McCormick in McCormick County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Edmunds Family History
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Samuel Calhoun Edmunds

Edmunds Family History Marker (obverse) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, April 11, 2011

1. Edmunds Family History Marker (obverse)

Inscription.
(obverse) Edmunds Family History
1710-1961
Burial Ground 1.3 Miles S.E. —›
Officers: Will Tom Edmunds, Pres.
Joe F. Edmunds, Vice Pres.
Robert J. Edmunds, Sec. & Treas.
Mary Edmunds, Historian

The first record is of John Edmunds, born 1710 Virginia. Will probated Amherst County Va. 1764. He was father of James born 1743 Albermarle County Va. Died 1826 Barren, Ky. Will probated there. He & his wife Sarah Lavender were parents of Alexander born 1763 in Va. He was the first to come to South Carolina with wife Lydia Calhoun in 1790. He died in Edgefield 1823. Wife died 1797. They were parents of Samuel Calhoun & Lydia. Samuel C was born 1793 and died 1859 near McCormick. Lydia was born 1796 and died 1847. Samuel C married Polly Bussey. Children: Sarah Lavender - James Alexander - Agnes. His second marriage to Henrietta R. Harris. Children: Frederick Harris - Margaret Ann - John Francis - Henry Clay - Emma - Samuel - Whitefield - Betty. Sam & Whit were killed in Virginia during the Civil War. (Note: History continued on reverse side of marker) (reverse) (Continued from other side)
Husbands & Wives of
Samuel Calhoun Edmunds'
Children

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& Their Children
———— ••• ———— Sarah L.E. married Patrick S. Rogers. Children: John N - Mary E - Peter A - Samuel B - Patrick A - Savannah E - William M. John & Peter died in Civil War. James A married Martha Barrett. Children: Alex - Eliza - James. Second wife: Lizzie White. Children: George W - Charlie H - Joseph F - John A - Augustus A - Robert N - Fred F - Perry E - Mattie - Wesley J. Frederick H married Mary Jennings. Children: James W - Josephine H - Sarah J - Ella C - Samuel R - Henry C - John T - Thomas W - Georgia M. John F. married Sara Newby. Sons: Sam L & Thomas A. Second wife was Augusta Ann Harris. Childen: Mary J - Martha A - Henrietta - John Z - Luther H - Fannie E - Sallie E - Whitefield F - Will H - James F. Emma E. married W.S. Atchinson. One son: Winnie. Second married Chester Walker. Children: Lewis - Whit - Vince - Sam - John - Lizzie - Lorena.

Committee for Marker
Ernest F. Bentley
Margaret E. Floyd
Warren N. Edmunds

Erected 1961 by Edmunds Family History Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1710.

Location. 33° 52.269′ N,

Samuel Calhoun Edmunds Marker (reverse) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, April 11, 2011

2. Samuel Calhoun Edmunds Marker (reverse)

82° 22.64′ W. Marker is in McCormick, South Carolina, in McCormick County. It is at the intersection of U.S. 378 and Holiday Road (State Highway S-33-7), on the left when traveling west on U.S. 378. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5811 US-78 W, Mc Cormick SC 29835, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Welcome to Baker Creek State Park (approx. 1.4 miles away); General Elijah Clark (approx. 1.9 miles away in Georgia); Dooly Spring (approx. 2 miles away in Georgia); Tory Pond (approx. 2.8 miles away in Georgia); The Guillebeau House (approx. 3.1 miles away);

Edmunds Family History Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, April 11, 2011

3. Edmunds Family History Marker

New Bordeaux Worship Site (approx. 3.9 miles away); New Bordeaux (1764) (approx. 4.1 miles away); John De La Howe Forest (approx. 4.6 miles away); John De La Howe School Lethe Farm Trail (approx. 4.6 miles away); Badwell / Badwell Cemetery (approx. 4.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in McCormick.

Samuel Calhoun Edmunds Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, April 11, 2011

4. Samuel Calhoun Edmunds Marker

US-378 & Holiday Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

5. US-378 & Holiday Road

Credits. This page was last revised on September 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,436 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 17, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 5. submitted on September 21, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.

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Edmunds Family History
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Samuel Calhoun Edmunds