Edmond Palmer (abt. 1747 - 1835)

Born about 1747 in Bethlehem County, West Jersey

Husband of Mary (Brittain) Palmer — married 1787 in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 1835 at about age 88 in Madison, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Edmond Palmer served with Frederick County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

PALMER, EDMUND

Ancestor #: A115824

Service: VIRGINIA

Rank: PRIVATE

Birth: 6- -1747 WEST NEW JERSEY

Death: POST 4-14-1835 BUNCOMBE CO NORTH CAROLINA

Pension Number: *S7295

Service Description: 1) CAPT FRANCIS BERRY,COL.EDMUNDS^[1]

Note: DAR files states his rank was Private. According to the inscription on his tombstone, Edmond Palmer was born in 1747 in Bethlehem County West Jersey and died in 1835 in Madison County, NC. He was the son of Edward Edmond Palmer and Hannah Martha Bowlby.

Col.Edmond Palmer of the VA Regiment, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, was a farmer, surveyor and pioneer settler on the Big Ivy River about 1790. He brought many families from Rowan County, NC to settle in the beautiful mountains of "Old Buncombe County" now known as Madison County. They lived near Palmer's Ford which takes its name from Edmond Palmer. Edmond was one of the largest landowners in the area. Devout Christians, they exemplified the hardy people who loved God, loved freedom, and worked that their descendants might enjoy liberty. Palmer Ford settlement on the Ivy River was named in his honor.

One of the first families to settle the French Broad River Valley, it is thought that the Palmers were part of a group of people who came with William Penn to America seeking religous liberty. West Jersey is now a part of Pennsylvania and is given as the place Edmond was born.

Edmond, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, was a member of Colonel Edmunds Virginia Regiment. His service was from 1776 to 1782 and his enlistment was first from Fredricks Co., VA and then from Williamsburg, Va.

He came to the Ivy section of Western NC about 1790 bringing many of his friends and relatives with him. His family was listed as being in Rowan Co.,NC in the 1790 Census and consisted of his wife Mary Brittain and two daugthers, Susanna and Isabella. His son Lewis, was born in the Ivy settlement of Ivy River of what was then Burke Co., later Buncombe, and now Madison.

Edmond was a farmer and surveyor. He was one of the largest landowners in the area. In exchange for his surveying services, he was given large tracts of land. He owned almost two thousand acres in the Gabriel's Creek, Bull Creek, Laurel Branch and Ivy River areas. Palmer's Ford located along the hIvy River in Madison (Buncombe) Co., NC, was named in his honor. He and his friends helped to start the Little Ivy Baptist Church.

Edmond had a grist mill at Palmers Ford which was opertated by descendent's until the 1920's when it burned. It was built of sealed plank. "That mill was big. It was two stories and it really stayed busy. It served all the people for miles around. Sometimes they walked so far with the corn that they got here late and had to spend the night. We would see them walking down the road or riding a horse or in a wagon or buggy. The would have a turn of corn or wheat or whatever the wanted ground."

Inscription:

EDMOND PALMER COL. EDMUND'S VA. REGT. REV WAR BORN BETHLEHEM COUNTY, WEST JERSEY 1747. DIED 1835.

Edmond was buried at Gabriel's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Madison County, North Carolina, USA.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ NSDAR.
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2B1-DHV8 : 11 August 2023), Edmond Palmer, ; Burial, Mars Hill, Madison, North Carolina, United States of America, Gabriel's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 176604158, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-21M8 : Sat Dec 09 06:31:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Edmond Palmer, 04 Mar 1831.
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