Patsey Spotsey searching for her daughter Millie Spotsey

Evening Star (Washington, DC)

December 4, 1871

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PERSONAL.
ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING MY
daughter, MILLIE SPOTSEY, who left the home
of her parents, Jackson Morten's farm, in Orange
county, Va., when quite a small child, will be thank-
fully [thankfully] received by her anxious mother. PATSEY
SPOTSEY, 5th street west, between P and Q streets,
Washington, D. C. 1t*

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Patsey Spotsey searching for her daughter Millie Spotsey who left Jackson Morten's farm in Orange County, VA, where her parents lived, "when quite a small child." Ad placed in 1871, during Reconstruction. [Race is not indicated, but the veiled language suggests this ad is likely about an enslaved family that was separated].

Date
December 4, 1871
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Washington, DC

Searchee Location

Orange County, VA

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Jesse Nasta

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"Patsey Spotsey searching for her daughter Millie Spotsey ," Evening Star (Washington, DC), December 4, 1871, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 21, 2026, https://www.informationwanted.org/items/show/3538

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