Edmund Wilcox was a medical doctor who lived at "Chellowe" Plantation in Buckingham County, Virginia. He was a man of some wealth. Dr. Wilcox had two children with a lady named Christiana Garvin, who was a servant at his plantation. Nothing is known about her background or who she was. The children were, Edmund Wilcox, a minister and John Wilcox, who was hung for murder, although many believe he was framed if you read the court records. He never married Christiana Garvin and not long before his death he married Susanna Bolling and had an infant daughter. Before Dr. Wilcox died he made a will and left some money for Christiana for support of his two sons, Edmund and John. His wife, Susanna, took several people to court over his will including Christiana. Christiana lost and did not get anything. Shortly afterwards, Christiana married Peter Cartwright, Sr., and their son was the famous Rev. Peter Cartwright. They eventually moved to Caldwell County, Kentucky. Dr. Wilcox had several children with mistresses or slaves, but seemed to be especially concerned about his sons, Edmund and John. Some researchers have thought she may have been a mulatto slave at the Wilcox plantation, but this has not been proven. Both boys had the last name of Garvin when living in Virginia and changed it to Wilcox when they moved to Kentucky as young children.
Additional information recently received regarding the cemetery where Dr. Wilcox is buried. It is called the Hubard family cemetery. In the cemetery there is an obelisk which has the following inscription:
"All those persons to whose memory this oelisk is dedicated were buried at this place except Col. Robert Bolling and Louisiana Hubard, and the graves are indicated by headstones. But the precise spot where Dr. Edmund Wilcox was buried is not distinctly known by any person now living. The belief is that he was buried under the large cedar tree midway the east end of this enclosure." 1845.
"There is a stone for Dr. Wilcox, though this implies it was added well after the original burial."
Thank you to C. Henneman for this additional information.
Edmund Wilcox was a medical doctor who lived at "Chellowe" Plantation in Buckingham County, Virginia. He was a man of some wealth. Dr. Wilcox had two children with a lady named Christiana Garvin, who was a servant at his plantation. Nothing is known about her background or who she was. The children were, Edmund Wilcox, a minister and John Wilcox, who was hung for murder, although many believe he was framed if you read the court records. He never married Christiana Garvin and not long before his death he married Susanna Bolling and had an infant daughter. Before Dr. Wilcox died he made a will and left some money for Christiana for support of his two sons, Edmund and John. His wife, Susanna, took several people to court over his will including Christiana. Christiana lost and did not get anything. Shortly afterwards, Christiana married Peter Cartwright, Sr., and their son was the famous Rev. Peter Cartwright. They eventually moved to Caldwell County, Kentucky. Dr. Wilcox had several children with mistresses or slaves, but seemed to be especially concerned about his sons, Edmund and John. Some researchers have thought she may have been a mulatto slave at the Wilcox plantation, but this has not been proven. Both boys had the last name of Garvin when living in Virginia and changed it to Wilcox when they moved to Kentucky as young children.
Additional information recently received regarding the cemetery where Dr. Wilcox is buried. It is called the Hubard family cemetery. In the cemetery there is an obelisk which has the following inscription:
"All those persons to whose memory this oelisk is dedicated were buried at this place except Col. Robert Bolling and Louisiana Hubard, and the graves are indicated by headstones. But the precise spot where Dr. Edmund Wilcox was buried is not distinctly known by any person now living. The belief is that he was buried under the large cedar tree midway the east end of this enclosure." 1845.
"There is a stone for Dr. Wilcox, though this implies it was added well after the original burial."
Thank you to C. Henneman for this additional information.
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