After spending some time in Memphis, Tennessee for a time, James Winters moved his family to the Vehlein colony in present Montgomery County in 1834. In company with George A. Lamb, they settled on Winters Bayou in the Big Thicket between the forks of the San Jacinto River twelve miles below the site of present Huntsville.
James married Rhoda Creel Beall. Their children are:
William Carvin,
Orin Lemon,
Mary,
Carolina,
John F.,
Nancy,
James W.,
Sarah "Sallie" Drusilla,
Benjamin Franklin,
Lillie Ellen,
Willis,
Billington Taylor
Susan Bernice
BURIAL:
Winters Memorial Park
New Waverly, Walker County, Texas, USA[1]
Sources
↑Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 October 2018), memorial page for Pvt James Washington Winters, Sr (1773–23 May 1848), Find A Grave Memorial no. 33038802, citing Winters Memorial Park, New Waverly, Walker County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Tony (contributor 46571983) . Find A Grave memorial
"Pvt James Washington Winters", findagrave.com, Memorial# 33038802 created Jan 18, 2009. Created by David (#47068595)
History of Winters family in Texas; danno124 originally shared this on 17 Aug 2008 to Ancestry.com; pdf copy on WikiTree
Will of Joseph Winter, Halifax County, North Carolina Wills from 1781 to 1824, Volume 3, page 4826; sharonprice730 originally shared this on 07 Jan 2008 to Ancestry.com; Ancestry image; image on WikiTree
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970; LH page describes the move from Tennessee in 4 August 1834 and participation in the Battle of San Jacinto , among other things.; Ancestry image; image on WikiTree
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