Person:John Winton (4)

From "Goodspeed's History of Tennessee", 1972 (reprinted from 1887), pg. 1081:

J.A. Winton, farmer, was born February 2, 1819, in Roane County, where he grew to manhood. He was educated at Emory and Henry College, Washington County, VA. After beginning life for himself at his majority, he engaged in teaching at Saltville, Va., and has since been engaged as a farmer. February 2, 1843, he married Susanna, daughter of John and Susan BAker, who were among the earliest settlers of Washington County, Va. She died in March, 1873. November 27, 1877, he married Carrie P. Corry (nee Smith), a daugter of John Y. Smith, an old citizen of Roane County, and a prominent lawyer. They have one child, John Lenoir. Mrs. Winton died in 1881. Our subject has been a Methodist, of the Southern Branch, since 1838. He is a Democrat, and first voted for Clay. He was justice of the peace about two years, and is an F & A. M. He is the fourth of the eleven children of James and Rhoda (Mitchell) Winton, natives of Roane County, where they died March 17, 1849, aged sixty-two years, and September 3, 1886, aged ninety-one years, three months and fourteen days, respectively. The latter was of Dutch stock. The grandparents were John and Arabella (Cunningham) Winton, the former of Irish stock, and burn November 8, 1761, and the latter born May 18, 1763. John was a successful financier, and amassed a large fortune before his death. He settled near Muddy Creek Station sometime before 1785. Our subject owns a fine farm of about 500 acres on the Tennessee River, and is a highly respected, well-informed man.

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   History of Tennessee Illustrated - by Silas E. Lucas, Jr. - Southern Historical Press - 1980

2. ↑ Doyle C. Thomas. The Settling of Post Oak Springs.