Person:Mandley Winstead (2)

Hopkins County, Kentucky, 1840 census:^[3]

Winstead, Manley (agriculture = 1)

Males

80-89 - 1

Females

60-69 - 1

+ 7 male & 5 female slaves (assorted ages)

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} American Revolution Pension Files, NARA.
   Hopkins County, Kentucky, Pension Book D, Vol. 9, p. 66 (KPA:33).

   He was born in Northumberland County in Virginia in the year 1760 and at the age of sixteen he moved to Caswell County in North Carolina where he was drafted for six months under Captain George Moore and Colonel James Sanders. They rendezvoused at Hills Borough and marched to Salisberry and to Charlestown in South Carolina and from there to Plaersberg on the Savannah River and he was stationed at Two Sisters on Black Swamp. He heard the Battle of Brier Creek, Georgia. He met General Nash retreating and he served under General Ratherford. He was then drafted for three months, under Captain James Greenwood in the Militia Light Horse, under Colonel Locke and General Pickens. They then marched to Salisberry and Camden and the Battle on the Catawba River, when General Davidson was killed. He saw General Green and General Morgan at Morgans Sump, having borne a dispatch from General Pickens. They then marched to South Boston on the Dan River and there he was discharged.
   
   The Kentucky pension application for Mandley Winstead, North Carolina, S. 14836, reads:
   
   At the time of this application he was at the age of 72 years. He was born in Northumberland County in Virginia in the year 1760 and at the age of sixteen he moved to Caswell County in North Carolina where he was drafted for six months under Captain George Moore and Colonel James Sanders. They rendezvoused at Hills Borough and marched to Salisberry and to Charlestown in South Carolina and from there to Plaersberg on the Savannah River and he was stationed at Two Sisters on Black Swamp. He heard the Battle of Brier Creek, Georgia. He met General Nash retreating and he served under General Ratherford. He was then drafted for three months, under Captain James Greenwood in the Militia Light Horse, under Colonel Locke and General Pickens. They then marched to Salisberry and Camden and the Battle on the Catawba River, when General Davidson was killed. He saw General Green and General Morgan at Morgans Sump, having borne a dispatch from General Pickens. They then marched to South Boston on the Dan River and there he was discharged. At the close of the war of the Revolution he removed to Hopkins County in the year 1818. James Robeson, a clergyman, and Charles Campbell, also a clergyman, swear that they were at one time well acquainted with him. He was found to be of an unsound mind. His son, Charles T. Winstead, was appointed to be his committee. He received $30.00 per annum. His new certificate was issued on March 5, 1846 payable to Charles T. Winstead his committee. He served for nine months from 1776. He was on the Kentucky Roll of pensions at the rate of $30.00 per annum. His certificate of pension was issued on November 19, 1832 and it was sent to Samuel Woodson at Madisonville in Kentucky. The total amount that was due to him was $60.00. Recorded by Nathan Rice.
   
   Annual pension allowance was $30 beginning Mar. 4, 1831. He received $90 when placed on the pension roll on Nov. 16, 1832.

2. ↑ Hopkins, Kentucky, United States. Wills
   Book 5, p. 321.

   Will of Mandley Winstead
   
   In the name of God Amen
   
   I Mandley Winstead of Hopkins County and the State of Kentucky being of sound mind and disposing memory but calling to mind that it is appointed once for man to die, do therefore proceed to make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form as followeth, to wit, My body I resign to its mother dust when it may please God to remove my spirit and my soul I bequeath to God who gave it hoping to participate with him in the happiness of Heaven where he dwelleth.
   
   As to my property I make the following disposition,
   
   First I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Amy Winstead all the property of every description which she had in possession at the time I married her consisting of one tract of land in Hopkins County on Bull Creek containing one hundred and seventy acres and one negro man named Bob and one boy named Henry and two feather beds and furniture and one common work horse and one cow and calf also two breeding sows and barrows other articles of less value and may be known by the families as her former property also one full year's provisions for my said wife.
   
   Secondly I give and direct one hundred dollars to be paid out of my estate to each of my son Mandley Winstead's two sons whose names are not known to me.
   
   Thirdly I give and bequeath my lower tract of land attached to the tract of which I now live containing two hundred twenty two and one half acres to my sons Bushard D. Winstead and Charles T, Winstead to be equally divided by a line running east and west. Charles T. Winstead to have the part on which he now lives and Bushard D, Winstead the other part.
   
   Fourthly , I give and bequeath to my two sons William M. Winstead and Pleasant B. Winstead the tract of land on which I now live containing one hundred ninety five acres to be divided between them as they may agree.
   
   Fifthly Now in as much as I give all the land I own to my four sons above named my will and direction is that each of them pay one hundred dollars to the estate to enable me to do equal justice to my other children that get no land.
   
   Sixthly I have heretofore given my son Bushard D. Winstead one negro girl named Parthema worth two hundred dollars I have also given my son Charles T. Winstead one negro boy named Beverly worth three hundred dollars I have also given my Daughter Sally Cox one negro boy named Alfred worth two hundred and fifty dollars I have also given my daughter Elizabeth Weir one hundred and twenty dollars I also have given my daughter Anna Yarbrough one hundred and twenty dollars, I have also given my daughter Jane Cox one hundred and twenty dollars now my will and direction is the price or value fixed upon the three negroes above named and the money above given namd be paid or divided among my first six children, to wit, Elizabeth Weir, Anna Yarbrough, Bushard D. Winstead, Jane Cox, Sally Cox, and Charles T. Winstead so each may have the same amount of the other.
   
   Seventhly I give and bequath to my daughter Elizabeth Weir during her life and at her death the heirs of her body, Bushard D. Winstead, Anna Yarbrough during her life and at her death the heirs of her body, Jane Cox, Sally Cox, and Charles T. Winstead a certain negro man Jack, a negro Woman named Kesiah, a Negro boy named Daniel, and a negro girl namd Eliza to be equally divided among my said children as they may see fit.
   
   Eighthly All my negroes with their increase not here before namd and disposed of I give and bequath to all of my children namely Elizabeth Weir during her life and at her death to her children, Bushard D. Winstead, Anna Yarbrough during her lifetime and at her death to her children, Jane Cox, Sally Cox, Charles T. Winstead, William M. Winstead, Pleasant B. Winstead to be equally divided between them all as they may see fit.
   
   Ninthly I give and bequath all my personal estate consisting of stock, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, household furniture, farming utensils and all and every species of property not herein before named and disposed of to my eight children above named.
   
   Tenthly I nominate and appoint my son Charles T. Winstead to execute this my last will and Testament acknowledged and signed this 13th day of July eighteen hundred and thirty-three.
   
   TestMandley Winstead
   James W. Williams
   Jas Metcalf Kentucky
   
   Hopkins County January County Court 1850
   
   This instrument of writing was this day produced in Court and proved to be the last will and Testament of Mandley Winstead deceased by the oath of James W. Williams a subscribing witness thereto, said witness also deposed that Jas Metcalf the other subscribing witness thereto resides in the State of Illinois and that the signature purporting to be his as a witness thereto was genuine. Whereupon the same was ordered to be recorded as the last will and Testament of Mandley Winstead Dec'd which is done accordingly.
   
   Att Sam Woodson Clk.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Hopkins, Kentucky, United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 114.