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• Hij is geboren op 15 oktober 1776 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.
• Hij is overleden op 21 november 1869 in Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States, hij was toen 93 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven november 1869 in Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA.
• Een kind van David Edwards en Elizabeth Morris

Gezin van William Edwards Sr

Hij is getrouwd met Nancy Carter.

Zij zijn getrouwd

Kind(eren):

1. Thomas Edwards  1799-1850 
2. James Edwards  1801-1871
3. Nathaniel Edwards  1802-1872
4. Nanthaniel Edwards  1802-1872
5. David E Edwards  1804-1872
6. Jonathan Edwards  1806-1894 
7. Sarah Edwards  1809-1897
8. Joshua Stoneman Edwards  1812-1892 
9. Nancy Edwards  1815-1902
10. Jane Elizabeth Edwards  1817-1912 

Notities over William Edwards Sr

Life sketch

William Edwards, son of David Edwards/Elizabeth Morris; grandson of John Edwards II/Mary Stokes. (William & brother, David, were placed in the guardianship of their grandfather, John Jr,on 23 Nov 1790, eight years after their father's death. This was possibly done because their mother remarried to Richard Williams. Guardianship document is in the 1782 probate file for their father.)Williams Edwards and his family arrived in Ashe County, NC around 1800. They settled on the Little River and Jewel Swamp Creek, which was a part of Ashe County that became Alleghany County in 1859. The large extended Edwards family were very numerous in this part of Alleghany County, and the principal community in the area eventually became known as Edwards Crossroads. Like most families of the era, there were multiple William's, David's, John's and Nancy's each generation and they are easily confused. Records indicate that William was on the Ashe County Census records for 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830; there is a 15 Nov 179? Orange County record of their posted marriage bond; and numerous records of land grants. Finally, there is an 1860 census record of William & Nancy Edwards living in the household of their daughter, Sarah Edwards Choate (widow of Richard Choate) when they were ages 86 & 80 respectively. [see affidavit of Sarah Choate & sisters that provides names within the Edwards family.] William & Nancy Carter had 8 children: Thomas, Nathaniel, David, Jonathan, Sarah (Choate), Joshua Stoneman, Nancy (Fender), Jane (Duncan). Of these eight children, two married a brother & sisterfrom the Choate family, two married a brother & sister from the Duncan family and two married a brother & sister from the Fender family - and later generations included more marriages between Fender's & Choate's.

There is also a highly inaccurate memorial gravestone for William Edwards/Nancy Carter Edwards with the wrong DOBs/DODs that states that William came from England. The family assumes that a descendant added this stone without knowledge of the correct information and family history (stone doesn't appear to be anything near 150 years old) - or it is for another couple by the same names. With names as common as Edwards and Carter, it is a possibility.

William Edwards

of Ashe/Alleghany County, NC

William Edwards, son of David EDWARDS, Sr. & Elizabeth MORRIS, was born Oct. 15, 1776, in Orange Co., NC, and died Nov. 21, 1869, in Alleghany Co., NC. He married Nancy Carter, abt. 1798. She was born abt. 1776 in North Carolina, and died between 1860-1870 in Alleghany Co., NC.

Children of William Edwards & Nancy Carter:

Thomas Edwards, b. Sept. 1, 1799, in Orange or Ashe Co., NC; d. 1840-1850 in Ashe Co., NC (or left area); m. Jane FENDER or Lucinda, last name unknown. (Documentation needed).

Nathaniel Edwards, b. Jan. 27, 1802, Ashe Co., NC: d. Sept. 10, 1872, Wilkes Co., NC; m. (1) Sarah Ann RANEY, Oct. 17, 1833 (b. abt. 1808; d. 1860-1870); m. (2) Nancy Jane CHAPELL, widow of Edward SPRINKLE, Aug. 5, 1867, Wilkes Co., NC (b. abt. 1840; d. unk.); bur. Edwards Cemetery, Ronda, Wilkes Co., NC. Children: Mary Edwards (c.1837), David Edwards (c.1839), Nancy Edwards (c.1844).

David E. Edwards, b. Sept. 10, 1804, Ashe Co., NC; d. Sept. 2, 1872, Wilkes Co., NC; m. Nancy Laura CHOATE, daughter of Sabret CHOATE & Mary WOODFORK, May 25, 1826, Wilkes Co., NC (b. Nov. 4, 1807; d. Aug. 28, 1886). Children: William Sabret Edwards (1827), Mary Jane Edwards (1829), John Isom Edwards (1831), Nancy Caroline Edwards (1833), Charity Edwards (1835), Sarah Edwards (1838), Sowell N. Edwards (1840), David A. Edwards (c.1841), Joseph Thomas Edwards (1843), Martha Edwards (1846), Susan Edwards (1848), Laura Edwards (1851), David Austin Woodfork Edwards (1853).

Jonathan Edwards, b. Dec. 10, 1806, Ashe Co., NC; d. aft. 1880, Brush Creek, Linn Co., OR; m. Jane HIGGINS (b. abt 1807; d. aft. 1880). Children: Nancy Edwards (c.1829), Sally Edwards (c.1832), Thomas J. Edwards (c.1837), Rosamond Edwards (c.1840), Mary Edwards (c.1845), John Edwards (c.1848). (Note: some family trees identify Jonanthan's wife as Jane DUNCAN but descendants believe she was a daughter of John HIGGINS & Fanny BAUGUESS of Wilkes Co., NC.)

+Sarah Edwards, b. Jan. 13, 1809, Ashe Co., NC; d. Apr. 6, 1897, Alleghany Co.,NC; m. Richard "Dickie" CHOATE, son of Sabret CHOATE & Mary WOODFORK, abt. 1826 (b. abt. 1800; d. 1850-1860); bur. Center Edwards Cemetery, Hwy 21, 1.5 miles north of Sparta, Alleghany Co., NC.

Joshua Stoneman Edwards, b. May 29 or Aug. 18, 1812, Ashe Co., NC (sources conflict); d. 1892, Grayson Co., TX; m. Nancy Mahala DUNCAN, daughter of John DUNCAN, abt. 1835 (b. abt. 1814; d. 1853). They moved to Hunt Co., TX, in 1859. (Source: F. Battey, Biographical Souvenier of State of TX (1889). Children: Sarah M. Edwards, David A. Edwards (c.1836), Jonathan T. Edwards (1837), Jane "Jennie" Edwards (c.1840), Nancy Edwards (c.1842), William Edwards (c.1845), Oliver F. Edwards (c.1849).

+Nancy Edwards, b. Apr. 16, 1815, Ashe Co., NC; d. Jan. 11, 1902, Alleghany Co., NC; m. Allen FENDER,son of John FENDER & Martha TOLIVER, May 19, 1835 (b. Apr. 8, 1815; d. May 5, 1894); bur. Hiram Edwards Cemetery, Rd. 1162, Bledsoe Creek, Alleghany Co., NC.

Jane Edwards, b. Sept. 4, 1817, Ashe Co., NC; d. Jan. 10, 1882 (?), in Yancy Co., NC, or TX; m. George Washington DUNCAN, Nov. 21, 1841 (b. 1802; d. 1850).

Notes

Edwards Crossroads

Go to List of MapsEdwards Crossroads, Alleghany Co.

from an 1891 USGS Map

William Edwards and his family arrived in Ashe County, NC, sometime prior to 1800. They settled on the Little River and Jewel Swamp Creek, which was a part of Ashe County that became Alleghany County in 1859. The large and extended Edwards family were very numerous in this part of Alleghany County, and the principal community in the area eventually became known as Edwards Crossroads.

Some important information about Wiliam Edwards comes from an affidavit dated Mar. 24, 1892, prepared by his daughters Sarah (EDWARDS) CHOATE, Nancy (EDWARDS) FENDER, and Jane (EDWARDS) DUNCAN, and recorded in Alleghany Deed Book 33, pp.524-525. In the affidavit, the three women state that "their fathers name was William EDWARDS and was born in Orange County, North Carolina, October 15th, 1776, and that his wife's maiden name was Nancy CARTER." They further state that William's children, along with themselves, were "Thomas EDWARDS, Nathaniel EDWARDS, David EDWARDS, Johnathan EDWARDS, Joshua EDWARDS." See entire affidavit below.

Another source, Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas by F. Battey (orig. pub. 1889), p.274, contains this interesting entry concerning William Edwards' grandson Jonathan T. (J.T.) Edwards, son of Joshua Stoneman (J.S.) Edwards who moved to Texas: "J.T. EDWARDS, general merchant ofHowe [Grayson Co.], TX, b. NC 10 Nov. 1837; parents were J.S. and Nancy M. (Duncan) Edwards, natives of NC. J.S. Edwards is a son of William Edwards, a native of Orange Co. NC, born Aug. 18, 1812, still living. Mrs. Nancy Duncan was a daughter of John Duncan, and died in 1853� to TX Oct. 4, 1859, to Hunt Co."

According to Alleghany County Cemeteries Through 1986 (pub. by the Alleghany County Hist.-Gen. Society), William and Nancy (Carter) EDWARDS are buried at the Brooks Cemetery, Road 1426 in Alleghany Co., NC. However, the dates on the gravestones, at least as reported in the cemetery book (William 1745-1830 and Nancy 1750-1835), are cleary erroneous. Also, the gravestones are reportedly transcribed with the words "born in England" which is probably not correct. It is possible the stones were erected by descendants who had inaccurate information.

See also Alleghany County Heritage (Alleghany Co. Hist.-Gen. Society, 1983) pp.197-198, article No. 302 by Mrs. Ullys Jackson.

Records

Nov. 15, 179?. Orange Co., NC. William EDWARDS & Nancy CARTER posted a marriage bond.

Mar. 30, 1797. Chatham Co., NC. James CAMPBELL of Cumberland Co,. NC, sold a slave to Wm. EDWARDS. (Chatham Co., NC, Estate Records 1782-1799, Vol. 2, p.107.)

1800 Census, Ashe Co., NC, p.77: WILLIAM EDWARDS

1 w/m under 10 1 w/f 16-25

1 w/m 16-25

Dec. 17, 1802. Ashe Co., NC. Land grant to William EDWARDS, 100 acres on Bald Knob on waters of Joels Swamp Creek [Jewel Swamp]. Entered May 12, 1801. (NC Archives Folder No. 12.14.28.368, Land Grant No. 360, Entry No. 388, Book 116:318.)

Dec. 17, 1802. Ashe Co., NC. Land grant to William EDWARDS, 100 acres on Jewel Branch. Entered May 12, 1801. (NC Archives Folder No. 12.14.28.370, Land Grant No. 370, Entry No. 386, Book 116:319.)

Dec. 17, 1802. Ashe Co., NC. Land grant to William EDWARDS, 50 acres on Little River. Entered May 12, 1801. (NC Archives Folder No. 12.14.28.371, Land Grant No. 371, Entry No. 387, Book 116:319.)

Nov. 1806. Wm. EDWARDS & others ordered to view and lay off a road "from HAPPERSON's [HOPPPERS?] road between little river and Glad [Glade] creek the most convenient way by MAXWELL's Mill into the road from Elk Spur to the furnace & make report &c." (Ashe County, NC, Court Minutes.)

May 1807. William EDWARDS & others ordered to view and lay off a road from Richard WILLIAMS to Joseph DAMSONS. (Ashe Co., NC, Court Minutes.)

Nov. 28, 1807. Ashe Co., NC. Land grant to William EDWARDS, 50 acres on Jewel Branch adj. Abraham MITCHELL. Entered Feb. 10, 1807. (NC Archives Folder No. 12.14.28.712, Land Grant No. 712, Entry No. 1714, Book 123:64.)

1810 Census, Ashe Co., NC, p.14: W. EDWARDS

3 w/m under 10 1 w/f under 10

1 w/m 10-16 1 w/f 16-25

1 w/m 26-45 1 w/f 26-45

Dec. 7, 1814. Ashe Co., NC. Land grant to William EDWARDS, 300 acres on Little River adj. his own line. Entered Mar. 9, 1812. (NC Archives Folder No. 12.14.28.981, Land Grant No. 870, Entry No. 2428, Book 128:498.)

1815 Tax List, Ashe Co., NC: WILLIAM EDWARDS

1820 Census, Ashe Co., NC, p.30: WM EDWARDS

1 w/m under 10 2 w/f under 10

4 w/m 10-16 1 w/f 10-16

1 w/m 26-45 1 w/f 26-45

1830 Census, Ashe Co., NC, p.37: WILLI

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