EDMUNDSON, Lt. James
1750 - Bef 1799 (< 49 years)-
Name EDMUNDSON, James Prefix Lt. Birth 1750 North Carolina [1] Gender Male Military 25 Nov 1776 Wayne County, British America [2] Commissioned as 2nd lieutenant Will 3 Dec 1798 Wayne County, North Carolina, United States [3] - Click here to read this will.
Death Bef 6 Apr 1799 Wayne County, North Carolina, United States [1] Burial La Grange, Troup, Georgia, United States [4] Address:
Hillview CemeteryPerson ID I3850 Pickel_Bartlett Last Modified 7 May 2018
Father EDMUNDSON, Joseph d. Yes, date unknown Mother PRISELOW, Unknown d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F1618 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family STANTON, Penelope, b. Bef 1755 d. 1818, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States (Age > 63 years) Marriage Abt 1770 North Carolina Residence 1790 Wayne County, North Carolina, United States [5] - Census lists one white male above 16, five white males 16 or less, 5 white females, and nineteen slaves.
Children 1. EDMUNDSON, Patsy 2. EDMUNDSON, John, b. 15 Dec 1771, North Carolina d. 14 Nov 1853, Greene County, North Carolina, United States (Age 81 years) 3. EDMUNDSON, Cullen, b. 17 Jul 1775, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States d. 14 Jun 1836, Madison, Tennessee, United States (Age 60 years) 4. EDMUNDSON, Bryant, b. 1782, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States d. 21 Mar 1854, Lagrange, Troup, Georgia, United States (Age 72 years) 5. EDMUNDSON, Mary Polly, b. 1784, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States d. Yes, date unknown 6. EDMUNDSON, Burwell \ Burrell, b. Abt 1785, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States d. 14 Nov 1814, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States (Age 29 years) 7. EDMUNDSON, Laney, b. 1786, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States d. Yes, date unknown 8. EDMUNDSON, Martha, b. 1787, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States d. Yes, date unknown 9. EDMUNDSON, Elizabeth, b. 1788, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States d. Yes, date unknown 10. EDMUNDSON, Penelope, b. 1790, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States d. Yes, date unknown 11. EDMUNDSON, Pearcy, b. 4 Mar 1793, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States d. 11 Oct 1854, Indiana, United States (Age 61 years) 12. EDMUNDSON, Theophilus, b. 1794, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States d. 1834, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States (Age 40 years) 13. EDMUNDSON, Wright, b. 20 Jun 1796, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States d. 24 Dec 1860 (Age 64 years) Family ID F1162 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
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Documents Will of James Edmundson (1750 - 1799) Wayne County, North Carolina
Headstones Lt. James Edmundson
A Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina, James EDMUNDSON, is listed in North Carolina Revolutionary, Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots, and Descendants Vol 1 page 69.
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Notes - A Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina, James EDMUNDSON, is listed in North Carolina Revolutionary, Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots, and Descendants Vol 1 page 69.
James married Penelope Stanton, and they had 13 children. Elizabeth, Mary (Polly), Patsy, Burrell, John, Cullen, Bryant, Martha, Laney, Penelope, Theophilus, Pearce, and Wright.
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James and wife Penelope had a plantation of 1500 acres in Dobbs County south of Nahunta swamp now in northern Wayne and in Greene Counties. James Edmundson was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant of the 2nd Bn. From Dobbs County, volunteers to be raised for the aid of South Carolina. He later served in the American Revolution.
Bullhead, the name of James Edmundson's plantation, came about in an interesting way. When Cornwallis was coming through the county on his way to Peacock's Bridge and Yorktown, he and his troops approached the Edmundson plantation. Hoping to disperse the troops, the family turned out a large bull. However, the sight of the redcoats sent the bull into a frenzy. The soldiers killed him in the front yard, skinned him, took the meat and defiantly hung the bull's head to a large ash tree with iron spikes found in the blacksmith's shop near the house. Henceforth the plantation and now the township have been known as Bullhead.
After Jame's death in 1799, Penelope continued to manage the plantation and engaged in considerable buying and selling of land. In one deed in 1826, reference was made to "Penelope Edmundson, Planter". James and Penelope had twelve children, six sons and six daughters.
SOURCE: Edmondson Family Association Bulletin Archives, Jul-Sep 1999
Online at http://efab.edmonson.org/archives/124061.htm
- A Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina, James EDMUNDSON, is listed in North Carolina Revolutionary, Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots, and Descendants Vol 1 page 69.
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Sources - [S114] Miscellaneous, Cowen Family Genealogy - Online.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rebalee/Edmundson/index.htm - [S102] Cer, Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications.
- [S314] Will.
- [S109] Find-a-Grave website, MEMORIAL ID: 23513330.
- [S303] 1790 Federal Census, Wayne County, North Carolina.
- [S114] Miscellaneous, Cowen Family Genealogy - Online.