| Bloyed Marriage |
Nancy Bloyed was born May 10, 1816 in Green
co., Kentucky 3 8 a daughter of Eli and Mary Bloyed, early settlers in West Fork. Nancy came
to Washington county, Arkansas in 1828 at around the age
of 12 5 with her Bloyed family. Eli's History Families 10
1850 West Fork census Nancy is 36 therefore b. ~1814.
1860 West Fork census Nancy is 44, therefore b. ~1816.
On March 17, 1833, not long after
his arrival in West Fork, James married Nancy Ann Bloyed. James was 23 and Nancy 16. 1840 West Fork Census 1850 West Fork Census Families 10
Civil marriage recording began in 1845 so, if there is a record, it would be with the church.
Married the 7th per Robert D.
Saunders, Jr. 2
History of AR (Goodspeed) has James Winn and Nancy Bloyd married on March 17, 1833 in Washington county, AR. 1 [GET/LINK]
The Bloyeds and Winns farmed on their lands near West Fork, most of it in Twp 14, but certainly not all as James, Zadok, and Eli were early settlers and major landholders in the West Fork area.
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Eli Bloyed |
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Children - Nancy and
James |
Reference Information Only! Additional info held by the webmaster (in database format)
on children w/o a page.
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| Eli MS 8 |
b. 1834 AR Families
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m. Matilda McKnight
Thomas - Lucinda - Bettie - Sarah - James
Eli was an Elder in the Christian Church at Mountain
View, AR |
Zadock MS Families Zadok 8
MI=C
Gravestone Zadok & Mary
Bio (GenWeb)
1900 Census - West Fork |
b. 1836 AR
d. 1913 AR
[d. 1915 AR] MS |
m. Mary Ann Caughman 1853
Farmer and stock raiser. Honorable service Co. D,
1st AR Cavalry (Union) discharged August 23, 1865. Deputy Marshall
under Thomas Boles. Their home was directly across from the
present West Fork Middle School. The first school constructed on
their land. He died at home on March 1, 1913.7
Melvina - Nancy - Matilda - William - Lucinda
Bashiba - Hettie Pauline - Purnety Arlene - Albert Sebron -
Almeda - John Taylor Families
1871 - Paid $.83 tax (of Fayetville?) for the sale of a stallion per the District 3 Monthly & Special Tax lists.
1910 - Pictured with family and house on Winn-Weber Mountain - See Families write-up
m. Sydney Owens aft 1907 (m. widower, John Karnes
after Rachel dies in 1915) |
Matilda MS 8
1900 Census - West Fork |
b. Nov. 7, 1838 AR
d. Jan. 22, 1910 AR |
m. William Carson Graham 1859 (1822-1910)
Zadock - James - Nannie (Nancy?) - Bettie -
Tolbert
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| Marinda MS Louisa 8 |
b.1840 AR
d. 1909 AR |
m. Zadock Clayton Winn (1st cousins thru Minor H. Winn) Obit
Aldin - Katherine - Marinda Elizabeth - Hensley
- James Milas (Miles) - Ella - Henry - Antonia - Virgil - Fanny
- John
Gravestone in Winslow, AR (Marinda & Clayton)
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Rachel MS 8 Walker
1900 Census - West Fork
Winn-Karnes of Washington County |
b. 1843 AR
d. 1915 AR |
m. John Karnes 1861 (m. Zadock's widow
Sydney Owen)
Andrew - Henry L. - Charles - Susan
Pictured: Andrew with wife, Florence Dye and
daughter, Lillian. Source: Karnes - Winn Family Album (Bob Saunders) |
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John MS 8
1900 Census - Prairie, AR |
b. 1847 AR
d. OK |
m. Mary Matilda Combs MS 1868
Saphronia - Coledenia
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Mary MS 8 S.
Obituary
Gravestone |
b. 1850 AR
d. 1909 AR |
m. Samuel Hale MS 1871
5 children ?
1900 Census - West Fork |
Cynthia 8
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b.1852 AR
d. 1864 AR |
Died young.
Buried row 15 in West Fork Cem |
Edmonia MS 8
Twin
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b. 1855 AR
d. 1914 AR |
m. Harvey Dearing 1887 1888 (b. Campbell Cem?)
Ina Edna - Elsie R. - Osa Lee - Tom?
1900 Census - West Fork
In the 1870 census Eliza listed a 15 year old white male (at home) named Mausey. Could this have been Edmonia? |
Joel L. MS 8
Twin |
b. 1855 AR
d. 1936 KS |
m. Magdelina Martin 1890
6
children
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Margaret MS 8
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b. 1858 AR
d.aft 1900 AR |
m. James Reed 1878
Fredrick - Effie - Ella - Orr - Pearl - Drada -
Aaron - ?
1900 Census - West Fork |
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Nancy Bloyed Passes
Nancy is 42 when she has her eleventh and last child,
Margaret in 1858. Caring for the young twins during this last
pregnancy was hard on her. After a few years--having no more
children--she succumbs and dies January 9, 1863 at the age of 47. Nancy is buried
in the West Fork Cemetery. 3 8
Hancock Marriage
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Karnes - Winn Family Album (Bob Saunders) |
Eliza H. Hancock was born January 10, 1844 in
Tennessee. The 1860 census of Mountain, Washington co., shows Eliza 16 and in school. She is the second daughter of Robert (a carpenter) and Martha Hancock, also born in Tennessee.
She had a younger brother named Addison who had ten children and owned acreage in West Fork.
On March 31, 1867, during Civil War Reconstruction--long
after losing Nancy--James married Eliza Hancock. Eliza had recently given birth to a third child with James.
James would live less than two more
years.
Marriage License: James Minor Winn to Eliza Hancock
gravestone listing Birth & Death Records |
James's Age - The Marriage Record
Most records point towards 1810 as the year James was born. So why does his 1867 marriage record show he was 53 when he should have been 57?
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A Likely Scenario --- Speculation by Randy C. Smart
Its 1864 in the midst of the Civil War, with his life already torn
asunder by the loss of his wife, James looses Cynthia, a
12 year old daughter, for lack of proper care. The church is there to help them thru the immediate crisis but insist he get long-term help raising
his kids (17M, 14F, 9M, 9F, and 6F).
A call goes out to the nearby community and soon James has a 19 year
old maiden helping out. During the war, James got Eliza pregnant--followed by more pregnancies.
In the confusion of the times, others thought they we married. Following the war, the local clergy force a
quick wedding. He is 57. She is 22 with either two children and pregnant or with three children, one a newborn--this in addition to taking care of James's house and other children.
James let the clerk recording the marriage lable him as 53, only a little less embarrassing than 57--about the average life span then. It was Reconstruction and things were changing quickly and James's lie would soon go to his grave with him. |
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| Children - Eliza & James |
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| Tracing
His Steps |
James had extensive land holdings - see Land Records
| 1832 |
When about 18 years old, James moved from Tennessee to Illinois, then to a farm
near West Fork, Washington county, Arkansas with his
family in 1832. MS Families James was to remain there the rest of his life. |
| 1840 |
Census in West Fork, AR shows James listed directly under (living next door to) Minor H. Winn as well as near the Bloyeds. |
| 1841 |
James Winn appointed commissioner to meet at John Holcombs in West Fork Twp. on 2nd Monday in Feb., 1841, to view old and new road from Fayetteville up the West Fork of White River to the Crawford co. line. County Court Record, Vol. A, 1835-42, Wash. co., AR. |
| 1843 |
Received land from Wm. & Peter Bloyed. Book D Pages 548 & 604 |
| 1844 |
A newspaper records that James and Nancy
(with the Bloyed families) were among the initial membership in
the first christian church in the state founded abt. 1844 under Stephen
Strickland who related doctrine as taught by Alexander Campbell, Church of Christ. |
| 1844 |
Received a homestead patent on 76.26 acres in Sect. 5, Twp 14 on August 1, 1844. Ass. # AR0930_.082 |
| 1850 |
The 1850 Census shows James's family, with 7 children, living in West Fork. |
| 1854 |
James bought 40 acres in
Sect. 32 Twp 15 in West Fork from Eli and Nancy
Bloyed for $6.00 on October 28, 1854. Book 131-31 Deed |
| 1854 |
James bought 40 acres in Sect. 32 Twp 14 from Anderson and Jane Hutchens for $50.75 on December 9, 1854. Book K - 435 He registered it on November 15, 1854. Ass. # AR098-_.294 Document |
| 1857 |
James bought 40 acres in Sect. 32 Twp 14 from (M. P. and Rebecca Loundon?) for $100 on
December 26, 1857. Book N-140 Document |
| 1858 |
Received a homestead patent on 76.07 acres in Sect. 5, Twp 14 on May 3, 1858. Ass. # AR1010_.233 |
| 1860 |
West Fork Census shows James and Nancy and 7
children. They lived very near sons Eli/Matilda (4 kids) and Zadock/Mary (3 kids) as James might have given
the two oldest sons farmland. |
| 1860 |
Received a homestead patent on 40 acres in Sect. 6, Twp 14 Range 30W on October 1, 1860. Ass. # AR1090_.058 |
| 1861 |
Received a homestead patent on 80 acres
in Sect. 5, Twp 14 on May 1, 1861. Book 220-594 Ass.# AR1090_.380 |
| 1861 |
James obtained 80 acres in section 5 and 6, Twp 14 on May 1, 1861 form the U.S. Govt. Certificate |
| 1864 |
James sold 80 acres in Sect. 32 Twp 14 to Ann Mary Gilstrap for $200 on December 7. 1864. Book J2-136 Document |
| 1865 |
Son, Zadock served as a Private for a short while in
Company D of the 1st AR Cavalry (Union). |
| 1865 |
James Winn is listed as a Station Keeper from West Fork in the 1865 Arkansas Tax Rolls. |
| 1866 |
James Winn became part of the tax base for Arkansas during Reconstruction. He is listed on the tax rolls as Apple Brandy Distiller and paid taxes on an irregular basis. The town of West Fork grew up around him--a great storefront--and he paid the revenuers.
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| 1867 |
James was sworn in as Deputy Sheriff in Washington county, AR by Sheriff Jacob Yoes, on June 20, 1867. He had to swear he had not dueled since January, 1838. Document |
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James Passes
James died December 7, 1868 at 58. Four months later, Eliza gave birth to his son, James Addison Winn.
In 1870, Eliza was still in the homestead in West Fork, being helped by a 17
year old illiterate black female named Emaline, who stayed on to help
care for Eliza's four young children in addition to the twins and young
Margaret. 1870 census
James is buried beside Nancy in Row 14 of the West Fork Cemetery.
Bob Saunders maintains his Find-A-Grave Memorial.
Cheri Coley found NO Death Certificate in Washington county, AR for James Minor Winn.
Birth & Death index - d. Dec. 7, 1869.
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West Fork Cemetery
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The Winn Family Plot
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James Winn
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Nancy (nee Bloyed) Winn
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| Karnes Marriage |
On September 16, 1877 Eliza married Daniel Karnes in Washington
county. [Licence issued 9-10-1877]
There are many source documents for Eliza's second family and other pieces of history including:
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Daniel and Eliza had a child, Samuel Clyde "Jack" Karnes. He
married Amanda Langston in 1898.
In 1906, he accidentally killed himself in Winslow.
Obituary - Springdale News 1906
Picture: Samuel Clyde "Jack" Karnes with
Amanda Langston Karnes - Winn Family
Album (Bob Saunders) |
The Estate of James Winn, Deceased
Probate Records (Dec. 68 - Oct. 72) Transcription
James died "Seized and Pacified" having left no will but owning extensive property. Zadock Winn and William Graham (lawyer), were designated to administrate the Estate.
According to discovered records, James owned about 600 acres when he passed on. Most of it was close to the center of West Fork. Land was selling at $1 - $2.50 per acre. His estate was estimated to be worth $2000 at the beginning of his probate. He owed $719.33 per claims to his estate.
| A $6000 bond was secured by: |
Claimants included:
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John C. Sherry
H. B. Wheeler
William M. Lines
G. W. Reed?
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W. G. Oliver
Mark Cline
Reed and Ferguson
Robert Hancock
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David Webb
John Phillips
Eli Bloyed (for $405) |
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John Winn
Eli Winn
Mary Winn |
R. G. Winn
John Karnes |
Much of James's property (excepting the original homestead and some other properties) was sold at auction to cover debts and expenses. His estate wasn't settled until 10-29-1872, almost four years after he died. Transcription of Probate Court Records |
