

Winnie cole
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Name Winnie cole Birth Abt 1854 Alabama
Gender Female Residence 1 Jun 1870 Macon, MS
1870 Census Burial Oct 1919 Old Prospect, Selmer, TN
Death 6 Oct 1919 McNairy County, TN
Person ID I1221 edwards_moore Last Modified 23 Dec 2021
Family ID F460 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Father Unknown cole, b. Bef 1840, Alabama
Family ID F461 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Children 1. Ed Cole d. Abt 1922, Selmer, TN 
Family ID F465 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Jan 2021
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Ann and Charlie Cole lived in Bethel Springs, TN. They lived near the M&O railroad tracks, much like the Browns. The Coles have been traced to Macon, MS which is also on the M&O tracks. 
Bethel Springs Ancestors: The Coles 
Vintage picture thought to be in McNairy County, Tennessee
No known picture of Ed or Winnie Cole is available, this is a place holder.
Winnie Cole Obituary
McNairy County, Tennessee
Obituaries
A-B-C-D
by McNairy Country Archives
many thanks to for their contributions
Peggy Gould
Nova Lemons
Patsy Rich
Documents 
McNairy County, Tennessee Obituaries A-B-C-D by McNairy Country Archives
Winnie Cole is on page 68
Headstones 
Extract of CEMETERY DOCUMENTATION OF MCNAIRY COUNTY, TENN, MINORITIES Compiled by Leonard A Moore, Jr.
Cemetery information for this document was obtained from actually recording names from each gravestone. Some information
was gleamed from Leonard's mother, Mozelle Kindle Moore's records and some of the older generation's memories and will be
usually stated as 'oral information.'Click the Link to see the entire report.
http://www.mcnairytnhistory.com/images/African_American_Cemeteries.pdf
Histories 
Ann Cole Individual Summary provided McNairy Tennessee Office of County Archives
General: Determining her year of birth was quite a problem. He death certificate showed ca 1868 which is absolutely incorrect since her only child Monroe was born ca 1864.
In 1920 Annie is living with her grandson Charles in Gibson County, Tenn. Her age was given as 66 which would make the year 1854, States born in Alabama and she is listed as a widow.
There were several slave holders by the name of Cole in Noxubee County, Miss. A Richard Cole had 11 males and 9 females, two which could be Ann and Winnie. James B Cole had five males and six females, two which could be Ann and Winnie

Individual Summary for Winnie Cole provided by the McNairy Tennessee Office of County Archives
Her death certificate says Oct 25, 1856.
1870 census in Noxubee County, Miss says age 16, (1854)
1880 census in Noxubee County, Miss says age 24, (1856)
1900 census says born Oct 1851
1910 census says she is 51
Her death certificate states father is Dick Cole and mother Lucy.![Individual Summary for Unknown Cole born in Alabama [Ann and Winnie's father] provided by the McNairy Tennessee Office of County Archives Individual Summary for Unknown Cole born in Alabama [Ann and Winnie's father] provided by the McNairy Tennessee Office of County Archives](histories/Unknown%20Cole%20born%20in%20Alabama_thumb.jpg)
Individual Summary for Unknown Cole born in Alabama [Ann and Winnie's father] provided by the McNairy Tennessee Office of County Archives
Winnie's death certificate states father is Dick Cole and mother Lucy.
I do not know if Ann and Winnie are sisters but if not they are close kin since they are living together in Noxubee County, Miss in 1870

Origin of the Cole surname based on 1860 and 1870 documents and the death certificate of Winnie Cole.
Rich Cole in Noxubee, MS was most likely the last enslaver of our Cole ancestors.
Census Images 
Cole Family living in Macon, MS in 1870 
Richard Cole 1860 Slave Index 
Richard Cole 1860 Slave Schedule 
1910 Census of Winnie Cole living with her son Ed in Selmer, TN
Winnie 51 yrs old
Death Certificates 
Winnie Cole Death Certificate
Key document in identifying the last enslaver
