Pike County, Alabama Estate Folder~Richard Eddins, 1846

Richard Eddins, b. 1783, a son of William B. Eddins and Nancy [LNU], moved his family from Chesterfield County, SC to Pike County, Alabama about 1819. There he and his wife Elizabeth Wilson raised a family of twelve known children.

Richard Eddins died sometime before 29 May 1845 and his estate was probated in Pike County in the year 1846.

His Estate File can be found online at FamilySearch.org. It can be viewed, without cost, by clicking on this hyperlink:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRRS-9N1H?cc=1978117

At the time of his death, 3 or 4 of his children were minors under the age of twenty-one. There are 32 images contained within the Estate Folder; some contain significant genealogical data others contains just the routine matters associated with probating an estate.

This listing mentions some of the data in the Estate Folder:

Image 2 = mentions  James M. Gibson Guardian of Joseph J. and Richard Eddins
Image 4 = Dated June 1845 mentions Archibald Graves; Melinda, Joseph, and Richard Graves
Image 8 – Earliest date (19 May 1845) found within the Estate folder  mentions William R. Eddins
Image 11 – refers to Dale County, Alabama
Images 12-13 = Joseph Eddins has reached the age of majority (21) dated 10 May 1852>>(1852-21= 1831 birth year for Joseph)
Image 15 = 14 Oct 1845, A true + perfect Inventory
Image 17 = 20 Dec 1845, James M. Gibson appointed Guardian of Minor Martha Ann Eddins
Image 18 = More Guardianship paperwork
Image 23 = Belinda Flowers formerly Belinda Eddins (Sarah Malinda Eddins married Goldsberry Flowers on 7 Feb. 1846, Pike Co., AL)
Image 26 = Mentions Archibald Graves former guardian of said minors. (Archibald Graves marred Harriett Edna Eddins daughter of Richard Eddins)
Image 27 = The Guardianship case was moved from Dale County, Alabama to Pike County, Alabama
Image 29 = Martha Ann Eddins over the age of fourteen, age about 19;  dated 1845 making her birth year to be about 1826.
Image 30 = Pike Circuit Court Fall Term AD 1865 Malinda Eddins et al minors Vs. Archibald Graves
Image 32 = Record of James M. Gibson Guardian of Richard, Joseph, and Malinda Eddins.
Richard Eddins left NO WILL at his demise. Several of his children and Sons-in-law are mentioned within the estate folder.

Richard Eddins and Elizabeth Wilson had the following children:
        i.    James Hosea Eddins, born 29 Mar 1809, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Rebecca Black, 15 Nov 1831, Pike County, Alabama; died aft 1880.
         ii.    William R. Eddins, born 24 Mar 1816, Pike County, Alabama; married Eliza M. McDonald, 17 Jun 1845, Pike County, Alabama; married Patience Weatherford, 26 May 1846, Monroe, Alabama; died 27 Jan 1866.
         iii.    Lydia Eddins, born abt 1817, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Phillip William Sellers, 27 Jan 1838, Pike County, Alabama; died aft 1880, Coffee County, Alabama,.
         iv.    Harriett Edna Eddins, born abt 1820, Pike County, Alabama; married Archibald Graves; married Luke Flowers; died 1886.
         v.    Jackson Eddins, born bef Jul 1820; married Mary Cairrian, 27 Feb 1845, Pike County, Alabama.
         vi.    Louisa Jane Eddins was born before Jul 1820.
         vii.    Nancy Helen Eddins, born 31 Dec 1822; married James Irvin Adams, 6 Jan 1839, Pike County, Alabama; died 7 Apr 1888.
         viii.    Elizabeth Eddins, born 1 Jan 1824; married James Milton Gibson, 13 Mar 1845, Pike County, Alabama; died 6 Dec 1883.
         ix.    Martha Ann Eddins, born abt 1826; married Thomas Underwood Crane, 1848.
         x.    Sarah Malinda Eddins, born abt 1830; married Goldsbury Flowers, 7 Feb 1846, Pike, Alabama, USA.
         xi.    Joseph F. Eddins, born abt 1831, Pike County, Alabama; married Elizabeth Burton; died 1863, Civil War.
         xii.    Richard John Thrashly Eddins, born abt 1833, Pike County, Alabama; married Catherine Frances Wheeler, abt 1862; married Emma Morris, 15 Jan 1885, Crenshaw County, Alabama; died 1900, Santa Rosa Co., FL.

Richard Eddins is my 3rd Great Grand Uncle. 







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[1] "Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRRS-9N1H?cc=1978117&wc=MX55-CTG%3A314241701%2C315167301 : 19 May 2014), Pike > Eddins, Malinda (1847) > image 1 of 32; county courthouses, Alabama.