Edmund Belcher (1725 - 1796)

Born 1725 in Amelia, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Shannon (Gooding) Belcher — married 1745 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 1796 at about age 71 in Charlotte, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Edmund Belcher^[1] was born in 1725, in Amelia, Virginia,^[2] and resided in Virginia^[3][4] In 1782 he resided in Charlotte County, Virginia^[5]

Edmund served as a Private during the Revolutionary War.^[6] DAR Ancestor #: A008595.

His death date is difficult to pin down.

• DAR reports after 1782.
• recorded at the Charlotte County Court House:

"Parties: Edmund Belcher of Charlotte County to Beverly Belcher of Charlotte. Consideration: Good will and affection that he hath for his son Beverly, and five shillings. Personal property for life and at death to be divided between himself and his brothers Obey, Samuel and sister Polly. Recorded: 2 January 1797."^[7]

Research Notes

1) There is a bit of circular source citation here: The only source cited for Edmund Belcher on the Family Search site is "Edmund Belcher on WikiTree." And yet that is one of our sources here!

2) You may have noticed that both his mother and wife have the same Last Name At Birth. It's possible that it is not scandalous, but this researcher has not seen the documentation for those names. In fact many trees list Edmund's spouse as "Mary (Shannon?) _______." As noted above, the DAR Ancestor record lists his wife as "Mary X." If you have documentation please cite it on the Gooding profile(s) and edit out this comment. Thanks.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Publication: Ancestry.com. U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. APID: 1,4282::25402
2. ↑ Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
3. ↑ Author: Ancestry.com Original data - Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly and Magazine of Virginia Genealogy.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data - Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93
5. ↑ Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Title: Virginia Census, 1607-1890 Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
6. ↑ http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A008595
7. ↑ State of Virginia, Charlotte County Court House, Deed Book Number 7, page 236, dated 29 December 1796 - Found on the FindAGrave site.

• Ancestry Family Trees. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 November 2016, 04:27), entry for Edmund Belcher(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVGC-G2X); contributed by various users.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #70916275

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Alissa Parker Gonzales for creating WikiTree profile Belcher-945 through the import of Alissa Family Only.ged on Apr 4, 2013.

Thank you to Robert Stiles for creating WikiTree profile Belcher-1027 through the import of 2013-07-01.ged on Jul 1, 2013.

Thank you to Bartley McRorie for merging Belcher-1027 into Belcher-945, and cleaning the subsequent profile.