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/


!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;

!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;

!PROBATE ROLL # 254 Marion Co., SC Solomon Edwards 1832
Adms: David L. S. Edwards and Mary Edwards 8 Feb 1832.
... 18 Feb 1832 paid widow in ful. paid widow for Elizabeth her part.
Mrs. Mary Edwards gdn to Elizabeth Edwards.
4 Nov 1833 David S. Edwards gdn to Elizabeth Caroline Edwards.
...;

!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
...
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. ;

!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:1820 Marion Dist, SC pg 120 w/Robert Moody age 0-9 (1810/20);


!CENSUS:1830;


!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 254 Marion Co., SC Solomon Edwards 1832
Adms: David L. S. Edwards and Mary Edwards 8 Feb 1832.
... 18 Feb 1832 paid widow in ful. paid widow for Elizabeth her part.
Mrs. Mary Edwards gdn to Elizabeth Edwards.
4 Nov 1833 David S. Edwards gdn to Elizabeth Caroline Edwards.
...;


!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 581 Thomas Moody's minor children 1836
11 heirs and widow
Elizabeth Moody, widow applicant and guardian of:
Salathiel
Milley
Celia
Amantha Jane
Charles B.
Evelina Moody
Other heirs
Smithey Moody
Hugh Moody
Richard Moody
Hardy Deer and wife Frances
Mary Edwards;


!CENSUS:1840;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1057/1062
Elizabeth Moody 60 ~ $7000 Marion
Mary 35
Frances 30 f
Jane 20
Charles 20 None
Evaline 18
Smithy 16;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Allen's Bridge PO # 1052/1040
Meredith Watson 32 Farmer $1000/7000 SC
E. 29 f
M. J. 5 f
B. 3 m
P. 4/12 m
Mary Edwards 45;

REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq.
1902. Pg 330 - 342;