Date Original
1877-1878
Description
This ledger contains the accounts of Thomas Jefferson Edwards. The ledger includes his financial and estate records.
Biographical/Historical Note
Thomas Jefferson Edwards was born in 1827, in Hempstead County, Arkansas Territory. His parents, Meredith Walton and Martha Harpole Edwards, were early Arkansas pioneers. In 1849, Thomas J. Edwards married Emily Holman Kinsworthy. They left Arkansas and traveled to the gold fields of California, where their son William Burton Edwards was born. Emily died and Thomas returned to Arkansas in the early 1850s. He settled in Rondo, Arkansas, and went to work for Dr. Lewis Thomas Culley. Edwards later married Dr. Culley's daughter, Helen Mar Culley. In 1875, he was elected Miller County, Arkansas, treasurer and served one year. Thomas Jefferson Edwards died in Rondo, Arkansas, in 1877.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000296
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Thomas J. Edwards ledger, MS.000296
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Thomas J. Edwards ledger, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
