Texas.

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Nelly Gladney looking for her mother Jane, father Nelson, and brothers Andrew, Prince, and William

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 17, 1879

DEAR EDITOR - I am trying to
find my folks; was born in South
Carolina, hired to a white lady
and came to Texas. My name is
Nelly; mother's Jane; Father's
Nelson; brothers' Andrew, Prince
and William. All belonged to
Samuel Gladney, 12 miles from
Winsboro. My brothers were
carried to Louisiana by young
Gladney. Please write to…

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