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Thomas Wynne Plantation of Gwinnett County, Georgia



Wynne Wynne House. This 500 acre plantation is located on Hwy 29 in Gwinnett County, off of Five Forks Trickum Road. Thomas Wynne was born 1788 in Sussex County, Virginia. While a resident of Greenville, South Carolina, he served in the War of 1812. He was married to Mary Prince Benson and by her had fourteen children. They removed from Greenville in a covered wagon, to settle in Gwinnett County. Thomas died in 1839, leaving his widow with nine children under the age of 18 years to be raised.