Hi Vicki, Thank you for the info. on the family. I was wondering if you have copies of any of the original document with names on them in your posession? Birth records, death cert., marriage bond, etc. I would gladly pay you if you would send me copies of what you have as I have no documentation on this family as yet. This is the first time I have ever run across this problem with her name. As for her brothers and sisters, I'm beginning to think that maybe she didn't have any, although I can't find any reason why she didn't. In those days, because of all of the early deaths, they usually had as many children as possible. Since I have no dod for her mother, I don't know if she died young or not. Which leads me to my next question, how do you know Polly died in Owsley Co., Ky? Looks like my next record search starts here!! Anne -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 7:51 AM Subject: Re: BRADSHAW/ROWLETT >Hi Ann, > >This is why I have the Bledsoe/Bratcher/Bradshaw name for Mary : > > >{According to the Booklet "Memoirs of our Grandfather,Jesse Benjamin Rowlett" >Jesse's mother's maiden name was BLEDSOE. According to Jesse's death >certificate his mother was Mary BRATCHER. According to several ROWLETT >researchers the mother was Mary BRADSHAW. > >Information from the book Early Settlers of Lee County,Virginia and Adjecent >Counties Vol # 2 by Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales-- The parents of Jesse Rowlett are >John H. McDonald Rowlett and Mary Bradshaw (daughter of Benjamin). I believe >that this is more than likley true and that maybe Eliza Jones Rowlett who gave >the info. on the death cert. of Jesse Rowlett might have thought that John >Rowlett's name was Jackson since Jack is a nickname for John, as for the >BRADSHAW-BLEDSOE-BRATCHER problem I can only assume that due to poor >handwriting of these early settlers, decifering it was a problem and different >people came up with different names since they are similar names. I have since >leared that Bratcher& Bradshaw were apparently often confused in the early >days ?} > >{JESSE B ROWLETT > date: 120219 > age: 078 > place: OWSLY > volume: 014 > cert: 05341 > deathvol: 12 > >5341 / Sturgeon / Traveler's Rest >Jesse B Rowlett / Male / White / Married / Feb 3, 1834 / 78y no m 16d / Farmer >/ Tennessee / Jackson Rowlett / Tennessee / Mary Bratcher / Tennessee / Feb >19, 1912 / Pneumonia fever and cerebral hemmorrhage / M V Barkers / Feb 21, >1912} > > >I don't have any brothers or sisters listed for Mary Bradshaw, Sorry. I do >have some additional info on ger ancestry : > >Direct Descendants of William Bradshaw > > 1 William BRADSHAW >. +Mary LADD > 2 Benjamin BRADSHAW b: 1765 >.. +Mary ROWLETT b: 1765 in Prince Edward County,Virginia m: October 13, 1785 >in Prince Edward County,Virginia > 3 Mary "Polly" Bledsoe/Bratcher BRADSHAW b: 1797 in Prince Edward >County,Virginia/Tennessee d: in Owsley County, Kentucky > > >Direct Descendants of Jean Pierre Rowlett > > 1 Jean Pierre ROWLETT > 2 Jon ROWLETT > 3 Peter ROWLETT, Sr. b: 1611 in France >.... +Mary BRAY b: Abt. 1615 >. 4 Peter ROWLETT, Jr. b: 1637 in Henrico County,Virginia d: March 01, 1701 >in Henrico County,Virginia >..... +FRANCES b: 1648 >.. 5 William ROWLETT b: 1678 in Henrico County,Virginia d: May 05, 1735 in >Henrico County,Virginia >...... +Frances WORSHAM b: 1682 in Henrico County,Virginia m: October 12, >1703 in Henrico County,Virginia >... 6 John ROWLETT b: 1709 in Henrico County,Virginia d: 1776 >....... +Mary "Polly" JACKSON b: 1709 in Henrico County,Virginia m: 1734 >..... 7 John ROWLETT b: 1735 in Prince Edward County,Virginia d: December >16, 1799 in Prince Edward County,Virginia >........ +Edith Eday JACKSON b: 1739 in Prince Edward County,Virginia m: 1760 >in Henrico County,Virginia >...... 8 Mary ROWLETT b: 1765 in Prince Edward County,Virginia >......... +Benjamin BRADSHAW b: 1765 m: October 13, 1785 in Prince Edward >County,Virginia >....... 9 Mary "Polly" Bledsoe/Bratcher BRADSHAW b: 1797 in Prince Edward >County,Virginia/Tennessee d: in Owsley County, Kentucky > > > >In an apparently unrelated relationship my grandmother was also a BRADSHAW , >would you happen to know anything about the below line : > >Descendants of James Bradshaw,Sr. > > 1 James BRADSHAW,Sr. b: 1780 in Virginia d: Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Kentucky >. +Susan/Susannah MOSS b: 1793 in South Carolina/North Carolina d: in >Kentucky > 2 BRADSHAW > 2 BRADSHAW > 2 BRADSHAW > 2 John BRADSHAW b: 1811 in Tennessee >.. +Elizabeth BORE b: 1814 in Tennessee > 2 James R. BRADSHAW b: Abt. 1815 in Tennessee d: in Kentucky {THIS IS MY >LINE *} >.. +Susannah BALE b: March 09, 1815 in Green County, Kentucky m: July 12, >1834 in Green County, Kentucky d: January 1870 in Kentucky > 2 Susan BRADSHAW b: December 16, 1817 in Overton County,Tennessee d: March >05, 1904 in Hudgins,Green County,Kentucky >.. +Eber AKRIDGE m: October 26, 1837 in Green County,Kentucky by William >Noe > 2 Margaret BRADSHAW b: 1825 in Tennessee >.. +Thomas WAGGENER