1860 Census, Tenn, Tipton Cty., Linn Twp. - Winn 124/124 Winn Tom 57 M W Farmer 600 1000 Tenn Winn Mary 33 F W Keeping House Tenn Winn Sarah E. 4 F W Tenn Winn W. M. 2 F W Tenn Winn Wm T. 4/12 M W Tenn Feb Deorg Torth A 30 F W 200 Tenn Cannot read or write Till Jam H. 9 M W Tenn Cannot read or write Henretta 6 F W Tenn Winn Peter 82 M W Farmer 3000 150 Tenn Cannot read or write Hall Elizabeth 42 F W Ma Ca Hall Sallie 14 F W Tenn ttg-inc@comcast.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/

1850 US Census, Tennessee, Tipton Cty., Unknown Townships District No. 9, 23rd day of Oct. 1850 696 hgh Peter Townsend 50 M Farmer 575 Tenn Kittura 21 F Tenn Peter Winn 15 M Farmer Tenn

Well, when you get it all sorted out <GRIN> I'd like a copy,too. Please? Thank you. Andie Harris from Kailua

Wow--do they only have the professional photo shop, or is there an affordable one for home use? I am so disappointed with the software I have; it is not user-friendly, and cannot do very many things I want to do. (I only want to do basic things) Mary Winn Anderson ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Thill Group Inc" <ttg-inc@comcast.net> To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > ha ha, Jack as a web site designer the only thing I use is Photoshop it is > the best. We had a family picture where my niece fell over right at the time > of the picture [21 people in one shot...was not going to get a reshoot] so I > set her up straight and had to rebuild every thing around her... then for > fun I put her one foot up side down to see if any one would notice.. do you > know that my sister and brother have that picture on their mantle and they > haven't notice her foot yet....giggles... Oh and in the same picture I added > my son from another picture because he was the only one that could not be > there in person... no one noticed that either.. =) > Cuz B > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Wynn" <jwynn@mindspring.com> > To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:19 PM > Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > > > > The difference is the software necessary to process (extract) a still > > picture from a video. .Most folks don't have that. Digital cameras > > are absolutely wonderful! The ability to process a jpeg (or even > > better a tiff file) with software normally supplied with modern > > digital cameras is awesome. I've been using Photoshop for years and > > most "included software" is at least an early version of Photoshop. > > > > My first edition of Photoshop inspired me to experiment. I had a > > picture of Linda's gggrandparents sitting side by side in the classic > > pose. Only problem was someone had spilled ink in the middle of the > > photo. I decided to play with it and shortly thereafter I had > > perfectly rebuilt his jacket and her bloused sleeve dress. Then I > > decide to change the frown (scowl ?) on her face - voila!! A really > > great photo emerged and was capable of printing in multiple formats. > > > > Jack > > > > > > >I was thinking the same thing Jack, > > >or even a video camera that allows for "still's" > > >Cuz B > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Jack Wynn" <jwynn@mindspring.com> > > >To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 4:52 PM > > >Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > > > > > > > > >> Any visitor would do better taking a digital picture of the portrait. > > >> > > >> Jack Wynn > > >

Mary, Adobe Photoshop that I have is the Adobe Creative Suite which is $549.00 http://www.adobe.com/store/products/master.jhtml?id=catPhotoshop What I used before that was Paint Shop Pro from Jasc, it was a great way to learn how to do some of the stuff we were talking about. You can get it on ebay on a "BUY IT NOW" sale for 34.99 for the next 7 hours http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3632737882&category=188 and there is tutorial's on http://www.jasc.com/ or you can buy it from them [Jasc] for 109.00 in the box http://www.jasc.com/products/paintshoppro/ Hope that helps? Hugs Cuz B ttg-inc@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "marywinn" <marywinn@cfl.rr.com> To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > Wow--do they only have the professional photo shop, or is there an > affordable one for home use? > > I am so disappointed with the software I have; it is not user-friendly, and > cannot do very many things I want to do. (I only want to do basic things) > > Mary Winn Anderson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Thill Group Inc" <ttg-inc@comcast.net> > To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 7:19 PM > Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > > > > ha ha, Jack as a web site designer the only thing I use is Photoshop it is > > the best. We had a family picture where my niece fell over right at the > time > > of the picture [21 people in one shot...was not going to get a reshoot] so > I > > set her up straight and had to rebuild every thing around her... then for > > fun I put her one foot up side down to see if any one would notice.. do > you > > know that my sister and brother have that picture on their mantle and they > > haven't notice her foot yet....giggles... Oh and in the same picture I > added > > my son from another picture because he was the only one that could not be > > there in person... no one noticed that either.. =) > > Cuz B > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jack Wynn" <jwynn@mindspring.com> > > To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:19 PM > > Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > > > > > > > The difference is the software necessary to process (extract) a still > > > picture from a video. .Most folks don't have that. Digital cameras > > > are absolutely wonderful! The ability to process a jpeg (or even > > > better a tiff file) with software normally supplied with modern > > > digital cameras is awesome. I've been using Photoshop for years and > > > most "included software" is at least an early version of Photoshop. > > > > > > My first edition of Photoshop inspired me to experiment. I had a > > > picture of Linda's gggrandparents sitting side by side in the classic > > > pose. Only problem was someone had spilled ink in the middle of the > > > photo. I decided to play with it and shortly thereafter I had > > > perfectly rebuilt his jacket and her bloused sleeve dress. Then I > > > decide to change the frown (scowl ?) on her face - voila!! A really > > > great photo emerged and was capable of printing in multiple formats. > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > >I was thinking the same thing Jack, > > > >or even a video camera that allows for "still's" > > > >Cuz B > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Jack Wynn" <jwynn@mindspring.com> > > > >To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> > > > >Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 4:52 PM > > > >Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > > > > > > > > > > > >> Any visitor would do better taking a digital picture of the > portrait. > > > >> > > > >> Jack Wynn > > > > > > > >

The difference is the software necessary to process (extract) a still picture from a video. .Most folks don't have that. Digital cameras are absolutely wonderful! The ability to process a jpeg (or even better a tiff file) with software normally supplied with modern digital cameras is awesome. I've been using Photoshop for years and most "included software" is at least an early version of Photoshop. My first edition of Photoshop inspired me to experiment. I had a picture of Linda's gggrandparents sitting side by side in the classic pose. Only problem was someone had spilled ink in the middle of the photo. I decided to play with it and shortly thereafter I had perfectly rebuilt his jacket and her bloused sleeve dress. Then I decide to change the frown (scowl ?) on her face - voila!! A really great photo emerged and was capable of printing in multiple formats. Jack >I was thinking the same thing Jack, >or even a video camera that allows for "still's" >Cuz B >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jack Wynn" <jwynn@mindspring.com> >To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 4:52 PM >Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > > >> Any visitor would do better taking a digital picture of the portrait. >> >> Jack Wynn

1850 US Census, Tennessee, Tipton Cty., Unknown Townships District No. 7, 30th day of Sept. 1850 449/449 William H. Winn 38 M Farmer Tenn Jane Winn 14 F Tenn Iva Ann Winn 10 F Tenn Attended school Thomas Winn 7 M Tenn Attended school Lucy Winn 5 F Tenn Joel ? East 13 M Tenn District No. 7, 1st Day of Oct.,. 1850 452/452 Peter Winn 62 M Farmer VA Mary Winn 54 F VA Cuz B ttg-inc@comcast.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/

ha ha, Jack as a web site designer the only thing I use is Photoshop it is the best. We had a family picture where my niece fell over right at the time of the picture [21 people in one shot...was not going to get a reshoot] so I set her up straight and had to rebuild every thing around her... then for fun I put her one foot up side down to see if any one would notice.. do you know that my sister and brother have that picture on their mantle and they haven't notice her foot yet....giggles... Oh and in the same picture I added my son from another picture because he was the only one that could not be there in person... no one noticed that either.. =) Cuz B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Wynn" <jwynn@mindspring.com> To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > The difference is the software necessary to process (extract) a still > picture from a video. .Most folks don't have that. Digital cameras > are absolutely wonderful! The ability to process a jpeg (or even > better a tiff file) with software normally supplied with modern > digital cameras is awesome. I've been using Photoshop for years and > most "included software" is at least an early version of Photoshop. > > My first edition of Photoshop inspired me to experiment. I had a > picture of Linda's gggrandparents sitting side by side in the classic > pose. Only problem was someone had spilled ink in the middle of the > photo. I decided to play with it and shortly thereafter I had > perfectly rebuilt his jacket and her bloused sleeve dress. Then I > decide to change the frown (scowl ?) on her face - voila!! A really > great photo emerged and was capable of printing in multiple formats. > > Jack > > > >I was thinking the same thing Jack, > >or even a video camera that allows for "still's" > >Cuz B > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Jack Wynn" <jwynn@mindspring.com> > >To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 4:52 PM > >Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > > > > > >> Any visitor would do better taking a digital picture of the portrait. > >> > >> Jack Wynn >

Any visitor would do better taking a digital picture of the portrait. Jack Wynn >Winn Cousins, > >I received a portait of Major General Richard Winn of the S.C. >Militia (Colonel in the US Army) hanging at the Richar Winn Academy >in Winnsboro, SC. > >I had asked for something suitable for archival but what I got was a >poor xerox copy, folded, with the right edge cut off. I believe this >is a commercial print to begin with so the detail is only so good on >their print. I enhanced it as best I could. > >The head of the school, Elizabeth R. Reid, was very nice and prompt >but doesn't have the resourses I suppose. She said it was framed and >matted with glass on top and she has no idea of it's history. It's >just there. > >Never the less, for what it's worth, here is the portrait of Richard >Winn, which is hanging in the Academy in Winnsboro, S.C. which bears >his name. > >http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/images/Misc/WinnRichardAcademyPortraitL.jpg > >Randy C. Smart > >PS-I'd like to get the best scan I can so I can archive his portrait >(that's what I do) but SC is a long way from Washington. Do any of >you cousins both live near Winnsboro and know how to scan? I'm >willing to help every step of the way.

I was thinking the same thing Jack, or even a video camera that allows for "still's" Cuz B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Wynn" <jwynn@mindspring.com> To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [WINN] Portrait of Richard Winn > Any visitor would do better taking a digital picture of the portrait. > > Jack Wynn

Winn Cousins, I received a portait of Major General Richard Winn of the S.C. Militia (Colonel in the US Army) hanging at the Richar Winn Academy in Winnsboro, SC. I had asked for something suitable for archival but what I got was a poor xerox copy, folded, with the right edge cut off. I believe this is a commercial print to begin with so the detail is only so good on their print. I enhanced it as best I could. The head of the school, Elizabeth R. Reid, was very nice and prompt but doesn't have the resourses I suppose. She said it was framed and matted with glass on top and she has no idea of it's history. It's just there. Never the less, for what it's worth, here is the portrait of Richard Winn, which is hanging in the Academy in Winnsboro, S.C. which bears his name. http://www.ancestor-rescue.com/images/Misc/WinnRichardAcademyPortraitL.jpg Randy C. Smart PS-I'd like to get the best scan I can so I can archive his portrait (that's what I do) but SC is a long way from Washington. Do any of you cousins both live near Winnsboro and know how to scan? I'm willing to help every step of the way.

"A History of Wales", John Davies, The Penguin Press, First Edition 1993 pg. 264 The richest of the squires - the Bulkeleys of Beaumaris, for example, or the Wynns of Gwydir or the Perrots of Pembrokeshire - were almost equal in their economic circumstances to some of the aristocratic families. But in a society which placed such emphasis on degree and honour, a particular distinction belonged to those men [about fifty throughout the kingdom under Elizabeth, twice that number under her successor] who had a title and a seat in the House of Lords. Four aristocratic families had interests in Wales during the reign of Elizabeth: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who was granted the lordship of Denbigh in 1563; the Devereux family, earls of Essex, who had extensive interests in the south-west; the Somerset family, earls of Worcester, the owners of most of the manors of Monmouthshire and Gower; and the Herbert family, earls of Pembroke, the chief landowners in Glamorgan. Leicester and Essex were luminaries of Elizabeth's court, where Worcester and Pembroke were also influential. There was a wide gulf between Henry Herbert, the second earl of Pembroke [of the Tudor creation], with his receipts of ?5,000 a year, and men such as the squire of Clenennau whose income was less than a tithe of that of the earl. Yet, compared with the members of the social groups beneath them, they belonged essentially to the same class. As receivers of rents, they seized much of the economic surplus, and as members of the one or the other of the House of Parliament, and as state and county officials, they had an assured role in the system of government. Cuz B ttg-inc@comcast.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/

"A History of Wales", John Davies, The Penguin Press, First Edition 1993 p. 269 All Classes of society faced disease and sickness; ill-health was probably the cause of the choler which was so much a part of the personalities of men such as John Perrot and John Wynn. But it was the members of the lower classes - who were often deficient in vitamins A, C & D - who suffered most. Among them there was deep faith in herbal remedies and magic potions, for they could not afford the services of a doctor. In deed, only a small proportion of the population was within reach of such services. In 1620, the family at Lleweni had to send to Chester for a doctor, although as medical methods were so crude the scarcity of doctor's was probably advantageous to the sick. Every one believed that they were at the mercy of mysterious powers. Those powers could be placated by spells and magic, or aggravated by associating with the devil, as witches were believed to do. The fate of the condemned witch, the ferocity of many of the amusements of the age, the barbarity of the frequent executions [about two thousand a year in the kingdom as a whole] and the pleasure people obtained from watching savagery prove that there was very little sensitivity towards suffering - something to be expected, perhaps, in a society where pain and cruel afflictions were part of the common experience. CHOLER, n. 1. The bile. By the superabundance of this fluid, anger was formerly supposed to be produced; or perhaps the opinion was that the bile caused the inflamed appearance of the face in anger. Hence, 2. Anger; wrath; irritation of the passions. Cholera Morbus, a sudden evacuation of bile, both upwards and downwards. Main Entry: cho·ler Pronunciation: 'kä-l&r, 'kO- Function: noun Etymology: Middle English coler, from Middle French colere, from Latin cholera cholera, from Greek Date: 14th century 1 a archaic : YELLOW BILE b obsolete : BILE 1a 2 obsolete : the quality or state of being bilious 3 : ready disposition to irritation : IRASCIBILITY; also : ANGER chol·er noun 1. bad temper: anger or bad temper ( archaic or literary ) 2. bodily fluid causing bad temper: one of the four basic fluids (humors) of the body according to medieval medicine, thought to make somebody whose body contained too much of it prone to anger and irritability ( archaic ) Also called yellow bile [14th century. Via French colère from Latin cholera "bile" (see cholera), believed to cause bad temper.] Cuz Becky ttg-inc@comcast.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: winn hardingham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/FgWBAEB/708 Message Board Post: I am looking for information about two daughters born to Elizabeth Winn and John Henry Hardingham (married 1898). My grandfather John Christopher (their brother) was born 1904.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ellington Harris Winn Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FgWBAEB/707 Message Board Post: Trying to get this line correct but having mucho difficulty. Any commentary would be welcomed. 1. E.A. WINN?-421 (b.Bef 28 Jun 1836-,,TX) sp: ELLINGTON-962 (b.,,MS) |-2. Edna A. ELLINGTON-774 (b.Abt 1854-,,TX) | sp: Isaac N. HARRIS-132 (b.30 Jun 1845/1847-,Bedford Co.,TN d.Abt 1888-,,TX) | |-3. Felix M. HARRIS-155 (b.Abt 1873-,,TX) | | sp: UNKNOWN | |-3. Sudie R. HARRIS-824 (b.Abt 1875-,,TX) | |-3. Nancy C. HARRIS-82 (b.Abt 1877-Shelbyville,Shelby Co.,TX d.13 Jul 1946-Timpson,Shelby Co.,TX) | | sp: John Byron SMITH-81 (b.7 Apr 1880-Shelbyville,Shelby Co.,TX m.3 Jan 1904 d.22 Jan 1940-Timpson,Shelby Co.,TX) | | sp: Riley MOODY-1554 (b.Abt 1875 m.15 Nov 1894) | |-3. Mary HARRIS-826 (b.6 Sep 1879-,,TX d.12 Apr 1940-,,TX) | | sp: ROUNTREE-2152 | +-3. Robert Jeff Davis HARRIS-157 (b.Dec 1886-,,TX? d.1939-,,TX) |-2. Nancy P?. ELLINGTON-133 (b.Abt 1857-,,TX) | sp: UNKNOWN | +-3. J.E. -112 (b.Abt 1877-,,TX) +-2. G.A. ELLINGTON-809 (b.1867-,,TX) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Elizabeth Winn married John Harris (b. 1766-Vaughn Creek, Prince Edward County, Virginia; son of Lewis and Elizabeth Harris) in Louisa County, Virginia, on August 26, 1793. Does anyone know who her parents were? A Frances Winn also married Lewis Johnson in Louisa County, Virginia, on March 14, 1796. In Prince Edward County, Virginia, a Peter Winn married Frances Akin on December 25, 1795. John and Elizabeth Harris had settled in Wilson County, Tennessee, by November 27, 1809. Lewis and Elizabeth Harris had moved to Prince Edward County, Virginia, from Hanover County, Virginia. I have run across names like John Winn and Frank Winn in Hanover County, Virginia, records from the mid-1700s but have not come across other Winn entries for Louisa County. Thanks, Lance Bretsnyder

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WINN, RILEY, and Related Families Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FgWBAEB/706 Message Board Post: Searching for any sibling, parental, and/or ancestral information on either Priscilla WINN (born 6 Jul 1820 in Watterford, Juniata Co, PA) and Richard Jay RILEY (born unknown). Richard & Priscilla reportedly had 14 children as follows: (1) Lycargus RILEY (born 1839 in Alexandria, PA); (2) George RILEY (born 1842 in Mifflin Co, PA) who married Elizabeth STULL – this is the family line I am really interested in; (3) Theodore RILEY (born 1845 in Juniata Co, PA); (4) Amanda RILEY (born 1846 in Juniata Co, PA); (5) Franklin RILEY; (6) Morris RILEY; (7) Abby RILEY; (8) Fidelia RILEY; (9) Flora RILEY; (10) Colona RILEY; (11) Flora RILEY; (12) John RILEY; (13) Richard RILEY; and (14) Fidelia RILEY. No additional information is known about many of these children. Any information, including leads to others researching the WINN and RILEY families, will be greatly appreciated. Will trade information! Warmest Regards, Dr. Dixon G. STEVENS P. O. Box 173 East Randolph, NY, USA 14730-0173 dixondoc@adelphia.net Partial Website: DrDixonGStevens.org Researching: ABBEY, ABBOTT, ACKER, ACKLER, AKIN, AMES, ANDREWS, ARCHER, ARTHUR, BARTON, BATES (BATTJES), BEDIENT, BOWLEY, BOYD, BRACE, BROOKER, BRYANT, BURCHARD, BUSH, CASWELL, CHILDS, CLELAND, COLEGROVE, CONKLIN, COVERT, COWING, COWLES, COY, COYLE, CROSS, CUFF, CULLEN, DANKER, DENKER, DETWEILER, DILLINGER, DREW, ECKLER, EWER, FAGG, FIELD, FIRMAN, FISHER, FLAGG, FLAMBOE, FLATT, GASTON, GIBBS, GNESGERN, GOODRICH, GOODWILL, GRIFFIN, HADLOCK, HANRAHAN, HART, HARVEY, HUBBARD, INKERSALL, INGERSOLL, INGERSON, JUKES, KELLEY, KELLY, KESBY, KING, KNISKERN, KOLKANA, KOOI, KRAJEC, LEGTERS, LINCOLN, LOVELAND, LYLE, MARKHAM, MEEK, MERRILL, MESSINGER, MIELKE, MILKS, MILLSPAUGH, MILSPAW, MILLIMAN, MOHAR, MOON, MOORE, MOSHER, MURDOCK, NOVES, O’ROURKE, PERU, PETERS, PRICE, PIERCE, PRINCE, RHINEHART, RILEY, ROBINSON, RODGERS, ROGERS, RUDD, SATTERLEE, SELLY, SHELMADINE, SLUGA, SNYDER, SOMMERS, STANLEY, STEVES, STEVENS, STULL, TENHUISEN, TILDEN, TODD, TOWN(E), TUBBS, VAN TASSELL, VAN RE! NSSELAER, WARNSHUIS, WHITNEY, WILTSIE, WINN, WINSHIP, WOLCOTT, WOLIVER, and YOUNG among others.

Maury Co, TN -- That's where Gen. Richard Winn and, I believe,his brother, Co. John Winn, moved to from Winnsboro, SC, which they founded. They were pretty famous, and I have a lot of information on them. I bet you're descended from one of them. Check this page for starters: Cicely Wynne Houston, TX Richard and John are my ggggg uncles. I'm related to their brother William. They were all sons of Minor Winn II, son of Minor Winn I of Va -- which is as far back as this Winn line goes without being disputed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maury County, Tennessee Notable Residents James Knox Polk 11th President of the United States Gen. Leonidas Polk CSA Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer CSA Gen. Richard Winn Revolutionary War John Harlan Willis Congressional Medal of Honor, WWII Admiral William Banks Caperton Spanish American War, WWI Alfred Osborne Pope Nicholson State Senator Chief Justice Supreme Court of Tennessee US Senator Edward Ward Carmack State Congressman US Senator John Trotwood Moore Poet Laureate of Tennessee Early Director of Tennessee Archives Edward Franklin "Pop" Geers World Champion Harness Racer Lindsey Nelson Nationally-known Sportscaster Sterling and Coo-Coo Marlin Champion Race-car Drivers Return To Top Bishop Leonidas Polk, General, CSA Leonidas Polk, the son of William Polk and his second wife, was born in Raleigh, NC on 10 April 1806. While at the University of North Carolina, he received an appointment at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Polk became roommate to Albert Sidney Johnston, who remained his friend until Gen. Johnston died at the Battle of Shiloh. Polk resigned his military commission after graduation from West Point to enter Theological Seminary at Alexandria, VA. In 1830, he was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church in Richmond. On May 6th of the same year, he married Frances Devereux, his ch ildhood sweetheart. Their first child, Hamilton (named for his deceased brother), was born in 1831, and in 1833, Polk took his family to Maury County, TN to take up Ashwood Plantation, which had been given to him by his father. He and his family stayed wi th his brother, Lucius J. Polk, at Hamilton Place while he was building Ashwood Hall. While in Maury County, Leonidas Polk assumed charge of the Columbia parish and aided Bishop Otey in establishing Columbia Institute for women, which opened in 1834. (After Polk's death, Frances taught at the Institute until she established her own school in Louisiana.) While in Maury County, Leonidas and his brothers erected St. John's Episcopal Church, for which he gave land and was the leader in its development. St. John's has become almost a religious shrine and shelters the remains of many people, pri vate citizens and soldiers, important to the history of Maury County. In 1841, Polk became Bishop of Louisiana, and he moved his family to a large sugar plantation in Leighton, LA, while he assumed his new ministry. Bishop Polk joined the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the war and rose to the rank of General. He served with great distinction and courage and was apparently revered by his men. On June 14, 1864, Gen. Polk was killed at Pine Ridge, GA. Funeral services were conducted in Atlanta, and his body was escorted to Augusta, GA, where he was buried at St. Paul's Church. In the mid 1900s, Polk's body was removed to New Orleans and re-interred in Christ Church Cathedral. Return To Top of Page Major General Richard Winn Maj. Gen. Richard Winn was perhaps the highest-ranking officer of the Revolutionary War to settle in Tennessee. Of Welsh origin, his family migrated to America in about 1740 and settled in Faquier County, VA. Richard and his brother John later became land owners in South Carolina, where Winnsborough was named for the family. Richard Winn was a farmer, merchant, surveyer and Justice of the Peace in South Carolina. He entered the Revolutionary War out of that state and served until the close of the war. Afterwards, he was a State Senator and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Southern Department, where he succeeded James White of Nashville, TN. From 1793-1797, he was a Representative in Congress from South Carolina and Lieutenant General of the state from 1800-1803, returning to Congress from 1803-1813. In the Fall of 1812, before his Congressional term ended, Winn moved his family to Maury County, TN to a 5000-acre tract of land on Duck River, one mile north of Williams Ferry, which became Williamsport. (His brother John had settled in Rutherford County , TN about 1808). Winn married Priscilla McKinney in South Carolina and had eleven children. His daughter Priscilla married a Blocker. Christine married Dr. William Bratton. Margaret married David R. Evans. Sons Thomas and William served in the War of 1812. His oldest son, Minor, came to Tennessee in 1798 and read law in the offices of Gen. Andrew Jackson. It is said that Minor Winn lived and died in Jackson's home and is buried in the Jackson graveyard. Gen. Richard Winn died on 18 December 1818 near the Sawdust community in western Maury County. The exact location of his grave is unknown. Source: History of Maury County, Tennessee by Turner Notes of Jill K. Garrett Return To Top John Harlan Willis, Congressional Medal of Honor Winner John Harlan Willis was born 10 June 1921 in Columbia, TN, the son of John and Margaret Harlan Willis, grandson of Austin and Mattie Sue Hunt Harlan. He was inducted into the US Navy, World War II, as Pharmacist's Mate and was awarded his country's highes t medal for valor for his brave actions on Iwo Jima, the only Columbian ever to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. Paraphrasing the citation conferring the Medal of Honor upon PHM1C Willis: On 28 February 1945, while serving as Platoon Corpsman with the 3rd Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division, Willis gave his own life to save the lives of many of his comrades. Though wounded himself, he continued to give aid to his wounded comrades under constant fire, throwing back eight enemy hand grenades until the ninth exploded in his hands, killing him instantly. His valor and personal sacrifice inspired his comrades, although greatly outnumbered, to launch a fierce and determined attack whic h repulsed the enemy force. John Harlan Willis had given his life for his comrades and his country. In President Harry Truman's letter to John's wife, Winifrey Willis, he called "his conspicuous gallantry exceptional and beyond the call of duty." Winifrey Willis, who had been expecting at the time of the telegram with news of John's sacrifice, gave bir th to John's son soon after. John Harlan Willis' name is engraved on a memorial stone on the north side of the bridge on Hwy 31 (Nashville Hwy) in Columbia and also on a memorial at the main gate of Memphis Naval Air Station, Millington, TN. There are reportedly 28 memorials named fo r him across the United States. John Harlan Willis' remains lie in Rose Hill Cemetery, where his monument is engraved with his Congressional Medal of Honor citation. Sources: Reminisces of Lecy Sparkman Dobbins, Maury County Remembers World War II Gravestone at Rose Hill Cemetery Medal of Honor Citation Return To Top John Trotwood Moore John Trotwood Moore, born in Marion, AL, on August 26, 1858, married Florence W. Allen and moved to Maury County, Tennessee. Moore chose his middle name from David Copperfield, first as a pen-name but adopted later as part of his original name. Moore wrote for the Columbia Herald and published several books, including: Songs and Stories from Tennessee, Summer Hymnal, The Old Cotton Gin, and The Gift of the Grass. In 1905, Moore established Trotwood's Monthly, which featured anecdotes, history, stories and poetry. When he moved to Nashville in 1906, he edited it jointly with Sen. Robert Love Taylor, and it was called Taylor-Trotwood Magazine. After 1911, Moore turned his attention to Tennessee history, and from 1919 until his death he was director of libraries, archives and history of the State of Tennessee. His work was invaluable in the collecting and preserving of original documents, erecting historical markers and memorials, and stimulating general interest in Tennessee history. In 1923, Moore published jointly with A.P. Foster Tennessee, the Volunteer State in four volumes. His last completed novel, published in 1926, was Hearts of Hickory, which dramatized the accomplishments of Andrew Jackson, his hero. Before Moore's death, the Tennessee Legislature recognized his contributions to state literature and named him Poet Laureate of Tennessee. Return To Top Lindsey Nelson Nationally-known sportscaster, Lindsey Nelson, was born in Columbia, TN on 25 May 1919, graduating from Central High School in 1938. His college Alma Mater was University of Tennessee in Knoxville. In 1941, after the outbreak of World War II, Nelson was i nducted into the US Army at Camp Forrest in Tullahoma, TN and from there reported to the 9th Infantry Division at Ft. Bragg, NC. He served with this unit almost five years on three continents. While at Ft. Bragg, Nelson was Public Relations officer, escorting many high-ranking civilian and political figures; among them were Generals George Marshall and George S. Patton, and Lord Louis Mountbatten of Britain. In Sicily, Nelson became friends with war correspondents Ernie Pyle and Tom Henry, both of whom influenced his career. At the end of the war, after serving from Morocco to Sicily to Remagen Bridge to Berlin, Nelson came back home to the peace and tranquil ity of Columbia, his hometown. Elected to the Writers' Wing of the Hall of Fame in 1988, Nelson had been an all-purpose broadcaster for NBC's college football, NBA basketball and Major League baseball. He was top announcer for 19 seasons for the New York Mets, working with Ralph Kiner and Bob Murphy. His trademark became the brightly-colored plaid sportscoat that he always wore. It seemed to fit his easy manner and energetic personality. In 1965, he broadcasted the Mets-Astros game from a gondola suspended from the roof of the Astrodom e. From 1967-1979, Nelson broadcasted Notre Dame football games. He worked for both CBS and NBC and was elected Sportscaster of the Year four times during 1959-1962. For 26 seasons, Nelson was the "Voice of the Cotton Bowl." He announced for the San Francisc o Giants from 1979-1981. Following this, he taught broadcasting seminars at the University of Tennessee. In 1991, Nelson received a Life Achievement Emmy. After a successful and star-studded life, Lindsey Nelson died on 10 June 1995, at age 76, in Atlanta, GA from complications of Parkinson's disease and pneumonia. Sources: Maury County Remembers World War II Reminisces of Mary Sue Nelson CBS SportsLine, Baseball OnLine Library National Baseball Hall of Fame UT Alumnus Obituary Return To Top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Maury County Index Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please be advised that the content of this page is only as accurate as the sources from which information has been drawn. TNGenWeb and Maury County Genealogy suggest that you use this information as clues and secondary source in your research and remind y ou that you must find your own proof to substantiate facts stated herein. You may copy freely from this county page for your own personal use, but reproduction and use for profit or in other publications requires permission. TNGenWeb and Maury County Gen ealogy are pleased to offer this information to researchers of Maury County families. We wish you good fortune in your search! Frank D. "Denny" Thomas, Volunteer for Maury County This page was last updated July 15, 1998. This Website Has Been Generously Hosted By USGenNet Since 1999 We Thank Them -----Original Message----- From: wrwinn@southernco.com Sent: Oct 21, 2003 11:05 AM To: WINN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WINN] Re: Archeles Winn This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FgWBAEB/34.500.1 Message Board Post: John B. Winn and Elizabeth Cheatham Winn were my gggrandparents. Are you aware of the Winn Family Cemetery in Maury County, Tennessee? Do you know anything about the death/burial of JB and Elizabeth? Please contact me with any information whatsoever. 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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FgWBAEB/34.500.1 Message Board Post: John B. Winn and Elizabeth Cheatham Winn were my gggrandparents. Are you aware of the Winn Family Cemetery in Maury County, Tennessee? Do you know anything about the death/burial of JB and Elizabeth? Please contact me with any information whatsoever. My e-mail address is wrwinn@mailexcite.com You may visit my website at www.thefourwinns.net Please contact me. I desperately need some info on JB. Thanks!!!!!