Drew, are you sure Alexander Edmunds married Lydia Cogburn.? According to the historical marker several miles west of McCormick on Highway 378, the first member of the Edmunds family who came to S.C. was Alexander Edmunds, born in 1763 in Virginia. His wife was Lydia Calhoun and they were parents of Samuel Calhoun Edmunds, Born 6 December 1793 and Died 6 June 1859 near McCormick. He was married 3 times and the father of 16 children. Connie > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 07:36:41 -0400 >From: "Drew Welch" <dwelch@alltel.net> >Subject: [SCEDGEFI] John - Alexander Edmunds >To: "Edgefield List" <SCEDGEFI-L@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <025601c796e5$4f6d9f90$01fea8c0@yourb27fb1c401> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >The Will of John Edmunds (ca 1710-1784) > >Will dated: 13 December 1782, Amherst County, Virginia > > > >(This John Edmunds was the grandfather of Alexander Edmunds who died in Edgefield District on 9 March 1823 and who married Lidia Cogburn. Alexander's father was James Edmunds. The will was transcribed by Stan Edmunds and shared with his permission.) > > > >Amherst County, Virginia Will Book 2: 181-182 > > > >In the name of God amen. I John Edmonds of Amherst County being - sound in mind & although weak of body knowing the uncertainty of life make this my last will & testament recommending my soul to almighty God the Father of Spirits and my body to be buried accrding to the rights of the church in hopes of a blessed resurrection through the merits of Jesus Christ. My desire is that all my just debts of what hand so __ be paid, In turn I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Mary Edmunds my whole estate during her natural life at the decease of my wife Mary Edmunds I give & bequeath unto my son James Edmonds all my lands & my negro man Pompey, one horse, two cows, one bed an furniture, and all my using tools, one black walnut table, one -- & half my pewter to him and his heirs forever. Item- after the death of my wife Mary Edmunds my desire is that the balance of my estate be sold at auction & equally divided between my children Samuel Edmonds, Elizabeth Ballew, Sarah Woodrough ! > to them & their heirs forever, I appoint Moses Campbell & Ambrose Campbell, execs. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Eighty two. > > John + Edmonds (his mark). > >Test. Igort Raines, Richard Batterworth, Alexander Edmunds. > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.1/805 - Release Date: 5/15/07 10:47 AM