It’s Family Time~The Richard Eddins Family

Richard Eddins was born about 1783 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He moved from Chesterfield County, South Carolina to Monroe County, Alabama Territory about 1819.
Richard appeared in the census in 1820 in Wilcox County, Alabama. He died about Sep 1845 at the age of 62 in Pike County, Alabama.

Richard Eddins and Elizabeth Wilson were married about 1808, based on the birth of their oldest child. 


Elizabeth Wilson was born in 1795. She died after 1860 at the age of 65.

This is a list of the known children of Richard Eddins and Elizabeth Wilson:
        i.    Lydia Eddins, born abt 1817, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Phillip William Sellers, 27 Jan 1838, Pike Co., AL; died aft 1880, Coffee County, Alabama,.
         ii.    James Hosea Eddins, born 29 Mar 1809, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Rebecca Black; died Jul 1861, Santa Rosa, Florida.
         iii.    Harriett Edna Eddins, born abt 1820, Pike Co., AL; married Archibald Graves; married Luke Flowers; died 1886.
         iv.    Joseph F. Eddins, born abt 1831, Pike Co., AL; married Elizabeth Burton; died 1863, Civil War.
         v.    Richard John Thrashly Eddins, born abt 1833, Pike Co., AL; married Catherine Frances Wheeler, abt 1862; married Emma Morris, 15 Jan 1885, Crenshaw Co., AL; died 1900, Santa Rosa Co., FL.

The above list of children is most likely a partial list. The information I have about Richard Eddins and his family is very limited. Records for Alabama are very sparse online and we know the story about a lack of records in Chesterfield County. But, new records are being made available so I will revisit Richard’s family sometime late next year. If you have information pleased contact me.

Richard Eddins is my 3rd Great Grand Uncle.


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    1. 1820 STATE CENSUS, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, , Household of Richard Eddins; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 April 2018).
     2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  3 April 2018); Memorial page for Richard Eddins; (1783–1845); Find a Grave memorial # 135626319, Citing Bagdad Cemetery; Bagdad, Santa Rosa County, Florida, USA.
      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.