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Author: LilisW
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Thomas J. Chambers married Elizabeth Winn daughter of Elisha Winn and Judith Cochran. I
show Thomas J. Chambers and Elizabeth Winn having 6 sons and 1 daughter. No names given.
I don't know if I should tell you and I apoligaze for any hurt this may cause your
family. In genealogy, we do find out things that we don't always want to know.
Elizabeth's brother Richard Dickenson Winn was a Judge. The story he tells was Thomas
J. Chambers murdered a Mr. Kemp. He resisted arrest and fled to Texas. He was a drunkard
and beat his wife. She finally wen't to Texas to be with him and lived only 2 years.
Her brother Richard Winn had him brought back to Georgia. He was tried for her murder and
a Mr. Kemp. He was found guilty and sentenced to 40 years in Prison. I have 3 sources
listed. I am not sure which of the 3 this came out of. I have boxes of information. (1)A
Family History of the Wynns (Winn, Wynne) of Virginia,SC, Georgia & Other Related
Lines By: Charles Arthur Wynn!
, Jr. & Louise Tompkins Wynn (2)Georgia Archives & History (Personel File)
(3)Thomas Winn (c 1741-1797) and his remarkable Connection with Atlanta through his
descendants By: George W. Clower. If you look these sources up, I would start with the
2nd one first. Elizabeth Winn had 7 brothers. Richard may have been the one who raised
the children. Richard's wife was Amy Charlotte Mitchell. Richard and his wife both
died in Gwinett Co. Georgia.
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