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I am working with Nancy Edmondson Wood, Beverly Brunelle and others to collect information on Edmondsons in northeast Georgia most of whom seem to be descendants of the Essex County Virginia Edmondsons through two brothers, Thomas and James Edmondson. They moved to Pendleton District SC from Virginia in the 1790's. There was a man named L.L. Edmondson who was a militia officer in Habersham County in 1840. Last week I found references to him in several documents in Clarkesville at the court house, one of which gave his name as Ludlow L. Edmondson. He seems to have disappeared after 1840.
I believe he was a son of George Edmondson and Letitia Wallace Edmondson. The name Ludlow might be a clue to Letitia's family name when she married William Wallace, her first husband.
I need help with any other record of Ludlow L. Edmondson elsewhere. Did he move on to Texas?
Any help and suggestions are welcome.
Stephen W. Edmondson, Clayton, Georgia
HABERSHAM COUNTY
This county was created on the Georgia frontier in 1818 from the Cherokee cessions of 1817-1818. County seat is Clarkesville. It lost land to White County in 1857, the entire new county cut from it. It lost land to Banks County in 1858 and to Stephens in 1905. It had a courthouse fire in 1856 and the courthouse was blown up in 1898 but most records survived. It borders Rabun (north), South Carolina (east), Stephens (east), Banks (south), Hall, White and Towns (west).
Marriages Book A, 1820-1841: No Edmondsons.
George Edmondson, born in SC, married Letitia Wallace, a widow who was born in 1789. From his age at death in 1841, he would have been born about 1774.
Part of the children in the 1830 Census would likely be her children of her first marriage.
1820 Census. No Edmondsons.
Jan. 15, 1823. Deeds B, p. 82. This deed was executed in Clark County and recorded in Habersham. Deed of Conveyance, No. 123. Sarah Edmison of Clark County sold to Thomas Brock of Habersham, 250 acres, District 2, for $50. Her named is spelled Edmundson and Edmondson in various places in the document. She signed with her mark. Elijah Edmundson witnessed, signing with a mark.
A few months later he attested his signature in Morgan County, recorded in Habersham County on p. 82. Elijah Edmundson came before the Justice of the Peace and “saith that he is a (illegible) witness to the within written….that he saw the within named Sarah Edmundson duly sign. He signed with his x mark. Recorded Oct. 6, 1823. (This seems to indicate this woman and her husband moved from Clark County to Morgan County about this time.
June 21, 1823. Deeds B, p. 80. The pages of this old deed book are loose and much of the ink faded very badly. This deed was read with great difficulty. James Edmondson, agent for Susan Worrell?, sold 250 acres to Frederick Davidson for $200, Lot 50, District 1, Habersham. This appears another land lottery property. James Edmondson of Elbert County was a land dealer and businessman. (Deed checked by SWE, Jan. 28, 2009).
Feb. 26, 1829. John Carroll sold 250 acres, Lot 11, 4th District, to James Edmondson for $25. Recorded June, 1830. This land had been sold by John Pace of Elbert County to Carroll for $50, Dec. 8, 1827, land drawn in the Land Lottery. Deeds H, p. 78. (Checked the original volume Jan. 28, 2009. SWE)
This James Edmondson was the land dealer and businessman who lived in Elbert County, had a store in Franklin County, moved soon to Murray County and was a wealthy and well regarded state Senator in the 1850’s, son of Thomas Edmondson of Mecklenburg County, Virginia).
Jan. 20, 1830. George Edmonson witnessed a deed when Joseph McIntire of Franklin County sold land to several men, the land in the 4th District of Habersham. The other witness was Andrew M. Norris, Justice of the Peace. The deed was recorded in 1830 by John T. Carter, Clerk of Superior Court. Deeds H, p. 5. (This pages of this volume are loose now and kept in a special storage area in the courthouse for protection. Checked Jan. 28, 2009. SWE).
1830 Census.
George Edmuson. P. 18. (See Pendleton District, SC).
Abstractors record is indistinct. It looks like 1 wm 10-15. 1 wm 15-20. 8 wm 20-30 ?? 1 wm 30-40. 1 wm 50-60. 1 wf 5-10. 1 wf 15-20. 2 wf 20-30. 1 wf 40-50. (Another abstractor gives 1 wf 50-60). My own viewing of the microfilm looks like 8 males 20-30, but surely this must not be correct. (George had married the widow Letitia Wallace many years earlier in SC. Children of her first marriage and possibly his first marriage might be combined here).
1832 Gold Lottery. List of Fortunate Draws.
George Edmondson, Dyers Militia District, Land Lot 690, District 3, Section 1 (later Cobb County).
Daniel Edmundson, Suttons Militia District, Land Lot 150, District 1, Section 2 (later Forsyth County).
1832 Land Lottery. List of Fortunate Draws.
John T. Edmondson, Dyer’s Militia District, Land Lot 320, District 12, Fourth Section (later Walker County).
March 7, 1837. Deeds O, p. 167. James R. Wyly, administrator of the estate of Littleberry B. Burnett, advertised Burnett’s land for sale at the courthouse to settle the estate. At the sale, George Edmonson was “the highest and best bidder”, paying $522 for a 500 acres in two lots, Lots 52 and 53, Third District, Habersham County. The deed was witnessed by L.L. Edmondson and Samuel A Wates, Notory Public. (The old deed book, with most of its leaves loose from the cover, was carefully checked by Stephen W. Edmondson, Jan. 28, 2008).
March 12, 1837. Deeds O, p. 354. George Edmondson sold his newly acquired land quickly to Moses Harshaw of Habersham County for $700. The deed gave no bounding land owners or permanent landmarks. Part of Lots 52 and 53, Third District. He signed again as George Edmondson. L.L. Edmondson witnessed the deed. It was recorded Dec. 5, 1837, by John T. Carter, CSC. Moses Harshaw bought more land from James R. Wyly, administrator of Littleberry Burnett.
(Original deed book checked by SWE, Jan. 28, 2009).
April Term, 1837. Superior Court. Case No. 38. The Court record examined in the original volume at Habersham Courthouse, Clarkesville, p. 2, shows George Edmonson sued James R. Wyly, administrator of the estate of Littleberry Burnett. Edmondson in his complaint said Wyly had detained from him $928.82 plus interest, due him by a promissory note by Littleberry Burnett many years earlier, which had come into Edmondson’s hands by 1835. Wyly now owed this debt to him but Wyly had refused to pay. Wyly was summoned to appear and the case was heard in Superior Court, March, 1838. A jury ruled in favor of Edmondson, awarding $640 and interest and court costs. Interest was $253. Otherswho were due money from the estate of Burney sued Wyly. (The General did not have a good year as his wife Sarah sued him for divorce the same year). (SWE checked the Superior Court Writ Record, 1837-39, Jan. 28, 2009).
1838, May 1. Letitia Wallace Edmondson’s daughter, Emily Wallace, married Nicholas Bradshaw in Habersham County.
April Term, 1838. Habersham Superior Court. James R. Wyly, administrator of L. Burnett, sued Moses Harshaw and John Edmondson, saying they owed the estate $300 plus interest on a promissory note dated March 10, 1837. The court ordered both to pay and they appear to have complied. Superior Court Writ Record, 1835-1838, p. 57. (Checked by SWE, Jan. 28, 2009).
May 18, 1838. Deeds 0, p. 453. Devereaux Jarrett, James M. Belew and George Edmonson gave bond to the Justices of the Inferior Court for Jarrett’s administration of the estate of Elizabeth Ann Snellgrove, for $1000. George Edmondson’s signature was spelled Edmondson, not Edmonson. (Original checked by SWE, Jan. 28, 2009). Jarrett was a wealthy landowner in t he Tugaloo area of Habersham, now in Stephens County, who bought the house called Traveller’s Rest from James R. Wyly and enlarged it. He ran an inn there for some years, a cloth factory and many other enterprises. Jarrett move to Georgia from Pendleton District and might have known George Edmondson in SC.
Superior Court Writ Record, 1835-1837, p. 89. A review of a long running suit is given. James Edmonson and Robert Banks, surviving co-partners of the firr of James Edmondson, Robert Banks and John S. Cleveland, merchants (Edmondson, Cleveland and Company) sued David England for debt incurred April 19, 1828. Writ No. 76, Superior Court, April Term, 1830, shows that Terrell and Rusk were plaintiffs attorneys. A copy of the bill of sale and prices is recorded, many clothing items on it. Edmondson and Company was located in Franklin County at the time. A jury trial ensued and plaintiffs won. David England appealed, saying he had paid the bill with cows, etc. He countersued and won in 1836. The suit went on. (Record checked by SWE, Jan. 28, 2009).
This James Edmondson was the merchant and land dealer who lived in Murray County a few years later. Thos. T. Rusk was an attorney and Justice of the Inferior Court in the early 1830’s. He fled to Texas to avoid charges of murder in a fracas which resulted in a man’s death but was acquitted of any felony when the case was heard. He joined Sam Houston, became a military advisor and laid out the strategy of dividing the Amerian settlers’ small army before Santa Ana’s much larger force attacked. The Americans surprised the Mexicans near sundown by attacks from several directions and captured Santa Ana. Rusk became one of the first two U.S. Senators from Texas when it joined the Union and was considered as a candidate for president before his sudden death. He was married to a daughter of Gen. Benjamin Cleveland. SWE.
October Term, 1839. Superior Court. John Harkins sued Ludlow L. Edmondson for damages of $500, alleging Edmondson had assaulted him July 1, 1839, with force of arms, sticks, brick bats and other means, wounding, bruising and maiming him. Ludlow attacked him a second time the same day, disabling him. Ludlow L. Edmondson was served a summons but no further record was found. Superior Court Writ Record, 1837-1839, p. 159. (Checked by SWE, Jan. 28, 2009). Did Edmondson leave the county before the next term of Court?
1840.
L.L. Edmunson was First Lieutenant, Habersham County Militia, May 18, 1840 (Militia Records 1829-1840, p. 199).
Marriages Book B, 1841-1874: No Edmondsons.
1840 Census.
George Edmondson
Jan. 15, 1841. Deeds P, p. 277. George Edmonson to James R. Wyly. (Must check the complete deed when I return to Clarkseville. Did George himself execute this or his administrator. SWE.
1841. The parish register of Grace Episcopal Church, Clarkesville, shows the burial of George Edmundson, 67, in the Methodist Cemetery. He is likely the son of Thomas and Mary Edmundson and moved from Frederick County, VA, to Pendleton, SC, in the 1790’s as a young man. (The Methodist Cemetery is now the old town cemetery, the early church having burned and then the congregation moved to another site).
1843. Mary Edmonson, Frances Wallace (alias Frances Wylly) and Emily Bradshaw were charged with murder, April Term, in Habersham County. A true bill was brought against Mary and Frances but Emily was acquitted. Frances Wallace was the second wife (probably common law) of Gen. James R. Wyly and moved with him to Union County on the headwaters of the Hiawassee River in the 1840’s. Wyly’s first wife divorced him in the 1830’s for infidelity. Frances Wallace was left much property in Wyly’s will in 1855. They are listed in the 1850 Census in Union County, later Towns County.
May 13, 1844. Mary H. Edmondson married John T.Carter. (She and Carter had an illegitimate son, John T. Edmondson, whom Carter recognized. The son had his name legally changed to Carter in 1850, approved by the legislature.)
John T. Carter was Clerk of Superior Court in Clarkesville for many years, as early as 1830, and seems to have been a respectable man for the time.
Dec. 1, 1846. Deeds R, p. 329. Deed to James Edmondson of Murray by Chas. B. Word, Sheriff of Habersham. 250 acres, Lot 149, 3rd District, and part of Lot 140, 3rd District, 125 acres, property of William Worley. Sold at public auction at the courthouse for $50 and $25 to satisfy a judgement. A witness to the deed was John W.H.Underwood, son-in-law of General Wyly. (Orignal deed book checked by SWE, Jan. 28. 2009)
1850 Census. No Edmondsons.
Feb. 16, 1850. John T. Edmondson, whose father was John T. Carter of Habersham County, changed his name to John T. Carter, Jr.
Sept. 26, 1850. James Edmondson deeded property to William C. Alley. Deeds RR, p. 306. (Will check when next in Clarkesville. SWE)
1857. Letitia Edmonson deeded property in Towns County to her granddaughter Adelia F. Bradshaw.
1870 Census. June 29, 1870. p. 224. Batesville District.
Richard Edmondson, 64 wm, born in SC, illiterate. Wife, Margaret, 64, b. in SC, illiterate. Two black domestic servants, Jane Thomas, 14, b. in Georgia; Elizabeth Thomas, 11, b. in GA. Real estate: $600. Personal estate: 200. Nearest post office was Clarksville. (See Towns County, 1860 Census, 1880 Census). Richard is believed to be the oldest child of George and Letitia Wallace Edmondson, born in Pendleton County, SC, in 1806.
July 21, 1784. Deeds L, p. 553. Deed drawn in Franklin County. Freeman, Mosely and Yow sold Mrs. Cattie Edmondson of Wilkes County, Georgia, for $100 a town lot in Toccoa, Habersham County, Lot 5, Block 21, fronting 50 feet on the right of way of the Airline Railroad. Recorded in 1894. (This old deed book is falling apart, is kept in a special room in the courthouse. Checked by SWE, Jan. 28, 2009).
Dec. 1, 1876. Deeds AA, p. 177. Deed of lien on the dwelling house with basement of GG Edmondson to T.S. Davis, a “material man” for sawed lumber he had provided for construction of the house on Sage Street in Toccoa. A complete list of lumber supplied and charges for it, totaling $89.26, followed the deed for debt. Wife of G.G.: Catie Edmundson. Recorded Feb. 16, 1877. (Deed book checked by SWE, Jan. 28, 2009).
Feb. 22, 1877. Deeds CC, p. 327. Peleg S. Whitman of Habersham sold to Mrs. Cattie Edmundson of Habersham for $60 a town lot in Toccoa, the west side of Sage Street, 460 feet south of the corner of Block No. 22, 80 feet fronting on Sage Street. Witnessed by W.J. Oliver, N.P. (Deed book checked by SWE, Jan. 28, 2009).
Feb. 22, 1877. Deeds AA, p. 396. G.G. Edmundson and wife to Henry W. Jones.
April 2, 1878. Deeds CC, p. 328. Peleg S. Whitman sold for $45 land in Block No. 22, Toccoa, Georgia, the west side of Sage Street, 60 feet fronting on Sage Street. Witness: W.J. Oliver, N.P. Recorded April 2, 1881. (Deed checked by SWE, Jan. 28, 2009).
March 8, 1879. Deeds GG, p. 746. Mrs. Cattie Edmondson to Mrs. Mary L. Cobb.
1880 Census. No Edmondsons. (Why are the Edmondsons in Toccoa not shown?)
March 5, 1881. Deeds CC, p. 329. P.S. Whitman sold Cattie Edmodnson for $10 cash a lot on Sage Street, the west side, in Block 22, adjoining her other property. Recorded April 28, 1881.
August 28, 1889. Deeds HH, p. 184. Mrs. S.J. Edmondson bought property form Mrs. George Davenport. (Must chedk this deed).
Marriages C, 1874-1889: No Edmondsons.
Marriages D, 1889-1896: No Edmondsons.
No deeds involving Edmondsons after 1900 found in the indexes.
See S.C. records for George Edmondson. He moved to Georgia about 1829-30.
GEORGE EDMONDSON 1774-1841
Thomas-1; Thomas-2; Thomas-3
George Edmondson was born in Frederick County, Virginia, about 1774 as calculated from his age at death. He was a younger son of Thomas and Mary Edmondson of Essex County,Virginia, who moved to Frederick County, and grandson of Thomas and Constance Parr Edmondson of Essex County. George Edmondson was listed as the fifth son of Thomas and Mary Edmondson in THE EDMONDSON-THOMPSON FAMILY & FARM, a book by Dr. Hugh A. Edmondson, a descendant. James, John, Benjamin and William appear to be older. They had one sister, Elizabeth Edmondson who married Philip P. Boulware.
George was apprenticed in 1792 in Augusta County, Virginia, with his brother William to James Burgess, no time stated for duration of the apprenticesihip. He would have been about 18 at the time. His father and stepmother, Ann Campbell Edmondson, moved to Washington District, SC, Abbeville County, in 1792, soon to be called Pendleton District, and eventually Pickens County, where his uncle James Edmondson and his family settled about the same time. George joined his family in South Carolina at an unknown time, does not appear to be included in data for his father’s family in the 1800 Census. He might have married before 1800 though we have no information to confirm this. Michael Smith Edmondson and George Washington Edmondson are probably sons of this first postulated marriage. Philip P. Edmondson, b. in 1801, who married in Alabama and died eventually in Louisiana might have been a third son. By 1805, George married the widow of William Wallace, Letitia Wallace.
Dr. Hugh Edmondson states in his book that Letitia Wallace had a sister Frances who married Michael Smith. He says George and Letitia named their first son after Michael Smith, born about 1800. (I doubt Michael S.Edmondson was a son of George and Letitia. SWE) William Wallace was a merchant and land dealer. She had two known daughters, Frances and Emily. George and Letitia had Richard Edmondson, b. 1805-06 and Mary H. Edmondson.
George witnessed a document regarding the sheriff’s sale of the goods and personal property of Dolly Combs to Dolly as the highest bidder, April 4, 1803. Michael Hammond was a second witness. Deeds G, pp. 194-195.
George signed a deed July 8, 1802, when John Edmondson, sold 100 acres on Rice’s Creek, taken from their father Thomas’s tract. John, George, Benjamin and Mary Edmondson signed the deed of sale. Was Mary the first wife of George?
George Edmondson and Michael Hammond witnessed a sheriff’s sale of 416 acres, property of William Wallace, deceased, Sept. 3, 1803, located on 26 Mile Creek to satisfy a judgment of $1943 to Ezekial Noble of Charleston. Noble bought the land for $60. Another of Wm. Wallace’s tracts was sold to Noble for $380, 700 acres on 18 Mile Creek of Keowee River.
George witnessed a deed Sept. 7, 1803, when 223 acres on the north branch of Cane Creek of Keowee River was sold to Samuel Taylor, granted to Elenor Brooks July 2, 1787. Moses Liddell and Michael Warnock were other witnesses. Deed Book G, p. 378-379.
George was married to Letitia Wallace by early 1805 as the two sold a mulatto slave girl Jane, about 13 or 14 years old, Feb. 12, 1805, for $450 to Steele & Woods, merchants. This sale was witnessed by John Ramsey and Moses Liddell.
Thomas Edmondson made his will in Pendleton District, May 16, 1807. He named his sons: William, James, George and Benjamin and daughter Elizaabeth Boulware. Wife: Ann. No witnesses. Executors: Col. John Brown and Henry Norton. Probate March 29, 1809. Anderson County Will Book A. John Edmondson, George’s other brother, had died in late 1802 in Augusta County, Virginia.
The 1810 Census, Pendleton County, listed George Edmondson and two William Edmondsons. One was the long time Clerk of Court at Pickensville and Justice of the Peace. The other might be George’s brother, about whom we know little. Thomas Edmondson might be William’s son, George’s nephew, named in an early document. He might be a son of James Edmondson and thus George’s cousin or grandson of James. As George’s father died in 1809, this Thomas could not be he. George’s household showed four young males under ten years and two females. The boys might be Michael Smith, George Washington, and Richard. Who the fourth son was is a matter of real speculation. (Joseph Edmondson who moved from SC to Gwinnett County and died in 1858 in Coweta County has not been firmly placed. Philip P. Edmondson, whose tombstone in Louisiana says he was born in 1801 and census records say was born in SC, is a candidate.) The two girls are probably Letitia Wallace Edmondson’s daughters of her first marriage.
George sold 125 acres on Brushy Creek, June 9, 1813, where Thomas Edmondson formerly lived, division line between George and his brother Benjamin, to John Arial. This was probably land inherited from his father, adjoining John Powell’s line. Witnesses were John Edmondson and Audley Hamilton. This was proved before George Edmondson, J.P., Nov. 27, 1816. Anderson County Deed Book M, p. 144. John Edmondson was probably a cousin of George and son of James. Benjamin Edmondson had sold land to Robert Wilson, 271 acres, which he sold to John Arial June 4, 1813. William Edmondson was J.P. who witnessed this sale, probably not George’s brother but the unrelated man who would move to Alabama about 1818. The land George sold to Arial is probably referred to in an 1840 deed of 50 acres on Brushy Creek sold by Pierson Mayfield to Lyman Thayer, “part of a tract on which George Edmundson formerly lived.”
George was a Justice of the Peace in 1816. He was still a Justice Jan. 20, 1819, when a witness, Allen Patrick, made oath to him. Deed Book R, pp. 361-63. Pendleton District. See Anderson County Deeds.
The 1820 Census of Pendleton shows George, between 26-45 years old, with wife, 26-45, undoubtedly Letitia. 10 whites and 6 slaves were in his household: 2 males under 10; 2 males 16-26; 1 male 16-26; 2 females 10-16; 1 female 16-26. 2 male slaves 14-26; 1 male slave 26-45; 1 male slave 45+; 1 female slave 26-45; 1 female slave 454+. One person engaged in agriculture. George Washington Edmondson had ended his army service by this date and was probably back home. Had another son been born after 1810? The third girl would probably be Mary H. Edmondson.
George was still a Justice, Dec. 8, 1824, when he witnessed the sale of land by James & Jemima Barron on the east side of Keowee River, where Gabriel Barron was then living. Witnesses were Gabriel Barron and Michael S. Edmondson. Gabriel Barron proved the deed. Jemima Barron relinquished her dower rights before George Edmondson, Justice of Quorum. Anderson County Deed Book S, p. 157.
He moved to Habersham County, Georgia, before the 1830 Census. He is shown in the Clarkesville District, p. 18. The microfilm of the census is indistinct and puzzling. George is shown as 50-60 and Letitia between 40-50. A total of 18 persons were in their household, apparently 8 males and 2 females between 20-30. One male was 30-40, a male and a female 15-20, 1 male 10-15 and a female 5-10. Were a number of relatives living with them? Were they running a hotel or boarding house?
He was a fortunate drawer in the 1832 Gold Lottery, living in Dyer’s Militia District, Habersham County, Georgia.
The Pickens County SC Jury List of 3 March 1841 has a notation that George Edmondson was not found in the district. Did this refer to the subject or to his son who moved from Pickens County in 1840? The son seems more likely.
George died in Clarkesville in 1841 and was buried in the old Methodist Cemetery, his grave not marked, as shown in the register of Grace Episcopal Church. Letitia was living in 1857 when she deeded personal property to her granddaughter.
Children of George Edmondson:
1. Michael Smith Edmondson, b. about Married the widow Susannah Pinson/Pinyon. Moved to Cass/Bartow County, Georgia, where he died about 1844-45, leaving children.
2. George Washington Edmondson, born about 1800. Married Mahala (Alcey) Watkins. Moved to Georgia.
3. Philip P. Edmondson, b. in 1801 (possible, no proof)
4. Richard Edmondson, b. 1805-06.
5. L.L. Edmunson, a 1st LT. in the Habersham County Militia May 18, 1840. (possible, no other information on him).
6. Mary H. Edmondson who married John T. Carter in 1844. She and Carter had a son, John T. Edmondson who changed his name to John T. Carter when his parents married. Mary was charged with murder in Habersham County in 1843. Details needed.
A story from the descendants of George W. Edmondson says he volunteered for the army in the War of 1812 at age 13, from Laurens District, Pendleton County, SC. He supposedly ran away from an evil stepfather. Only an evil stepmother would fit the known facts. George Washington Edmondson married Mahala (Alcey) Watkins, daughter of Joseph Watkins of Pickens County, SC.
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