Born
13 Feb 1759.
Chatham, North Carolina, Colonial America. [7][8]
Died
17 Nov 1831.
Wilson County, Tennessee, USA. [9][10]
Residence
1830
Wilson, Tennessee, USA. [11]
1820 Wilson, Tennessee, United States. [12]
1790Chatham, North Carolina, United States. [13]
Buried
Hurricane, Wilson County, Tennessee, United States of America.
w.p.20:Feb 1832 will of Robert Edwards
heirs:wife: Nancy Edwards;
dau: Hannah Edwards;
dau: Nancy Edwards;
Mary Fakes;
Hugh Edwards;
son:Henry Edwards;
Elizabeth Quesenbury;
James Quesenbury.
All of the rest of my estate to be equally divided between the heirs of Mary FAKES, Eli EDWARDS, Edward EDWARDS, and Elizabeth Quesenbury. witn: Henry MOSER, Aaron Edwards & Land SELLARS.
Exors:R.P. COMER & Edward EDWARDS. Wl-TN wills p307-9 (93)
↑ Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 160 : 1920
↑ 1830; Census Place: Wilson, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 182; Page: 86; Family History Library Film: 0024540
↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Wilson, Tennessee; Page: 376; NARA Roll: M33_122; Image: 338
↑ Year: 1790; Census Place: Chatham, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 216; Image: 133; Family History Library Film: 0568147
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGC-2LZ : accessed 20 March 2021), Robert Edwards, Wilson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 376, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 122; FHL microfilm 193,684.
"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGC-2LZ : accessed 20 March 2021), Robert Edwards, Wilson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 376, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 122; FHL microfilm 193,684.
"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-T92 : accessed 20 March 2021), Robert Edwards, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 216, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots Hatcher, Patricia Law Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
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