Hi Susan
I wrote you a long message only to have been cut off by AOL and it was all for naught. Would very much like to exchange information with you. My records show the Rev. Wm. S. Williams is buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery in
Forsyth Co., GA. Have copy of his Will which was filed in
Hall Co., GA and old letters from his sons written to my husband's grandmother, Martha
Jefferson "Jeffie"
Williams, dau of Martha Eveline
Massengale and
Jefferson Pierce Williams. He is said to have been killed in the
Battle of New
Orleans during the Civil War.
Parents of Frances Birde, according to article in
Hall Co. GA "This 'N That" were Richard
Winn, son of Thomas Winn/Wynne of
Lunenburg Co., GA, who married Susan P. Matthews, dau of William
Matthews of
Prince Edward Co., VA, Nov. 1810. Their ch were:
1) Sarah E. Winn b Dec 12, 18ll marr John P. Winn
2) Frances B. Winn b Aug 2, 1813 marr Wm. S. Williams
3) William T. Winn b Nov l, 1815 marr Catherine A
Shields4) Abner M. Winn b Dec 11, 1817 died Sep 12, 1818
5) Susan C.M. Winn b Feb 26, 1820 died Apr 23, 1821
6) Richard W.P.Winn b Dec 04, 1822 marr Mary F. Sturivant
7) Lavinia A. Winn b Nov 5, 1824 marr Albert A. Winn
8) Martha L. Winn b Jul 11, 1828 marr Robert Young, Jr.
9) George M. Winn b May 1, 1831 died Nov 10, 1833
10) Mary M. Winn b Dec 20, 1838 marr Clinton I. Brown
Susan P. Matthews died Apr 17, 1837. Richard marr a second wife,
Lucinda Sturivant, widow of Edward - no ch
Richard
Winn died May 6, 1847 at age 68 yrs "suddenly and without struggle". Richard became owner and operator of Vann's
Ferry and Tavern.
My information on
Williams Family is posted in
Hall Co. GA under
Winn. I have nothing on your Mary Elizabeth except the names of her husbands.
Peggy
Taylor