1. JOHN¹ EDWARDS was born in Lived in Nassau Co., Florida in 1814, and died 1818 in St. Augustine, FL. He married MARY ANN BRADDOCK, daughter of JOHN BRADDOCK and LUCIA COOK.

Notes for JOHN EDWARDS:

Nominal Poll of the inhabitants of both Rivers of Nassau. In the 1814 Spanish

Census of Florida, reel #148 is listed: John Edwards widower age 38, Male children 1 of 1-7 yrs., 1 from 7-16 yrs. Female children, 1 of 7-16. Total in family 4. Total slaves 13.

John Edward, widower, married second, Mary Ann Braddock, daughter of Capt. John Cutler and Lucia Braddock. Will of Mary Braddock Edwards, State of Florida, Jefferson County, list her children. John and Mary Braddock Edwards moved from Amelia Island to St. Augustine with their family where he established himself and engaged in boat building. At the time of his death in 1818, he owned a large number of slaves and was a wealthy man. After his death, the family moved to Jefferson County near the town of what is now called Lloyd.

Mary Braddock Edwards died at her plantation and is buried at Edgewood Cemetery beside Elizabeth Edwards, her oldest daughter. Mary had a very lengthy will in which she named every child except Elizabeth, who had preceded her in death.

Submitted by: Helen B. Hodges, Callahan, Fl.

Ref: Braddock - Edwards Family History

The family history on the rest of this family seems to have been written by a granddaughter of Oscar Christopher Edwards. I found the typed family history

in my mother, Helen Hodges, files and have included it in the Edwards Family History. I do not know where it came from, the papers are yellowed and appear

to be old. There is no mention as to who wrote it, but the author said that Oscar Christopher Edwards was her (or his) grandfather.

Submitted by Jean Mizell.

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I received this email from Jerry Braddock on William Lyford, Jr.:

Subject:

Re: Where were you when I was doing my DAR paperwork?!

Date:

Sun, 6 Dec 1998 16:20:07 EST

From:

JBraddock1@aol.com

To:

pcramer@mediaone.net

CC:

JEANHM@SMART1.net, lori@solutionset.com, PGOODBREAD@aol.com, campbell@bitstorm.net

12/6/1998

Dear Ann Telfair Cramer,

I was looking through some the records I found researching my book and found

several items which my be of interest to you as a descendant of John Edwards

and probably of Edward Telfair:

The first is a record from the Telfair papers and deals with the Somerville

estate, of which Edward Telfair was administrator. Email format may prevent

columns from aligning properly. The mentioned William Lyford Jr. is my fifth

great uncle and some great uncle to you as a descendant of David Cutler

Braddock, Lyford's brother-in-law:

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Collections of the Georgia Historical Society (Telfair Family Papers, vouchers

for payment made by Edward Telfair for the estate of John Somerville &

accounts of Somerville and Rae):

Messrs. Rae and SomervilleTo William Lyford Dr.

1767 To Capt. Summerfield from Philadelphia £ 0..15.._

ditto from Providence _..15.._

ditto Sloop Hibernia 10 feet 2..10.._

1768 ditto Capt. Morgan out & in 1..10.._

ditto Capt. Spince 12 feet 3..10.._

ditto the Hibernia out 11 feet 1.. 9.._

ditto Capt. Beaty 14 feet 5..14.._

1769 ditto the Hibernia 10 ½ 2..18.._

ditto . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 11 2..18.._

ditto Capt. Horton 10 2..10.._

ditto Sloop Jane 10 feet 2..10.._

Carrying the Sloop Jane over the barr

and returning again & carried out _..10.._

1770 ditto Sloop Jane 10 feet 2.. _.. _

ditto Capt Webb 10 2..10.._

ditto the Hibernia 11 feet 2..18.._

ditto Capt. David Salvington 11 feet quire 5.. _.. _

ditto the Hibernia 11 feet 2..18.._

ditto . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2..18.._

ditto Capt. Kirk 10 feet 2..10.._

ditto Sloop Jane 10 feet 2..10.._

ditto . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2..10.._

ditto 9 feet . . . . . . . . 2.. 4.._

ditto the Hibernia 2..18.._

ditto Capt. McDaniel 11 ½ 3..10.._

ditto Capt. Throwbridge 2.. 5.._

ditto Capt Dickson 9 feet 2.. 4.._

ditto Brig Catharn 9 feet 2.. 4.._

ditto getting Sloop off Lochless Bank

and bringing her to Cockspur, Capt Tudor 1.. 5.._

ditto Sloop Jane, Capt. Sharman 2..10.._

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£ 76..17.._

Errors Excepted by

Wm. Lyford

Attested and signed the

above Account this twenty

Second day of February 1775

before me

Ottolenghe

Rec'd February 22, 1755 of Edward Telfair Esq to the deceased John Somerville

Surviving Corporation of Rae & Somerville the within sum of Seventy Six Pounds

Seventeen Shillings in full of all demand agst Said Estate.

Wm. Lyford

Mr. John Somerville

Dr. to William Lyford

1772

May To Pilottage Sloop Jane £ 2.. 0.. 0

1773

Jany ditto Brig John 2.. 0.. 0

May ditto " ditto 2..18.. 0

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7..16..00

Attested and Signed the above account

this twenty second day of February, 1775

before me. Ottolenghe

Received 22nd Feby 1775 of Edwd Telfair Esq to the dec'd John Somerville the

within sum of Seven pounds Sixteen Shillings in full of all demand or agst sd

Estate

Wm. Lyford

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The next is from a meeting of the Georgia Council of Safety three months after

the British had been run out of Georgia. In addition to uncle William Lyford

Jr. being mentioned, Peter Edwards--who may or may not be related to John

Edwards--and Edward Telfair are named:

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Collections of the Georgia Historical Society (Excerpt of minutes of meeting

from "Proceedings of the Georgia Council of Safety"):

At a meeting of the Council, June 26th, 1776

Present:

His Excellency the Prest. William LeConte.

Adam Fowler Brisbane. Benjn. Andrew.

John Wereat.

John Adam Treutlen.

Jonathan Cochrane.

Doctor Nathan Brownson waited on the Board, and took his seat in the room of

Colonel Baker.

His Excellency the President laid before the Board the Address of the Congress

respecting those whose going at large is dangerous to the liberties of

America, when the following list was proposed as containing persons of this

character:

Alexander Martin. James Spalding.

John Douglass. Benj. Wilson.

John Hume. George Baillie.

Andrew Johnson. Thomas Netherclift.

Henry Preston. Alexd. Mcgoun.

James Kitching. Robert Reid.

Willm. Read. James Mossman.

John Patton. Wm. Panton.

Thomas Johnson. William Skinner.

Charles Wm. McKinen. Francis Knowles.

Thomas Reid. Samuel Douglas.

Philip Yonge. Thomas Moody.

William Lyford. Lewis Johnson, junr.

Alexander Begby. Joseph Farley.

Peter Edwards. James Robertson.

George Kincaid. John Martin.

Nathaniel Hall. William Thompson.

Philip Moore. John Jamison.

Jno. B. Randall. Edwd. Telfair.

Doctor Zubly. John Inglis.

Andrew Hewat. John Foulis.

Robert Proteous.

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Edward Telfair was not only exonerated of the charge of being for the British

cause by being included on a 1780 list of those the British considered as

traitors, he later elected one of the state of Georgia's early governors.

The remaining items are about a John Edwards who I thinks is the one who

married Lucia Braddock. The first is a record of belated payments for service

in the Revolutionary War. John Edwards is list as having been lieutenant on a

galley. John Braddock is on the same list as captain of a galley. There were

few Georgia gallies in the war, so there is a good chance that the two men

served on the same vessel and that may be what lead to John Edwards meeting

John Braddock's daughter Lucia:

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Georgia Department of Archives and History (Auditor's Journal entries):

. . . February 1, 1787. . .

105 The United States, Dr. to Sundry persons, viz:

104 To John Edwards, for his pay as a Lieutenant on Board

the Gallies, No 936 £

152-9-5½.

194 To John Bacon Ditto, 937 £

162-6.

104 To John Trevor, Ditto 930 £

212-16.

107 To Captain John Braddock Ditto 939 £ 478-5-4.

To Captain John Hardy, for pay for 8 Negroes on

Board the Gallies, £ 264-

To Peter Thomas, for his pay as Captain of Artillery at

the reduction of Augusta, per resolve of Assembly, £ 49-11-8

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John Hardy commanded one of the other gallies. If my memory serves me

correctly, I think I heard from someone, perhaps Pat Goodbread Smith or Judge

Alexander D. Williams, that the Thomas Ellis Hardee that Mary Ann Berrie,

daughter of Lucia's sister Mary Ann Braddock Berrie, married. was a descendant

of Captain John Hardee.

John Edwards, along with John Braddock and most public figures of Glynn

County, was listed in the July 10 issue of the State of Georgia Gazette as a

defaulter of taxes on land on St. Simon's Island:

Defaulters of St. Simon's District.

John Thompkins, Jacob Helvelstone, Richard Touchstone, Christopher

Touchstone, John Piles, John Nunn, Hugh Binks, Joseph Terry, Richard

Summerford, Leonard Harper, John Palmer, Martin Palmer, George Jenkins,

Alexander Bisset, Samuel Gray, Barthalomew Bath, James Woodland, Arthur

Adkins, William Mazo, Richard Dudley, John Edwards, James Helveston,

Raymond Demere jun, Alexander Daniel Cuthbert, John Braddock, Richard

Bradley, William Edwards, Jesse Wicket, Daniel Manson, William Steven, John

Burnet sen, John Burnet jun, George Fulford, ---Garnet, John Jones, John

Good, James Spalding.

J. Mackintosh jun,

Receiver of Tax Returns St. Simon's Island.

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And finally, John Edwards is again coupled with John (Cutler) Braddock in the

Glynn County Militia, of which John Braddock later became commander:

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Georgia Department of Archives and History (Minutes of the Executive Council

of Georgia, appointment):

Government house

Augusta, Saturday 4th. Septr. 4, 1790.

The rank and arrangement of the Militia of Glynn County are established

this day in the following order:

Christopher Hillary, Esqr. Colo.

John Braddock Esqr. Lieut. Colo.

John McIntosh Esqr., Major.

1st. company.

Richard Bradley Esqr., Captain

John Edwards Gent. , 1st Lieut.

Richard Summerford Gent., 2nd Lieut.

2nd company.

William Steven Esqr., Capt.

James McLeod Gent., 1st Lieut.

James Harrison Gent., 2nd Lieut

State House, Augusta.

Saturday 4th Septr. 1790

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I think the above pertaining to John Edwards presents pretty good

circumstantial evidence that he served with John Braddock in the effective

campaign John Braddock and his galley waged against the British.

I hope this information serves in furthering your search of Edwards family

history.

Jerry B.

Notes for MARY ANN BRADDOCK:

John and Mary Braddock Edwards moved from Amelia Island, Fl to St. Augustine

with their family where established himself and engaged in the boat building

business.

More About MARY ANN BRADDOCK:

Burial: Spring Bluff Plantation, Camden Co., GA

Ref:: LDS(AFN: Q7JM-XB)

Children of JOHN EDWARDS and MARY BRADDOCK are:

2. ELIZABETH² EDWARDS (JOHN¹) died 1845. She married (1) WILLIAM BLUET CHRISTOPHER, son of SPICER CHRISTOPHER and MARY GREENWOOD. She married (2) THOMAS J. REYNOLDS.

Children of ELIZABETH EDWARDS and WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER are:

3. JOHN DAVID² EDWARDS (JOHN¹) was born 1796 in moved to Leon Co., FL, and died 1883. He married LOUISE HAUGHTON December 02, 1834 in "Pioneers of Florida's First Coast".

Notes for JOHN DAVID EDWARDS:

He moved to Leon Co., FL in early 1920's where he became prominent in politics. He was a lawyer and owned many acres of farm land around Lake Miccosukee. The family moved to Thomasville, Ga when their children were young.

Children of JOHN EDWARDS and LOUISE HAUGHTON are:

4. ADELINE CATHERINE² EDWARDS (JOHN¹) was born February 27, 1808, and died February 08, 1897. She married ADAM WIRICK March 02, 1830.

Notes for ADELINE CATHERINE EDWARDS:

Mentioned as daughter in Will of Mary Edwards.

She must have been one of the teen agers who rode a mule bare back from Amelia Island.

Notes for ADAM WIRICK:

He was a Methodist minister. He was moved about by the Church all the way from the lovely old church at St. Mary's, GA, over to Gadsden Co., FL. We found records of the early ministers of the Church listed among the items of historic interest when we visited there in 1976. A beautiful home was also built for Adeline in Monticello, in 1831., and stands today very much like the house it was though slightly remodeled. The Wirlicks moved to another plantation close to Lloyd, where they remained until their deaths.

More About ADAM WIRICK:

Occupation: Minister

Child of ADELINE EDWARDS and ADAM WIRICK is:

5. JAMES BRADDOCK² EDWARDS (JOHN¹) was born January 31, 1812 in Amelia Island, FL, lived in Jefferson Co., FL 1830's., and died February 25, 1860 in Jefferson Co., FL at his plantation.. He married (1) MARY KEMPES TURNBULL Abt. 1835, daughter of JOHN TURNBULL and JANE STEDMAN. He married (2) DELIA A. FAIRCLOTH SMITH November 08, 1853.

Notes for JAMES BRADDOCK EDWARDS:

He owned and ran a saw mill. He served in the Seminole War as Captain, and sometime around 1835-36 he married Mary Kempes Turnbull. She was one of the younger children of John Alexander and Jane Stedman Turnbull.

Children of JAMES EDWARDS and MARY TURNBULL are:

6. MARY ANN³ CHRISTOPHER (ELIZABETH² EDWARDS, JOHN¹) was born July 10, 1811. She married REV. WILLIAM GASSOWAY.

Notes for REV. WILLIAM GASSOWAY:

He was a Methodist minister.

Children of MARY CHRISTOPHER and REV. GASSOWAY are:

7. MARY ELIZABETH³ EDWARDS (JOHN DAVID², JOHN¹) was born May 17, 1834. She married IREDELL EDWARD BRYAN.

Notes for MARY ELIZABETH EDWARDS:

Mentioned as granddaughter in Will of Mary Edwards. Mary married a wealthy Louisiana planter. These are some of her own words relating to her marriage, ..."While yet a little girl of fifteen, and while preparing for college, within two months of the time for entering it, I like a thoughtless disobedient girl as I was, married and left books, music, and teachers behind while I entered a somewhat sterner school, away out in the wilds of the West." After one year away from home, she returned, brought her small son, and leaving him in the care of her mother, took her college education at College Temple in Newnan, GA. She became a very famous Southern writer and editor having been chosen as one of the ten best known women of Georgia.

Children of MARY EDWARDS and IREDELL BRYAN are:

8. LAURA³ EDWARDS (JOHN DAVID², JOHN¹) was born October 21, 1847. She married (1) FONDREN. She married (2) JAMES J. WILLIE.

Notes for LAURA EDWARDS:

Mentioned as granddaughter in Will of Mary Edwards.

Children of LAURA EDWARDS and JAMES WILLIE are:

9. JOHN EDWARDS³ WIRICK (ADELINE CATHERINE² EDWARDS, JOHN¹) was born February 21, 1831, and died March 13, 1912. He married ANN JOSEPHINE DAVIS.

Notes for JOHN EDWARDS WIRICK:

Graves of named children are in Springfield Cemetery near Lloyd.

Children of JOHN WIRICK and ANN DAVIS are:

10. JOHN TURNBULL³ EDWARDS (JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹) was born August 08, 1840. He married LOUISA BERRIE HOLLAND May 29, 1862.

Notes for JOHN TURNBULL EDWARDS:

Most of the information which we have on him comes from his grandson, John (Jack) Turnbull Edwards III, who lives in Charleston Heights, SC. It is interesting that there have been four "John Turnbull Edwards" so far and may perhaps be a fifth by now. It must be remembered that the "Turnbull" in this name comes from their relative Mary Kempes Turnbull, originally although this particular family is also related to the renown, "Dr. Andrew Turnbull," through the marriage of John Turnbull Edwards to Louisa Berrie Holland on May 29, 1862. This occurred during the Civil War, and the couple never returned to Jefferson Co., except for visits.

One written source describes "The Edwards House" in St. Augustine, John T. Edwards, Proprietor, as being "delightfully located and commands a view of the bay, the ocean, the sea-wall and fort.....kept open in both winter and summer, and is one of the most popular in the city. Mr. Edwards.....came to St. Augustine in 1876. During the Civil War he was a member of Longstreet's Corps, operating in Virginia. From this union came four children.

Children of JOHN EDWARDS and LOUISA HOLLAND are:

11. JAMES WOODY³ EDWARDS (JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹) was born August 23, 1844. He married (1) CLAUDIA HOPE CRISLER. He married (2) CATHARINE ANN MORRIS November 09, 1875, daughter of JAMES MORRIS and CATHARINE MATHERS.

Notes for JAMES WOODY EDWARDS:

Mentioned as grandson in Will of Mary Edwards.

He served as a soldier in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, when he was discharged after having been a prisoner of war for two years, he returned to Jefferson Co., where he married, worked, and lived out the rest of his life. At one time he was State Senator from the district.

He lived next door to his brother who was my grandfather, both men having received the land as their share of their father's plantation, and the "James Woody Edwards" property has remained in the hands of the family continuously now being farmed by, Walter Bond Edwards Jr., his grandson.

Children of JAMES EDWARDS and CATHARINE MORRIS are:

12. MARY MARTHA³ EDWARDS (JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹) was born 1848, and died Unknown. She married EDWIN E. WILLARD August 30, 1870.

Notes for MARY MARTHA EDWARDS:

Mentioned as granddaughter in Will of Mary Edwards.

Children of MARY EDWARDS and EDWIN WILLARD are:

13. JANE LOUISA³ EDWARDS (JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹) was born 1851, and died Aft. 1821. She married RICHARD YAEKEL.

Notes for JANE LOUISA EDWARDS:

Mentioned as granddaughter in Will of Mary Edwards.

Child of JANE EDWARDS and RICHARD YAEKEL is:

14. MARY REBECCA⁴ GASSOWAY (MARY ANN³ CHRISTOPHER, ELIZABETH² EDWARDS, JOHN¹) was born 1838. She married SAMUEL AGUSTUS PALMER.

Children of MARY GASSOWAY and SAMUEL PALMER are:

15. JULIA EDWARDS⁴ WILLIE (LAURA³ EDWARDS, JOHN DAVID², JOHN¹). She married WILLIAM HODNETT SAUNDERS.

Children of JULIA WILLIE and WILLIAM SAUNDERS are:

16. ISABELLE KNOX⁴ WILLIE (LAURA³ EDWARDS, JOHN DAVID², JOHN¹). She married J. EDWARD CARTER.

Children of ISABELLE WILLIE and J. CARTER are:

17. MARY C.⁴ EDWARDS (JOHN TURNBULL³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹) was born May 06, 1871. She married GEORGE MCDOUGAL.

Children of MARY EDWARDS and GEORGE MCDOUGAL are:

18. JAMES HOLLAND⁴ EDWARDS (JOHN TURNBULL³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹) was born August 23, 1873. He married REBECCA.

Children of JAMES EDWARDS and REBECCA are:

19. LOUISA ALBER⁴ EDWARDS (JOHN TURNBULL³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹) was born March 24, 1880. She married SCOTT THOMAS BEATON.

Children of LOUISA EDWARDS and SCOTT BEATON are:

20. JOHN TURNBULL⁴ EDWARDS, JR. (JOHN TURNBULL³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹) was born November 03, 1883. He married (1) FREDA HESS. He married (2) EDITH MAY HIGGINBOTHAM.

Child of JOHN EDWARDS and FREDA HESS is:

Child of JOHN EDWARDS and EDITH HIGGINBOTHAM is:

21. ROSA MORRIS⁴ EDWARDS (JAMES WOODY³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹). She married GEORGE ALEXANDER WHEELER..

Child of ROSA EDWARDS and GEORGE WHEELER. is:

22. JENNIFER⁴ EDWARDS (JAMES WOODY³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹). She married MARTIN EDWARD CLAYTON.

Children of JENNIFER EDWARDS and MARTIN CLAYTON are:

23. HENRY RECUS⁴ EDWARDS (JAMES WOODY³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹) was born October 23, 1876. He married JOSEPHINE BELL GELZER 1906.

Children of HENRY EDWARDS and JOSEPHINE GELZER are:

24. ANN HARTRIDGE⁴ WILLARD (MARY MARTHA³ EDWARDS, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹) died Unknown. She married JOHN S. TELFAIR, JR..

Children of ANN WILLARD and JOHN TELFAIR are:

25. HENRY EDWARDS⁵ PALMER (MARY REBECCA⁴ GASSOWAY, MARY ANN³ CHRISTOPHER, ELIZABETH² EDWARDS, JOHN¹) was born September 30, 1866.

Children of HENRY EDWARDS PALMER are:

26. EVERETT MONROE⁵ BEATON (LOUISA ALBER⁴ EDWARDS, JOHN TURNBULL³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹). He married JOE ANNA JOHNSON.

Child of EVERETT BEATON and JOE JOHNSON is:

27. JOHN TURNBULL⁵ EDWARDS III (JOHN TURNBULL⁴, JOHN TURNBULL³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹) died October 23, 1894. He married BELL MARIE BARBOZA.

Children of JOHN EDWARDS and BELL BARBOZA are:

28. FLORIDE⁵ EDWARDS (HENRY RECUS⁴, JAMES WOODY³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹). She married HENRY (JR.) JAMES FASTHOFF.

Child of FLORIDE EDWARDS and HENRY FASTHOFF is:

29. EDNA EARLE⁵ EDWARDS (HENRY RECUS⁴, JAMES WOODY³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹). She married FRANCIS M. SHERMAN.

Child of EDNA EDWARDS and FRANCIS SHERMAN is:

30. JOSEPHINE⁵ EDWARDS (HENRY RECUS⁴, JAMES WOODY³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹). She married JOSEPH DOZIER BRADLEY.

Child of JOSEPHINE EDWARDS and JOSEPH BRADLEY is:

31. HENRY JAMES⁶ FASTHOFF III (FLORIDE⁵ EDWARDS, HENRY RECUS⁴, JAMES WOODY³, JAMES BRADDOCK², JOHN¹). He married LINDA ANN ROEBUCK.

Child of HENRY FASTHOFF and LINDA ROEBUCK is: