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JOHN11 EDWARDS, SR.
(HADEN(HAYDEN)10,
WILLIAM9, WILLIAM8,
WILLIAM7, JOHN6,
JOHN5, WILLIAM4,
SIR THOMAS3,
RICHARD2, RICHARD1)was
born 1748 in STAFFORD CO. VA., and
died 1833 in CAPE GIRARDEAU ,
MISSOURI. He married SUSANNA WROE
Abt. 1768 in VIRGINIA, daughter of
ORIGINAL WROE and JANE LYNE. She was
born 01 May 1748 in WESTMORELAND
COUNTY, VA., and died 1833 in
BOURBON COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
Notes for
JOHN EDWARDS,SR.:
FIRST CLERK
OF BOURBON COUNTY COURT. ONE OF THE
FIRST U.S. SENATORS FROM KENTUCKY.
AS EARLY AS
1781 IN THE FIRST ORDER BOOK OF
LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, JOHN WAS
RECOMMENDED AS ONE OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF THE PEACE OF THAT
COUNTY. UNDER DATE OF MAY COURT,
1783, LINCOLN COUNTY, IS RECORDED
THE FOLLOWING: "BE IT ORDERED THAT
THE FOLLOWING PERSONS BE RECOMMENDED
TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF
VIRGINIA TO BE APPOINTED OFFICERS OF
THE MILITIA OF THIS COUNTY, TO WIT:
JOHN LOGAN, ESQ. COLONEL OF 1ST
BATTALION, JOHN EDWARDS, ESQ., LT
COLONEL, AND GEORGE ADAMS AS MAYOR.
THE
NATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN
BIOGRAPHY CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING;
"JOHN EDWARDS IN 1780 REMOVED TO
THAT PORTION OF VIRGINIA WHICH WAS
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS FORMED INTO THE
STATE OF KENTUCKY. HE REPRESENTED
FAYETTE COUNTY IN THE KENTUCKY
LEGISLATURE IN 1781, '82.'83, '85,
IN THE LAST YEAR BEING ONE OF THE
COMMISSIONERS WHO SELECTED FRANKFORT
AS THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. HE WAS A
DELEGATE AT THE CONVENTIONS OF 1785.
1787. AND 1788, AND ASSISTED IN
SETTLING THE BOUNDARY OF THE STATE
AND IN FORMING ITS CONSTITUTION, AND
IN 1792 WAS ELECTED TO THE
CONVENTION WHICH RATIFIED THE
FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. HE WAS THE
FIRST UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM
KENTUCKY 1792 TO 1795. IN THE LATTER
YEAR HE WAS AGAIN ELECTED TO THE
STATE LEGISLATURE AND CONTINUED TO
SERVE IN THAT BODY FROM 1796 TO 1800
WHEN HE RETIRED TO PRIVATE LIFE."
HE HAD
STORES IN PARIS AND WASHINGTON,
KENTUCKY AS WELL AS NUMEROUS FARMS
TO OCCUPY HIS TIME. AT WESTWOOD
THERE WERE VAST ORCHARDS AND
VINEYARDS. HE WAS ONE OF FEW WHO
PRODUCED A WINE IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
HE ALSO OPERATED SEVERAL GRIST
MILLS.
BETWEEN THE
YEARS BEGINNING WITH APRIL 4, 1803
UNTIL AUGUST 22, 1807 JOHN WAS A
MASTER MASON IN THE ABRAHAM LODGE
NO. 8 F & AM IN LOUISVILLE. THERE IS
NO EVIDENCE THAT HE EVER HELD AN
OFFICE. [ INFO FROM THE ROSTERS OF
MEMBERS]
SOMETIME
BEFORE 1800 EDWARDS LEFT THE FAMILY
HOME AND TOOK UP RESIDENCE AT DUNCAN
TAVERN IN PARIS FOR REASONS UNKNOWN.
LATER HE WAS SUED FOR NOT PAYING HIS
BILL THERE.
IN MARCH
1800 COLONEL JOHN EDWARDS MADE A
DEED OF TRUST TO HIS WIFE AND
CHILDREN, AND SEEMS TO HAVE LEFT
BOURBON COUNTY, AND IT IS PROBABLE
THAT HE DIED IN MISSOURI. (NOTE MO.
WILL INCLUDED) HIS FIRST HOME AFTER
BOURBON COUNTY WAS IN WASHINGTON,
KENTUCKY WHICH WAS THE COUNTY SEAT
OF MASON COUNTY. HE OPERATED A STORE
NEAR SIMON KENTON AND HAD MILLS IN
THE COUNTY AS WELL. HE ALSO OWNED
PROPERTY ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER IN
ADAMS COUNTY. HE LATER MOVED TO
SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO THEN TO GREENUP
COUNTY, KENTUCKY BEFORE FINALLY
SETTLING CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI.
DEED
BOOK E. PG. 373-- INDENTURE MADE
THIS TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF MARCH YEAR
1800 BETWEEN JOHN EDWARDS, ESQUIRE,
OF THE COUNTY OF BOURBON, STATE OF
KENTUCKY OF THE FIRST PART, AMOS
EDWARDS, JOHN EDWARDS, JR. AND JAMES
HUTCHISON OF COUNTY AND STATE
AFORESAID OF SECOND PART, SUSANNAH
EDWARDS, WIFE OF SAID JOHN EDWARDS,
ESQUIRE, OF THE THIRD PART, AND
SUSANNAH REEDER, WIDOW, POLLY
EDWARDS, NANCY EDWARDS, GUSTAVUS
ERIXON EDWARDS AND BENJAMIN EDWARDS,
CHILDREN OF THE SAID JOHN EDWARDS ,
ESQUIRE AND WIFE SUSANNAH OF THE
FOURTH PART, WITNESSETH THAT IN
CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF FIVE
SHILLINGS LAWFUL MONEY OF THE STATE
OF KENTUCKY PAID BY SAID AMOS
EDWARDS, JOHN EDWARDS, JR. AND JAMES
HUTCHINSON, AND CONSIDERATION OF
LOVE AND AFFECTION WHICH THE SAID
JOHN EDWARDS HATH FOR THE SAID
SUSANNAH AND OTHERS NAMED AND FOR
THE SUPPORT AND SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
OF SAID SUSANNAH AND SAID CHILDREN
AND FOR SETTLING AND ASSURING THE
LANDS, TENEMENTS AND NEGROES
HEREIN NAMED UNTO USES DECLARED, HE
THE SAID JOHN EDWARDS, ESQUIRE
GRANTS AND CONFIRMS UNTO THE SAID
AMOS EDWARDS, JOHN EDWARDS, JR. AND
JAMES HUTCHISON ALL THAT TRACT
CALLED 'WESTWOOD' LYING IN BOURBON,
ALONG WITH THE NEGROES, SAID
SUSANNAH DURING HER LIFE TO RECEIVE
RENTS AND PROFITS AND PRODUCT OF THE
LABOUR OF SAID NEGROES FOR HER
SUPPORT AND SUPPORT AND EDUCATION OF
HER CHILDREN, AND AFTER HER DEATH
THEN TO SUSANNAH REEDER, POLLY
EDWARDS, NANCY EDWARDS, GUSTAVUS
ERIXON EDWARDS AND BENJAMIN EDWARDS,
PROPERTY TO REMAIN FOR PURPOSE
AFORESAID UPON THE TRUSTS AFORESAID.
SIGNED:
JOHN
EDWARDS, JR.
AMOS
EDWARDS
JOHN
EDWARDS
JAMES
HUTCHISON
WT: ASA
BEALL, JANE BEALL, PENELOPE ASHMORE,
HANNA MECRA, JESSE WILLIAMS
HRS. OF JOHN EDWARDS,SR. DEED- DEED
BK. 33, PG.72- DATED AUG 14, 1834.
WHEREAS
JOHN EDWARDS, SR, BY DEED DATED
MARCH 28TH 1800 CONVEYED TO AMOS
EDWARDS, JOHN EDWARDS,JR. AND JAMES
HUTCHISON A TRACT CALLED WESTWOOD
CONTAINING 400 ACRES LOCATED ON
COOPERS RUN IN BOURBON COUNTY,
ALSO NEGROES, TO BE ATTACHED TO SAID
LAND, TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR
USE OF SUSANNA EDWARDS, WIFE OF JOHN
EDWARDS ,SR. DURING HER LIFE AND
THEN FOR THE USE OF SUSANNA REEDER.
POLLY EDWARDS, NANCY EDWARDS,
GUSTAVUS EDWARDS, AND BENJAMIN
EDWARDS TO BE DIVIDED BETWEEN THEM,
AND WHEREAS SAID SUSANNA EDWARDS IS
DEAD, AND SAID SUSANNA REEDER
INTERMARRIED WITH THOMAS PHILLIPS
AND POLLY EDWARDS WITH GEORGE BROWN
AND NANCY EDWARDS WITH WILLIAM
HUTCHISON, NOW DECEASED, AND
GUSTAVUS ERIXON EDWARDS HAS MADE A
TRANSFER OF HIS INTEREST TO SAID
THOMAS PHILLIPS, AND SAID BENJAMIN
EDWARDS TO AMOS EDWARDS, WHO IS
DECEASED, AND IS REPRESENTED BY HIS
SON MONROE EDWARDS HIS
ADMINISTRATOR, NOW THE SAID THOMAS
PHILLIPS, GEORGE BROWN, NANCY
HUTCHISON AND MONROE EDWARDS, AS
ADMINISTRATOR FOR HIS FATHER, DO
ACKNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE RECEIVED FROM
THE SAID TRUSTEES OF THEIR SAID
FATHER, JOHN EDWARDS, SR. SAID
WESTWOOD FARM, TOGETHER WITH THE
NEGROES AND THEIR INCREASE.
RECORDED AUGUST 14, 1834.
JOHN
EDWARDS, SR HEIRS-DEED- DEED BK. E.
PG 71--RECORDED AUGUST 14, 1834.
THOMAS
PHILLIPS, GEORGE BROWN AND NANCY
HUTCHISON IN CONSIDERATION OF A BILL
OF SALE, RELEASE THEIR UNDIVIDED
INTEREST UNTO BENJAMIN EDWARDS ,
IN SOME SLAVES, BEING A PART OF THE
SLAVES CONVEYED BY JOHN EDWARDS, SR.
TO HIS TRUSTEES FOR THE USE OF SAID
CHILDREN, ETC.
JOHN
EDWARDS FROM NANCY HUTCHISON -DEED-
DATED DEC 5, 1833--DEED BOOK 32, PG
244. INDENTURE BETWEEN NANCY
HUTCHISON , LATE NANCY EDWARDS A
CHILD OF JOHN EDWARDS, SR. OF COUNTY
OF BOURBON, STATE OF KENTUCKY OF THE
FIRST PART AND JOHN EDWARDS, JR. OF
SECOND PART, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE
SUM OF $1787.50 SELLS TO PARTY OF
SECOND PART ALL HER INTEREST IN
TRACT CALLED WESTWOOD, IT BEING 1/5
INTEREST.
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BEFORE
MOVING TO KENTUCKY, JOHN BECAME
KNOWN FOR HIS PRO-SLAVERY BELIEFS.
ALSO BEFORE MOVING TO KENTUCKY THERE
WERE BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN
JOHN EDWARDS AND SEVERAL OF HIS
BROTHERS-IN--LAW. THE RECORDS OF
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA
CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING:
"KNOW ALL
MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT I RICHARD
WROE AND BENJAMIN WROE OF PRINCE
WILLIAM COUNTY HAVE BARGAINED AND
SOLD UNTO JOHN EDWARDS OF LINCOLN
COUNTY (KENTUCKY), OUR RIGHTS,
TITLES TO A NEGRO GIRL NAMED
ROSELAND, BY THE LAST WILL OF OUR
FATHER , TO THE CHILDREN RETURN
TO US WITH THE FOLLOWING EXECUTORS,
WILLIAM WROE AND THOMAS WROE. WE SEE
AND CONVEY OUR RIGHTS OF THE VALUE
OF 25 POUNDS RECEIVED AND VEST HIM
THE SAID JOHN EDWARDS, WITH THE
POWER AND AUTHORITY WE HAVE TO
MANAGE AND DIRECT THE SAID NEGRO AND
AS OUR BROTHER, WILLIAM WROE, IS
DECEASED IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER
THERE IS THREE OR FOUR PARTS TO THE
SAID NEGRO GIRL, IF ONLY THREE THEN
SAID EDWARDS IS TO MAKE UP OUR
PORTION OVER AND ABOVE HALF, AS
WITNESS OUR HANDS AND SEAL THIS 3RD
DAY OF DECEMBER 1783. RICHARD WROE
AND BENJAMIN WROE. "
TEST. CARTY
WELLS AND WILLIAM WROE AT A COURT
HELD FOR PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY THIS
1ST DAY OF MARCH 1784. THIS BILL OF
SALE FROM RICHARD WROE AND BENJAMIN
WROE TO JOHN EDWARDS WAS PROVED BY
THE OATHES OF THE WITNESSES AND
ORDERED TO BE RECORDED.
ON JULY
15, 1799, IN THE WASHINGTON DISTRICT
COURT OF BOURBON COUNTY , JOHN
EDWARDS SOLD TO JESSE WILLIAMS,
"......ONE MOLATTO WOMAN OR GIRL
NAMED PRECILLER THAT I PURCHASED OF
WM STAMPS....."
JUST
SEVEN DAYS LATER, ON JULY 22, 1799,
JESSE WILLIAMS FILED A DEED OF
EMANCIPATION IN WHICH IT IS STATED:
"....FOR SECURITY PAYMENT OF
FORTY POUNDS TO ME GIVEN BY MY SALVE
GIRL SOMETIMES KNOWN BY THE NAME OF
PRECILLER JOHNSON AND FOR DIVERS
GOOD CAUSES AND CONSIDERATIONS
HEREUNTO MOVING HAVE MANUMITTED
EMANCIPATED AND SET FREE MY MOLATTO
GIRL OR WOMAN SLAVE( SEVERAL
UNREADABLE WORDS) TWENTY-TWO YEARS
(BELIEVED TO BE HER AGE) PURCHASED
OF COL. JOHN EDWARDS... FOR MYSELF
MY HEIRS EXECUTORS AND
ADMINISTRATORS RELEASE AND FOREVER
QUIT CLAIM TO THE SAID SLAVE GIRL
(OF ALL) MANNER OF SLAVERY SERVITUDE
AND SERVICE WHATSOEVER TOGETHER WITH
ALL THE CHILDREN THAT MAY BE
HEREAFTER BORN OF (HER) AND THEY TO
INJOY ALL RIGHTS OF FREE PERSONS
AGREEABLE TO ( THE LAWS) OF SAID
STATE......
( IT IS
NOTED THAT, AT THAT TIME, AN
ABLE-BODIED 22 YEAR OLD FEMALE SLAVE
WOULD NORMALLY HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO
BRING MANY TIMES THE AMOUNT "PRECILLER"
PAID FOR HER FREEDOM.)
SIGNIFICANTLY, BOTH OF THE ABOVE
TRANSACTIONS WERE CERTIFIED AND
RECORDED BY THE COURT CLERK , JOHN
CHAMBERS, ON THE SAME DAY, JULY 23.
1799.
IT SEEMS
QUITE CLEAR THAT, AS A RECOGNIZED
LEADER OF THE PRO-SLAVERY FACTION IN
KENTUCKY, EDWARDS COULD NOT SIMPLY
GIVE PRECILLER HER FREEDOM. HE
COULD, HOWEVER, SELL HER TO JESSE
WILLIAMS AND JESSE COULD EMANCIPATE
HER, ACCEPTING AS SMALL A SECURITY
PAYMENT AS HE WISHED.
IN 1800
AFTER ENTRUSTING WESTWOOD AND THE
SLAVES LIVING THERE TO HIS WIFE AND
CHILDREN , JOHN BEGAN A NEW CHAPTER
OF HIS LIFE.
AT ONE TIME
HE OWNED VAST ACREAGE IN KENTUCKY
THAT HE HAD RECEIVED FOR HIS MILITIA
TIME. FOR SOME REASON HE BECAME
INDEBTED TO HIS FATHER FOR SEVERAL
HUNDRED POUNDS. HAYDEN HAD EVIDENTLY
BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN GETTING HIS
MONEY SO IN HIS WILL HE STATED THAT
THE LOAN HAD TO BE REPAID OR JOHN
WOULD BE DISINHERITED. IT WAS NOT.
THERE
FOLLOWED MANY SUITS AGAINST EDWARDS
FOR UNPAID BILLS. NOTICES APPEARED
IN SEVERAL LOCAL PAPERS. JOHN
OFFERED FOR SALE NUMEROUS PIECES OF
PROPERTY INCLUDING WESTWOOD TO TRY
TO PAY HIS DEBTS.
BETWEEN THE
TIME OF 1800 AND 1803 WHEN HAYDEN
DIED, JOHN SOLD A GREAT DEAL OF HIS
LAND. SOMETIME BETWEEN THE YEARS
1800 AND 1804 HE FILED FOR
BANKRUPTCY. HIS SONS HAYDEN AND
JOHN, JR. WERE APPOINTED BY THE
KENTUCKY COURTS TO OVERSEE THE
SETTLEMENT OF THIS PROCEDURE.
KENTUCKY
GAZETTE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT,
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1801 PLACED BY
JOHN EDWARDS, SR.
"GREAT
BARGAINS WILL BE SOLD BY THE
SUBSCRIBER, AND IN A GREATER PART
EXTENSIVE CREDITS WILL BE GIVEN IN
ANNUAL PAYMENTS, THE PURCHASER
GIVING GOOD BOND AND SECURITY. THE
FOLLOWING PROPERTY WILL SELL FROM
THIS DAY FORWARD, [TO WIT:]
EIGHT VALUABLE BUILDINGS, AND THE
LOTS OF GROUND THEY ARE ON IN PARIS.
THEY BEGIN AT THE MAIN CORNER STREET
FACING THE COURT HOUSE, AND RUNNING
PARALLEL WITH THE PUBLIC GROUND ONE
HUNDRED FEET. THE FIRST A LARGE TWO
STORY FRAME BUILDING IN WHICH THERE
IS A LARGE WELL FINISHED STORE HOUSE
AND COUNTING ROOM, BOTH LARGE
FIREPLACES OF BRICK; THE OTHER PART
WELL CALCULATED FOR A TAVERN SIX
WELL FINISHED ROOMS PLASTERED AND
FOUR LARGE FIREPLACES; ANOTHER ROOM,
THIRTY-SIX FEET BY TWENTY AND TWO
FIRE PLACES AND WITHIN FIVE FEET OF
THE BACK DOOR, A BRICK LODGING ROOM
AND A KITCHEN ADJOINING. THE BALANCE
OF THE BUILDING OF BRICK TWO STORIES
HIGH WITH FOUR HOUSES TWENTY FEET
SQUARE RENTED OUT TO DIFFERENT
FAMILIES. CONVENIENT TO THOSE ARE
TWO SMALL KITCHENS. THERE IS A
STABLE AND SMALL GARDEN FOR THE USE
OF THE LARGE BUILDING. I HAVE ALSO
NINE ACRES OF LOTS IN EXCELLENT
ORDER FOR CULTIVATION. THOSE
BUILDINGS WERE FIRST VALUED BY A
NUMBER OF WORKMEN AT EIGHT THOUSAND
DOLLARS; AND SEVERAL USEFUL
ADDITIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THEM
SINCE. I WILL NOW GIVE THEM
EXTREMELY LOW, AND GIVE THEM CLEAR
OF INCUMBRANCE.
ANOTHER PROPERTY I HAVE IN MASON
COUNTY ONE MILE AND THREE QUARTERS
FROM LIMESTONE TOW VALUABLE OVENSHOT
MILLS IN AS HIGH CREDIT FOR
MANUFACTURING FLOUR AS ANY IN THE
STATE, AND ARE NOW REPAIRING AND
ALMOST DONE, SO AS TO START IN
COMPLEAT ORDER WHEN THE SEASON FOR
GRINDING COMMENCES, WITH THE BEST
BURR AND ALLEGANY STONES, ROLLING
SCREENS, ETC. THOSE MILLS IN THE
SEASON FOR GRINDING CAN MAKE FORTY
BARRELS OF FLOUR EVERY DAY THAT THEY
ARE WORKED AND ANY PERSON INCLINING
TO PURCHASE CAN BE INFORMED THAT THE
QUALITY OF THE FLOUR IS SUPERIOR TO
ANY THAT HAS BEEN BOATED FROM
LIMESTONE. WITH THOSE I WILL SELL
A VALUABLE NEGRO MAN, A GOOD MILLER,
THE PLANTATION OF 140 ACRES, 100
APPLE TREES, OF FRUIT EQUAL TO ANY
IN THE STATE, A FINE CLOVER AND BLUE
GRASS PASTURE AND MEADOW, A SMALL
DWELLING HOUSE AND FARM, WITH OTHER
OUT HOUSES, CHERRY AND PEACH
ORCHARD, THE TITLE INDISPUTABLE AND
I WILL GIVE IT CLEAR OF ALL
INCUMBRANCE. FOR THIS PROPERTY I
HAVE IN TWO YEARS PAID NINE THOUSAND
DOLLARS. I HAVE ALSO FOR SALE 700
ACRES OF MILITARY LAND , FOURTEEN
MILES FROM WASHINGTON, NORTHWEST OF
THE OHIO RIVER, WITH A PROMISING
SALT LICK, SUPPOSED TO HAVE
SALTWATER, A SMALL TRIAL HAS BEEN
MADE AND SOME SALT MADE BY A MR.
[SHERRY?]
I
HAVE ALSO TWO SMALL PLANTATIONS IN
BOURBON THAT I WILL SELL. THEY ARE
MOSTLY FIRST RATE LAND. I HAVE
PATENTS FOR LANDS NEAR MONTGOMERY
COURT HOUSE OF THE FIRST QUALITY
EIGHT THOUSAND ACRES THE HALF OF
WHICH I WILL SELL ONE THIRD ITS
VALUE; THE PURCHASER MAY HAVE HIS
CHOICE, PATENTED 17 YEARS AGO;
ENTRIES VERY SPECIAL. ALSO THE HALF
OF 600 ACRES OF FIRST QUALITY, THREE
MILES FROM FLEMING COURT HOUSE; OLD
PATENTS AND SPECIAL ENTRIES ON THE
[...?....] TERMS.
I
HAVE ALSO ONE THOUSAND ACRES FOR
SALE ADJOINING LOWER MACKAFEE S
TRACT, LEVEL BUT OF INFERIOR
QUALITY. FOR THIS I WILL TAKE A GOOD
HORSE AT [ ? ] PER ACRE, THE TITLE
UNDOUBTED. I HAVE ALSO FOR SALE
ABOUT 300 ACRES ON CEDAR CREEK OF
FLOYDS FORK, WITH A NEVER FAILING
SPRING ON IT, A PART RICH LAND AND A
PART INDIFFERENT, WITHIN SIX MILES
OF MANN LICK. THIS HAS EXCELLENT
RANGE AND TIMBER. FOR THIS I WILL
TAKE GOOD SALT AT 100 PER ACRE, IF
CASH 900 PER ACRE. I HAVE ALSO FOR
SALE, SIX HUNDRED ACRES, PATENTED
LAND ON CLOVER LICK, EIGHT MILES
FROM CRAB ORCHARD. THIS I WLL TAKE
30 PER ACRE FOR IN CASH OR AT 60 IN
HORSES. IF IT WILL BE AN
ACCOMMODATION TO THOSE WHO MAY
INCLINE TO PURCHASE THE MILLS. I
WILL GIVE IN AN EXCELLENT HOUSE
WOMAN NOW LIVING IN LEXINGTON. I
WILL ALSO SELL A GOOD STOCK OF HOGS,
CATTLE, MARES AND COLTS, WITH THE
MILLS. I WILL GIVE SUCH EXCELLENT
BARGAINS IN ALL OR ANY OF THE
AFORESAID PROPERTY, AND ANY PERSON
INCLINABLE TO PURCHASE MAY BE WELL
ACCOMMODATED. THE MILLS WILL BE
DELIVERED UP THE TENTH OF MARCH
NEXT, OR SOONER REQUIRED, ON A
LITTLE MORE ADVANCE THEY SHALL BE
GIVEN UP . MONEY, GOOD MERCHANDISE,
NEGROES, AND HORSES WILL BE
TAKEN AS INSTALLMENTS, AS WILL BEST
SUIT THE PURCHASER.
APPLICATIONS TO MY SON JOHN EDWARDS,
JR. IN BOURBON OR TO MR. DAVID
BRODRICK, IN WASHINGTON OR MR. ENOCH
SMITH, NEAR MONTGOMERY COURT HOUSE
OR JAMES BROWN, ESQ. IN LEXINGTON,
FOR INFORMATION AND CONTRACTS WITH
RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY, OR TO THE
SUBSCRIBER, EITHER IN BOURBON OR
WASHINGTON MAY BE MADE. ANY OF MY
CREDITORS CHOOSING TO PURCHASE SHALL
HAVE ON THE LOWEST TERMS AS I AM
DETERMINED TO SELL. I WILL SELL 100
BARRELS OF FLOUR ALL TO BE DELIVERED
BEFORE THE 15TH OF MARCH NEXT. AND I
HAVE ALSO ONE OTHER PLANTATION FOR
SALE NEAR WARWICK, 233 ACRES CLEARED
AND THE TITLE SECURE. ANY PERSON
PURCHASING THE MILLS I WILL FURNISH
WITH WHEAT AT CASH PRICE, AND WILL
IF EMPLOYED, ENGATE TO CLEAR THEM IN
THE SALES OF FLOUR THIS SEASON, 2500
OR 3000 DOLLARS.
JOHN
EDWARDS, SEN. 14 SEPTEMBER, 1801
MASON
COUNTY COURT RECORDS 421 [SIC] 4
Dec. 1802. JOHN EDWARDS OF MASON
COUNTY SETS HIS SLAVE, WINNE JASON,
A MULATTO GIRL, FREE FOREVER. CLERK
WILLIAM MURPHY
MASON
COUNTY DEED BOOK A-C, PAGE 45, DATED
APRIL 18, 1803
BETWEEN
JOHN EDWARDS, SR, OF BOURBON COUNTY,
KENTUCKY, OF THE FIRST PART, AND
WILLIAM LAMB OF MASON COUNTY,
KENTUCKY, ASA BEALLE OF MASON
COUNTY, HADEN EDWARDS OF FRANKLIN
COUNTY, AND JOHN FRISTOE OF MASON
COUNTY, AND JOHN EDWARDS, JR., OF
BOURBON COUNTY, OF THE SECOND PART,
AND DAVIED DAVIS, JACOB SPEARS,
DAMOVEL TALBOT, DANIEL VERTNER,
HADEN EDWARDS, SR., AND JOHN
EDWARDS, JR., JAMES HUTCHISON, JAMES
CARTER,.......?...... BROOKS,
CHARLES SPEARS, WILLIAM CHESSMAN,
GEORGE AND EDWARD THOMPSON, THOMAS
HOCHELEY, SAMUEL AND DANIEL TEBBS
AND SIMON WEST, OF THE THIRD
PART..........THAT JOHN EDWARDS,
SR., FOR DIVERS AND GOOD CAUSES
HEREUNTO MOVING AND MORE
PARTICULARLY IN CONSIDERATION OF THE
SUM OF 5 SHILLINGS....DOTH BY THESE
PRESENTS CONVEY TO WILLIAM LAMB, ASA
BEALLE, HADEN EDWARDS, JR., JOHN
FRISTOE AND JOHN EDWARDS....ALL THE
LAND TENEMENTS AND HEREDITAMENTS
WHATSOEVER SITUATED EITHER IN THE
STATE OF KENTUCKY OR MILITARY LAND
IN THE STATE OF OHIO....THEY TO SELL
LAND FOR DEBTS OF JOHN EDWARDS, SR.,
DUE THE PARTIES OF THE THIRD PART.
JOHN EDWARDS AND PRISCILLA JOHNSON
IT
IS UNCLEAR EXACTLY WHERE JOHN AND
PRISCILLA WERE LIVING DURING THIS
TIME. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY MAY
HAVE BEEN IN THE MASON COUNTY OR
GREENUP COUNTY AREAS OF KENTUCKY.
PRISCILLA MAY HAVE WORKED FOR OTHER
PEOPLE DURING THIS TIME. SHE MAY
HAVE HAD TO CROSS THE RIVER INTO
OHIO BECAUSE MANY SLAVES WERE FORCED
TO LEAVE ONCE THEY WERE FREED.
IN
ANY CASE, THE CHILDREN BEGAN TO
ARRIVE . JOSEPH, JOHN, SALLY, MARY
AND JANE WERE ALL MENTIONED IN
PRISCILLA'S 1838 PERRY COUNTY, MO.
WILL. IN SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO
PRISCILLA REGISTERED HERSELF AT THE
COURTHOUSE AS A FREED MULATTO ALONG
WITH THREE DAUGHTERS; NELLY, HARRIET
AND PERNEALY. A NEIGHBOR IN CAPE
GIRARDEAU MENTIONED BY NAME LOU AND
ASA.
AS EARLY
AS 1817 PRISCILLA AND JOHN BEGAN
ACQUIRING PROPERTY IN THE CAPE
GIRARDEAU/ PERRY COUNTY AREAS OF
MISSOURI. SOMETIMES SHE WAS REFERRED
TO AS A 'HOUSEKEEPER' OR 'LANDLADY'
OF JOHN.
THE
INDEX OF PURCHASERS OF THE UNITED
STATES LAND SALES OFFICE IN MISSOURI
SHOWS THAT PRISCILLA JOHNSON
PURCHASED LAND AT THE LEXINGTON LAND
OFFICE IN THE TERM ENDING DECEMBER
31, 1826; JOHN EDWARDS PURCHASED
LAND AT THE SAME LAND OFFICE IN THE
TERM OF MARCH 15, 1827.
AT THE
LEXINGTON, MISSOURI LAND OFFICE,
PRISCILLA PURCHASED MORE LAND IN THE
TERM BEGINNING JANUARY1, 1834.
IT IS
UNCLEAR WHERE HE ACQUIRED THE FUNDS
FOR THEM TO START PURCHASING
PROPERTY IN MISSOURI AFTER FILING
FOR BANKRUPTCY. IT IS APPARENT THAT
AT HIS DEATH HE WAS AGAIN SOLVENT.
BOTH HIS
PERSONAL AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS FOR
THE PERIOD OF TIME AFTER 1800 UNTIL
HIS DEATH CONTINUE TO PUZZLE
DESCENDANTS. IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE
MAINTAINED CONTACT WITH SOME OF HIS
LEGITIMATE CHILDREN AND THAT JOHN
AND JANE TRAVELED TO MISSOURI TO
SETTLE HIS ESTATE.
EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT HE LEFT HIS
WIFE AND FAMILY, THE RELATIONSHIP
WHICH CERTAINLY APPEARS TO HAVE
EXISTED BETWEEN JOHN AND PRECILLER
JOHNSON, WAS NOT AN ESPECIALLY
UNUSUAL ONE. IT IS THE PRO-SLAVERY
POSITION THAT JOHN HELD THAT
SURPRISES ONE.
FOOT NOTE
FOR THE WROE INFORMATION:
THE WROE
AND CHANCELLOR FAMILIES BY WILLIAM
CLARKE WROE, JR. FROM THE REGISTERED
COPY NUMBER 131. PRINTED MARCH 1993
THE RUMOR THAT THE SENATOR WAS
BURIED ON THE FAMILY FARM IS JUST
THAT, A RUMOR. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHERE
HE IS BURIED.
More About
JOHN EDWARDS,SR.:
Fact 1:
1787, WAS PAID 1248 POUNDS OF
TOBACCO FOR THE JOB OF CLERK OF
COURT OF BOURBON CO.
Fact 2:
1800, MEMBER OF COOPER'S RUN BAPTIST
CHURCH, BOURBON CO.
Notes for
SUSANNA WROE:
ON THE 1810
CENSUS SUSANNA IS LISTED AS THE HEAD
OF HOUSEHOLD WITH AN OLDER LADY, TWO
MALES BETWEEN 16 AND 45 AND 9 SLAVES
LIVING ON THE PROPERTY WITH HER.
More About
SUSANNA WROE:
Fact 1: OF
DISTINGUISHED VA. ANCESTRY
Fact 2:
1790, MEMBER BY BAPTISM OF COOPER'S
RUN BAPTISH CHURCH
More About
JOHN EDWARDS and SUSANNA WROE:
Marriage:
Abt. 1768, VIRGINIA
Children of JOHN EDWARDS and
SUSANNA WROE are:
i. GEORGE12
EDWARDS.
ii. JANE EDWARDS, m.
ASA BEALLE, 14 May
1799, TODD COUNTY,
KY.????.
More About ASA
BEALLE and JANE
EDWARDS:
Marriage: 14 May
1799, TODD COUNTY,
KY.????
iii. POLLY EDWARDS.,
m. GEORGE BROWNE, 25
Sep 1805.
More About GEORGE
BROWNE and POLLY
EDWARDS.:
Marriage: 25 Sep
1805
iv. WROE EDWARDS..
Notes for WROE
EDWARDS.:
NO ONE KNOWS
ANYTHING ABOUT WROE,
BUT IT HAS BEEN
SUGGESTED THAT SINCE
BENJAMIN HAS THE
MIDDLE INITIAL 'W',
THEY ARE ONE AND THE
SAME.
v. ELIZABETH
EDWARDS, b. Abt.
1769; d. 1824,
BOURBON COUNTY, KY;
m. JAMES HUTCHINSON,
08 May 1784, LINCOLN
COUNTY, KY. [BOND];
d. 1835, BOURBON
COUNTY, KY.
Notes for JAMES
HUTCHINSON:
THE CHILDREN LISTED
ARE FROM A BIBLE
RECORD AT ONE TIME
IN POSSESSION OF
JOHN JAMESON OF
PARIS, KENTUCKY AND
THEN COPIES BY
LOUISE BROWNE.
Marriage Notes for
ELIZABETH EDWARDS
and JAMES
HUTCHINSON:
THE CONSENT OF THE
HON. JOHN EDWARDS IS
FILED WITH HIS
DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE
BOND AS SHE WAS
UNDER AGE.
More About JAMES
HUTCHINSON and
ELIZABETH EDWARDS:
Marriage: 08 May
1784, LINCOLN
COUNTY, KY. [BOND]
vi. HADEN EDWARDS,
b. 12 Aug 1771,
STAFFORD COUNTY,
VA.; d. 14 Aug 1849,
NACOGDOCHES, TX; m.
SUSANNAH BEALL; b.
10 Apr 1774,
MARYLAND; d. 06 Apr
1849, NACOGDOCHES,
TX.
Notes for HADEN
EDWARDS:
"HAYDEN EDWARDS
MARRIED SUSANNAH
BEALL OF MARYLAND.
SOMEWHERE AROUND
1820 THEY MOVED NEAR
JACKSON,
MISSISSIPPI, WHERE
HE AND HIS BROTHER
BENJAMIN ACQUIRED A
PLANTATION. HADEN
AND SUSANNAH OVER
THE COURSE OF TIME
HAD 13 CHILDREN.
SOMETIME AFTER
HEARING THE NEWS
REGARDING ANGLO
COLONIZATION IN
TEXAS, HADEN
TRAVELED TO MEXICO
CITY WHERE HE JOINED
FORCES WITH STEPHEN
F. AUSTIN, AMONG
OTHERS, IN A 3 YEAR
ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE
VARIOUS MEXICAN
GOVERNMENTS TO ALLOW
AMERICANS TO SETTLE
IN TEXAS.
HADEN EDWARDS WAS
VERY WEALTHY AND
HELPED FINANCE
AUSTIN. THROUGH
THEIR EFFORTS, LAWS
WERE PASSED WHICH
ALLOWED EMPESARIOS
TO INTRODUCE
SETTLERS TO TEXAS.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR
HADEN'S LOSSES FAR
OUTWEIGHED ANY
GAINS. AUSTIN
CLAIMED THE BETTER
LANDS AND PUSHED
BOUNDARIES AS FAR AS
HE COULD IN EVERY
DIRECTION AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE OTHER
EMPESARIOS.
HADEN RECEIVED A
GRANT NEAR
NACOGDOCHES, TX, AND
AGREED TO HONOR
PRE-EXISTING GRANTS
AND CLAIMS MADE BY
SPANISH AND MEXICAN
OFFICIALS. MUCH TO
HIS DISMAY, HADEN
HAD THE MOST OF
THESE CLAIMS. SOME
OF THE CLAIMS WERE
OVER 100 YEARS OLD,
BOUNDARIES WERE
UNCLEAR, LEGAL
DOCUMENTS WERE
MISSING, ETC. IN
1825, NOTICES WERE
POSTED BY HADEN,
INFORMING ALL
POTENTIAL CLAIMANTS
THEY MUST OFFER
PROOF OF THEIR
CLAIMS OR THE LAND
BELONGED TO THE
EMPESARIO.
NEEDLESS TO SAY,
ANGER AND FEAR AMONG
THE OLD SETTLERS
RESULTED. ON TOP OF
THIS HADEN INVOLVED
HIMSELF IN A
POLITICAL DISPUTE
WHICH ONLY INFLAMED
THE ALREADY VOLATILE
MOOD.
AFTER A NUMBER OF
COMPLAINTS FROM THE
OLD SETTLERS, THE
LOCAL MILITIA AND
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
WERE CALLED UPON. AT
A TIME WHEN HADEN
WAS AWAY FROM TEXAS
ON BUSINESS,
BENJAMIN, WHO LACKED
DIPLOMACY, TOOK
CHARGE OF THIS
FRAGILE SITUATION.
BENJAMIN TRIED TO
BULLY THE MEXICANS,
THUS THE EDWARDS
GRANT WAS RESCINDED.
HADEN LOST HIS
INVESTMENT OF OVER
$50,000, THE NEW
SETTLERS' CLAIMS
WERE FORFEITED, ETC.
THUS, "THE FREDONIAN
REBELLION."
THE UNREST RESULTED
IN AN UPRISING AND
THE MEXICAN
AUTHORITIES
DISPATCHED TROOPS.
BENJAMIN EDWARDS AND
MARTIN PARMER
RECRUITED THE AYISH
BAYOU MILITIA,
ARTICLES ESTABLISHED
THE FREDONIA
REPUBLIC WITH HADEN
AS LEADER WERE
SIGNED AND AN
ALLIANCE WAS MADE
WITH CHEROKEE
INDIANS WHO ALSO HAD
GRIEVANCES AGAINST
THE MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT. THE
FREDONIANS DISPERSED
BEFORE ANY BATTLE
TOOK PLACE. HADEN
AND BENJAMIN FLED TO
LOUISIANA FOR
SAFETY.
HADEN RETURNED TO
TEXAS DURING THE
TEXAS REVOLUTION AND
MADE HIS HOME IN
NACOGDOCHES UNTIL
HIS DEATH AUGUST
14.1849. HE WAS HELD
IN HIGH ESTEEM AND
LOOKED UPON AS A
GREAT LEADER. HIS
GRANDSON, PEYTON
FORBES EDWARDS, WHO
SERVED IN THE
CONFEDERATE TEXAS
CALVARY AND LATER
BECAME A RATHER
PROMINENT POLITICIAN
IN NACOGDOCHES
COUNTY WAS CALLED
"THE RED ROOSTER OF
NACOGDOCHES,"
ANOTHER INTERESTING
EDWARDS ANCESTOR.
NEEDLESS TO SAY
AFTER THE EVENTS
OUTLINED ABOVE
INVOLVING HADEN AND
BENJAMIN, THE
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
BECAME SUSPICIOUS OF
THE REMAINING ANGLOS
AND BECAME VERY
DIFFICULT AND
ABUSIVE TOWARD THE
AMERICAN SETTLERS.
OF COURSE, THIS
CAUSED WIDESPREAD
UNREST. YOU MIGHT
SAY THAT OUR VERY
OWN ANCESTORS WERE
THE SPRINGBOARD TO
THE TEXAS FIGHT FOR
INDEPENDENCE.
EDWARDS COUNTY,
EDWARDS RESERVOIR.
AND EDWARDS PLATEAU
ARE SOME OF THE
TEXAS NAMESAKES
WHICH MEMORIALIZE
OUR VERY OWN
ANCESTORS.
(BIOGRAPHICAL FILES,
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS,
STEEN LIBRARY,
STEPHEN F.AUSTIN
STATE UNIVERSITY,
ARCHIE P. MCDONALD,
COMP., NACOGDOCHES:
WILDERNESS OUTPOST
TO MODERN CITY,
1779-1979. EDWARD
MORRIS PARSONS, "THE
FREDONIAN
REBELLION."
TEXANA, SPRING 1967)
vii. JOHN HENRY
EDWARDS,JR., b. 19
Sep 1773, STAFFORD
COUNTY, VA.; d. 04
Oct 1852, BOURBON
COUNTY; m. (1) MARY
GARRARD, 24 Jul
1794, BOURBON
COUNTY; b. 19 Sep
1776, STAFFORD
COUNTY, VA.1;
d. Abt. 1818,
BOURBON COUNTY1;
m. (2) ELIZABETH
KELLER, Aft. 1821,
BOURBON COUNTY; b.
BOURBON COUNTY; d.
06 Nov 1860, BOURBON
COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
Notes for JOHN HENRY
EDWARDS,JR.:
[Brøderbund Family
Archive #312, Ed. 1,
Census Index: U.S.
Selected Counties,
1800, Date of
Import: Oct 13,
1996, Internal Ref.
#1.312.1.956.3]
Individual: Edwards,
John, Jr.
County/State:
Bourbon Co., KY
Year: 1800
Census type code:
Tax List
WESTERN CITIZEN
DATED OCTOBER 8,
1852
"Edwards, Maj. John,
On Monday evening
last, of this
county, age 79 years
and 11 days. He was
one of our oldest
and worthy
citizens."
LIVED IN "WESTWOOD"
HOME OF JOHN
EDWARDS, SR.,
LOCATED ON COOPERS'
RUN NEAR BRENTSVILLE,
BOURBON COUNTY, FOUR
MILES WEST OF PARIS.
THE ORIGINAL HOME
WAS BURNED AND JOHN
EDWARDS, JR. IS SAID
TO HAVE BUILT THE
PRESENT HOME ON THE
FOUNDATION OF HIS
FATHER'S HOME. THE
HOUSE WAS IN THE
ARDERY FAMILY FOR
MANY YEARS.
WILL BOURBON
COUNTY,KY. WILL BOOK
O, PG 200---TO WIFE,
ELIZABETH, 250 ACRES
TO INCLUDE THE
DWELLING HOUSE; TO
SON , GEORGE W.;
FOUR YOUNGEST
CHILDREN VIZ;
ISABELLA, LUCIUS,
SOPHIA AND
ORREGON(OSSIAN), ALL
UNDER 21 YEARS. TO
THREE YOUNGEST
DAUGHTERS A TRACT
CONTAINING 96 TO 100
ACRES KNOWN AS
MARTIN'S CLAIM
CONVEYED ME BY COL.
JAMES GARRARD; SON
LUCIUS; TO THE
CHILDREN OF MY FIRST
WIFE TO WIT; SUSAN
TULL, POLLY NOAH'S
CHILDREN, ARABELLA
PERRIN, NANCY
WITHERS, MARGARET
DAVIS AND JULIA ANN
SMISER A TRACT OF
120 ACRES WHICH I
HOLD BY CONVEYANCE
FROM THEIR
GRANDFATHER, COL.
JAMES GARRARD; SON,
JAMES; WIFE ,
EXECUTRIX.
WRITTEN JUNE 9, 1848
PROBATED FEBRUARY
26, 1851
WITNESSES: GEORGE W.
EDWARDS
JOSEPH MORIN
Notes for MARY
GARRARD:
MARY MARRIED THE SON
OF HER FATHER'S BEST
FRIEND, MAJOR
EDWARDS.
More About JOHN
EDWARDS and MARY
GARRARD:
Marriage: 24 Jul
1794, BOURBON COUNTY
Marriage date:
BOURBON MARR BK 1:25
More About JOHN
EDWARDS and
ELIZABETH KELLER:
Marriage: Aft. 1821,
BOURBON COUNTY
viii. BENJAMIN
EDWARDS, b. Abt.
1775; d. 1837,
MiSSISSIPPI; m.
ELIZABETH RULE, 11
Jan 1800, BOURBON
COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
Notes for BENJAMIN
EDWARDS:
MOVED TO TEXAS. SEE
NOTES WITH BROTHER
HADEN.
"BENJAMIN W.
EDWARDS, A NATIVE OF
KENTUCKY, LIVED FOR
A TIME IN JACKSON,
MISSIPPI, BEFORE
1825, WHEN HE CAME
TO TEXAS TO JOIN THE
COLONY OF HIS
BROTHER, HADEN
EDWARDS. IN MAY
1826, IN THE MIDST
OF DIFFICULTIES WITH
MEXICAN AUTHORITIES,
HADEN EDWARDS WENT
TO THE UNITED STATES
TO SECURE FINANCIAL
AID FOR HIS TEXAS
ENTERPRISE, AND
BENJAMIN EDWARDS
TOOK OVER THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE
EDWARDS COLONY UPON
HIS DEPARTURE.
EDWARDS AND
VICE-GOVERNOR VICTOR
BLANCO HAD AN
EXCHANGE OF LETTERS
IN WHICH BLANCO
STATED THAT HADEN
EDWARDS HAD LOST THE
CONFIDENCE OF THE
GOVERNMENT AND
SUGGESTED THAT THE
EMPRESARIO WITHDRAW
FROM THE COUNTRY AND
APPEAL TO THE
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
FOR REDRESS.
EDWARDS, HOWEVER,
FELT THAT THE
GOVERNMENT WAS
ATTEMPTING TO
INVALIDATE THE
CLAIM. ON NOVEMBER
22, 1826, SOME FORTY
MEN CAPTURED
NACOGDOCHES,
ARRESTED THE ALCALDE,
AND SEIZED HIS
ARCHIVES. WHILE THE
MEXICAN AUTHORITIES
AND TROOPS WERE
ADVANCING ON
NACOGDOCHES,
BENJAMIN EDWARDS,
WITH POSSIBLY SOME
THIRTY MEN, ON
DECEMBER 16, RODE
INTO NACOGDOCHES AND
PROCLAIMED THE
REPUBLIC OF
FREDONIA, THUS
INSTITUTING THE
MINOR REVOLUTION
KNOWN AS THE
FREDONIAN REBELLION.
ON DECEMBER 21,
EDWARDS MADE AN
AGREEMENT WITH
RICHARD FIELDS AND
DR. JOHN DUNN HUNTER
BY WHICH, IN RETURN
FOR THEIR
CO-OPERATION, THE
CHEROKEE INDIANS
WERE TO HAVE THE
TERRITORY OF TEXAS
BETWEEN RED RIVER
AND THE RIO GRANDE,
WEST OF THE OLD SAN
ANTONIO ROAD, WHILDE
TH REMAINDER OF THE
TERRITORY SHOULD
BELONG TO THE
REPUBLIC OF
FREDONIA, WITH THE
FAILURE OF THE
REBELLION, EDWARDS
RETREATED ACROSS THE
SABINE ON JANUARY
31, 1827.
DURING THE TEXAS
REVOLUTION HE
PRESIDED AT PUBLIC
MEETINGS IN
MISSISSIPPI TO RAISE
MONEY AND MEN FOR
THE TEXAS CAUSE. HE
HAD ACCEPTED A
COMMISSION AND WAS
RAISING A REGIMENT
AT THE TIME OF THE
BATTLE OF SAN
JACINTO. IN THE
SUMMER OF 1837 HE
RAN FOR GOVERNOR OF
MISSISSIPPI BUT DIED
WHILE PROSECUTING
HIS CAMPAIGN."
FROM:THE HANDBOOK OF
TEXAS vol. 1,
Austin, the Texas
State Historical
Association, 1952.
page 546
More About BENJAMIN
EDWARDS and
ELIZABETH RULE:
Marriage: 11 Jan
1800, BOURBON
COUNTY, KENTUCKY
ix. AMOS EDWARDS.,
b. Abt. 1776; d. Aug
1834, RUSSELLVILLE,
LOGAN CO. KY.; m.
PENELOPE ASHMORE, 23
Jul 1801, BOURBON
COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
More About AMOS
EDWARDS.:
Fact 1: 1792, PRO
TEM DEPUTY CLERK OF
THE COURT, BOURBON
CO. KY.
Fact 2: Dec 1805,
JUSTICE OF THE
PEACE, RUSSELLVILLE,
KY.
Fact 3: 1828, MAYBE
WENT TO TEXAS
Notes for PENELOPE
ASHMORE:
MARRIED HER COUSIN
More About AMOS
EDWARDS. and
PENELOPE ASHMORE:
Marriage: 23 Jul
1801, BOURBON
COUNTY, KENTUCKY
x. SUSANNAH
EDWARDS., b. Abt.
1778; d. BOURBON
COUNTY, KENTUCKY; m.
(1) THOMAS REEDER,
11 Jul 1793, BOURBON
COUNTY; m. (2)
THOMAS PHILLIPS, 14
May 1803.
More About THOMAS
REEDER and SUSANNAH
EDWARDS.:
Marriage: 11 Jul
1793, BOURBON COUNTY
More About THOMAS
PHILLIPS and
SUSANNAH EDWARDS.:
Marriage: 14 May
1803
xi. NANCY EDWARDS.,
b. Abt. 1784,
FAYETTE CO. (NOW
BOURBON); m. WILLIAM
HUTCHISON, Jan 1802;
d. Aug 1834.
More About WILLIAM
HUTCHISON and NANCY
EDWARDS.:
Marriage: Jan 1802
xii. GUSTAVUS ERIXON
EDWARDS, b. Abt.
1786, BOURBON
COUNTY, KENTUCKY; m.
(1) EVELINA BROWNE,
06 Dec 1817, LOGAN
COUNTY, KENTUCKY; m.
(2) HANNAH KINCHLOE,
1823.
Notes for GUSTAVUS
ERIXON EDWARDS:
" GUSTAVUS E.
EDWARDS, A VETERAN
OF THE WAR OF 1812,
CAME TO TEXAS IN
1822, HIS WIFE DYING
ENROUTE TO THE
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
COLONY. AS ONE OF
THE OLD THREE
HUNDRED COLONISTS,
EDWARDS RECEIVED
TITLE TO A LEAGUE OF
LAND IN PRESENT
WHARTON COUNTY ON
AUGUST 19, 1824. IN
1825 HE WAS
OPERATING THE
ROBINSON FERRY ON
THE BRAZOS RIVER AT
THE SITE OF
WASHINGTON-ON
-THE-BRAZOS. EDWARDS
WAS POSTMASTER AT
PINEY IN OCTOBER
1836. IN JULY 1837,
EDWARDS SOLD HIS
AUSTIN COUNTY FARM
AND MOVED TO HIS
LEAGUE IN WHARTON
COUNTY. HE WAS
LIVING AT WHARTON IN
1856."
FROM: THE HANDBOOK
OF TEXAS, vol. 1 ,
Austin, The Texas
State Historical
Association, 1952, p
546.
More About GUSTAVUS
EDWARDS and EVELINA
BROWNE:
Marriage: 06 Dec
1817, LOGAN COUNTY,
KENTUCKY
More About GUSTAVUS
EDWARDS and HANNAH
KINCHLOE:
Marriage: 1823
Endnotes
1. Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1,
Tree #4371, Date of Import: Nov
30, 1996
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