Lindsey Edwards

Brief Life History of Lindsey

When Lindsey Edwards was born on 8 December 1804, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, his father, Henry Edwards Sr, was 49 and his mother, Elizabeth Lindsey, was 40. He married Sarah J. Marsh on 8 December 1823, in Orange, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Chattanooga Valley, Walker, Georgia, United States in 1850 and District 1053, Walker, Georgia, United States in 1860. He died on 19 December 1862, in Walker, Georgia, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in LaFayette Cemetery, LaFayette, Walker, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lindsey Edwards
1804–1862
Sarah J. Marsh
1801–1863
Marriage: 8 December 1823
Mariah Lindsey Edwards
1824–1885
Robert D. Edwards
1835–1850
Sarah P. Edwards
1841–
Wady Anderson Edwards
1827–1895
Emily P. Edwards
1832–1880
Mary Ann Edwards
1838–1915

Sources (15)

  • Lindsey Edwards, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Lindsey Edwards - Published information: birth-name: Lindsey Edwards
  • Lynn Edwards, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1818

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Will of Henry Edward Sr. (Transcribed)

Will of Henry Edwards Dated July 20, 1844; Recorded Aug. 1850 Orange Co., NC, WB F, pp.466-467 In the name of God Amen, State of North Carolina, Orange County. I Henry EDWARDS Senr. of the county …

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