"Negro Slave Buried on Wooten Plantation." 1938.

Image: From The News and Observer. Raleigh, NC. 1938. (newspapers.com)

Transcription of newspaper notice:

NEGRO SLAVE BURIED ON WOOTEN PLANTATION.

Peter Wooten, 87-year-old Negro and former slave of Council Wooten, Sr., father of the late Mrs. George W. Sanderlin, was buried Sunday on the Wooten plantation, 10 miles east of Goldsboro.

He died in Garfield Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., Saturday morning, and is survived by his widow, Rachel. Following the Emancipation he and his wife never left the services of their mistress.

Peter served as coachman and butler until the death of Dr. Sanderlin in 1890, and since the death of Mrs. Sanderlin in 1912, he and his wife had been with Miss Rosalie Sanderlin in Washington, D.C. The burial was attended by Miss Rosalie Sanderlin and her friend, Miss A. Saunders of Washington, D.C., and Mr. and Mrs. Willis Briggs Raleigh.

Source: The News and Observer. Raleigh, NC. 22 Feb 1938, Tue. Page 5. Found on newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63471209/obituary-for-peter-wooten/)