GREENE COUNTY, NC - COURT - Edwards vs. Shepherd and Edwards, 1817. ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non- commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Elizabeth Ross ======================================================================== North Carolina Supreme Court, Case #1024: Winnefred Edwards -vs.- Shepherd and Edwards, 1817. Abstracted from the originals in the NC Archives, and contributed by Roger Kammerer and Elizabeth Ross. Col. Thomas Edwards died without issue in 1816 in Greene Co., NC, when he was shot and killed by a slave. His widow brought suit, in 1817, against the heirs of Thomas, as represented by administrator James Glascow SHEPHERD. Winnefred was engaged in the latter part of 1808 to be married to Col. Thomas Edwards, and was married January 1809. He died in 1816 and left no children. The court case listed the heirs: Theophilus Edwards, brother of Thomas Henry Edwards, brother of Thomas John HEATH and wife Sally, dau. of dec'd. bro. of Thomas, of Washington Co., GA Blaney HARPER and Elizabeth wife, sister of Thomas Edwards Molly HILL of Lenoir Co., NC, sister of Thomas Edwards Nancy SHEPPARD of Pitt Co., NC, sister of Thomas Edwards William MURPHY and wife Polly, dau. of dec'd. bro. of Thomas, of Washington Co., GA Children of dec'd. bro. of Thomas [not clear if same as above, or a different bro.]: Thomas Edwards John Edwards Isaac Edwards William Edwards Dempsey Edwards Sally Edwards Nancy Edwards Absala Edwards Joel ALTMAN and wife Elizabeth of Wayne Co., NC Benjamin HARDEE and Polly wife Children of Zilpha STANLY, a dec'd. sister of Thomas Edwards; all of South Carolina: John Stanly William Stanly Thomas Stanly James Stanly Mary Stanly Zilphia Stanly Elizabeth Stanly Sarah Stanly Matthew Stanly