Person:John Winfrey (38)

WINF: Y

(Research):Chestnut Hill Farm

Elizabeth K. Winfrey Mont R. Winfrey Will R. Winfrey Dating to 1830, Chestnut Hill Farm stands six miles northwest of Somerville. Its founders were John A. and Charlotte Sweeny Winfrey, who owned 2,444 acres and managed one of the country's major antebellum plantations. Commodities produced at Chestnut Hill ranged from cotton and tobacco to sheep and cattle. The founders raised five children. In 1917, their son Arthur Peter Winfrey received title to 899 acres of the family land. Married to Harriet Rhea, he was the father of seven children. Elizabeth K. Winfrey is the fourth generation of the family to live at Chestnut Hill. She owns approximately 196 acres on which the farm's original dwelling and plantation office still stand. Her nephew Whitson W. Winfrey works the land, growing cotton and soybeans.

http://histpres.mtsu.edu/centfarms/fayette_county/

1. ↑ John Reeves Locke, Jr. Descendants of Hill Winfrey.
2. ↑ John Reeves Locke, Jr. Descendants of Hill Winfrey.
3. ↑ John Reeves Locke, Jr. Descendants of Hill Winfrey.