Hi Bedsole Listers Visit the following web site which has information on the family of Susan Blackwell wife of Edward Bedsole and some Bedsole Info for filling in some of those blanks Peggy http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/i/n/Bobby-R-King/index.html

Here's an article shared with me, regarding my 4th gr grandfather and his oldest son, Isaac. Jean C. Bedsault Family Elisha Bedsault and John Bedsault acquired lands in Fincastle County in 1774. John was the son of Elisha and his wife Mary Bedsault as proved by the Friends' Records of North Carolina. John Bedsault had to be of age to acquire land, which would make his birth date about 1753 and his father, Elisha Bedsault born about 1730 or earlier. John Bedsaul, son of Elisha and Mary Bedsault, married Sarah Brown in Orange County, N.C. June 9, 1774. They had a son Elisha Jr. born 1775 since his name first appears on the tax lists of Grayson Co. in 1796 (tax lists in Va. State Library) son Daniel and probably others born later, since he is listed in the 1800 U.S. Census of Buncomb Co. N.C. with one son and two daughters under 10 years of age. Daniel first appeared on the Grayson Co. Va. tax listss in 1799 continuing through the year 1807. (Tax lists VA State Library) Elisha Jr. in 1794 married Margaret Edwards, daughter of Isaac Edwards. (Grayson Co. Marr.Bond) Isaac died in 1825 in Grayson Co. and mentions his granddaughter Polly Bedsault. (Grayson Co., abstracts in Over the Mountain Men by Worrell.) Daniel Bedsault, son of John and Sarah Brown Bedsault, born circa 1778 married about 1798 wife unknown at present, and had son Isaac Bedsault, born December 24, 1799 in Grayson County, Virginia. According to his own published biography, he moved to Tenn. when a small boy and that his mother died when he was eight years of age, making her death occur about 1807. Daniel, the father of Isaac, decided to follow his father John Bedsault who had left Grayson Co., for the western section of North Carolina. Daniel Bedsault pushed on westward into Tenn. and was killed by the Indians having been a member of a scouting party. Isaac Bedsault, son of Daniel Bedsault, was born in Grayson Co., Virginia December 24, 1799. He could not have been the son of Elisha Bedsault Sr., as he was too aged, he could not have been the son of John Bedsault for he had moved out of the county, hence the conclusion he was th son of Daniel who was the only one, with the exception of Elisha Jr. (who married in 1794 and remained in Grayson Co.)living in the county in 1799 the year Isaac states he was born. (See tax lists in VA State Library) Elisha Jr. probably had a son Isaac since there is a record of one in that county of the marriage of one Isaac Bedsault and Jane Davis Dec 6, 1833. Which makes it all the more conclusion that Isaac who migrated west was the son of Daniel Bedsault. Richmond, Virginia, August 8, 1942. (signed) Mary H. Pollard

Hi Peggy, Thanks for the comparisons! Now, if we can just establish that your BEDSOLES were Quaker, we are off and running! :-) By the way I have also seen my BEDSUALS listed as BEDSALT, BEDSALS. I keep thinking that I wish I had one of these big wall maps like you see the police having, where you stick colored pins in to mark where a certain person was located. That might be good to see, as it might put them into perspective. By the way, did your cousins ever decide to join this list? I haven't heard anything from them, and we could sure use a bunch of heads working on this! Jean At 10:27 AM 11/30/99 +0000, you wrote: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >--------------C38EB005D5A8205F245117BE >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Spent the evening last night trying to tie together the information that >we have on the 3 Johns. So far here's what I found: >All were born some time in the early 1750s. This is based on AGBI and >approximate ages when they married. Bedsaul and Bledsoe both married >Sarahs, have no clue who Bedsole married. At some time during their >lives all lived in North Carolina. Bedsaul and Bledsoe both also lived >in Virginia. Bedsaul and Bedsole, disappeared from records sometime in >the early 1800s. Bedsaul was living in Buncombe(?) county in 1808 and >Bedsole is last found signing the marriage bond for Duncan Bedsole in >1825 in Bladen County. (Unless of course there is record of Bedsaul >after that time.) >Jean, I wish your Quaker CDs will hurry and arrive! There are three >Bedsole names that if found there will answer tons of questions: >Vincent/Vinson, William (pre 1775) and John. >In looking for things that might tie this bunch together I did find one >VERY common thread. At some time the names Bedsaul and Bedsole are both >misspelled on census records as BEDSOL. This might sound minor but hey >when you are desperate anything sounds promising! >Peggy > >--------------C38EB005D5A8205F245117BE >Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Description: Card for Bob & Peggy Bedsole >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" > >begin: vcard >fn: Bob & Peggy Bedsole >n: Bedsole;Bob & Peggy >org: Bedsole Cooling & Refrigeration Service >adr;dom: ;;;Montgomery;Al;; >email;internet: bcrs@bellsouth.net >x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 >x-mozilla-html: FALSE >version: 2.1 >end: vcard > > >--------------C38EB005D5A8205F245117BE--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C38EB005D5A8205F245117BE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Spent the evening last night trying to tie together the information that we have on the 3 Johns. So far here's what I found: All were born some time in the early 1750s. This is based on AGBI and approximate ages when they married. Bedsaul and Bledsoe both married Sarahs, have no clue who Bedsole married. At some time during their lives all lived in North Carolina. Bedsaul and Bledsoe both also lived in Virginia. Bedsaul and Bedsole, disappeared from records sometime in the early 1800s. Bedsaul was living in Buncombe(?) county in 1808 and Bedsole is last found signing the marriage bond for Duncan Bedsole in 1825 in Bladen County. (Unless of course there is record of Bedsaul after that time.) Jean, I wish your Quaker CDs will hurry and arrive! There are three Bedsole names that if found there will answer tons of questions: Vincent/Vinson, William (pre 1775) and John. In looking for things that might tie this bunch together I did find one VERY common thread. At some time the names Bedsaul and Bedsole are both misspelled on census records as BEDSOL. This might sound minor but hey when you are desperate anything sounds promising! Peggy --------------C38EB005D5A8205F245117BE Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Bob & Peggy Bedsole Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Bob & Peggy Bedsole n: Bedsole;Bob & Peggy org: Bedsole Cooling & Refrigeration Service adr;dom: ;;;Montgomery;Al;; email;internet: bcrs@bellsouth.net x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------C38EB005D5A8205F245117BE--

Peggy, My earliest census index cd shows this BEDSOLE: Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 Bedsole, Thomas State : NC County : Duplin Co. Year : 1783 ==================================== Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 Bedsole, John State : NC County : Cumberland Co. Year : 1790 Page # : 038 Age ranges in household : 01-02-02-00-00 This is the only BEDSOLE shown in Cumberland County. Jean At 09:46 PM 11/28/99 +0000, you wrote: >1790 Census of Cumberland County North Carolina shows John Bedsole. Does >anyone have any information? >Family status: >1 ea White male over 16 including head of family >2 ea white males under 16 >2 ea females > >Peggy

Eva, Peggy & All, This John BEDSAUL was mine. Here's a quote from John Perry Alderman's book, The Settlements(of Carroll County, VA) : JOHN BEDSAUL The first known record of John is his marriage on Jun 9, 1774 to Sarah Brown, as found in the Cane Creek minutes (1 Hinshaw 374); the bride was the daughter of Daniel and Grace Brown of Guilford County, NC, and she was dismissed from the Quaker Chruch in 1775 for some reason not stated in the Cane Creek records. Through the Loyal Company, John acquired the rights to 187 acres on Chestnut Creek (kegley, Adventurers, I, p. 34) and he had it surveyed Dec 30, 1774 (Fincastle, Survey A-131). The land was near his fathre's first settlement, towards Iron Ridge. John eventually sold his rights to Benjamin Hartgrove and finally Matthew Dickey took the grant. Later it became a part of the Blair farm. John moved to part of his father's farm and apparently lived there until 1799 when he was dropped from the Grayson tax rolls. The tract upon which John lived was the same tract which old Elisha deeded to John's son, the younger Elisha, in 1803 for the deed refers to it as the tract where John resided "when he moved out of the country" (Grayson, D.B. 1-530). By 1808 John was residing in Buncombe County, N.C., and there is no further mention of him in the Grayson records (Grayson, D.B. 2-419). Earlier there were a few records of John in the Grayson minues. In 1793 he was charged with an illegal dalliance with a Blevins girl who lived on Chestnut Creek, and in 1794 he was made surveyor of the road in place of his brother-in-law George martin (Grayson, Orders 1793-1794). Although I haven't any knowledge of how the BEDSOLES of Bladen County connect, I think the Quaker connection will be an important factor, and there was a Quaker settlement in Bladen County, NC where the BEDSOLES later lived. I have ordered Hinshaw's Quaker Volumes on cd for a part of my Christmas gift (a great way to have more resources! :) I am hoping that they will bring some information to light regarding these Bedsoles and Bedsauls. Jean Cuevas At 08:23 PM 11/28/99 -0800, you wrote: >Bob and Peggy Bedsole wrote: > > > > 1790 Census of Cumberland County North Carolina shows John Bedsole. Does > > anyone have any information? > > Family status: > > 1 ea White male over 16 including head of family > > 2 ea white males under 16 > > 2 ea females > > > > Peggy > > >Peggy, > >Here's some scattered information I have; I'm not sure if all this >information is about the same person, but so far to me some of it seems >to fit into the same puzzle. I'm in the habbit of collecting anything I >think might fit somewhere and holding onto until verification. Hope this >is of some help. > >Eva > > >Listed in the DAR Patriot Index, as John Bedsaul, b c.1753, d c. 1803, >married Sarah Brown, Soldier, Cavalry, from Virginia. ><snip>

Bob and Peggy Bedsole wrote: > > 1790 Census of Cumberland County North Carolina shows John Bedsole. Does > anyone have any information? > Family status: > 1 ea White male over 16 including head of family > 2 ea white males under 16 > 2 ea females > > Peggy Peggy, Here's some scattered information I have; I'm not sure if all this information is about the same person, but so far to me some of it seems to fit into the same puzzle. I'm in the habbit of collecting anything I think might fit somewhere and holding onto until verification. Hope this is of some help. Eva Listed in the DAR Patriot Index, as John Bedsaul, b c.1753, d c. 1803, married Sarah Brown, Soldier, Cavalry, from Virginia. ************************************ Listed in First Census of the United States, Fayette District, Cumberland County, North Carolina, 1790, as John Bedsole. Key: Column A - Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families Column B - Free white males under 16 years Column C - Free white females, including heads of families Column D - All other Free persons Column E - Slaves Name A B C D E Bedsole, John 1 2 2 0 0 **************************************** 5/16/1825 signed marriage bond #260,in North Carolina, for Duncan Bedsole (son of his brother Thomas) to Catherine Hair. *********************** JOHN BLEDSOE BIBLE JOHN BLEDSOE BIBLE of Alabama Lewis Chapter, DAR, Eufaula, Alabama John Bledsoe and Sarah, his wife, were married 9/9/1788 Karenhappuck, the daughter of John and Sarah Bledsoe, was born 11/12/1789 William, the son of John and Sarah Bledsoe, was born 3/4/1791 Heathy, the daughter of John and Sarah, was born 10/6/1792 Julius, the son of John and Sarah Bledsoe, born 12/22/1793 Artemisia, daughter of John and Sarah Bledsoe, was born 4/19/1798 Martha, daughter of John and Sarah Bledsoe, was born 2/27/1798 ----------------------the daughter of John and Sarah Bledsoe, was born 9/2/1799 Emily, the daughter of John and Sarah Bledsoe, was born 2/28/1801 Bud, the son of John and Sarah, was born 1/13/1803 Mahala, the daughter of John and Sarah Bledsoe, was born 9/30/1811? Births: Drury Hearn-Kerenhappuck, his wife, married 5/17/1814 Abner, the son of Drury and Kerenhappuck Hearn, was born 2/22/1815 John, the son of Drury and Kerenhappuck Hearn, was born 2/11/1816 Sarah, the daughter of Drury and Kerenhappuck Hearn, was born 3/25/1817 Oliver, the son of Drury and Kerenhappuck Hearn, was born 8/22/1818 Emiline, the daughter of Drury and Kerenhappuck Hern, was born 12/30/1819 Edaline, the daughter of Drury and Kerenhappuck Hern, was born 2/4/1821 Births: Tollever, the son of Drury and Kerenhappuck Hern, was born 4/11/1822 Jerusha, the daughter of Drury Hearn and Kerenhappuck Hern was born 7/18/1823 Elisabeh Hern, the daughter of Drury and Kerenhappuck Hern, his wife, was born 5/26/1825 Maryann and Sarahann Hearn was born 12/25/1828 Edmond Hearn was born 1/16/1829 Deaths: Mary Bledsoe, wife of William Bledsoe, 12/8/1825 Martha Bledsoe, daughter of John and Sarah Bledsoe, 7/26/1827 John Bledsoe 11/24/1829 Cassandra Bledsoe, daughter of John and Sarah Bledsoe, 10/19/1835 **********************

1790 Census of Cumberland County North Carolina shows John Bedsole. Does anyone have any information? Family status: 1 ea White male over 16 including head of family 2 ea white males under 16 2 ea females Peggy

Would like a little more information about George Foreman aka Bedwell. Do you know where the family lived and what years?

Thanks, Peggy. It does help to know the locations. Were some of these same folks in Cumberland. I am not clear as to how your BEDSOLES all fall into place, and whether they migrated, Peggy. Here are some marriage dates from Cumberland County, NC. My cd doesn't have Bladen County. I sure wish it did! Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV, 1728-1850 Bedsole, Duncan Spouse : Hair, Catherine Marriage date : May 6, 1825 Bedsole, John Spouse : Hair, Catharine Marriage date : Jan 19, 1828 Bedsole, Larkins Spouse : Bullock, Charlott Marriage date : May 12, 1847 Bedsole, Owen Spouse : Hair, Sarah Marriage date : Jul 14, 1832 Jean At 07:10 PM 11/25/99 +0000, you wrote: >Hi, >Sara Bedsole was the daughter of Thomas Bedsole Sr. born about 1779 in >Bladen County North Carolina. I know absolutley nothing about Benjamin >Murrell. I do have their date of marriage as 7-19-1810. There are a lot >of Murrells floating around Bladen County but I can't connect any of >them. The one Benjamin I have found was born about the same time as >Thomas Sr. I suppose it is possible that they married in spite of the >large age difference. >Peggy

Hi, Sara Bedsole was the daughter of Thomas Bedsole Sr. born about 1779 in Bladen County North Carolina. I know absolutley nothing about Benjamin Murrell. I do have their date of marriage as 7-19-1810. There are a lot of Murrells floating around Bladen County but I can't connect any of them. The one Benjamin I have found was born about the same time as Thomas Sr. I suppose it is possible that they married in spite of the large age difference. Peggy

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1218F34627CB934949541CBA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------1218F34627CB934949541CBA Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from mail6.bellsouth.net (mail6.bellsouth.net [205.152.150.6]) by mail1.lig.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with ESMTP id UAA15831 for <bcrs@lig.bellsouth.net>; Thu, 25 Nov 1999 20:04:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp5.jps.net (smtp5.jps.net [209.63.224.55]) by mail6.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with ESMTP id TAA11024 for <bcrs@Bellsouth.net>; Thu, 25 Nov 1999 19:58:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from jean-s-computer (208-242-34-40.atl.jps.net [208.242.34.40]) by smtp5.jps.net (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id RAA26555 for <bcrs@Bellsouth.net>; Thu, 25 Nov 1999 17:03:19 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991125195259.00be6910@mail.jps.net> X-Sender: jmayfield@mail.jps.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 19:54:14 -0500 To: Bob and Peggy Bedsole <bcrs@Bellsouth.net> From: Jean Mayfield Cuevas <jmayfield@jps.net> Subject: Re: Benjamin and Sara Bedsole Murrell In-Reply-To: <383D826C.9578C8DF@bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hi Peggy, I (of course) don't have anything on this family, other than what I have pieced together below. Could you or anyone tell me if this is correct, and also fill in blanks? Where did these folks live?? Thanks, Jean At 06:39 PM 11/25/99 +0000, you wrote: >Does anyone have any information on Benjamin Murrell and Sara Bedsole? >Were there any children of this marriage? Trying to fill in some blanks >and have nothing on them. >Thanks, >Peggy --------------1218F34627CB934949541CBA--

Does anyone have any information on Benjamin Murrell and Sara Bedsole? Were there any children of this marriage? Trying to fill in some blanks and have nothing on them. Thanks, Peggy

Hi Peggy, I think Banks McLaurin has pretty much nailed down the "real" BLEDSOES, and since they were English and ours were "Dutch" (actually German), the two are most likely different lines, altogether. Unfortunately, I have not seen enough of your BEDSOLE information to know all the folks that you are looking for. I think I still am in some confusion regarding the earliest folks of your spelling. Our BEDSAULS were Quakers, and here's a portion of a message regarding UPTONS sent to me, when I inquired about John Lowry BEDSAUL'S daughter, Catherine "Callie Mae", who married a James UPTON in Carroll County, AR (Later became Boone County): Weren't your BEDSOLES in Bladen County, NC, Peggy? I found this to be very interesting. And, the Quaker folks would have played a big part in the lives of the BEDSAULS also, were they in that area (which they probably were, hiding out under the name BEDSOLE)! :-) MYSTERY DEED- A deed exist in Bladen Co., NC, Book 1, page 130, dated 07/12/1770, in which James Upton (Planter) sells lands on "Pugh's Middle Marsh Swamp" to Hector McNeil for 25 Pounds. This is in the same area that John and Robert were granted lands in 1765 and 1767. It was also about the time that John, Sr., his family to Georgia. The seller may have been John Upton, Sr., using the name James; or it may indicate that James was one of his oldest sons. I have listed a son, James, as one of the youngest children of John and Elizabeth Upton, born about 1773 in Georgia. However, this deed may imply that James was one of John's first children, born in the early 1740's, probably in Maryland. If that was the case, the James Upton (born about 1773) was probably the son of the older James, and the grandson of John and Elizabeth. I question this theory only because John, Sr., and all of his adult sons (Richard, Edward, and Benjamin) that went to Georgia, petitioned the Colony for grants of land in 1769 and the early 1770's. No petition was made by James. In fact, no record of James is found in Georgia, except as a witness to a neighbor's Will in 1793. That reference could have been to the James Upton born about 1773. I am considering the James, born about 1773, to be John's son; but leave open the possibility that he may have actually been their grandson, son of an earlier James. And, later in another message shared with me, I had this response regarding Catherine BLEDSOE (BEDSAUL'S) husband: Regarding your James M. Upton question, the answer is yes AND no. Yes, he is the son of the Joseph Upton that I once had very tentatively placed in Family #4 for lack of a better place to put him. However, I have since been able to put together convincing information that Joseph Upton of Arkansas was the same as the missing Joseph Upton, son of John "the Miller" Upton from Fayetteville, NC and family #3.a. He was a brother of the John and David that settled in southern Illinois. Hope I am not confusing you! Just thought that perhaps by taking the approach from the angle of who my BEDSAULS married, and some of their roots, it might certainly be a hint. I think the Quaker Meeting House located there is definitely a good indicator that we are talking about the same family. It's just finding a way to prove it! Jean At 06:27 PM 11/23/99 +0000, you wrote: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >--------------7F3CE897D1ABA101B12ADE58 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hi All >The dilemma that all of us Bedsoles face is that we are unable to get >past Thomas Sr. There is evidence of two other Bedsoles, Vincent and >John who seem to predate Thomas. Unfortunately to my knowledge no one >can quite find where to put them. Vincent unlike Thomas is recorded as >owning land in the northern part of the North Carolina in Johnston >County. Patent granted 1760. John suddenly appears long enough to sign >a marriage bond for Duncan (1825) and then disappears again. >There are a lot of similarities between John Bedsole and John Bedsaul in > >the area of dates. I personally suspect that somewhere somehow the two >families are connected and likely the same folks. Perhaps if we can all >pool our info on both families the connection will surface. I am not >ruling out any connection to Bledsoe in fact having dealt daily for the >past 26 years of being call Bledsoe , Bedsoe, and any other >mispronunciation of the name I think anything is possible. >Would be interested in hearing what anyone may have to say on the >subject. Speculation more than welcome! >Peggy Bedsole >BCRS@Bellsouth.net > >I'm not stuck, I'm Ancestrally challenged. > >--------------7F3CE897D1ABA101B12ADE58 >Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=x-user-defined; name="vcard.vcf" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Description: Card for Peggy Bedsole >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" > >begin: vcard >fn: Peggy Bedsole >n: Bedsole;Peggy >email;internet: bcrs@bellsouth.net >tel;work: 334-272-0800 >x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 >x-mozilla-html: FALSE >version: 2.1 >end: vcard > > >--------------7F3CE897D1ABA101B12ADE58--

Jean, I think you are absolutely right about the "married intos" being a link. From all that I have seen so far on the Bedsoles they traveled in a somewhat small social circle and there are numerous marriages into the same families. Some examples are Faircloth, Hair/Hare, and Hales. First records show Thomas Bedsole Sr. in 1783 living in Duplin County and then in 1790 in Bladen County. He married Rebecca Jones prior to 1775. Thomas is said to have been born sometime between 1750 and 1757. As I mentioned earlier land records show that Vincent Bedsole received a patent for 300 Acres in Johnston County in 1760. This would have made Thomas Sr a maximum age of 10 and a minimum age of 3 at the time. With Vincent being old enough to purchase land makes me wonder if he might have been Thomas's father. Any missing Vincent's in the Bedsaul Bunch? I also believe that Quaker records (wherever we can find them) will be valuable in answering some questions. Another source might also be "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants" by Nugent. Anyone out there have access to a copy? Some earlier North Carolina patents were issued in Virginia so who knows what's Bedsoles are lurking there. Peggy P.S. February 25, 1696 John Upton, 191 acres on the N. East side of Pasquotank river, joining swamp and Barcock /s/ John Archdale, Danl. Akehurst, Francis Tomes, Tho. Pollock, Saml. Swann, Henderson Walker (Province of North Carolina 1663-1729 Abstracts of land Patents, Margaret M. Hofmann)

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7F3CE897D1ABA101B12ADE58 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All The dilemma that all of us Bedsoles face is that we are unable to get past Thomas Sr. There is evidence of two other Bedsoles, Vincent and John who seem to predate Thomas. Unfortunately to my knowledge no one can quite find where to put them. Vincent unlike Thomas is recorded as owning land in the northern part of the North Carolina in Johnston County. Patent granted 1760. John suddenly appears long enough to sign a marriage bond for Duncan (1825) and then disappears again. There are a lot of similarities between John Bedsole and John Bedsaul in the area of dates. I personally suspect that somewhere somehow the two families are connected and likely the same folks. Perhaps if we can all pool our info on both families the connection will surface. I am not ruling out any connection to Bledsoe in fact having dealt daily for the past 26 years of being call Bledsoe , Bedsoe, and any other mispronunciation of the name I think anything is possible. Would be interested in hearing what anyone may have to say on the subject. Speculation more than welcome! Peggy Bedsole BCRS@Bellsouth.net I'm not stuck, I'm Ancestrally challenged. --------------7F3CE897D1ABA101B12ADE58 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=x-user-defined; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Peggy Bedsole Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Peggy Bedsole n: Bedsole;Peggy email;internet: bcrs@bellsouth.net tel;work: 334-272-0800 x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------7F3CE897D1ABA101B12ADE58--

Peggy, Testing to see if my subscription is working! :-) I have a bunch of folks to alert to the new list for you, and may this be the beginning of a very successful endeavor! Jean Cuevas

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------55E27056423656EF0D5A089D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Thanks to all of you who have signed up! I guess since I started this I should get this thing rolling. Wanted to pass along the newest Bedsole that I recently discovered by accident William James Bedsole born in Sampson County North Carolina about 1849 Mother: Nancy (Polly) Bedsole (Robert, Thomas Sr.) Father Unknown. All census report William as being of mixed heritage. I suspect that his father was Native American as he championed the cause of Native American's in Sampson County as an adult. Nancy also had another child, Eliza born about 1845. Father also unknown. Listed as "white" on all census. Given the fact that both of Nancy's children ran under the name Bedsole she obviously was not married to their father(s). If he was in fact Native American the laws would have prohibited a marriage. Any one know anything about them? The information came from a booklet called "The Classified Indians of Sampson County, North Carolina. Peggy --------------55E27056423656EF0D5A089D Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=x-user-defined; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Bob & Peggy Bedsole Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Bob & Peggy Bedsole n: Bedsole;Bob & Peggy org: Bedsole Cooling & Refrigeration Service email;internet: bcrs@bellsouth.net tel;work: 334-272-0800 x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------55E27056423656EF0D5A089D--