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I continue to research the Edmondsons of Pendlton District, SC, most of whom seem to be descendants of Thomas and Constance Parr Edmondson of Essex County, Virginia, through their sons Thomas and James. I visited Pickens County, SC, yesterday to search the original public records. I found little but did run across a compiled abstract of the Census of 1810 and a few other useful items which I describe below. I would like to hear from anyone who is or might be descended from these families, many of whom moved to northeast Georgia a few years later. Nancy Edmondson Wood had a DNA study done on Richard Edmondson in her family and Lee Edmundson of California commissioned one on me a year or two ago. We matched remarkably. She is sure, and I agree, that her ancestor Richard Edmondson, born in SC and died in Habersham County, Georgia, is a descendant of Thomas and Constance probably through Thomas their son and George their grandson. I am descended from Joseph and Priscilla Edmundson of Craven County, NC, Joseph being another son of Thomas Edmundson the immigrant of Essex Cunty, VA. I would like to hear from anyone who is interested in these families.
1810 Census. Pendleton District.
Wm. Edmonson, p. 233. 1 male under 10. 1 male 10-16. 1 male 16-26. 1 male
above 45. 1 female under 10. 1 female 16-26. 1 female above 45. (Another
abstract shows 3 females 16-26)
Wm. Edmondson. 255. (Lives far from the first William). 1 male 10-16; 1 male
45+; 1 female 16-26; 1 female 45+.
Jas. Edmondson, p. 253. 2 males 10-16; 1 male 26-45; 1 female 16-26; 1 female
over 45. (Three households separated this James from a second James)
Jas. Edmondson, p.253. 2 males 10-16; 1 male 26-45; 4 females 0-10; 2 females
10-16; 1 female 26-45.
Thos. Edmondson, p. 253. (10 households from James Edmondson No. 1 above).
3 males 0-10; 1 male 26-45; 3 females 0-10; 1 female 26-45.
Geo. Edmondson, p. 254. Listed not far from James #1 and #2, Thomas and John.
4 males 0-10; 1 male 26-45; 1 female 0-10; 1 female 10-16; 1 female 26-45.
(See Habersham County, GA where George Edmondson died and was buried in the
Methodist Cemetery in 1841. Probably this man. There is no grave marker today.
The Methodist Church burned and was rebuilt at another site. The cemetery is
near Grace Episcopal Church. Stephen W. Edmondson)
John Edmondson, p. 254. 3 males 0-10; 1 male 26-45; 3 females 0-10; 1 female
26-45.
(All these Edmondsons who are listed on pp. 253-255 would likely be related.
There were two William Edmondsons above the age of 45. If one was the J.P. and
Clerk of Court, relative of Caleb Edmondson/Edmundson, who was the other? The
son of Thomas Edmondson mentioned in an earlier document who had a son Thomas?
The Thomas Edmondson in this census would seem to be too old to be this
William’s son, is probably a son of James Edmondson of Essex/Pendleton, and
William's uncle. SWE).
I checked three volumes of cemetery inscriptions for Pickens County, SC, found
at the library in Pickens. Not a single Edmondson found.
They have a really nice museum in the old jail building with a good modern wing.
The display on early history provided a clearer picture of the changes in
district courts and counties in northwest SC in the early days.
1785. Ninety Six District included Abbebille County, Laurens County, Spartanburg
County, Newberry County and Edgefield County. Future Pickens and Anderson were
in Abbebille County at this date.
1791. Washington District included Pendleton County and Greenville County.
Pinkney District included Spartanburg County. Ninety Six District indluded
Abbeville County and Edgefield County. Washington District included present
Greenville, Anderson, Pickens and Oconee counties. The District seat was at
first called Rockville, located on land owned by Gov. Pinckney. Friends of Col.
Pickens got the name changed to Pickensville. The display in the museum had a
map of the town showing Federal Street as the main street and Pinckney Street as
the east-west street running from the court square. The town contained 65
acres, part of the 650 acre Pinckney tract. The Edmondsons seem to have bought
a good chunk of Pinckney's land. In 1798, Greenville built its own courthouse.
Then in 1800, the courthouse for new Pendleton District was located at
Pendleton, a little town which still exists a short drive from I-85. Old
Pickensville remained as a village but dwindled away by the 1820's.
1800. Reorganized districts included Pentleton District, Greenville District,
Spartanburg District, Union District, Abbeville District, Newberry District,
Laurens District and Edgefield District.
This helped me to clear up my confusion about the use of district and county in
various records. The districts were court districts, not political districts.
The districts were related to the militia regiments. The Pendleton District when
established in 1800 was a militia regimental district and the regimental muster
grounds were at Pickensville where they remained for some years.
When Pickens County was established in 1828, the county seat was located on the
west bank of the Keowee River and called Pickens. It continued here until 1868.
I stopped yesterday at the site and made photos of the old Presbyterian Church.
The huge Oconee Nuclear Power Plant is not far away. The river was dammed just
north of old Pickens and the river bed below it as seen from Highway 183 is very
rocky and pretty. The lake upstream is Lake Keowee. Another dam is farther
south, forming another large lake. Waters flow eventually into the Savannah
River system. The terrain shifts at the Keowee from very hilly in Oconee
County to rolling hills in most of Pickens County, with the Blue Ridge and Smoky
Mountains framing the land to the north. It should have been good farming land
in the early 1800's. The Saluda River is the boundary between Pickens County
and Greenville County. Northern Oconee County has some valley farms and a few
flatter areas but is not nearly as good as farming land. North of Walhalla the
land is quite hilly and broken by steep valleys with many rushing streams.
Apple growing has been prominant in that section for some time. The southern
section near I-85 is much more rolling and better suited for farming. The Chauga
River runs down through it. Here the Clevelands lived. General Wyly's mother
was a Cleveland and his first cousin, Gen. Benjamin Cleveland, settled with him
in Habersham County and donated much of the land on which Clarkesville sits
today. Cleveland, Georgia, in White County is named for him. His grave is only
a few feet from Gen. Wyly's in the old town cemetery in Clarkesville, Habersham County.
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