Winston moved westward along the James River as a young man and settled near Lynchburg, where he became a planter in several nearby counties, as well as owned a wharf named for his family.
[2] Meanwhile, voters from then-large Bedford and Pittsylvania Counties elected Winston as their representative in the Senate of Virginia in 1776, and he continued to win-re-election and serve until 1783, when he was replaced by Charles Lynch.
Wilson" listed on the Richmond census, as related to George Winston whose paid the city tax for him as well as eight teenage slaves, three enslaved adults and a horse.
[19] Their daughter Sarah married George Cabell, prominent surgeon and builder of Point of Honor, a manor house now owned by the city of Lynchburg.
[20] Their son Edmund Winston Jr. lived in Amherst County, Virginia outside Lynchburg and married Caroline Jordan.
[21] This Edmund Winston was a first cousin and long-time friend of Governor Patrick Henry, who appointed him as an executor of his will.
[22] After Henry's death in 1799, Winston was active in the settlement of the Red Hill estate and various tracts of land.