Miscellaneous Gwin notes (all regarding Augusta/Bath/Highland/Wood co families) in VA/WV ================================= Wood Co births [online at USGenWeb Wood Co page, from WPA records compiled by Elsie Cook] birthname date parents ------------------------------------------------- GUIN, Betty Ann 3/1/1853 Thomas & Nancy Guinn GUIN, Lavina R. 5/4/1856 Thomas & Amanda Guin GUIN, Louisa Ann 3/15/1855 Stephen & Henrietta Guinn GUIN, Margaret A. 8/28/1855 Hezekiah & Betsy Jane Guin GUIN, Samuel S. 3/27/1853 Stephen & Henrietta Guinn GUINN, Albert E. 3/29/1854 Hezekiah & Eliza. J. Guinn ====================== Gwins listed in index to Confederate pensions at LVA online, under Gwin: J.C. Gwin of Augusta Co, act of 1902, memo 1908, no other info Moses Gwin of Highland Co, act of 1900, roll 24, page 87 Gwynns in Carroll Co: J.C., John A., John J., Mariah J., Thomas N., Danville: Nannie(?) K. Guinn ---------------------------- From VA land patent index online at Library of VA: 1830 Nov 22: Thomas Gwin and James Black patented 112 acres in Augusta Co on the Great Calfpasture river on the south side of Walker's Mtn, joining land of said Gwin and John Kincaid's land. Bounds mention "John Clayton's line". Surveyed March 22, 1829. [Grants 79, p.370; Gwin card 69] --This is near Clayton Mill Ck. May be James Black husband of Betsy Rice. 1814 Dec 20: James Gwin, 80 acres in Bath co, on both sides of Back Cr. a branch of Jacksons River, adj. his own land. [LVA, Gwin, card 33] 1837 July 20: John Gwin, 55 acres in Bath co, adj. his land east of the Cowpasture river [LVA, Gwin, card 38] 1836 Nov 30: David Gwin (son of Robert), 50 acres in Bath Co in the Big Valley on the southeast side of the Little mountain, on Wilson's Mill run, adj. land formerly owned by Barbara Wilson & others; bounds mention John Wilson, David Gwin; del'd to Col. Byrd 2 March 1837 [Grants 86, p.531; LVA, Gwin, card 14] 1846 Oct 31: David Gwin (son of Robert), 100 acres in Bath co on the east side of Jacksons River adj. Michael Wise, Wm. Wilson; del'd to Col. Byrd 24 July 1847 [LVA, Gwin, card 15; Grants 92, p.366] 1 July 1850: Robert Gwin & Moses Gwin (sons of Robert), 21 acres in Highland co, in the Big Valley on Jackson's River on the east side of the Little mtn, adj. David & Washington Stephenson (formerly the lands of Barbara Wilson), John Bollar, and Thomas T. Brown; del'd to A. Stephenson Jr. 28 Jul 1851. [Grants 103, p.258; LVA land grants, Gwin, card 63] 1851 May 1: David Gwin (son of Robert), 26 acres in Highland, on the east side of the Little mountain on the waters of Wilson's Mill Run a branch of Jacksons River, adj. his own, Davis Townsend's, and Michael Wise's land; bounds mention Thomas T. Brown's 50 acre tract. [LVA, Gwin, card 18; Grants 105, p.376] 1854 Aug 1: David Gwin (son of Robert), 40 acres in Highland co on both sides of Jackson's Mtn, adj. his own, Robert & Moses Gwin, and Martha Carpenter's land; bounds mention corner to Robert & Moses's 93 acre tract, his own 164 acre tract, corner of Martha's 98 acre tract; del'd to A.H. Byrd Mar 10, 1854/56 [LVA, Gwin, card 19; Grants 110, p.90] Sept 30 1844: Moses Gwin, 266 acres in Bath co on the east side of the Bullpasture Mtn, adj. his own land and a late survey of John & Sinclair Stuart; bounds mention his own 115 acre tract, his 90 acre tract, Hamilton Benson's corner; del'd to Mr. Cameron 20 Feb 1845 [Grants 95, p.691; LVA grants, Gwin, card 59] ------------------------------ From VA Marriage Index online - see the database of Tippecanoe county Gwins for more data on Moses & Elizabeth: Who's the Mary Gwin who married William Dinwiddie in Bath co in 1810? Which Moses Gwinn md. Hannah Hanger in 23 Apr 1829 Augusta? Elizabeth Guin & Frederick Hanger, 11 Apr 1826, Augusta? ===================== Culpeper Co, VA Guinn family Henderson Guinn married America B. Allen 22 September 1831 in Chesterfield co, VA [Source: VA Marriages, ancestry.com] dau. Sallie b. 13 Oct 1839 Deaths, Hayman Co, Tennessee: Mrs.Sallie COX, female, white, widow, housewife, born 10/13/1839 in VA, died 1/5/1925 in dist.6 of pneumonia, buried Family Cem., father Henderson GUINN born VA, mother America B.ALLEN born VA, informant ALLEN Ernest Linder ALLEN, white, male, married, farmer, born 7/8/1861 in TN, died 3/11/25 in dist 6 of tuberculosis, buried Tugwell, father L.M. Allen b. VA, mother Elizabeth Guinn b. VA, both parents b. Culpeper co Guinn Cemetery, Culpeper Co, VA LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Guinn Cemetery: 1937 Mar. 12 Research made by Margaret Jeffries Cemetery Location: 2 miles NE of Winston on Rt. #49; thence west of Rt. #49 about 300 yards. Culpeper County This is not a very large cemetery. It contains besides the stone whose inscription is given below, several new graves and several with unmarked stone. The graveyard is nicely kept and is fenced in from stock. The four inscriptions given below are all on one stone which is a comparatively new one. These inscriptions were probably obtained from the family Bible when the stone was erected. Sarah Guinn wife of John Guinn Born 1824 Died 1848 Amanda Guinn Born 1831 Died 1853 Benjamin Guinn Born 1851 Died 1860 John Guinn Born 1785 Died 1852 Guinn marriages in Chesterfield Co, VA: ALEAH GUINN ELIZABETH CUTLER 02 January 1806 Chesterfield ELIJAH CURTIS HEPSABA GUINN 01 April 1806 Chesterfield HENDERSON GUINN AMERICA ALLEN 22 September 1831 Chesterfield GEORGE E. MARSHALL MARTHA F. GUINN 01 March 1843 Chesterfield JOHN W. LEMON SARAH A. GUINN 05 November 1846 Chesterfield REUBEN P. CRUMP MARY E. GUINN 18 January 1849 Chesterfield Henderson Guinn moved his family to Haywood Co, Tennessee between 1840 and 1850: 1850 census, Haywood co, TN 1385-1385, 9 Dec 1850 H. Guinn, 35, farming, VA America, 34, VA John, 17, VA Elizabeth, 15, VA Matilda, 14, VA Sarah, 11, VA --------------------------- 1850 Culpeper co, VA census 339-339 John Guinn, 66, farmer, $12,850, VA Mary, 54, VA Susan A., 23, A Benjamin W., 21, VA Cornelia, 16, VA John G. Lemon, 3, VA -- note a Lemon marriage above 349-369 Elizabeth Guinn, 66, $4400 real estate, VA Phares (male) Guinn, 36, farmer, VA Abiah (male) Guinn, 34, farmer, VA 1860 census, Haywood co, TN - Brinnsville PO, 13 July 1860 L.M. Allen, 40, farmer, $1725 real, $1100 personal property, VA Martha E. Allen, 24, VA John, 6, TN Wm, 2, TN America Guinn, 45, f, $100 personal, VA Sarah G. Guinn, 17, $150 personal, VA -- so America's dau. Elizabeth married L.M. Allen and died and he remarried (or is she Martha E.?). And Henderson Guinn has apparently died between 1850 and 1860. 1870 Haywood co, TN - Brownsville(?) PO L.M. Allen, 50, house carpenter, $2500 real, $1000 personal, VA Martha, 34, keeps house, VA C.E. (male), 9, TN Monterey(?), male, 1, TN A.B. Guinn (female), 56, VA