Sarah A. F. Wilbanks

Brief Life History of Sarah A. F.

When Sarah A. F. Wilbanks was born in 1818, in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States, her father, Marshall Wilbanks, was 44 and her mother, Suzannah Duckworth, was 41. She married William G Sawyer in 1842, in Weakley, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Rusk, Texas, United States in 1850 and Justice Precinct 7, Wood, Texas, United States in 1860. She died after 1860, in Quitman, Wood, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

William G Sawyer
1810–1859
Sarah A. F. Wilbanks
1818–1860
Marriage: 1842
Enoch Wilbanks Sawyer
1841–1912
Marshall N. Sawyer
1844–
Jessie E. Sawyer
1848–1893
Spencer N. Sawyer
1849–
Catherine Frances Sawyer
1851–1925
Amanda Elizabeth Sawyer
1854–
Mary Texanna Sawyer
1858–1915
Mary F. McLeftan
1858–1915

Sources (3)

  • Sarah A F Lawyer in household of William G Lawyer, "United States Census, 1850"
  • South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-FN95-YQ?cc=1911928&wc=MPPG-K68%3A190569301%2C190568402%2C191255802%2C191427001
  • Sarah A F Sawyer, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1822 · Slave Rebellion

On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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