Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist., SC pg 135
D. S. Edwards age 30-39 (1800/10)
121101-210101;
1m 30-39 (1800/1810) David Samuel L. Edwards (1800)
1m 15-19 (1820/1825) Carey Edwards (c1820) son
1m 10-14 (1825/1830) Andrew Edwards (1827) son
2m 5-9 (1830/1835).. Richard Edwards (1831) son
.................... David W. Edwards (1833) son
1m 0-4 (1835/1840).. Robert Edwards (c1839) son
1f 30-39 (1800/1810) Martha Rogers Edwards (c1805) wife
1f 15-19 (1820/1825) Sarah Edwards (c1827) daughter
1f 5-9 (1830/1835).. Elizabeth Edwards (c1829) daughter
2f 0-4 (1835/1840).. Martha Edwards (1835) daughter
.................... Nancy Ann Edwards (c1837) daughter;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1016/1021
David S. Edwards 50 Farmer $2500 Marion
Martha 45
Andrew 23
Elizabeth 21
Richard 19
David 17
Martha 14
Ann 13
Robert 11
Mary 9
William 7
Alice 4;

CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC Marion Twp # 1097 D.W. (m) EDWARDS, 27 (1832/33)
born SC;
CENSUS:1870 Marion Co, SC Reeves Twp # 111 David EDWARDS, 37 (1832/33) born SC;
CENSUS:1880;

!MARRIAGE:From the Marion Star - "Genealogical Abstracts from Marion, South Carolina Newspapers 1858-1886" Abstracted by Gloria Calhoun, Pee Dee Chapter SCGS, Marion, SC 1999;


DEATH:31 Mar 1908 from Diary of Rev. Simeon Campbell: 2 Brothers. D.W.
EDWARDS, died March 31, 1908. Rev Andrew EDWARDS died Oct 2n, 1897. Sarah
his sister, died Oct 24, 1897. Mary LANE his sister died April 1897;


!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
...
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.
...
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. ;

!MARRIAGE:From the Marion Star - "Genealogical Abstracts from Marion, South Carolina Newspapers 1858-1886" Abstracted by Gloria Calhoun, Pee Dee Chapter SCGS, Marion, SC 1999;