Sometimes called Thomas Bray, Beau or Bow, Tombo was a farmer who was enslaved by Rev. Thomas Bray. He first shows up in the North Guilford Congregational Church records, where was baptized and became a communicant in 1772. Later, the children he had with his wife, Pender, were also baptized in the church. In 1792, after Pender’s death, Tombo married Candace, the daughter of Montros and Phillis. He shows up in the 1800 census as Thomas Bray, living in Nutplains as a free Person of Color with two others in his household. He is also listed along with Candice, Moses, Pompey, Aaron, and Cesar, son of Flora, at the sale of Montros’ property in 1802. He appears to have died sometime between 1802 and 1822, when Candice wrote her will.