 1750 - 1824 (73 years)
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| Name |
Peter Winn |
| Birth |
25 Dec 1750 |
Dorchester/Berkeley/ SC  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Burial |
1824 |
| Death |
24 Jul 1824 |
Liberty Co, GA |
| Person ID |
I321 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
31 Jan 2022 |
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| Headstones |
 | Winn, Peter
31.8057640 -81.4308010
Plot: Row A Grave 7 |
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| Notes |
- P-322581
- Peter Winn, was the second son of John Winn (1720 ? 1781) and Sarah Flood (1725 ? 1761). His father, John Winn moved his family to the Midway District from South Carolina in 1755, with five other families from the Dor?chester-Beech Hill area.
- Peter Winn married Mary Farley (1759 ? 1788) on January 7, 1777, at the Midway Congregational Church in Liberty County. Their children included Benjamin Farley (1777), John (1779), Anna (1782), Mary Farley (1784), and Peter Farley (1786). Mary Farley Winn died on December 8, 1786 and was buried in the Midway Cemetery.
He then married Ann Sumner (1758 ? 1835) on January 7, 1789, at Midway. Their children included: Elizabeth Sumner (1790), Thomas Sumner (1792), Abiel (1794), Sarah (1797), Washington (1798) and Ann Oswald (1780). Ann Sumner died on January 3, 1835 and was buried in the Midway Cemetery.
- In 1767, prior to the Revolutionary War, Peter was made Ensign in the Fifth Company of the Royal Militia of Georgia, under Captain John Mann. The unit was part of the Second Georgia Regiment, Augusta Division, commanded by Colonel James Jackson. He served as Private in the Liberty County Militia in the Revolutionary War, and his service was certified by Colonel Elijah Clarke. Peter Winn, GA Refugee, received a Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grant on November 5, 1784, for 250 acres.
Sources: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers, GASSAR: Vol 2, page 25; DAR Patriot Index, vol3 page 2993; Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, McCall, vol 1 page 208, vol 3 249; Historical Collections of Georgia, White, Volume 4 page 618; Georgia?s Roster of the Revolution, Knight, page 184 & 428
- Grave Marked 28 Apr 2019 by Blue Ridge Mountains, Brier Creek, Captain John Collins, Marquis de Lafyette, Marshes of Glynn, Ocmulgee, Robert Forsyth and Wiregrass Chpaters of the GA SAR
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