There is a John, Benjamin, Thomas and William Bridges in Barren Co., KY late 1700's to early 1800's. Any connection? As far as I have been able to confirm they all came from the Rutherford Co. NC area?. At 04:34 PM 01/20/2001 -0500, you wrote: >GA and KY Bridges connections: > > I am trying to make sense of the Caldwell County, KY Bridges line. Why >did Berry J. Bridges go there from Oglethorpe, GA (were there relatives >there?), and when did he go back? Did he leave some children there? Who >were the Benjamin, John, Thomas, and William Bridges that were there with >him? Other, or later names include Morrell (Merrill?), David L., David >Seburn, Harrison C., Jackson, Nathan, and Tolley, and Phebe. Did some of >these go to Livingston County? Was there lots of interaction between the >GA and KY Bridges? A Benjamin Bridges, wife Frances Ann, receive Rev. >pension there in 1820's. He was from NC -- whose son was he? Was he >brother to Berry J.? > >Harrison C Bridges, and John C. Bridges, both born in Caldwell in the >1830's, move to and marry in Marshall county, KY. Whose children are >they? Are they related to William Clayton Bridges, born in the 1830's, >who moved to TN? > >Liv County names: John H. Bridges (born in 1812), John R. Bridges (son of >John H, born in 1835); Harrison Bridges (moved to Pope County, Il in >1855), Larkin Bridges, and Wm. Bridges. Are John H., Harrison, Larkin, >and Wm children of John Bridges who married Mary Miller in 1810, and then >probably moved to Yazoo Cnty, MS? Did they move back to their father's >land on Deer Creek? Here are names of children of the Livingston >County, Bridges -- most of whom lived on Deer Creek: >John Bridges - (married Lucy) son John R. Bridges; daughter Martha >Harrison Bridges - (married Lucinda Glass); children John, Margaret, >Jane, David Barnhill, Francis Marion >Wm Bridges - (married Eliza O'Neal Ramage) children Carlisle, John, Wm, >Elizabeth >Larkin Bridges - (married Sally Brown) children?? > >Any help is greatly appreciated! >Thanks, >Dawnene > >