Pvt. Jacob Edwards

Abt 1760 - 1837  (77 years)

• Name	Jacob Edwards  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Pvt.
  Birth	Abt 1760	Accomack Co, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Rev War Veteran	1775  [2, 3]
  	He was shown as Jacob Edwards, a soldier in the Militia. Hines shows he served with Capt Thomas Copes and Capt. Elijah Garrett.
  Will - Fathers	31 Mar 1789	Accomack Co, Virginia   [4]
  	In his will David Edwards gave sons John & Sacker Edwards all my lands. Son John to pay Jacob Edwards 6 £ & if he refuse Jacob to take 6 acres of the land I gave him. Sacker Edwards to pay my son David Edwards 6 £ or David to take 6 acres of the land I gave him. Daughter Betty Edwards. Daughter Nancy Edwards. Daughter Rachel Edwards. Jacob, David, Betty, Nancy & Rachel Edwards residual legatees. Sons John & Sacker Exrs. - Witt: Smith Kellam, Zorobabel Edwards, John Edwards.
  Will - Brothers	21 Dec 1799	Accomack Co, Virginia   [5]
  	In his will John Edwards gave sons David & John Edwards land where I now live containing about 60 acres. To wife Rosey Edwards … To daughter Bridget Edwards ... To Jacob Edwards our Bible. Remainder to my 3 children David Edwards, John Edwards & Bridget Edwards. My 2 sons to be bound out when they are 14 & to serve until they are 21 of age & then to be free & given back the whole of their estate. James Spiers & Edmund Read Extrs. Witt: Abel Rodgers, Jacob Edwards & Betsy Edwards.
  Will - Father-in-law	12 Oct 1804	Accomack Co, Virginia   [6]
  	He was shown as Jacob Edward in the will of William Belote who gave Jacob Edward's children 1/3 part of his estate and all the property I lent to Jacob Edwards to his children.
  Anecdote	28 Mar 1833  [7]
  	On 28 Mar 1833 it was recorded that Jacob Edwards, age 72 and about 9 months, stated he entered the state militia in 1776; he served in a company commanded by Capt. Thomas Copes and afterwards in a company commanded by Capt. Elijah Garrett, attached to a regiment commanded by Col. Southy Simpson. He was stationed most of his time on Folly Creek, East Point on Onancock and on Wachapreague; he marched from Accomack Co. to Somerset Co, MD, to subdue the tories. He believes he was encamped and under arms for two years and six months as a private. He was born in 1760 in Accomack Co.
  Anecdote	27 May 1834  [8]
  	Sally Gardner, wife of William, Nancy Elliott, wife of George and John Edwards are the children of Jacob Edwards as mentioned in the will of William Belote, soldier in the Virginia Continental Line in the Rev. War..
  Reference Identifer	DAR Patriot #A036631 (Pvt. with Captains Thomas Copes & Elijah Garrett)
  Record ID	36182
  Death	4 Oct 1837	Edgecombe Co, North Carolina   [9]
  	Joacob Edwards was a pensioner of the U.S.; he resided in Accomack county until 1834 when he emigrated to North Carolina; it appears by affidavit of J.J.W. Powell, the attending physican and Mr. P. Edwards, that he died in Edgcomb Co, NC, circa 4 Oct 1837 leaving one child, John B. Edwards in that state and one child Sally Gardner formerly Sally Edwards in this state, and no widow. (recorded in Accomack Co, VA, 28 Apr 1851)
  Person ID	I36182	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	David Edwards,   b. Abt 1725, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 29 Sep 1789, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 64 years)
  Mother	(--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1740   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1758
  Family ID	F31546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Belote,   b. Abt 1775, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 12 Oct 1804, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 29 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1795  [10]
  Children	1. John Belote Edwards,   b. Abt 1794, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   2. Sacker Edwards,   b. Abt 1796, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Sep 1825 (Age 29 years) + 3. Nancy Edwards,   b. Abt 1798, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 26 Feb 1838 (Age < 40 years) + 4. Sarah 'Sally' Edwards,   b. Abt 1804, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F11520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 382 (will of David Edwards), 570. [S3025] JoAnn Hines, Hines, JoAnn - DAR Patroits of Accomack Co, VA, (Provided to MK Miles by Mary Jane Burn, 10 Mar 2018), 3025. [S577] Walker & Turman, Acc Soldiers & Sailors in Rev, (Parksley, VA: A Project of the Eastern Shore Chapter National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1975 (Manuscript at the E.S.P.L.)), 577. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), 570. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 185 (will of John Edwards, wife Rosey), 688. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 57 (will of William Belote), 688. [S575] Nottingham, Soldiers & Sailors of the E.S. of VA, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995), p. 43, 575. [S575] Nottingham, Soldiers & Sailors of the E.S. of VA, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995), p. 51, 575. [S575] Nottingham, Soldiers & Sailors of the E.S. of VA, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995), p. 72, 575. [S729] Mrs. Ann Bailey Barton, Barton to Miles, E-mail, 01/27/2001, 729.