It is possible that William b 1763 at age 67 is deceased by 1830, isn't it? Where did you find him in 1810 and 1820 if you couldn't find him after 1819? And perhaps this is his son? Born circa 1780-1790? 1830 VA OHIO CO NO TWP LISTED M19 Roll 198 P 214 Edmonds, William 1M 5-10 1M 40-50 1F -5 1F 5-10 2F 10-15 1F 15-20 1F 20-30 1F 40-50 It is just a gamble, I know. But maybe he headed west after this. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Edmonds" <edmondscharles@sbcglobal.net> To: <VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 4:28 PM Subject: [VALOUDOU] Sunday Roll Call >I am searching for information on an Edmonds family from Fauquier County VA > that may have moved to a neighboring Virginia county around 1820. Maybe > Loudoun. > > > > William Edmonds (b 1763- ) was a son of John Edmonds (1737-1798) Will > Records in Fauquier County confirm this. Deed records in Fauquier show > William sold his farm that he inherited from his father John to Hezekiah > Shaklett in 1819 but William is not found in Fauquier records after that > date so far as I can determine. This William lived in the Upperville / > Paris area. Deed records indicate his wife was named Sally (more formally > Sarah perhaps), but I have found no marriage record. > > > > Based on information I have found but certainly not 100% sure, I believe > he > had a least one son William "Billy" and perhaps thee daughters; Elizabeth > (married Francis Rollow) and Jane (married Wesley Brown) and perhaps a > daughter Octavia that is found in the household of Elias Edmonds in the > 1850 > Fauquier County census. 1810 and 1820 census records for William Edmonds > of > John tend to support this household group. > > > > I have researched record collections held at the College of William and > Mary, Univ of VA and VA Historical Society that include letters from > associated family members from the period 1839 thru the 1850s. William > "Billy" and Octavia (referenced above) were definitely related to the > Fauquier Edmonds from references in these family letters, it is just > unclear > specifically how. I have found no records yet which proves up the exact > connection. > > > > I believe they are offspring of William the "son of John Edmonds" > primarily > because the other Edmonds lines are very well documented in one form or > another and these individuals are not to be found. William "Billy" moved > to > Missouri at approximately the same time that several others who would be > his > cousins made the similar move to Missouri (1830s). These cousins would > include Geo Steptoe Edmonds, John Fleetwood Edmonds, Gilbert H Edmonds, > James Henry Edmonds and Octavia Chilton. I suspect the connection was > lost > at that point. > > > > I am posting to neighboring counties in hopes there may be something or > some > connection to be found. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The First Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALOUDOU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >