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 **********************