Young Edwards Sr's Family Information

Young Edwards Sr's Family Information

Young Edwards Sr

1760-1843 • LVV7-9SY

==Added to Find-a-Grave==

Birth: 1750

Orange County

North Carolina, USA

Death: Oct., 1843

Ashe County

North Carolina, USA

*Young Edwards, Sr.,

son of John EDWARDS, Jr., & Lucy CATE,

was born between 1750-1760 in Orange Co., NC, or possibly Virginia,

died before Oct. 1843 in Ashe Co., NC.

WIFE UNKNOWN

The name of his wife is unknown; she apparently predeceased him.

Children of Young Edwards, Sr.:

1. Young Edwards, Jr., b. Jan. 28, 1781, Orange or Wilkes (Ashe) Co., NC; d. Jan. 22, 1864, Alleghany Co., NC; m. Catherine COX, daughter of James COX & Elizabeth Unk., abt. 1811 (b. June 2, 1792; d. Jan. 20, 1864); bur. Isom Edwards Cemetery, Hooker, Alleghany Co., NC.

2. Edward Edwards, b. abt. 1780-1790, Orange or Wilkes (Ashe) Co., NC; d. Sept. 1838, Lawrence Co., IN; m. Mary Elizabeth COX, daughter of James COX & Elizabeth Unk., abt. 1812 (b. July 10, 1789; d. Dec. 1853).

They moved from Ashe Co., NC, to Lawrence Co., IN, prior to 1820 where Edward died in 1838.

His widow, Mary (Polly) Edwards is listed in the 1840 and 1850 census of Lawrence Co., IN.

Children: Jesse Edwards (c.1813), Tilford Edwards (c.1815), Grace Edwards (c. 1817), Allen Edwards (c.1825), Elizabeth Edwards (c. 1826), Mary Edwards (c.1828), Henderson Edwards (c.1830), Serena (Irene) Edwards (1833).

3. Nancy Edwards, b. abt. 1788, Orange or Wilkes (Ashe) Co., NC; d. Aug. 9, 1872, Lawrence Co., IN; m. Richard BURTON (b. abt. 1774; d. Sept. 4, 1872).

4. Allen Edwards, b. Apr. 13, 1796, Wilkes (Ashe) Co., NC; d. June 4, 1880, Alleghany Co., NC; m. (1) Sarah (b. abt. 1804; d. 1864); m. (2) Martha ANDREWS, Apr. 9, 1865, Alleghany Co., NC (b. abt. 1825-1838; d. aft. 1880).

5. Richard "Dickie" Edwards, b. Oct. 20, 1798, probably Wilkes (Ashe) Co., NC; d. 1890, Alleghany Co., NC; m. Edith BARTON (BURTON), abt. 1819 (b. 1799; d. 1881); probably bur. at the Mustering Ground Cemetery, Rd. 1422 near Glade Creek Church, Alleghany Co., NC.

6. John Edwards, b. unk.; d. bef. Oct. 1843, maybe in Lawrence Co., IN.

7. Unknown daughter who m. Samuel SCOTT. "Heirs of Samuel SCAT" are mentioned as heirs of Young EDWARDS, Sr., in an 1843 deed.

This may be Samuel SCOTT who is listed immediately next to Young EDWARDS in the 1810 census of Ashe Co., NC.

Samuel SCOTT also appears on the 1815 tax list of Ashe Co., then no further records.

NOTES FROM RL MOON

Young Edwards, Sr., was a first cousin of David Edwards, Sr. (1774-1828), who also had many descendants in Alleghany County, NC.

Young Edwards was born between 1750 and 1760, according to age ranges in census records.

He may have been born in Orange County, NC, or wherever his family originally lived: perhaps Granville Co., NC, or somewhere in Virginia.

His father, John Edwards, Jr., was a Revolutionary War soldier from Orange County, NC. Young Edwards appears on a tax list in Orange County in 1779.

Young Edwards obtained a land grant on "Glady Creek" and the Little River in Wilkes County, NC, in 1785.

Glade Creek and the Little River were located in the part of Wilkes County west of the Blue Ridge which became Ashe County 1799 and Alleghany County in 1859.

The region had been sparsely settled prior to the Revolutionary War, but a rush of settlers arrived soon afterward to take advantage of low-cost land grants offered by the government.

Young Edwards died prior to Oct. 1843, based on a deed involving his heirs (Alleghany DB 1, p.380).

The deed provides the names of his children: Young Edwards (Jr.), Allen Edwards, Richard Edwards, Edward Edwards (deceased), John Edwards (deceased), a daughter who married Samuel "Scat" (probably Scott) (deceased), and a daughter who married Richard Burton.

Young Edwards is said to be buried at the Mustering Ground Cemetery in Alleghany County, which is located on Road 1422 near the Glade Creek Church.

This site reportedly has few legible gravestones.

For further information, see also Alleghany County Heritage (Alleghany Co. Hist.-Gen. Soc., 1983) p.178.

Family links:

Parents:

John Edwards (1716 - 1801)

Children:

Young Edwards (1781 - 1864)*

Unknown Edwards Scott (1783 - 1842)*

Edward Edwards (1784 - 1838)*

Nancy Edwards Burton (1789 - 1872)*

Richard Edwards (1792 - 1890)*

Allen Edwards (1796 - 1880)*

Sibling:

Young Edwards (1750 - 1843)

Henry Edwards (1759 - 1850)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:

Mustering Ground Cemetery

Alleghany County

North Carolina, USA