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  MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my oldest sister and my youngest brother.  Sister was named Hetty, father was Solomon McGhee and belonged to old John McGhee; mother was named June, thought everybody called her Aunt Jenny; she and six children belonged to old John Black; after Mr. Black died my mother and her children were divided out among his children; my sisters were Hetty, Sarah, Martha and Hannah, and brothers Lewis and James; mother, and Sarah and James were sold to John Griffitts; Lewis and Martha were sold to James Griffitts, both living at Unita, Blount county, Tenn; Hannah remained at the old home place with James Black, near Morgantown, Tenn., and sister Hetty became the property of Patsey Rheagon and was sold by Dick Rheagon to Sanders Leeper, at Leeper Ferry, one mile south from Unitia.  Sanders Leeper sold sister Hetty to a Negro trader, and she was carried off South; we never could learn what part.  I was the youngest of the children then; my name is Solomon; I just can remember sister Hetty.  Mr. Griffitts sold me, he heard that she was in Nebraska.  My youngest brother was named George Washington Griffitts; he went to Mississippi since the war, and we have not heard anything from him in 15 years.  I wish the ministers to read this letter to their congregations, and any information given me of the whereabouts of either of the above named persons will be most thankfully received.  Address me, S. L. Griffitts, 22 Locust street, Knoxville, Tenn.