Edith (Bryant) Folsom, Minqua of Chicasaw Briones Bryan/t

Biography

Edith Folsom, Minqua of Chicasaw Ashnoya Briones Bryan/t was born in 1764 in Beaufort, Sampson Co, NC . Her parents were Mingo Needham Bryan/t and Edith (Smith) Bryan - Folsom.

Edith married Capt. Israel Folsom. Together they had the following children: Edith Bryan/t (Folsom) Dawson; Needham Bryant Folsom.

She died in 1810 in Beaufort, Sampson Co, NC .

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Edith's Mother's Will mentions her by name : Documents Pitt County, North Carolina, 1750-1800 Edith Folsom's Will 29 July 1791 pbt. 1793 [ Edith's mother first married Needham Bryan and then Ebenezer Folsom, a saddler, who owned land in Pitt County around 1761. She had no children by Mr. Folsom

In the name of God, Amen. I, Edith Folsom, of the County of Johnston in the State of North Carolina, being in perfect health and of sound mind and memory, blessed be to God, do this day make and publish this my last will and testament in the manner following, that is to say:

l. Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son, William Bryan, the sum of five shillings current money to him and his heirs and assigns. 2. Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son, Samuel Bryan, five shillings current money to him and his heirs and assigns. 3. I give to my beloved son, Needham Bryan, two Negroes, namely Pollidore and Filles, one breeding mare by the name of Junis, one feather-bed and furniture and three cows and calves, two heifers, to him and his heirs and assigns. 4. Item: I give to my beloved daughter, Barbara Marcy five shillings current money to her and her assigns. 5. Item: I give to my beloved daughter, Edith Folsom, five shillings current money to her and her assigns. 6. Item: I give to my beloved daughter, Selah Watkins, five shillings current money, to her and her assigns. 7. Item: I give to my beloved daughter, Elizabeth Alford, five shillings current money, to her and her heirs and assigns. 8. I give to my beloved daughter, Esther Bryan, five shillings current money to her and her heirs and assigns. 9. I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter, Ann Bryan, one feather bed and furniture, two cows and calves, and heifer, to her and her heirs and assigns; and all the rest and residue of my goods and chattels after all my just debts and funeral charges being paid, between my two youngest children, Needham and Anny Bryan; and I do constitute my loving brother, Samuel Smith, Executor of this my will and testament, utterly revoking all other and former wills and bequests made by me. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th day of July, 1791.

Edith Folsom (Seal) Witnesses: Edwin Smith, Zilphia Smith, Karen Smith.

 By 1771–1772, North Carolinians DD of #Bryan#Smiths #Folsoms #Clarke #Moor who had been trading with the Cherokee since Ebeneezer Folsom had the first licensed trade status and his Needham Folsom's son's married Tuscorora sisters (yes, same time), had been trading since NJ Dutch/Finn/Sweede showed up to buy out Manhattan in NYC. . Daniel Boone with Mingo Bryan (b. 1741 according to Chicasaw Nation) when going into Yadkin Valley Kentucky, were attacked byShawnee killing Rebeeca Bryan Boone’s son and her dad, William Bryan (Chicasaw Mingo). The opening of unlicensed trading in the Carlolina's sparked the beginning of what was known as Dunmore's War (1773–1774), said Adair (who married a Cherokee Lightfoot Deer Clan sibling of my Luke Lott and Bellinda Myrick-Barnett' Absolom Lott older brother. Adair said this in his book called Exapansion of South Carolina. He said that unlicensed trading was allowed and it meant havoc and then retaliation by the Iroquoian speaking natives (of which Cherokee were Iroquoian speaking Muskogean who picked Iroquois wives when they could). 

In 1776, allied with the Shawnee led by Cornstalk, Cherokee attacked settlers in some of South Carolina 's Welsh Tract 11 townships, some raids in Georgia, Virginia, and North Carolina in the Second Cherokee War. Overhill Cherokee Nancy Ward, Dragging Canoe's cousin,warned settlers of impending attacks. Provincial militias with Commander Richardson designation of a new rank, that of Brigadier General, and commander of most of SC from Bledsoe, VA was overseeing the retaliations for the raids and his nephew set up a plantation which would become the Marion's Raiders base, that of a mix of AA and FPOC who were based out of Bloom Hill Plantation. Overhill villages were destroyed and In 1777 surviving Cherokee town leaders signed treaties with the states which did not really last as the first Rev War saw a Drowning Creek Battle in SC and Dragging Canoe and his band moved near present-day Chattanooga, Tennessee, where they established 11 new towns and sided with Tories. Chickamauga was his headquarter and his entire band became known as the Chickamauga. From here he fought a guerrilla war against settlers, the Chickamauga Wars (1776–1794). The first Treaty of Tellico Blockhouse, signed November 7, 1794, ended the Chickamauga Wars. In 1805, the Cherokee ceded their lands between the Cumberland and Duck rivers (i.e. the Cumberland Plateau) to Tennessee.Scots (and other Europeans) among the Cherokee in the 18th century.

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Edith Bryan Folsom BIRTH 1763 Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA DEATH unknown BURIAL Folsom Family Cemetery Lillington, Harnett County, North Carolina, USA PLOT lost gravesite. possibly here MEMORIAL ID 181911809 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 0 died after 1820 census

Family Members Parents Photo Edith Smith Bryan Folsom 1743–1792

Siblings Celah Bryan Watkins 1774 – unknown

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