Edmund Bridges (abt. 1810)

Born about 1810 in South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Benton County Tennessee Genealogy; https://www.tngenweb.org/benton/ancest18.html#rhubinbridges ; Early Settlers Biographies: THE BRIDGES FAMILY OF TENNESSEE

RHUBIN (REUBEN) BRIDGES (1784-1861) was a native of South Carolina, bornin that state about 1784; as a young man he had married and emigrated to Giles County, Tennessee where he lived for several years. He and his first wife, (believed to be Nancy McCord) had a large family which included

1. EMPSON BRIDGES,
2. JOHN BROWN BRIDGES,
3. EDMUND BRIDGES,
4. URIAH SIMPSON BRIDGES,
5. WILLIAM BRIDGES,
6. MARY BRIDGES,
7. JANE BRIDGES,
8. EMALINE BRIDGES and
9. NAOMI BRIDGES.

RHUBIN BRIDGES had remarried, about 1825, to SARAH LAW (abt 1803-1887)and moved by 1830 to the settlement that became identified with his family near Cowell's Chapel in Benton County. He had entered his occupant claim for a minimal 75 acres thereabout in August 1846. By 1848, he had entered some 463 acres in that neighborhood (12th Surveyor District, Range 7, Section 3...

RHUBIN BRIDGES wrote his will on September 1, 1857, being particular to name his wife and children, designating the land he wished to give three of his sons. After his death, early in 1861, JAMES H. BRIDGES appeared in court, to have his father's will admitted to probate which was finally proven in July 1861. SARAH BRIDGES, the mother, lived till late in 1887, having spent her last days with NANCY, the widow of JAMES H., in the BRIDGES settlement..."

Sources

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• Benton County Tennessee Genealogy; https://www.tngenweb.org/benton/ancest18.html#rhubinbridges ; Early Settlers Biographies: THE BRIDGES FAMILY OF TENNESSEE

Acknowledgements

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