The 1790 Census lists one male 16+ (John) and three males under 16 (Blakely, John S., and Ephraim), and six free white females (Zilpha and five girls: Fereby, Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, and Obedience).
Some birth dates are known for these people because of cemetery inscriptions. Other dates are implied from census records. Even others are listed because good researchers (for example, Bob Eddings) have listed them this way.
So here's the list:
- Fereby, who married Samuel Hendrix, b. 1770 - 1780?, died after 1840 in Tuscaloosa County, AL?
- Martha, born before 1790, died ?
- Elizabeth, who married a Brown, born before 1790, died ?
- Mary, who married George Turner, born before 1790, died ?
- Blakely, born about 1780, died about 1838 in Pulaski County, GA
- John S., born 1 August 1782, died 1831 or 1839 in Orangeburg/Lexington County, GA
- Ephraim, born about 1786, died by 1826 in Richland County, SC ?
- Obedience, born October 13, 1789, died May 14, 1863 in Walker County, GA
- William D., born about 1791, died after 1840 in Pulaski County, GA
- James A. (likely "Albert"), born 1792-3, died January 27, 1858 in Tallapoosa County, AL
Bob Eddings says there are 11 children, and there may be, but I can only find these 10.
I'm going to update this list whenever I find compelling new information. So there.
I'm going to update this list whenever I find compelling new information. So there.
I can't seem to locate death information for Blakely Edins, who is extremely likely my GGG grandfather. Can you point me to the death records or tell me how you come by this info? The dates are right for us, but an old history of northwest Louisiana says one Blakely Edins bought section 26 of township 20 in Claiborne Parish, LA, in 1836. (I can send that link to you.) I suspect it was the Pulaski Blakely because just four years later, my GG grandfather (Richard V. Blakely Eddins who was born in Pulaski County, GA) shows up in said parish in the 1840 census (with siblings and a wife and child in tow I think), along with W.D. Eddins (with a young wife in a nearby house). Possibly Blakely bought the property for his grown children, but stayed behind and died in Pulaski County the next year? Possibly the property-buying Blakely is actually R.V.B., and they just referred to him as Blakely even though he was called Richard. Maybe his (presumed) father never left Georgia. Possibly he bought the property in abstentia? OR the years are one off, and Richard brought the family to Louisiana just after his father died. That would make sense. A few loose ends here.
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