I have Guinns came from NC. I have not been able to find info about the family any farther back than 1787. John Byron(?) Guinn was born in 1785 in NC and died 16 NOv. 1862 in Dade Co., GA Spouse: Sarah Varnell b. VA in 1787 died 27 Oct. 1874 Children: Matilda 1808 in Sevier Co., TN died in 1872 in Dade Co. GA Covington b. about 1811 in Sevier Co., TN Mary Ann b. 1813 in SEvier Co., TN Charles Tellis b. July 4, 1821 ihn Sevier Co., TN Jesse Pierce b. 1825 in Sevier Co., TN d. 1880 Sarah Jane b. May 23, 1828 d. April 9, 1893 Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much, Mary Jo Moore The Woodlands, TX >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Norma Jean King" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 10:05 AM >>Subject: Gwins that did not go South >> >> >>> I have belonged to this list for a long time and I have never seen any >>Gwins >>> mentioned except the South Gwins. There just has to be someone out there >>> chasing the same Gwins I am..........? >>> >>> There path was: PA>OH>WI>some IL>some MO>. >>> In the 1830 census of Knox county, OH there are Enos Gwin, John Gwin and >>> Daniel. In the 1840 census of Knox county, OH; Horatio J. Gwin is there >>> also. The John that is in the 1830 census in Knox county, OH must be be >>my >>> husbands Great-Great-Great g/father. John Gwin that m. Margaret Ann >Leach >>> in what was Knox county, OH must have been living at home. A son in the >>> census would fit his age in 1830 and he married in 1837. Horatio was >>30-40, >>> and females, 1; 5-10, 1;10-15, 1; 15-20, and 1; 20-30. >>> >>> There just has to be tie in. John, (this John would be my husbands >>> great-great grandfather) Horatio, Rebecca Jane and Enos all married while >>in >>> Knox County. >>> >>> Theodore Gwin was my husbands Great grandfather. Was raised by John's >>> sister Catherine and her family Mrs.John Singery. We don't know what >>> happened to his father John after wife Margaret Leach Gwin died abt. >>1842. >>> With them all being in Knox (which later became Morrow county), they just >>> have to be related. Some of them went on to WI also Theodore served in >the >>> Union Army out of WI. When he left WI he went to MO after a while in >>> Whiteside county, IL. He married Elizabeth Kyle b. in PA, daughter of >>> Andrew Kyle and Eliza Henderson Kyle. They are buried in Whiteside >>county, >>> IL. >>> >>> In Theodore's which was in 1915, states that his only brother died >>> about a year ago. No name but would have been 1912-1913, and that his >>> father died about 1885. No names and no places mentioned. >>> >>> Thanks for reading this. Would like to connect with the North Gwins. If >>> you have any questions, please ask. I am sorry this is so long. >>> >>> Norma Jean King >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >>> Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >>> >>> >> >> >>============================== >>Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >> > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >