Campbell Siler Family - North Carolina, Georgia, Texas

Hello.   Campbell Siler was my great great grandfather and in 1883 he posted an advertisement from Texas searching for his family that he lost during slavery.   If anything in the advertisement rings a bell for you, I'd like to discuss it with you as I am seeking the slave owners and the lost family members.  I believe Jesse Siler to be Jesse Siler of Macon County, NC and Captain Jarrett to be Devereux Jarrett of Habersham County, Georgia.   Jarrett was related to Siler by marriage.

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) – October 11, 1883:

 DEAR EDITOR – I desire to hear from my relatives.  My mother, Mary, belonged to Jesss Siler, in North Carolina.  Her children were Campbell, Oliver, Lucretia, and Lucinda.  We were sold by Siler to Capt. Jarrett, in Georgia, in 1831.  We were sold to Thompson, who swapped my mother and three children to Judge Morton.  That left me in the Thompson family until emancipation.  My mother and brother Oliver and sister Lucinda were sold to a negro trader, Harris Tharp, and I have not heard from them since.  My oldest sister and I lived together until emancipation, and she is here in Texas.  Mother’s youngest brother was Levi Siler.  Address me in Brazos county Texas, at Milican, care pastor of M.E. Church.   CAMPBELL SILER

Thanks for your interest

Rosemary Mullally