Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTES:
(1) I'm not related to this person. But I'm interested in all Edwards in Eastern NC/SC to some extent.
(2) This person is an ancestor of my uncle Ben Franklin Meggs.


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/edwards/


!NOTES:Richard "Gold Headed Dick" Edwards is supposed to be a Revolutionary War Soldier, but it doesn't add up. Census records show him born ca 1775, much too young to have served.

There is a DAR marker at the Edwards Cemetery (no original tombstone though):
Richard Edwards
VAUSE'S CO. 8 VA.REGT.REV.WAR
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER 1754-1837
PLACED BY BLUE SAVANNAH CHAPTER MULLINS S.C
<http://sciway3.net/proctor/marion/cemeteries/Edwards_cem.html>


!CENSUS:1790 Georgetown Dist, Prince George Parish, SC pg 507
Samuel Edwards age 16+ (bef 1774)
1-2-1-0-0
Analysis (who each person might be)
1m 16 and up (bef 1774) Samuel C. Edwards (bef 1765)
2m under 16 (1774/1790) Richard L. Edwards (1770/75) son
....................... Cullen Edwards (1780/84) son
1 female (bef 1790).... Elizabeth (---) Edwards, wife (or 1st wife);

!CENSUS:1800 Marion Dist., SC p g 439-783
Richd Edward (sic) age 16-25 (1774/84)
10100-00100-0-0
Analysis (who each person might be)
1m 16-25 (1774/1784) Richard L. Edwards (c1775)
1m 0-9 (1790/1800).. Son?
1f 16-25 (1774/1784) Elizabeth Owens (1780/84) wife;

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 621 Marion Co., SC David Owens 1804
Will dated 17 Jun 1804
Wife Ruth.
Eldest dau Ann Phillips
eldest son William Owens
second dau Rebeckah Dawsey
third dau Martha Williamson
fourth dau Elizabeth Edwards
second youngest son Solomon Owens
gr-son David Owens son of William
Exors: William Owens, John Williamson and Richard Edwards.
Witnesses: Samuel Porter, Elijah Owens, Thomas Owens.;

!DEED:18 Jul 1805 Marion Co., SC Book F page 61
William Phillips, Richard Edwards nd John Williamson, Jame Dawsey, Solomon Owens, heirs of estate of David Owens decd of Marion Dist, for $5 paid by William Owens, 4a on Tarrels Bay ...
W: Samuel Garrell, Stephen Beech;

!WITNESS:15 Jun 1807 Marion Dist, SC Deed C-383 Leewander GOODYEAR to George FORD for $1500, negroes: Diner, about 31, Fillis, about fourt_ , girl Poll about 12, Abell, 18, Maborn about 6, boy Jack about 4, girl Cait, about 18 mos old. S: Lewander Goodyear. Wit: Shadrach OWENS, Richard EDWARD, Jesse BETHEA;

!VOTER LIST:1809 Marion Dist., SC
Richard Edwards
Samuel Edwards;

!CENSUS:1810 Marion Dist., SC pg 16
Richard Edwards age 26-44 (1765/84)
30010-30010-0-10
Analysis (who each person might be)
1m 26-44 (1765/1784) Richard L. Edwards (c1775)
3m 0-9 (1800/1810).. David Samuel L. Edwards (1800) son
.................... Solomon Edwards (1800/10) son
.................... Richard Edwards (1803) son
1f 26-44 (1765/1784) Elizabeth Owens (1780/84) wife
3f 0-9 (1800/1810).. daughter?
.................... daughter?
.................... daughter?
10 slaves;

!TAXLIST:1811 Marion Dist., SC from: "Some South Carolina County Records Vol. 2", The Reverend Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. Editor. 1989.
Richard Edwards $4.60
Samuel Edwards $2.99;

!WITNESS-DEED: 8 Jun 1812 Marion Co., SC Book F page 60
Samuel Edwards of Marion Dist., SC to David Samuel Edwards for $500, 600a SWs Buck Swamp ...
S: Samuel (his mk) Edwards
W: Malcom McIntyre, Richard Edwards
"Saw Samuel Edwards sign within deed to his son David Samuel Edwards";

!TAXLIST:1814 Marion Dist., SC from: "Some South Carolina County Records Vol. 2", The Reverend Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. Editor. 1989.
Cullin Edwards $0.62
Richard Edwards $16.72
Samuel Edwards, Est $16.40;

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 244 Marion Co., SC Samuel C. Edwards 1815
Will dated 12 Jan 1815, proven --. Elizabeth Edwards qualified as Etrx 16 Feb 1815.
my wife Elizabeth
dau Lylea
sons Richard and Collin
children of son Collin: gr-son David, gr-dau Patches
Execs: Wife Elizabeth and son Richard.
...;

!DEED: 3 Dec 1819 Marion Co, SC Book I page 149
Elizabeth Edwards to Richard Edwards for $100, all my claim to 300a bequeathed to me by lw&t of Samuel Edwrds late of this place decd during my lifetime. 300a on Bear Swamp including plantation where Samuel lately resided.
S: Elizabeth (X) Edwards
W: William (X) Miller, Baret (X) Barfield;

!CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist., SC pg 58
Richard Edwards age 45+ (bef 1775)
220001-11010-0, slaves=2200-3000
Analysis (who each person might be)
1m 45+ (bef 1775)... Richard L. Edwards (c1775)
2m 10-15 (1804/1810) Solomon Edwards (1800/10) son
.................... Richard Edwards (1803) son
2m 0-9 (1810/1820).. Samuel Edwards (1813) son
.................... Henry Edwards (c1815) son
1f 26-44 (1775/1794) Elizabeth Owens Edwards (1780/84) wife
1f 10-15 (1804/1810) daughter?
1f 0-9 (1810/1820).. daughter?
7 slaves;

!TAXLIST:1824 Marion Dist., SC from: "Some South Carolina County Records Vol. 2", The Reverend Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. Editor. 1989.
David Edwards $0.75
Richard Edwards $7.85
Richard Edwards $0.39;

!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist., SC pg 17
Richard L. Edwards age 50-59 (1770/80)
10011001-0000101, slaves=301000-020000
Analysis (who each person might be)
1m 50-59 (1770/1780) Richard L. Edwards (c1775)
1m 20-29 (1800/1810) Solomon Edwards (1800/10) son
1m 15-19 (1810/1815) Henry Edwards (c1815) son
1m 0-4 (1825/1830).. grandson?
1f 40-49 (1780/1790) Elizabeth Owens Edwards (1780/84) wife
1f 20-29 (1800/1810) daughter?
6 slaves;

!DEED:20 Feb 1830 Marion Dist., SC Book N page 300 *
Richd Edwards Senr to Samuel Edwards for $200 negro Samson
S: Richard Edwards
W: David Edwards, A. G. Smith;

!DEED:17 Sep 1830 Marion Dist., SC Book N page 299 *
Richd Edwards Senr to Samuel Edwards for $200 negro Ellek
S: Richard Edwards
W: David S. Edwards, Matthews (X) Martin;

!NOTE:* Clerk wrote a poem between the above two deeds:
Two negroes were sold by Dick to his son
If the deeds were wrote well
why the sale was well done.;

!DEED:24 Apr 1832 Marion Dist., SC Book O page 160
Richard Edwards to Elizabeth Edwards for $235 Negro boy Evan.
S: Richard Edwards
W: Elisha Manning, Henry Edwards, Archibald Carmichael, JP;

!DEED:24 Apr 1832 Marion Dist., SC Book O page 161
Richard Edwards to Elisha Manning for $110 Negro girl Becky.
S: Richard Edwards
W: Henry Edwards, Elizabeth (X) Edwards, Archibald Carmichael, JP;

!DEED:24 Apr 1832 Marion Dist., SC Book O page 162
Richard Edwards to Henry Edwards Negro girl Eve
S: Richard Edwards
W: Elisha Manning, Elizabeth (x) Edwards, Archibald Carmichael, JP;

!CENSUS:1840 x

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 185-189

Edwards.—The Edwards family, on Buck Swamp, is another family of some note. Tradition informs us that Richard Edwards came to South Carolina from Virginia soon after the Revolutionary War; that he was originally from England,, or rather his ancestors ; that during the Revolution he was shot in the head and his skull was fractured ; that the fracture was trepanned with gold, and from that fact was generally called "Gold-headed Richard or Dick Edwards." We are not informed who his wife was ; he raised a family of sons and perhaps daughters, the daughters are unknown; his sons were Richard, David, Samuel and Henry—who became stocks for families, more or less numerous, now in the county they settled on Buck Swamp. Their father, "Gold-headed Dick," lived to a great age, and was a man of some means. Richard, the oldest son, a local preacher of the Methodist Church, had only two children—a son, the late Captain L,. M. Edwards, and another, whether a son or daughter, is unknown. Captain L. M. Edwards was noted in his day; he died a few months ago, and left a large family, sons and daughters ; he was married twice ; his first wife was a Miss Martin, sister of the late A. Martin and, I think, a cousin of Captain Edwards by her be had sons and daughters ; sons, Richard, Albert, Enos and Hamilton, all of whom are married, and have families, are good citizens and doing fairly well. By Captain Edwards' second wife, the Widow Fort, originally a Miss Lewis, he had sons—P. H. Edwards, Marion, Olin and Bonnie; of these, Marion is dead ; P. H. Edwards married a daughter of Dr. C. T. Ford ; Olin married a daughter of T. B. Hays ; Bonnie is yet single. Captain Edwards had some daughters by each wife; one married Samuel Roberts; one married a Nicholson; and perhaps other daughters, unknown. Of his first sons, Richard married a Miss Martin, his first cousin ; Albert Edwards married a Miss Roberts; Enos Edwards married Miss Hays, and Hamilton Edwards married Miss Ida Smith. These are all now citizens of the county, and performing their duties as such. Rev. David Edwards, second son of "Gold-headed Dick," a capital man, married into the extensive family of the Rogers his wife was a sister of "Captain Tarleton" and of Dew Rogers, both of them before spoken of herein ; by his marriage he had and raised fourteen children, six sons and eight daughters; the sons were Carey, Andrew, David, Richard, Robert and William; the daughters were Harriet, Elizabeth, Sallie, Martha, Nancy, Alice, Emaline and Mary. Of the sons, Andrew, Richard and Robert are dead ; of the daughters, Sallie, Martha, Alice and Emaline are dead ; the dead ones, however, all married and left families. I do not know who Andrew married ; he was a Baptist preacher ; he left the county ; I know nothing of his family. Richard married Miss Caroline Martin, and left two sons, B. F. Edwards and Austin Edwards. Robert married Sarah Lewis, and left two sons, George and Stanly; they went to Texts some years ago; George died in Texarkana, and was Mayor of that city at the time of his death, and was otherwise a prosperous man; he being a single man, his property was inherited by his only brother, Stanly Edwards, who was also in Texas, is yet there, and is said to be wealthy and a good citizen of the "Lone Star" State. Of the dead daughters, Sallie, the wife of Stephen H. Martin, left two sons and a daughter; the sons were Mack Martin and David Martin. The daughter married Perry J. Williams, and is dead. Martha Edwards married David B. Perritt, and is dead, leaving a considerable family. Alice married Solomon Bryant, and is dead—died in the Asylum. Emaline married Hugh Bryant, and is dead ; she also died in the Asylum in Columbia. Alice and Emaline both left families, who are now among us. Of the sons of David Edwards, only three survive, to wit: Cary, David W. Edwards, of Mullins, and William. D. W. Edwards married a Miss Carmichael, daughter of old Dugal Carmichael, on Buck Swamp, and has three children; two sons, E. C. Edwards, our very excellent fellow-citizen, and County Superintendent of Education, and Melvin Edwards, also a good citizen ; and a daughter, Catharine, who is now the wife of Robert Rogers, a prosperous farmer. D. W. Edwards married a second time ; her name is unknown. William Edwards married Miss Nancy Owens, of the Fork. William Edwards, like two of his sisters above mentioned, is afflicted with lunacy, and has been in the Asylum two or three times, but is now at home; he has a family. The oldest daughter, Harriet, married the late Richard Moody; she still survives, with a numerous family. Carey Edwards, the oldest son, married Miss Martha Mace, 5th March, 1845—the writer was at the wedding; four children are the fruits of said marriage, two sons, John and James, and two daughters, Melvina and Jane ???the latter is dead, died in the Asylum. Carey Ed wards still survives, an old man, and lives with his son, John; his Wife has been dead many years. James married a Miss Davis, in Wahee; he has a family of four children. Melvina is an old maid, enjoying the sweets of single blessedness. John married his cousin, a daughter of Solomon Bryant, and lives on the homestead of his mother. Elizabeth married John Thompson, of Britton's Neck. Thompson is dead; of his family little is known. Nancy married Asa Pruitt, and removed West many years ago. Mary married, first. Ebb. Smith ; he went into the war and was killed or died of disease has never returned; his widow married George Lane, and between the two husbands raised a considerable family, who are now among our citizens ; the writer knows but little of them. Samuel Edwards, the third son of "Gold-headed Dick," married a Miss Martin, sister of Matthew, Jr., and the late Aaron Martin; he lived and died in the Fork, and raised a family, how many the writer does not know ; he was a prosperous and excellent man. He had a son, Renselaer, who died some years ago, and left a family —the number is not known, nor do I know who the mother was. He has another son, David S. Edwards, now a prominent and prosperous farmer in the Fork he has a large family of sons and daughters ; I think his wife was a Miss Carmichael. D. S. Edwards is an enterprising and public-spirited man; he is doing a good part by his children in the way of education ; one of his sons, G. Emory Edwards, graduated in Wofford College recently with distinction ; since his graduation he has been teaching at Dothan, and gives full satisfaction to his patrons. D. S. Edwards has two daughters, promising girls and graduates of the Winthrop Female College ; he is doing abundantly better for his children than those of the former generations. It is greatly to be wished that we had many more like him with regard to education. Another son of Samuel Edwards was Solomon, who died many years ago; he married a daughter of Joseph B. Hays and left one daughter, who is now the wife of Kirkland Fort. Samuel Edwards had a daughter, Civil, who married Daniel W. Carmichael, and they have raised a numerous family of sons and daughters, who will be further noticed when we come to speak of the Carmichaels. Samuel Edwards, I think, had another daughter, who married an Owens, in the Fork; nothing is known of them. Another son of "Gold-headed Dick," named Henry, the youngest, married a Miss Gerald, and had one son, L,evi, who lives in the Gapway neighborhood. Henry Edwards' habits were not good; he drank excessively, never did much in life, and, no doubt, was a source of much trouble to his relations. It seems to the writer that there was another son of "Gold-headed Dick," perhaps the oldest one, by the name of Solomon; nothing, however, is known of him or of his family, if he had any—I am not certain there was such an one. The Edwards family and its connections are numerous they are quite respectable, and stand fair among their fellow- citizens; seldom in the Courts. Since writing the foregoing account of the Edward's family, the writer has learned that Captain L. M. Edwards had a brother, named Enos, who married and died, leaving a son, Frank Edwards, who lives in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood, and is one of our good citizens. It may be further added, that B. F. Edwards, in the Gaddy neighborhood, and Austin Edwards, in the Latta community, great-grand-sons of "Gold-headed Dick" Edwards, are prominent and thriving men of our county. ;

!NOTES:
(1) I'm not related to this person. But I'm interested in all Edwards in Eastern NC/SC to some extent.
(2) This person is an ancestor of my uncle Ben Franklin Meggs.


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/edwards/


!CENSUS:1790;

!CENSUS:1800 Marion Dist., SC p g 439-783
Richd Edward (sic) age 16-25 (1774/84)
10100-00100-0-0
Analysis (who each person might be)
1m 16-25 (1774/1784) Richard L. Edwards (c1775)
1m 0-9 (1790/1800).. Son?
1f 16-25 (1774/1784) Elizabeth Owens (1780/84) wife;

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 621 Marion Co., SC David Owens 1804
Will dated 17 Jun 1804
Wife Ruth.
Eldest dau Ann Phillips
eldest son William Owens
second dau Rebeckah Dawsey
third dau Martha Williamson
fourth dau Elizabeth Edwards
second youngest son Solomon Owens
gr-son David Owens son of William
Exors: William Owens, John Williamson and Richard Edwards.
Witnesses: Samuel Porter, Elijah Owens, Thomas Owens.;

!CENSUS:1810 Marion Dist., SC pg 16
Richard Edwards age 26-44 (1765/84)
30010-30010-0-10
Analysis (who each person might be)
1m 26-44 (1765/1784) Richard L. Edwards (c1775)
3m 0-9 (1800/1810).. David Samuel L. Edwards (1800) son
.................... Solomon Edwards (1800/10) son
.................... Richard Edwards (1803) son
1f 26-44 (1765/1784) Elizabeth Owens (1780/84) wife
3f 0-9 (1800/1810).. daughter?
.................... daughter?
.................... daughter?
10 slaves;

!NAMED:16 Feb 1815 Marion Dist, SC Will of Samuel EDWARDS, proven by oath of Elizabeth and Richard EDWARDS;

!CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist., SC pg 58
Richard Edwards age 45+ (bef 1775)
220001-11010-0, slaves=2200-3000
Analysis (who each person might be)
1m 45+ (bef 1775)... Richard L. Edwards (c1775)
2m 10-15 (1804/1810) Solomon Edwards (1800/10) son
.................... Richard Edwards (1803) son
2m 0-9 (1810/1820).. Samuel Edwards (1813) son
.................... Henry Edwards (c1815) son
1f 26-44 (1775/1794) Elizabeth Owens Edwards (1780/84) wife
1f 10-15 (1804/1810) daughter?
1f 0-9 (1810/1820).. daughter?
7 slaves;

!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist., SC pg 17
Richard L. Edwards age 50-59 (1770/80)
10011001-0000101, slaves=301000-020000
Analysis (who each person might be)
1m 50-59 (1770/1780) Richard L. Edwards (c1775)
1m 20-29 (1800/1810) Solomon Edwards (1800/10) son
1m 15-19 (1810/1815) Henry Edwards (c1815) son
1m 0-4 (1825/1830).. grandson?
1f 40-49 (1780/1790) Elizabeth Owens Edwards (1780/84) wife
1f 20-29 (1800/1810) daughter?
6 slaves;

!CENSUS:1840 x

!REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq. 1902. Pg 466 - 468;

!NOTES:
(1) I'm not related to this person. But I'm interested in all Edwards in Eastern NC/SC to some extent.
(2) This person is an aunt/uncle of my uncle Ben Franklin Meggs.


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/edwards/


!NOTES:This could be his wife Elizabeth instead of a daughter. Not sure.;

!DEED:24 Apr 1832 Marion Dist., SC Book O page 160
Richard Edwards to Elizabeth Edwards for $235 Negro boy Evan.
S: Richard Edwards
W: Elisha Manning, Henry Edwards, Archibald Carmichael, JP;

!WITNESS-DEED:24 Apr 1832 Marion Dist., SC Book O page 161
Richard Edwards to Elisha Manning for $110 Negro girl Becky.
S: Richard Edwards
W: Henry Edwards, Elizabeth (X) Edwards, Archibald Carmichael, JP;

!WITNESS-DEED:24 Apr 1832 Marion Dist., SC Book O page 162
Richard Edwards to Henry Edwards Negro girl Eve
S: Richard Edwards
W: Elisha Manning, Elizabeth (x) Edwards, Archibald Carmichael, JP;

!NOTES:Based on series of 1832 deeds, it is possible that Elisha Manning is a son-in-law of Richard Edwards. Elisha was in Copiah Co., MS by 1850 wife named Rebecca age 41 (c1808/09). Had sons Richard, David, etc.

It is also possible that Absalom Turbeville's wife Lucretia/Creasy/Theresa is a daughter of Richard Edwards. See 1838 deed from Turbeville to Richard Edwards (Jr), though nothing is said specifically about relationship.

Samuel Smith Jr also deeded by Richard ca 1832, might also be a son-in-law;