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Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Midway Cemetery on US Highway South in Midway, Georgia directly across the street from the church
Take I-95 to exit 76 - at end or ramp turn west and travel 3.7 miles to U.S. 17 - Turn right and tral <1 mile to the Midway Church
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Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
Peter Winn b. 1751 d. 9/24/1824 LIBERTY COUNTY, GEORGIA
He served as a private in the Georgia Militia.
Buried: Midway Cemetery.
See: (1) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, v. 3, p. 249.
(2) Some Early Georgia Epitaphs.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.
A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.
Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.
Printed in the United States of America
New Papyrus Co., Inc.
548 Cedar Creek Drive
Athens, GA 30605-3408
Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
Peter Winn was born December 25, 1750, at Dorchester, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 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 Dorchester-Beech Hill area. Three other members of his family participated in the Revolutionary War. His father, John (1720), served in the Georgia Provincial Congress and was a member of the influential Committee of Correspondence. His brother, John (1740), served in the South Carolina Continental Line, and his cousin, Joseph (1763), served in the South Carolina Militia. Peter Winn served as a Selectmen in the Midway Congregational Church from 1784 until1809, and served as a Deacon from 1796 until his death in 1824. Peter Winn died February 24, 1824, at Liberty County, Georgia, was buried in the Midway Cemetery on row A grave 37. His tombstone inscription follows: “PETER WINN, Esq who died on the 24th of Feb 1824 at the age of 73 yrs. A long life of piety & devotedness to God proved him to be a sincere Christian. The memory of the just is blessed."
Peter Winn married Mary Farley (1759 – 1788) 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 December 8, 1786 and was buried in the Midway Cemetery.
He then married Ann Sumner (1758 – 1835) 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 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, a Georgia Refugee, received a Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grant November 5, 1784, for 250 acres.
Sources: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers, GASSAR: Vol 2, page 25; DAR Patriot Index, vol. 3 page 2993; Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, McCall, vol. 1 page 208, vol. 3 page 249; Historical Collections of Georgia, White, Vol. 4 page 618; Georgia’s Roster of the Revolution, Knight, pg 184, 428.
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