Hi Bill and thanks for writing! Nancy Edwards was her married name. Her maiden name was Nancy O'Neal. She was born 1828, Wilson County, Tennessee, daughter of John O'Neal and Dorcas Midgett/Midyette. The James O'Neal who married Elizabeth Caplinger in 1817, Wilson County, Tenn., and later moved to Williamson County, Illinois, is likely my Nancy O'Neal Edwards' paternal uncle. My Edwards likely migrated from Franklin County, NC in 1799 to Wilson County, Tennessee where they remained until the 1830s when they moved to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. By the 1850s they were in Williamson County, Illinois (Attila area). Nancy dies about 1871, but where? In 1872, her husband, McCollister Edwards, buys land in Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois. Would be delighted to share Edwards info, but doesn't look like our lines connect. The names you mention are not familiar to me, and although I also research in Pope County, Illinois, I have never found my Edwards line connected there. Let me know if you disagree. Thanks again for writing. Debbie McArdle Bill Neal wrote: > Debbie, > Is your Nancy Edwards the same Nancy Edwards who is in my Vaughn line? My > Nancy Edwards was b. March 08, 1810, in western Tennessee, daughter of > Spencer Edwards. She m. (Andrew?) Jackson Vaughn with whom she had several > children including my great-grandfather William Jackson Vaughn. She died > April 23, 1882, and is buried in the Vaughn Cemetery in Pope county, > Illinois. > I'm interested in more about the Edwards. > > Bill Neal > Researching Berry, Edwards, Graves, Madden, Manning, Neal, Shelby, Tyree, > Youngblood > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 8:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: EDWARDS, O'NEAL, YOUNG > > Question #1: Searching for information on Judge George Young who was a > Judge in Williamson County, late 1800s. Am trying to learn more about who > his parents were. Were William Wilshire Young and Johnson Carroll (or > Carroll Johnson) Young his brothers? > > Question #2: Does anyone have a transcribed copy of the 1870 Williamson > County Census? If so, could you please tell me what it says on page 71 for > M. C. Edwards, and on page 72 for Nancy Edwards, plus anyone else living in > the household? Who are the neighbors? > > Thanks for any help! > > Debbie McArdle (new to the list today) > > ==== ILWILLIA Mailing List ==== > Research locally in the Marion Carnegie Library: > http://www.sirin.lib.il.us/docs/mrn/docs/lib/lhroom.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library