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MR. EDITOR-I desire to inquire through the SoUTHWESTERN for my kin people. In the days when human beings were bought and sold in this chivalrous South my body belonged to Col. T. G. Johnson, of Memphis, Tenn. He kept a hotel and a number of race horses. My body was sold in New Orleans to a Mr. Absalom Gill, in 1843. I then went by the name of Pink Johnson. My present name is Mary Brown. I had three sisters, Sallie, Elizabeth and Louisa. Our mother died when we were so young that I cannot give her name. In August, 1878, I received a letter from my sister Sallie; she was then living in Memphis, Tenn. She was married and was the mother of six living children. Her husband's name was Bayby. At that time she said our sisters Elizabeth and Louisa were living in Water Valley,Miss. If any person who shall read this can give me any information as to my sisters or their children I shall esteem it a great favor. Address me in care of the pastor of the Clinton Street M. E. Church, Carrollton, Louisiana. MARY BROWN.