Joseph Winston

Col. Joseph Winston

Col. Joseph Winston^[1] (June 17, 1746 in Louisa County, Virginia – April 21, 1815 near Germanton, North Carolina) was an American pioneer, planter and Revolutionary War hero from North Carolina, and the first cousin of statesman and Virginia governor Patrick Henry.^[2] In 1766, Winston moved to the northern part of Rowan County, North Carolina, the area which subsequently became the current Stokes County, North Carolina.

During the American Revolutionary War he was a major, leading a company of riflemen in several important battles, including the Battle of Kings Mountain and the Battle of Guilford Court House. Winston later represented North Carolina as a U.S. Congressman and also served in the North Carolina Senate. He is buried in the National Park at the site of the Battle of Guilford Court House, where a monument erected in 1893 notes Winston's command of the militia forces.^[3] The town of Winston, North Carolina (which later became part of Winston-Salem) is named for him.

Footnotes

1. At the time of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Joseph Winston had the rank of major. He was later promoted to colonel.
2. Winston-Salem: A History, Frank Tursi, Published by John F. Blair, 1994, ISBN 0-89587-115-7
3. A Memorial Volume of the Guilford Battle Ground Company, Organized May 6, 1887, at Greensboro, N.C., archive.org

Monument to Major Joseph Winston, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

External links

• Joseph Winston at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Statue of Joseph Winston, Monument, Guilford Courthouse, National Park Service, nps.gov