In 1880, she was living in Bethel Township, Bladen County, North Carolina and was listed as a black female, age 35 [1]
In the 1900 census Sarah (age 55) was the widowed head of household in Laurel Hill, Scotland, North Carolina.[2]The daughter in this record could be Temefey from the 1880 census, who was recorded as 3 years old, which would make her birth year about 1877. She is recorded as born Mar 1878 in 1900.
↑1900 Census:
"1900 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1900; Census Place: Laurel Hill, Scotland, North Carolina; Roll: 1217; Page: 25; Enumeration District: 0085 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #50471215 (accessed 18 August 2024)
Sarah Guion (55), widowed head of household in Laurel Hill, Scotland, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, USA.
Name
Sex
Race
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
Sarah Guion
F
Black
55
Widowed
Head
North Carolina, USA
Tewpe Guion
F
Black
22
Single
Daughter
Nurse
North Carolina, USA
Karo Guion
M
Black
14
Single
Grandson
Farmer
North Carolina, USA
Residence: "U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878" The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Records of the Field Offices For the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; NARA Series Number: M1909; NARA Reel Number: 42; NARA Record Group Number: 105; NARA Record Group Name: Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880; Collection Title: United States Freedmen's Bureau Ration Records 1865-1872 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62309 #2283152 (accessed 18 August 2024) Residence Place: New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA; Race: Black; Name: Sarah Guion; Gender: Female; Record Type: Residence; Residence Date: 8 Jan 1867.
Residence: "U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878" The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Records of the Field Offices For the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; NARA Series Number: M1909; NARA Reel Number: 42; NARA Record Group Number: 105; NARA Record Group Name: Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880; Collection Title: United States Freedmen's Bureau Ration Records 1865-1872 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62309 #2283240 (accessed 18 August 2024) Residence Place: New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA; Race: Black; Name: Sarah Guion; Gender: Female; Record Type: Residence; Residence Date: 12 Feb 1867.
Death of son Thomas Guion: "North Carolina, U.S., Deaths, 1906-1930" Original data: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60090 #158220 (accessed 18 August 2024) Sarah Guion in death record for son Thomas Guion 15 Feb 1922, wife of Ed Mcleod, in Elizabeth, Bladen, North Carolina.
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