Garland Winters

William married Martha Jane Lemons on 23 Dec 1875 in Coryell Co, Texas. Martha was born in 1857; died in 1937 in Evant, Hamilton Co, Texas; was buried in Murphree Cem, Evant, Hamilton Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Bef 1875, Langford Cove, Evant, Hamilton Co, Texas

Notes:

Other families who came early to the Cove were William Clift Winters, Tommy Winters, Sr., Billie Winters, Dr. Sawyer, D. W. White, W. N. White, Sam Enochs, J. L. Singleton, Alex Williams, Joseph Hardy Dixon, Dr. H. McNeill, Isaac W. Seale, R. M. Hill, John Carter, Frank Gholson, A. Wurts, Dr. Griggs, and W. D. Blackburn.

William Clift Winters and his first wife, Nancy M. (Adams) Winters were in Langford Cove in time to become charter members of Evant Methodist Church when it was established in 1875. After Nancy M. (Adams) Winters died 2 September, 1876, William Clift remembered his widowed neighbor, Harrett A. Garner Jones, back in Baldwyn, Prentiss, County, MS. Harrett?s husband, William Toliver Jones had not returned home after the Civil War. As Mr. Winters? loneliness increased, his remembrances of Harrett grew fonder. Mr. Winters rode his donkey (or mule) all the way to Baldwyn to marry Harrett about 1878. When Mr. Winters arrived in Baldwyn, he found that Harrett was no longer in Mississippi. She had gone to Texas with her two youngest children--Martha Ann Jones and James Henry Jones. William Clift was a determined man, so he rode his mule to Fannin County, TX, where he found Harriett (Garner) Jones and married her on June 27, 1878. [Harriett's first husband, William Toliver Jones had been a Confederate soldier in the 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans. William T. Jones never returned home after the Civil War.] Mr. Winters brought his new bride to Langford Cove, and that is probably the reason her children who came to Texas also came to Hamilton County. Margaret Amanda Jones Grisham and her husband, James Lemuel Grisham, Sr. followed Harriett to Fannin County, arriving there about 1 September, 1878. James Lemuel & Margaret Amanda left Fannin County after June 1, 1880 and were at Blue Ridge in Hamilton County before July, 1880, when Blue Ridge Baptist Church was established. James H. Jones married Pernina Jane "Nina" Coker on 22 December, 1880, in Hamilton County, TX. Martha Ann Jones married Joseph Evans "Joe" Snider.

On Sunday evening, 30 May, 1882, James Henry "Jim" Jones was shot as he was going to the mountain to turn his horses into the pasture while his wife was on the front porch churning and holding their eight-month-old-son, William Charles Jones. Perry Langford and Ves Howard ambushed Jim and shot him from behind. They were tried for the Jones' murder in Coryell County. Howard was not convicted, but Perry Langford was convicted, sent to prison, and released only shortly before his (Perry's) death.

Until Perry and Ves were arrested, they with the Langford mob, continued to harass the family. All of the family--Pernina Jane "Nina" Coker Jones and her baby son, William Clift Winters, Harrett Garner (Jones) Winters, James Lemuel Grisham, Sr. and Margaret Amanda Jones Grisham, Martha Ann Jones Snider and Joseph Evans "Joe" Snider fortified the the Winter's house in which they stayed. At night they slept on the floor and stayed out of the moonlight lest the mob kill them also.

Members of the mob would shoot through the windows aiming at their beds. The mob also would beat on the walls with whips. According to Grisham legend, Perry Langford had an intense desire to kill any of Jim Jones? relatives.

Until after 1900 Hamilton County was ruled by mobs--the Gentry mob, the Langston mob, and others. Sheriffs were powerless to enforce the law.

Pernina Jane "Nina" Coker Jones and her little son lived with William Clift and Harrett Garner (Jones) Winters approximately four years before she married Dr. W. Hiram McNeill.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gazetteer2000/e/evant/evant.htm

William married Nancy M. Adams about 1848. Nancy was born in 1828; died on 2 Sep 1876 in Coryell Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Between Jan 1814 and 14 Sep 1815, War of 1812 Salisbury, North Carolina
• Residence: Between 1828 and 1833, Morgan Co, Alabama
• Residence: Apr 1842, Tishomingo Co, Mississippi
• Property: 9 Apr 1942, Mississippi

Notes:

----- Original Message -----
From: byrda_w@suddenlink.net
To: Sherry
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 7:56 AM
Subject: Sarah Jane Winters

Sherry, That is my Sarah "Sally" Renfro also....looks like we may be related on both sides of the family. I haven't really done any research on Sarah "Sally" Lucinda yet...but I am sending you what I have on her husband, Henry. Is this what you have for Henry and Sarah also???

Henry Figin Winters
My 2nd great grandfather
Birth 1791 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death 22 Dec 1845 in Tippah, Mississippi, United States
Henry went by the last name of Figgin Winters, variation of Feigenwinter from his father. But one story has his widow Sara applying for a pension for his War of 1812 service, and having to apply with the last name of Winters and Figgin as a middle name. From that point on Winters is listed as the family last name. KFergus 2/2/11


Regarding son of Henry and Sally, from Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas:

H. C. Winters is widely remembered as an old settler of Bedford Township. A native of Alabama, he is the eldest son of Henry and Sarah (Rinfrow) Winters, who came originally from North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. Henry Winters went to Alabama in 1828 and settled in Morgan County, where he remained five years, going thence to Tippah County, Miss. He was twice married, and by his first wife had two boys, one of whom is living: Aaron, a resident of Pope County, Ark. Mr. Winters was married to the mother of our subject in 1828. They were the parents of six children, all of whom are still living: H. C., J. J. Thomas, William C., Mary E. (now Mrs. Harbinger) and Sarah J. (Mrs. Vandover "Vandiver"), all living in Texas excepting the first named. Mr. Winters was a soldier in the War of 1812, and died in 1852. Mrs. Winters was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in 1880. (submitted by KWFergus)

Children of Henry & Sarah Sally Lucinda

Henry C Winters 1828 ?

Jack John Winters 1831 ?
George Thomas Winters 1832 - 1908
William Bill C Winters 1836 - 1914
Mary Elizabeth Mollie Winters 1838 ?
Sarah Jane Winters 1843 - 1923


Military:
served in the War of 1812 as Henry Figinwinters, who enlisted at Salisbury, NC in J. Krider's Company in January, 1814. Henry was discharged on 14 September, 1815.

Residence:
from Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas:

H. C. Winters is widely remembered as an old settler of Bedford Township. A native of Alabama, he is the eldest son of Henry and Sarah (Rinfrow) Winters, who came originally from North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. Henry Winters went to Alabama in 1828 and settled in Morgan County, where he remained five years, going thence to Tippah County, Miss.


Residence:
property transacton on 9 Apr 1842 records "Henry Figin Winters of Tishomingo County"

Henry married Sarah Nancy (Sarah F. "Sally" Lucinda) Renfro (Renfrow) on 3 Jul 1827 in North Carolina or of, Alabama. Sarah (daughter of (Sarah Renfro Winters father) Renfro and Mrs. (Sarah Renfro Winters mother) Renfro) was born on 13 Sep 1798 in Blount Co, Tennessee; died on 10 Feb 1880 in Evant, Hamilton Co, Texas; was buried in Murphree Cem, Evant, Hamilton Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1805, Tennessee; 1850 census
• Census: 1850, Tippah Co (District 2), Mississippi
• Census: 1860, Lebanon, Tippah Co, Mississippi
• Census: 1880, Coryell Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
Sarah Winters 45 1805 Tennessee
Henry Winters 22 1828 Tennessee
John Winters 19 1831 Tennessee
Thomas Winters 17 1833 Tennessee
William Winters 14 1836 Tennessee
Mary Winters 11 1839 Tennessee
Sarah Jane Winters 9 1941 Alabama


Census:
Southern Subdivison P.O. Lebanon
residence 215
Sarah Winters 61 1799 Kentucky farming, 5,120; 500
Mary Winters 20 1840 Mississippi
Jane Winters 18 1842 Mississippi
Isaac Anderson 22 1838 Alabama farm laborer

residence 216
Thos G.T. 25 1835 Alabama farming
Winney 23 1837 Tennessee
William H. 1858 Mississippi
Felix M. Roads 18 1842 Mississippi farm laborer

residence 219
Waters, Asa 20 1840 Mississippi farming
Sarah E. 19 1841 Alabama




Census:
Harberger Joseph 33 1847 Self Married Germany Germany Germany
Harberger Mary E. 36 1844 Wife Mississippi North Carolina Tennessee
Harberger John H. B. 12 1868 Stepson Mississippi Virginia Mississippi
Harberger Will. Thos. 10 1870 Stepson Single Mississippi Virginia Mississippi
Harberger Sarah M. 6 1874 Stepdaughter Mississippi Virginia Mississippi
Harberger Hessee F. 2 1878 Son Texas Germany Mississippi
Winters Sarah 82 1798 Mother-in-law Widowed Tennessee Kentucky Kentucky


Buried:
Sarah Nancy Renfrow died on Feb. 10, 1880 while visiting family in Evant, TX. Because of the distance from Mississippi and because her husband, Henry Winters, had already died, she was buried near Evant. Henry is buried in Tippah County, MS.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3304955&id=I102

Notes:

Married:
Name: Sarah Nancy Renfrow
Gender: Female
Birth Place: TN
Birth Year: 1798
Spouse Name: Henry Winters
Marriage State: of AL
Number Pages: 1