{"id":316,"date":"2018-07-11T09:23:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T14:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=316"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:44:19","slug":"w-w-edwards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-w-edwards\/","title":{"rendered":"Weldon W. Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-317\" src=\"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/edwards.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/edwards.png 291w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/edwards-214x300.png 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Weldon W. Edwards (Warren County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1874-1877, 1882-1883<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:\u00a0<\/strong>c. 1848 in Warren County, MS<\/p>\n<p>Listed on the 1870 census in Vicksburg with parents F. &amp; Mary Edwards and siblings. Served as a city alderman and deputy sheriff and was on the Board of Trustees for public schools in 1874. Gave testimony for the congressional investigation into the violence during the 1875 election season. In 1880, he is listed as a barkeeper in Warren County with wife Georgiana Johnson, daughter Irene, and mother-in-law Fannie Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Georgiana is living with her son, Weldon Willis Edwards, as a widow on the 1900 and 1910 censuses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4798\" style=\"width: 752px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4798\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edwards.png\" alt=\"Signature of Weldon W. Edwards\" width=\"752\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edwards.png 752w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edwards-300x47.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of Weldon W. Edwards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5403\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-w-edwards\/edwardsbank\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5403\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5403\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/edwardsbank-150x150.png\" alt=\"Freedman's Bank Record for Weldon W. Edwards\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/edwardsbank-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/edwardsbank-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedman&#8217;s Bank Record, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1074\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-w-edwards\/ww5\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1074 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww5-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww5-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, January 6, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1081\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-w-edwards\/ww8\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1081 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww8-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww8-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New National Era, June 26, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4777\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/charles-caldwell\/petition-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4777\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/petition-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Petition to Governor Ames, Feb 12, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/petition-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/petition-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petition to Governor Ames, Feb 12, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6453\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-d-cessar\/20260114_112800\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6453\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6453\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260114_112800-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tributes to Charles Sumner, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260114_112800-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260114_112800-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tributes to Charles Sumner, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1069\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1069\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-w-edwards\/ww4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1069 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww4-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww4-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, July 12, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1286\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-gray\/apps\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1286 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apps-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apps-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apps-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, March 4, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6869\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/charles-caldwell\/20260422_105350\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6869\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6869\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260422_105350-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Alcorn leadership dispute, May 1875\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260422_105350-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260422_105350-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alcorn leadership dispute, May 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2579\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/milton-coates\/sec\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2579 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sec-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sec-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sec-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Mississippi Pilot, October 19, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2717\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-h-jones\/imp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2717 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, February 17, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1070\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-w-edwards\/convention\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1070 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/convention-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/convention-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/convention-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The American Citizen, April 1, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6292\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/samuel-riley\/clarion_ledger_1876_04_01_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6292\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Clarion-Ledger, April 1, 1876\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, April 1, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5115\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-w-edwards\/edwardsletter1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5115\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5115\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/edwardsletter1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter to James Hill, 24 April 1876\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/edwardsletter1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/edwardsletter1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to James Hill, 24 April 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1077\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-w-edwards\/ww6\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1077 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww6-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww6-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat, July 14, 1880<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1466\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/charles-p-head\/head4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1466 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/head4-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/head4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/head4-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, September 15, 1880<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1062\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-w-edwards\/ww\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1062 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, August 23, 1881<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1079\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-w-edwards\/ww7\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1079 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww7-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww7-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, Oct 3, 1883<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1067\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-w-edwards\/ww3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1067 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ww3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, August 15, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weldon W. Edwards (Warren County) State House:\u00a01874-1877, 1882-1883 Born:\u00a0c. 1848 in Warren County, MS Listed on the 1870 census in Vicksburg with parents F. &amp; Mary Edwards and siblings. Served as a city alderman and deputy sheriff and was on the Board of Trustees for public schools in 1874. Gave testimony for the congressional investigation &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-w-edwards\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weldon W. 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