Cherry Boone (abt. 1850)

Born about 1850 in North Carolina, United States

Biography

Cherry Boone is a part of US Black heritage.

Cherry was born about 1850. She is the daughter of Isham Boone and Sarah Daughtrey.

Cherry's brother Andrew Boone was interviewed about 1937 in Wake County, North Carolina about his life and his time as an enslaved person.

"My marster wus a preacher, Billy Boone. He sold an' bought n----rs. He had fifty or more. He wurked de grown n----rs in two squads. My father was named Isham Boone and my mother wus Sarah Boone."

"Master had one son, named Solomon, an' two girls, Elsie an' Alice. My mother had four children, three boys an' one girl. The boys were named Sam, Walter and Andrew, dats me, an' de girl wus Cherry. My father had several children cause he had several women besides mother. Mollie and Lila Lassiter, two sisters, were also his women. Dese women were given to him an' no udder man wus allowed to have anything to do wid 'em. Mollie an' Lila both had chilluns by him. Dere names wus Jim, Mollie, Liza, Rosa, Pete an' I can't remember no more of 'em."

"We moved about from farm to farm. Mother died an' father married Maria Edwards after de surrender. He did not live wid any of his other slave wives dat I know of."

"I wurked in New York City for fifteen years with Crawford and Banhay in de show business. I advertised for 'em."

"I lived at 18 Manilla Lane, New York City. It is between McDougall Street and 6h Avenue. I married Clara Taylor in New York City. We had two children. The oldest one lives in New York. The other died an' is buried in Raleigh."

Interview: Andrew Boone was interviewed in Wake County, North Carolina by Mary A. Hicks as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Andrew Boone - Vol. 11, North Carolina, Part 1; pages 130-137, images 134-141 of 465.