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Van Perkins WINDER

Van Perkins WINDER

Male 1809 - 1854  (45 years)


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  • Name Van Perkins WINDER  [1, 2
    Birth 3 Jun 1809  Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Migrated Bef 1818  , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1830  , Concordia, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    federal 
    • 1 male 15-19 (1810-1815) ???
      1 male 20-25 (1805-1810) Van Perkins
      1 female < 5 (1825-1830) Caroline
      1 female 15-19 (1810-1815) Martha
    Property 1843  , Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Land Patent: 154.65 acres, Offset 4616087
    Property 1843  , Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Land Patent: 153.74 acres, Offset 4617192
    Property 1843  , Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Land Patent: Offset 4617507
    Property 1843  , Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Land Patent: Offset 4617822
    Property 1843  , Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Land Patent: 114.03 acres, Offset 4618137
    Property 1844  , Lafourche, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Land Patent: Offset 4651299, Assumption/Lafourche Par, LA
    Property 1844  , Lafourche, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Land Patent: Offset 4651561, Assumption/Lafourche Par, LA
    Property 1845  , Lafourche, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Land Patent: 250.61 acres, Offset 4651823, Assumption/Lafourche Par, LA
    Property 1845  , Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Land Patent: 172.42 acres Offset 5043503
    Property 1845  , Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Land Patent: 164.9 acres, Offset 5043774
    Property 1849  , Lafourche, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Land Patent: Offset 5668139, Assumption/Lafourche Par, LA
    Property 1849  , Lafourche, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Land Patent: 222.35 acres, Offset 5668414
    Census 1850  , Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    federal 
    _UID 8ED53058C94840C1AF79B05FA76203B6F680 
    Death 8 Dec 1854  Schriever, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Cause: Yellow Fever 
    Person ID I15081  WinderWonderland
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2014 

    Father Dr. Thomas Jones WINDER,   b. 16 Dec 1772, , Somerset, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1818, , Concordia, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Harriet HANDY,   b. 18 Sep 1786, , Somerset, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1820, , Concordia, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 29 Sep 1802  , Worcester, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    License 29 Sep 1802  , Worcester, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Ann GRUNDY,   b. 25 Jun 1812, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1891, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 6 Dec 1828  Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    • "Mr. V. P. Winder of Natchez married at Winchester, Franklin County on the 7th inst. to Miss Martha A. F. Grundy daughter of Felix Grundy esq." National Banner & Nashville Whig, sat, 14 Apr 1827 [6]
    Children 
     1. Caroline Elizabeth WINDER,   b. 9 Sep 1829, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1905, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     2. Harriet Ann Grundy WINDER,   b. 6 Nov 1830, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1831, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Margaret Rawlings WINDER,   b. 1 Jul 1832, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1844, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 12 years)
     4. Elizabeth Rowan WINDER,   b. 5 Apr 1834, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1842, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)
     5. John Davison Smith WINDER,   b. 28 May 1835, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1838, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     6. Martha Ann Grundy WINDER,   b. 10 Feb 1837, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1853, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
     7. Felix Grundy WINDER,   b. 22 May 1839, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1864, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
     8. Malvina Bass WINDER,   b. 30 Mar 1841, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1852, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)
     9. George Guion WINDER,   b. 7 Apr 1843, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1879, , , Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
     10. Louise Mcgavock WINDER,   b. 4 Jun 1845, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1900, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     11. John Bass WINDER,   b. 9 Apr 1847, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1889, Houma, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     12. Thomas Levin WINDER,   b. 10 Dec 1848, Ducros Plantation, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1912 (Age 63 years)
     13. William Shields WINDER,   b. 1 Aug 1850, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1851, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     14. Van Perkins WINDER,   b. 11 Sep 1852, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1886, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
     15. Daniel WINDER,   b. Abt 1854, , , Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     16. Sallie Guion WINDER,   b. 20 Dec 1854, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1930, Thibodaux, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F5302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2006 

  • Photos
    Van Perkins Winder
    Van Perkins Winder

  • Notes 
    • After his marriage he settled in Terrebonne Parish, La., near Thibodaux, became a sugar planter on his plantation "ducros".

  • Sources 
    1. [S297] General Land Office Automated Records Project, Louisiana Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents.

    2. [S125] Matthew M. Wise, Littleton Heritage, (Wentworth, West Columbia, SC 1997), Pg. 342 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S125] Matthew M. Wise, Littleton Heritage, (Wentworth, West Columbia, SC 1997).

    4. [S125] Matthew M. Wise, Littleton Heritage, (Wentworth, West Columbia, SC 1997), Pg. 346 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S298] Jeanette Tillotson Acklen, Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts, (Cullom & Ghertner Co, Nashville, Tennessee, 1933), Pg.46 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S425] Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers, (Southern Historical Press, Easley SC 1978).


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