Research Results for Seaborn Edge (Sr.) of GA and FL
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About 1810 GA. is estimated birth of Seaborn Edge.
He is the youngest son of Jeremiah Edge who died in 1811 and Cathrine "Katy" (Laws) Edge.
1817 Hancock Co., GA widowed "Katy" (Laws) Edge remarried to James Cadenhead (Sr.).
1820 Fed Census for James and "Katy" enumeratesfour children stillliving in their household, being
“Katy’s” childrenMary, Seaborn and Obediah Edge and Ivy Cadenhead.The other Edge and Cadenhead
children have been accounted for elsewhere.
1820-1826 in GA are birthdates given for Seaborn's wife Eliza Unknown in their FL censuses 1850 -1900.
NOTE: 1822 Duval Co. was carved out of St. John.
1824 Nassau Co. was carved out of part of Duval
1830 Nassau Co., FL. Fed. census lists Seaborn Edge age 20-30 (1810 - 1830).
1835-1840 Seaborn married Eliza in Nassau or Duval Co., FL.
Florida Compiled Service Records, Florida Indian Wars 1835-1858:
Seaborn Edge service records:
1836 served 3 months in Warren's 1st Mounted Militia
1837-38 served 6 months Warren's 1st Florida Mounted Volunteers
1839-40 served (no time period) in Warren's 1st Florida Militia.
1840-41 served (no time period) in Warren's Florida Militia Mason's Com.
1840 Duval Co., FL. Territory fed census lists HH of Sebron (Seaborn) Edge
1 males age 0-5(1835-1840)
1 female age 15-19(1821-1825) = wife Eliza
1 male age 20-29(1811-1820) =Seaborn
1 female age 30-39(1801-1810) = poss. Eliza's mother?
1850 Jacksonville Dist., Duval Co., FL. fed. census, on 10-18-1850, Fam. # 35.
Seaborn Edge 50 (1800) GA. Occupation Farmer
Elisa Edge 30 (1820) FL.
James Edge 7 (1843) FL.
Mary Edge 4 (1846) FL.
Seaborn Edge 1 (1849) FL.
Mary Serney60 (1790) GA. = poss. Eliza's mother? (last name transcription questionable)
Mary Silas 21 (1829) FL. = poss. Eliza's sister?(last name transcription questionable)
William M. Silas 0 (1850) = Sister's son?
1857 served in 1st Mounted Volunteers, 3rd Seminole War.
11-2-1857 Seaborn died at Big Cypress, Hendry Co., FL. while serving in Hardy's Co., 1st Mounted Volunteers, 3rd Siminole War. War records give his death age as 35.
NOTE: Age 35 is highly doubtful indicating his birth as 1822, when he would have been only 8 years old, as Head of Household on his1830 census. Burial record notfound.
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1860 Duval Co. FL. fed. census.
Mary Friez 50 (1810)GA. = (possible boarding house?Last name transcription questionable)
Eliza Edge 34 (1826)GA.= mother
Eliza Edge 16 (1846 )FL (full name believed Mary Eliza – she is not found again after this 1860 census)
John Edge 8 (1852)FL(full name believed to be John Wesley)
W.S. Edge male 6 (1854)FL(Seaborn Jr.---full name-believed to be William Seaborn)
Thomas Edge 4 (1856) GA(full name Thomas Bethel)
1860-1870 widowed Eliza (Unknown) Edge md. widowed John Benjamin McCormick b. 1817-1820.He was widowed with 8 children. Previously married c1847 SC to Marinda Elliot who died c1860 Duval Co., FL
1870 Manderin, Duval Co. FL. fed. census.
John McCormick 52 (1818) SC. farmer
Eliza McCormick 48 (1822) GA. (widow of Seaborn)
Andrew T. McCormick 26 SC
Sampson W. McCormick 23 SC
Martha McCormick 13 FL
Richard McCormick 10 FL
Ceborne Edge 17 (1853) FL. laborer
Thomas Edge15 (1855) FL. laborer
Mary Danford 20 SC (McCormick md. daug.)
John Danford 3 FL
Ella C. Danford 1 FL
NOTE: same census son John Edge 20 (1850) FL. is listed as laborer in HH of the Caroline Lord family
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1880 Pct. 2, Mayport, Duval Co. FL. fed. census.
John McCormick 63 (1817) SC.
Eliza McCormick 56 (1824) GA.
Seburn Edge 25 (1855) FL.
NOTE: same census single white male, son J.M/W. (John) Edge 25 (1855) laborer-no others in HH.
NOTE: same census single white male, son Thomas Edge 25 (1855) servant in HH of Thomas and Orelia Sterret.
12-20-1884 Duval Co. FL. son Thomas B. (Bethel) Edge md. Lucinda Brazil.
Unknown date John M/W. Edge married Sarah Nash.
1900 New Berlin, Duval Co. FL.
Thomas Edge 42 (1857) = son of Seaborn and Eliza Edge
Lucendy Edge 39 (1861) = wife of son Thomas
Martha Edge 14 (1886) = nickname "Mattie"
Lily Edge 12 (1888) = Lillian Sylvania
Rosa Edge 9 (1891) = Rose Mary/Rosemary
Lethy Edge 6 (1894) = Aletha
Eliza McCormick 77 (1823) = Seaborns widow,states she has born 7 children with 4 living.
12-28-1904 Jacksonville, Duval Co. FL. husband John McCormick died in a Confederate Home of heart trouble.
He is buried at Evergreen Cem. in Jacksonville. Headstone says Pvt. John McCormick birth 1821 Ireland d .2-28-1904. memorial page on Findagrave.com is where the info regarding his death is noted.
1900-1910 Duval Co. FL. Eliza (Unknown) Edge, McCormick died. Unknown burial record found.
A few Burial records found for Seaborn and Eliza Edge's children:
Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL New Berlin Cemetery including any tombstone information:
James Edge 1843/no death date.
Seaborn Edge 1849/ no death date.
Thomas Bethel Edge 12-14-1857/11-9-1917 (wife Lucinda C. Edge 8-16-1892/4-25-1940).
Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL Evergreen Cemetery including any tombstone information:
John W. Edge 2-23-1850/12-12-1903. (Same cemetery as John B. McCormick)