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| 2. | John Richard Edmunds was born on 26 Aug 1812 (son of Henry Edmunds and Martha W. Morton); died on 8 May 1873. Notes:
John Richard Edmunds was a wealthy man before the Civil War, a staunch sympathizer with the South, and among the many conspicuous services that he did was the building for the Confederate government that section of the Southern Railway lying between Danville and Greensboro. He owned many slaves and other property and was also a large landowner, building Redfield plantation. He attended the University of Virginia, 1828-32, receiving a Bachelor of Laws degree. He married Mildred Coles in 1836 and lived at "Redfield", Halifax County, Virginia.
Died:
"Elm Hill", VA
John married Mildred Carrington Coles in Jan 1836 in Virginia, USA. Mildred (daughter of Isaac Howell Coles and Mildred Lightfoot Carrington) was born on 1 Mar 1820; died on 28 Dec 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 10. | William Morton was born on 27 Nov 1743 (son of Joseph Morton and Agnes Woodson); died on 29 Nov 1820 in Charlotte County, VA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military Service: 1776, Charlotte County, VA; Served in the Charlotte militia, "that brave band which withstood the British regulars at Guilford Court House."
Notes:
Birth:
"Slate Hill", Prince Edward Co., VA
William married Susannah Watkins on 29 Oct 1764. Susannah (daughter of Jr. Thomas Watkins and Frances Ann Anderson) was born in 1744 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died in 1814 in Charlotte County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 11. | Susannah Watkins was born in 1744 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA (daughter of Jr. Thomas Watkins and Frances Ann Anderson); died in 1814 in Charlotte County, VA. Notes:
The pamphlet about the Watkins family said Susanna possessed a "meek and quiet spirit" which so beautifully adorned her life, as described by her newphew. He wrote of her being remembered with great veneration and affection by the older people, & records that to her husband and children she was of priceless value. Her admiring newphew said he regarded the really notable achievement of her life was that she caught a very fine beau and married him! Francis writes, "But if Mrs. Morton had been a woman of no marked and distinctive character, the alliance with Colonel Morton brought much honor to her name." Susannah died some years before her husband.
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| 12. | Isaac Coles was born on 25 Feb 1747 in Richmond, Virginia, USA (son of John Coles and Mary Ann Winston); died on 3 Jun 1813; was buried . Notes:
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V
Name: Thomas Jordan Coles (cont.)
Colonel Isaac Coles, son of John (1) and Mary (Winston) Coles, was born in Richmond, Virginia, March 2, 1747, died on his plantation in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, June 3, 1813, and is there buried. He was educated at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, was a colonel of militia during the revolutionary war, and was a member of the Virginia legislature in 1783-84-85-87. He was a member of the convention which met in Richmond in June, 1788, to ratify the new Federal Constitution, and there voted against its ratification. He was a member of the first United States Congress which met in New York City in 1789 and there "voted against the adoption of the Constitution as it came from the hands of its framers, for he saw the poison under its wings." It is also on record that he voted to "abolish the slave trade," although a large land-owner and slave-holder himself, while his brother-in-law, Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, voted to continue it. He held his place in Congress until 1797, and while a member of the Philadelphia Congress he voted "to locate the seat of government on the banks of the Potomac. "He was twice married, (first) in 1771, to Elizabeth, died in 1781, daughter of William Lightfoot, of Charles City county, Virginia. They had three children, only one of whom lived to maturity, Isaac (2), who built and lived at a place called Springwood, near Houston, Halifax county, Virginia, and was the grandfather of the late Hon. Paul C. Edmunds and Captain Henry Edmunds, of Halifax county. Colonel Isaac Coles, Sr., married (second) in January, 1790, Catherine Thompson, a "New York belle and beauty," whom he met while attending the New York Congress. She was a daughter of James and Catherine (Walton) Thompson, of New York, and a descendant of the Beekmans. Her sister, Ann, had previously married Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, an old bachelor at the time of his marriage. Elbridge Gerry was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, governor of Massachusetts, member of Congress, vice-president of the United States at the time of his death in 1814, and was once sent abroad on an important diplomatic mission with Pinckney and Marshall. Catherine Thompson, second wife of Colonel Isaac Coles, Sr., was born in New York City in 1767, died in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, in 1848. being buried by the side of her husband. They were the parents of a large family, of one of whom, Walter, further mention is made. Colonel Isaac Coles, Sr., during his political career, lived on the plantation in Halifax county, Virginia, inherited from his father, located at Coles' Ferry on the Staunton river, and about 1800 moved to Pittsylvania county, Virginia. His home in this locality was a plantation of five thousand and fifty-seven acres, which land he had purchased from Philip Lightfoot, a cousin of his first wife. His reason for disposing of his Halifax property was two-fold; because of the malarial conditions there prevalent, which affected both his health and that of his family, and because of financial embarrassment, for the political positions that had taken such a large share of his time had been honorary or with small remuneration attached and wide inroads had been made upon his finances during his long public service. Colonel Isaac Coles, Sr. was known as a great wit and entertaining raconteur, and in the declining years of his life prominent men from all parts of the country journeyed to his home to enjoy his unmatched hospitality and the gleams from the intellect that time had not deprived of its luster.
Died:
"Coles Hill", Pittsylvania Co., VA
Isaac married Elizabeth Lightfoot on 1 Apr 1771. Elizabeth (daughter of William Lightfoot and Mildred Howell) died in 1781. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 15. | Mildred Howell Coles was born on 15 May 1769 (daughter of Walter Coles and Mildred Lightfoot); died on 24 Apr 1840. Notes:
DAR # 593761 and # 502396 - calls her Mrs. Pouge, also; prob. a second marriage.
Birth:
"Mildendo", Halifax Co., VA
Died:
"Sylvan Hill", Charlotte Co., VA
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