Edward Billups
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Edward Billups (abt. 1735 - abt. 1822)

Lt Col Edward Billups
Born about in Kingston Parish, Gloucester, Virginiamap
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Husband of — married 1756 in Lunenburg, Virginiamap
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Father of , , , , , and
Died about at about age 87 in Montgomery, Kanawha, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Edward Billups was a Virginia colonist.

Origin

Edward was born about 1735 at Gloucester (later Mathews) County, Virginia.[1] He was a son of Joseph Billups and Margaret Lilly.[1]

Marriage

Edward married in 1756 at Lunenburg, Virginia to Sarah Casey.[1] Edward and Sarah had ten children:[2]

Children

Children of Edward and Sarah:[3][1]

  1. Sally Billups
  2. William Billups, 2nd child; married Jane Garwood
  3. Sarah Billups; married Samuel Bagby Webster
  4. Margaret Billups; married John (Thomas?) Harrison
  5. Lucy Billups; married James Templeton
  6. John L. Billups born 1767; married Margaret "Peggy" Douthart
  7. Edward Billups born 1768; married Susannah Webster
  8. Thomas Billups; married Sally (Sarah) Webster[4]
  9. Elizabeth Billups; married James Webb
  10. Robert (Richard?); married Margaret (Webster) Billups

American Revolutionary War

Edward became a Lieutenant Colonel at Gloucester County Militia during the American Revolutionary War.[3]

Death and Legacy

Edward died September 9, 1822 at Montgomery, Kanawaha County, (later West Virginia) Virginia, USA. His will was probated in June 1822.[1]

1810 Census Montgomery County, Virginia

1820 Census Blacksburg, Montgomery Count, Virginia

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 JD4ever, Re: [Billups Edward Billups & Suzanna Webster...JD4ever] RootsWeb post August 8, 2008, accessed October 26, 2014
  2. ↑ JD4ever, Ancestry Boards, Re: Edward Billups & Suzanna Webster... (Aug 8, 2008), accessed online 2/10/2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, "Ancestor Search: Edward Billups" Ancestor #: A010209, accessed January 6, 2015
  4. ↑ KCFTP, Thomas C. Billups & Sally Webster The Kanawha County Family Tree Project, October 07, 2004, accessed November 13, 2015.

See also:

  • Bell, Landon Covington. The Old Free State: A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and Southside Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: W. Byrd Press, 1927
  • Journal of the Kanawha Valley Genealogical Society, Vol 20 No 3, Fall 1996, pg 52.




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