Edmund Herndon

Male 1763 - 1841  (~ 78 years)


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  • Name Edmund Herndon 
    Born ca 1763  Charlotte Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Oct 1841  Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • DOD according to probate records
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    • CENSUS RECORDS

      1820 Census
      Name Edmd Herndon
      Home in 1820 (City, County, State) Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia
      Enumeration Date August 7, 1820
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1
      Free Colored Persons - Males - Under 14 1
      Slaves - Males - 14 thru 25 7
      Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44 4
      Slaves - Females - Under 14 4
      Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25 7
      Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44 1
      Slaves - Females - 45 and over 1
      Number of Persons - Engaged in Commerce 7
      Free White Persons - Under 16 2
      Free White Persons - Over 25 2
      Total Free White Persons 5
      Total Slaves 24
      Total Free Colored Persons 1
      Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other 30

      1830 Census
      Name Edmund Herndon
      Home in 1830 (City, County, State) Campbell, Virginia
      Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69 1
      Slaves - Males - Under 10 1
      Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23 9
      Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35 2
      Slaves - Males - 55 thru 99 3
      Slaves - Females - Under 10 2
      Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23 1
      Free White Persons - Under 20 1
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 1
      Total Free White Persons 4
      Total Slaves 18
      Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored) 22

      1840 Census
      Name Edmund Herndon
      Home in 1840 (City, County, State) Southern District, Campbell, Virginia
      Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69 1
      Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23 3
      Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35 4
      Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54 3
      Slaves - Males - 55 thru 99 2
      Slaves - Females - Under 10 1
      Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23 2
      Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54 1
      Slaves - Females - 55 thru 99 3
      Persons Employed in Agriculture 18
      Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade 2
      Free White Persons - Under 20 1
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 1
      Total Free White Persons 4
      Total Slaves 19

      COURT RECORDS

      In Campbell County is the will recorded of Charles Cobbs,
      Senior, dated March 3, 1798, and proved January 13, 1800. It names wife Ann and children (1) Jesse, (2) John, (3) Charles R., (4) Caleb, (5) William W., (6) Samuel D., (7) Thomas, (8) Frances Rodgers and her children, William Rodgers, Elizabeth Ann Rodgers and Ann Walton Rodgers. He made his sons Jesse and John Cobbs and Edmund Herndon, exors., and his friends Robert Alexander and Thomas Clark, counsellors to them as they may need. Witnesses, Williston Talbot, Edmund Johns, Josiah Crows, Robert Carter, Thomas Cobbs, James Cobbs and Moses Cobbs.

      Will of Edward Moseley 1808/1809
      Charlotte County, VA. Will Book 3, p. 95

      It is my will and desire that all the residue of my Estate
      of every kind and sort, not within mentioned, shall be equally divided between my daughters, Martha Bouldin, Amey Collier, Elizabeth Bouldin, Letty Herndon [wife of Edmund Herndon] and Sally Patrick.

      On the motion of Edward Moseley one of the Executors therein named who made oath according to law Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probat of the said will in due form he giving security whereupon he with John Patrick, Hillery Moseley, Thomas Goode & Edmund Herndon his securities entered into & acknowledged their bond according to law for that purpose.

      LAND RECORDS

      Campbell Co., VA Land Tax records

      1807 South: John Brooks; Jesse Burton; Archibald Blankenship; Hutson Blankenship; David Calleham; Edm. Herndon; Edw. Herndon; Peter Webber; Thomas, John & Josiah Bailey.

      WILL AND PROBATE RECORDS

      There are several abstracts in Campbell County Virginia Wills and Inventories 1782-1847 by William Lindsay Hopkins, as follows

      Will Book 9, 1841-1847
      (p.37 - p. 41) Inventory of Estate of Edmund Herndon, decd
      11 Oct 1841

      8 Nov 1841
      (p. 46) Survey of Land of Edmund Herndon, decd., on Molleys Creek adjoining Patterson Jennings, Willam A. Poore, Dr. Withers, Watkins Spring Branch and Thomas Watkins. To Mrs. Letitia Herndon, widow of Edmund Herndon, 425 acres, leaving 228 acres and 873 acres undivided.

      13 Dec 1841
      (p. 68 - p71) Division of Estate of Edmund Herndon, decd, to David Herndon; heirs of Lucy Johnson,decd., William Herndon; Mary G. Harraway; Elisha Callaham; Arthur Herndon; heirs of Letitia Cock, decd., John Fairiss(?) and Achilles Herndon.

      11 Mar 1844
      (p.312-316) Account of Edmund Herndon with Arthur Herndon, administrator, shows sums paid to Letty Herndon, the widow; Philip Johnson and Thomas Cock, Jr., as attorneys for Edmund M. Johnson, the son of Lucy Johnson, decd., who was Lucy Herndon and Nathan C. Benton in right of his wife E.A. Benton who was formerly E.A.Johnson, a daughter of Lucy Johnson, decd.; Achilles Herndon; William Herndon; Elisha Callaham and wife; John Fariss and wife; Arthur Herndon as agent for Polly McCargo(?) who was Polly Herndon, a daughter of Edmund Herndon, dec.; Thomas Cock, Jr., as guardian of his daughter, Martha Cock, who was the daughter of Letitia Cock, decd., formerly Letitia Herndon; and Arthur Herndon.



    Person ID I35879  Master File
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2016 

    Father David Herndon,   d. Bef 3 Sep 1795, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary Lewis,   d. 1806, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F14784  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Letitia (Letty) Moseley,   b. ca 1760, Charlotte Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1853, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 93 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1784  Charlotte Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
      Name: Edmund Herndon
      Spouse: Letty Moseley
      Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1784
      Marriage Location: Charlotte County, Virginia
    Children 
    +1. Lucy Herndon,   d. Bef 1820, Ohio Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. David Herndon,   b. 12 Jun 1790, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1860, Chariton Co. MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     3. Mary Herndon
     4. William Herndon
    +5. Achilles Herndon,   b. ca 1798, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1860, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
    +6. Frances Herndon,   b. ca 1795, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1865, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
     7. Martha Herndon
    +8. Letitia (Letty) Herndon
     9. Arthur Herndon,   b. 1808, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 25 Apr 1870, Mercer Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2016 
    Family ID F14783  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart