1880 residence Elizabeth District, Wirt County, WV; 1900 residence Burning Springs District, Wirt County, WV; 1910 residence Burning Springs Magisterial District, Wirt County, WV; 1920 residence Precinct 3, Burning Springs District, Wirt County, WV
She is buried in the Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, off Enterprise Road, near Palestine, Wirt County, WV.
Microfilm J. R. 3352, West Virginia Vital Statistics, Webster to Wyoming, filmed at the Library of Virginia by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1954, Wirt County Births 1853 Page 3, Line 91 DOB: October 15, Name: Amanda Edwards, White, Female, Alive, Father: Samuel Edwards, Father's Occ: Farmer?; Father's Res: [missing], Mother: [missing], [missing] at birth, Deformity: [missing], Informant: [missing] [missing] [missing] All legible Wirt County births and deaths 1853-1860 transcribed by Roy L. Lockhart 2012. NOTE: Poor quality microfilm, LDS transcription of these records contain many errors.
Ammand Smith death certificate http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=1953439&ImageNumber=671
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81269300/amanda-j.-smith
James M. Smith-Amanda Edwards marriage http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11147847&Type=Marriage
U.S. census returns
Her birth record gives the year of birth as 1853, her death certificate and her tombstone both give the year of her birth as 1854.
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Amanda is 26 degrees from Herbert Adair, 22 degrees from Richard Adams, 19 degrees from Mel Blanc, 25 degrees from Dick Bruna, 19 degrees from Bunny DeBarge, 33 degrees from Peter Dinklage, 20 degrees from Sam Edwards, 15 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin, 20 degrees from Marty Krofft, 14 degrees from Junius Matthews, 15 degrees from Rachel Mellon and 18 degrees from Harold Warstler on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.