WINDER, Caroline Elizabeth [15145] 2
- Born: 9 Sep 1829, , , Mississippi, USA 2
- Marriage: McGAVOCK, John, Col. [15146] on 6 Dec 1848 in Houma, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA 1
- Died: 22 Feb 1905, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, USA at age 75 1 2
 Another name for Caroline was WINDER, Carrie.1
General Notes:
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Franklin, Tennessee
Carnton Mansion
1345 Carnton Lane
The house was used as a hospital after the battle of Franklin during the Civil War, November 30, 1864. There were 5 Confederate generals laid out dead on the front porch of this old mansion. The lady of the house, Caroline Winder McGavock, assisted in the medical attention given to the soldiers that were taken there. She has been spotted numerous times at various places in the house, usually standing in an upstairs window at night. There also has been an officer on horseback seen riding through the fields around the house. This officer has no boots. History tells us that an officer gave his boots to a bare-foot soldier.
Noted events in her life were:
1. census: federal, 1830, , Concordia, Louisiana, USA. 1 male 15-19 (1810-1815) ???
1 male 20-25 (1805-1810) Van Perkins
1 female < 5 (1825-1830) Caroline
1 female 15-19 (1810-1815) Martha
2. Divorce Filing, 1866, , Williamson, Tennessee, USA.
Caroline married Col. John McGAVOCK [15146] [MRIN: 5304] on 6 Dec 1848 in Houma, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA.1 (Col. John McGAVOCK [15146] was born in 1815 3 and died in 1893 in Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, USA 3.)
Marriage Notes:
"Col. John McGavcock of Williamson County, Tennessee, married in the parish of Terrebonne on Wednesday the 6th of inst. by the Rev. Mr. McNari to Miss Caroline E. Winder daughter of Col. V. P. Winder N. O. Delta." The Christian Record, Sat, 23 Dec 1848. 4
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