Leah (Blake) Windham (1773 - bef. 1870)

Born 1773 in Fairfield County, Province of South Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Benjamin Windham — married about 1792 in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died before 1870 before age 97 in Homewood, Scott County, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Leah Blake was born in South Carolina around 1973. Leah married Samuel B Windham about 1792 in South Carolina. According to the Find a Grave Biography, the couple had the following children:

Hughston/Houston Windham

Thomas Windham

Page R. Windham (1800-Aft 1880)

Mary Ann "Polly" (Windham) Martin Warren (1802-1889)

Benjamin B. Windham

Harriett Mozelle (Windham) McDaniel

Phanuel Windham Waite

John Darby Windham

Andrew Jefferson Windham

Charlotte "Lottie" (Windham) Boyd (1820-Aft 1880)

She passed after the 1860 census, where she was enumerated living with her son Andrew and family in Scott County, Mississippi

Research Note:

Find-a-Grave has a date of birth listed as 12 January 1775, which was not found to be sourced. Census Records indicate birth date to be 1792 or 1793, and that date is recorded with this profile. Mulhausen-2 16:36, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

• Fact: Residence (1850) Scott Co, Mississippi, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Scott Co, Mississippi, United States
• Fact: Burial Homewood, Scott, Mississippi, United States

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 May 2022, 01:05), entry for Leah Blake (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G4D3-QL8 ); contributed by various users.
• Source: S-152637567 Repository: #R-794740569 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=30698803&pid=404
• Repository: R-794740569 Ancestry.com
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-Y2H : 22 December 2020), Leah Windham in household of Andr J Windham, Scott, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GJ-26Y : 18 February 2021), Leah Windham in entry for Andrew Windham, 1860.
• Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97673857/leah-windham : accessed 19 November 2021), memorial page for Leah Blake Windham (12 Jan 1775–1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97673857, ; Maintained by Kay Parker McCary (contributor 46915992) Body lost or destroyed, who reports a Burial site unknown.