Thomas Edwards
Contributed by Roger Kammerer and Elizabeth Ross. <21 Jun 2004>
Thomas Edwards died in Greene Co. in 1822, leaving children:

Polly Edwards (underage) md. John SUTTON, lived in Lenoir Co., NC
Theophilus Edwards, d. intestate without issue
Cullen Edwards
Francis Edwards
Thomas Edwards
Nathan Edwards (came of age 1834/35)
Rosa Edwards, md. William E. HARDEE
William Edwards, dec'd. (had son William T. Edwards who md. Eady _______ and d. without issue. Edy remarried to William H. CUNNINGHAM of Greene Co. )
[Editor's note: The structure of this family is explained differently in the next excerpt.]

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Source:
Abstracted from NC Supreme Court Records, Case #4602: Sutton and wife -vs.- Edwards - 1848. NC Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.
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William T. Edwards, son of Theophilus E. Edwards. Greene Co., NC.
Thomas Edwards (d. June 1832 intestate), widow: Rosa
Children:

William (d. Oct. 1822)
Cullen
Franklin
Thomas
Nahtan
Rosa, m. Jan/Feb 1838 to William E. HARDY

Thomas's brothers and sisters:

1) Polly (Mary) m. ca. 1826 to John SUTTON
2) Theophilus (d. ca. 1823 intestate, William POPE, administrator

John SUTTON is guardian of Cullen, Franklin, Thomas, Nathan and Rosey; Feb. 12, 1829.

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Source:
Abstracted from the William Blount Rodman Papers, Collection #P.C.76.13. NC Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.

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Comments on this familyfrom Martha Marble , Oct. 22, 1998:

. . . Ima [Mewborn, files of] has William Henry Cunningham and Unknown Edwards md to Edith Gibbons, daughter of John Wesley Gibbons and Elizabeth Hardy. Heaven only knows the proof. William and Edith are buried at Rainbow so her maiden name might be on the stone. Have added the first name for Edwards.

Any idea which John Sutton the other daughter married? . . . I come down John whose will is on the Lenoir Co archives page through his daughter who md Abraham Simmons first and then somebody Health - forgot his name. My John, I think, had a son John about the right age, but then so did every other Sutton at the time.