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Capt. John Montgomery Edmiston
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Will Abstract

Will of John Edmiston, page 467.

Wife Margaret; My son, Alexander; My daughters.

Written: August 13, 1812

Probated: April, 1813

Executors: Wife, Margaret, James Richardson, William Prewitt and Walter Preston.

Witnesses: Robert Wickliffe and Margaret P. Wickliffe

[Source: Will Records of Fayette County, Kentucky, 1794-1818, Familysearch.org]

Overview

From: River Raisin Battlefield (fair use, but this needs to be expanded and written to make it independent)

Captain John Montgomery Edmiston (Edmondson, Edmonson) was born in Virginia in 1764. He fought alongside his father Col. William Edmiston at the Battle of King’s Mountain during the Revolutionary War.^[8] After marrying his cousin and serving as a Clerk of the Court at Abingdon, Virginia, he relocated to Fayette County, Kentucky, where he became a prosperous landowner.

In 1812, he organized a company for Allen’s 1st Rifle Regiment and was elected its captain, but resigned in favor of his lieutenant, Richard Bledsoe. Continuing as a private in the company he formerly commanded, he was killed at the Battle of the River Raisin on January 22, 1813. A county in Kentucky was named after him in 1825.

From Howard V. Jones fide Dogwoods to Bluebonnets

As for John who m. Mary Buchanan, as I said earlier, there were two of them. John Edmiston, s/o John II, married one, apparently the daughter of Samuel Buchanan II. John Edmondson, s/o William Edmiston Sr., married Mary Buchanan, d/o Andrew & Joanna Hay. The former went to Davidson Co. TN, the latter stayed in WCV. It took me several years to get that one figured out.

Footnotes

Battle of River Raisin, from Kentucky Genealogy Trails

1. ↑ Ovvan D. Edmondson, editior - 4747 Westminster Circle, Eagan, MN 55122-2756. Edmondson Family Association Bulletin
   EFAB #12, pg. 102, EFAB #38, pg. 27, EFAB #3, pg. 67.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Murfin, Ed (e-mail: ebmurf@@southeast.net) GEDCOM received 4/18/98.
3. ↑ Jones, Howard V., 18 Winter Ridge Rd., Cedar Falls, IA 50613.

   Dr. Jones says he was Killed by Indians in the battle of River Raisin in Michigan

4. ↑ Ovvan D. Edmondson, editior - 4747 Westminster Circle, Eagan, MN 55122-2756. Edmondson Family Association Bulletin
   Oct. - Dec., 1998, pg. 11.
5.   Wikitree.com.

   https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Edmondson-834

6.   Find A Grave.

   Capt John Montgomery Edmundson
   Birth: 1764
   Augusta County, Virginia, USA
   Death: 18 Jan 1813 (aged 48–49)
   Monroe County, Michigan, USA
   Burial
   Frankfort Cemetery
   Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
   
   Captain John Montgomery Edmundson - In the Revolutionary War John he fought under the Command of his father Major William Edmundson and 2nd in Command of Colonel William Campbell's Regiment of Washington Co., Virginia Militia at he Battle of King's Mountain, SC
   
   After marrying his cousin and serving as a Clerk of the Court at Abingdon, VA, he relocated to Fayette Co., KY, and became a prosperous landowner.
   
   In 1812, he organized a company for Allen's 1st Rifle Regiment and was elected its captain, but resigned in favor of his lieutenant, Richard Bledsoe. Continuing as a private in the company he formerly commanded, he was killed at the Battle of the River Raisin. In 1825 Edmonson Co., KY is named in his honor.
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107745830/john-montgomery-edmundson

7.   Genealogy.com.

   Capt. Edmonson and his wife had:
   1. Dr. Alexander Edmonson, who died July 11, 1812.His obituary notice stated he was their only son, left a young wife and no children. His parents were living.Dr. Alexander Edmonson,Lancaster, Garrard County, KY.
   2. Mary Edmonson m. July 24, 1805, James Richardson.
   3. Margaret Edmonson/Edmiston m. Sept. 13, 1809, William C. Prewitt/Pruitt.Her uncle, Col William Robinson in his will in 1813,Clark County, KY, left Margaret $200.
   
   https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/edmondson/2369/

8. ↑ This may not be true. Moss 1990 does not list a John Edmiston as confirmed at King's Mountain, though he includes him in his list of "maybe's".

Notes

Miss Julia Hughes Spurr. DAR ID Number: 28439 Born in Fayette county, Kentucky. Descendant of Col. William Edmondson, John Montgomery Edmondson, and Capt. James Montgomery, all of Virginia. Daughter of Richard Alexander Spurr and Ruth Wierman Sheffer, his wife. Granddaughter of Richard Winn Spurr and Martha A. Prewitt, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of William Chandler Prewitt and Margaret Montgomery Edmonson, his wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Montgomery Edmondson and Margaret Robinson Montgomery, his wife. Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of William Edmondson and Margaret Montgomery, his first wife; James Montgomery and Nancy Robinson, his wife. William Edmondson, (1734-1822), was at the battle of Point Pleasant, commanded a company against the Cherokees, 1776, and served in the Chickamauga expedition, 1779. He was major at King's Mountain and, 1782, colonel of Washington county militia. He was born in Cecil Co., Md.; died in Washington Co., Va. Also Nos. 7371, 8407, 11905, 13799, 20735, 21808. John Montgomery Edmondson, (1757-1813), served under his father and was one of eight of that family at King's Mountain. He was killed at the battle of River Raisin and his name is on the monument erected at Frankfort, Ky. He was born in Augusta Co., Va. [p.161] James Montgomery, who had served in the early wars, was the first justice of the peace of Washington county when it was formed, 1776. He was captain, 1777-80, of the Washington county, Virginia, militia. Also Nos. 8407, 11905.

HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY KENTUCKY, by Robert Peter, ed. by William H. Perrin, O. L. Baskin Co., Chicago, 1882. Reprinted by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1979.

Page 771

LEVI PREWITT, farmer, P. O. Pine Grove, is of old English stock.

His paternal grandfather, Robert, came from Virginia to Fayette County, Ky., about 1794, in which year Gen. Anthony Wayne's decisive victory over the Indians at the Miami Rapids put a complete stop to the savage forays by which the Kentucky settlers had up to this time been harassed.

That bold expedition, with the brilliant action which was its result, was shared in by many a gallant fellow from Fayette County.

In 1810, Robert Prewitt bought the farm which has since been owned in the name of Prewitt, and which he improved and worked till his death in 1819.

The property then fell to his son, William C., who retained it and further enhanced its value while he lived, and when he died, in 1854, it descended to his son Levi, our subject, whose mother was Margaret Edmonson.

Her father, Capt. John Edmonson, was one of the many brave Kentuckians killed on the terrible 22d of January, 1813, when Gen. Winchester's command was surprised and defeated at Frenchtown (now Monroe) on the River Raisin, Mich., and the prisoners taken were afterward barbarously butchered by the Indian allies of the victorious British.

Col. Edmonson, who fell in the thickest of the fight, was born in Washington County, Va., but had lived many years in Fayette County, and in honor to his memory another county of Kentucky was given his name.

His grandson, Levi Prewitt, was born November 5, 1819, in Fayette County of which he has since been a constant resident, engaged in agricultural pursuits.

He fattens thirty or forty beeves yearly.

On October 23, 1845, he married Mary E., daughter of Samuel Coleman, and of the children born to them six are living: Margaret (wife of Prof. William O. Sweeney, M. D.), Ellen, Lucy, Lanie, Annie and Samuel S.

Mr. Prewitt is a member of the Christian Church and a valuable citizen.

Prewitt Wayne Edmonson Winchester Coleman Sweeney = VA Washington Co-CA Monroe-MI