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 INFORMATION WANTED--Of my grand parents or their descendants.

 My grandfather's name was Joshua Williams; his wife was named Mahala Williams. They were owned by James Harving at Wedgefield, S.C., who sold them to Governor Manning of S.C. He carried them to the State of Louisiana. The owner having failed to sell my mother whose name was Lendonia Williams, one of the two children of my grandmother, her only brother, David was sold with my grandparents and carried to Louisiana

My mother, some years after the surrender, received letters from them in Louisiana, at which time they were all alive. In one of the letters they stated that my uncle David had lost two of his fingers in a sugar mill. Their younger son by name James H. Addam Williams did the writing of the last letter that we got from them.

Any information as to their whereabouts will be gladly received and highly appreciated.

Address J.W. Williams, Cedar Keys, Fla.