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DEAR EDITOR--I desire to inquire for my sister whom I left in Clinton, La., in 1831. She lived then 3 miles below Clinton, La.; and belonged to Frank Dixon. I belonged to Lou Allen Dixon and she belonged to Franklin Dixon, in 1831 I was waiting-boy in Clinton for Jim Bailey. At that time her name was Minerva; she then had 5 children, 2 boys and 3 girls, and was living about a mile and a half from Pretty Creek. I heard she moved up into Mississippi, and then moved back to Clinton or somewhere in that district. I have been living near Red River and Natchitoches ever since I left Jackson parish. As near as I can remember my sister's name was Minerva Pigs. She had two children by George Pigs, named Ben and Willie, who were about 7 and 8 years old at the time I left. I had a sister who was burned to death at Josiah Yarbra, in 1856. There were two sisters and two brothers of us, all of whom are dead excepting her and myself. I heard brother Noah belonged to Thos. Dixon, but that he died since I left him in Clinton. My mother's name was Nancy; Manerva was my whole sister and Noah my half brother. Address me at Natchitoches, La. CORNELIUS WASHINGTON.