Slaves of Thomas Winston

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Troup County, Georgia
Surnames/tags: Winston Slavery black_heritage

Slaves of Thomas Winston

Source Notes
1 ~ Robert Gilliam Will probate 1821
2~ Thomas Winston Sr Will written 1855
3 - list titled Winston,Thomas Jr. & Sr. - 1820-1864 - Greene & Troup Co.,GA
4~ list titled Winston,Thomas - in exchange with Joel Early - 1820,Greene Co.,GA
5 ~ inference from and/or found in 1870 Census of Chambers County, AL
Note other lists are alphabetic, this list correlates more closely with the order found in sources.
Such context clues are useful when trying to reconstruct family groupings.

The following table is an attempt to correlate the data from a few different lists.

Enslaved persons to Susan Gillam Robert Gilliam Estate	Enslaved persons returned to Susan Winston Thomas Johnson Winston Estate	wikiree ID	Gilliam estate appraisal	birth year	notes- mostly re age	Source Notes
Bush,	Bush	Gilliam-2288	725	1815		1,2,3
Handy,	(not mentioned)	Gilliam-2289	725	1810		1,
Caroline,	Caroline (with her increase)	Winston-1658	550	1815	Per 1880 census	1,2,3
Jenny,	(Previously to Martha Ann Webb, Mrs Hill)	Gilliam-2290	550	1815		1,2,3
Lotte,	Lotty (and her son Johnson)	Gilliam-2293	1000	1810	guesstimate	1,2,3
Cherry,	Cherry (and her son Ellick)	Gilliam-2296	1000	1808	guesstimate	1,2,3
Chaney,	(not mentioned)	Gilliam-2297	500	1810		1,
Silvy,	(her son mentioned)	Gilliam-2305	1000	1800	Mother to Nimrod	1,
Betty,	(not mentioned)	Gilliam-2306	350	1780	census data	1,
Peter,	Old Peter	Gilliam-2362	575	1800	per	1,2,3
Lawson,	(not mentioned)	Gilliam-2307	700	1800	per man in 1821	1,
Charles, .	(not mentioned)	Gilliam-2311		1800	per man in 1821	1,
Jim,	James	Gilliam-2341		1815	per boy in 1821	1,2,3
Frank,	(not mentioned)	Gilliam-2351	600	1815		1,
and Nimrod	Nimrod (son of Silvy)	Gilliam-2352	1000	1820	per 1870 census	1,2,3
blank	Johnson (son of Lotte)	Winston-1684		1835		2,3
blank	Ellick (son of Cherry)	Winston-1685		1828		2,3
blank	Barbara (and her increase)	Winston-1687		1830		2,3
blank	Other Enslaved persons bequeathed to Susan	wikitree ID
blank	Moses (father of James and Nelson)	Winston-1679		1790		2,3
blank	Agnes (mother of James and Nelson)	Winston-1680		1790		2,3
blank	James (the blacksmith)	Winston-1683		1810		2,3
blank	Nelson (the carriage driver)	Winston-1657		1820		2,3
blank	Enslaved persons bequeathed to Mercy Ann Winston
blank	Amelia	Winston-1688		1835		2,3
blank	Flemming	Winston-1689		1835		2,3
blank	In Other List Not in Will
blank	Aggy	Winston-1690		1822		3,5
blank	Dils p.185,187					3,
blank	Dinah p.185,187					3,
blank	Eliza					3,
blank	Jane					3,
blank	Jim age 14c				likely a Jim or James already in list	3,
blank	Ned p.189			1842	per 1870 Census	3,5
blank	Nelly					3,
blank	Phill p.189					3,
blank	Rebecca age 19c					3,
blank	Rebecca					3,
blank	Susan					3,
blank	Tom			1850	son of Nimrod per 1870	3,5
Willed to Joel Early Jr 1806	In list from Exchange with Joel matching
Roger,	Roger age 25c					4,
Cuff,	(still with Joel in 1835)					4,
Esop,	Aesop age 24c					4,
Boson,	(likely same as Britton still with Joel in 1835)					blank
Friday,	blank					blank
Jude,	Judy age 23c (mother of Isaac & Hannah)					4,
Delsa,	Dilsey or Delsey age 23c (mother of Tom, Richard & Barbary)					4,
Haney,	Howy (female) age 22c					4,
Joy's,	Joice age 20c					4,
Edmond,	blank					blank
Monday,	blank					blank
Queen,	Queen age 26c (mother of Patsey, Jane & Robin)					4,
Fedillo,	blank					blank
Sall,	Sally age 40c					4,
Bet &	Betsey age 13c					4,
Phillis	Philis age 22c (mother of Charles)					4,
	in list from exchange with Joel matching down 1 generation
blank	Isaac (son of Judy age 23c)					4,
blank	Hannah (dau.of Judy age 23c)					4,
blank	Tom (son of Dilsey age 23c) (Tom was not well)					4,
blank	Richard (son of Dilsey age 23c)					4,
blank	Barbary (dau.of Dilsey, age 23c)					4,
blank	Patsey (daughter of Queen age 26c)					4,
blank	Jane (daughter of Queen age 26c)					4,
blank	Robin (child of Queen age 26c)					4,
blank	Charles (son of Phillis age 22c)					4,
	In list from Joel but not in his records					4,
blank	Abram age 19c					4,
blank	Albert age 5c					4,
blank	Amanda age llc					4,
blank	Beccah age 23c (mother of Joe)					4,
blank	* Joe (son of Beccah,age 23c)					4,
blank	Bridget age 18c					4,
blank	Cely age 30c (mother of Rachel & Ben)					4,
blank	* Ben (son of Cely age 30c)					4,
blank	* Rachel (dau.of Cely age 30c)					4,
blank	Charles age 22c					4,
blank	Creasy age 42c					4,
blank	Easter age 50c					4,
blank	Fanny age 27c (mother of Mary, Sam & Collin)					4,
blank	* Collin (son of Fanny, age 27c)					4,
blank	* Mary (daughter of Fanny age 27c)					4,
blank	* Sam (son of Fanny,age 27c)					4,
blank	Francis age 9c					4,
blank	Harriett age 3c					4,
blank	James age 22c					4,
blank	Jefferson age 14c					4,
blank	Jefferson age lc					4,
blank	Jemima age 3c					4,
blank	Matilda age 34c					4,
blank	Molly age 8c					4,
blank	Moses age Ilc					4,
blank	Ned age 48c					4,
blank	Ross age 24c					4,
blank	Stephen age 25c					4,
blank	Thaddius age 4c					4,
blank	Violet age 17c					4,
blank	Washington age 7c					4,

See Thomas Winston F35 1863 Taxable Property

The list of Slaves of Thomas Winston can be expanded by these additional names from the 1863 listing of taxable property.

Males

Shelbourn (wiki profile needed)

Troup Winston

Jack (wiki profile needed)

Peter

Tom Manley (wiki profile needed)

Monroe (wiki profile needed)

Washington

Mitton (wiki profile needed)

Augustus Winston

Col Cobb (wiki profile needed)

Jefferson (wiki profile needed)

Charles

O D Whitaker (wiki profile needed)

Leonidas (wiki profile needed)

George Pierce (wiki profile needed)

Hope

Henry (wiki profile needed)

Lovick

Sollomon (wiki profile needed)

General Lee

Thadeus (wiki profile needed)

Females

Silva (wiki profile needed)(different person than Silva from Gilliam estate who died 1849)

Milley

Anna (wiki profile needed)

Roxanna

Susan

Lucy Ann (wiki profile needed)

Mary (wiki profile needed)

Sally (wiki profile needed)

Ophelia (wiki profile needed)

Becky (wiki profile needed)

Martha Ann (wiki profile needed)

Nanny Holoman (wiki profile needed)

Miter Bell (wiki profile needed)

Research Notes

This is extracted from correspondence dated April 2022. This was shared with descendants of the enslaved Winstons. Opinions of Karen Allman:

Note, in the will of Thomas Johnson Winston drafted in 1855 he has the following item:

2nd I give to my beloved wife Susan, the following Slaves in fee simple. To wit, Old Peter, James, Lotty and her son Johnson, Cherry and her son, Ellick, Nimrod, Caroline together with all her present and future increase, Barbara together with all her present and future increase. Those slaves came by her, and I wish her to have them again to dispose of as she may desire.

There was a record I viewed of a Peter Winston who died in 1870. Knowing that Peter in the GIlliam was a man rather than a boy, leads me to the conclusion that the person in the will was the one that passed away.

...Barbara, what do we make of this person? Is this the same person we see in multiple variations over the census years, as the person who is the wife of Peter Winston AKA Tinsley? By her inclusion in the group being returned to Susan Cade Alford, and not originally named in her distribution, the inference I draw is that she is a daughter of one of the women in the distribution of 1821.

Sources

Will of Thomas Winston:Space:Will of Thomas Johnson Winston

Will of Robert Gilliam (some of the enslaved left to his wife later became part of the Thomas Winston estate). "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990"
Catalog: Wills, 1798-1914 Wills 1798-1914 Davis, Lewis - Hall, Hugh
Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Greene > Wills 1798-1914 Davis, Lewis-Hall, Hugh > image 592 of 790; Citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.
FamilySearch Image (accessed 30 March 2022)

• Greene Co, GA, loose papers, wills</ref> Robert's estate appraisal was returned to the court 21 Mar 1821.^[1]

1. ↑ Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990: "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990"
   Catalog: Inventories, appraisements and sales of estates, 1798-1893 Inventories, appraisements, sales, v. H-I 1814-1831
   Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Greene > Inventories and appraisements 1814-1831 vol H-I > image 171 of 522; Citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 30 March 2022)
   • 1821 Inventory Bk H p.253