Marriages
Edmund Lilly married Catherine Shaw 27 March, 1828 (Note: I do not know what the relationship was between this Edmund Lilly, and the Edmund Lilly listed below in the census information)

1850 Census
Lilly, Edmund (Dwelling 159; Family 166) Age: 37; Occupation: Dry Goods Merchant
Hannah - Wife; Age: 29
Ann - Daughter; Age: 7
Alice - Daughter; Age: 4
Virginia - Daughter; Age: 2
Edmund/Edward (?) - Son; Age: 4/12.

1860 Census
Page 477 Lilly, Edmund (Dwelling 897; Family 833) Age: 47; Occupation: Dry Goods Merchant
Hannah - Wife; Age: 39
Ann - Daughter; Age: 18
Alice - Daughter; Age: 15
Virginia - Daughter; Age 12
Eddy - Son; Age: 10
Caroline - Daughter; Age: 8
Emma - Daughter; Age 6
Henry - Son; Age: 4
(Note: Henry Lilly, brother of Edmund Lilly, Sr. was living in the Fayetteville Hotel in 1860; Age: 53)

1870 Census
Lilly, Edmund (Dwelling 337; Family 360) Age: 57; Occupation: Dry Goods Merchant; Value of Real Estate - $12,000.00; Value of Personal Property - $100,000.00
Hannah - Wife; Age: 49
Jenny - Daughter; Age: 21
Edwin (?) - Son; Age: 20
Caroline - Daughter; Age: 18
Emma - Daughter; Age: 16
Henry W. - Son; Age: 14
Rose, F.R. - Son in Law; Age: 30
Alice - Daughter; Age: 24
Lilly - Granddaughter; Age: 3/12
Leake, Walter; Age: 11
Maurice
Lilly, Henry - Brother; Occupation: Retired Merchant; Age: 63; Value of Real Estate: $10,000; Value of Personal Property: $90,000.00

1880 Census
Lilly, Edmund J. (Volume 6; Enumeration District 95; Sheet 4; Line 19) Age: 67
Hannah - Wife; Age: 60
Walter - (?); Age: 24
Ledbetter, Anna - Daughter; Age: 37
Emma P. - (?); Age: 18
Eddie - Grandson; Age: 13
Cumming, Virginia - Daughter; Age: 32
Henry L. - Grandson; Age: 8
Rosa - Granddaughter; Age: 6
Gray, Carolina L. - Daughter; Age: 27
Robert L. - Grandson; Age: 3
Lilly G. - Granddaughter; Age: 4/12
Pemberton, Emma - Daughter; Age: 26
Lilly, Henry - Brother; Age: 73
(Note: This family also owned property in Sampson County and in New Hanover County. See North Carolina Real Estate - New Hanover County)

In 1881 an Edmund Lilly from New Hanover County, North Carolina received 125 acres of land (mortgage) in Wayne County, North Carolina from W.S. Elmore. The land was located northeast of Mount Olive (Book 46; Page 448).