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 aunt/uncle of my uncle Ben Franklin Meggs.


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


!NOTES:B/D 2 Feb 1813. Source?;

!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;

!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.;

!WITNESS:13 Feb 1833 Marion Dist, SC P-198 Dempsey CRIBB to Matthew MARTIN, the other half of 207a of land on Maiden Down which were part of an original grant to Richard EDWARDS in 1816. Witness: Samuel EDWARDS, David EDWARDS, John COLLINS, JP;

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist., SC pg 147
Samuel Edwards age 20-29 (1810/20)
01001-22001;

!DEED:22 Aug 1840 Marion Co., SC Book R page 376
Henry Edwards of Marion to Samuel Edwards for $700, 550a Ns Buck Swamp ... all the plantation I now live on ...
S: Henry Edwards
W: David S. Edwards, Richard Edwards
Dower renounced by Prudence (X) Edwards wife of Henry Edwards 26 Sep 1840;

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 603 Marion Co., SC Mathew Martin Sr 1842
28 Jun 1842 Susannah Martin, admrx widow of Matthew Martin decd, husband died intestate leaving as his heirs at law:
John Martin
Martha Edwards wife of Samuel Edwards
Matthew Martin (elsewhere given as Matthew H. Martin)
Susannah Martin (elsewhere given as Susannah Jr.)
Stephen Martin
Aaron Martin
...;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 937/942
Samuel Edwards 36 Farmer $1000 Marion
Martha 40
Jane 18
Solomon 16
Rebecca 14
Effa 9
Matthew 7
Ann 5
David 1;

CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC Marion Twp # 1248 Samuel EDWARDS, 49 (1810/11) born
SC;
CENSUS:1870 Marion Co, SC Reeves Twp # 147 Saml EDWARDS, 57 (1812/13) born SC;
CENSUS:1880;

!DEATH:From "The Diary of Rev. Simeon Campbell":
Mathew Martin Family
Father Mathew Martin died June 7th 1842
Susanah his wife died Sept 20th 1863
Their children all dead) She was a Harrelson
l. John died Feb the 18th 1855
2 Susanah, L M Edwards Wife died April 25th 1856
3 Stephen died March the 27th 1866
4 Martha-Samuel Edwards wife died Jan the 7th 1886
Samuel Edwards her Husband died May the 19th 1890
5 Aaron Martin died Jan the 7th 1893
Cady his wife was a Rogers died March 31th 1884
Micheal their son died Nov 22nd 1893
Mathew H Died March the 21st 1893
Ada his wife was a Rogers, died, Jan the 29th 1900;

REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq.
1902. Pg 185 - 189;
REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq.
1902. Pg 258 - 261;


!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.
...
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. ;

!NOTE:B/D 15 Sep 1811. Source?;

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 147 w/Samuel EDWARDS age 20-29 (1810/20);

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 603 Marion Co., SC Mathew Martin Sr 1842
28 Jun 1842 Susannah Martin, admrx widow of Matthew Martin decd, husband died intestate leaving as his heirs at law:
John Martin
Martha Edwards wife of Samuel Edwards
Matthew Martin (elsewhere given as Matthew H. Martin)
Susannah Martin (elsewhere given as Susannah Jr.)
Stephen Martin
Aaron Martin
...

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 937/942
Samuel Edwards 36 Farmer $1000 Marion
Martha 40
Jane 18
Solomon 16
Rebecca 14
Effa 9
Matthew 7
Ann 5
David 1;

CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC Marion Twp # 1248 Martha EDWARDS, 50 (1809/10) born
SC;
CENSUS:1870 Marion Co, SC Reeves Twp # 147 Martha EDWARDS, 60 (1809/10) born SC;

CENSUS:1880;

!DEATH:From "The Diary of Rev. Simeon Campbell":
Mathew Martin Family
Father Mathew Martin died June 7th 1842
Susanah his wife died Sept 20th 1863
Their children all dead) She was a Harrelson
l. John died Feb the 18th 1855
2 Susanah, L M Edwards Wife died April 25th 1856
3 Stephen died March the 27th 1866
4 Martha-Samuel Edwards wife died Jan the 7th 1886 <---
Samuel Edwards her Husband died May the 19th 1890
5 Aaron Martin died Jan the 7th 1893
Cady his wife was a Rogers died March 31th 1884
Micheal their son died Nov 22nd 1893
Mathew H Died March the 21st 1893
Ada his wife was a Rogers, died, Jan the 29th 1900;

!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
...
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. ;

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 147 w/Samuel EDWARDS age 5-9 (1830/35);

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 937/942
Samuel Edwards 36 Farmer $1000 Marion
Martha 40
Jane 18
Solomon 16
Rebecca 14
Effa 9
Matthew 7
Ann 5
David 1;

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 147 w/Samuel EDWARDS age 0-4 (1835/40);

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 937/942
Samuel Edwards 36 Farmer $1000 Marion
Martha 40
Jane 18
Solomon 16
Rebecca 14
Effa 9
Matthew 7
Ann 5
David 1;

CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC Marion Twp # 1248 M.J. (f) EDWARDS, 24 (1835/36)
born SC;
CENSUS:1870 * Marion Co, SC Reeves Twp # 147 Jane EDWARDS, 30 (1839/40) born
SC;
CENSUS:1880;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 937/942
Samuel Edwards 36 Farmer $1000 Marion
Martha 40
Jane 18
Solomon 16
Rebecca 14
Effa 9
Matthew 7
Ann 5
David 1;

CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC Marion Twp # 1248 Matthew EDWARDS, 17 (1842/43)
born SC;
CENSUS:1870;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 937/942
Samuel Edwards 36 Farmer $1000 Marion
Martha 40
Jane 18
Solomon 16
Rebecca 14
Effa 9
Matthew 7
Ann 5
David 1;

CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC Marion Twp # 1248 N.A. (f) EDWARDS, 14 (1845/46)
born SC;
CENSUS:1870 Marion Co, SC Reeves Twp # 147 Nancy EDWARDS, 25 (1844/45) born
SC;
CENSUS:1880;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC Marion Twp # 1248 Rensel EDWARDS, 8 (1851/52) born
SC;
CENSUS:1870 Marion Co, SC Reeves Twp # 147 Rensaler EDWARDS, 18 (1851/52) born
SC;
CENSUS:1880;


!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
...
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. ;