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- According to Bill Johns (1999):
I have a copy of his will dated 28 May 1829 and probated 7 March 1831. In his will, he mentions sons James, Daniel and David; daughters, Sarah White, Katharine Laughlin and Elizabeth McGrew; grandchildren, Elizabeth White and James N. White. Philip Grable and Nimrod Grable named executors, witnessed by Salom Grable, Queen Esther Grable and Carhart Grable. This James Winder resided in Redstone, Fayette County, PA. In the "LaFayette" a quarterly covering the History and Genealogy of Fayette County, PA, Volume VII,
Number 4, October, 1988, page 3, Will Abstracts, Fayette County, Will Book I, is the abstract of Samuel Crable (Grable) Sr. of Redstone Twp. which mentions among others, daughter, Elizabeth Winders.
I picked up a message on the PAFAYETTE-L mailing list in Feb 1998 in which Ellen Kelley posted names from a ledger that was kept by her ancestor, James McCormick, among those names she posted was James Winders. I asked her for more information from the ledger and the following is which she transcribed:
"March the 6th 1831 I made one coffin fur the berril of James Winders and took it out and found bords to kiver the volt by order of Walton
brown 8.171/2" (this is the amount charged)
November the 25th 1831 Recd of Nimrod grayble exacter of Danniel Winders axtate decesed for coffin 8.371/2" (note: axtate is no doubt supposed to be estate).
According to Bill Johns (1989):
...WINDER family listed in the Biographical Record of Harrison Co, Ohio, 1891, page 700 and 701. This family were descendants of General James WINDER, b. 1746, d. 1828. He was a Rev. War General. His ch. were Daniel, James, David and Sarah. Daniel WINDER, b. PA, m. Mary Kennedy, b. PA, and are mentioned in the Portrait and Biographical Album of Louisa County, IA, 1889, page 348. Daniel's son, David, was b. Apr 1820, near Freeport, Harrison Co, OH.
According to Bill Johns (Aug 1999):
The James Winders of Harrison County, OH, I don't believe ever actually resided there. From the book "Historical Collections of Harrison County, in the State of Ohio" by Charles A. Hanna, New York, 1900, privately printed, page 236 lists Harrison County, OH land patents. James Winder, NW 12.11.7, Feb. 10, 1809 and James Winders, Fayette county, Pa., NW 2.12.7, July 1, 1816. The book also mentions a related genealogy and some marriages.
From the book "Commemorative Biographical Record Harrison County, Ohio" published by J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1891, page 700 in the biographical sketch of Franklin Gaudy it states "On October 5, 1835, Mr. Gaudy was married to Chilnisse, daughter of Daniel Winder, one of the earliest settlers in this section, and of English descent. James Winder, the father of Daniel Winder, was a general in the Revoluntionary War, and served throughout that glorious contest for liberty. The children born to James Winder were as follows: Daniel, James, David and Sarah. James, the father, died in 1828, aged eighty-two years. Daniel, the eldest son of James Winder, spent much of his early life in Pennsylvania, where he was married to Mary Kennedy, who was of Scotch descent. Mr. and Mrs. Winder early settled on a farm in Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where Mr. Winder became one of the well-known and successful men of his township."
According to Bill Johns (1989):
...WINDER family listed in the Biographical Record of Harrison Co, Ohio, 1891, page 700 and 701. This family were descendants of General James WINDER, b. 1746, d. 1828. He was a Rev. War General. His ch. were Daniel, James, David and Sarah. Daniel WINDER, b. PA, m. Mary Kennedy, b. PA, and are mentioned in the Portrait and Biographical Album of Louisa County, IA, 1889, page 348. Daniel's son, David, was b. Apr 1820, near Freeport, Harrison Co, OH.
According to Bob Winder (Jun 2000 on Winder Website) James Winder (ca. 1747-1831) - #22 in "tomsarah.rtf"
This morning I went through the Pennsylvania Archives one more time to make sure I had not missed the famous "General" James Winder's record during the Revolution! There is no James Winder listed in Pennsylvania Archives index to Revolutionary War soldiers. There is a James Winner, who served as a private in Capt. August Willet's Middletown Township Company, from Bucks County. He and a Samuel Windon appear on a roll of this company from 21 Aug 1775. There is a James Winter, who is listed with "the men" of Capt. Worsley Emes' Company of artillery, who enlisted for 7 months in 1780. There is a James Winters, who was a private in "The Major's Company" of the New 11th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line. This soldier is listed as being 28 years old when enlisted, 5'4" tall, occupation silk-dyer; born in England, enl. 5 Apr 1777, and resident of Washington County PA in 1835, when he was 91 years old. It seems fairly certain that James Winder (ca. 1747 -1831) was living in what is now Fayette County by 1776. In that year, if he had been in the Pennsylvania militia, he most likely would have appeared in a Bedford County company. No Winders listed were in units from Bedford County.
According to Robert L. Winder (Sep 2000):
James Winder of Redstone Township came into Fayette County, Pa. sometime subsequent to 1768, according to Ellis' History of Fayette County, which is the only source found concerning such date. Ellis specifically mentions James Winder as an early settler of Redstone Township, but beyond that, James is mentioned only as appearing on the account books of William Colvin, a trader at Brownsville, Pa., "subsequent to 1768", and possibly a second time as a charter member of the Big Redstone Baptist Church upon its founding in May of 1790. James Winder's name is also found among the signers of a petition to Congress which originated about 1780 from Southwest Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of an independent state of "Westsylvania" in that area which was in dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania. This petition is cited by Howard L. Leckey in his The Ten-Mile Country and Its Pioneer Families. James also appears in the 1790 census records of Fayette County in Menallen Township as a head of household. At that date Menallen Township still included what later became Redstone Township. This census record shows his household consisting of 2 free white males under 16, 2 free white males 16 and over, and three free white females. Census records for 1800, 1810, and 1820 continue to record James Winder as head of household in Redstone Township, Fayette County, Pa. Deed records of Fayette County show that in 1791 James Winder purchased 80 acres of land from George Fought in "Menallen Township", the land being described as part of a larger tract granted to Philip Fought on 4 April 1786. Philip Fought received by patent from Pennsylvania 354.5 acres called "Intention" on 4 April 1786, which tract is located in present Redstone Township, as confirmed by the Pennsylvania Land Office map of original patents granted in Redstone Township. The deed for 80 acres from George Fought to James Winder was received for recording on 28 November 1791 and is entered at page 154, Deed Book B of Fayette County records. Several mentions of James Winder are also found in other records of Fayette County as witness to wills and as a bondsman.
The date of James Winder's marriage to Elizabeth Grable, daughter of Samuel Grable, has not been ascertained. James' date of birth has been estimated as 1745-1750, with the most likely year seeming to be 1747. This estimate is partly based on the statement of a great-grandson that James was 82 years old "when he died in 1829". James Winder of Redstone Township, however, wrote his will on 28 May 1829, and the will was not probated until 8 March 1831. In his will James described himself as a "yeoman, far advanced in years". Well before his death he had also acquired two tracts of land in what is now Harrison County, Ohio. Both these tracts of land, bought through the U. S. Land Office at Steubenville, Ohio, were sold by James to his sons, James, Daniel, and David. James' will, the record of land transactions at the Steubenville Land Office, and subsequent deeds recorded in Harrison County, Ohio supply the evidence to identify his three sons as James Winder (1775-1861) of Bloomfield Township, Crawford County, Pa., Daniel Winder of Harrison County, Ohio, and David Winder of Harrison County, Ohio. James' will reads as follows:
In the name of God, amen, I, James Winder of the township of Redstone, County of
Fayette and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, being far advanced in years and of sound mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God, and calling to mind the uncertainties of this life, do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament.
First: burial and funeral expenses and all my just debts are to be paid.
Second - I give and bequeath unto my son James Winder the sum of $50.
Third - I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel Winder the sum of $50.
Fourth - Unto my son David Winders I bequeath the sum of $50.
Fifth - I give unto my daughter Sarah White the sum of $100.
Sixth - I give unto my grandchildren, namely Elizabeth White and James N. White,
the sum of $100, divided equally among them.
Seventh - I give unto my daughters, Katharine Laughlin, Elizabeth McGrew, and
Sara White the residue of my estate to be sold at public sale and the
proceeds equally divided among them.
Eighth - I appoint my confidential friends Philip Grable and Nimrod Grable to be
my executors.
Done 28 May 1829
Witnesses: Salome Grable
Queen Esther Grable
Earhart Grable Proved 8 March 1831 Fayette County, Pa.
From all evidence found James Winder appears to have retained his residency in Redstone Township, Fayette County from at least 1780 until his death in 1831. James Winder's 80 acres of land in Redstone Township was sold by deed dated 1 April 1833 by Nimrod Grable, as the administrator of James' estate, to George B. Craft. The deed is recorded in Fayette County Deed Book 26 at page 77, but was not recorded until 22 January 1873.
Elizabeth Grable, who married James Winder at an unknown date and place, is known to have been the daughter of Samuel Grable (died 1811 in Fayette County, PA), who was also an early settler of Redstone Township. Samuel Grable is supposed to have been born 17 September 1725 in Germany. Samuel was on the tax rolls in Coventry Township, Chester County, PA in 1751, 1753, and 1754 - in these last two years next to George Craft in the tax lists. Nicholas Grable, whose will was written 16 April 1774 in Frederick County, Maryland, named Samuel Grable as one of his sons. Nicholas Grable appears on the tax lists in Coventry Township, Chester County, as early as 1729 and as late as 1760. In 1764 a Nicholas Grable is recorded as having bought a tract of land in Frederick County, MD known as "Old Barrel".
Although Ellis' History of Fayette County states that Samuel Grable emigrated from
"the eastern shore of Maryland", the same source identifies George Craft as having been indentured to Samuel Grable in Maryland and states that George Craft had lived in "Maryland, near where the battle of Antietam was fought." This last description is of present-day Washington County, MD, which prior to 1776 was included within Frederick County, MD. So we note that James Winder of Redstone Township, whose origin was most probably in the Antietam valley of Maryland, wedded, if not a native of the Antietam Valley, one who had lived in that area before her family moved to Fayette County. Samuel Grable moved into Redstone Township about 1780 and located a tract of land known as "Maiden's Bower", for which he received a warrant on 17 March 1785 and had the same surveyed on 4 April 1785. The patent for this tract was issued to George Cuff on 30 September 1785. There has been speculation that Samuel Grable lived on his tract of "Maiden's Bower" during his later life, but this has not been conclusively shown. A Joseph Graybill received a patent for a 295-acre tract called "Clover Pasture", lying partly in Redstone Township and partly in Brownsville Township, on 26 June 1788. A Joseph Grable, Jr. was the patentee on 3 June 1788 of a tract known as "Greenfield" in Redstone Township. The relationship, if any, of these two Joseph Grables to Samuel Grable is not known.
The will of Samuel Crable (sic) is recorded in Fayette County, PA. The will was written 12 September 1809 and was probated in September 1811. Samuel Crable's will made bequests to:
"the two children of my daughter Catherine Several the sum of $60 each"
"my daughter Elizabeth Winders the sum of $230"
"my son David Crable the sum of $320"
"son Samuel Grable $300"
"daughter Susannah Wells $230"
"daughter Mary Colvin $230 and one cow"
"daughter Hannah Ratcliff $230 and use of my plantation for two years after my
decease, rent free"
"my son Philip Grable $300"
"my daughter Sarah Studebaker $230"
Philip Grable and John Fulton were named as executors of the will. Witnesses were Hugh Shotwell, Rosattah Shotwell, and Susanna Shotwell.
Sons Philip and Samuel Grable mentioned in the above will have been tentatively identified as the Philip and Samuel Grable whose grave markers are recorded in 1930 in the Grable Burying Ground, located "on the Sumey farm in Centre District, Redstone Township, near Canfield's Rocks". Samuel Grable died 23 April 1848, at age 86, and Philip Grable died 3 May 1837 at age 63 years. This same cemetery contained ( in 1930) markers for :
Nancy Grable, "consort of Philip Grable, who departed this life July 9th, 1850
in the 76th year of her age"
Margaret Grable, "wife of S. Grable, died 2 Oct 1850 aged 77 years and 7
months"
Frances Marion Grable, child of Earhart & Nancy Grable
Emma Jane Grable, child of Earhart & Nancy Grable
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