John T. Edmiston was the third child and first son born to Moses James and Mary Ann (Thompson) Edmiston of Buncombe County, North Carolina and Williamson County, Tennessee.
He traveled with his family from Williamson Co. to Clark Co., Arkansas as a teenager and married Rebeca Moore on 15 Nov 1821 in Clark County. Rebecca was the daughter of Judge Moses Moore of Clark County, AR. John moved with his family and parents about 1825 or 1826 to what is now eastern Oklahoma but was removed to Arkansas Territory, Washington County about 1828 as a result of the May 1828 treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians. His parents, along with hundreds of others were required to move east out of the Cherokee-designated lands and settled in Washington Co.
John lived the rest of his life in the Viney Grove area of Washington County. We don't know for sure where he is buried, but it is highly likely that he was buried with his wife and parents in the old Edmiston-Taylor burial ground, a destroyed cemetery about one mile due west of the Viney Grove Methodist Church near Viney Grove, Arkansas. We have found the tombstones in this cemetery for John's son Moses A. Edmiston and his uncle Samuel Neely Edmiston. The latter was living with his widowed mother Mary Ann Edmiston in the census of 1850. Both Samuel and his mom died in May 1854 probably from an infectious disease such as cholera. It would be most unusual for these two to be buried in different cemeteries. Samuel and John were brothers.
This BIO by Gary Murrell.
He traveled with his family from Williamson Co. to Clark Co., Arkansas as a teenager and married Rebeca Moore on 15 Nov 1821 in Clark County. Rebecca was the daughter of Judge Moses Moore of Clark County, AR. John moved with his family and parents about 1825 or 1826 to what is now eastern Oklahoma but was removed to Arkansas Territory, Washington County about 1828 as a result of the May 1828 treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians. His parents, along with hundreds of others were required to move east out of the Cherokee-designated lands and settled in Washington Co.
John lived the rest of his life in the Viney Grove area of Washington County. We don't know for sure where he is buried, but it is highly likely that he was buried with his wife and parents in the old Edmiston-Taylor burial ground, a destroyed cemetery about one mile due west of the Viney Grove Methodist Church near Viney Grove, Arkansas. We have found the tombstones in this cemetery for John's son Moses A. Edmiston and his uncle Samuel Neely Edmiston. The latter was living with his widowed mother Mary Ann Edmiston in the census of 1850. Both Samuel and his mom died in May 1854 probably from an infectious disease such as cholera. It would be most unusual for these two to be buried in different cemeteries. Samuel and John were brothers.
This BIO by Gary Murrell.
John T. Edmiston was the third child and first son born to Moses James and Mary Ann (Thompson) Edmiston of Buncombe County, North Carolina and Williamson County, Tennessee.
He traveled with his family from Williamson Co. to Clark Co., Arkansas as a teenager and married Rebeca Moore on 15 Nov 1821 in Clark County. Rebecca was the daughter of Judge Moses Moore of Clark County, AR. John moved with his family and parents about 1825 or 1826 to what is now eastern Oklahoma but was removed to Arkansas Territory, Washington County about 1828 as a result of the May 1828 treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians. His parents, along with hundreds of others were required to move east out of the Cherokee-designated lands and settled in Washington Co.
John lived the rest of his life in the Viney Grove area of Washington County. We don't know for sure where he is buried, but it is highly likely that he was buried with his wife and parents in the old Edmiston-Taylor burial ground, a destroyed cemetery about one mile due west of the Viney Grove Methodist Church near Viney Grove, Arkansas. We have found the tombstones in this cemetery for John's son Moses A. Edmiston and his uncle Samuel Neely Edmiston. The latter was living with his widowed mother Mary Ann Edmiston in the census of 1850. Both Samuel and his mom died in May 1854 probably from an infectious disease such as cholera. It would be most unusual for these two to be buried in different cemeteries. Samuel and John were brothers.
This BIO by Gary Murrell.
He traveled with his family from Williamson Co. to Clark Co., Arkansas as a teenager and married Rebeca Moore on 15 Nov 1821 in Clark County. Rebecca was the daughter of Judge Moses Moore of Clark County, AR. John moved with his family and parents about 1825 or 1826 to what is now eastern Oklahoma but was removed to Arkansas Territory, Washington County about 1828 as a result of the May 1828 treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians. His parents, along with hundreds of others were required to move east out of the Cherokee-designated lands and settled in Washington Co.
John lived the rest of his life in the Viney Grove area of Washington County. We don't know for sure where he is buried, but it is highly likely that he was buried with his wife and parents in the old Edmiston-Taylor burial ground, a destroyed cemetery about one mile due west of the Viney Grove Methodist Church near Viney Grove, Arkansas. We have found the tombstones in this cemetery for John's son Moses A. Edmiston and his uncle Samuel Neely Edmiston. The latter was living with his widowed mother Mary Ann Edmiston in the census of 1850. Both Samuel and his mom died in May 1854 probably from an infectious disease such as cholera. It would be most unusual for these two to be buried in different cemeteries. Samuel and John were brothers.
This BIO by Gary Murrell.
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