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Mike, maybe the following will help:
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Dec. 2, 1781. William Edminston was granted 150 acres in Lincoln on Dix River watercourse. Book 6, p. 107.
1782. John Magill moved from Augusta County, VA, to land near Stanford on the Wilderness Trail. He took up land on Paint Creek in 1783 and returned to Augusta County to marry Jean (Jane) Edmiston, October 6, 1785. They returned to Kentucky. John was a school teacher, attorney and printer, was associated with the first newspaper west of Pittsburgh, the Kentucky Gazette first issued August 11, 1787, in Fayette County. In 1788 he bought land in Bourbon County and became a tobacco planter, owning land in many locations (Mercer County, now Franklin; Cumberland County. He suffered smallpox in 1794, was damaged mentally. Moved in 1795 to Franklin County from Bourbon County, 7 miles southwest of Frankfort. His history of Kentucky, THE PIONEER TO THE KENTUCKY EMIGRANT, was published in Frankfort in 1832. He died in Franklin County 1842. He was born in Augusta County, VA, son of John Magill, Sr., in 1759. Served in the militia in 1777. Completed his education probably at Liberty Hall, Lexington, and served in the campaign to relieve General Gates at Hillsborought, NC, in 1780. Children of John and Jean Edmiston Magill: Matthew E. Magill, Mary Magill, Samuel P. Magill, John Allen Magill (a well known physician), Cyrus T. Magill, William Magill, Jane Ann Magill, Margaret S. Magill.
See EFAB, No. 33.
March 25, 1784. Will of Andrew Duncan. Proved Feb. 21, 1786. Legatees: Andrew Buchanan, son of sister Elizabeth. Andrew Craig (son of sister Mary Craig). Jenny McKenney (sister Jean’s daughter). Executors: William Edmiston, John McKenny. Witnesses: John Edmiston, Robert Harrold, John Buchanan. Will Book A, 1781-1790.
Sept. 1, 1788. Ann Edminston was granted 498 acres in Lincoln on Casey’s Creek watercourse. Book 11, p. 592.
Sept. 1, 1788. William Edminston was granted 1000 acres in Lincoln on Casey’s Creek watercourse. Book 11, p. 570.
Sept. 2, 1788. Martha Edminston was granted 102 acres in Lincoln. Book 11, p. 563.
Sept. 2, 1788. Mary Edminston was granted 469 1/2 acres in Lincoln on Casey’s Creek watercourse. Book 11, p. 573.
Feb. 28, 1789. William Edminston was granted 405 acres in Lincoln on Casey Creek watercourse. Book 11, p. 565. He was granted on the same date 500 acres. Book 11, p. 567.
March 1, 1790. Martha Edminston was granted 1008 ˝ acres in Lincoln on the South Fork of Casey’s Creek. Book 9, p. 596.
Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records.
Will of Andrew Duncan names his sister Elizabeth Buchanan, son Andrew, brother-in-law James Edmiston. Witnessed by William Edmiston.
1830 Census.
Thomas Edmondson
Thomas Edmundson 70-80.
1840 Census.
Thomas Edmiston 30-40
David Edmiston 30-40.
Robert Edmundson 40-50. 2 females.
1850 Census, Lincoln County.
Jane Edmundson, 46, seamstress. James, 5. Nancy, 3. All born in KY.
P. 247.
Joseph Edmiston, 50, miller, b. in TN. Syntina, 44, wife, b. in TN. John, 24, peddler. William, 21, laborer. Robert. 17. Joseph, 14. Israel, 11. Betsy, 7. Nancy, 5. All born in Kentucky. P.286.
Census of 1880.
Frances J. Edmiston, 45. Nancy L. Edmiston, 45. Mary S. 15. Joseph R., 13. James A., 11. William D., 9. Nannie, 7. Bettie, 5. All born in Ky.
George A. Pleasant, 33, brother-in-law.
John Edmiston, 53, b. in Ky. Rachel C., 48, wife, b. in NH; Walter G., 21. Minnie, 19. Lisa, 17. John S., 13. Willis J., 10. Lizzie Hansford, sister of John, 30. All the children born in KY.
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