Livor Mortis

Livor Mortis is the final stage of death. When our spirit exits our earthly ewer, gravity takes over and our blood is free to go hang out with its friends in whatever part of our body it wishes to pool. It's 5 o'clock in John Doe land, and everyone, and everything, is off work. Depending on what angle or position the carcass is in when life leaves it, the difference in lividity patterns can vary.

I descend from the one known child of James O. Mauldin and wife Mary A. Smith Mauldin, to have a large and multitudinous family, Thomas Alexander Mauldin. With the fate of one daughter unknown, and the other passing away as a youthful wife with two small children, and the other sons dying fairly young of various diseases, accidents or war, their children left behind small families, or none at all, with, of course, the one exception. 

Relying on the Mauldin family book, 'Ye Maudlins" by distant cousin, Ervin Mauldin, which I had gifted to my mother long ago, several of those descendants seem to have been like these last, gasping pools of blood, dispersing into opaqueness and sempiternal obscurity. 

One sibling of my Thomas Alexander Mauldin, whose little clutch fell into the previous elucidation, was Archibald Claiborne Mauldin, the oldest of his younger siblings. 

Like Tom, Archie was probably born in either Chatham or Montgomery County, North Carolina, on June 18, 1827, according to an old Family Bible.. James O. Mauldin had arrived in West Pee Dee, Montgomery County, NC by 1830, as he appears in the census then, his family growing like a crop of  opportunistic weeds.

Name	James Malden
Home in 1830 (City, County, State)	West Side Pee Dee River, Montgomery, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5	1 Archibald Claiborn Mauldin
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9	1 Thomas Alexander Mauldin
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14	1 John Wesley Mauldin
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39	1 James O. Mauldin
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5	1 Mary Ellen Mauldin
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49	1 Mrs. Mauldin (Mary?)
Free White Persons - Under 20	4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49	2
Total Free White Persons	6
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)	6

James received a grant on Jacobs Creek, a tributary to the Pee Dee River, in 1840.  The Mauldins were yeoman farmers, family and hired hands were their laborers. They did not and would not own slaves, or a great deal of land, either. They lived a godly life as humble subsistence farmers, as far as I can tell. 

The Mauldin's were said to be members of  Randles Church, and located south of Albemarle, the county seat of Stanly County. 

In August of 1847,  Archibald Mauldin received his own Grant. Found at the Stanly County Register of deeds in Book 2, Page 61 and also at NC Land Grants. For $5.00 for every 100 acres granted by the treasury, A. C. Mauldin was granted 45 acres on the Waters of Jacobs Creek adjoining James Mauldin, his father, and others. It was entered the 10th day of February 1846. Archibald would have been about 19. He may have gotten married about this time in his young life. 

A second deed involving Archibald Mauldin is an Indenture dated July 17, 1849, and found in Book 4, page 104 in the Stanly County Register of Deeds.  Thomas A. Mauldin sells to his brother, A. C. Mauldin, for $50.00 in hand, for a tract of land belonging to the estate of James Mauldin, their father, which was Thomas's ninth part share of the inheritance. 

The next deed involving Archibald will be when his widow, Mary, sells the land she inherited from Archibald's decease to J. R. Ivey, found in Book 4 Page 433, of the Stanly County Register of Deeds. 

Archibald had married Mary Allen, also seen as Polly, about 1846-1848. Polly was the daughter of Joseph Allen (1804-1877), son of George W. Allen and Jane Snuggs, and Oney Florence Shankle Allen, (1804-1840), daughter of the Rev. George Shankle, Sr. Polly Allen Mauldin was born on August 12, 1826. 

Name	Mary Mauldin
Gender	Female
Race	White
Residence Age	23
Birth Date	abt 1827
Birthplace	North Carolina
Residence Date	1850
Home in 1850	Freemans, Stanly, North Carolina, USA
Line Number	5
Dwelling Number	124
Family Number	125
Inferred Spouse	Archibald Mauldin
Inferred Child	Joseph Mauldin

Household members

Name	Age
Archibald Mauldin	24
Mary Mauldin	23
Joseph Mauldin	0

By 1850, we see the image of a young family, Archibald, age 24 and Mary, 23, having given birth to their first child, Joseph. The date was August 1, 1850, and Joseph was one month old. A. C. and Mary were living amongst family. They resided in Freeman's District, in household 125. In Household 126, following them, was his mother, Mary, and his younger, unmarried siblings; James Jr. 19, Mary 21, Benjamin 17, Eliza 15, Parham 12, and Franklin 8. James O. Mauldin had left a young family. Below his mother was neighbor, Henry Shankle. In the household prior to his own, Number 124, was his oldest brother, John Mauldin, with his wife, Sarah and children; Mary E. 9, Martha 7, James H., 5, William P. 1 and Lucy Carter, Sarah's sister, was living with them.

In the Stanly County Court Minute Document in the February 1857 Session, we discover that A C Mauldin has passed away. There must have been a lingering death, an illness or injury,  that prompted the thirty year old man in the prime of his young life to write a Will. 

"The last will + testament of A. C. Mauldin was proven in open court and offered for probate and the execution thereof was duly proved on the paths of John R Ivey + Henry Shankle the subscribing witnesses thereto.....will an codicil thereto was admitted to probate whereupon Parham Mauldin the Executor therein named was duly sworn. "

These names will be seen again.

The Will of Archibald Claiborne Mauldin was dated January 16, 1857.

"I bequeath into my wife Mary and children all of my land except 20 acres joining old tract, I give to brother Parham Maulden to attend unto my business. The tract of land what Thomas Maulden now lives on when he pays my wife for said tract of land then Mary Maulden my wife is to make said T Maulden a right to said land. 

I bequeath unto Mary and children all of my stock hogs, cattle, horses, wagon, farming tools household kitchen furniture.

As long as my wife Mary Maulden holds my name she is to have control over all the said property, if she should marry the said property is to be equally divided between my three children. "

The Will was signed A.C. Maulden and witnessed by John R. Ivey and H. Shankle.

He then would add a codicil, a month later, dated February 3, 1857. He had included his youngest brother, Dowd Franklin Mauldin. 

"I bequeath to Franklin Mauldin thirteen 3/4 acres of land joining the part of land that falls to his share."

Again, Henry Shankle stood witness and AC Mauldin signed. Mary Mauldin would keep his name until the end of her life. She was widowed at age 31. Their three children were Joseph I Mauldin, born in 1850, Lucy Ellen, born in 1852, and James Archibald, born in 1856. Mary had been left with a 7 year old, a 5 year old, and an infant. 

Name	Mary Maulden
Age	34
Birth Year	abt 1826
Gender	Female
Race	White
Home in 1860	Stanly, North Carolina
Post Office	Albemarle
Dwelling Number	228
Family Number	228
Inferred Child	Joseph I Maulden; Ellen Maulden

Household members

Name	Age
Mary Maulden	34
Joseph I Maulden	10
Ellen Maulden	8
Archy Maulden	3

1860

In  the 1860 census, taken June 13, by J. M. McCorkle, Mary is listed as a 34 year old widow, with no occupation and no value, in either real estate, or her personal estate. A.C.'s estate may still have been in limbo. Her most immediate neighbors were farmer John Carriker, a widower, with adult and teenaged children living with him, and a worker named Joseph Morton, and his wife. Below her was farmer and Methodist Minister, L. A. Whitlock. Also near was Baptist Minister, Rev. William Solomon, who had also lived near them in 1850, so they appear to have still been living upon the fields above Jacob's Creek.

On the 12th day of September, 1860, Mary sold to J. R. Ivey, for $1.00 in hand, all of her life estate, or interest in the estate of her deceased husband, A. C. Mauldin; 'lying on the waters of Jacobs Creek adjoinng the lands of James Maulden deceased, F. A. Laton and others, containing 200 acres more or less." She also named off her livestock, crops and various implements, then named the debts she owed, that she wished J.R. Ivey to pay off for her, in exchange for all she owed, including notes to neighbor, Henry Shankle, and her brother, Asbury Allen.

In his will and in the census, the name Mauldin was spelled Maulden, with an 'e'. Today, our branch of the family spell it with an "i".

1870

Name	Mary Maulden
Age in 1870	39
Birth Date	abt 1831
Birthplace	North Carolina
Dwelling Number	201
Home in 1870	Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina
Race	White
Gender	Female
Post Office	Albemarle
Occupation	At Home
Inferred Children	Joseph Maulden; Ellen Maulden

Household members

Name	Age
Henry Shankle	59
Lena Shankle	56
Calvin Shankle	27
Jane Shankle	24
Stanhope Shankle
Joseph Shankle	22
Ettie Shankle	12
Mary Maulden	39
Joseph Maulden	20
Ellen Maulden	17

In the 1870 census, the first after that ungodly war, and its aftermath of poverty, and devastation, to the much of the region, and, including Stanly County, Mary Mauldin is found living with her former, kindly neighbor, Henry Shankle. With her are her two oldest children, Joseph I. Maulden, 20, and Lucy Ellen, 17. They were all probably aiding in running the Shankle farm. Prior to this, another estate file for Archibald Mauldin exists, with his administrator, and brother, Parham Mauldin, suing the children, while still just children, for their share of their father's estate, together and individually. He requested the money to pay off the debts that a young man starting out, like Archibald, had accumulated. Living near Mary was Sarah Mauldin, her sister-in-law, also a widow. This was Sarah Ross Mauldin, widow of James O. Mauldin Jr., and her four children.

There was one child missing, the youngest, Archibald II. 

Name	Archd Maulden
Age in 1870	13
Birth Date	abt 1857
Birthplace	North Carolina
Dwelling Number	129
Home in 1870	Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina
Race	White
Gender	Male
Post Office	Albemarle
Occupation	At Home
Cannot Read	Yes
Cannot Write	Yes

Household members

Name	Age
E M Smith	36
Mary Smith	32
Julia Smith	8
Daniel Smith	6
Charles Smith	4
David Smith	2
Celina Smith	8/12
Archd Maulden	13

Archie, as he was called as a boy, was found in the household of E M. Smith, working as a farm hand. The young, but populous, family had small children, so help in the fields was needed, I'm sure. Mary seems to have survived with her family, and from the labor of her children. 

By  1880, Mary 'Polly' Ross Mauldin was within her middle years, which came considerably earlier in those days.

Mary and her two youger children were now boarding with the James C. Bunn family. Polly is 50, and her profession is keeping house. The age of her daughter, Ellen, is given as 25, though she was a few years older in truth. She was probably trying to appear younger. Girls did that in those days. Also boarding with them were two of Mary's unmarried sisters, Martha  Allen, 45, and Nancy Allen , age 40. Following their names is that of "Archy" Mauldin, whose age is given as 30, although he was younger than Ellen, and his occupation as "works on farm".

The missing child, now a grown man, was Joseph I Mauldin. I've told a bit of his story before. On January 24, 2014, a decade ago, I penned this post, "The Irrepressible Nealie Shepherd", about the life of the wife of Joseph I Mauldin. The post can be accessed here.

On November 19, 1887, Marion Hudson, of all people, applied for the marriage license of "40-year-old" Joseph I. Mauldin, who was actually 37 son of Archie and Mary Mauldin, and Lundy C. Shepherd, daughter of Edward and Francis Shepherd, aged 18, but actually 15. OH MARION! The wedding took place at 5 pm, "in the road between M(arion) Hudson and John Mills".  Witnesses were H. H. Russell, Joe Russell and Marion Hudson. 

I have also posted, more than once, concerning my "Uncle Marion". Once, I had put him under the heading of "Bad guys of Stanly County", or "Suday Blacksheep". Nancy Caroline Hudson was my Grandmother's Grandmother. Not my Grandmother who was born a Mauldin, but one of my other two Grandmothers. This was my non-biological Grandmother, and my Grandmother just as much. She told me the tales of her younger days. She had no other grandchild to tell them to. Marion Hudson was Caroline's only brother. The four children were orphaned young and bad things befell them. Marion actually fathered a child with his Aunt, named Polly. Given, Polly was his father's half-sister. They shared a father, but had different mothers, and Marion, her nephew, was older than she, but they still had a child together. Marion obviously had a close relationship with Joseph I Mauldin. He applied for the marriage license, and was a witness to the nupitals.

On June 10, 1891, Nealie would give birth to her only child, son Patterson. By 1900, she was widowed and living in Richmond County, where Marion Hudson was living with his wife and children. Nealie and Patterson were living there when her grandfather, Marcus Princeton Carter's will was probated in 1895. The date of death for Joseph I. Mauldin is unknown. Before the 1900 census, or that's what we've been led to believe and what was reported by his wife, Nealie. He may have gotten wanderlust and moved westward.

Name	Nealie Maulden
Age	25
Birth Date	Jun 1874
Birthplace	North Carolina, USA
Home in 1900	Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina
Sheet Number	7
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation	102
Family Number	106
Race	White
Gender	Female
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Widowed
Father's Birthplace	North Carolina, USA
Mother's Birthplace	North Carolina, USA
Mother: number of living children	1
Mother: How many children	1
Can Read	Y
Can Write	N
Can Speak English	Y
House Owned or Rented	Rent
Farm or House	H
Neighbors	View others on page
Household Members	Household Members Name Age Nealie Maulden 25 Patterson Maulden 11

In the 1900 census, as well as the 1910, Lundy Cornelia Shepherd Mauldin and her son, Patterson, are living in the town of Rockingham, Richmond County. She becomes the housekeeper for a much older man named Lewis Dawkins and eventually married him. Nealie was a shrewd businessman and a survivor. With Dawkins money, she tapped into the 20th century trend of urbanisation and citification, and broke her husbands farm, situated near town and an industrial area, and sold small housing lots to mill workers and other folks switching from farm work to city living. Lundy went from being an orphan at 11, surviving on the streets and off the charity of neighbors, with her older brother, to becoming a developer, and creating housing developments.

Patterson Mauldin would remain Patterson Mauldin until 1910.

When he married his first wife, Ally Floyd, on January 18, 1911, he gave his name as Patterson Shepherd, his mother's maiden name, and gave his parents as Henry and Nealie Shepherd, Henry being a nonexistant person.

Patterson would prove, in the beginning, to be as fickle as his biological father. Allie was a Stanly County girl, daughter of Daniel Floyd and Nancy Wallace, her father from Rocky River Springs and he mother from Anson County. That marriage lasted a little over a year. These were the years when divorces began becoming more popular, and some folks ignored the legal process altogether. 

By the time Patterson married the second time, two years later on December 3, 1913, to Flossie Jane Richardson, he had proudly taken on the name of his biological father - Marion Morrison Hudson and became Marion Patterson Hudson.

 Flossie was the daughter of Edward Franklin Richardson and wife, Louella Mauldin Richardson. Louella, daughter of my ancestor Thomas Alexander Mauldin, was the first cousin of Joseph I Mauldin, Patterson's non-biological father and Nealie's first husband. 

This marriage was even shorter than the one to Allie Floyd. 

Patterson and Flossie had married on December 3. That same month and same year, Flossie would marry Walter Stancil Cole on December 22, 1913. In a matter of weeks, Flossie had had married Patterson, had the marriage anulled, and married Walter. Maybe she was the fickle one. Maybe she discovered that Patterson was actually 'illegitimate', born out of an act of adultry, which was a shameful thing in those days, to the child of such an act. Flossie would tire of Walter, as well, but they would have five children. She would marry a third time to Millard Philmore Hathcock about 1923, just after her fifth child, Ruby was born and over 30 years before Walter passed away. She and Millard would have 7 children together, one the year after Ruby was born. It was a close race. 

Patterson would also marry a third time, and this one would stick. 

A year after Flossie had their marriage anulled, Patterson married Lou Ellen , or Louella Harrington, on January 11, 1914. Lou Ellen was the daughter of  Tom and Minnie Harrington. She and Patterson would be married for life and he gave his parents names as Marion Hudson and Nealie Dawkins, his mothers married name. Patterson and Lou Ellen would have 6 children, all Hudsons, which was their proper biological bloodline:Lewis Thomas, Allen Patterson, John Calvin, Marion Morrison Hudson II, Mary Cornelia and William Augustus aka "Gus". 

As for Marion Morrison Hudson the first, he had been married to his wife, Margaret Rummage, the entire time. They had seven children. Three were born before Marion had James Franklin Hudson by his Aunt Polly in 1881. Three more were born between the birth of James Franklin and when he had Patterson by Nealie Shepherd Mauldin. The last child by his legal wife, Alfred,  came two years after  Patterson. 

Marion Patterson Mauldin Shepherd Hudson, the only son of Joseph I Mauldin, and listed as such in the Mauldin family book, was not a Mauldin at all. He passed away in 1966.

Mary Allen Mauldin died in 1898. The death date of her only daughter, Lucy Ellen is unknown, although some report it as 1909. I investigated that report, as she is also reported to have been buried at Randalls United Methodist Church, arguably one of the oldest congregations in the County, now known as Randalls By the River, after the recent UMC controversy and division. I believe they have mixed up Lucy Ellen Mauldin with Ellen Frances Mauldin who married William McKinley Honeycutt. She was born in 1856 and died in 1909. As neither Ellen nor Mary are to be found in the 1900 census, I believe they were both deceased by 1900. According to family members, Ellen, and possibly Mary, are both buried in Randalls ancient cemetery, but that the graves may have been unmarked. Mary's younger sisters, who were living with her in 1880, do have impressive surviving markers in the Randalls Cemetery, Martha having passed away on May 14, 1911, and Nancy on February 20, 1910.

But there is another possibility concerning Mary Allen Mauldin. 

So, Joseph I Mauldin's one child was not his biological child and passed the name 'Hudson' down to his descendants, not Mauldin. Lucy Ellen never married. So that left one child to carry on the name and as far as the Mauldin book was concerned, he moved away and his fate lost to eternity, or at least to the Stanly County Mauldin hive. But that turns out to be not entirely true. Thanks to DNA, Archie Mauldin is no longer lost. 

According to "Ye Mauldins", James Archibald Mauldin had married a woman named Catherine A. born in September of 1860, and had two children, William O. Mauldin born November 1881 and a daughter, Lilly, born in December of 1883. This information appears to have come from some census record, which I was unable to connect to him in anyway. The information may have came from the family of Ervin 'Sampy; Mauldin and Rose Ann Hill. They claimed he raised James Alexander Mauldin, who would move to Rowan County.

This was an entirely inaccurate observance. While he may have raised James Alexander, there was no Catherine and those were not his children. Perhaps the author had found an entirely different James A. Mauldin.

The last record of Archie Mauldin in Stanly County was in the 1880 census, where he was living with his mother, sister and matronly maiden aunts, and working on the Bunn family farm. Afterwards, in that great 20 year missing block of time, he disappears.

The key to unlocking the mystery of Archie Mauldin was a newspaper clipping. According to 'The Enterprise', a defunct Stanly County newspaper, in the July 1914, 1910 edition, Archie Maulden and daughter, "Miss Bessie", were in town visiting friends and family. Ostensibly, there would have only been cousins, yet possibly lots of old freinds and neighbors. Perhaps Archie had just wanted to show his daughter his old stomping grounds. Advantageously, the news blurb had left a solid clue to help uncover the path of Archie Mauldin. "Of Memphis, Tennessee", they had reported. Now we knew where Archie had relocated. 

So with those two clues in hand, Memphis, Tennessee and a daughter named 'Bessie', I trudged on in search of Archie. For awhile, he remained elusive. There was not the perfect shoe that fit flawlessly.

Time after time, I kept running into this one guy. In nearly every way, he was a compeer to Archie. He was the exact same age, born in North Carolina in the census records, had the last name of Mauldin, lived in Memphis, Tennessee and had an age appropriate daughter named "Bessie". The one thing that did not fit was his first name. He went by the initials "A. C.", not "J. A." and when the "A" was written out, it became "Arthur", not "Archie". So, I disregarded him. Then I discovered that his camouflage was imperfect. There were instances of 'Arthur' being referred to as 'Archie'. I took a more meticulous look at Arthur C. Mauldin and the shoe fit. He has descendants, and those descendants shaare DNA with me and my mega-Mauldin genetics. 

James Archibald Mauldin had reinvented himself as a furniture salesman named Arthur C. Mauldin. Having figured that out, I was able to track him, and his steps. Arthur C. Mauldin was from Stanly County, North Carolina, but who knows what stories he told and why he told them. 

Shortly after that 1880 census, Archie had grown tired of farm work and made his way to Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi. 

Marshall County had been a popular destination in prior decades for travelers and wanderers from the North Carolina piedmont, the biggerst surge being in the 1820's and 1830's. Perhaps he had made contact with relatives or friends from that place, who'd come home for a visit, and young Archie returned with them. 

In Missississippi, he met the Bloodworths. Elisha William Bloodworth was born in Wilson, Tennessee. He was a Wheelwright, and as a young man, relocated to Marshall County, Mississippi. On January 4, 1843, in Shelby County, Tennessee, Elisha Bloodworth had married none other than his cousin, Elizabeth Horne Bloodworth. 

Elisha was the son of William D. Bloodworth, Jr. and his wife, Francis Cole. Elizabeth was the daughter of Jesse Deloach Bloodworth and his wife, Narcissa Gibson. William D. Bloodworth, Jr. and Jesse Deloach Bloodworth were the sons of William D. Bloodworth, Sr. and wife, Millicient 'Millie' Deloach. 

In 1850 Elisha Bloodworth was a Wheelwright.

In 1860 Elisha Bloodworth was a Mechanic.

In 1870 Elisha Bloodworth was a Undertaker, and was still an Undertaker in 1880.

About 1880-1881 Archibald Mauldin had changed his name to Arthur C. Mauldin, who had not existed before this year. 

The Bloodworths had brought nine children into the world. 

1843 Narcissa Mary Caroline

1845 Jesse Deloach II

1847 Frances Elizabeth

1848 William Wilson

1851 Johnny Bird

1853 Elisha Benjamin

1854 Thomas Walton

1857 Sarah Jane Josephine

1859 Martha Homazell

On February 10, 1881, A. C. Mauldin married the Bloodworths youngest daughter, Martha Homazell.

Name	Mattie Bloodworth
Spouse	A. C. Moulden
Marriage Date	10 Feb 1881
County	Marshall

With Martha Homazell, Archie aka Arthur, had 4, perhaps 5 children.

Earnestine Orleana Mauldin (1881 -1954) Married Marion Bemass Fonda.7 children.

Edgar Oliver Mauldin (1883-1953) Married Georgia Lee Biggert. No children

Mamie Olivette Etta Mauldin (1885-1974) Married Raleigh Thomas Moore, 2 daughters. Married John McCullough  Hooks. 1 stepson.

There may have been an infant who passed named Maurice.

Arthur Fisher Mauldin was born on September 9, 1887. 

Martha Homazell Bloodworth Mauldin died on September 27, 1887, just a few weeks after his birth.

The baby died on May 31, 1888. He was 8 months old.

Name	A. C. Maulden
Spouse	Josie Bloodworth
Marriage Date	13 Oct 1888
County	Marshall

On October 13, 1888, A. C. Mauldin married  Sarah Josephine Bloodworth, known as 'Josie', the next to the youngest Bloodworth sister, and Martha'a older sister.

A. C. and Josie would have one child together;

Elizabeth Lois Mauldin (1889 -1956) Known as Bessie, who would arrive in Norwood with her father in 1914, where everyone called him "Archie". Bessie would marry A. Quitman Quinn and have three children; Elizabeth North, Sarah Jane, and one son, whom she named Archibald Mauldin Quinn.

A. C. Mauldin had moved from Mississippi to Memphis, in Shelby County, Tennessee, before the birth of Bessie.

Name	Arthur Maulddin
Age	44
Birth Date	Oct 1856
Birthplace	North Carolina, USA
Home in 1900	Memphis Ward 15, Shelby, Tennessee
Ward of City	15th
Street	Antie Avenue
House Number	1
Sheet Number	6
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation	110
Family Number	131
Race	White
Gender	Male
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	Sallie Maulddin
Marriage Year	1888
Years Married	12
Father's Birthplace	North Carolina, USA
Mother's Birthplace	North Carolina, USA
Occupation	Shipping Clerk
Months Not Employed	0
Can Read	Y
Can Write	Y
Can Speak English	N
House Owned or Rented	Own
Farm or House	H
Neighbors	View others on page

Household members

Name	Age
Arthur Maulddin	44
Sallie Maulddin	42
Ernestine Maulddin	17
Edgar O Maulddin	16
Mamie O Maulddin	15
Elizabeth Maulddin	9

In 1900, the family is livng in the town of Memphis, amongst a bourgeois group of attorneys, merchants, and other professionals. Forty-four year old Arthur is a Shipping Clerk and all of the living children are still at home. They've been married 12 years and Sarah Josephine, seen as "Sallie" here, was the mother of 1 child with 1 living. All of the children were in school except 17 year old Earnestine.

Name	Arthur C Mauldon
Age in 1910	53
Birth Date	1857
Birthplace	North Carolina
Home in 1910	Memphis Ward 15, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Sheet Number	2b
Street	Ryle
House Number	1261
Race	White
Gender	Male
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Married
Father's Birthplace	North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace	North Carolina
Native Tongue	English
Occupation	Salesman
Industry	Retail Furniture
Employer, Employee or Other	Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented	Own
Home Free or Mortgaged	Free
Farm or House	House
Able to read	Y
Able to Write	Y
Enumeration District Number	0210
Years Married	21
Out of Work	N
Number of Weeks Out of Work	0
Enumerated Year	1910
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Household members

Name	Age
Arthur C Mauldon	53
Sarah J Mauldon	52
Elizabeth L Mauldon	20

1910 finds Bessie as the only child still at home. A. C. is a Salesman for a Furniture Company, and they seem to have moved to a much more modest area of town. Their neighborhood is more blue-collar and craftsman oriented and a more diverse mix, with some from other states and others, immigrants, from other countries.

Name	A C Mauldin
Age	63
Birth Year	abt 1857
Birthplace	North Carolina
Home in 1920	Memphis Ward 31, Shelby, Tennessee
Street	Nelson Ave
House Number	1413
Residence Date	1920
Race	White
Gender	Male
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	Josephine Mauldin
Father's Birthplace	North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace	North Carolina
Able to Speak English	Yes
Occupation	Salesman
Industry	Furniture Retail
Employment Field	Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented	Owned
Home Free or Mortgaged	Free
Able to read	Yes
Able to Write	Yes
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Household members

Name	Age
A C Mauldin	63
Josephine Mauldin	62

1920 finds the couple in their 60's and no other changes.

Name	Arthur C Maulden
Birth Year	abt 1857
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age in 1930	73
Birthplace	North Carolina
Marital Status	Married
Relation to Head of House	Head
Home in 1930	Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Map of Home	Memphis,Shelby,Tennessee
Street Address	Nelson a,
Ward of City	31
Block	1575
House Number	1613
Dwelling Number	227
Family Number	280
Home Owned or Rented	Owned
Home Value	7000
Radio Set	No
Lives on Farm	No
Age at First Marriage	23
Attended School	No
Able to Read and Write	Yes
Father's Birthplace	North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace	North Carolina
Occupation	Salesman
Industry	Retail Furniture
Class of Worker	Wage or salary worker
Employment	Yes
Neighbors	View others on page

Household members

Name	Age
Arthur C Maulden	73
Sarah J Maulden	72

The same with 1930. The septigenerian couple are still living in the saem place and at 73, the hardy Arthur is still selling furniture.

The Commercial Appeal Memphis, Tennessee • Fri, Jan 6, 1933Page 11

James Archibald/ Arthur C. Mauldin, the only child of Archibald Clabourne Mauldin and Mary Allen Mauldin to leave descendants, passed away at age 76, still devotedly employed as a Furniture Salesman. The newspaper report had several things as incorrect, he was not born in Charleston, every census stated North Carolina,and Josephine was never a Nash.

He was buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis. His death certificate gave cause of death as heart failure. The informant on his death certificate was his wife, Josephine. His parents names were listeted as Arthur C Mauldin and Mary Allen, both of North Carolina. His physician had attened him for 30 years and he had been a Furniture salesman for the Armstornong Furniture Company for longer than that. A. C. was the last pooling collection of blood in Achibald Clabornes bloodline.

Josie would join him at Forest Hills in 1942. She spent her last years with their daughter, Bessie.

He must have really disliked the name Archibald.

Can I get a Witness?

Edmund Green Lynch left even less information on himself than his younger brother, John W. Lynch, who only survived life until his early 30's. I believe Green, as he was called, made it well into his 50's, at least, leaving very little information on himself. Edmund Green Lynch was the son of Phillip Lynch, who first settled in an area that was in Anson County, and became part of Montgomery in 1779, then far after Phillips death in 1807, that area would become part of Stanly County. He then moved to the south side of the Rocky River, in what was and would remain, Anson County, North Carolina. His property bordered the old Peter Winfield Plantation, so heirs and inlaws of Peter Winfield were among his neighbors, as were Hogans, Ropers, Lees, Marshalls, Robinsons and Robertsons, Verhines and Ramsey's, and Davis's. And that is why I began giving the Lynch family a closer look. 

The first mention of Edmund Green Lynch was in his father's will. 

"Item I give to my son Green Lynch the upper part of my plantation between the land I lent my wife and William Marshalls supposed to be one hundred acres also forty I purchased of Green Roper, also the land I lent to my wife at her death all the said land to him and His heirs forever. Also I give to my son Green on Negroe man Named Daniel one Gray mare called.... his bed and furniture to him.

In 1810, Elizabeth Lynch, the widow of Phillip Lynch, appears as Head of Household, all of her children are still living with her, with the exception of Sarah, who was already married by then and the only child born before 1790. 

Name	Elizabeth Linch
Residence Date	6 Aug 1810
Residence Place	Anson, North Carolina, USA
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15	1 John W Lynch
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25	1 Edmund G. Lynch
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10	2 Nancy and Bety
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15	1 Catey
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44	1 Elizabeth Lynch, widow
Number of Enslaved Persons	3
Number of Household Members Under 16	4
Number of Household Members Over 25	1
Number of Household Members	9

Knowing that John W. Lynch was born in 1799 by his tombstone, located in Autauga County, Alabama, meaning he was only 11 in 1810, Green would be the male aged 16 to 25, closer to 16 than 25, however. Elizabeth was under 44 and as Sarah "Sally" Lynch was not married in 1807, this narrows the year of her wedding to between 1807 and 1810.

In 1814, when I believe Edmund Green Lynch may have turned 21, he begins what I have referred to as his career as a witness. His most numerous appearances in records of any kind, was as a witness to deeds and other recorded transactions, so many and so often, I haven't even included them all.

He seems to have been a persistent voyeur of the legal process, perhaps feeling a Sehnsucht for the legal profession. I imagine him suited and eager, among a group of men pallying,  around the old log courthouse, feeling the frisson of the wait for proceedings to begin. 

On November 8, 1814, Edmund G. Lynch and Levi Braswell both witnessed a transfer of property between William and Stephen Hyde to Smith Medley. It was signed by William, Stephen and Susannah Hyde and proven in 1819 by the oath of Green Lynch. This property was located on Jones Creek, no where close to where the Lynches lived, and the names were not among any of the neighbors or associated families of the Lynches. 

On April 5, 1814, Edmund G. Lynch and Richard Stone were chain carriers for a sale of Will Stone to William Wall. This was a tract of land formerly sold to William Johnson from Jane Nesbit. It was located about a mile and half from the Rocky River. 

Two years later, Edmund G. Lynch, was the only witness to the April 29, 1816 sale of a little girl named Araminta, described as being between 10 and 11 years old, and a mulatto, or of mixed race. She was sold by Malcolm Smith to Thomas Billingsley. The transaction was signed by 'Macom' Smith and Daniel McAuley, whose part in the deal is uncertain. This was found in Book R, page 322 of Anson County Deeds.

In Deed book S, pages 211 & 212, are three separate transactions witnessed by Edmond G. Lynch. Was he just hanging around the courthouse? Was there a reason he was there? He wasn't family to any of the parties, as I could tell. Could he have been serving as an aide to a Magistrate or Clerk ? Was he training or did he fill an office of some kind? I wonder.  

In the first of these three, dated October 24, 1816, Thomas Lacy of Hickman County, Tennesee to Burwell Benton of Anson County, NC,  sold 2/8ths of the following tracts, a) 108 acres, b) 100 acres,  c) 300 acres, d) 67 acres, e) 50 acres, f) 200 acres and g) 150 acres and his sister Lucretia Ross's part of the land of Griffith Lacy, deceased. It was signed by Thomas Lacy and witnessed by Edmund G. Lynch and Jesse Caudle. Proven in 1818 by the oath of Edmund G. Lynch.

The second transaction, related to the first, but dated January 2, 1818 was between Thomas Webb of Anson County to Benton Burwell, 3/13ths on Lanes's Creek being his part and James and David Webb's parts of the lands of  Griffith Lacy, deceased, "descended to me from my mother and being her part of an eighth of Griffith Lacy's land, being 1047 acres". Witnessed by Edmund G Lynch and W. R. Benton.

The third, involving the same family, was dated October 24, 1816, this time with Stephen Lacy of Hickman County, Tennesee,  selling to the same Burwell Benton, one eighth of the same acreage listed in the first by his brother, Thomas Lacy, and one eighth share of the lands of Griffith Lacy, deceased. Witnessed by Edmund G. Lynch and Jesse Caudle.  

There was a fourth deed following, on the very same page, Book S, page 212, involving Burwell Benton and the lands of Griffith Lacy on Lacy's Branch, but no mention of Green Lynch in this one. These indicate that the estate of Griffith Lacy had been divided into eight sections and one of those sections into 13 sections. Thomas and Stephen were probably sons of Griffith, getting one eighth share apiece and Lucretia Ross a daughter. Another daughter seems to have married a Webb and she being deceased, her share would have went to her children, the Webb brothers being grandchildren. There were obviously 4 other shares for heirs unaccounted for in these three deeds. 

On October 17, 1817, Burwell Benton and Edmund G. Lynch witnessed a deed together, a transaction between John Meggs Sr. and  Hezekiah Haney involving 300 acres on Levan's Branch bordering neighbors Isham Saint, Sturdivant and Elias Preslar, Book T, Page 202.

In Book S, pages 448 and 449, he was still involved with Burwell  Benton and back in the Lacey transactions.

August 19, 1818 find Burwell Benton of Anson County selling 1047 acres to Elias Billingsley of Montgomery County, NC on both sides of Lane's Creek, formerly owned by Griffith Lacy and being half of the land he owned when he died.  This was described as the shares of Thomas Lacy, Stephen Lacy, Hugh Ross (remember Lucretia Ross?), Thomas Webb, Joseph Webb, Sherling Webb and William Webb, from Griffith Lacy's land. Witnesses were Reuben White and Edmund G. Lynch. Proved in 1820 by the oath of Edmund Lynch.

If I were researching Lacey's, I would be tickled to have found those transactions, but alas. It's easy to see Hugh Ross was most likely Lucretia's husband, he had to be, as it was her share that was sold and they added another Webb to the mix. 

The second deed was again involving Burwell Benton and Elias Billingsley and Edmund was the only witness. It mentions crossing a new road and Lacy's Branch. Lacy's Branch must have ran off of Lanes' Creek. 

Name	Edmond G Lynch
Enumeration Date	7 Aug 1820
Home in 1820 (City, County, State)	Coppedge, Anson, North Carolina, USA
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25	1 Edmund Green Lynch
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15	1 Youngest sister, probably Betsy
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over	1 Elizabeth Lynch
Slaves - Males - Under 14	1
Slaves - Females - Under 14	1
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25	1
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44	1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture	5
Free White Persons - Under 16	1
Free White Persons - Over 25	1
Total Free White Persons	3
Total Slaves	4
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other	7

In 1820, Edmund G. Lynch shows up as Head of Household. He has to be male between 16 and 25, as he was last time, this time closer to 25. These two records pretty much nail his year of birth to 1794/1795. The older female must have been his mother, Elizabeth and the young girl between 10 and 15 must have been the youngest sister, to my estimations, Betsy, as Nancy would have been married as her son, James, was born in 1818, while Betsy's oldest wasn't born until 1828. The family lived in Coppedge Township. As this one was more or less in alphabetical order, divided by Township, there was no way to account for neighbors. 

In Book U page 247, the Hydes are back. December 7, 1820 William Hyde sells to Thomas Avett 438 acres that include a spring and borders "The River", meaning the Rocky River. Names mentioned are James Coppedge, John Avett and J. H. Hagans.

The very next document, p 248, Thomas Avett & wife "Arreny" to William Hyde, 133 acres at the intersection of Randles two lines, joins Nash and the Rocky River. Names mentioned are George Dunlap, Richard Randle and Thomas Threadgill. Ancena, Arrena, etc. Avett was Aunt Ancena Arena Winfield Morrison Avett and the Nash line would have been that of Griffin Nash. 

In January of 1823, Edmund G. Lynch witneses the sells of a 14 year old girl named Sue to Thomas Waddill, a frequently appearing name in deeds involving the Lynches, by John S. Kendall, in conjunction with Henry M. Turner.

Edmund is now seemingly witnessing transactions in his own neighborhood of Wharf. 

On July 15, 1824, John Billingsley of Anson County, gave to his son, Clement Billingsley, "for love and affection" and for 'better maintenance', two little girls, Dalph aged 13 and Hannah, '3 or 4 years old'. There were four witnesses to this transaction, Walter F. Burns, E. G. Lynch, Samuel Billingsley and Griffin Nash.

This is about the time Edmund begins getting himself over his head in debt. 

He appears in two transactions, both on July 4, 1823. Instead of watching fireworks, the fireworks were in court. These could be found in Book U, pages 358 and 359. Joseph Medley, the Sheriff, sold to Stephen Nash, Edmund's brother-in-law,  46 acres for $39, this was one left by Phillip Lynch, and obviously a desirous one. In joined Nash'es own property and had been sold on October 14, 1822 due to an 'execution from Anson County court ..for $30 principal and $5.35 interest due to suit by Benton Burwell (oops, his buddy Benton), to use of Isham Harrel against Edmund G. Lynch. The lands were sold because no goods or chattels were found. Edmund was broke. 

The next one was by Sheriff Medley to Walthell Bibb, 202 acres for $137.50, beginning at the corner of a grant and joins a blown down pine on Griffin Nash's property and that of Verhine, 'sold by John Beard against Edmund G Lynch'. Again no goods or Chattels found. 

Edmund was then back to witnessing the disgusting act of the trading of human beings, something the Market Square in Fayetteville was known for. On October 26, 1826, he witnessed the sell of a 46 year old man named Peter to Thomas Waddill by William J. Turner. Edmund was the only witness and it was proved by his oath in January 1827, when he was referred to as "Green Lynch". 

January 15, 1828, Evert (or Everrett) Verhine traded with Thomas Avett, the same Thomas who married Ancena Winfield Morrison. The deal is explained 'Verhein (it's one of the most multiply-spelled names of the area) owes  John Beard (son-in-law of Edward Winfield) interest in a note and owes William Marshall, executor of John Randle, deceased, interest in a note. To secure his debts, he was selling land along Buffalow Creek that bordered the properties of Edmund Lynch, Griffin Nash, Lindsey and others. Witnesses were James Marshall and "Ean" Beard. 

Name	Elizabeth Lynch
Home in 1830 (City, County, State)	Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39	2 Green Lynch & ? John?
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59	1 Elizabeth Lynch
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23	1
Slaves - Females - Under 10	3
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35	1
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54	1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49	2
Total Free White Persons	3
Total Slaves	6
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)	9

1830, Edmund is no longer Head of Household, I suppose because of debt. His mother, Elizabeth, is again the head of the household, but Edmund Green Lynch appears to be living with her. Elizabeth is in her 50's giving her a decade range of birth between 1771 and 1780. There were two men in their thirties. If Edmund was born around 1795, as I believe he was, he would have been 35 or so. John would have been 31. This could have been him, but we already know he had moved to Autauga County, Alabama. Perhaps he returned for awhile as he is not in the Alabama census for 1830. 

1830 showed Edmund's involvement in several transactions in a row.

In January of 1829, Allen Carpenter was noted as surveryor and Elizabeth Billingsley, Walter F. Burns, Sarah W. Burns, William May, Mary May, David Carpenter and Elizabeth Carpenter, a 'commitee chosen by heirs to divide the land of Edmund Lill Sr. deceased, among his heirs. '  Two tracts went to Elizabeth Billingsley and included the dwelling house, and began at Lynch's corner. 127 acres went to Elizabeth Carpenter on Camp Branch joining McCorkle and Samuel W. Burns, and the Rocky River. To Mary May went 320 acres in Montgomery County, beging at William Walls corner on the River Bank. This was in what would become known as "Shankle" near the forks of the rivers, Rocky and Pee Dee. It also included a dwelling house. Sarah W. Burns recieved 320 acres joining Whitfiled and Tomlinson's Mill Road, joined Dargon and crossed Preslars Branch. Edmund G. Lynch was the only witness and it was recorded in Montgomery County on January 6, 1831 in Book 11, Page 109 and in Anson in Book X, Page 447. 

There follows an Allen family, all inclusive deed, naming Melly Allen, widow of Drury Allen deceased and Julius Allen , Thomas Allen, Jeremiah Smith & wife Susanna, David Allen, Benjamin Allen, Phillip Kiker and wife, Nancy, John Edwards and wife Sarah, William Allen, John Allen and even mentions Drury's brother, Darling Allen in mention of 'land bought of' and his son, Robert Allen. In the signatures, there appears an "Elenor" Allen, which is the legal name of "Melly", (probably "Nellie"). X 449

Then he's again witnessing the Division of Edmund Lilly property. Elizabeth Billingsley (a wife remarried?), Walter F. Burns and wife Sarah (Lilly), William May and wife Mary (Lilly) of Anson and Montgomery, David Carpenter and wife Elizabeth (Lilly). Proved by oath of E. G. Lynch, book X, page 451.

The next we here of Edmund G. Lynch is in his brother's Will. John W. Lynch at just 34 years old,  died on  February 28, 1833, in Autauga County, Alabama. Unmarried and childless, his heirs were his siblings, and nieces and nephews of the two sisters, Nancy and Catherine, who predeceased him. 

To my brother Edmund Green Lynch of Anson County, North Carolina, I give and bequeath one fourth part of the residue & remainder of my property after payment of the debts aforesaid

To Edmund Green Lynch, he left one fourth of his property after his debts and obligations were paid off - 

My will & desire is that all my clothes and wearing apparel be packed up & sent to my brother in North Carolina with the exception of one camel cloak faced with Ermine which I present to William Wyatt.

I give to my brother Edmund G Lynch. 

and wanted his clothes packed up and sent to his brother, except for a special coat to his friend, William Wyatt. They must have been about the same size. 

Edmund witnessed two deeds found in Anson County deed book Z, page 10. Dated December 29, 1934, Lemuel Stokes sold to John S. Kendall for .50 cents sold in trust, 100 acres  that began at Lynches third corner  pine and a drain of McElvale's Branch. Apparently Lemuel Stokes owed loan payments to Griffin Nash of three annual payments of $50. If the debts were not paid, John Spillman had the right to sell the property in Wadesboro after advertising for 30 days."Edward" G. Lynch and William Blaylock were witnesses. There was no Edward, it had to be Edmund. 

The second one was also between Lemuel A. Stokes and John Spillman Kendall, but dated about two weeks later on January 15, 1835. In this one, Lemuel listed all of his personal property, a black mare, cows, calf, sow and 5 pigs, furniture, a loom, and a parcel of corn and fodder. In this deed, it wasn't Griffin Nash that he owed 3 payments to, but to John S. Kendall. The witnesses were the same and again, Edmund's name was mispelled "Edward". 

Following the transactions of Lemuel Stokes, Edmund G. Lynch was witness to a number of deeds involving William Lee of Anson, and his family. This was not the William Lee, whom I previously wrote of recently, but "Rocky River Bill" Lee, called such to differentiate him from others of the same name in the same general area. 

Three were located in Book 10, page 124 and a fourth on page 125.

First, Bill gave to his daughter, Eliza Staton, for love and natural affection, a 13 year old girl named Charlotte. Dated Oct 3, 1836 and witnessed by Edmund G. 'Linch' and Shepherd Lee. Now, they were misspelling the last name instead of the first. 

Second transaction, same date, Bill gave his son Shepherd Lee, 'for love and natural affection' , a 13 year old boy named Green. This time, Uriah Staton co-witnessed with Edmund G. 'Linch'. 

The third transaction, same page, Will sold 33.25 acres to Bryant Braswell, joined Sibley. Irwin Braswell and Burwell Braswell witnessed that time.

The fourth transaction, dated Oct 3, 1836, again, Will gave 2 adjoining tracts to his son Shepherd Lee, located at the mouth of Lanes Creek and joined the mouth of Spring Branch, crossed the road at Still house Branch, met Kiker's land and the throroughfare, known as the Amon Yarborough tract, and goes into timber rights and such, including the Kiker tract. Witnessed by Edmund G. Lynch, spelled properly, and Uriah Staton. 

Now, I don't know if the last transaction was a date error or just a wild coincidence, but on October 3, 1837, Book Z Page 483, William Lee gives to his daughter, Nancy Crump, for the same love and natural affection as her siblings, a 12 year old girl named Harriett, witnessed by Edmund G. Lynch, spelled correctly, and Shepherd Lee. 

A decade later, on October 7, 1846, William Lee R. R. (for Rocky River) wrote his last Will and testament. It's found in Anson County Will Book C on page 122. He refers to himself as "William Lee R. R. " in both the body of the Will and in his signature. He named his wife Catherine Lee, and left her most of everything he owned, then named his children Shepherd Lee, William Lee Jr., and Nancy Crump. He mentions his granddaughter, Amelia Catharine Staton, grandson William Caney Staton. He names as his executors, sons William and Shepherd, John F. Crump and David High. The Will was witnessed by John Winfield, Richmond Lee and David High.

Name	Elizabeth Lynch
Home in 1840 (City, County, State)	Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29	1 James W. Nash ?
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49	1 Edmund Green Lynch
Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79	1 Elizabeth Lynch
Slaves - Males - Under 10	2
Slaves - Females - Under 10	1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23	1
Slaves - Females - 55 thru 99	1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write	1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49	2
Total Free White Persons	3
Total Slaves	5
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves	8

1840 finds Elizabeth still living in Anson County, now in her 70's, with what appears to be Edmund, in his 40's and a younger man in his 20's, whom I believe to be James W. Nash, her grandson, son of Stephen Nash and her daughter, Nancy, both deceased. 

The estate of Elizabeth Lynch was settled in Henderson County, Tennesee in 1849, where two of her daughters had relocated. The executor was her Grandson, John Lawrence Cawthon, son of her daughter, Sarah. There is no mention of Edmund Green Lynch. It appears Elizabeth outlived all but one of her children. Did Edmund die in Anson and Elizabeth travel West with grandson James W. Nash? Did Edmund Green Lynch travel to Tennesee with his mother and die there? For now, those questions remain unanswered. 

James W. Nash settles in Madison County, Mississippi by 1846, because he marries his first cousin, Mary Nash, daughter of Stephen's brother, Wilson Griffin Nash, on December 3rd of that year. Imagine that, traveling halfway across the country just to marry a first cousin! They had one child, a son, Stephen Lynch Nash, born in 1847, and both James and Mary died young. 

James W. Nash died on August 9, 1853, according to his tombstone in Canton, Madison County, Mississippi. 

As for Edmund G. Lynch, he was no longer a witness. 

The Widows of Wharf

Phillip Lynch appears only in one United States census, the very first, 1790, but he appears in that one twice, in Montgomery and in Anson. 

That must have been the year he crossed the river, that muddy, stone-filled, trifling- more-than- a- creek, steam known as 'The Rocky River', that forms a border between Stanly and Anson Counties. As seen in my previous post, Phillip is found first in Montgomery County, in the part that would become Stanly, and later in Anson, in the area that would become known as Wharf, for a time.

He bought land that bordered Green Roper, my Winfield relatives, Griffin Nash, and a Joshua Davis who had married Hannah Hogan, daughter of William Hogan. Then as soon as Joshua Davis dropped from sight, my ancestor, Job Davis appears. That's a fact that has piqued my interest in Phillip Lynch. 

Name	Phillip Lynch
Home in 1790 (City, County, State)	Montgomery, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over	1
Free White Persons - Females	2
Number of Household Members	3

In his Anson and in his Montgomery appearance, he appears as head of a family of three, himself, a male over 16, and two females. One would be his wife, Elizabeth, and the other, unknown, but possibly a firstborn daughter, as we can't be quite sure when some of his daughters were born.

In the 1800 census, no Lynch or Linch is to be found, but Phillip and his family should have been living in the following neighborhood.

There's William Marshall, James Marshall and Isaac Ambercrombe, who were all living near him in deeds. On up the page is my ancestor, Peter Winfield, before he passed away in 1802, and his estate divided between his heirs, who were Phillips neighbors. Next to Peter is Richard Howell, his son-in-law, whose household would have included my 4th Great Grandmother, Sarah Winfield Howell Davis. Richard would also die not long after this census, but after Peter, and before Phillip Lynch. I can't help but wonder if the Phillip Smith, just before Abercrombie, was actually Phillip Lynch. 

The family structure fits, two sons, one daughter missing, but not all of his daughters were born before 1800. The oldest female besides his wife, Elizabeth, may not have been a daughter at all, which is what I am thinking. I can't find this Phillip Smith in the next census, or in any deeds in this area.

The above map is the section that would fit like a puzzle piece to the section in the above map that says "Wharf". It would sit north of the previous map, between Davis Ford and Crump Ford. This one is from the early 20th century and called "The Furr Map".

We really can't know when Philip Lynch was born, nor from whence he came. If someone knows, I'd like that information. So I can't say if he was an older father with a younger wife, or a young father who became sick. I would guess the former, because Elizabeth "Betsy" Lynch would outluve him by over four decades, and Philip had accumulated lots of property and possessions, too much for most younger men. 

He wrote his Will on November 15, 1807, and passed away, not long after. My translation is below, leaving out most of the "legalese" and metanoia. 

I Phillip Lynch being weak of body do make this my last Will and Testament....

Item: I lend into my wife Betsy.... 100 acres of land including where my dwelling house stands......I also lend her one.. woman Hannah and her increase...one bed and furniture...

Item:... daughter Sally Lynch.. woman...Eady and her increase... also one Sorrell mare...100 acres called the Sanders place...plus 18 acres adjoining the same.

Item: ...son Green Lynch..the upper part of my plantation.. adjoining the part I lent my wife and William Marshall.. also 40 acres purchased of Green Roper... also a Gray mare.. and a man.. Daniel....

I give to my daughter Nancy Lynch 250 acres on Jacobs Creek in Montgomery County.... woman... named Easter.. furniture... one Mare now in the possession of A. Abercrombie.

I give to my son John Lynch one tract called Hyde's Folly..100 acres adjoining Job Davis.. one boy... Elisha...colt folded (foaled) last spring... bed and furniture...

I give to my daughter Catey Lynch..200 acres on the waters of Mountain Creek...girl...Lucy... also $100...bed and furniture..

I give to my daughter Betsy Lynch...100 acres in Montgomery County on Long Creek.. 50 barrels of corn...girl Jude... one Gray horse, one Sorrell, 100 acres in Montgomery County called Bryan's old field.

Also wish..Bob and Doll (people) sold my sheep is for the use of... wife...one cow one calf... rest of Cattle, sows and pigs (sic) ...sold.. and at the death of my wife I will Hannah and her children be equally divided between all my children ... cotton... tobacco...

Wife executrix...

Witnesses: Griffin Nash, Solomon Cahoon, Amon Yarborough.

Dated 15th day of November 1807

Signed Phillip Lynch

So, we know Phillip had a wife, Betsy, short for Elizabeth, two sons, Green and John, and four daughters, Sally (Sarah), Catey (Catherine), Nancy and Betsy II, (Elizabeth). Most, if not all, of the children were minors at this time. The three whose years of birth I am aware of at this juncture, were John W. Lynch, 1799, Betsy, 1804, and Nancy, about 1807, so these three of the six, at least, were very young when his Will was written. 

Elizabeth appears as a widow in 1810. She's between 26 and 44. Only five of her children are still at home, meaning one daughter has married, and I believe that one to be Sarah, which we'll see why later. Her oldest son was between 16 and 25, which would have to be Green, or in full, Edmond Green Lynch. The younger son between 10 and 15, John W. Lynch would have been 11. One daughter would have been between 10 and 15, Catey, and two under 10, Betsy and Nancy.

Just for a quick reference, there is a deed recorded in Anson County, supposedly from Montgomery County, NC, dated August 21, 1810 "Jane Norwood to Phillip Lynches Heirs", in Book O, Page 375.

This brief document referred to an older deed dated April 12, 1800, where Thomas Norwood of Montgomery County sold to Phillip Lynch of Anson County, for 100 pounds, a tract of land on Indian Camp Branch bordering John Gibson. Witnesses were Whitmell Ryle and Hugh Ross, Hugh Ross, a large land trader himself, shown as a neighbor of Phillip Lynch. A decade later, Jane Norwood is renounciing her right of dower to the heirs of Philllip Lynch. I don't know where Indian Camp Branch is, I'd like to know. It has a very interesting name.

In July of 1815, the actual division of the property of Phillip Lynch began, although it was clear he had passed away beofre 1810. The delay may have had something to do with the age of most of the children. By 1815, most of them had reached a solid age. John W Lynch, for example, was 16, his brother Green would have been twenty or more. Isaac Abercrombie, Edward Winfield, C. Coppedge, John Grady and Josiah Allen were appointed as Commissioners to divide the estate of Phillip Lynch. It didn't seem to go as his Will had required, most likely due to debts of the family. 

Lot 1 went to Nancy Lynch, consisting of 50 acres valued at  $129,  adjoining Job Davis (my 4th Great Grandfather) and Thomas Avett, (his brother-in-law, they married sisters). Phillip Lynch had left Nancy 250 acres on Jacobs Creek in his will.

Lot 2 went to Sally "Cawton", 50 acres valued at 139, adjoining the properties of Griffin Nash and Thomas Avett, again, sons-in-law of Peter Winfield and brothers-in-law of Job Davis. This property was up against the old Winfield property that had been divided out to the four children of Peter Winfield.

Lot 3 went to Green Lynch, 250 acres valued at $180 that bordered the lands of Griffin Nash and "Varhine", referring to Everett Verhine, whose name comes up in other documents.

Lot 4 went to Catey Lynch, 100 acres vales at $260, bordered Isaac Abercrombe and was called 'Sanders Old field".  Phillip had willed Sanders Old Field to his daughter Sally, and Catey was to get 250 acres on Mountain Creek that belonged to her father. The Will was not being followed at all. 

Lot 5 went to John Lynch, only 36 acres, but valued at $190 and bordered William Marshall and the Rocky River. The value of the property may have been because it was riverfront property. John had been willed a tract of land called 'Hyde's Folly', that bordered the property of Job Davis. 

Lot 6 went to daughter, Betsy Lynch, a 48 acres tract valued at $194 and bordered the properties of her mother, Elizabeth and brother, John. This land was in Anson County and Betsy had been deeded 100 acres on Long Creek in Montgomery (Stanly) County. I wondered what had become of Phillips properties in Montgomery County?

The document was signed by the Commissioners, men who were neighbors and members of the "Wharf" area community; Isaac Abercrombie, Edward Winfield, the only son of Peter Winfield, whos property Phillip Lynch bordered; C. Coppedge, John Grady and Josiah Allen. 

One noticable thing was that one daughter, Sally, was no longer a Lynch. Other deeds would make it clear that Sally, or Sarah, had married a man named William Cawthon, Cathon, Cawthorn or Cawthorne. William was the only member of his family in Anson County, so he wasn't a local. I wonder if he came just to marry Sally. The Cawthons and the Lynches seem to have came from Granville County, and Mecklenburg County, Virginia prior to that.

Name	William Cawthon
Enumeration Date	7 Aug 1820
Home in 1820 (City, County, State)	Coppedge, Anson, North Carolina, USA
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10	3
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15	1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44	1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10	2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44	1
Slaves - Males - Under 14	1
Slaves - Males - 14 thru 25	1
Slaves - Females - Under 14	2
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44	1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture	3
Free White Persons - Under 16	6
Free White Persons - Over 25	2
Total Free White Persons	8
Total Slaves	5
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other	13

Above is William and Sally and family in 1820 Anson County. It shows both parents being between 26 and 44. If Sally was 26, she would have been born in 1794. They have a boy between 10 and 15 in the home and three under 10, and well as 2 girls under 10. That's 6 children by 1820, and they also had 5 slaves in the household. 

1820 was the census where the citizens were listed in alphabetical order, by district, or township. The Cawthons lived in 'Coppedge".

Name	Edmond G Lynch
Enumeration Date	7 Aug 1820
Home in 1820 (City, County, State)	Coppedge, Anson, North Carolina, USA
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25	1 Edmond Gree Lynch
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15	1 Unmarried daughter
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over	1 Elizabeth
Slaves - Males - Under 14	1
Slaves - Females - Under 14	1
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25	1
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44	1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture	5
Free White Persons - Under 16	1
Free White Persons - Over 25	1
Total Free White Persons	3
Total Slaves	4
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other	7

Elizabeth Lynch is not listed as a Head of Household in 1820, but son Edmund Green Lynch is, and it appears that Elizabeth is living with him. The younest daughter is now between 10 and 15, or a birth year of 1805-1810. John W. Lynch doesn't appear to be in the home. He may have been living with Tod Robinson, which will be seen later. 

Several interesting deeds give a little input into the missing children and the movement of the heirs of Phillip Lynch. 

April 3, 1821 Jordan Howell, John W Howell of Fayetteville NC and Levy Stancill & wife Charlotte,of Montgomery County, NC sold property to Peter Howell of Anson County, 140 acres for $300 beginning at a Mulberry onthe Riverbank (Rocky), beginning at Griffin Nash'es line and joins Lynch and Nashes corner. It was witnessed by Stephen Nash and Darling Allen. Book U Page 1.

This was an important document in my own family and in that of the Lynches. Jordan Howell, John W. Howell, Charlotte Howell Stancill and Peter Howell, were the four older children of my 4th Great Grandmother, Sarah Winfield Howell Davis. Their father, Richard Howell had passed away. Peter, the oldest, took over his father's plantation. Jordan and John W. Howell, the middle two children, became merchants and moved to the trading town of Fayetteville, where their stepfather, Job Davis, owned property on Haymount and a brick townhouse on Hay Street. They were members of Hay Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Charlotte, the youngest, married Methodist Minister Levi Stancill and they would move to Georgia. But what does this have to do with the Lynch family, besides being neighbors. Stephen Nash and Darling Allen ! Both married Lynch daughters. 

Stephen Nash was the son of Griffin Nash. He would marry Nancy Lynch. They would have one son, James W. Nash, whom Griffin would name in his will, as Stephen would die a young man. 

Darling Allen Jr. would marry Catherine "Catey" or Katie Lynch. The above would be Darling Jr. because his father, Darling Allen Sr., was deceased by this time. They would have a number of children, whom I haven't nailed down completely yet, but the oldest son was named Edmund. Darling would outlive Catey and remarry to Eliza Harrison, and have more children, so which child belongs to which mother is still elusive. 

Also in 1821, a deed found in Book T, Page 311 Anson County, Elizabeth Lynch sells to Oliver Coppedge, for $275, a little 10 year old girl named "Chain" , guaranteed to be sound. This wasn't a random exchange. Oliver H. Coppedge was also a son-in-law. Witness was C. Coppedge, probably Charles.

Conestoga Wagon 1883 by Newbald Hough Trotter.

The mid to late 1820's was a time of upheavel and movement in piedmont North Carolina. Partially because of land opening up for settlement, and also due to allotments from service in the War of 1812. It was rare for a person or family to leave alone. For support, and for safety, they usually traveled in groups. When you see a family who migrated in a particular spot and then notice people with familiar names around them, it could be that they had all traveled together.

In Anson County Deeds, Book V, page 386, we see that in October of 1826, John W. Lynch, a young man of about 27, of the town of Washington, Alabama, sells to Thomas Waddill of Anson County, for $325, 36 acres on the West Side of the Rocky River that joined the Coppedge lands, his brother-in-law, Oliver, and sister Betsy. The deed states "being land allotted to me from land of Phillip Lynch deceased & known on division plat as lot #5." Signed by John W. Lynch and witnessed by Clement Marshall. Other deeds show John W. Lynch involved with Toddy Robinson, Tod Robinson served as a clerk in Anson County for quite awhile, but had his own land dealings and family interactions. It was his family that John W. Lynch migrated to Alabama with. 

On this same page, similar interactions were taking place, same book, V, same page, 386, William and Nancy Smith are selling to Dolly Lanier land belonging to the estate of Darling Allen, deceased. Witnessed by R N. Allen and Edward Winfield. This was the father and siblings of Darling Allen , Jr. who married Catherine "Catey" Lynch. These were all the Viriginians who had migrated from Southside Virginia and had built plantations along the Rocky River. The Allens were Baptists and the Winfields were Methodist Episcopal.

Newpaper Clipping of the Murder of Darling Allen, Raleigh, NC Dec 21, 1802

Darling Allen Sr. had been murdered in 1802 by Moses Allen , a slave of Darling Allen, who was afraid of being sold. Moses was hanged. Darling was about 40 at this time and his children were young. Little Darling Jr. was only 6. This is probably why the land transactions took so long to take place. 

The next page, Book V, page 388 involves a transaction between John Thompson, Sr. of Montgomery County. and Thomas Tomlinson of the same and mentions land on the southwest side of the Rocky River, in Anson, granted by the "King" in 1763 to Walter Gibson sold by deed two years later, 1765, to Shadrack Hogan, in 1771 to James Hogan and in 1777 to James Roper & William Colson and willed by James Roper to William Roper, who sold it to John Thompson. The land was 'immediately below Roper's Ford,  and witnesses by Clement Marshall and Thomas Waddill. It was this connection between the Ropers and the Hogans, and to Joshua Davis that piqued my interest in Phillip Lynch, as he became a neighbor and had land adjoining these, and also my Davis-Winfield family.

“A Cotton Plantation on the Mississippi,” Currier & Ives, 1884. Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery

I wonder where Roper's Ford was? Was it one of the Ford's nearly a century later that would be called Carpenter's Ford, or Crumps Ford? I know from a very old map, predating 1800, that what would be known as Davis Ford, was originally known as Winfields Ford, before Peter Winfields property that lie on that part of the river would be transferred to his daughter Sarah, who took Job Davis as her second husband. 

In August of 1828, on the 12th, we find this very informative deed in Book X Page 41:

"Oliver Coppedge and wife Elizabeth of Henderson County, Tennesee to Thomas Waddill (same dude who bought the property of John W. Lynch)". They sold the 45 acres for $250 that Elizabeth Lynch Jr. was allotted in 1815 of her father, Phillip Lynch's property. It lie on the Rocky River, beginning at a hickory, just above a spring branch and joined the properties of William Marshall, her mother Elizabeth Lynch, a hill, the river, and the lower edge mouth of a gut. It "being part of the land in Anson County North Carolina left to Elizabeth Lynch, now Elizabeth Coppedge, by her father Phillip Lynch in his will.'

It was witnessed by John Waddill and Wyatt Temple and signed by Oliver and Elizabeth Coppedge. It was also signed by John A. Wilson, clerk, of Henderson County, Tennesee. In a Pleas and Quarters Session in Henderson County, John C. Walker, chairman, verfied Mr. Wilson's credentials. 

Samuel Temple and William Cawthorn, Esquires ordered to obtain dower renouncement from Elizabeth Coppedge, William Cawthorn/Cawthon being her brother-in-law, having married oldest daughter, Sarah "Sally"Lynch. The dower was renounced on August 13, 1828 at the home of Oliver Coppedge before Samuel Temple and William Cawthorn in Nashville, Tennesee. December 8th of that year, Govenor Sam Houston certified John A. Wilson was a clerk of Henderson County. Signed by Sam Houston and Daniel Graham, Secretery of State and filed in Anson County, NC in July of 1829.

Sam Houston, circa 1850, Wikipedia

This was indeed THE Sam Houston. He was the sixth Governor of Tennesee and the 7th Govenor of Texas.His signature alone, makes this a very important document.

1830 

Elizabeth Lynch, widow of Phillip, is now Head of House again. Her oldest son Edmund Green Lynch, is seen in other deeds as getting himself into a bit of debt. She is living still in Anson County.

Name	Elizabeth Lynch
Home in 1830 (City, County, State)	Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39	2 Green & John ? or ?
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59	1 Elizabeth
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23	1
Slaves - Females - Under 10	3
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35	1
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54	1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49	2
Total Free White Persons	3
Total Slaves	6
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)	9

The 1830 census tells us that Elizabeth is between 50 and 59 years of age, giving her a year of birth of between 1771 and 1780. She has two males in their 30's living with her. One of them would be Green Lynch. John was supposedly in Alabama. Did he come back home for awhile? She was stilll a lady of substance and property. She had six slaves. Her neighbors were Joseph B. Ingram, Ann Allen, Wilson Burns, Elizabeth Billingsley and James Turner. 

John W. Lynch is not found in the 1830 census, so maybe he was in Anson at the time.

Sarah Lynch Cawthorn/ Cawthon was in Henderson County, Tennesee with her husband William.

Name	William Cawthon
Home in 1830 (City, County, State)	Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5	2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9	2
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19	1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29	1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59	1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14	2
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49	1
Slaves - Males - Under 10	2
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23	1
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35	1
Slaves - Females - Under 10	1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23	2
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35	1
Free White Persons - Under 20	7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49	2
Total Free White Persons	10
Total Slaves	8
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)	18

The had what appeared to be 8 children and 8 slaves. William was in his 50's and Sarah in her 40's, probably on the lower end, as her mother was in her 50's. Guessing Sarah 40 and Elizabeth 58 or 59? There were two daughters between 10 and 14.

Catherine "Catey" Lynch Allen, and her husband, Darling Allen, Jr. were still in Anson County in 1850.

Name	Darlius Allen
Home in 1830 (City, County, State)	Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9	2 Edmund & John Allen
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39	1 Darling
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9	1 Ann
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29	2 Catey
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23	1
Free White Persons - Under 20	3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49	3
Total Free White Persons	6
Total Slaves	1
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)	7

Catey was a younger child, still in her 20's. Her husband was in his 30's and they had one slave, a teenaged girl, likely , and three young children, a girl and two boys. There was a woman Catey's age living with her. I wonder if it was her sister, Nancy.

Name	Oliver Coppage
Home in 1830 (City, County, State)	Henderson, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5	1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39	1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5	1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9	1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29	1
Free White Persons - Under 20	3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49	2
Total Free White Persons	5
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)	5

Betsey and her husband, Oliver Coppedge were also living in Henderson County, Tennessee. Oliver was in his 30's and Betsy in her 20's. They had two daughters under 9 and one son under 5, from the appearance of the census.

John W. Lynch and Nancy Lynch Nash do not appear in the 1830 census. As mentioned, they may have been living with relatives, and not heads of household. The last time Stephen Nash appears in land records is 1825, while Nancy appears as late as 1842. She may be the Nancy found as late as 1860, but that is another post.

John W. Lynch

John was the first child of Phillip and Elizabeth Lynch to pass away.

Name	John W. Lynch
Birth Date	8 Feb 1799
Death Date	28 Feb 1833
Cemetery	Doster Family Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place	Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama, United States of America

He was buried in the Doster Family Cemetery in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama, 20 days before turning 34.

Name	John W Lynch
Record Type	Admin
Probate Date	3 Oct 1833
Probate Place	Autauga, Alabama, USA
Inferred Death Year	1833
Inferred Death Place	Alabama, USA
Item Number	1
Comments	Non-Packet
Item Description	Bonds, Vol 1, 1830-1842

His estate was settled in October of the same year.

Tod Robinson, as the administrator of John W. Lynch's estate is eye-catching. John W. Lynch witnessed several deeds for Tod "Toddy" Robinson in Anson County as he distributed properties before leaving. I wonder what their relationship was, as John Lynch never married, so not a son-in-law. Perhaps he was an employee. Tod was a wealthy man. 

May 6, 1834, back in Anson County, Thomas Waddell, Jr. of Montgomery County sold to Clement Marshall of Anson for $400, two tracts of land. The first was 36 acres on the west side of the Rocky River joining the Coppedge property and the Rocky River "being land sold by John W Lynch and Oliver Coppedge and wife Elizabeth to Thomas Waddill Jr. "

The second tract was the one that started at a hickory on that spring branch, joined a hillside & lower edge of the mouth of a gut, "being land left by Phillip Lynch to his daughter Elizabeth, now Elizabeth Coppedge, who sold with Oliver Coppedge, her husband to Thomas Waddill Jr.". 

It was witnessed by Edmond Green Lynch, who had stayed behind with his mother, and R. M. Lanier. Proved with oath in July, 1843 by Edmond G Lynch. Book 11, Page 162.

The next year, in the Christmas season,  December 23, 1835, Elizabeth Lynch of Anson County, in a bill of sale, deeded two children, Jane, aged 8 and Edward, aged 4, to her son, Edmund Green Lynch, for $600. I think of my own 8 year old granddaugther and 4 year old grandson, and I can't imagine such a horrific thing. Still, it is there, in Book 10, Page 112. I have tried to find what became of these children with no success.

The deed was witnesses by James W. Nash, Elizbeth's grandson. He would have been about 17. It was then proven by the oath of James W. Nash in July of 1840 and ordered to be registered by N. Boggan.

1840

Elizabeth Lynch is still living in Anson County, and by the names of her neighbors, it appears she was in an entirley different area than before. There were alot of female headed homesteads around her, Elizabeth Lloyd, Sarah  Smith, Charlotte Hair, Peggy Teal, Mary Lockhart, Mary Pilcher, Nancy Williams. Were these the widows of Wharf?

Name	Elizabeth Lynch
Home in 1840 (City, County, State)	Anson, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29	1 James W. Nash
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49	1 Edmund Green Lynch
Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79	1 Elizabeth Lynch
Slaves - Males - Under 10	2 Edward & ?
Slaves - Females - Under 10	1 Jane
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23	1
Slaves - Females - 55 thru 99	1 Hannah
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write	1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49	2
Total Free White Persons	3
Total Slaves	5
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves	8

She would have been the woman aged 70 to 79, giving her a date of birth between 1761 and 1770. In 1830, she had been given an age bracket of 50 to 59, or a date of birth between 1771 and 1780, So 1770 would be a good estimate of her general year of birth. In 1820, she had been "over 45", meaning born before 1785 and in 1810, between 26 and 44, or between 1766 and 1784, which both fit. 

The 40 year old man was probably son Edward Green Lynch, giving him a birthdate of between 1790 and 1800. In 1830, he was in his 30's, same decade, and in 1820, he was between 16 and 25, or 1795 to 1804, so that narrows his years of bitrht range to 1795 to 1800. He was just a few years older than John W. Lynch, born in 1799. The man in his 20's was probably James W. Nash, grandson, as he had witnessed the Christmas deed. 

All of the other children, and grandchildren, had already migrated away to Tennesee, Mississippi and Alabama. I will look at them separately. 

There were two more deeds pertinent to this story.  On October 4, 1842, Griffin Nash, husband of Jemima Winfield, father of Stephen Nash, father-in-law of Nancy Lynch Nash and Grandfather of James W. Nash, of Anson County, sold to John Spillman Kendall, the Whale of Wharf., for $105, 54 and a half acres of land beginning at Kendalls corner and joining Howell (this would have been Peter Howell, son of Griffin's sister-in-law, Sarah Winfield Howell Davis). The Lot "being laid off to Nancy Nash in division of the land of Phillip Lynch deceased".  It was witnessed by  Allen Carpenter and James T. Kendall and listed in Book 11 Page 84 of the Anson County deeds. 

James W. Nash of Madison County, Mississippi on May 23, 1842 to Griffin Nash of Anson County, NC, gave Power of Attorney to his grandfather to sell his property in Anson County, known as the land on which the late Stephen Nash, his father, lived on before he died. He gave Griffin permission to 'sell the land to anyone'. He sold it to J. S. Kendall. Book 11 Page 69.

Griffins other sons, Peter Winfield Nash and Wilson Griffin Nash were in Madison,Mississsippi. James would marry Mary Nash, daugther of Wilson in 1846. Also in 1846, Griffin Nash, a man of many years, would pass away.

Sometime during this time, Elizabeth Lynch would migrate to Henderson County, Tennesee, where some of her daughters had settled. It is unknown if Green went with her, but he probably did, I can't imagine a woman of her age traveling alone in those days. 

Elizabeth's estate would be settled in Henderson County, Tennesee in 1849, suggesting she died sometime in late 1848. She would have been about 78. There is no mention of Edmund Green Lynch. She appears to have outlived all of her children except one, but she had lots of grandchilren, and therein is another tale.