Wendy, My name is Kenneth Pridgen, My great grandmother was a Winstead. Her name was Stella Mae Winstead. I have looked through our geneaology records that my family have accumalated in the last year or so and can not find your particular William Winstead. But i can tell you that in that time frame there were plenty of Winsteads in the Nash\Wilson county area. We got some information about the Winsteads from a distant cousin here in Wilson, it tells us about the Winsteads from the early 1700's, and tonight my cousin and I, using stuff she found at Ancestry.com, we have pushed our Winstead info back to the mid 1500's. As you probably know, most of the Winsteads would originate from an original person. According to the info we have, the first Winstead shows up in VA. His name is Samuel Winstead, it turns he is Sr.. He has a son named Samuel who most of the records seem to report in early deeds and wills. According to the information we have, he had at least three wives and thirteen kids. I have the list of his kids. I am sure of these kids, your line most likely sprouts. He had a son named David Winstead, who had a son named Neverson Columbus, who was the father of my g-grandmother. If you would like i could send you the names of those thirteen kids, but i do not know which one you come from. From that David Winstead line i mentioned, there were two males with the name William in there names, but the research did not follow those lines, and it may not be the line you are searching. There is a man named Steve Harrell, who gave our family the info on the Winsteads, but he is a distant cousin of our line, but he may know someone that has researched other parts of the Winstead clan. He works at PL Woodard farm supply in Wilson. I have never looked for his home phone, because we just contact him up at the store. If you would like, i would be glad to send you the names, just let me know. I also have some info on the Wells also, because that is who NC Winstead married. I also have some info on the Pridgens, the Winsteads and Pridgens loved to marry into each others families. If i can be of any help, let me know. Kenneth Pridgen -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, November 27, 1998 3:21 PM Subject: [NCWILSON-L] Winstead Hello I have a Caroline Amerson and husband William Winstead Caroline was born in 1848-William in 1849 they were married about 1868 probably in Wilson Co. NC Caroline was the daughter of Thomas J and Martha Bailey Amason I dont have any info on William Winstead. Who were his parnets? Did they have any Children? Does anyone know them?{Thanks Wendy