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Family Group Record 0007
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War of 1812 Service
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Husband's Name William Wingfield
Born: 07 Feb 1782 Place: Bethania, Surry, North Carolina
Died: 03 Mar 1856 Place: Halletsville, Lavaca, Texas
Married: 06 Sep 1806 Place: Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky (bond)
Father: William Wingfield
Mother: Mary Messer
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Wife's Name Sophia E. Holcomb
Born: 15 Apr 1788 Place: Pendleton District, South Carolina
Died: 12 Jan 1874 Place: Morales, Jackson, Texas
Father: Joel Holcomb
Mother: Mary Marchbank
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Children
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1. Sex Name
F Susanna (Susan) Wingfield
Born: Abt 1807 Place: St. Clair County, Illinois
Died: Place:
Married: Abt 1828 Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
Spouse: William C. Hasley
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2. Sex Name
M James Holcomb Wingfield
Born: Abt 1809 Place: St. Clair County, Illinois
Died: 01 Jan 1861 Place: Morales, Jackson, Texas
Married: 10 Apr 1834 Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas (BB-211)
Spouse: Rachel Holcomb (Halcomb)
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3. Sex Name
M William Marchbank Wingfield
Born: 26 Feb 1810 Place: St. Clair County, Illinois
Died: 20 Nov 1868 Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
Married: 21 Feb 1833 Place: Clark County, Arkansas (A-111A)
Spouse: Eliza Caroline Ward
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4. Sex Name
F Mary A. Wingfield
Born: Abt 1812 Place: St. Clair County, Illinois
Died: 1859 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: Abt 1830 Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
Spouse: English C. Jacobs
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5. Sex Name
M Joel Henry Wingfield
Born: 22 May 1814 Place: St. Clair County, Illinois
Died: 31 Jan 1894 Place: Morales, Jackson, Texas
Married: 11 Jan 1849 Place: Louisville, Lafayette, Arkansas
Spouse: Jane A. Wilbanks
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War of 1812 Service (August 10, 1814 to October 9, 1814)
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6. Sex Name
F Jane (Jinney) Wingfield
Born: Abt 1817 Place: Madison County, Illinois
Died: Bef 1860 Place: Rusk, Cherokee, Texas
Married: 09 May 1833 Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas (BB-198)
Spouse: John Jacobs
Married: 27 Feb 1842 Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas (BB-356)
Spouse: Jacob Brinley
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Moved to Arkansas 1817
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7. Sex Name
M John Wesley Wingfield
Born: 14 Mar 1821 Place: Clark County, Arkansas
Died: 12 Jan 1879 Place: Pisgah, Pike, Arkansas
Married: Abt 1839 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: Nancy Rebecca Ward
Married: Abt 1868 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Spouse: Elizabeth (Butler) Davenport
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8. Sex Name
M Lewis Garrett Wingfield
Born: 02 Jun 1823 Place: Clark County, Arkansas
Died: 02 Mar 1873 Place: Bell County, Texas
Married: 10 Apr 1845 Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas (A-1)
Spouse: Elizabeth Brashear
Married: 05 Sep 1872 Place: Bell County, Texas
Spouse: Mary M. Bauldwon (Baldwin)
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9. Sex Name
F Sophia Wingfield
Born: Abt 1825 Place: Clark County, Arkansas
Died: Place:
Married: 08 Dec 1849 Place: Lafayette County, Arkansas
Spouse: William R. Wilbanks
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Moved to Hempstead County, Arkansas
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10. Sex Name
F Elizabeth (Betsy) Wingfield
Born: 16 Apr 1828 Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
Died: 10 Mar 1915 Place: Neveda County, Arkansas
Married: 20 Jun 1847 Place: Moss Township, Lafayette, Arkansas
Spouse: Abraham Graham
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11. Sex Name
F Louisa Wingfield
Born: Abt 1830 Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
Died: Place:
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Marriage Bond
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Know All Men By These Presents:
That, we, Wm. Wingfield & Joel Holcomb, are held and firmly bound unto his
Excellency the Governor, for the time being, this principle in the penal
Sum of L50 current money to which payment will & truly be made. We bind
ourselves, heirs, &c., jointly and severally, firmly by these presents,
sealed & dated this 6th day of September, 1806. The condition of the above
obligation is such that:
Whereas, there is a marriage shortly intended to be solemnized between the
above bound William Wingfield & Sophia Holcomb for which a License has
(been) Issued. Now, if there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct said
marriage, then this obligation to be void, else, to remain in full force &
virtue.
Test:
Wm. (his x mark) Wingfield (Seal)
Joel (his x mark) Holcomb (Seal)
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Marriage Bond, Warren County, Kentucky, copy.
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Sophia Holcombe m. Warren Co., Ky., Dec. 27, 1806, William Win(g)field ...
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The Holcombes: Nation Builders, Hannah Elizabeth (Weir) McPherson, 1947,
page 576.2
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Military Service Record
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William Whingfield (sic), Pvt., Capt. Samuel Judy's Co. of Mounted Militia
of Illinois Territory. War of 1812. Appears on Company Muster Roll for Aug.
10 to Oct. 9, 1814. Roll dated Camp Russell, Oct. 1814. Commencement of
service, Aug. 10, 1814. Period of service Oct. 9, 1814. Present or absent,
Present. Distance from Camp Russell, 12 miles. Remarks: "Wingfield" in
present column.
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William Wingfield, Pvt. Capt. Camuel Judy's Co. of Mounted Militia of
Illinois Territory. War of 1812. Appears on Company Pay Roll for Aug. 10.
to Oct. 9, 1914. Roll dated Oct. 9, 1814. Commencement of service or of
this settlement, Aug. 10, 1814. Expiration of service or of this
settlement, Oct. 9, 1814. Term of service charged, 2 months, -- days. Pay
per month, 8 dollars, -- cents. Amount of pay, 16 dollars, -- cents.
Allowance per day for horse, 40 cents. Amount of allowance for horses, 24
dollars, 40 cents. Amount of pay and allowance for horses, 40 dollars, 40
cents. Pay and allowances for travelig from place of discharge home: Where
discharged, Camp Russell. Am't of pay and travelling allowances, 40
dollars, 40 cents. Humphries, Copyist. 38913532. Feb. 28, 1897.
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Military Service Record, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Lafayette County, Arkansas Census 1850
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in ---------- Township in the County of
Lafayette, State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the ---- day of --------,
1850. ---------, Ass't Marshal.
102-102 William Wingfield 66 m Farmer Kentucky
Sophia Wingfield 62 f North Carolina
103-103 Lewis G. Wingfield 25 m Farmer Arkansas
Elizabeth Wingfield 21 f Illinois
Nancy J. Wingfield 5 f Arkansas
Louisa Wingfield 21 f Arkansas
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Bounty Land Application
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State of Arkansas,
County of Lafayette.
On this 29th day of October A.D. on thousand eight hundred and fifty-one,
personally appeared before me, Jas. A.S. Purdom an acting justice of the
peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and
State aforesaid, William Wingfield aged 70 years, a resident of Lafayette
County in the State of Arkansas, who being duly sworn according to law,
declares that he is the identical William Wingfield who was a Volunteer in
the Company comannded by Captain Samuel Judy in the Illinois Regiment of
Mounted Volunteers commanded by Genl. Howard in the war with Great Britian
declared by the United States on the 18th June 1812; that he volunteered
in 1814 at Camp Russell in Illinois ... for the term of Two months and
continued in actual service in said war for the term of Two months and was
honorably discharged at Camp Russell on the (date not recollected), A.D.
1814 ... as will appear by (his certificate of discharge ... was
unreceived) the muster rolls of said Company.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to
which he may be entitled under the "act granting bounty land to certain
officers or soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the
United States," passed September 28th, 1850.
William (his X mark) Wingfield
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I
hereby certify, that I believe the said William Wingfield to be the
identical man who served as aforesaid, and that he is of the age above
stated.
Jas. A.S. Purdom, J.P. (Seal)
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Know all Men by these Presents, That William Wingfield of the county of La
Fayette (sic) and State of Arkansas have constituted and appointed, and by
these presents do constitute and appoint CLEMENT W. BENNETT, of Washington,
(D.C.) my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably for me and in my name to
receive from the United States the bounty land certificate or warrant, or
Pension certificate, and all such sum or sums of money due me on account of
arrears of pay, or three month's extra pay, forage, mileage, or any money
or moneys which may be due me by the United States on any account
whatsover, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever
touching the premises and attorney or attornies under him for the purpose
aforesaid, to make and at his pleasure revoke, hereby confirming all and
whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done
in and about the premises.
In testimony whereof, I have herunto set my name and seal, this twnety
ninth day of October 1851.
William (his X mark) Wingfield (Seal)
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for
the county of La Fayette (sic) and State of Arkansas this 29th day of
October 1851.
Jas. A.S. Purdom, J.P. (Seal)
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State of Arkansas, County of La Fayette (sic), to wit: I hereby certify,
that James A.S. Purdom, Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and
power of attorney were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name,
was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County
aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his ... genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal
of the Circuit Court for the County aforesaid, this Eighth day of November,
1851.
A. Byrne, Clerk
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Bounty Land Warrant Application, William Wingfield, National Archives,
Washington, D.C..
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Jackson County, Texas Census 1860
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in ---------- Township in the County of
Jackson, State of Texas enumerated by me, on the ---- day of ---------,
1860. ----------, Ass't Marshal. Post Office:
232 L.G. Winfield 38 m Farmer Clark Co Ark
E. Winfield 33 f Illinois
Nancy Winfield 14 f Hmpstd Co Ark
Laura Winfield 11 f Lafytt Co Ark
Arcances Winfield 9 f Lafytt Co Ark
Thomas W. Winfield 2 m Lavaca Co Tex
234 J.H. Winfield 46 m Farmer St Clair Ill
Jane A. Winfield 29 f Wife Clbrne Par La
Sophiah Winfield 73 f Knitting Pndltn Co SCa
Julian Hurley 4 f Lavaca Co Tex
James Osgood 59 m Peddler Maine
Susan Wilbanks 39 f Clbrne Par La
John Jacobs 25 m Hmpstd Co Ark
* Birthplaces edited and (or) abbreviated
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Jackson County, Texas Census 1870
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Schedule 1. Inhabitants in ---------- Township in the County of Jackson,
State of Texas enumerated by me, on the ---- day of ---------, 1870. ------
---------, Ass't Marshal. Post Office:
156 Joel Wingfield 56 m w Farmer Illinois
Jane Wingfield 39 f w Louisiana
R.P Wingfield 8 m w Texas
Thomas Wilbanks 7 m w Texas
Martha Wilbanks 3 f w Texas
Sophia Wingfield 84 f w South Carolina
Bucinda -------- 54 f w Illinois
------- Wilbanks 37 m w Stock Raiser Texas
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Confederate Biographical File
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William Franklin Wingfield of Emerson, Ark. was born Aug. 6, 1841 in
Hempstead Co., Ark. the son of John Wesley Wingfield of the same place, who
was the son of William and Elvira Wingfield who lived at Lavaca Co., Texas.
Maiden name of subject's mother was Nancy Rebecca Ward, dau. of Isaac Ward
of Clark Co., Ark. Subject was educated in Claiborne Parish, La. He entered
the ministry in 1871 in Ark. and La., ... a Democrat, M.P. (Methodist
Preacher), and Mason. Served as Sargeant in Co. E, 31st La. Regt. under
Capt. Shelby Bancom. Married Margaret Lucinia Johnson, dau. of William
Henry and Lucinia Johnson of Ga., on July 7, 1859, Columbia Co., Ark.
Children: John Monroe Wingfield, Emerson, Ark.; William Isaac Wingfield,
deceased; Thomas Sydney Wingfield, Haynesville, La.; Sarah Frances
Wingfield, m. Thomas, Emerson, Ark.; Margaret Luticia Wingfield, m.
Markham, Emerson, Ark.; Mary Addie Wingfield, m. Hanson, Buckner, Ark.
Certified by Auby Rowe, Assessor of Columbia Co., Ark. July 31, 1912.
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Arkansas 1911 Census of Confederate Veterans, Volume III, M thru Z, Bobbie
Jones McLane, Capitola Glazner, 1981, page 192.
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Sources of Information: Warren County, Kentucky Marriage Bond, 06 Sep
1806; Madison County, Illinois Court Records & Indentures 1813-1815,
William Winkfield, 07 Mar 1815, page 33. Warren County, Kentucky Deed Book
8, William Wingfield ... of the Illinois Territory, 17 Aug 1816, page
59-61; Hempstead County, Arkansas Court of Common Pleas and Circuit Court
Book 1824-1828, William Wingfield appointed road commissioner, September
Term 1827, page 173; Hempstead County, Arkansas Marks & Brands Record Book,
William Wingfield, 20 Aug 1828, page 22. Marriage Records: Clark County,
Hempstead County & Lafayette County, Arkansas; Census Records: Hempstead
County, Arkansas 1830, 1840; Lafayette County, Arkansas 1850; Jackson
County, Texas 1860, 1870; Confederate Biographical File, William Franklin
Wingfield, 1912, Arkansas History Commission; Wilbanks-Willbanks in
America, Mrs. Eileen Sheffield, 1968, page 69; Joel S. Wingfield Bible
Record, Audrey Delaney, Delight, Arkansas 14 Oct 1978; Richard Putman
Wingfield senior Bible, Richard Putman Wingfield junior, Houston, Texas
18 Apr 1980.
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Update 03.09.01 David Kelley 1999 FGR-0007.HTM
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