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Andrew Erwin Jr. (1800 - 1872)

Colonel Andrew Erwin Jr.
Born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 12 Oct 1820 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USAmap
Husband of — married 24 Nov 1847 in Madison County, Alabama, USAmap
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Died at age 71 in Lafayette, Chambers, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Biography

"Distinguished Tennessean"[1]

Andrew Erwin Jr. was married twice.

His first spouse was Elvira Julia Searcy, who he married on October 12, 1820, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee.[2]

His second spouse was Mary Jossey Camp Webster, who he married on November 25, 1847, in Madison, Madison, Alabama.[3]

Colonel Andrew Erwin of Alabama, accompanied the delegation from Alabama to the National Convention in 1868.[4]

The Tennesseean reporter, W.H.M., wrote that he had recently visited Colonel Andrew Erwin's home in Lafayette, Alabama. He mentions that at 71 years of age, the Colonel "retained his jovial vivacity". He goes on to say that "Mrs. Erwin is well remembered by hundreds of old Confederate soldiers" due to the hospitality she showed them during the war.[5]

In 1826 the Colonel had the Beechwood Plantation House built in Wartrace, Tennessee.[6]

At the time of the 1830 U.S. Census, Andrew Jr. was operating a plantation with 40 slaves. HIs plantation was adjacent to his father's plantation, which had 32 slaves.[7]

During the 1850 U.S. Census, Andrew was farming in Bedford, Tennessee. He was fifty years old living with his wife, Mary J. Erwin, his son James P. at 17 years old who was still attending school. Also living with the family was Andrew's mother, Jane Patton Erwin. Jane was eighty and her husband, Andrew Sr., had passed away in 1834. Andrew's farm had a value of $18,000. This must be the Beechwood Plantation, which he built in 1826.[8]

A Notice in the Tennessean of Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, May 15, 1872, announces the fact that Colonel Andrew Erwin was seriously ill in Lafayette, Alabama and that recovery was not expected.[9]

Andrew's date of death is recorded as August, 1872, in the records of the Bethsalem Presbyterian Church in Wartrace, Tennessee. Andrew was installed in the church on June 20, 1869.[10]

Nashville's The Tennessean;s Obituary for Colonel Andrew Erwin mentions that the colonel never occupied an official position of prominence. [11]

He is buried at the Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama.[12]

A Notice in The Tennessean, dated Thursday, August 19, 1875, states that "the body of the late Colonel H.H. Erwin was interred with Masonic honors at Shelbyville Tuesday, it having been taken from Nashville where he died last Saturday night. Colonel Erlwin was the son of Colonel Andrew Erwin."[13]

Sources

  1. ↑ The Tennesseean, Nashville, Tennessee
  2. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ7P-P7Y : 10 March 2021), Andrew Erwin and Elvina Julien Searcy, 12 Oct 1820; citing Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 227, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 200,294.
  3. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D3-8WT9 : 22 July 2021), Andrew Erwin and Mary J Camp, 24 Nov 1847; citing Madison, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,305,692.
  4. ↑ The Tennessean 30 Jun 1868
  5. ↑ A Tennessee Household by W.H.M. of The Tennesseean, 4 Jan 1871
  6. ↑ Wartrace, Tennessee; Duck River Agency
  7. ↑ 1830 U.S. Census for Bedford County, Tennessee; Andrew Erwin Jr.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDQ-NZ8 : 23 December 2020), Andrew Erwin, Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  9. ↑ News of Colonel Andrew Erwin's Illness
  10. ↑ Bethsalem Presbyterian Church Records, Wartrace
  11. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18623367/the-late-colonel-andrew-erwin/
  12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127210569/andrew-erwin: accessed 01 January 2023), memorial page for Andrew Erwin (1800–3 May 1872), Find A Grave: Memorial #127210569 citing Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by junkbuyercbd (contributor 48113408).
  13. ↑ The Tennessean 19 Aug 1875; Colonel Andrew Erwin

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