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Charles Windham Family Group Sheet
Charles Windham Family Group Sheet
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John B. Windham, 4624 Park Drive North, Metairie, LA 70001-3324, (504-454-1903), (j.b.windham@cox.net), 19 Jan 2010
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John B. Windham, 4624 Park Drive North, Metairie, LA 70001-3324, (504-454-1903), (j.b.windham@cox.net), 19 Jan 2010
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NarrativeChildren: __ ___ ____ BelievedToBe; Rachel WINDHAM (b. say 1770, d. 1858)8
Death: circa __ ___ 1830
Burial: __ ___ ____
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John B. Windham, 4624 Park Drive North, Metairie, LA 70001-3324, (504-454-1903), (j.b.windham@cox.net), 19 Jan 2010
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Endnotes
1. in Prince Frederick Winyaw Parish.
2.
All the children of Major Amos Windham have not been proven. Following are some of the children of Major Amos Windham, but he may have had
other children in addition to these listed.
3.
Duriing the Revolutionary War, Amos Windham served in the South Carolina Militia. He received his appointment as Lieutenant on 21 February 1776,
in St. David's Parish, and began his service in Colonel G. G. Powell's Regiment. He served as Captain during 1781, 1782, and 1783 in Colonel Kolb's
Regiment, Marion's Brigade, and was commissioned Major after the war had ended.
5. The burial place of Major Amos Windham (1741-1798) is not known. Some researchers think he was likely buried in the old Windham Cemetery north
of Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina. This Old Windham Cemetery is no longer in existence. It was removed or destroyed and the land was
returned to cultivation and should not be confused with the present Windham Cemetery off Windhamtown Road near Lamar, Darlington County, South
Carolina. In recent years, many researchers and Windham descendants have been mistaken in thinking that Major Amos Windham (1741-1798) is
buried at the present-day fenced-in Windham Cemetery in the cow-pasture just off Windhamtown Road (hwy. 131), north of Lamar, Darlington County,
South Carolina. There is a 'memorial' marker in this present cemetery off Windhamtown Road. This memorial marker was placed there sometime about
in the 1970s by a good-intentioned person to serve as a remembrance of Major Amos Windham (1741-1798). This 'memorial' monument should not be
mistaken for a grave stone, marking the place of Major Amos Windham's burial. Unfortunately, there are some confused Windham researchers who
have observed this recently placed memoiral stone and have passed-on the untrue rumor that Major Amos Windham is buried at this cemetery.
6. The descriptive word, 'Old' in his name, was not used as part of his name when he was alive. The usage of 'Old' John is used, now, to distinguish him
from other 'John Windhams' who lived at about he same time period and in about the same area as did this John Windham.
8. son, Amos Windham; son, Daniel Windham; and daughter, Rachel Windham.
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John B. Windham, 4624 Park Drive North, Metairie, LA 70001-3324, (504-454-1903), (j.b.windham@cox.net), 19 Jan 2010