Elizabeth “Betsy” Rickman Edmondson

Not the same as Elizabeth Barner

Benjamin Harrison V and Elizabeth Bassett were second cousins. 7 children:

Elizabeth Harrison b.1751, Berkeley, Charles City Co. VA m.1 William Brickman m. 2_ Edmundson d. after 1791, Virginia

Daughter of Governor Benjamin Harrison

Elizabeth Harrison

Birth: 1751

  Marriage Information:

Elizabeth married William Rickman.

  Marriage Information:

Elizabeth also married NN Edmonson.

• Family 1 : EDMONSON
• Family 2 : William RICKMAN

Links

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~harrisonrep/Harri...

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U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Name: Elizabeth Harrison

Gender: female

Birth Place: VA

Birth Year: 1751

Spouse Name: William Rickman

Marriage Year: 1772

Marriage State: VA

Number Pages: 1

158 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY

CHAPTER II. - UNION TOWNSHIP

The territory composing this township was, prior to the organization of Union County, embraced in the counties of Delaware and Madison. the northern portion in the former and the southern portion in the latter. The township, as originally formed by the County Commissioners of Delaware County, included the northern portion of its present territory, and a large scope of the western portion of the present territory of Union County, extending northward to the northern boundary line of the county. After the erection of Union County, in 1820, on the 12th day of March, 1821, at a meeting of the Commissioners of Union County, "agreed, that. the County of Union be divided into townships as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of Union County, running east five and one-half miles; thence north six miles; thence north to the north boundary of Union County, all west to be Union Township." Subsequently, in June, 1822, Liberty Township was erected, embracing all the northern portion to the northern boundary of the county. In 1827, Allen Township was formed, which again curtailed the boundaries of Union. It is now bounded north by Allen and Paris Townships, east by Paris and Darby, south by Madison County and west by Champaign County. The surveys of Union, begun in 1799. were as follows: June 7, 1799, for Lucas Sullivant, 200 acres, Survey No. 3,311; Lucas Sullivant, Deputy Surveyor, January 21, 1807, for Warren Cash, 100 acres, Survey No. 3,196. James Galloway, Jr., D. S., November 5, 1807, for James Waters, 400 acres, Survey No. 3,459. James Galloway, Jr., D. S., May 31, 1802, for Elizabeth Rickman, widow of Dr. William Rickman, 1,080 acres, Survey No. 4,0711. Joseph Kerr, D. S., October 26, 1813, for Robert Kays and Lucas Sullivant 366 2/3 acres, Survey No. 4,277. Walter Dun, D. S., October 3, 1806, for Robert Kays, 2,000 acres, Survey No. 4,278. Lucas Sullivant, D. S., December 12, 1805, for Frederick Stanton and Daniel Bailey, assignees, 283 acres, Survey No. 4,735.James Galloway, Jr., D. S., May 20, 1806, for Obadiah Smith, 466 2/3.

Source: http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Union/Untp2.htm

"In May 1775, [William] Rickman married Elizabeth Harrison, the daughter of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence and owner of nearby Berkeley Plantation [see Virginia Gazette (Purdie), 5 May 1775, p2 c1]. She was also the older sister of William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States. William and Elizabeth Harrison Rickman had no children." --https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rickman

Will

Will of Elizabeth Edmondson of Milford in the County of Charles City. Charles City Co., VA, WB 1, pp. 38-39, w. 3 May 1790, p. 20 Jan 1791. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://ancstry.me/2m5DsCV

• husband John Edmondson
• brother Carter B. Harrison
• sister Sarah Harrison
• my brother Ben’s son Benjamin Harrison
• brother William H. Harrison
• William Rickman Coupland (no relationship given)
• Betty Randolph Harrison (no relationship given)
• sister Ann Coupland
• I desire to be buried by Wm Rickman and that the place may be enclosed with a Brick Wall.
• no executors named
• no witnesses shown
• At probate, the will was proved by John Dunbar and John Colqin. Administration granted to John Edmondson, Carter B. Harrison security.

Sources

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harrison-906
• Husband's DAR record https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful...
• https://www.nps.gov/articles/kit.htm
• http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/va-gazettes/VGSinglePage...

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 3 2018, 6:57:11 UTC

In 1775 married Dr William Rickman In 1789 married John Edmondson
In 1790 Will she asked to be buried beside her first husband Dr William Rickman
In her will she left various land tracts to her 2nd husband and to two of her brothers Carter Basset Harrison and William Henry Harrison. No children are mentioned from either of her marriages in Her Will
Years later the land tracts figured in court case between the descendants of her brothers and the descendants of her 2nd husbands 2nd marriage

Ref:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harrison-906* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 24 2022, 17:10:44 UTC