Sarah J (Cuthbertson) Tomberlin (1842)

Born 1842 in North Carolina, United States

Wife of Henderson Tomberlin — married 24 Aug 1866 in Union, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Biography

Sarah (Cuthbertson) Tomberlin is a part of US Black heritage.

Sarah was born in 1842.

Sarah's daughter Mandy 'Coverson' was interviewed about 1937 in Raleigh, North Carolina about her life and her time as an enslaved person.

"I wuz borned in Union County to Sarah an' Henderson Tomberlin. My mother belonged to Mr. Moses Coverson, an' my pappy belonged to Mr. Jackie Tom Tomberlin."

"My mammy, died 'for I wuz very old an' missus kept me in de house."

"Anyhow de andirons wuz saved an' dar warn't no trouble wid de Yankees who comed our way, an' dey ain't hurt nobody dar."

"I married Daniel Coverson, a slave on de same plantation I wuz on, an' forty years ago we moved ter Raleigh. We had a hard time but I'se glad dat he an' me am free an' doan belong ter two diff'rent famblies."

Interview: Mandy 'Coverson' was interviewed in Raleigh, 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 - Mandy Coverson - Vol. 11, North Carolina, Part 1; pages 179-181, images 183-185 of 465.

• "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZBQ-B3D : 14 February 2020), Henderson Tomberlin, 1866.

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWD3-RM9 : Tue Mar 05 08:34:59 UTC 2024), Entry for Henderson Tomberlin and Sarah Tomberlin, 1870.