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- Notes from Johnny Walker:
A deed in Todd Co., Kentucky, pp. 332-333, dated Aug. 19, 1857:
This indenture made and entered into between Jane Mannion of the one part and Tabitha Winders the other part both of the county of Todd state of Kentucky witnesseth that the said Jane Mannion for and in consideration of the sum of fifty dollars in hand paid the receipt is hereby acknowledged hath bargained and sold and by these presants doth bargain grant and sell unto the said Tabitha Winders all my interest in an undivided tract or parcel of land in the county of Todd on the waters of Pond River the said tract of land having been owned by John Winders senior said tract of land has descended to the heirs of the deceased John Winders supposed to be about one hundred and thirty five acres in said tract and bounded in the south side by a tract of land owned by Marian Lindsey on the east side bounded by B. B. Beardens tract of land aportioned of the said old survey, on the north side by James Lee now occupied by Tabitha Winders. I the said Jane Manion doth grant yield and giveth all my right title claim and interest in the said undivided tract of land unto the said Tabitha Winders Either in law or equity to claim defend in any wise whatever as her own property in witnesseth whereof I have set my hand and seal this the 19 of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Test: Charley Armstrong, Andrew J. McFarland. Jane Mannion, her mark.
State of Kentucky, Todd County, August 19, 1857. I, H.R. Little, Deputy Clerk for Ben T. Perkins, clerk of said county court, do certify that the deed from Jane Mannion to Tabitha Winders was this day produced to me in said office and acknowledged by the said Jane Mannion to her act & deed and ordered to be recorded whereupon I have truly recorded said deed together with the certificate in said office. H. R. Little, D. Clk, Ben T. Perkins, Clk.
The name of Tabitha Winders appears on an 1881 Congressional List of Pensioners from Todd Co., Kentucky. Her post office was listed as Elkton, Kentucky. She received $8 pension by reason of being a mother, dated Feb 1867.
From the newspaper, Hopkinsville Kentuckian, issue of Friday, Feb. 16, 1894, in the section of deaths:
WINDOWS.--Miss Bertha Windows, one of the oldest ladies in Todd county, died on the 9th inst., at her home a few miles north of Fairview, of the grip. She was 92 years old and had enjoyed remarkably good health all along until she was attacked with the grip some weeks ago, when she declined very rapidly until the end came.
Note: It is believed that this obituary is of Tabitha Winders. The newspaper editor probably did a hyper-correction on the name Winders to turn it into Windows since "Windows" would be pronounced the same as "Winders" in Southern dialect. As for the name "Bertha" it is probably a mistake for the name "Bitha" which is probably what they called a woman named "Tabitha". [3]
- Tabitha was born circa 1803-1807 (depends on which census & other documents you look at) in Kentucky. She was the daughter of John C Winders and Tabitha New--and Tabitha's sister, Mary "Polly" Winders married a man named Samuel McColpin 1824 in Todd County, Kentucky. I believe that Tabitha carried on a lifelong affair with Samuel McColpin and had four children by him. My mother and some other researchers (descendants of Samuel) believed that, and I do as well. Tabitha never married because of this fact. In her pension application that she submitted in the 1860's, after the death of her son, William W Winders, Tabitha notes more than once that she never married. Her witnesses attest to this fact. Her obituary from 1894 also refers to her as "Miss." Her obit is attached, as are some snippets from the pension application. Additionally, Tabitha noted in that pension application that she had only two living children at that time, one son and one daughter. Since she was living with her son, Charles David Winders at that time (the 1870 and 1880 census of Todd County, KY confirm this--and I just found those late last night), he was her only living son at that time. And until William's death, she noted on that application that she depended upon William for her support. She also does not name William's father in that application. Samuel McColpin did, however, swear an affidavit in that pension application on Tabitha's behalf (and on a side note, Tabitha was a witness to Samuel's will in 1876). On another note regarding Tabitha's son, Charles--he gave his first born son the middle name of Samuel. [4]
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1806 - 1894 (87 years)
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