TALIAFERRO COUNTY, GA - BIOS  Edwards, Salley

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Salley was the sister of our forefather Etheldred
Edwards.  Etheldred, Salley, Julia Ogletree Edwards
and son William Cosby Dorsey Edwards all attended
the Crawfordville Baptist Church.  

In Salley’s will, there was mention only of slaves
and personal property, as “sundry bedding clothes”,
but in the 1849 division of her estate, land in
Wilkinson County, Georgia, proceeds were to be
divided equally between the two brothers -Thomas and
Etheldred. Value of these nine slaves in 1849 was
$3,200.  

There were two adults, Everett age 40 and Chloe
between 35 and 40 years; and their seven children.

Thomas drew: (1) Chloe the mother; (2) Stephen age
13; (3) Martha age 8 and a deaf mute; (4) Dolly age
3; and (5) Eli age 2.  Etheldred drew: (1) Everett
the father; (2) James age 11; (3) Catherine age 6
and (4) Olivia age four. James, age 11, had been a
particular cause for contention.  

According to Etheldred, James had already "been
taken away to Alabama" presumably by Thomas' sons,
John and Benjamin, who were in Talladega County,
Alabama, by 1849.

A specific term of the settlement was that if James
were drawn by Etheldred and the brothers could not
agree to a trade in relation to him, "he is to be
delivered to said Etheldred Edwards by the first of
January next unless he should die before that time."

There is a family tradition in the Edwards family
that Etheldred was stern and forbidding and
something of a character.  This image probably grew
out of the suit between the two brothers over this
estate of their sister Salley.

Terri Kimbrel Saturday