Lt. James EDMUNDSON

1750 - Bef 1799  (< 49 years)

• Name	James EDMUNDSON
  Prefix	Lt.
  Born	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.
  Died	Bef 6 Apr 1799	Wayne County, North Carolina, United States   [1]
  Buried	La Grange, Troup, Georgia, United States   [4]
  	Address: Hillview Cemetery
  Person ID	I3850	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	7 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Joseph EDMUNDSON,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Unknown PRISELOW,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Penelope STANTON,   b. Bef 1755,   d. 1818, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States  (Age > 63 years)
  Married	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. Patsy EDMUNDSON   2. John EDMUNDSON,   b. 15 Dec 1771, North Carolina ,   d. 14 Nov 1853, Greene County, North Carolina, United States  (Age 81 years)   3. Cullen EDMUNDSON,   b. 17 Jul 1775, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 14 Jun 1836, Madison, Tennessee, United States  (Age 60 years)   4. Bryant EDMUNDSON,   b. 1782, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 21 Mar 1854, Lagrange, Troup, Georgia, United States  (Age 72 years)   5. Mary Polly EDMUNDSON,   b. 1784, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Burwell \ Burrell EDMUNDSON,   b. Abt 1785, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 14 Nov 1814, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States  (Age ~ 29 years)   7. Laney EDMUNDSON,   b. 1786, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Martha EDMUNDSON,   b. 1787, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Elizabeth EDMUNDSON,   b. 1788, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Penelope EDMUNDSON,   b. 1790, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Pearcy EDMUNDSON,   b. 4 Mar 1793, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 11 Oct 1854, Indiana, United States  (Age 61 years)   12. Theophilus EDMUNDSON,   b. 1794, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 1834, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States  (Age 40 years)   13. Wright EDMUNDSON,   b. 20 Jun 1796, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 24 Dec 1860  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F1162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• 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. ------------------------------ 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

  
  

• 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.