Hello! This message is about EDMISTON, but I also search for: AINGELL, BABIN, BEER, BICKEL, DEERING, GILSTON, KEY, MAY, POTTS, TULLY, & WITHERSPOON. Please help me in searching for parents and siblings of Samuel EDMISTON (b. 1785 in NC or VA, d. 1868 in Harrison County, Missouri) who married Jane GILSTON, 1805 in Orange County, NC. Samuel and Jane were members of Stony Creek Presbyterian Church in what is now Alamance Co., NC from 1821 to 1843, at which time they moved to Missouri. Because of the naming patterns of their sons, I believe Samuel's father could be a John. When they joined the church there was a Sarah Edmiston who joined with them. In the 1821 census there is an older woman living in their home, possibly Sarah Edmiston (mother? sister?). Children of Samuel EDMISTON and Jane GILSTON Edmiston: David Gilston Edmiston, b. 1808 NC, d. 1837 NC Mary Melissa Edmiston, b. abt 1813 NC, d. 1877 MO Sarah A. Edmiston, b. abt 1815 NC, d. ? Margaret Lucinda Edmiston, b. ?, d. bef 1850 MO John Edmiston (middle name unknown), b. ? NC, d. ? Elizabeth Artelia Edmiston, b. abt. 1819 NC, d. 1878 MO James Mortimer Edmiston, b. 1816 NC, d. 1891 MO Henry Piquard Edmiston, b. ? d. bef 1860 MO Parmelia Ann Edmiston, b. ?, d. ? All censuses say my Samuel was born in NC, except the 1860 census when he was living in the home of his son. That census has North Carolina written, then crossed out and Virginia written in full. In the will box of Samuel Edmiston (found in Harrison County, MO) there are estate papers (belongings, no land) for a John E. Edmiston who died 1845. I do not know if this is Samuel's father, or possibly Samuel's son John. Also, in Samuel's will a grandson John Ewing Edmiston is named and I do not know whose child he is. The family names that married Samuel's children are: THOMAS, FINLEY, WALKER, O'BRIEN, McKEE (?), and JENNINGS (JININGS). While living in Orange County, NC, this Edmiston family was closely associated with these families: McCULLOCH, McBROOM, MATKINS, PICKARD (Presby minister), and KELSO. I would be very appreciative of any help, even the tiniest clue, toward solving this. Please write Charla Edmiston Manica, LCMANICA@aol.com