Sarah Jane Patterson (1848 - aft. 1937)

Born 17 Jan 1848 in Bartow County, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died after 1937 after age 88 in Arkansas, United States

Biography

Sarah Patterson is a part of US Black heritage.

Sarah Jane Patterson was interviewed in North Little Rock, Arkansas about 1938 about her life and her time as an enslaved person.

"I was born in Bartow County, Georgia, January 17, 1848."

"My parents were Joe Patterson and Mary Adeline Patterson. My mother's name before she married was Mary Adeline Huff. My grandfather on my mother's side was named Huff. My mother's sisters were Mahala, and Sallie. And them's the onliest two I remember. She had two brothers but I don't remember their names."

"I have brother Willis, Lizzie, Mary, Maud, and myself. There was four sisters and one brother. I had just one child - a boy. He lived to be a grown man and raised a family. His wife had three children and all of them is gone. The father, the mother, and the children."

"My old master's name was John Patterson and my mistress was named Lucy Patterson. She had a son named Bill and a son named Tommy, and a son named Charles, and a boy named Bob, and a girl named Marion.

Slave Owners

• John Patterson
• Lucy (Dobbs) Hoyle

Research Notes

Bartow County was formerly Cass County until December 6, 1861.

Interview: Sarah Jane Patterson was interviewed in North Little Rock, Arkansas by Samuel S. Taylor 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 - Sarah Jane Patterson - Vol. 2, Arkansas, part 5; pages 286-291, images 291-296 of 373.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3XQ-MXN : 11 March 2022), Jane Patterson in entry for Harrison Walker, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDF6-M28 : 31 January 2021), Elias Walker, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMGW-8YZ : accessed 28 October 2022), Jane Patterson in household of Harris Walker, Ashley, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 4B, line 95, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 90; FHL microfilm 2,339,825.