Minqua Edith (Smith) Bryant-Folsom

Biography

Minqua Edith (Smith) Bryant-Folsom was born in 1733 in What had been Whitfield Lands, located on 1670 Johnson map, became Johnson Co, NC. Her parents were Capt. Samuel Smith, Sr. and Edith Smith.

Edith married Capt.Mingo Needham Bryan. Together they had the following children: William Bryant of Johnson Co, NC; Patriot & Mingo Needham Bryant II; MInqua Anny Bryant, Chicasaw; Elizabeth (Bryant) Page / went to the Chicasaw; Edith (Bryant) Folsom, Minqua of Chicasaw Briones Bryan/t; Barbara Bryant; Selah Watkins (Bryant) Watkins; Esther Bryant.

Edith married Col. Ebenezer Folsom, State Sen of NC.

She died in 1792 in Chinquapin Land (Iroquois for Sweet Gum Tree), Currently Greenville, Pitt Co, NC .

• Not the mother of any Folsom children with her husband in her later years, Col Ebenezer Folsom, NC State Senator and Patriot. She only had children by her Bryant spouse.

: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2458910/bryan-manning-cemetery/map near Chincapen Rd. Chincapen is a Tucororan word meaning "Sweet Gum Tree". Recipient of her aunt Jacquelin's whole of her estate, from Heiress of Smith of Purton estate, the same one and only patented sailor man for Col William Claiborne and whose descendants include Elizabeth II, Queen of UK via her mother's Bowl's lineage.

Edith Smith Bryan's will mentions her brother Samuel, both siblings were the children of Edith Ann (Smith of Purton Descemdamt) https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=175797548

[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=175797548] Married Col Ebeneezer Folsom after the death of Needham Bryan b. 1740 - d. 1772. Edith only had children with Needham Bryan (warning multiple Needham Bryans in every generation from various Bryan groups) and did not have children with Capt Isreal Folsom and their invidual children married; which they were not half siblings, just step siblings.

Her Will: Documents Pitt County, North Carolina, 1750-1800 Edith Folsom?s Will 29 July 1791 pbt. 1793 [ She married first _(Needham(__ Bryan and second married 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, ANNy 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 father. The opening of unlicensed trading in the Carlolina's sparked the beginning of what was known as Dunmore's War (1773–1774), 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

Craven Co, NC has families of Mingo Needham Bryan (Chicasaw) and Capt. Sam Smith (Tuscororan) descendants on the 1790 census. Some names are Cox, Anderson, Cooper, Johns(t)on, and others who ended up following suit on the West Spanish Florida land claims of Yadkin Valley KY - -William Bryan/t. These form the Craven Co, NC contingient of those later in the neighborhood association of the Cooper Rolls of 1855 in Neshoba District of Mississippi Territory.

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Birth: 1743
Johnston County North Carolina, USA Death: 1792 Johnston County North Carolina, USA

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It is known that she had married Col. Ebenezer Folsom (1730 - 1789) before 1786, sometime after the death of Needham Bryan.

The Smith family of Johnston County, North Carolina was quite large with many of the same given names used again and again. I can attest to this in researching my descent also from William Smith (c. 1756 - 1836), the son of Col. John Smith, Jr., (1724 - 1790) and brother of Samuel Smith (1709 - 1783).

The following contributed by Rhonda Brubaker, a descendant of Burrell and Edith (Folsom) Dawson, who was the daughter of Israel and Edith (Bryan) Folsom. Thank you Rhonda.

"Edith (Smith) Bryan Folsom was married to Col. Ebenezer Folsom. They married after the deaths of their first spouses and had no children together. However, Capt. Israel Folsom, eldest son of Col. Ebenezer Folsom, married his step-sister, Edith Bryan who was the daughter of Edith (Smith) Bryan Folsom. Edith (Smith) Bryan Folsom mentions her daughter, Edith Folsom, in her will which is kept at the NC Archives. Col. Ebenezer Folsom's will mentions wife, Edith, and son Israel . . ."

Johnston County, North Carolina Wills, Inventories, and Settlements, Book 1, page 66. Will of Edith Folsom, dated July 29, 1791, proven Feb. Term 1793. Sons and daughters listed: William Bryan Samuel Bryan Needham Bryan Barbara Mas[s]ey Edith Folsom Selah [Celah] Watkins Elizabeth Alford Esther Bryan Ann "Anny" Bryan Brother, Samuel Smith, Executor Edith Folsom (Seal) Witnesses: Edwin Smith, Zilphia Smith, Karen Smith

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Parents:

 Samuel Smith (1709 - 1783)

 Edith Whitfield Smith (1717 - 1785)

Children:

 Edith Bryan Folsom (1763 - ____)*

 Celah Bryan Watkins (1774 - ____)*

Siblings:

 Edith Smith Bryan Folsom (1743 - 1792)

 Samuel Smith (1744 - 1809)*

 David Smith (1746 - 1795)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Unknown

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Created by: Wm. R. Crabb Record added: Jan 28, 2017 Find A Grave Memorial# 175797548 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=175797548

• One of two legitimate wives of Col Ebenezer, but had no children with Col Ebenezer.

See avatar.   The other legitimate wife was Elizabeth Daniel's, also a wife of Ebenezer.  We know that Capt  Isreal Folsom's  -half brother was the-legit brother, Nathaniel Folsom who could have just paid the debt had he inherited as first born with all his combined inheritance; but,Nathaniel and the other boys ( half siblings of Daniel) would have had legitimate claim as legitimate children, but they did not pay for whatever reason.  We do know that the non-legitimate son, Capt, Isreal Folsom did purchase the estate of his father, Col Ebenezer Folsom, at auction (which was loaned against to help Rev War efforts).  Nathaniel's half  brother, Capt  Isreal paid as highest bidder on record, what he could not have legitimately and bought the farm that had been a lien against it.   He was willed a negro named Simon, only.  Nathaniel's legitimate dad, Col. Ebenezer  s estate had to settle a lien and that is why the land was auctioned in the first place. probated in Cumberland Co., NC;  auctioned on 6 Dec. 1799, of which five tracts totalled 1444 acres sold at auction to satisfy a claim of £166.15.6, with interest. Capt  Israel Folsom, being the highest bidder paid £325 for the land with "the appurtenances." (Cumberland County Records, Vol. 18, p. 99.).

Capt Israel didn't PAY the debt but by BUYING the land at 44 years old, the money went to pay the creditors. If married three times, then this is true:

a)first, an Isreal Folsom is the dad of Sophia Folsom with Miss N.Tehani (That's OK Choctaw Nation).

b)had Rev Isreal with Miss Tehani too as well as Sophia. (OK Choctaw Nation) Md Tehini in 1756 (Nathaniel's mom is Ms Daniel and Nathaniel is my DA).

c ) For sure Capt Isreat Dawson Md. Miss Daniel til 1777, Isreal's step-mom, Nathaniel's mom. (DA to both, it's a step siblings married)

Nathaniel's will mentions illegitimate half brother, Isreal, his half brother from Ms Daniels, the half brother who saved the farm....and that Isreal got the biggest chunk of his property - - via an auction.