Anthony Winston, Jr.

1750 - 1828  (77 years)

• Name	Anthony Winston, Jr.
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	25 Nov 1750	Hanover County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1828	Colbert County, Alabama   [2]
  Person ID	I1886	Dabneys of Virginia
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Judge Anthony Winston,   b. 20 Sep 1723, Hanover County, Virginia ,   d. 29 Jul 1783, Buckingham County, Virginia  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Alice Thornton Taylor,   b. 21 May 1730,   d. 24 Oct 1764  (Age 34 years)
  Married	29 Feb 1747  [3, 4]
  Family ID	F502	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Kesiah Jones,   b. 10 Feb 1760,   d. Oct 1826  (Age 66 years)
  Married	11 Mar 1776  [4]
  Children	1. Anthony Winston, III,   b. 5 Dec 1782, Buckingham County, Virginia ,   d. 24 Sep 1841, Sumter County, Alabama  (Age 58 years)   2. John Jones Winston,   b. 31 May 1785, Buckingham County, Virginia ,   d. 5 Apr 1850, Greene County, Alabama  (Age 64 years)   3. William Henry Winston,   b. 24 Mar 1789, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Apr 1857, Franklin County, Alabama  (Age 68 years)   4. Alice Taylor Winston,   b. 23 Dec 1790, Buckingham County, Virginia ,   d. 22 Nov 1871, Selma, Dallas County, Alabama  (Age 80 years)   5. Joel W. Winston,   b. 5 Dec 1792, Buckingham County, Virginia ,   d. Abt 1840, Sumter County, Alabama  (Age 47 years)   6. Isaac Winston,   b. 22 Jan 1795, Buckingham County, Virginia ,   d. 13 Aug 1863, Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama  (Age 68 years)   7. Mary Walker Winston,   b. 6 Nov 1796   8. Edmund Winston,   b. 15 Jan 1801, Buckingham County, Virginia ,   d. 10 Jan 1870, La Grange, Fayette County, Tennessee  (Age 68 years)   9. Thomas Jones Winston,   b. 3 May 1804, Indian Bay, Arkansas ? ,   d. Abt 1843, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama  (Age 38 years)
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F1292	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Capt. Anthony Winston was born to Judge Anthony and Alice Thornton (Taylor) Winston November 25, 1750, in Hanover County, Virginia. He married Kesiah Jones in 1776. Their children were Anthony,born November 25, 1750, married Sally Ann Watson ca 1806, died November 8, 1827; John Jones, born May 31, 1785, married first Mary W. Jones, second Susan B. Johnson, died April 5, 1850; William Henry, born March 24, 1789, married first Mary Bacon 1811, second Judith McCraw Jones 1822, died April 27, 1857; Alice Taylor, born December 21, 1790, married John Pettus December 21, 1807, died November 22, 1871; Joel Walker, born December 5, 1792, married Elizabeth E. Jones January 16, 1817, died ca 1840, Sumter County, Alabama; Isaac, born 22 January, 1795, married ca 1815, died August 13, 1863; Mary Walker, born November 6, 1796, married ca 1806 Jessie Jones, died _____; Edmund, born June 15, 1801, married first Martha Cocke February 2, 1826, second Susan Fry ca 1851, died ca 1869 LaGrange, Fayette County, Tennessee; and Thomas Jones, born May 3, 1804, married Elvira Jones, died ca 1843 Anthony studied law, but never practiced. Early in adulthood, he moved to Buckingham County, where he was elected to represent the county in the General Assembly in 1775—76 and 1779 in the Revolutionary Conventions of 1774 and 1775, which voted to arm the colony and virtually declared war on Great Britain. During the Revolution, he served in the militia and rose to the rank of captain. After the war, he served as a justice of the peace and county sheriff. About 1800-1801, when he ceased to be listed in the Buckingham County personal property tax lists, he moved to Tennessee, where he bought 360 acres on Stoner’s Creek in Davidson County in March, 1802, about 1 mile from The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson’s farm He was also listed in the tax rolls of adjoining Wilson County from 1804 to 1807. He sold 193 acres on Stoners Creek in December 1807. His son, William Henry, married Mary (Bacon) Cooper August 21, 1811 in Davidson County. Between 1810 and 1812, Anthony and his sons moved to the vicinity of Huntsville in Madison County, which was the first area claimed from the indian tribes in northern Alabama and was the site of the Government Land Office where land claims were sold and recorded. The earliest land claim by the Winstons in the Huntsville land office was made by William H. Winston November 2, 1809, followed seven days later by his brother, John J. Winston. William and John J. were listed in the 1811 census of Madison County, then part of Mississipi Territory. The first land claim by Anthony Winston, who may have been Anthony Jr. or Anthony III, was made in 1813. During 1813 and 1814, conflicts between the settlers in northern Alabama and the local Indian tribes led to the Creek War of 1813-1814. Andrew Jackson, a general in the Tennessee militia, led a force of local volunteers to major victories that resulted in the cession by the Indian chiefs of 23,000,000 acres of land, roughly three-fifths of the present state of Alabama and one-fifth of Georgia. Anthony Winston Jr.’s sons, Anthony III, John J., Joel W., and Isaac volunteered to serve in the militia during the conflict. William H. was selected in a family conference to be the best fitted to remain at home to watch over their families and farms. John H. was appointed captain, Anthony III lieutenant, and Joel and Isaac privates in the Regiment of Cavalry and Mounted Gunmen, Tennessee Volunteers led by Col. John Coffee and Col. John Allcorn. The regiment participated in the battles at Tallushatchee and Talladega, 3 November and 9 November, 1813. It has not been possible to find records showing the dates of their service. However, Isaac’s widow’s pension application in 1879 contains an official document confirming his service for 3 months and 25 days from October 8, 1813, to February 1, 1814. His brothers may have served longer because some family traditions have claimed that they participated in the Battle of New Orleans, December, 1814, to January 8, 1815. During the years 1809 to about 1825, Anthony Jr. and his older sons were active purchasers or assignees of numerous deeds in Madison, Limestone, Franklin, and Colbert Counties in North Alabama. At some point during this period, Anthony Jr. moved from Madison County to Franklin County, later Colbert County. Anthony died in 1828 and is buried iin the Winston Family Cemetery between Tuscumbia and Sheffield in Colbert County, Alabama. One of his grandsons, John A. Winston, a son of William H. and Mary Winston, was Governor of Alabama from 1853-1857. [2, 5, 6, 7, 8]

  
  

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