The life of Anna Obedience Eddins, m. Edom Moon

Writing this to sort out what I know about Anna Obedience Eddins/Edins, who married Edom Moon.

According to her tombstone, (Anna) Obedience Eddins was born on October 13, 1789. She died on May 16, 1863, and is buried in the Jones-Moon Cemetery in Walker County, GA. Grave markers are often incorrect, but they may be good indicators. So let's just decide to accept this information as mostly correct.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22570356

Anna Obedience was likely the sixth child of John Eddins. She might have been the sixth child of Zilpha MNU (Maiden Name Unknown) also, but we don't know if Zilpha was John's first or second wife. Zilpha certainly affected Obedience—more on that later.

We know AO was a child of John Eddins because of the 1828 ad Zilpha ran in the SC State Gazette:

http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A11B55F04C806628C%40GBNEWS-11BB082D13CEFFC8%402389070-11BB082D58F81ED0%406-11BB082E17EBB3F8%40?search_terms=edins&s_dlid=DL0114120622143605554&s_ecproduct=SUB-Y-6995-R&s_ecprodtype=RENEW-A-I&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2010/11/2015&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=10/11/2015&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_username=rsjmc%40earthlink.net&s_accountid=AC0112050822015911400&s_upgradeable=no

At any rate, she was probably one of the female children enumerated in the 1790 Census for SC:

http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=5058&path=South+Carolina.Orangeburgh.Not+Stated.22&fn=John&ln=Edings&st=d&pid=389148&rc=&zp=75

John Eddins died about 1795. In the 1800 US Census for Orangeburgh, SC, Selvia Eddins is head of household. In the household are two males under 10 (William D. & James A.), two males 10 - 15 (John S. & Ephraim), questionable 1 male 26 - 44--looks like it said one then was changed to zero. It could not have been Blakely, as he would have been only 20 at the time. There are also one female under 10 (Unknown Female), two females 10 - 15 (Obedience and Unknown), and one female 26 - 44 (Zilpha). 

http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=7590&path=South+Carolina.Orangeburg+District.Lexington.26&fn=Selvia&ln=Eddins&st=r&pid=495483&rc=&zp=75

The next record of Anna Obedience is her marriage. One source says 1802. She would have been 13. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=3124596&indiv=try&o_cvc=Image:OtherRecord
The History of the Moon Family by William H. Moon (1920, Conners, GA) says 1805. Obedience would have been 16. Some family trees say 1809. She would have been 20. Did she get married in GA or SC? There's no answer, but it's most likely that she got married in GA, which is where Edom lived most of his life. Some sources say Columbia, GA, but I couldn't find a primary source:

http://person.ancestry.com/tree/19823963/person/1050601592/facts

When did she go to GA? Between 1800 and 1809. Why did she go to GA when she was born in SC? My best guess is that she accompanied her brother Blakely to GA as a housekeeper—but it's only a guess.

The 1805 GA Land Lotteries show Edom Moon as a person entitled to one draw in the land lottery. 

http://www.1805georgialandlottery.com/m.shtml

In which he was a fortunate drawer.

http://www.1805georgialandlottery.com/fda_m.shtml

By 1820 Edom and Anna O. were in Captain Wellington's District in Columbia County. In the household there were two males under 10, one male 26 - 45 (Edom, 38), two females under 10, one female 10 - 16, and one female 26 - 45 (Obedience, 31). Neighbors: Davis, Hassel, Roberts, Withers, Cartledge, Avery, Pullen.

http://interactive.ancestry.com/7734/4433162_00041/1427521?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1820usfedcenancestry%26gss%3dsfs28_ms_db%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26MS_AdvCB%3d1%26gsfn%3dedom%26gsfn_x%3d1%26gsln%3dmoon%26gsln_x%3d1%26MSAV%3d2%26uidh%3dwy5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults

In 1830 they're in Walton County, GA. In the household are one male 10 - 15, one male 15 - 20, one male 40 - 50 (Edom, 48), one female under five, two females five - 10, one female 10 - 15, one female 15 - 20, one female 30 - 40 (Obedience, 40). Neighbors: Davis Camp, Moon, Baird, White, Henson, West, Moon.

http://interactive.ancestry.com/8058/4409523_00345?pid=961945&backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1830usfedcenancestry%26h%3d961945%26indiv%3dtry%26o_cvc%3dImage%3aOtherRecord&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true

No one seems to have found them in 1840.

In 1850 Edom Moon is living in Division 88 of Walton County, GA. He is 67, a farmer, born NC, can read, no money. Also in the household are Obedience, 57, born SC, cannot read or write; Sarah, 30, Mary 25, Edom G. W., 17. All children born in GA. Neighbors: Jordan, Allgood, Burton, Carter, Brice.

http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8054&iid=4191562_00085&fn=Edom&ln=Moon&st=r&ssrc=&pid=16030347

In 1860 Edom Moore (reads as "Moon") is living in Chestnut Flat, Walker County, GA. He is 77, a farmer, no money. Also in the household are Obedience, 65, born SC; and Edom G. W., 28, born GA. Neighbors: Cooper, Williams, Jones, Phillips.

http://interactive.ancestry.com/7667/4212798_00190/11750854?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1860usfedcenancestry%26h%3d11750854%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d7163&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

According to Findagrave.com, Obedience died May 16, 1863. She's with Edom, who outlived her by 16 years. 

http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=moon&GSfn=obedience&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=22570356&df=all&

Obedience was probably young when she started having babies. Eventually she popped out at least eight:

• Daniel Bookout Moon, 1813 - 1862, m. Emily Pullen

• William B or E. (Eddins??) Moon, 1816 - 1868, m. Emmerile Brooks

• Dollie Moon 1816 - 1886. "Dolly" was an Eddins family name.

• Martha Ann Moon 1818 - 1857, m. Josiah Brooks

• Pattie Moon 1818 - ?

• Sarah Moon 1822 - 1900

• Mary Ann Moon 1825 - 1918, m. Jones

• Edom G. W. Moon 1831 - 1925, m. Mary Ann Dunn

and maybe nine:

• Henry 1836. Although if Henry were a son of Edom and Obedience, you'd think that at 14 he'd still be in the household in 1850, but he's not. There's DNA evidence linking Henry to Obedience, but we're still looking at it.

http://person.ancestry.com/tree/19823963/person/1050601592/facts

http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=moon&GSfn=obedience&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=22570356&df=all&

So Anna Obedience married young, popped out at least eight kids over 27 years, couldn't read, and was a farmer's wife. Probably a very nice farmer's wife.

How do we know?

Note that among her grandchildren are the definite "Eddins" names of Blakely and Zylpha—and several Obediences and A.O.s.

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/o/r/Jack-A-Jordan-OR/BOOK-0001/0014-0011.html#IND13643REF143

Isn't that sweet?