nancy_wood wrote: > > Martha "Patty"--not Mary--Tomlinson m. Benj. EDM. > > As per the research of Nanci Presley-Holley: > > Benj. EDM m. Martha Tomlinson 12 May 1791 in Lunen. Co., VA; surety Benj. > Orgain. "Patty" was the dau of Col. Benj. Tomlinson. > > Lunen. Co. Inventory of property in the hands of Ths. Keaton as trustee of > Martha Edmundson: 2 Negroes, Henry & a girl, Ann, in 1850. WBk 13:429. > Tyler's Qtrly Vol. VII:194: Benj. was the son of Ths EDM (will 21 May 1755, > pr'd 5 Aug. 1760). Benj. Edmundson & Harris Tomlinson signed a petition on > behalf of Rev. James Craig on 12 Aug. 1781. > > ==== EDMONDSON Mailing List ==== > Edmondson Family Association: Do you subscribe? They've been around for > many years and publish a quarterly newsletter. Write me for the address. > *** Margaret Edmondson Olson, list manager *** olson@shout.net *** > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. Nancy, according to the Lunenberg County Marriages 1750-1853 published by John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr., Benjamin married 2nd Martha Tomlinson 5/12/1791, just double checked under Tomlinson, again Martha. Do we have any idea when Martha died? We know that Benjamin was in Blount County in 1816 as he purchased land. We know that Sterling married Rebecca Taylor in Knox County in 1816. Knox is adjacent to Blount, right? So it appears that Benjamin and Sterling were in the same area at approximately the same time. If Sterling was the oldest son of Benjamin and Martha which would indicate birth as early as 1792, then we are close to what Sterling stated was his year of birth and the same data has been carried down through the Edmondson family as well as the fact that he paid pole tax in Mecklenburg in 1810. Benjamin mentioned that the proceeds of his estate where to be divided evenly between his children so it probably covered the children by Keziah as well as the three by Martha. I love this history search, so any information will be appreciated. I have the Martin Luther side but nothing confirmed prior to Sterling. Sterling's second wife was Brown and they were from Hamilton County. Sterling's family is found in that county in 1840 and some of his family and his second wife are in the Carroll County Ark census of 1850, but not Sterling.