Person:Elisha Edwards (3)

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Carroll County, VA Census 1850 Carroll County VA census 705 Elisha C. Edwards 40 m Farmer

    Agness                      39 f
    Moses                       12 m
    Polly                       10 f
    Eliza                        9 f
    Fielden                      8 m
    Anuel                        6 m
    Riley                        5 m

1850 census: Annotated, compiled by John P. Alderman (1979) I think he was the son of Annuel and Mary Edwards but have never seen anything suggesting who Agnes was. There was a large family of their children, most of whom left here. Carroll County VA census 1870 157/162 Edwards Elisha 61 mw Farmer

                           Agnes 58 fw   Keeping House
                          Annual 28 mw   Works on Farm
                           Sarah 19 fw
                          Martha 16 fw
         Gentry      James  7 mw
         Edwards  Jasper  1 mw

Carroll County VA 1880 158/158

     Burcham               Creed     wm       27                    m  Farmer
                              Martha P.     wf       26                  w m  Keeping House
                         Hansford C.     wm        2                  s s
                          Stanford E.     wm        1                  s s
                Edwards Elisha C.     wm       70                 fl m

[Elisha is shown in this census living in the household of his nephew, Creed Burcham. Creed is the son of Elisha's sister, Eleanor "Nelly" Edwards, who married Burden Burcham]