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Walter Wingat^ was born in 1761 _ and died of yellow feverin J843 in
?	Mississippi..The Wingates resided. ^.,in Wilmington, (Brunswick Coun-. .tyj Narth Carolina and later _ mo yed to M o nroe County' Al a-
bama (in ftie early 1800s), in that portion that was Mississippi Territory. The later moved to Hancock County, Mississippi, ca. .1838-39. s ? i Walter was prominent in Wilmington in the early 1800s where he held vari-1 ous_ offices 'including J ustice' of,the Quarter Session. William, who was probably a' brother, was for years a representative and. senator in the North Carolina legislature. About 1806, Walter and his wife, Mary Potter Wingate, aird.their family moved to Monroe County (Mississippi Territory) where Walter engaged in planting. He was . also thought to be an architect. After suffering financial problems, the family moved to Gainesville, Hancock County, Mississippi. Some of Mary?s family (Russ and allied lines) had already moved here from North Carolina. It was at the home of a daughter, Lydia Wingate Taylor, that Walter died at the age of 82.
The Wingates had the following children: Walter, Jr., who married Dicey Strange; Robert Potter, who married 1st, Perobee Kelley, 2nd, Mary Qacoats (or Bacot); Edward Taylor, who married 1st.. Elizabeth Jane Smith, 2nd, Eliza Jane Stepp; Priscilla, who max?igd-A^ftDi[; Emily, who married L. Norwood; Lydia who married Joseph Taylor, and John (no further information available).
Most of the data uncovered about the Wingate family has been concerning Edward T. Wingate (and his second marriage) and his nephew, Judge D.R. Wingate. Judge Wingate?s father was Robert Potter Wingate. Other children were: Laborn; Sam (who never married); Acy (who married but had no children); Amelia, who_marxied-a-Perry.J^t'eFir'SealsrSarah, who jriarried a rTurksHvTarra. who married a Smith; Salomia, who married a Harper; Louise, who married a Price, then a McCoy; Elizabeth, who married a Frazar, and the judge, David Robert. All the children were by Mary Bacoats except Elizabeth and David who de-?scend through the Kelley lineage. ? ?
Robert Potter Wingale and Edward Taylor ("Ned?) Wingate were living in Simpson County, Mississippi as early as 1827. In the 1830s, Edward made
several trips to Texas, apparently with
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the intention of settling there. He fought In the Texas Revolution, and ? from 1838 to 1841, he is listed in county : and federal records of Covington Coun-? ty, Mississippi. He and his first wife, Elizabeth Jane Smith, had the following children born'between 1829 and 1841: Mary Elizabeth, who married ' John Murphy?Long;'Lucy Ann, who married James Dupree; Sarah Jane, who married Doss Meadows; Marriet, ''who married William Milling: Robert H., who married a Woolford; Caroline, thought to have died young; Joseph, who married a.Smith; Stephen, who married a Mrs. Long (maiden name, Craft): Noah K., who married an Odom; and Francis Marion, who married Fannie Colton. .	....
Edward left Mississippi in 1841 and moved his family to Texas. It was here that he married Eliza Jane Stepp. They had the following children (born between 1845 and 1865): James Franklin, who married Mary Elizabeth Tobias; Edward Taylor Jr., who married Amanda Clark; John Daniel, who never married; Bernetta Jean, who married 1st. George Hale; 2nd, Abe McCown; Calvin Jasper, wife unknown, had one son who died at the hands of federal troops during Reconstruction at age 21; Martha Jane who married James P. Echols; Lydia, who married Henry Alston; Douglas, who died less than a year after birth; and Lucy Lincoln, who married Joseph William Gardner. These children were born in Trinity and Polk Counties, Texas where Edward was engaged in ranching. Edward, who had been born in North Carolina in 1802, died in Texas in 1868.
Two of Walter Wingate?s grandsons, -WVW^ Carre? and Henry Carre?, were lumbermen in Hancock County, Mississippi and had a lumberyard in New Orleans. At first, they were in partnership with their cousin, John.Russ. The three purchased the mill owned by their cousin. Judge D.R. Wingate, call 852/ 54. Judge Wingate moved to the Sabine Pass of Texas to engage in the lumber business there, where he again became highly successful in 1852. Russ sold out his interest in the business in 1856 to the Carres and their cousin-in-law, Henry Weston. The Carres sold their interest in the mill to Weston in 1874 and apparently limited their lumbering business to their yeard in New Orleans, which was located between Calliope St. and Howard Avenue and was in operation as late as 1883 when they were involved in the provision of the lumber for the buildings of the Cotton Exposi-
tion of that year. The name of their company was Carre Bros. .	/;	..
Dexter Thompson of 1614 S. Carroll-, ton Ave., New Orleans, 70118 (phone 866-3528) is a descendant of the Wingate family and seeks more data on the family from North Carolina and on other desendants, ...
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