Person:Winnifred George (1)

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Winnifred George was born about 1755 in Lancaster Co., VA. She was the daughter of William George (b.1724; d. 1784/7) and his wife, Winifred George. William George left Lancaster County about 1765-1769 and eventually settled in what is now Fincastle, Botetourt Co., VA. He is recorded in a 1784 tax list residing near Fincastle. His widow, Winifred, is found in the 1787 tax list for Botetourt County, indicating William George had died sometime between the recording of the 1784 tax list and the 1787 tax list. No probate record has been found for him. The Pope letter states that William George (d.1784/7) was killed by Indians. This places his daughter, Winnifred (George) Gilliam Human, in the sad position of having her father, first husband, and one of her sons killed by Indians. William George's widow, Winifred George, accompanied family members to Knox Co., TN and died in 1809.

(Note that the given name of Winifred George, wife of William George, is spelled with one "n." The given name of their daughter, Winnifred, is commonly spelled with two.)

[Source: "The Ancestry of Winnifred (George) Gilliam Human", by Charles M. Ward, Jr.].

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   Winifred George Gilliam Human
   Birth 18 Jun 1754
   Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
   Death 1840 (aged 85–86)
   Gibson County, Tennessee, USA
   Burial Old Shiloh Burying Ground
   Fruitland, Gibson County, Tennessee, USA
   
   Winifred George was born 18 Jun 1754 in Lancaster County, Virginia the daughter of William and Winifred George. She married, as her first husband, Thomas Gilliam (born 22 Oct 1750; died 25 May 1793), a son of William Gilliam and his wife, Mary (Jarratt) Gilliam. They resided in Botetourt County, Virginia before settling in what is now Knox County, Tennessee. They were accompanied in settling in Knox County by the family of Thomas Gilliam's brother, Devereux Gilliam. Thomas Gilliam, and their son, James, were slain by the Cherokee on 25 May 1793.
   
   Winifred Gilliam was appointed administrator of the estate of her deceased husband, Thomas Gilliam, in November, 1793 (Knox County, Tennessee Court, Settlements and Wills, Volume 1, July 1792-October 1811, pages 11, 13). Thomas and Winifred Gilliam had the following children: James; William; Spencer; Elizabeth, the wife of Isaac Osborn; Mary, the wife of Thomas Frazier; Sarah, the wife of Frederick Fraker; Martha, the wife of John Murphy; and Delilah, the wife of Alexander Murphy.
   
   Winifred (George) Gilliam was married 28 Jan 1797 (marriage bond) in Knox County, Tennessee to Basil Human. They had three children: James G. Human; Solomon G. Human; and Anna (Human) Crank. Her family opposed her marriage to the younger man. Their opposition appears to have been well-founded as he subsequently left Winifred for a younger woman, Jemima (Galloway) Gilliam, the widow of Winifred's son, Spencer Gilliam. They never divorced, but Basil Human spent the remainder of his life with Jemima and they had a family of their own in Morgan County, Tennessee. Winifred left East Tennessee following this scandal and settled in Gibson County, where her daughter, Anna (Human) Crank, settled with her husband, Thomas Crank.
   
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