Display Patriot - P-325693 - William WYNN/WYNNE/WINN

William WYNN/WYNNE/WINN

SAR Patriot #: P-325693

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A128781

Birth: 10 Aug 1729 / / VA
Death: 08 Jul 1808 / Tazewell / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Furnished Supplies
  2. Built a Fort on Locust Hill, Tazewell Co, VA, as a haven for the women, children, and aged men during the Rwvolution.

Additional References:
  1. Abercrombie & Slatten, VA Rev Pub. Claims, Vol 2, pg 690
  2. Genealogical, Burial and Service Data for Rev War Patriots Buried in Virginia (M.E. Lyman, 2016)
  3. Early Settlers of Lee Co, VA and Adjacent Counties, Vol 1, pg 348

Spouse: (1) Mary Cynthia Harmon; (2) Phyllis Marr Whitley
Children: Elkanah; John; Robert; Josiah; James; Oliver; Sanuel; Ruth; Harmon;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1972-06-12 VA Unassigned John Wynn Laningham Jr. (101880) Elkanah   
1989-01-30 VA 221634 Samuel Elkanah Hadwick 0 (132360) Elkanah   
1990-03-30 AL 218464 Virgil Joseph Wynne (134745) Oliver   
2001-12-10 MO 11068 Lee Roy Wynn (157111) Josiah   
2014-03-05 TN 57485 Charles Lynn Gobble (190231) Elkannah   
2019-12-20 TX 89861 Randall van Heyst (214120) Ruth   
2019-12-20 TX 89862 Reagan Lee van Heyst (214121) Ruth   
Burial:
Wynne-Peery Cemetery (C-0376398)
Location:
Tazewell / Tazewell / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
386009
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
5329515
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Grave Stone



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Charles Lynn Gobble
William Wynne was born August 10, 1729, Brunswick County, Virginia and died July 8, 1808, in the town of Locust Hill, Tazewell County, Virginia. He is buried in Wynne-Peery Cemetery, Tazewell. Wynne married first Mary Cynthia Harmon in 1752 and second, Phillis Marrs in 1782. Wynne had eleven children with Mary Harmon and fifteen with Phillis Marrs.

Wynne was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. His home was known as William Wynn's Fort and was located at Locust Hill on the North Fork of the Clinch River near the modern-day town of Tazewell, VA. His Pension Application dated 4 April, 1834, tells the story of his Revolutionary War service. Wynne was the pioneer settler of Tazewell, one of the town's first Justices and a man of influence in the county.

My descendancy from William Wynne is:

GGGGG Grand Parents - William Wynne and Mary (Cynthia) Harmon
GGGG Grand Parents - Elkannah Wynn and Mary Muncy
GGG Grand Parents - Ashley Wynn and Nancy C. Porter
GG Grand Parents - Thaddeus Dottery Wynn and Dialtha Malvina Seaton
G Grand Parents- Nancy Andrew Wynn and Pleasant Hunter Trotter
Grand Parents- Mary Ellen Trotter and James Lewis Gobble
Parents - Clyde Gobble and Lucille Agnes Taylor

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Additional Information:
  • Residence: Locust Hill / Montgomery / VA
  • Find-a-Grave lists the following children: John; William; Josiah; Oliver; Harmon; Mary; James, Miner and lists Birth Place as Brunswick County, VA


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