George W. Edwards1,2

M, #41, b. c 1812, d. 11 Dec 1876
Last Edited17 Nov 2014
FatherJames Edwards3,4 b. c 1778, d. 11 Nov 1823 or 11 Nov 1825
MotherElizabeth (?)3,4,5 b. 1780, d. 23 Jan 1818
Birth*circa 1812George W. Edwards was born circa 1812 in North Carolina.4,6 
Marr Bond21 November 1832George Edwards and bondsman William Riddle filed a marriage bond on 21 November 1832 in Macon County, North Carolina. Excerpt from marriage bond transcribed by Wanda Hunter Day: "The condition of the above obligation is such the [sic] whereas the above bounded George Edwards that the day of the date hereof applied for [illegible, 1 word] and obtained a license to intermarry with Marget [sic] Allen daughter of Adniram [sic] Allen."7 
Marriage*21 November 1832He married Margaret Allen, daughter of Adoniram Allen II, on 21 November 1832 in Macon County, North Carolina.7,8,9 
Death*11 December 1876George W. Edwards died on 11 December 1876 in Owsley County, Kentucky.6 

Family

 Margaret Allen b. c 1815, d. a 1 Jun 1900
Children 1.Lucinda Edwards1 b. c 1833
 2.James Edwards+1 b. 22 Oct 1834, d. 14 May 1896
 3.Elizabeth Edwards1 b. 1839
 4.Adoniram Edwards1 b. 1841
 5.John Edwards1,2 b. 1843
 6.Ellen Edwards+1,2 b. 1844, d. 15 Jan 1936
 7.Rachel Edwards1,2 b. 1846
 8.Nancy Edwards1,2 b. 2 Jan 1848, d. 9 Mar 1923
 9.Charlotte Edwards10,11,1,2 b. 2 Jan 1848, d. 2 Sep 1912
 10.Martha Edwards+2,10 b. 1853
 11.Robert Edwards+2,10 b. 25 Apr 1855, d. 26 Aug 1929

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Citations

  1. [S194] 1850 U.S. census, Clay County, Kentucky, population schedule, Kentucky District, page 129A, dwelling 435, family 435, George Edwards; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Mar 2014), citing National Archives microfilm publication M432_197. Household includes: George Edwards 37, b. NC, farmer; Margaret 39, b. NC; Lucinda 17, b. NC; James 13, b. NC; Elizabeth 11, b. NC; Adoniram 9, b. NC; John 7, b. NC; Elender 6, b. NC; Rachael 4, b. NC; Nancy 1, b. KY; Charlotte 1, b. KY.
  2. [S195] 1860 U.S. census, Clay County, Kentucky, population schedule, Sextons Creek, page 98, dwelling 620, family 620, George W. Edwards; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 Mar 2014), citing National Archives microfilm publication M653_363. Household includes: George W. Edwards 50, b. NC, farmer, real estate valued at $400, personal property of $200; Margaret 52, b. NC; John 19, b. NC; Ellender 17, b. NC; Rachil 14, b. NC; Lotta 12, b. Clay Co., KY; Nancy 12, b. Clay Co., KY; Martha 7, b. Clay Co., KY; Robert 5, b. Clay Co., KY.
  3. [S4] Wallace Edwards, "Edwards Family History." Copy held by Wanda Hunter Day.
  4. [S293] Edwards family bible in documentation file supporting Membership Application of Anita Byrd Calfee (National no. 927374) on John Edwards (1750-1833, Virginia), approved 07 December 2013; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Office of the Registrar General, Washington, D.C.
  5. [S199] Membership application, Anita Byrd Calfee, National no. 927374, on John Edwards (1750-1833, Virginia), approved 07 Dec 2013; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Office of the Registrar General, Washington, D.C. "James' first wife proven from Bible Recs: Elizabeth X."
  6. [S196] "Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 March 2014), entry for G.W. Edwards, 11 December 1876, Owsley County; citing "Various death records, microfilm, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort."
  7. [S148] Macon County, North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1828-1868, microfilm roll 24, unpaginated entries arranged alphabetically by groom, marriage bond for George Edwards and Marget [sic] Allen, 21 November 1832; microfilm roll ACPL C.061 60002, 1972, Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Microfilmed by North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, Raleigh. Digital image created by Wanda Hunter Day, 29 Oct 2012.
  8. [S146] James E. Wooley, Macon County, North Carolina Marriages 1829-1939 (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1984).
  9. [S147] "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979," database and digital images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 01 October 2013), image copy, marriage of George Edwards and Marget [sic] Allen, 21 November 1832, General Index and Revised Marriage Register of Macon County, North Carolina, 1833-1941, p. 109, no. 86; imaged from FHL microfilm 19268.
  10. [S197] 1870 U.S. census, Jackson County, Kentucky, population schedule, Sturgeon, page 238A, dwelling 107, family 106, George Edwards; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 Mar 2014), citing National Archives microfilm publication M593_471. Household includes: George Edwards 55, farmer, personal property of $150, b. NC; Margaret 58, b. NC; Charlotte 21, b. KY; Martha 17, b. KY; Robert 15, b. KY.
  11. [S184] "Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 January 2014), entry for Charlotte Peters, 02 September 1912, Clay County; citing "Various death records, microfilm, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort."