Adding to what Jim Farmer wrote, I believe I found William Edwards in the 1830 census, although it of course could be someone else of the same name. He was certainly dead by 1835. His wife, Mildred (Smith) Edwards (Milly) died June 6, 1839, Spartamburg Co., SC, according to the same Bible source. Jim does establish that there was an Isaac Edwards in the earlier generation, but he died in 1808. If this Isaac is a brother of William, then that makes him another son of Edward Edwards. I too have looked for Edward, but did not find him yet. It is likely that he came from outside of SC, so there are a lot of places to look. At least Edward Edwards is not a common name. Nancy Edwards's other grandfather, William Smith, may be a hopeless cause. Joseph B. Lambert At 09:58 AM 1/11/99 -0800, Farmer, Jim wrote: >My records show Nancy Edwards, wife of as Miles, was the daughter of William >Edwards not Isaac. Source probably came from the same Bible record Joseph >Lambert quoted. > >Also makes sense because the Rev. Isaac Edwards who was old enough to be her >father died in 1808, Franklin Co GA. He could not have signed the documents. >Probably the Isaac Edwards signing the guardian papers was her brother. > >I don't have a death date for William Edwards, her father. The last record I >have of him is the 1820 Census in Spartanburg. > >My line is through Nancy's sister Elizabeth, wife of John Yarborough. Any >help on early Edwards records would be greatly appreciated. Looking hard for >Edward Edwards. > >Jim Farmer >farmer@visa.com >4081 17th St San Francisco CA 94114 > Joseph B. Lambert Department of Chemistry Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-3113 Telephone 847-491-5437 Fax 847-491-7713 E-mail lambert@casbah.acns.nwu.edu or jlambert@nwu.edu Webpage http://www.chem.nwu.edu/~lambert/ (best with Netscape 3.0 or higher)