Her year of birth, indicated as 1838, is based on census records and should be considered an estimate. Her maiden name of Davis is confirmed by a number of records from her children.
She and her husband Amos Wilson are believed to have had at least eleven children together, starting in 1857, based on the 1870 and 1880 Newberry County census records. These children are: Jack, Becky, Ella, Wesley, Matt, Charlie, Luke, Dan, John, Warren, and Anna. Anna was born circa 1888-1889, apparently not long prior to Sarah's death.
Sarah nee Davis is believed to have been born into slavery on the plantation of John Haney Davis of Laurens County, who owned eighty enslaved people in 1860.
She and her husband Amos Wilson are believed to have had at least eleven children together, starting in 1857, based on the 1870 and 1880 Newberry County census records. These children are: Jack, Becky, Ella, Wesley, Matt, Charlie, Luke, Dan, John, Warren, and Anna. Anna was born circa 1888-1889, apparently not long prior to Sarah's death.
Sarah nee Davis is believed to have been born into slavery on the plantation of John Haney Davis of Laurens County, who owned eighty enslaved people in 1860.
Her year of birth, indicated as 1838, is based on census records and should be considered an estimate. Her maiden name of Davis is confirmed by a number of records from her children.
She and her husband Amos Wilson are believed to have had at least eleven children together, starting in 1857, based on the 1870 and 1880 Newberry County census records. These children are: Jack, Becky, Ella, Wesley, Matt, Charlie, Luke, Dan, John, Warren, and Anna. Anna was born circa 1888-1889, apparently not long prior to Sarah's death.
Sarah nee Davis is believed to have been born into slavery on the plantation of John Haney Davis of Laurens County, who owned eighty enslaved people in 1860.
She and her husband Amos Wilson are believed to have had at least eleven children together, starting in 1857, based on the 1870 and 1880 Newberry County census records. These children are: Jack, Becky, Ella, Wesley, Matt, Charlie, Luke, Dan, John, Warren, and Anna. Anna was born circa 1888-1889, apparently not long prior to Sarah's death.
Sarah nee Davis is believed to have been born into slavery on the plantation of John Haney Davis of Laurens County, who owned eighty enslaved people in 1860.
