Richard Winn's oldest was Minor Winn . He studied law under Andrew Jackson and died at Jackson home in TN age 18 or 19 if I remember correctly. Could this be the son buried with his father? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan David Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [WINN] Richard Winn from Winnsboro, South Carolina > Hi Becky, (hope you can get this while on vacation ... but probably too > late for that!) > > Richard Winn is buried right off of Hwy 50 near what is now "Sawdust." > The > original name for the town was "Blocker's shop" after Richard's son-in-law > Elijah Blocker. > > Me and another cousin have located the precise unmarked spot due to a > descendant of an eye-witness (and well-known by the Tennessee Historical > Society). The graves do include Winn, his wife Priscilla McKinney, and > one > of his sons - probably Samuel. > > We have applied for a free headstone from the Veterans Administration for > Richard's military service in the Revolution. We have full permission > from > the landowner to place it, who was yet another descendant of the > eyewitness. > They are right next to Richard's where his homeplace stood on the 5,000 > acres granted to him for service and surveying. > > Let me know if you have any questions, or would like to perhaps "be there" > when we set the headstone. (whenever that is!) > > BTW, the pics of his supposed grave are just those of a Revolutionary > memorial that was in a city cemetery in Columbia Tennessee - nowhere near > his actual burial spot. It was stolen years ago. > > He was my fifth great grandfather. > > Jonathan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 3:24 PM > Subject: Re: [WINN] Richard Winn from Winnsboro, South Carolina > > >> The Winnsboro library has quite a bit. But Richard was pretty famous. The > internet yields a lot of information, including his handwritten war > journal, > picture of his gravesite (in Tennesee). He also served in Congress. >> >> Cicely Wynne >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >From: capps family <[email protected]> >> >Sent: Apr 10, 2006 6:30 PM >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: Re: [WINN] Richard Winn from Winnsboro, South Carolina >> > >> >Hi Becky, >> > >> >Welcome and I hope you will share your photos with us. >> > >> >Marilyn >> > >> >Rebecca Allison wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> >> >> It's been a very long time since I've done any genealogy. I'm a > Realtor, ( what can I say ). We are leaving on vacation on April 17th. > During this vacation we are visiting >> >> Winnsboro, South Carolina. Does anyone have any idea where I should > go to get >> >> information on Richard Winn and family? It seems like years ago one > of our group >> >> went and found a statue of Richard Winn etc. I'll be happy to share > anything I can >> >> find out. Not to long ago someone was asking about Minor Winn's home > in Fauquier >> >> County, Virginia. Several years ago I visited his homestead and met > the girl who lives there. I took a lot of photos there and if I can ever > figure out how to get them on line >> >> I'll share them. >> >> >> >> Thank you for any help you can give me. >> >> >> >> Becky Allison >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> ______________________________ > > >