Jerusha Williams searching for her parents

National Republican (Washington, DC)

December 2, 1885

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WANTED -- INFORMATION AS TO THE
whereabouts of my father and mother, Pompey
Williams and Susan Williams. Mr. William
Alberty, please give me some information of my
parents; you were the last person seen with them.
Address JERUSHA WILLIAMS, Fourth alley between
Congress and Jefferson sts., Georgetown, D.C.
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Jerusha Williams, Washington, DC, searching for her parents, Pompey Williams and Susan Williams. Last seen with Mr. William Alberty

See "Jerusha Williams' Story. The Long Hunt of an Indian Princess for her Lost Father," The National Republican, Washington, DC, 14 Nov 1885, 5, newspapers.com. Article includes an interview with Williams, who states that her father, Pompey Williams, was a Cherokee chief. "William Albutty" stole Williams and sold her into slavery in Texas when she was a child.

Date
December 2, 1885
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Georgetown, Washington DC

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Jesse Nasta

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"Jerusha Williams searching for her parents," National Republican (Washington, DC), December 2, 1885, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 21, 2026, https://www.informationwanted.org/items/show/2614

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