Sarah (Winslow) McWhorter (1737 - 1783)

Born 2 Jul 1737 in Rowan County, North Carolina [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Hance Campbell McWhorter Sr. — married 1756 in North Carolina

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1783 at age 46 in York County, South Carolina

Biography

Sarah Winslow McWhorter was born 2 July 1737. She is the daughter of Benjamin Winslow and Mary White. She was a member of the Bethesda Presbyterian Church located in York County, SC where her husband Hance was an Elder. On their nearby Plantation they raised 7 Children during their 23 years of marriage. She died there on 22 December 1783 and is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery next to her husband Hance who pre-deceased her 10 years earlier.

Children: John McWhorter 1760-1840 Mary McWhorter 1761-1835 Benjamin McWhorter 1765-1822 Moses Winslow McWhorter 1767-1846 Rebecca McWhorter 1768- Jane McWhorter 1770-1829 Hance Campbell McWhorter, Jr. 1772-1859

Sources

• Created by: John Wilhite, Added: 20 Dec 2015, Find A Grave Memorial 156224826, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156224826/sarah-mcwhorter

• http://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en;pz=timothy+michael;nz=dowling;ocz=0;p=sarah;n=winslow;oc=4
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2S3-ZSQC : 11 July 2016), Sarah Winslow McWhorter, 1783; Burial, York, York, South Carolina, United States of America, Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery; citing record ID 156224826, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Research Notes

• conflicting information about mother of Sarah. Obituaries of Hance and Sarah have Mary White as mother. Most Ancestry documentation has Susanna Beverly as mother. There is documentation of the marriage of Benjamin Winslow and Susanna Beverly but there is also documentaton of Mary Beverly marrying Benjamin Winslow.