Life History

Notes

• The Gilmer County Marriage register records Winney's marriage to Toliver Green:
  Gilmer County Marriages,  Book 1, Volume 19
  Issued 7 December 1841
  GREEN, Toliver
  Winney Ann Bearden
  Ceremony December 9, 1841 by Rev A. N. Miles, GM
  
  In October 2010, I received a copy of the actual handwritten record from the Georgia record books, found in Georgia's Virtual Vault - Book 1835-1852 Micro Film by a cousin Cynthia Mixon Beam.  Here is my transcription of the document.
  
  Georgia, Gilmer County, page 19
  To any minister of the Gospel, Judge of the Superior Court, Justice of the Inferior Court or Justice of the Peace.
  You are hereby authorized to join Toliver Green and Winney Ann Beardin in Lawful bonds of Matrimony agreeable to the Constitution and Laws of this State.
  Given under my hand and seal this 7th Day of December 1841.
  William Ervin C.C.C. (US)
  Georgia, Gilmer County
  I certify the foregoing was duly executed before me, this 9th day of December 1841.
  A. N. Giles G.M.
  Recorded February 24th Day 1842
  William Ervin C.C.C.
  
  Winnie Bearden's name is also spelled Winney, in some genealogies, and in the 1850 census, Gilmer County, Georgia.
  
  Winnie and Toliver have 4 children at the time of the 1850 census.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia, Subdivision 33, page 397B (scan #100), Hse/Fam #691
  Toliver Green 33 M Farmer born SC
  Winney Green 28 F born GA
  Telitha Green 7 F born GA
  Daniel Green 6 M born GA
  Mary Green 4 F born GA
  Jacob Green 1 M born GA
  
  Before the 1860 census, they moved to North Texas, and are enumerated in Gainesville, near the Red River border with Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.  Most of their children later moved into Indian Territory.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas, 21 July, Gainesville, page 58, Hse #481, Fam #496
  Taiferro [Taliaferro or Toliver] Green  48 M Farmer [No real estate value] $250 Personal Estate  born SC
  Winna [Winney] Green  38 F Georgia
  Daniel Green  16 M born Georgia
  Mary Green  14 F born Georgia
  Jacob Green  12 M born Georgia
  Jackson Green  10 M born Georgia
  Winna Green  8 F born Georgia
  Elizabeth Green  6 F born Georgia
  Cyntha Green  3 F born Georgia
  
  Several genealogies report that Winney died in 1900, in Limestone County, Alabama, but give no documentation for that fact.  I have been unable to find any information on her death.  The last place of residence documented for Winey Ann Bearden is Gainesvile, Cooke County, Texas, in the 1860 census.
  
  Several genealogies have copied from each other the unsupported report of Winney's death in Limestone Co AL. No such genealogy gives a source.  I have found no info that Winney moved to Alabama at such a late stage in life.  I have found no record of place or date, but all indications are she was in either north Texas or southern Indian Territory.  Her various children are documented in these areas.
  
  And keep in mind, when she died her last name was Green, not Bearden.

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=*v133t0575&id=I1176&ftm=1
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas
  • 21 July, Gainesville, page 5B, Hse #401, Fam #496
• 3. 1850 Federal Census, Gilmer County, Georgia
  • 15 Oct, Subdivision 33, Hse/Fam #691
• 4. RootsWeb Discussion Lists
• 5. Georgia Marriages to 1850
• 6. Gilmer County, Georgia Marriages 1840-1841
  • Name: Name: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0025437;;
  • Gilmer County, Georgia, Marriage Book p 19
• 7. Ancestry Trees
  • http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v25t1081&id=I295
• 8. 1860 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas
  • 21 July, Gainesville, page 59 (scan 254), Hse #484, Fam #502
• 9. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 8 June, District 151, Township 8S, page 5A, Hse #60, Fam #65
• 10. Love County Burials
  • Name: Name: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/love/cemeteries/list2.txt;;
  • Lakeview Cemetery
• 11. Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900
• 12. Millennium Files, Ancestry.com
• 13. 1860 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas
  • 21 July, Gainesville, page 58, Hse #481, Fam #496
• 14. 1860 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas
  • 21 July, Texas, post office Gainesville, page 5B, Hse #401, Fam #496
• 15. 1900 Federal Census, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
  • 13 June, Township 15, District 40, Page 6B, Hse/Fam #126
• 16. Marion L Mixon, Bearden-Langston Genealogy
• 17. Gravestones of Oklahoma
• 18. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 12 June, Township 3, District 124, page 7A, Hse #107, Fam #109
• 19. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 20 July, Township 4, District 120, page 52B, Hse/Fam #949
• 20. Marlow Cemetery List, Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma
  • Location: http://stephenscogen.org/~okstephe/MarlowCem2.txt;
• 21. Loretta Gregory Gay, Personal Communication
• 22. 1920 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 2 February, Richland Township, District 262, page 10A, No house or family numbers on this page
• 23. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 25 April, Richland Township, District 243, page 6B, No Hse or Fam #s on this page
• 24. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 25. Gilmer County Marriages
  • Book 1 1835 - 1852, p 19, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gilmercountyrecords/marriages/marriagebookone.htm