Addin Newsoms searching for their parents Phillips Hewlet and Jack Coleman

MR. EDITOR: Please inquire for my people. My mother's name was Phillips Hewlet, and used to belong to Mr. Tom Hewlet. My father's name was Jack Coleman, and used to belong to Mr. W. Louis Coleman. The oldest child was named Suckey Davis, and use to belong to Mr. Wilson Davis. The next oldest used to belong to Mr William Fultere; her name was Jennie. The youngest that I can remember was Mahalid. My brother's name was Dover Langley, and used to belong Alto Jack Langley. My name is side Newsoms. I was sold and brought to Mississippi forty or fifty years before the war, and have not seen or heard of my people since that time. My mother lived at Wisdom Store, Va. When I came to this country my father lived near Mark, Va. I wrote a letter to my father's master but failed to find him. Dear friends and readers of the SOUTHWESTERN if you see or know any of the names I have mentioned, please address me at Starkville, Miss., and stamps will be returned for your kindness and oblige yours truly, ADDIN NEWSOMS, Care T. O. Newsons.

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