| General Affidavit Jane Floyd and Luvina Glover Witnesses of the Slave Marriage of Morris Winlay to Kate Ling National Archives - Pension Records |
| This document of a General Affidavit of Jane Floyd and Luvina Glover for the pension request of Mary Winlay seeks to establish the marriage line of Morris Winlay. They were witnesses to his slave marriage to Kate Ling. According to the affidavit she died about December 1867. Note how they characterized the marriage: "...and her name before marriage was Kate Ling her master's name. They was married under slave laws of which no record exists...." Morris Winlay was a veteran of the 33rd USCT, Company D. |
