GuinnChampion.htm

Champion Guinn
and
Dorcas Williams

Page updated 21 Oct 2020

Page updated 27 Nov 2010

The reformatting of the name font and census data for this page has been completed. --John M. Gwin, Aug 2011

An Outline of the Known Family So Far

[JohnM. Gwin Note: Actually, it is not at all known to me if this family is even related to the family for which Kathy Guinn Edwards is looking; nevertheless, in Nov. 2010 I used some of the data Kathy sent me to begin to look for her ancestors. I did a search on Ancestry.com for anyone named Champion in the 1850 U. S. census (with no other parameters), and while there were many hits, I found only one Champion Gwinn, b. ca. 1825 in TN. I have placed him and his family here as a beginning of the outline. A similar search in the 1860 censuses turned up a Champion Guinn in MO, b. in TN, who doesn't appear to be the same as the first person. Then I saw "Champn Gwin" in the first census (1790) who is evidently married with two children, a boy and a girl. If he is the ancestor of our Champion, below, b. ca. 1825, then perhaps he is our Champion's grandfather, whose son would then perhaps be Champion, Jr., making our Champ Champion III. This is all speculation, of course, so please don't quote me.]

00.00--Champion Gwinn, b. ca. 1825 in TN; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. Rebecca A. (b. ca. 1824; d/ unk.; bd. unk.); at least 2 ch.

00.00--George M. Gwinn, b. ca. 1844 in TN; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.

00.00--Sarah E. Gwinn, b. ca. 1846 in TN; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.

Some Interesting Census Data

Name:	Champn Givin [Champn Gwin] [Champn Gwin]
Home in 1790 (City, County, State):	Wilkes, North Carolina
Free White Males - <16:	1
Free White Males - 16+:	1
Free White Females:	2
Total in Household:	4

Name:

Champion Gwinn

Age:

YOB:

abt 1825

POB:

Tennessee

Gender:

Male

Home in
1850:

District 2,
Hardin, TN

Household Members:

Name	Age
Champion Gwinn	25
Rebecca A Gwinn	26
George M Gwinn	6
Sarah E Gwinn	4

Name:

Champion Guinn

Age:

YOB:

abt 1823

POB:

Tennessee

Home in
1860:

Osceola,
St Clair, MO

Gender:

Male

PO:

Osceola

Household Members:

Name	Age
Champion Guinn	37
Nancy E Guinn	23
S P Guinn	2
L A Guinn	10/12

Some Good Communication

I have been trying to find Champion Guinn's family; he was b. probably NC/TN in about 1760-70, as he md. Dorcas Williams in Wilkes/Burke Co., NC, later Washington Co., TN, then later another county because of boundary changes [John M. Gwin Note: Washington County: Guin, Champ m. Williams, Dorcas on 26 Dec 1787].

Your info had a Champe Carter McCulloch in it. Could he have been named from him? [John M. Gwin Note: I don't think so, since it was John Gwin's granddaughter, Emma Basset, (d/o Louis and Sarah Gwin Basset) who married into the McCulloch line.].

I also am looking for John Guinn who I was told was my direct line but I am having trouble finding him.

Champion had a son/grandson (hard to tell for sure) Elious/Elias Henderson Guinn/Guin.

Any info appreciated. The Guinns not only are mixed up, I think, but spell name so many ways.

1. gwin.htm
http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin/gwin.htm
G w i n Return to Genealogy Section, Personal Information page My father'soldest brother, James Bassett ...
... 1940 6.1-- william henderson gwin B. 17 aug 1883; D. 23 nov 1965;M. ...

3. nancieosullivan.htm
http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin/nancieosullavin.htm
Line of Nancie O'Sullavin Return to Gwin Page Return to Home Page Returnto Surnames in Genealogical ...
... gwinn , M. charles henderson 6.8-- imogene gwinn , M. rev. hiram...