John Patton WINDERS

1790 - Bef 1850  (59 years)

• Name	John Patton WINDERS
  Birth	1790	, Halifax, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1830	, Davidson, North Carolina, USA
  	1830 Federal Census
  	Davidson County was created from Rowan County in 1822.
  Unclaimed Letter	1837	Salisbury, Rockingham, North Carolina, USA
  	Dead Letter for John P. Winders, Salisbury Post Office
  Census	1840	, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
  	1840 Federal Census
  	1 male 20-29 yrs (1811-1820) John Winder 1 female 0-4 yrs (1836-1840) 2 females 5-9 yrs (1831-1835) 1 female 30-39 yrs (1801-1810)
  _UID	2B7546FCBEB84388BB33EC16270158C255A5
  Death	Bef 1850
  Person ID	I20496	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	Epenetus WINDERS,   b. Abt 1763, , Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 1820, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, USA (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Frances CHAMBERS,   b. Abt 1771-1780   d. 1846, , Rowan, North Carolina, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	28 Jun 1789	, Halifax, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F8696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. John Adams WINDERS,   b. 1810   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Henry Hampton WINDERS,   b. 1813, , Rowan, North Carolina, USA d. Between 1870 and 1880, Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA (Age 57 years)   3. Naomi Nonissa WINDERS,   b. 16 Nov 1817, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA d. 28 Feb 1864, Smithville, Lawrence , Arkansas, USA (Age 46 years)   4. Elizabeth Ann WINDERS,   b. 1822, , , North Carolina, USA d. 1890, , Lawrence, Arkansas, USA (Age 68 years)   5. Martha WINDERS,   b. 1823   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Chambers Nesbitt WINDERS,   b. 1820   d. 26 Oct 1833, , Rowan, North Carolina, USA (Age 13 years)   7. William Washington WINDERS,   b. 1826   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Mary Elvira WINDERS,   b. May 1828, , , North Carolina, USA d. 1911, , Lawrence, Arkansas, USA (Age 82 years)   9. Rail Thomas WINDERS,   b. 1830   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2006

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):From Deven 9/15/2012 William Holobaugh Rogers had contacted me about a possible connection between our line and Elizabeth's father, who he thought might be a "John" or "Patton" Winders. I now suspect Elizabeth's father was "«u»John P. Winders«/u»" (born c. 1781-1790, d. c. 1840-1850). My reasoning is based on a John P. Winders being the executor of the 1833 estate of a Faithy Park/Parks/Parke; the will and index (found at familysearch.org), does show the devisees of the Faithy Park estate (I believe this is the list from which William developed his list of siblings of Elizabeth): Index of Wills, Rowan County, NC: 1833 - Devisor: Faithy Parks Devisees (beneficiaries): John Adams Winders Henry Hampton Winders William Washington Winders Naomi Winders (married John Park) Chambers Nesbit Winders (family history says he died as a child; however, I find a Chambers Winders in a Rowan land transaction in 1843) Elizabeth Ann Winders (married David Green Holobaugh) Martha (Locke?) Winders (Could be the Patsy Winders who married John Gibbens who is referenced in the Faithy Parks estate accounting) Mary Elvira Winders (married William Taylor Dent) Rial Thomas Winders (Rail?) In the will "John P. Winders" is referenced as Faithy's "friend" and is appointed as her executor. In the 1830 census for Davidson Co., NC (Davidson was created from Rowan in 1822), the John P. Winders household is listed directly below a Faithy Park household which was mistranscribed as "Parker". Faithy was one of the two elderly women in that household; the John P. Winders household contains children who could be those listed as the Park devisees, including Elizabeth. The family history is that some of the Winders moved into Shelby Co., TN around 1836, where marriages of some of the children occurred; in fact, I do find a John P. Winders there in the 1840 census, the right age; I lose John after that. The Winders, Parks, Dents and Gibbens show up in one another's early records for Rowan Co., NC (particularly Salisbury records). It may be that Faithy Parks was Faithy Winders Parks, a daughter of Adam Winders, thus John P. Winders' aunt. However, the reference in Faithy's will to John as her "friend" is peculiar if this were the case. No record has been found to positively identify John P. Winders as a son of Epenetus Winders and Fanny Chambers. However, records of the Winders of Rowan County, North Carolina, such as estate, will, land and census records, suggest that Epenetus Winders was the first Winders to arrive in Rowan (circa 1807) and was the only Winders of an age to have been the father of the younger Winders found in the county. The naming of John's son, "Chambers" Nesbitt Winders, supports the probability that John's mother was Fanny Chambers. The crossover records, i.e., the records of John's children and the records of those we have identified as John's siblings, strongly indicate that they are all interconnected. The only child of John known to have survived into the 20th century was Mary Elvira Winders Dent, who died c. 1911. Although Mary claimed in the 1880 census that her parents were both born in North Carolina, in the 1900 census she claimed father and mother were born in Virginia and South Carolina, respectively. If John P. Winders is the son of Epenetus as we believe, the Virginia birth of John c. 1790 would be accurate; Ep and Fanny were married in Halifax County, VA in 1789 and had moved into Person County, North Carolina by the 1800 census.

  
  

• Sources

  [S890] Fisher, JoyUSGenweb Archives, USGenweb Archives, (http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/halifax/vitals/marriages/marr-brds-1753-1800.txt), ) (Reliability: 3).