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Walter Windmon
Walter and Annie or Mattie Windmon were the parents of our grandfather Hughie Windmon. The earliest record I could find was a U.S. Census records from 1900 and 1910. Don’t be thrown off by the change
of the spelling of names first and last. I have been able to confirm most of what I have found through obituaries given to me by mama and other documents. The following information was in this record:
• Walter Winburn age 24, place of birth Mississippi in about Aug. 1875 his home was located at Beat 4, Simpson County, MS. Spouse name Annie Winburn age 24 they were married in 1897. Neither of them could read or write. hey had 3 children, named Johnnie, Louisa and Hugh age 6 months. Walter was a farmer working for someone else not for himself. his information was all written in the Twelth Census of the United States in Simp- son County Mississippi, 4th beat on the 8th day of June 1900 in District 6.
• Walter Winton age 33, wife Ann age 24 married now for 16 years living in the home were children John, Hughy age 8, Nellie Lezie, Eurbin, Louisie Babe and niece Dodie Berry. Record also indicates that Walter our great grandfather, parent were also born in Mississippi. his information was taken from the 1910 U.S. Census in Simpson County, MS, 4th beat on the 22nd day of April 1910 in District 6.
• Walter Windon age 51, now married to Julie (Pendleton)Windon he is still farming but working for his self. Chil- dren living in the home, Nillie, Linnie, Emma, Rosa, Martha, Courtney Mahaffey, Claude Mahaffey and older man named Charles Riley age 91. Charles Riley is listed as Walter’s stepfather. So Walter married Julie Mahaffey which she had two children before marrying Walter. his information was taken from the Fourteenth Census of the U.S. in Simpson County, MS, in the Fork Church precient on the 28th day of January 1920 in District 6.
• Walter Wendmon age 60, is now married to a Lovie (Roberson) age 34, she brought 5 children to this relationship range from ages 5 to 13, she could read and write. Walter’s daughter Lizzie also lives in the home she is 19 years old. his information was taken from the 1930 U.S. Census in Simpson County, MS; beat 4 on the 4th day of April 1930 District 8.
• Walter Winburn age 70, now a widowed living with him is his brother Jim and another relative by the name of Louis Chandler
When reading the above information you might get confused by the discrepancies you will see in last name changes and ages. The U.S. Census are taken every 10 years, the purpose of the census was put in place to share political power, so that Federal funds can be fairly share in each state. Back during slavery the southern slaveholders wanted to count their slaves to boost the southern congressional representation but the northern whites who didn’t own slaves weren’t having it. This is when the Three-Fifths Compromise was reached during
a Constitutional Convention to prevent the south from having too much political influence. So it would take
3 black people to be counted as 1 out of 5. With this all said getting names and ages right was not a real con- cern when it came to black families. Also since, Walter could not read or write his entire life, the census takers would spell his surname and the names of his children the way it sounded to them at that time. How do I know what I found is true, base off information mama has given to me I just connected the dots. On the next page your will see an obituary of one of Walter’s children with the surname of Windburn and the obituary of Hughie Windmon listing his parent with the last name of Windmon. Family history research is not easy to confirm for black people in America but since the discovery of DNA this is changing. Later in this book you will see Mama, Mark and my DNA results.
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