Estate Settlement (Winn)

On February 11, 1859, W.J. Winn executed a receipt to Thomas W. Fleming, executor of his father James Wilson Winn’s estate, of the property he inherited via his father’s will:  “the Cooper’s & Fraser’s Tracts of Land…also the following personal property in fee simple, to wit the following Slaves on my distributive share viz. Lot No. 4, calling for the following slaves Prime, M. Susan, Tyrah, Cornelia, Josephine, Mary, Hannah, August, Betty, P.L. Hagar, Dolly, Old Jack. Also the following property during the lifetime of Mrs. Mary Bacon of said County, to be returned and delivered up to the said Thomas W. Fleming Executor as aforesaid and his successors in said Executory Office at and after the death of the said Mrs. Mary Bacon to wit the following Slaves and their increase viz. July, Nelly, Frank, Ginny, Prentice, Pauldo, Affy and Phillis & Rose, Frank.” Witnessed by E.J. Delegal, W.E.W. Quarterman, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on March 21, 1859, by S.A. Fraser, Clerk. 

A separate document also dated February 11, 1859, stated that James Wilson Winn during his lifetime had purchased from Mrs. Mary Bacon “her lifetime estate in certain negroes upon condition of his paying ot the said Mary Bacon annually during her natural life the sum of eight hundred dollars and at her death that said negroes should be delivered up to her heirs executors administrators and assigns and whereas the said William John Winn has received on his distributive share of said property purchased from Mrs. Mary Bacon the following negroes viz. July, Nelly’s Frank, Ginny, Prentice, Pauldo, Affy, Rose’s Frank and Phillis, total eight,” William John Winn acknowledged that he was to pay to Mary Bacon annually during her natural life $160 for use of the abovementioned “negro slaves” and that he was to return them to her estate upon her death. Witnessed by E.J. Delegal, B.A. Busy, W.S. Baker, W.E.W. Quarterman J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on March 21, 1859, by S.A. Fraser, Clerk. 

Another document of the same date [which did not mention enslaved people] noted that James Wilson Winn had left his widow E.R.N. Winn a lifetime annuity of $300 and that William John Winn was bound to pay his ⅕ share of that annuity.