John Edwards (1751 - abt. 1814)

Born 31 Aug 1751 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy (Gatewood) Edwards — married about 1772 in Virginia [uncertain]

Husband of Nancy (Brasfield) Edwards — married 26 Dec 1781 in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died about 22 Nov 1814 at about age 63 in Woodford, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

John Edwards married Nancy Brasfud on 26 December 1781 in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, United States.^[1]

Property

Deed^[2]
29 October 1799
Spotsylvania, Virginia
Heirs of Henry Gatewood Senior (deceased)
Richard Collins & his wife Sarah of Kentucky, by Henry Collins, their attorney in fact
Moses Quisenberry & his wife Mary, of Orange County, Virginia
Wharton Schooler & his wife Margaret, of Kentucky
John Edwards, by Wharton Scooler, his attorney in fact
Henry Gatewood & his wife Ann, of Spotsylvania County, VA
to Martin Brent of Spoyslvania County, VA
138 acres where the said Henry Gatewood Senior (deceased) lately lived in Spotsylvania County
Witnesses: Henry Towles, Peter Hicks and John Pierce

Probate

Will of John Edwards^[3]
Dated: 28 September 1814
Proved: December 1814
Woodford County, Kentucky
Wife Nancy - everything during her lifetime and after to be divided among my children:
John
Fielding
Benjamin - his part to be equally divided among his children
Uriah - his part to be equally divided among his children
Wiley, Lewis, Moses, Polly wife of Robert Bradens, Elizabeth, Nancy and Mildred
Executors: Wife Nancy Edwards, John Edwards, Fielding Edwards
Witnesses: [], Willis Blanton, Joseph Pace and Thomas Abbett

Administrators Bond - Estate of John Edwards
December 1814
Woodford County, Kentucky
John Edwards and Fielding Edwards appointed as executors as Nancy had died.
Bondsmen were Richard D Shipp, James Breckenridge and Anthony []

Settlement - Estate of John Edwards^[4]
20 November 1816
Woodford County, Kentucky
The overage of the advancements by the testator to his children who had left him (to wit)
his daughter Mary Braden and his sons John Edwards, Uriah Edwards, Benjamin Edwards, Lewis Edwards and Wiley Edwards
was as much as can be calculated fifity dollars each
and that the Executors gave to the children of said Testator who had not left him (to wit)
Fielding Edwards, Moses Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards, Nancy Edwards & Mildred Edwards each fifty dollars
Balance of the estate to be divided among the 11 legatees making each one part $248.68

Family

Uriah Edwards (father)

Will of Uriah Edwards^[2]
Written: 16 April 1781
Proved: 17 August 1781
Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Legatees:
wife Milley Edwards;
son John Edwards;
my four youngest children, Benjamin, Moses, Milley and Mary Edwards;
my seven children, Uriah, Benjamin, Moses, Milley and Mary Edwards, Rebecca, the wife of Reuben Hawkins, and Elizabeth, the wife of Elisha Hawkins
Witnesses: Charles Pemberton, Edward Brasfield, Bennet Pemberton
Executors: Edward Herndon, Joseph Herndon and my son John Edwards

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
   FamilySearch Record: V29M-T6B (accessed 10 December 2022)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Spotsylvania County (Va.), William Armstrong Crozier, and Clayton Torrence. 1905. Spotsylvania county, 1721-1800 being transcriptions from the original files at the county court house, of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York: Pub. for the Genealogical Association by Fox, Duffield & Co.
3. ↑ Probate records, 1789-1991: "Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990"
   Catalog: Probate records, 1789-1991 Vols. A-D 1789-1815 - A has no index
   Image path: Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990 > Woodford > Will records, 1789-1815, Vol. A-D > image 585 of 641
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9DL-N9C9-F (accessed 10 December 2022)
4. ↑ Probate records, 1789-1991: "Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990"
   Catalog: Probate records, 1789-1991 Vols. E-G 1814-1826
   Image path: Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990 > Woodford > Will records, 1814-1826, Vol. E-G > image 69 of 588
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9DL-N9CF-4 (accessed 10 December 2022)

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