Minor WINN

  Noted events in his life were:

• Biography. Minor Winn II (1691 - 1778)

Minor Winn was born in Fauquier County, VA in 1691 to Minor Winn (b. 1668, d. 1730) and Martha Ann Bird (b. 1663, d. 1748). Minor died before March 23, 1778 in Old House Rock Hill, Fauquier County, VA. Minor married Margaret Connor (b. 1695) either 1722 or 1726 (articles contradict each other) in Fauquier County, VA. Margaret Connor was the daughter of James William Connor (d. 1725) and Margaret of Ireland and was born in Ireland. James dies in Spotsylvania County, VA. The Connor's changed the spelling of their name from O'Connor at some point. Minor was living at Edgehill Plantation in Caroline County, VA in 1728, where he was known as one of the best wolf hunters in the area. The family moved first to Orange County, VA and then settled in Fauquier County, VA, where they operated an Ordinary (Roadhouse or Inn) in 1769. He leased and later purchased 228 acres at the Plains, from Richard Henry Lee, and erected a small stone still in 1775. His son, Minor III inherited!
the property and greatly enlarged it into a stone home in 1807.

Minor settled in Prince William County in 1737 and then settled on Little River in Fauquier County, VA before 1765, buying land from Richard Henry Lee and building the first old stone house, calling it "Rock Hill". This is spoken of as the old Winn Place and is located about half way between Middleburg and the Plains in Fauquier County, VA, not far from Washington DC.

The Winn's were great horsemen and very active land traders. Livestock at the Winn estates included cattle, chickens, hogs, horses and sheep. Crops include corn, cotton, grasses, hay, hemp, tobacco, grapes, nuts, fruit and wheat. They were active in the sale of crops as noted in accounts, bills of lading, and correspondence documenting charges, commissions, prices and ships and shipping in several ports. The Winn's were owners of slaves and their quarters, houses, barns, mills, ferry and very early distillery, from which much income came. Minor owned several buildings in the local towns as well. Alternative crops to tobacco were often sought, as noted in consideration of the crop of hemp to be made at "Grey Stone". This home is still there and the name "Winn" is over the mantelpiece.

Important culture interests have been documented in lists of plantation supplies and household goods purchased in England and America. Particularly noteworthy is the extensive purchase of books and other items for the family and their education, as the Winn brothers were to become surveyors of note in Fairfield County, SC. (Sources: (1) Historian's Guide to Loudon County, VA, Vol. I, Colonial Laws and County Court Orders, 1757-1766 by John T. Phillips II, p. 329; (2) Last Will and Testament of Minor Winn, Will Book 1, p. 343, Fauquier County, Warrenton, VA, dated March 23, 1776, probated March 23, 1778; (3) Last Will and Testament of Margaret Conner, mother of Margaret Conner Winn, Culpepper County, VA Wills Created 1748 from Orange County, dated 4 March 1744/5, Will Book A 1749-1770; (4) Genealogy of the Winn Family 1500 to 1939 by James A. Winn, January 1936, 916 N. 5th St., Ft. Smith, AR, (5) Mary Elizabeth Cooper Winn (6) Mrs. C. M. Winn, Norman, OK; (7) A Family History!
, Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants by John Wright, pg 50 (8) Court Records Order Book Abstracts of Essex County, VA 1699-1702 by Sparacio: p. 21; p. 24; Essex Co Court 13 Nov 1699; (9) The Winns of Fairfield County, Colonel John Winn, William Winn and General Richard Winn by Buford S. Chappell, M.D.; (10) Halifax Co VA, Feb. Court 1768: To Minor Winn for repairing the Prison; Fauquier Co Minute Book, 1764-1768, p. 11 p. 201: 31 Jul 1766: Minor Winn is allowed liberty to repair and use the Old Courthouse during the pleasure of the court)

The Historian's Guide to Loudoun County, VA; Vol. 1 Colonial Laws and County Court Orders, 1757-1766, by John T. Phillips II.
p. 329; 1763 - Nichols Minor sold Israel Thompson's Leesburg lot #3, which must have been substantially improved, to Fauquier carpenter, Minor Winn, who paid 40 lbs the going rate for an improved lot.
LDCODB Book D, p. 494; May 3, 1765 - Minor Winn and his wife Margaret Winn, of Fauquier, deed town lot #3 to John Ashby, a Fauquier County merchant, for 160 lbs.
Loudoun County Apprentices and Orphans Bound to Tradesmen Book B, p. 281; March 14, 1764 - Moren Woodhouse, of fifteen months old is bound out to Minor Winn
LDCODB Book D (Part 1), pp. 16-20; 7/8 November 1763 - Joseph Holtsclaw of Prince William County and Mary, his wife, to Minor Winn of same County parcel of land containing 300 acres for 50 lbs. Signed: Joseph Holtsclaw, Mary Holtsclaw. Witnessed: Aens Campbell, Nichols Minor and James Hamilton.

Minor's Last Will and Testament:
WILL of MINOR WINN
Written 31 Jul 1775, recorded March 23, 1776 in Will Book 1, Page 343, Fauquier County, Warrenton, VA, probated 23 Mar 1778

In the name of God amen. I Minor Winn being in perfect mind and memory thanks be given to the Almighty God for it as touching my temporal affairs doth make this my last will and testament first and principally I recommend my soul to God who gave it having the death and person of our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to receive full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins, and for my body to the ground be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named and for my temporal estate which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I give and bequeath of in manner as following

Item I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Margaret Winn all my Estate Royl & Personal for and during her natural life.

Item I give and bequeath to my son William Winn one negroe man named Godfre and if any person whatever seas (sic) on the said negroe for his debts theor the said negroe shall be the hole & sole property of my granddaughter Martha Smith and her heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my son John Winn one negroe woman named Jean and one negroe boy named Ben and one negroe boy named Moses now in his possession also one negroe man named Antony to him and his heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my son James Winn one negroe man named James and one negroe boy named Lewis to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Minor Winn one negroe man named Reuben and one negroe man named Soloman now in his possession, also my riding horse Bridle & Saddle and all my wearing apparel to him and his heirs forever, also my great Bible in the same form and manner.

Item I give and bequeath to my son Richard one negroe man named Will, now in his possession also one negroe boy named Tom during his natural life and if my son Richard Winn should die without an heir Lawfully begotten by his body then his part of my estate shall be equally divided among my children then aliveing (sic) and if he is got heir lawfully begotten I give it him and his heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret Johnson one negroe man named Winny now in her possession also one negroe boy named Jack Monday to she and her heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Smith and equal part of my estate that is sold after paying my just debts to she and her heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Susannar Grant one negroe that she has in her possession named Dick, also one negroe girl named Hanner and if my daughter should die without an heir lawfully begotten by her body then her part of my Estate shall be equally divided among my children then living and if she has got heir lawfully begotten I give it to she and her heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Martha Smith one negroe girl named Lucy now in her possession to she and her heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Smith's children forty pounds to be equally divided among the whole after the decease of my wife. All the balance of my estate both royal (sic) and personal be sold after the decease of my wife at 12 months credit, with laking good bond and security and what remains after paying my just debts and funeral charges among my children then living by my said wife Margaret Winn whom I appoint my Executrix with my son Minor Winn my whole Executor of this my last will & testament, and during the life of my Executrix with my Executor she is to act and do as she thinks proper and it shall stand good to this my last Will & Testament.

Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this thirty first day of July one thousand seven hundred and seventy five.

MINOR WINN (X his mark) Seal
MARGARET WINN (X her mark) Seal
Signed & sealed in the presence of us:
Stephen Tolle
Thomas White
James Fleming

I, Minor Winn, of the County of Fauquier being sick and weak of body and of sound sense and memory do desire that this instrument of writing be annexed to my Last Will & Testament and taken and accepted as a part thereof

Whereas I, sometime ago purchased a Tract of land of Mr. Martin Pickett lying on the south side of Little River part of a tract formerly belonging to Holtzclaw, and I have the said Pickett's bond for making me a title to the same as soon as he can obtain a Decree of the Court to put him in possession thereof I do hereby give and bequeath my right to the said land to my son Minor Winn and desire that Col. Pickett may make deeds for the same to my said son Minor when he shall be enabled to do so by obtaining the decree aforementioned.

And whereas I have in partnership with my son Minor Winn erected a still house on the said Minor's land and furnished the same with stills and the necessary utensils for carrying on the distilling business and have likewise in partnership with him raised a stock of hogs at the said still house and purchased a set of blacksmith tools The profits of all which several articles were by bargain to be equally divided between my said son and myself during my life and after my decease between my wife Margaret Winn and my said son Minor during her life. My desire is that the said stills, tools etc. be kept together during the life of my said wife Margaret Winn and the profits arising there from be equally divided between my said wife and son Minor and after her decease the stills, utensils, stock and tools shall be appraised by persons on oath & my said son Minor shall be at liberty to keep the same on paying the one half of what they shall be appraised to my executors for the bene!
fit of my estate to be applied in the same manner as some other part thereof which by my will I have directed to be sold. In Witness of my desire that this shall be taken as a part of my last Will and Testament, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & seventy eight.

MINOR WINN (X his mark) Seal
Signed sealed & acknowledged as part of his last Will & Testament in the presence of:
Peter Grant
James Winn
Hannah Winn

At a Court held for Fauquier County the 23rd day of March, 1778, this will was proved by the oaths of Stephen Tolle, a witness thereto, and the instrument of writing thereto annexed was proved by the oaths of James Winn and Hannah Winn, witnesses thereto, and on motion of Margaret Winn and Minor Winn, the Executrix and Executor, therein named certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. And at a court held for the said County the 27th day of July, 1778

This will was proved by the oaths of Thomas White, a witness thereto and ordered to be recorded
Test: H. Brooks, C.C.
A.R. Bartenstein, Deputy Clerk
A copy tests:
September 2nd 1904

We, William Winn, Gentleman, and the Honorable Richard Winn, Esquire, of Fairfield Co., appoint our well beloved brother John Winn of the same county, Gentleman, our attorney to receive of Minor Winn of the State of Virginia, Esquire, one of the Executors of the last will and testament of our late Honorable father Minor Winn, deceased, all such legacies due us or that we may be hereafter entitled to by virtue of our Father's will, and in default of payment of such legacies to take such manes at Law as necessary for the recovery of the same. Whereas a Negro wench as given by our late father Minor Will Decd. to Sister Susannah and her issue and if no issue to revert to the general (torn) do empower our attorney to release the said wench and her issue if any to our brother in law -, - Feb 178-, in the thirteenth year of American Independence. Wit: D. Evans, D. R. Evans. Certified and recorded 7 Feb 1789 by D. Evans.

The Last Will and Testament of Margaret Connor, mother of Margaret Connor Winn, wife of Minor Winn
Culpepper Co., VA. Wills Created 1748 from Orange Co.
Will of Margaret Conner, dated 4 March 1744/5. Returned and Or.
19 Sept. 1751. Abst. Will Book A 1749-1770
My beloved son James Conner, tract of land and plantation whereon I now live, it being four hundred acres
To my beloved son William Conner a ring of gold
To my beloved daughter MARGARET WINN an equal part of my waring cloath
To my beloved daughter Ann Kelly, an equal part of my cloaths
To my beloved daughter Hannah Wood an equal part of my cloaths
To my daughter Elizabeth Lynch an equal part of my waring cloaths
All my just debts be paid and discharged and my funeral expenses by my said son, James Conner who I constitute and appoint my whole and sole heir.
Signed, Margaret (M) Connor
Wit: Mary Stokes, John Hackley, Judith Hackley.

From John Wright's book, A Family History, Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants:
"Minor Winn of Carolina County, VA 1733 - 1734 - Hunter of Wolves, bought land in Orange County, 1734; married Margaret O'Conner. He removed from Orange to Fauquier County. Sons were Minor Richard, William, James and John. Daughters were Margaret, May (actually probably Mary), Elizabeth and Susannah. He was the great grandfather of General Stonewall Jackson. Minor Winn 1732-34 lived at Edgehill, Carolina County. Went to Orange County from there to Fauquier. He hunted wolves 1732. From Order Book."

Minor and Margaret had at 11 children:
*Lettice "Lettie" Caty Winn (b. 1724, d. 1797) was born in Warrenton, Fauquier County, VA and died in Pauline, Spartanburg, SC. She married John W. Bearden Sr. (b. 1717, d. 1797), son of Francis Bearden (d. 1744) and Sarah Jane Blassingame. John had 3 brothers: Richard Bearden, Humphrey Bearden and Thomas Bearden. John's father was born in Williamsburg, Caroline County, VA. (Sources: Bearden, Baker, Minor & Wynn genealogy page at <http://memebers.aol.com/ragnell822/bearden1.htm>). Lettice and John had 10 children.
1.Minor Winn III (b. 1730, d. October 5, 1813) was born at "Rock Hill" Fauquier County, VA and died in Loudoun County, VA. Minor married his 1st wife, Mary Elizabeth Withers (b. February 11, 1749, d. between 1794 and 1803), daughter of Thomas Withers and Elizabeth Williams, on October 17, 1765 in Warrenton, Fauquier County, VA. Minor married his 2nd wife Eleanor Simmons Harrison, a widow with 1 daughter, Nancy Harrison. Elizabeth Williams was the daughter of Jonar Williams of Fauquier County, VA. Mary Elizabeth was the sister of Hannah Withers, wife of Minor's brother, James Winn. Minor was in the Revolutionary War. Minor was a trustee for the town of Salem (now Marshall), VA. The house now called "Rock Hill" is situated at the western extremity of the Civil War battlefield of First Bull Run (Manassas Junction), where General Stonewall Jackson, grandson of Minor, gained his nickname and reputation. Minor was a Lieutenant in the Militia of Fauquier County, VA during!
the Revolutionary War. He was sworn in March 27, 1780. He inherited Rock Hill Plantation from his father, Minor Winn II. Minor and Elizabeth had 10 children. (Sources: (1) Genealogy of the Winn Family 1500 to 1936 by James A. Winn, January 1936, 916 N. 5th St., Ft. Smith, AR; (2) Will of Minor Winn dated 1813; (3) DAR # 24896; (4) Marriage Bonds and Returns, Vol. I, 1759 to 1800, Fauquier County, VA, Winn and Withers <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/fauquier/vitals/fauqmarr.txt>; (5) Colonial Families of the Southern States, Neale family, page 398; (6) <http://members.tripod.com/withers4/8th_gen1.htm>; (7) Fauquier County, Virginia - Soldiers in the Revolution, published by the Fauquier County Bicentennial Committee, Warrenton, Virginia. 1959 <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/fauquier/military/fauqrev.txt>; (8) Fauquier County, VA Tax List, 1800 <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/fauquier/taxlists/1800tax.txt>; (9) Fauquier Co. Va. Index to Marriage Register Vo!
lume Two 1795-1805, p. 22; (10) death date from Virginia Herald newspaper dated November 10, 1813, page 3, column 2, Fredericksburg, VA, collected by Bernard J. Henley)
MARRIAGE BONDS AND RETURNSNo. I from 1759 to 1800
FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIAWINN & WITHERS

"Know all men by these presents that we, Minor Winn and James Withers, Jr., are held and firmly bound to our sovereign Lord King George the Third, is the sum of fifty pounds current money to which payment will and truly to be made to our said Lord the King, his heirs and successors, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 7th day of October 1766. The conditions of above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be solemnized between the above Minor Winn and Bettie (Elizabeth) Withers, now if there be no cause to obstruct the marriage then the above obligation to be void or else to remain in force.

MINOR WINN (Seal)
JAMES WITHERS (Seal)
Sealed and delivered in the presence of John Churchill.
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WILL OF MINOR WINN III (1813)
In the name of God, Amen: I, Minor Winn, of the County of Fauquier and State of Virginia, being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following, to wit:

In the first place I desire that all my just debts shall be paid.
I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Eleanor Winn, the following slaves, Reuben, Syd, Daniel and Mary and Mary's increase, and my desire is that the said slaves shall never move out of the Counties of Fauquier, Prince William, or Loudoun, nor be hired out, but retained in my said wife's own possession during her natural life and after her death to be sold to the highest bidder on credit of twelve months, and the money arising from such sale be equally divided among my children, and in case of my wife's removed the aforesaid slaves out of the counties above mentioned or hiring them out, such removal or hiring out, I hereby declare to be a forfeiture of her claim to them (unless the same shall be done with the consent and approbation of my executors hereafter named) and order them to be sold on a credit of twelve months and the money arising there from be equally divided among my surviving children. I also give to my said wife, one bureau, one small dining table, on s!
mall poplar table, all my china, earthen, and glassware which is kept in the beaufet or dairy, also her choice of all my creatures of the horse kind and a saddle and bridle, two cows and calves, four ewes, and a sow and pigs, all my fowls of every description, twenty barrels of corn, twenty bushels of wheat, five hundred pounds of pork, or two hundred and fifty pounds of bacon in lieu of the pork if it be her choice, and five hundred pounds of hay for the immediate use of her stock and of the cattle of my wife, my will is that the horse saddle and bridle, the stock of cattle, sheep and hogs and the furniture which I have left to her shall be given to her daughter, Nancy Harrison, and to her heirs. I also give to my dear wife a Negro boy named Alfred (who came to me by her) to be hers and her heirs. And to provide a place for my wife's future residence, I leave it to her choice either to receive twenty pounds a year for the term of five years if she shall live so long, which!
my executors are hereby ordered to pay to her annually during the aforesaid term, or to hold during her life my lot of Graham's land whereon Thomas Garner lived, but not to receive the twenty pounds and the aforesaid lot of land also.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter, Nancy Singleton, a Negro Mary and her increase and an equal part of the money arising from the sale of personal property by this my last will ordered to be sold in trust in the hands of Isham O'Bannon and the profits of which I have bequeathed to her to be by him laid out at his discretion for my said daughter's support and if it shall hereafter appear necessary to him from the conduct of Mr. Joshua Singleton, the husband of my said daughter, Nancy Singleton, I hereby empower him, the said Isham O'Bannon, to take the before mentioned Negro Mary and her increase out of the said Singleton's hands and to lay out whatever profits may arise from them for the sole use of my foresaid daughter, and after her death my will is that the slaves aforesaid shall be sold on twelve months credit and the money accruing from such sale equally divided among her children as they shall marry or come of age.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sally Gibson, the wife of William Gibson, two Negro women by name Esther and Ailey, with their present and future increase. I also desire that my said daughter may have my Negro boy David at the appraisement price, if she chooses to give it.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret, the wife of Thomas Neal, Negroes Jenny and Winny and their increase to her and her heirs.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Betsy, the wife of Moses Gibson, a Negro woman named Lavinia and her increase, also the sum of one hundred pounds arising from that part of my estate which I direct by my will to be sold.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Susanna, the wife of Edward Simpson, Negroes Nan and Jude and their increase.

Item: I give and bequeath to the daughters of my deceased daughter Mary, late wife of Captain Isham O'Bannon, and to her son Minor O'Bannon, Negroes Sarah and Esther and their increase to be given to them when they marry or come of age.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son John Winn Negroes George and Allegany new in his possession, also my wearing apparel and my best riding horse, saddle and bridle after my wife has had the first choice of my horses and mares.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Hannah, the wife of Richard Neale, Negroes Liz and her children Armistead, Dell and Sarah and their future increase.

Item: I give to my son Minor Winn Negroes Sam and Bett and Bett's increase.

Item: I give to my son Thomas Winn Negroes Lue and Charlotte and Charlotte's future increase, one feather bed and furniture, two cows and calves, four ewes and a sow and pigs.

My will is that as soon after my death as public notice in the Gazettes can conveniently be given, my lands shall be sold to the highest bidder on a credit of three years, bonds with approved security to be taken bearing interest from the date and also deed of trust on the land for more effectually securing the payment of the purchase money; the interest to be paid annually and in case of failure the term of credit to be forfeited.

Item: My will is that the whole of my personal property not herein bequeathed shall be sold by my executors hereafter named on a credit of twelve months, the purchasers giving bond with good security to bear interest from the date if not punctually paid when due and the proceeds of the said sale together with the money arising from the sale of land (after paying to my daughter Betsy Gibson the hundred pounds herein before given to her) to be equally divided among all my children then living and the daughters of my late daughter Mary O'Bannon and her son Minor O'Bannon (the aforesaid children of my said daughter to have divided equally among them the part which would have fallen to their mother if she had been living) excepting my daughter Nancy Singleton whose proportion thereof I leave in trust to Captain Isham O'Bannon for her use to be advanced to her by him as her necessities shall in his opinion call for the same, and after her death the remainder (if any) to be e!
qually divided among her children then living.

And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint Captain Isham O'Bannon, Mr. William Gibson and my son, John W. Winn, executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others by me heretofore made.

In witness I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22nd day of August, 1813.

MINOR WINN (Seal)
Signed, sealed and acknowledged before us:
John Ethell
John Lynn
Alfred Gibson
Richard Cochran

Know all men by these presents that we, John W. Winn, Wm. Hale, Richard Nutt, Joshua Owens, Jas. Edwards, Alexander Jeffries and James Riskett, are held and firmly bound unto John Kemper, Steptoe Pickett, Wm. Withers, and Wiley Roy, gentlemen justices of the Court of Fauquier County now sitting in the sum of forty thousand dollars, the payment whereof will and truly to be made to the said justices and their successors we bind ourselves and each of us and our heirs, executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals and dated this 25th day of September Annon Domini 1813 and in the 38th year of the Commonwealth. The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bound John W. Winn, executor of the last will and testament of Minor Winn, deceased, do make or cause to be a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels and credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the hands, posses!
sion or knowledge of the said John W. Winn, or unto the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him and the same to made, do exhibit in the County Court of Fauquier at such times as he shall be thereunto required by the said court and the same goods, chattels, and credits and all other the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, which at any time after, shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of the said John W. Winn, or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him to well and truly administer according to law. And farther do make and full true account of his actings and doings thereon, when thereto required by the said Court, and also shall well and truly pay and deliver all the legacies contained and specified in the said testament, as far as the said goods, chattels and credits, will there unto extend and the law shall charge, then this obligation to be void, and of none effect, or else to remain in full force and!
virtue.

JOHN W. WINN (Seal)
Wm. HALE (Seal)
RICHARD NUTT (Seal)
JOSHUA OWENS (Seal)
J. EDMONDS (Seal)
ALEXANDER JEFFRIES (Seal)
JAMES PICKETT (Seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of D. WITHERS

Know all men by these presents, that we, Isham O'Bannon and Nimrod Farrow are held and firmly bound unto Chandler Peyton, Asa Jume, James Pickett, William Kincaid and George Kemper, gentlemen, Justices of the Courts of Fauquier County, now sitting in the sum of forty thousand dollars to the payment whereof well and truly to be made to the said Justices and their successors we bind ourselves and each of us and each of our heirs, executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals and dated the 22nd day of November, Anno Domini 1813 and in the 38th year of the Commonwealth
*William Winn was born in Warrenton, Fauquier County, VA in about 1732 to Minor Winn II <> (b. 1691, d. March 23, 1778) and Margaret O'Connor (b. 1695). William married his 1st wife, Ann Lingan (b. 1733, d. 1756), in 1753. Ann was born in Baltimore, MD. It is believed that Ann died while giving birth to her first child, Martha Winn.

William married his 2nd wife, Rosamond Wade Hampton (b. September 8, 1735, d. 1775), daughter of John Hampton Jr. (b. June 3, 1683, d. January 18, 1748) and Margaret Wade (b. May 1, 1694, d. May 17, 1810), in 1757 in Fairfax, VA. Rosamond was born in New Kent County, VA and died in Fairfield County, VA. She was the 1st cousin of General Wade Hampton and had 7 brothers and sisters. John Hampton Jr. was the son of John Hampton Sr. and Mary Mann, was born in Hampfield, VA, which is in Gloucester County and died in Fairfax, VA. Rosamond's mother, Margaret Wade, was born in New Kent County, VA and died in Fairfax, Fairfield County, VA. John Hampton Sr. (b. about 1650, d. November 10, 1718) was born in James City, VA to Thomas Hampton and died in King William County, VA. John Sr. married his 1st wife, Mary Mann (b. 1655, d. 1690) on June 1, 1677 and then his 2nd wife, Ms. Cary, in 1691. Mary Mann was born in Gloucester County, VA and died in King William County, VA. Rosam!
ond's mother was Margaret Wade (b. May 1, 1694, d. May 17, 1773). Margaret was born in New Kent County, VA to James Wade (b. 1668) and in Fairfax, VA. James (b. 1668) was the son of Edward Wade (b. 1642). We do not know James' wife's name but we know she was born in about 1668 in New Kent, VA as well. Edward Wade (b. 1642) was born in New Kent County, VA.

William was a Colonel in the American Revolutionary War under Washington's command. In 1764, he moved to SC with his brothers, John and Richard, settled in Cauden District, called Fairfield and founded Winnsborough (now called Winnsboro), SC. He and his brothers also founded the Mount Zion Society, an institution of learning, of which John was the 1st President.

William was living at "76", a town and military station in western SC in 1790. He served with distinction in the Revolutionary War and returned to VA and then to Lexington, KY. He also lived in Craven (now Spartanburg), SC and lastly in Charleston, SC.

In 1812, he drew a land patent of 1200 acres in Duck River Valley, Maury County, TN. He moved with his brothers John and Richard and their families.

William, like his brothers, traded in land. On May 3, 1768, he received precept for land (not settled) in Little River and Wateree Creek, SC. He was land certified on September 5, 1769 in Wateree Creek, SC. He received a 300-acre land grant on September 8, 1770 in Wateree Creek, SC. He received precept for land on March 8, 1771 in Owen Mill Creek, SC. He was known to have surveyed land for himself on April 6, 1773 in Enoree River, SC. He received a land grant on May 23, 1773 in Moons Creek, SC. On May 28, 1773 there is a certified plat in his name in Enoree River, SC. In March 1775, he resided in Camden District, SC. He appointed Matthew Smith (son-in-law, husband to Martha Winn, daughter of William and his first wife) power of attorney for affairs in Fauquier County, VA on March 27, 1775, witnessed by James Winn and Minor Winn, Sr. He served as horseman in the militia for 32 days in 1779. He furnished provisions for the militia in 1781. He received land grants in 1785 i!
n Camden District, SC. He was sold land on September 1, 1785 in Owen Mill Creek, SC. He received certificate for provisions furnished militia on February 4, 1786. He appointed Robert Starke attorney to collect money from Jacobson estate on September 12, 1788. He appointed John Winn power of attorney to collect money from his father's estate in Fauquier County, VA in February 1789. In 1790, he was living at "76" a town and military station in western SC. He served with distinction in the Revolutionary War, returned to VA and then moved to Lexington, KY. He lived in Craven (now Spartanburg), SC and lastly Charleston, SC.

William died in 1813 while on business in Charleston, SC. He is buried next to his brother John's wife, Dorothea Wright in Winnsboro, SC. William and Ann Lingan had 1 daughter. William and Rosamond Hampton had 10 children. (Sources: (1) Genealogy Of The Winn Family 1500-1936 by James A. Winn, 916 N. 5th St., Ft. Smith, AR, 1936; (2) The Winns of Fairfield County, Colonel John Winn, William Winn and General Richard Winn by Buford S. Chappell, M.D.)

1.John Winn (b. 1727, d. July 16, 1816) was born in Fauquier County, VA and died in MS. He married his 1st wife, Dorothea Wright (b. 1740, d. December 10, 1782), daughter of Francis Wright (d. about 1742) and Ann Berryman Massey (d. August 25, 1752) and sister to Elizabeth Wright and one other that is unknown. Dorothy was from Alexandra, Prince William County, VA and died in Winnsboro, Fairfield County, SC. Dorothea and her sisters were considered orphans at the time of their mother's death. Their uncle, John Wright became their guardian until November 26, 1754 when their uncle appointed new guardians (see Prince William County Court record book for 1754, page 177, "Present, John Wright, Gent, Justice...John Lindsay, Michael Pike and Thos. Speaks of the County of Fredericks are appointed to settle the estate of the orphans of Francis Wright, deceased, between Thomas Stripling, Gent, their former guardian and their several guardians now appointed". This record indicate!
s that at least 2 of the orphans were about to be removed to the county of Frederick, west of the Blue Ridge and Shenandoah River in VA. Elizabeth married about this time to Taliaferro Stripling and then moved to Frederick County, where in a deed of 1771 and in his will of 1774 he bequeathed to her as his wife. She is shown on page 36 of "Some Virginia Families" by Hugh M. McIlhany, Jr. M.A., Ph.D., of the University of VA.) John moved to Rutherford County, TN in 1808. He was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. He went with his brothers, Richard and William, to SC in 1765 where they founded the town of Winnsboro, SC. They also founded Mount Zion Society, an institution of learning, of which John was the 1st President. John was at one time a prisoner of Lord Cornwallis and sentenced to death for an attempt to ambush the general, but was released through the influence of Colonel Phillips, a loyalist, to whom special kindness had previously been shown. Dorothea died duri!
ng the occupation of Winnsboro, SC by Cornwallis. John married his 2nd wife, Penelope Kirkland, in 1784. John died in TN. John and Dorothy Wright had 7 children. John and Penelope had 13 children (plus others that died during birth). (Sources: (1) Prince William County, VA court record book for 1754, pg 177; (2) Some Virginia Families by Hugh M. McIhany, Jr., M.A., Ph.D., of the University of VA; (3) Genealogy Of The Winn Family 1500-1936 by James A. Winn, 916 N. 5th St., Ft. Smith, AR, 1936; (4) Fauquier Co. Va. Index to Marriage Register Volume Two 1795-1805, p. 25; (4) The Winns of Fairfield County, Colonel John Winn, William Winn and General Richard Winn by Buford S. Chappell, M.D.)
1.James A. Winn (b. 1736, d. about 1814) was born in Fauquier County, VA and died in KY. He married Hannah Withers, daughter of James Withers (b. February 11, 1716, d. January 20, 1784) and Catherine Barbee (b. 1820, d. 1776), on March 3, 1767 in Fauquier County, VA. James Withers was born and died in Stafford County, VA. Catherine Barbee died in Fauquier County, VA. Hannah is the sister of Elizabeth Withers, 2nd wife of James' brother, Minor Winn III. Hannah also had a brother named James Withers. James' mother was Elizabeth Keene so it appears his father, James, remarried. He moved to the Falls of Ohio, which is now Louisville. He and Hannah had a large family. One daughter married a Mr. Roberts and another married Mr. Collins and then Mr. Johnson. He died in Kentucky. From the War Department comes the following item, "James Winn served in the Revolutionary War in the following organizations: James Winn, Corporal in Captain James Johnson's or Johnston's Company,!
6th Virginia Regiment, February 1776 and promoted to Sergeant in the same company on May 1, 1777. Later he is reported as Captain in Daniel Morgan's Command. The Auditor's accounts for Virginia, Vol. XV, page 524, account of 1780, Captain James Winn is paid for service." James and Hannah had 8 children.(Sources: (1) Fauquier Marriage Bond of James Winn and Hannah Withers dated March 3, 1767 <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/fauquier/vitals/fauqmarr.txt>; (2) Family Bible given to the Filson Club, Louisville, KY in 1944, by the Kendrick family; The Bible was published in Philadelphia in 1798; (3) Genealogy Of The Winn Family 1500-1936 by James A. Winn, 916 N. 5th St., Ft. Smith, AR, 1936; (4) Fauquier County, Virginia - Soldiers in the Revolution, published by the Fauquier County Bicentennial Committee, Warrenton, Virginia. 1959 <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/fauquier/military/fauqrev.txt>; (5) Fauquier Co. Va. Index to Marriage Register Volume Two 1795-1805, p.!
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The marriage bond of James Winn and Hannah Withers:
MARRIAGE BOND AND RETURNSNO. I from 1759 to 1800
Fauquier County, VirginiaWINN & WITHERS

"Know all men by these presents that we, James Winn and John Wright, Jr., are held firmly bound to our Sovereign Lord King George the Third in the sum of fifty pounds current money of Virginia, to which payment will and truly by made to our said Lord the King, his heirs and successors, we bind ourselves our heirs, executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 3rd day of March, 1767; whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be solemnized between the above bound James Winn and Hannah Withers, spinster, for which a license has been issued, now the condition of the above obligation is such that if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void or else to remain in force.

JAMES WINN (Seal)
JOHN WRIGHT (Seal)

Sealed and delivered in the presence of H. Brooks.
Sirs: I am of lawful age to bestow myself in marriage, please to grant a license of marriage to Mr. James Winn, I am your humble servant. To Mr. Hump Brooks, Clerk Court.

HANNAH WITHERS
March 3rd, 1767
*Margaret Winn (b. 1739, d. 1803) was born in Fauquier County, VA. She married Smith Moses Johnson (b. 1734, d. 1805) of Rappahannock, VA. Margaret and Smith had at least 1 daughter. (Sources: (1) Deanna Ames, descendant of Margaret Winn, tdames@worldnet.att.net <mailto:tdames@worldnet.att.net>)
*Mary Winn (b. 1741, d. before 1798) was born in Fauquier County, VA. She married her 1st husband, John Smith and then her 2nd husband, Nathaniel Weadon, in 1782. Mary and John had 5 children.
*Elizabeth Winn (b. 1744, d. about 1775) was born in Fauquier County, VA and died in MS. She married Benjamin Smith. Elizabeth and Benjamin had one daughter, Martha Smith.
*Susannah Winn (b. 1746) was born in Fauquier County, VA. She married a Peter Grant (b. November 18, 1739), son of Captain John Grant and Hester Foote, on November 23, 1767. (Sources: (1) Fauquier Marriage Bonds <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/fauquier/vitals/fauqmarr.txt>)
*Anna Winn (b. 1748) married Lt. Samuel McKinley (d. 1816), son of Benjamin McKinley and Mary. Samuel was the brother of Priscilla, Anna's brother, Richard's, wife. They moved to KY then to MS, then to LA and finally TX.
*Major General Richard Winn (b. 1750, d. December 18, 1818) was born in Fauquier County, VA and died in Maury County, TN, on Duck River, possessed of 2500 acres of land and 40 Negroes and valuable stock of all kind (Southern History Association, July 1898, Vol. II, Richard Winn by J. L. Curry). Richard went with his brothers, John and William to SC in 1765. They laid out Winnsboro, SC. He married his 1st wife, Priscilla McKinley, daughter of Benjamin McKinley and Mary, about 1775. Priscilla was the sister of Richards' sister, Anna's husband Samuel. Richard married his 2nd wife, Susan. Richard served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, being a Colonel in the War of 1812. "Major General Richard Winn, Colonel in the American Revolution, Brigadier General and Major General, SC Militia, Member of Congress 1793 to 1812, Judge in the County Courts." In 1811, Brigadier General Richard Winn went to Maury County, TN and had 5000 acres of land, named the place W!
innsboro, TN and there he died. His grave has been plowed over and there is no tombstone, although one was set there years ago, but though some fault, cannot be located. He was a fine mathematician and surveyor and his services were secured by wealthy Englishmen to survey and locate lands for them, his compensation being every 8th tract of land. Thus, he secured large quantities of land before the Revolutionary War. At the beginning of the war, he entered the services of SC and commissioned in June 1775 as First Lieutenant of Rangers in the attack of Sullivan's Island. He so distinguished himself that he was in command of a special expedition for the defense of Ft. McIntosh on the Saltillo River. Captain Richard Winn was severely wounded at Hanging Rock. The defeat of the British depended a great deal on his courage and conduct. He was made Colonel before peace was declared. His home was looted and burned, slaves carried off and his family driven away. He was in co!
mmand of the right flank and the Dragoon command attached to him under Major Davies and employed as a messenger the then 13-year-old Andrew Jackson, future President of the United States. Colonel Richard Winn held several civil offices and was elected Brigadier General and afterwards Major General by the Legislature of SC. On December 16, 1793, he took the required oath for the seat in the House of Representatives, where he remained until 1813. On June 4, 1812, he signed President Calhoun's bill declaring war for independence against Britain. Richard was a great horseman and was a member of the SC Jockey Club, the oldest club in the U.S. Richard and Priscilla had 11 children. (Sources: (1) Genealogy Of The Winn Family 1500-1936 by James A. Winn, 916 N. 5th St., Ft. Smith, AR, 1936; (2) Southern History Association, Vol. II, Richard Winn, by J. L. Curry, July 1898; (3) The Winns of Fairfield County, Colonel John Winn, William Winn and General Richard Winn by Buford S. Ch!
appell, M.D.)

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