EDWARDS Family
The Edwards family on Buck Swamp, is another family of some note. Tradition informs us that
Richard Edwards came to South Carolina from Virginia soon after the Revolutionary War; that
he was originally from England or rather his ancestors; that during the Revolution he was shot
in the head and his skull was fractured, that the fracture was trepanned with gold, and from
that fact was generally called "Gold-headed Richard or Dick Edwards". We are not informed who
his wife was; he raised a family of sons and perhaps daughters, the daughters are unknown; his
sons were Richard, David, Samuel and Henry.
--A History of Marion County, W.W. Sellers (1902)
Excerpt transcribed and contributed by Helen Moody, March 2000.
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