This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FgWBAEB/153.156.160.161.182 Message Board Post: Hi, I have tried to figure out the Winns that you are mentioning that were in the Land Lottery. I think I may have figured some of them out and if not, I have made a good try!! 1. John Winn's orphans - I believe that this might be the older brother of Elisha Winn of Gwinnett Co. He is John M Winn and he was born 1766 at Lunenburg Co.,VA. He died sometime after 1796 at Jackson Co.,GA (Now Gwinnett Co.). 2. Elijah, Lemuel & Richard - I believe that these are all sons of Thomas & Philadelphia in that 'Elijah' is mispelled and should be Elisha b.25 Jun 1777, Lemuel is Elemuel b.16 Nov 1770 and Richard is Richard D. Winn b.1779. 3. Abner Winn is another brother of Elisha who was b.26 Apr 1769. 4. Nuby & Lemuel - I think this is a nickname for Genubath Winn, which would be the son of Abner Winn & Lucretia Posey b.8 Jun 1798 Jackson Co.,GA. and again Elemuel Winn as above. 5. John, Francis & Elisha - John I am not sure of, but there was a John Winn who was the brother to Thomas Winn, Sr. (he would be an uncle to Thomas Winn who married Philadelphia Winn) and he married a woman named Frances______. Did she draw as a widow? There are John Winn's all through this family and he could be almost any of them. The ones that I know of in this area are either too young or dead in 1820. The Francis very well fits to be the Rev. Frances Winn and again, I suspect that this is our same Elisha again. Didn't you draw on the amount of children you had, your military service and if you were a widow or orphan? Elisha Winn of Gwinnett had lots of land and he had lots of children. In the will of his father, he was to inherit the legacy left to his father by his father's brother Washington Winn of Lunenburg Co.,VA. This is one of the ties that identifies Thomas Winn of Abbeville Co.,VA to the Thomas Winn of Lunenburg Co.,VA. I know that this is mostly speculation, and I don't have all the records, so take it for what it is. Good luck in your search, Laura