or earlier
or earlier
Johnson was the original Winesett so far as I can discover. Do not
confuse Johnson with his son (b1814-19) and grandsons (b1856-57 &
1869) and a great grandson with the same name all lived in the
Carroll and Grayson County area of Virginia about at the same time.
Noah's son later moved to Johnson City, Tennessee.
Johnson was in Stokes County, North Carolina, for the 1820 Census.
His true origin in unknown but it is suspected that he was named after
Col. Thomas Johnson [Johnston] of Onslow County, NC, whose daughter
married an unknown "Winsett". There were Winsetts in the area of the
current Jones County in what was Dobbs and Lenoir County of NC along the
Tuckahoe Creek. Johnson's 1820 household consisted of fourteen
members including three females between 16 and 25 years of age.
I note that a Mary Winsett married a Johnson in St. George's County,
Maryland, in 1799. William Winsett married an Anne Johnson in
Tennesee. These are other Johnson connections.
Johnson was in Grayson County, Virgina, for the 1830 Census.
Johnson's occupation was farming. The tax rolls
do not list him as owning any horses. I have been told that horses
were luxuries and farmers used oxen to pull their ploughs and
wagons. Johnson and Mary were in Carroll County for the 1840 and
1850 censuses.
Mary was called Polly. Her orgin outside of the listed birth state
of NC is unknown. Polly was living with her son, Johnson, for the
1860 Carroll County Census. Also present in the household were
daughters Sally and Nancy along with Nancy's son, William H. Eddes
who later took Winesett as his surname.
Johnson and Mary's known children are:
I am no longer convinced that Henry is Johnson's son. Henry was of
some close relationship but moved to Illnois in the late 1820's and
then to Kentucky and finally to Iowa. He always listed his birth place
as Virginia while Johnson and his children listed NC as their birth
place. Further, Henry's son, Calvin P. Wineset, said his grandfather
was also named Henry and served in the Revolutionary War. While
Calvin may have been mistaken as to his grandfather's name - some doubt
remains because I found a reference to a Henry Winsett in Maryland's
Hundreds although no further information to date. I am researching
further.
A Jacob P. Winesett married Marina Russell 16-Mar-1865 in Hancock
County, Illinois. There were fairly numerous Winsetts and Wimsett/Wimsatts
in Illinois.
A Joseph Winesett purchased 31 acres tract of patent land straddling
Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana, on 1-May-1848 and an additional
38.3 arce tract which straddled the same two counties on 10-Dec-1850.
The 1850 census gives his birthplace as MD. Joseph could have
been a cousin of Johnson. The Indiana census gives Joseph's surname
as Winsett rather than Winesett. Examination of the certificates held
by the Bureau of Land Management shows it is definitely Winesett with a
middle "e".
There was a birth of an unnamed female child to F.D. Winesett and Hattie
Hatton 4-May-1889 in Vermillion County Birth Records Index. Again the
Indiana census omits the middle "e".
Additional information from anyone regarding the
Winsett/Winesett/Wimsett families
of Indiana would be appreciated.
1. Margaret (about 1802) who married Charles Farmer,
2. Henry (about 1803 to after the 1850 IA census),
3. Martha (about 1805 to 2-Jul-1870)
who married Richard Farmer,
4. Noah (about 1807/11 to about 1865),
5. Isaac (about 1810 to about 1870),
6. Johnson Jr. (about 1814 to 6-Aug-1891),
7. Sally (Sallie) (about 1816 to 27-Nov-1867) who is not known to
have married but had a child in 1833,
8. Ruth (dates unknown) who married Absalom Bryant in 1838,
9. Nancy (about 1812/16) who married George W. Eddes, and
10.Lemuel (about 1818 to 15-Dec-1881).
There may have been other children but their names and birth dates are not
known at this time. I strongly believe that there was a 6th son based on
the 1820 Stokes County census.
