Edward Eidson, Jr. (our 6th great grandfather) was born about 1711 in Richmond County, Virginia and died Richmond County, Virginia in 1770. He married Mary “Milly” Penelope Wilson about 1736. Edward and Milly had three children: Joseph Eidson born 1737 in Richmond County, Edward Eidson III born @ 1738 and died 1795 in Edgefield, South Carolina, and Henry Eidson (our 5th great grandfather) born @ 1740 Richmond County Virginia. Edward Eidson, Jr. was a farmer and held a good bit of land in Virginia, inherited from his father.
It appears that Edward Jr. had intended to move from Virginia to South Carolina. A land grant was made to Edward Eidson Jr. for 200 acres in the Colleton district of South Carolina, (southwestern coastal portion of the state near the Combahee River) 12 Apr 1770. (South Carolina Colonial Plats, Vol. 21, p. 294) This grant was not taken up and 3 Apr 1775 it was ordered for William Walton. It seems likely that Edward may have died before he could move to South Carolina, because another grant was made in 1772 in the same area to another Edward Eidson who was, in all probability, Edward Eidson, III.