Cora Belle Torian (1877 - 1955)

Born 15 Mar 1877 in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States

Died 11 Jul 1955 at age 78 in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Cora Torian is a part of US Black heritage.

Cora was interviewed by Mamie Hanbery in 1936 at Hopkinsville, Kentucky as part of the Slave Narratives project. ^[1] Cora's mother, Belle Childress was the property of Andrew Owen.^[2][3]

Research Notes

Erroneous info on death record? Two death records show Belle or Isabelle Childress having two daughters Maria and Cora Belle born 1877 by two fathers: George H Shaw and Tom Torian.

Sources

1. ↑ Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 7, Kentucky, Bogie-Woods with combined interviews of others. 1936. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mesn070/.
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKB-2GNM : 16 December 2020), Andrew Edwin Owen, ; Burial, Gracey, Christian, Kentucky, United States of America, Lander Cemetery #5; citing record ID 52350251, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
3. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HR7J-NB2M : 15 February 2020), Andrew E Owen in entry for MM9.1.1/MVZM-8VH:, 1850.

• Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 7, Kentucky, Bogie-Woods with combined interviews of others. 1936. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mesn070/.
• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-BMQ5 : 2 March 2021), Belle Childress in entry for Maria D Webb, 15 Dec 1958; citing Death, Pembroke, Christian, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,709,632.
• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS5L-87P : 2 March 2021), Isabelle Childress in entry for Cora Bell Banks, 11 Jul 1955; citing Death, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,358,121.

See also: Freedmen Narratives, Kentucky