Bible of Andrew Edgar, Sr.
From transcriptions prepared by W. A. Lyle, of Jefferson County, and subsequently typed and published by the Works Progress Administration under the title Jefferson County Bible Records.
Transcribed for this site from the WPA volume by Doris Kinser Fountain. We are extremely grateful to her.
Researchers Note: this is a transcription of a transcription of a transcription. Therefore, every item must be verified through separate sources.
Andrew Edgar, Sr, was a pioneeer settler near Dandridge, TN, who married Jane Henderson, a sister of Rev. Robert Henderson, DD, who was Pastor of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church for 23 Years.
Possession: Eugene McCampbell and sisters who are descendants of Andrew
Edgar and whose address is RFD #3, New Market, TN
Transcription: Sept. 13, 1837
Deaths:
Flora B. Edgar died July 8, 1825
Elizabeth B. Edgar died March 26, 1825
Amanda J. P. Edgar died Feb. 7, 1834
Eliza D. Edgar died Oct. 18, 1838 at 8 o'clock PM
George D. Edgar died May 23, 1846 at 3 PM
William Edgar died Sept. 28, 1904
Harriet E. Mathes died Oct. 15, 1905
Mary E. Corbett died Sept. 12, 1913
Catherine McCampbell died Feb. 17, 1863
John D. McCampbell died Jan. 24, 1864
James McCampbell died May 28, 1879
Juliett A. McCampbell died Oct. 2, 1883
Horace P. McCampbell died March 2, 1921
Colin Beecher McCampbell died Nov. 10, 1928
Marriages:
Andrew Edgar and Jane Henderson were married Jan. 1, 1793
Andrew B. Edgar and Elizabeth Henderson were married Aug. 20, 1816
James P. Balch and Polly R. Edgar were married Aug. 22, 1820
John H. Edgar and Eliza L. Martin were married July 27, 1824
George D. Edgar and Eliza D. Morrow were married Aug. 8, 1826
Sam. H. Edgar and Sarah T. Parrott were married July 16, 1833
Births:
Juliett A. A. L. Edgar born May 1, 1827
Harriette R. E. E. Edgar born Sept. 18, 1831
Amanda J. P. J. Edgar was born Dec. 29, 1833
W. J. J. Edgar born April 7, 1836
James McCampbell born June 5, 1818
Ann E. McCampbell born Oct. 29, 1846
John David McCampbell born Nov. 28, 1848
Horace Parrot McCampbell born Feb.15, 1852
David Parmley McCampbell born June 12, 1855
Joseph H. McCampbell born April 14, 1858
Catherine McCampbell born Nov. 22, 1861
MARRIAGES
James McCampbell and Julia Edgar were married Aug. 17, 1863
BIRTHS
Andrew Edgar, Sr, born Nov. 1, 1772
John H. Edgar born Nov. 12, 1793
Jane Henderson born March 17, 1772
Andrew B. Edgar born Sept. 28, 1795
George D. Edgar born May 1, 1798
Polly R. Edgar born April 18, 1801
Samuel N. Edgar born March 26, 1804
Isabella W. Edgar born April 28, 1807
Flora B. Edgar born Feb. 28, 1815
Eliza D. Morrow born May 4, 1804