Saturday, October 12, 2024

52 Cousins~The Richard J. Eddins Families

Richard J. Eddins was born about 1833, a son of Richard Eddins and Elizabeth Wilson. He had four brothers and seven sisters. His parents, Richard and Elizabeth Wilson Eddins moved from Chesterfield County, South Carolina to Alabama before 1820. Based on the birth of their first 6 children all but Hosea was born in Alabama starting with William on 24 March 1816. Richard John T. Eddins, born about 1833, was the last child borne of this marriage.  

In July 1820, Richard Eddins executed the following Deed of Gift to his 7 named children.   

Know all men by these presents I Richard Eddings of the County of Walton and State of Alabama have this day given granted and delivered for the consideration of the Love and affection I bear to my beloved said children - Namely, Hosey, Harriet, Louisa, Jane,  William, Leadia [Lydia] & Jackson all Eddings), the following property Two Negroes Namely Sophia a girl and Elias a boy - two head of horses and twenty head of cattle forty head of hogs One Barge with a riding chair and one horse cast with all the household and Kitchen furniture and all and every other article of property that I the said Richard Eddings am now in possession of to their own proper use and I do at this time relinquish all right title claim and interest of the above named property to the aforesaid named children and their heirs and Lawfull assigns forever - In witness I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this this 29th day of July 1820. Richard Eddins 


Richard J. Eddins married Catherine Frances Wheeler about 1862 in Alabama. No marriage certificate or announcement has been found and the date is based on their known first-born child. The 1870 Census shows them with 2 daughters:

  • Ellen R. EDDINGS, female, age 7, born in AL.
  • Mary Jane EDDINGS, Female, age 3, born in AL. 

Sometime between 1880-1885, Catherine Frances (Wheeler) Eddins passed away. Richard J. Eddins then married Emma Morris on 15 January 1885 in Crenshaw County, Alabama. Emma was the widow of George Morris. Through this union was borne 4 children: 3 daughters and a son.     

Richard J. Eddins and Emma (Sullivan) Morris had the following children:

i. Millard T. Eddins, born 16 May 1886, Alabama; married Elizabeth D. Ward; died 18 Jan 1963, Santa Rosa County, Florida.

ii. Sarah Eddins was born in Feb 1890 in Alabama. 

iii. Susie E. Eddins was born on 2 Apr 1892 in Alabama.  She died on 8 Apr 1958 at the age of 66.

iv. Ida Eddins, born 29 Oct 1895, Alabama; married William Broxton Qualls, 18 Jul 1915, Walton, Florida; died 26 Jul 1985, Santa Rosa County, Florida.


Richard J. Eddins died on 2 January 1900. 

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Emma (Morris) Eddings died on 28 July 1934 in Santa Rosa County, Florida. 


Richard J. Eddins is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed. 




NOTE: Online genealogical trees list this individual as Richard John Thrashley Eddins. However, his Fold3 Civil War service record is the only document found that identifies him as Richard J. T. Eddins. It does not indicate what the initials J. and T. stand for.




 


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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed January 2023); Memorial page for Richard J. Eddins; (1833–1900); Find a Grave memorial # 12306158, Citing Jernigan Cemetery; Santa Rosa County, Florida, USA.

2. 1850 U. S. Census, Pike County, Alabama, population schedule, Pike, Alabama, Page: 262A (stamped); Line 16, Dwelling 1731, Family 1731, Household of Elizabeth EDINS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 13.

3. 1860 U. S. Census, Pike County, Alabama, population schedule, Eastern Division, Pike, Alabama, Page: 287(stamped); Line 3, Dwelling 762, Family 770, Household of Richard EDDINS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 3 April 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm M653 Roll 21.

4. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/: accessed February 2023), entry for Richard J T Eddins, Pvt.; Co D 1st ALA Conscript C.S.A.; Confederate.

5. 1866 State Census, Pike County, Alabama, population schedule, Pike County, Richard Eddins; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online February 2023).

6. 1870 U. S. Census, Pike, County, Alabama, population schedule, Grimes, Pike, Alabama, Page: 366A(stamped), Line 27, Dwelling 56, Family 56, Household of Richard EDDINGS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 8 May 2019); citing NARA publication M593_37.

7. Land Deed - Richard J. Eddins and Wife Emma to Millard F. Eddins – Deed of Gift; 13 December 1886; Deed Book #K; Page(s) 509 and 510; The Chancery Clerk's Office; Troy, Pike County, Alabama; 16 December 2019.

8. Richard J Eddins, 4 October 1898; U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015; Dept. of Archives and History, Montgomery, AL 36130.

9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Richard J. Eddins (1833–1900), Memorial # 12306158.

10. 1870 U. S. Census, Pike, County, Alabama, population schedule, Grimes, Pike, Alabama, Page: 366A(stamped), Line 27, Dwelling 56, Family 56, Household of Richard EDDINGS.

11. "Alabama, County Marriage Records, 1805-1967," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: Online February 2023), Marriage: R. J. Eddins & Emma Morris, 001288731.

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

Early 1800 Equity Suit~James Moultrie vs John McNeil & Levicy his wife

 James Moultrie} 

vs             }                   Bill of Discovery

John McNeil & Levicy his wife} 

South Carolina} 

Cheraw District}    In Equity

 To the Honorable Hugh Rutledge William James Waddy Thompson William Henry Dessaussure and Theodore Gaillard Esquire Judges of the of Equity of the said State.          

Humbly complaining Sheweth unto your Honors your Orator James Moultrie of Edenton in the State of Georgia that your orator some time in the year of our of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and ninety two Bargained with one William Sellers of Chesterfield District and State aforesaid for a certain tract of land situated and lying near Chesterfield Court House in the District aforesaid containing two hundred acres originally granted to Thomas Davis 20th day of Oct 1763 for which tract of Land your orator agreed to give the said William two hundred and fifty dollars and your orator afterwards made several payments to the said William which in the whole amounted to two hundred and twenty dollars and the said William had never executed to your orator any deed of conveyance of the said land. And your Orator further sheweth to your honors that some time in the year our Lord one thousand seven hundred ninety six he moved from this State into the State of Georgia and Left Joseph Moultree your orators father his agent to settle up his business in Chesterfield aforesaid and the said Joseph soon afterwards did as agent out of your Orators money which had come into his hands the balance of the two hundred and fifty dollars which remain (pg 236) unpaid to the said William and the said William did at that time execute a deed of the said Land to the said Joseph which deed purported to be a conveyance of the said land to the said Joseph in his own right never the less it was fully understood between the said Joseph and your orator that the said Joseph was to have no beneficial interest in the said land and that the said Joseph was to be put a mere trustee for your orator and the said deed was so taken by the said Joseph to himself for the special purpose to enable him in behalf of your orator the more conveniently to make sale of the said Land and to enable him to give as indisputable titles for the same to a purchaser and your orator further showeth unto your honors that some time in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and four the said Joseph your orators father departed this life without ever having procured a purchaser for the said Land and left your Orator and orators three sisters his heirs at Law to wit Ruth Cook the wife of Daniel Cook Levicy McNeil the wife of John McNeil Margaret McNeil the wife of Neil McNeil who hath since died of Chesterfield District and State aforesaid and Sarah Walker the wife of Nedom Walker of the State of Georgia who hath since died and left Mary Cook the wife of David Cook Polly Howard the wife of Samuel Howard and Peter Walker her children and heirs at law and soon after the death of your orators father the said John McNeil and Levicy his wife in the right of the said Levicy as one of the heirs at Law of the said Joseph took possession of the above mentioned tract of land and your orator since the death of his father hath often applied in a friendly manner to the said Daniel Cook and Ruth his wife John McNeil Levicy his wife Neil McNeil David Cook and Mary his wife Samuel Howard and Polly his wife and Peter Walker to have them all joined in Executing a deed for the said Land to your orator, and also to have the said John NcNeil and Levicy his wife let your orator into possession of the said tract of land and to have them account to your orator for the annual rents and profits of the said tract of land as well as for the timber which they cutoff the said land since they have been in possession thereof and your orator will hoped they the said Daniel and Ruth John and Levicy Neal David and Mary Samuel  & Polly (pg 237) and Peter would have complied with such his reasonable requests as in justice and Equity they ought to have done but Now so it is may it please your Honors that the said Daniel & Ruth John & Levicy Neal David & Mary Samuel & Polly & Peter Combining and confederating themselves with divers person unknown at present to your orator whose name when discovered your orator prays may be inserted herein with apt words to charge them contriving how to defraud your orator of the said tract of land they all severally refuse to join in Executing a deed to your Orator for the said Land and the said John &Livery refuse to let your orator into possession of the said Land or to account to him for the annual rents & profits of the timber cut off the same they some times pretending that your orators father in his life time did purchase the said land of your orator and paid him the full consideration for the same and some times they pretended that your orators father purchased the said Land of the said Land of the said William Sellers and paid him a full consideration for the same and that your orator never paid to the said William any part of the purchase money when the truth is and which your orator believes he is well able to prove to the satisfaction of your Honors that the said land was wholly paid for by your orator all which actings and doings of the said Daniel & Ruth John & Levicy Neal David & Mary Samuel & Polly & Peter and the other confederates are contrary to right Equity and good conscience and tend to the great injury of your orator In Tender Consideration whereof and for as much as matters of this nature are properly relievable in a court of Equity before your Honors and in regard your orator cannot compel the said Daniel and Ruth Neal David & Mary Samuel & Polly and Peter to join in Executing a deed to your orator for the said land and the said John & Levicy to let your said Orator into the possession of the said land and to account to your orator for the annual rents & profits of the timber cut off the same but by the (pg 238)assistance of the court of Equity To the End therefore  that the said Daniel and Ruth John & Levicy Neel David & Mary Samuel & Polly & Peter may upon their several oaths true & perfect answer make to and Singular the premises as fully & particularly as the same were here again repeated & interrogated and that they may set forth whether your orator did not purchase the said land of the said William Sellers & pay to him a full consideration consideration for the same and whether the said Joseph did not as agent for your orator take a deed from the said William & whether the said Joseph did not at divers times & on various occasions declare in their presence that he held the said in trust for your orator & that had no beneficial interest in the same and that the said Daniel & Ruth his wife John & Levicy his wife Neel David & Mary his wife Samuel & Polly his wife & Peter may be decreed to join all & each of them in executing a deed to your orator for the said land and the said John & Livery his wife be decreed to let your orator in to the possession of the said Land and account to him for the rents and profits of the land and the value of the timber cut off the same by them & received by them since the said Joseph death. May it please your Honors to grant unto your orator a writ of Subpoena to be directed to the said Daniel and Ruth his wife John & Levicy his wife Neal David Mary Samuel & Polly & Peter thereby commanding them at a certain day & under a certain penalty therein to be inserted personally to be and appear before your honors in the Court of Equity then and there to answer the premises and to stand to & abide such order and decree there in as to your honors shall seem agreeable to Equity and good conscience. And your petitioner will ever pray &c.

                                                           Blanding & Hanford

                                                       Filed 27th December 1809

The within named Moultrie individuals are children of Joseph Moultrie and Mary (White) Moultrie.

Children in order:

Margaret -wife of Neil McNeil

Sarah - Wife of Nedom Walker

Ruth - wife of Daniel Cook, Sr. 

James Moultrie husband of Nancy Hopson

Louise "Levicy" - wife of John McNeil

William Sellers - most likely son of Hardy Sellers 

Ruth Moultrie Cook and William Sellers are both related. 


Ruth (Moltrie) Cook is my 5th Great Grand Aunt  


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Darlington. Court Dockets 1803–1815, 1813–1838, 1828–1831

page 235- 238

Image 142 of 768

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