Lucy Searcy Edwards (1802 - 1881)

Born 24 Oct 1802 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of David Coulter Paxton — married 17 Nov 1818 in Woodford, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Family

Division - Estate of James Edwards
August 1839
Woodford, Kentucky
184 acres - all land is along the Versailles and Anderson Turnpike Road
dower of 39 acres to Susan Edwards - lines, William A. Grady, Martha Jane Henry, Mason Henry, Stevenson heirs
reminder divided into 9 shares
Lot #1 - 15 acres Nancy A. Edwards - Lines - Susan Ball, L.A. Berry
Lot #2 - 14 acres - Cornelius Edwards
Lot # 3 - 13 acres - James Edwards
Lot #4 - 16 acres - Thomas Edwards - Lines - Berry
Lot #5 - 16 acres - Mary Whittingham
Lot # 6 - 17 acres - Martha E Crutcher
Lot #7 - 18 acres - Lucy S. Paxton
Lot #8 - 17 acres - Marillius Hales heirs
Lot #9 - 16 acres - Martin Edwards - Lines - Lewis A. Berry, Samuel Berry, William S Grady^[1]

Residence/Census

Residence/Census

1793
Woodford, Kentucky
"Listed as infants of William Edwards, (Woodford 1793), were Cornelius (m Polly Williams, Woodford 1803?) and James (m Nancy Searcy, Woodford 1801?)."^[2]

1810 Census^[3]
Woodford, Kentucky
Head of Household James Edwards

Children of David and Lucy

1. James Edwards Paxton b. 5 Oct 1820 married Elizabeth Butler
2. Thomas Edwards Paxton
3. Eliza Paxton married Leman Haile
4. William Edwards Paxton b. 23 Jun 1825 married Rebecca Wardlaw
5. Martha A Paxton married Josiah Patterson^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9DP-2ZQC?cc=1875188&wc=37TM-HZS%3A173854201%2C1561708000 : 27 March 2015), Woodford > Will records, 1838-1846, Vol. L-M > image 130 of 627; county courthouses, Kentucky.
2. ↑ Darnell, Ermina Jett. 1993. Forks of Elkhorn Church. Baltimore, Md: Clearfield Company, Inc Ancestry Link
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH29-J6V : accessed 16 June 2021), James Edwards, Woodford, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 395, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 181,353.
4. ↑ "Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1979," images, (FamilySearch : 22 May 2014), Hempstead > Administration bonds 1850-1854 vol I > image 59 of 265; county courthouses, Arkansas.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, (FamilySearch : accessed 6 June 2017), David Paxton and Lucy Edwards, 17 Nov 1818; citing , Woodford, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 252,320.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, (FamilySearch : accessed 6 June 2017), David C Paxton and Lucy Edwards, 16 Nov 1818; citing Woodford, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 252,328.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, (FamilySearch : 9 November 2014), Lucy G Paxton in household of David C Paxton, Ozan, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States; citing family 169, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, (FamilySearch : 17 October 2014), Lucy S Paxton in household of William Paxton, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 1, family 3, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,009.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, (FamilySearch : 14 July 2016), Lucy S Paxton in household of Wm E Paxton, Pennington, Bradley, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0039; FHL microfilm 1,254,039.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, (FamilySearch : 11 July 2016), Lucy Searcy Edwards Paxton, 1881; Burial, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, American Cemetery; citing record ID 29983312, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.