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Note: Washington County Court Records -- Re: George Edelen 4 Oct 1798 - Deed - Book B, p. 187 Samuel Grundy, Martha his wife, to George Edelen 50 acres on Cartwright's Creek for 68 pounds, 2 shillings, 8 pence page 189 ditto: 219 acres for 296 pounds fully paid 4 Oct 1798 - On oath of Samuel Grundy he acknowledged payment in full - 365 pounds, 2 shillings, 6 pence, received for 269 acres sold to George where he now lives. States also his bond is lost or misplaced by me. 9 July 1810 - Robert Edelen and Sarah Edelen petitioned the court for administration of estate of George Edelen, deceased. N. B. These facts dispute the tradition that he came from Baltimore to Lebanon in 1800. This information was provided by Crolian W. Edelen to Bernard C. Stone in handwritten letters. Additional information provided by Crolian W. Edelen in a note to Bernard C. Stone -- Traditions George Edelen, born about 1760, was a son of Robert Edelen (who died after 1795 at Cartwrights Creek, KY. His grave and that of George is supposed to be at old St. Annes, a church in Washington County, KY. This tradition places the family into Kentucky as 1795 (not 1800 or 1804) and places the death of George as 1809 (which is incorrect. He died in 1810). Mr. Newman, in his book "Charles County Gentry" claims George was the same person as George Stonestreet Edelen. This does not seem to be correct. George Stonestreet Edelen appears in the 1790 Census for Maryland with a wife and no children. The same census shows another George Edelen living in Washington County, Maryland (see page 21, left column) and it is more likely that he was the one moving westward to Kentucky. Following data is taken from the 1790 Maryland census. The 1790 Washington Co., Maryland census shows 1 free white male over 16 years old, one free white male under 16 years old, three white females and 5 slaves. This would correspond to the family of George Edelen of Washington County, Maryland, rather than George Stonestreet Edelen. The George Edelen shown in the 1790 Prince George's County, Maryland census shows 1 free white male over 16 years old, 1 free white female, 6 all others and 8 slaves -- see page 285 Prince George's County census. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ [He is often confused by some with his cousin, George Stonestreet Edelen, who outlived him by many years, never removed from Maryland, and was the husband of Rebecca (Boarman) Edelen.] George was married on May 14, 1785 in Charles County, Maryland to his cousin Sarah Edelen by the Catholic priest, Rev. Henry Pile. He was enumerated in the 1790 census in Washington County, Maryland (formed from the Upper Precinct of Frederick County), with one white male under 16 years (his son Robert), three white females (his wife Sarah, and daughters, Priscilla and Alice), and five slaves. In 1798 he had his cattle earmark recorded in Washington County, Kentucky and later that year he purchased from Samuel Grundy for £365 two tracts on Cartwrights Creek (one of 219 acres, and one of 50 acres) where he was already in residence. He was a Captain of the 4th Regiment of the Kentucky Militia by 1800, which post he resigned on May 28, 1803. On April 1, 1800 he was appointed overseer of the road "from John Grundys to 6 Mile Tree as far as Green River Road in room of Abraham Irvine." He was a Commissioner for Washington County as early as 1800, and on January 1, 1810 he was one of the Justices of the Peace making arrangements for the building of a new jail in the town of Springfield. Source: Find A Grave - Cemetery Records and Online Memorials - Capt George Edelen It also shows his date of birth as 1758, Frederick, Frederick Co., Maryland, and date of death as July 1810, Washington Co., Kentucky. In addition, it shows his father as Christopher Edelen, born 13 May 1723, Piscataway, Prince George's Co., Maryland, died 28 January 1786, Frederick, Frederick Co., Maryland, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ Reference: Charles County Gentry, pages 201 - 202 George Stonestreet Edelen (1760 - 18--) George Stonestreet Edelen, son of Richard and Sarah (Stonestreet) Edelen, was born 1760 in Prince Georges County. On July 27, 1776 he was enlisted by Captain Bowie for services in the Flying Camp, at which time it was stated that he was aged 17, born in Prince Georges County, and 5 feet 7 1/2 high. He saw active service around New York during that summer and fall, after which he recruited for the American army. He is shown in the 4th Regiment of Maryland recruits on the muster roll of Captain Robert Bowie's company of the Third Battalion of the flying camp from Prince George's County. This manuscript is in the Miscellaneous Military Collection, Box 5, MS. 1146, Maryland Historical Society. On May 14, 1785, by the Rev. Father Henry Pile he was married to his cousin Sarah Edelen. On July 27, 1791, he purchased from William Robinson, Sr., of Charles County for 40 pounds "Robinson's Tryal". Linder Robinson waived dower, and the witnesses were John Dent and George Lee. On August 6, 1803, he bought of Samuel A. Berry of Charles County "Berry's Hazard", lying on the main fresh of Piney Branch, (possibly near present-day Waldorf, Maryland). No wife waived dower, but the witnesses were Ignatius Middleton and Benjamin Cawood. They moved to the Cartwright's Creek settlement in Washington County, Kentucky around 1795. His name was included in a 1803-04 letter of appeal to the Archbishop of Baltimore for a priest for the Catholics of Cartwright's Creek. The land that he purchased lay at the southern end of the Cartwright's Settlement proper. His residence stood within a few hundred yards of where now stands (though somewhat changed) that in which the late Archbishop John Lancaster Spalding spent his youth. Richard M. Spalding, the archbishop's father, bought this Edelen estate. Until within twenty-five or thirty years ago a roof over a hole in the ground by the side of the Springfield-Lebanon Turnpike, which had served as an ice house, marked the place where George Edelen lived and died. A George Edelen (Edelin), enlisted as a private in the 3rd Maryland Line on May 30, 1778, and discharged February 13, 1779 (Ref: D-107) in Charles County, Maryland. I am currently unable to determine if this is the same George Edelen, born 1758, that enrolled as a private in the Flying Camp by Capt. Robert Bowie on July 27, 1776; nativity: Prince George's County; height 5' 7 1/2"; has own gun (Ref: D-36). Paid for his services on Feb. 24, 1779 (Ref: E-308). Fourth Sergeant, Capt. Richard Stonestreet's Militia Company, 11th Battalion, June, 1782 (Ref: L-19970 (Box 6, folder 21)) One George Edelen married Rebecca Boarman by license dated Dec. 31, 1790, Prince George's Co., Maryland. (Ref: ZB-73) From the Descendants of James Thomas Spalding source, "Family tradition holds that he (James Thomas Spalding) is buried in what was a small graveyard at St. Ann's. St. Ann's fell into disuse about 1810 having been replaced by St. Rose. St. Ann's was located on what is now the Richard Graves' farm just east of Lanham road on the north side of Kentucky 152. There are a couple of gravestones still standing, and many unmarked stones on the ground, as well as, the remains of the foundation to the church." I believe that this is where George Edelen is also buried. The Ancestors of Richard Joseph Cooper, Jr. source also states that George Edelen is buried in the old St. Ann Church Cemetery in Washington County, Kentucky. Notes from Edelen Genealogy file source: George and his father Robert are believed to be buried in St. Ann's Cemetery. Residence: 1795, Came to Kentucky, Settled on farm between Lebanon & St. Rose. Now Marion Co. ______________________________________________________________________ ____________ George was married in Charles County, Maryland on May 14, 1785 to his cousin Sarah Edelen by the Catholic priest Rev. Henry Pile. He was enumerated in the 1790 census in Washington County, Maryland (formed from the Upper Precinct of Frederick County), with one white male under 16 years (his son Robert), three white females (his wife Sarah, and daughters, Priscilla and Alice), and five slaves. In 1798 he had his cattle earmark recorded in Washington County, Kentucky and later that year he purchased from Samuel Grundy for £365 two tracts on Cartwrights Creek (one of 219 acres, and one of 50 acres) where he was already in residence. He was a Captain of the 4th Regiment of the Kentucky Militia by 1800, which post he resigned on May 28, 1803. On April 1, 1800 he was appointed overseer of the road "from John Grundys to 6 Mile Tree as far as Green River Road in room of Abraham Irvine." He was a Commissioner for Washington County as early as 1800, and on January 1, 1810 he was one of the Justices of the Peace making arrangements for the building of a new jail in the town of Springfield. [A stumbling block for many researchers is confusing him with his cousin George Stonestreet Edelen, who outlived him by many years, never removed from Maryland, and was the husband of Rebecca Boarman Edelen. The antiquarian Benedict Joseph Webb, whose mother Clotilda was a niece of George's wife Sarah, wrote in The Centenary of Catholicity in Kentucky, "In the year 1795, three of the name [Edelen] came to Kentucky, who bore to each other the relation of cousin. One of them, and most likely the elder of the three, Joseph Edelen, settled on Pottinger's creek, near the then recently constructed church of Holy Cross. The other two, Samuel and Robert Edelen, settled in the neighborhood of Springfield." The Robert Edelen mentioned has become another stumbling block for researchers of this family, including my friend and correspondent of twenty-five years, Crolian William Edelen, who imagined at one time Robert was the father of George, when in fact this is just a reference to George's eldest son. Information provided by Todd Whitesides, Find A Grave - Cemetery Records and Online Memorials - Judge George Edelen [He is often confused by some with his cousin, George Stonestreet Edelen, who outlived him by many years, never removed from Maryland, and was the husband of Rebecca (Boarman) Edelen.] George was married on May 14, 1785 in Charles County, Maryland to his cousin Sarah Edelen by the Catholic priest, Rev. Henry Pile. He was enumerated in the 1790 census in Washington County, Maryland (formed from the Upper Precinct of Frederick County), with one white male under 16 years (his son Robert), three white females (his wife Sarah, and daughters, Priscilla and Alice), and five slaves. In 1798 he had his cattle earmark recorded in Washington County, Kentucky and later that year he purchased from Samuel Grundy for £365 two tracts on Cartwrights Creek (one of 219 acres, and one of 50 acres) where he was already in residence. He was a Captain of the 4th Regiment of the Kentucky Militia by 1800, which post he resigned on May 28, 1803. On April 1, 1800 he was appointed overseer of the road "from John Grundys to 6 Mile Tree as far as Green River Road in room of Abraham Irvine." He was a Commissioner for Washington County as early as 1800, and on January 1, 1810 he was one of the Justices of the Peace making arrangements for the building of a new jail in the town of Springfield. Please consider this memorial as maintained jointly by Lillie Riney (collateral relative of George) and Todd Whitesides (descendant of George).
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