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Dear Editor - I wish to inquire for my kin people, from whom I was separated in 1815. I was born in Jefferson Co., Tenn., near Dandridge. I was taken from that place by my young mistress, Miss Jemima Rodgers, but married Mr. Wm. Adkins, and moved to Marion, Smith Co., Va. My mother's name was Rachel Rodgers. My father's Page Rodgers, but for a short while they called him Parrot. My only brother's name was Allen. He belonged to Wm. Holmes. I had 4 sisters, the oldest named Maria. The last I heard from her she was in the hands of a Southern Methodist preacher by the name of Roberts, and was going to some point on Red River. The other sisters were Barbara, Rebecca, and Mary. Mary was the youngest. The last I heard from her she was living in Tennessee, near Dandridge. Her husband's name was Ben Branner. My old master's name was George Rodgers. He had an only son - Giddings Rodgers. In 1847 I married a girl in Virginia by the name of Lucretia White, and was brought to Texas. Address me at Levernia, Wilson Co., Texas, in the care of the pastor, W. Mosby.

Henry Rodgers.