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Cornelius Edwards (1781 - aft. 1830)

Cornelius Edwards
Born in Amherst County, Virginia, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 31 Oct 1803 in Woodford County, Kentucky, USAmap
[children unknown]
Died after after age 49 [location unknown]
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Biography

Census/Residence

Residence
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?)."[1]

Census
1810
Woodford County, Kentucky, USA.
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 (1 - Cornelius)
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 (1- Polly) [2]

1820 Woodford County, Kentucky, USA. [3]

1830 Woodford County, Kentucky, USA. [4]

Family

Guardian Bond - Estate of William Edwards
5 November 1793
Woodford, Kentucky, United States
James & Cornelius Edwards (orphans of William Edwards deceased) choose John Vaughan as their guardian. Richard Young was security.[5]

Guardian Bond - Estate of William Edwards
October 1800
Woodford County, Kentucky, USA
Cornelius Edwards, orphan of William Edwards, chooses James Edwards as his guardian. John Vaughan was surety.

Guardian Accounting - Estate of William Edwards
7 Jun 1802
Woodford County, Kentucky
James Edwards, guardian of Cornelius Edwards made an accounting for 1801-1802.

Property

Deed
Mar 1804
Woodford County, Kentucky
Michael Stucker and Nancy his wife, James Edwards and Cornelius Edwards sell to Larkin Sanridge of Lincoln their rights and interests conveyed by the wills of Cornelius Vaughan and Francis Lea, the grandfathers of Nancy, said wills to commence after the death of the grandfathers.[6]
Will of Frances Lea.

Bondsman 1 Feb 1813. Woodford County, Kentucky, USA. Note: Bondsman to James Edwards as administrator of the Estate of Nathaniel Mitchell.


FSLINK https:/familysearch.org/tree#view=ancestor&person=L2YC-7XZ.


Marriage Husband Cornelius Edwards. PREF Y. Wife Polly Williams. PREF Y. Marriage 31 Oct 1803. Woodford County, Kentucky, USA. Note: #NF54. File Format: jpg. Marriage bond and consent (Cornelius Edwards to Polly Williams). PHOTO


Sources

  1. ↑ Darnell, Ermina Jett. 1993. Forks of Elkhorn Church. Baltimore, Md: Clearfield Company, Inc Ancestry Link
  2. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Woodford, Kentucky; Roll: 8; Page: 400; Image: 397; Family History Library Film: 0181353
  3. ↑ Source: #S26 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Woodford, Kentucky; NARA Roll: M33_29;Image: 120 Certainty: 0 File Format: jpg 1820 United States Federal Census PHOTO
  4. ↑ Source: #S6 1830; Census Place: Woodford, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 42; Page:306; Family History Library Film: 0007821 Certainty: 0 File Format: jpg 1830 United States Federal Census PHOTO
  5. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PK-XC4
  6. ↑ Woodford County Deed Bk. C p. 527
  • Source: S26 1820 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R1 Paranthetical: Y
  • Repository: R1 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com
  • Source: S35 1810 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R1 Paranthetical: Y
  • Source: S6 1830 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R1 Paranthetical: Y
  • Source: S82 Forks of Elkhorn Church Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Darnell, Ermina Jett. Forks of Elkhorn Church. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002.Original data: Darnell, Ermina Jett. Forks of Elkhorn Church. Baltim; Repository: #R1 Paranthetical: Y




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