Russell Schexnayder wrote: > > Howard, > I've been lurking in the background for over a year now. I know that I > have Edmundson ancestors, I just don't know who. > > My grandmother was Grace Edmondson Mills born in Montgomery county TN in > 1883. She always said that she was kin to the Edmondson and Blackwell > families who came there from VA. Her maternal grandmother was Mary V > Blackwell who m William Augustus Chadwick. In all probability Mary's father > was Benjamin E Blackwell (and that E probably was for Edmondson, as that was > the naming scheme of the above families). I think Benjamin E Blackwell was > the son of John Blackwell and Mary "Polly" Edmundson. And Mary may have > been the daughter of Upton Edmundson. Now I haven't proven any of this, but > this line appears to fit it with tidbits of information passed down. > > Many families from Southside VA (Lunenberg, Brunswick, and Mecklenburg > counties) ie Edmondson, Blackwell, Jones, Orgain, Neblett, etc. as well as > many from Halifax county NC settled in Montgomery county, TN > > When I visited Montgomery county I found the following in the family files > at the library. > Essex County, VA > Thomas Edmondson, Sr m Anne & Mary > 7 children listed (they have been discussed in previous messages) > > Essex County, VA > Benjamin Edmondson - m Margaret Underwood (I think that s/b UPTON) > ch Thomas, Benjamin, Upton, Mary, Margaret > > Amelia County, VA > Upton Edmondson m Mary note:Upton may not be the father of the 12 children > listed below. this information found in papers of Robert & Christiana Jones > papers. (this was on the page I copied) > 1. Constance Edmondson b 6 Mar 1766 > 2. Upton Edmondson b 16 May 1767 > 3. Susannah Edmondson b 31 Dec 1771 > 4. Benjamin Edmondson b 9 Oct 1770 > 5. William Edmondson b 10 Feb 1773 > 6. Mary Dunn Edmondson b 16 Apr 1775 > 7. John Edmondson b 26 Jan 1778 > 8. Betsy Edmondson b 23 Nov 1779 > 9. Nancy Edmondson b 26 1782 > 10. Tabatha Edmondson b 20 Mar 1786 > 11. Thomas Edmondson b 10 Jan 1786 > 12. Samuel Edmondson b 5 Jun 1788 > > Samuel Edmondson m Nancy Jane Jones daughter of Christiana Blackwell Jones & > Robert Jones of Lunenburg County, VA. Christiana's parents were Capt Robert > Blackwell and wife, Elizabeth Goodwin Blackwell. > > EDMONDSON FAMILY > Samuel Edmondson b 5 Jun 1788 Lunenburg county, VA, d 23 Feb 1865 bur > Edmondson Cem on hill back of Lane Edmondson's house. (Montgomery county, > TN) > Married Nancy Jane Jones born 5 July 1796 Lunenburg county, VA d 5 Nov 1873. > Samuel & Nancy married November 1815 in Lunenburg county, VA and came to > Montgomery County, TN, on horseback. > ch: > 1. Martha E Edmondson b 10 1816 m James Mathis > 2. Robert Edmondson b 23 Nov 1818 d 7 mar 1885 m1 Lucy Ann Roberts m2 Allie > Brewster > 3. William Edmondson b 10 Mar 1821 d 15 Oct 1892 m Caroline Virginia > Neblett > 4. John Edmondson b 3 Jun 1825 m1 Beady Roberts, m2 Mrs Matlock nee Moore > 5. Benjamin Edmondson b 16 Mar 1826 d 2 Nov 1854 m Minerva Orgain > 6. Mary Christianne Edmondson b 5 Jun 1829 d 16 Jul 1859 m John A Keesee > 7. Upton Edmondson b 17 aug 1831 m Mattie Rice > 8. Nancy Jane "Jennie" Edmondson b 8 Dec 1833 d 20 Feb 1905 m Dr Richard > Wyatt. > > Now this is just what I copied and I know some of it is wrong, but it has > given clues for further research. I don't doubt that the above Samuel was a > descendant of Upton Edmondson considering the name of his 7th child. But > obviously the last 8 children were not the children of Upton Edmondson who > left a will in Amelia county, VA in 1771. > > Janie in Houston > > ==== EDMONDSON Mailing List ==== > To email to the list, send your message to: EDMONDSON-L@rootsweb.com. > To subscribe or unsubscribe, email to: EDMONDSON-L-request@rootsweb.com > or to EDMONDSON-D-request@rootsweb.com, if you get digests. > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Could anyone confirm that the William Edmondson listed as Upton and Mary son, be William Sterling? Thanks for any and all information on this family. Charolette Edmonson Sage