Display Patriot - P-153345 - James EDWARDS

James EDWARDS

SAR Patriot #: P-153345

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A036641

Birth: 1730 / Aberdeen / Scotland
Death: bef 09 Mar 1803 / Adams / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Pvt, Cpt Thomas Hamilton, Ltc Posey, Col. George Gibson,  1st & 3rd VA Regts


Additional References:

NARA. M881, Compiled Military Service Records, Roll #911


Spouse: Sarah Everett
Children: Eleanor Laws; George; Jacob;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2013-08-05 CA 54389 Tyler Scott Mann (188124) George   
2013-08-05 CA 54390 Scott Alan Mann (188125) George   
2013-08-05 MD 54391 Bradley Richart Mann (188126) George   
2013-08-05 CA 54392 Jason Edwards Mann (188127) George   
2013-08-05 CA 54393 Hudson Richart Mann (188128) George   
2013-08-05 CA 54394 Henry James Mann (188129) George   
2013-08-05 CA 54395 Owen William Larson (188130) George   
2014-02-25 VA 57163 George Allen Jones (154314) Eleanor   
2023-04-07 CA 106944 Jordan Tyler Mann (225864) George   
2023-04-07 CA 106945 Nathaniel Scott Mann (225865) George   
Location:
Aberdeen / Brown / OH / USA
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Comments:
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
  • The headstone is an artistic recreation. The original stone was washed into the Ohio River during a flood in 1937
  • per FindaGrave No location information available


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Author: George Allen Jones
James William Edwards was born in Aberdeen, Scotland before 1730. Some records say he was born in 1703.

He was kidnapped by pirates and brought to America. He eventually settles in Fairfax County, Virginia.

James William Edwards was a Private in the Virginia Regiment, Captain Thomas Hamilton’s Company, Colonel George Gibson’s Regiment, 1777 Line.

He died in March 1803 and is buried in the Old Cemetery, Aberdeen, and Brown County, Ohio. He helped settle the town of Aberdeen along with his son-in-law John West, Sr.
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