James Sr. and son Benjamin hauled supplies to the San Jacinto Battlefield in 1836 where his sons William Carver, John F. and James W. Winters, Jr., were in the action in General Sidney Sherman's Second Regiment and Captain William Ware's Company. William Carver Winters was wounded in the battle.
His brother brought him home to Old Waverly where he recovered.
The three Winter brothers at San Jacinto all received Bounty and Donation Land Grants for their service. Their names are engraved on the bronze panel inside the San Jacinto Monument.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Monday, November 21, 2016
Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 29: James Washington Winters
As a young man, he moved to Tennessee where he met and married Rhoda Beal and lived in Memphis.
With the coming of the War of 1812, he enlisted in Andrew Jackson's West Tennessee Militia and was in Thomas McCrory's regiment until 1814. He fought at the Battle of Talladega and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend where he met a young man named Sam Houston and they became friends.
In 1835, he met Sam Houston again in San Antonio where he and his three sons joined Stephen F. Austin's army. The two men renewed their War of 1812 friendship and traded stories.
--Brock-Perry
With the coming of the War of 1812, he enlisted in Andrew Jackson's West Tennessee Militia and was in Thomas McCrory's regiment until 1814. He fought at the Battle of Talladega and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend where he met a young man named Sam Houston and they became friends.
In 1835, he met Sam Houston again in San Antonio where he and his three sons joined Stephen F. Austin's army. The two men renewed their War of 1812 friendship and traded stories.
--Brock-Perry
Friday, November 18, 2016
Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 28: James Washington Winters, Sr. To Texas
From "the Family of James Washington Winters, Sr." by Pauline Winters McCullough.
He started the Texas branch of the Winters family. He was a War of 1812 veteran who left Tennessee in a covered wagon with his family in August 1834 and arrived in Nacodoches in December where he received the title to an original Spanish land grant and the same year held a headright certificate to the land that eventually became the town of Old Waverly.
Old Waverly is essentially a ghost town today, near New Waverly, Texas. All that remains is a cemetery and a Presbyterian church.
James W. Winters' father was Thomas J. Winters, who served 84 months in George Washington's Continental Army. The home where James was born in 1773, in Halifax, North Carolina, was robbed by Tories during the American Revolution.
--Brock-Perry
He started the Texas branch of the Winters family. He was a War of 1812 veteran who left Tennessee in a covered wagon with his family in August 1834 and arrived in Nacodoches in December where he received the title to an original Spanish land grant and the same year held a headright certificate to the land that eventually became the town of Old Waverly.
Old Waverly is essentially a ghost town today, near New Waverly, Texas. All that remains is a cemetery and a Presbyterian church.
James W. Winters' father was Thomas J. Winters, who served 84 months in George Washington's Continental Army. The home where James was born in 1773, in Halifax, North Carolina, was robbed by Tories during the American Revolution.
--Brock-Perry
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 27: Private James Washington Winters, Sr.
PVT. JAMES WASHINGTON WINTERS, SR. (1773-May 23, 1848)
Buried at Winters Memorial Park, New Waverly, Texas.
Born in Halifax County, North Carolina. Private in Col. T. McCrory's Regiment in War of 1812.
Col. Thomas McCrory's regiment was the 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia. served October 1813 to January 1814. Part of General Isaac Roberts Second Brigade. Fought at the Battle of Talladega on 9 November 1813.
They had enlisted for just three months and General Jackson tried to get them to stay, but only 20 men did.
--Brock-Perry
Buried at Winters Memorial Park, New Waverly, Texas.
Born in Halifax County, North Carolina. Private in Col. T. McCrory's Regiment in War of 1812.
Col. Thomas McCrory's regiment was the 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia. served October 1813 to January 1814. Part of General Isaac Roberts Second Brigade. Fought at the Battle of Talladega on 9 November 1813.
They had enlisted for just three months and General Jackson tried to get them to stay, but only 20 men did.
--Brock-Perry
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