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VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY

Winston, Joseph, born in Louisa county, Virginia, June 17, 1746; his ancestor being one of five brothers, it is said, who came from Yorkshire. England, to Hanover coun- ty. \'irginia. in the seventeenth century. He received a fair education, and at the age of seventeen joined a company of rangers. While in pursuit of Indians, they were ambuscaded, and young Winston was twice wounded, one of the balls remaining in his body till his death. The Indians drove away the rangers, but Winston escaped and was carried on a comrade's back for three days, till they reached a frontier cabin. He was pensioned by the legislature, and in 1766 removed to Surry county, North Carolina. In 1775 he was a member of the Hills- borough convention, and in February, 1776, he was in the expedition against the Scotch Tories. He was made ranger of Surry county and major of militia, serving against the Cherokees. and in 1777 he was a mem- ber of the legislature and of the commis- sion that made a treaty with that tribe on Hoist on river. In 1780 he was engaged against the Tories, and at King s Mountain he led the right wing, and contributed greatly toward the victory, for which the legislature gave him a sword. After defeat- ing a party of loyalists in February, 1781, he took part in the battle of Guilford in March. He represented Surry county in the state senate for three terms, and when Stokes county was formed was its first sen- ator, and served five times between 1790 and 1812. In 1793-95, and again in 1803- 17, he was a member of congress. The county seat of Forsyth county. North Caro- lina, is named for him. He died near Ger- mantown. North Carolina, April 21, 1815.

Wjmn, Richard, born in eastern \'irginia, about 1750. He enlisted in the revolution- ary army, and in 1775 was a lieutenant of South Carolina rangers, and took part in the battle on Sullivan's island. He was given command of Fort Mcintosh, Georgia, promoted to colonel, and placed in charge of the militia in Fairfield district, South Carolina. He fought at Hanging Rock, where he was wounded, and was actively en- gaged during the remainder of the war. At its close he became brigadier-general of militia, and then major-general. He after- ward settled in South Carolina* served in the third congress, and by reelection from 1809 till 1813. He died in Tennessee, in 1813.

Long, Gabriel, born in 175 1, was an ofii- cer in the revolutionary army, fought at Hampton and Norfolk in 1775, served as captain in Morgan's rifle regiment in 1776, and ultimately rose to the rank of major. He led the advance at Saratoga, and began the battle. He was also at Yorktown, and took part in eighteen engagements. He died in Culpepcr county, Virginia, February 3. 1827.

Maury, Walker, son of Rev. James Maury (q. V.) and Mary Walker, his wife, born in Fredericksville parish, Louisa county, July 21, 1752. In 1770 he entered the William and Mary College grammar school on the Nottoway scholarship, and December 12, 1772, was promoted by the faculty to the philosophy schools, from which he gradu- ated in May, 1775, receiving in May, 1774* the Botetourt gold medal for the encourage- ment of classical learning. He taught school in Orange county, where John Randolph, of Roanoke, was one of his scholars, and as

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