On 18 October 1813, Caty Ware Covington and Twyman Greenwood were bound in the penalty of $400 for Caty Ware Covington’s administration of the goods, chattels, and credits of John Covington, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, page 500.]

In an undated petition, orators and oratrices Susanna Greenwood, Polly Greenwood, Thomas Greenwood, Jacob Durham and Caty his wife, Ruth Cauthorn, Warner Shackelford and Lydia his wife, Leonard Collins, Edward Greenwood and William Clarke and Eliza his wife complained that Twyman Greenwood died in [blank] 1827 intestate with a small personal estate leaving your orators and oratrices Susanna, Polly, Caty W., Rutha, Lydia and Thomas and a certain Elizabeth McKan wife of Elijah MacKan not an inhabitant of the State of Virginia and Jane Brizendine now wife of Henry Brizendine and your orator Leonard Collins and grandson by a deceased daughter and your orator Edwin and your oratrix Eliza Clark and Lucy Ann and Rosanna Greenwood infant grandchildren by a deceased son James Greenwood. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 38, item 38-B-25.]

The estate of John Covington, deceased, in acount with Catharine Ware Covington, administratrix, from 1813 to 1824 was ordered recorded on 19 July 1830. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 22, pages 125–126.]

1840 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Durham Jacob
2 males 10-15
1 male 15-20
2 males 20-30
1 male 40-50 [this presumably is Jacob]
1 female 10-15 [this would be Louisa]
1 female 40-50 [this presumably is Catharine]

1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 72
Durham, Jacob, 54, male, farmer, value of real estate $2,000, born in Virginia
Durham, Catharine, 61, female, born in Virginia
Durham, James, 28, male, laborer, born in Virginia
Durham, George, 26, male, laborer, born in Virginia
Durham, Jacob, 24, male, laborer, born in Virginia
Durham, Louisa, 22, female, born in Virginia
Durham, William, 17, male, laborer, born in Virginia
St. John, Delphia, 90, female, black, born in Virginia, cannot read or write

She is listed as the mother of Louisa in Louisa’s marriage record.