Wood & Torbert Families - Thomas J. Edwards

Thomas J. Edwards

b. circa 1829, d. 17 September 1862

Thomas J. Edwards was born circa 1829 in Alabama.
Thomas J. Edwards appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Lowndes County, Alabama.
He was a planter, according to the 1850 census.
Thomas J. Edwards appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas.
He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
T. J. Edwards enrolled 2 August 1861 near Harrisburg as a private in
Capt. R. M. Powell's Company of Texas Volunteers (Co. D, 5th Texas Infantry
Regiment, CSA), for the period of the war.
On Saturday, 19 October 1861, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Sent most of the hands to pick out cotton for Tom Edwards."
On Friday, 1 November 1861, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Packed 6 Bales cotton for Tom J. Edwards," and on the following day, "Packed 2 Bales for T.J. Edwards, one light 360, Making 8 Bales, charge no toll as he is in the Army."
Thomas J. Edwards died on 17 September 1862 killed at the Battle of Sharpsburg in Maryland.