
Region: Middle Tennessee
c.1822-1849 Sarah (Sally) W. Gooch
Hurricane Creek, Rutherford and Williamson Co.
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville
20"V x 22"H
© TSS 005
fibers: silk and cotton
ground: 26 V/30 H ct. linen
fibers: silk and cotton
ground: 26 V/30 H ct. linen
Biography:
Born in Caswell Co., North Carolina, Sarah (Sally) W. Gooch (1798-1856) came to Tennessee with her parents in 1817. She stitched this family register over a number of years after she married William Scruggs in 1833.
Description:
Over thirty sets of family initials can be found on this piece. Sally's great-niece, the genealogist Virginia Gooch Watson, has identified all the individuals honored in thread.