Hi Nancy, I have noticed a large number of Amesons census records in Martin and Edgecomb counties in North Carolina when I was doing earlier research (20 years ago), and always wondered about the same issue. I have always felt that there was a strong chance that these were either Edmondson's or Emerson's that probably were misunderstood by the Census Taker. Of course this is just suspicion and I have not been able to investigate far enough to reach a firm conclusion. Lee Edmondson ledmondson@livenet.net ----- Original Message ----- From: nancy_wood <nancy_wood@email.msn.com> To: <EDMONDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 11:09 AM Subject: [EDM] Cullen EDM > As I was looking throught the Wash. Co, GA 1830 census, I came across the > following "Ameson" families: Cullen, Henry, John, Josiah, & Nathan. Could > this be Cullen EDM, with his wife & dau & wife's ch from a previous m.? > Cullen & wife were 40/50. Nancy Edmondson Wood > > > > > > ==== EDMONDSON Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing from MAIL mode: mailto:EDMONDSON-L-request@rootsweb.com > (or to unsub from the digest): mailto:EDMONDSON-D-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: unsubscribe Message: unsubscribe > Don't put tag lines or other words in the message. It confuses things. > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > >

Hi Lee, That is an interesting question. I checked Martin Co, NC Tax List of 1779 & found James Emeson in Dist. 1 with 1 poll & personal property worth L400. Ths Edmondson was in Dist. 5 with L1997, as was a Wm. with L350. I presume that this was Dr.Ths. Ths. & Wm. were in Halifax Dist., Martin Co. in 1790. Ths. had 1 m (16+) 2 m's (-16), 2 f's & 2 slaves in his hh. I don't know who the ch of this Ths. were. Wm had 1m (16+), 1m (-16), & 4 f's. John & Wm. Edmondson were in the 1779 Martin Co military. I have seen Amison/Emeson's mentioned. Nancy Subject: Re: [EDM] Cullen EDM > Hi Nancy, > > I have noticed a large number of Amesons census records in Martin and > Edgecomb counties in North Carolina when I was doing earlier research (20 > years ago), and always wondered about the same issue. I have always felt > that there was a strong chance that these were either Edmondson's or > Emerson's that probably were misunderstood by the Census Taker. Of course > this is just suspicion and I have not been able to investigate far enough to > reach a firm conclusion.