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Sources consulted for the biography of:Isaac Edmundson (ca. 1840–1927)
Primary Sources
- United States Census Schedules, Halifax County, 1870 (age twenty-four on June 29), 1880 (age thirty-eight on June 21), 1900 (birth date of Apr. 1840), 1910 (age sixty-seven on Apr. 15), and 1920 (age sixty-seven on Jan. 14), all in Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. /li>
- General Orders and Circulars, Headquarters First Military District, 1869 (1870), "Summary of the Result for the Election for Members of the House of Delegates of Virginia, Held July 6, 1869," 16.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia for the Session of 1869–70 (1870), 54.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia for the Session of 1870–71 (1871), 23, 387.
- Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Virginia during the Session of 1883–84 (1884), 24.
- Halifax County Deed Books, 65:470–471, 74:441–442, 78:151, 154–155, 87:175–176, Library of Virginia.
- Halifax Co. Order Books, 4:300, 6:520, Library of Virginia.
- Virginia Confederate Pension Application, May 1924 (age eighty-five on May 7), Act of 1902 (Servants), Department of Accounts, Record Group 6, Accession 23345, Library of Virginia.
- Death Certificate, Halifax County (age eighty-five), Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
Secondary Sources
- Biography in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 14.
Newspapers
- Richmond Daily Whig, June 18, 1869
- Halifax Advertiser, March 5, 1887
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