John Thompson Sr. Edmiston

THE EDMISTON’S OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS BY ALLAN S. HUMPHREYS (8) JOHN THOMSON EDMISTON, (Moses Jamee,2 etc.), was born 14 May 1799 in Tennessee.; died 1846 in Washington Co., Ark.; married 15 Nov. l821 to Rebecca Moore, Who was born 1802., in Georgia. She was listed in the l8SO census but not later. He was a Justice of the Peace in 1837. They sold 40 acres of land. To John Scurlock in March 1839 and bought 120 acres from Audrey James Maxwell in Dec. l839. All their children were born in Arkansas. ===== (Note John T. Edmiston Sr died in 1846, however this census was listed for reference to the rest of the family members} 1850 Census of Northwest Arkansas: Washington Counties - Bobbie Jones McLane and Desmond Walls Allen Marrs Hill Township EDMISTON, Rebecca 48, John T. 23, Elizabeth 17, Andrew 19, Hiram 15, Rebecca 13, Thomas 11, Newton 9, Samuel 6 GA/AR dwg 67, Marrshill twp