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DEAR EDITOR:--I wish to inquire for my mother. The last time I saw her was at Black Bluff, Wilcox County, Ala. I was born in Duplin county in North Carolina, in Jack Carneaga's family. Mother and I belonged to James Hall at the time we were separated. Mother had two children, myself Olive, and sister Louisa; my father's name was Louis and sister's father was Handy; he belonged to John Simmons. Mother's name was Hednia. James Hall took her and started to Texas. I have not heard of her whereabouts since I was brought to Texas in 1859 from Alabama. I married in 1861 to Mahalie who belonged to Mrs. Caroline Tate. Wife's father was named Alexander, they all called him Alex. and her mother's name was Louisa, who died just before she left Alabama. Wife had two brothers Abraham and Charles; Charles died the same year they came to Texas. Her grandmother was left at Black Bluff, Wilcox county, Ala; her name was Charlotte; we all called her Mamma Lotta; she belonged to Mr. Felix Tate. I heard in 1880 that she was still living. Please address Oliver Lewis, Buckhorn, Austin county, Texas.