EDMUNDSON, Lt. James

EDMUNDSON, Lt. James

Male 1750 - Bef 1799  (< 49 years)

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  • Name EDMUNDSON, James 
    Prefix Lt. 
    Birth 1750  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Military 25 Nov 1776  Wayne County, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Commissioned as 2nd lieutenant 
    Will 3 Dec 1798  Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Click here to read this will.
    Death Bef 6 Apr 1799  Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial La Grange, Troup, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Address:
    Hillview Cemetery 
    Person 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 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 63 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1770  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1790  Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1853, Greene County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     3. EDMUNDSON, Cullen,   b. 17 Jul 1775, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1836, Madison, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     4. EDMUNDSON, Bryant,   b. 1782, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1854, Lagrange, Troup, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     5. EDMUNDSON, Mary Polly,   b. 1784, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. EDMUNDSON, Burwell \ Burrell,   b. Abt 1785, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1814, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
     7. EDMUNDSON, Laney,   b. 1786, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. EDMUNDSON, Martha,   b. 1787, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. EDMUNDSON, Elizabeth,   b. 1788, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     10. EDMUNDSON, Penelope,   b. 1790, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     11. EDMUNDSON, Pearcy,   b. 4 Mar 1793, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1854, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     12. EDMUNDSON, Theophilus,   b. 1794, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1834, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     13. EDMUNDSON, Wright,   b. 20 Jun 1796, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1860 (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F1162  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2022 

  • Documents
    Will of James Edmundson (1750 - 1799) Wayne County, North Carolina
    Will of James Edmundson (1750 - 1799) Wayne County, North Carolina

    Headstones
    Lt. James Edmundson
    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.

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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

  • Sources 
    1. [S114] Miscellaneous, Cowen Family Genealogy - Online.
      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rebalee/Edmundson/index.htm

    2. [S102] Cer, Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications.

    3. [S314] Will.

    4. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, MEMORIAL ID: 23513330.

    5. [S303] 1790 Federal Census, Wayne County, North Carolina.