Yep. James Bridges apparently had two daughters who married Crawfords... Nancy who married George Crawford, and another daughter (maybe) who married Rawliegh/Riley/Rolly Crawford. Plus, he's got a son named Allen Jones Bridges. In Wake Co, NC (where these Bridges were from), there was a Nathaniel Jones. Anne, wasn't there a record that had Nathaniel's middle name as Jones, or was that someone else? Hey, I was wondering about what you said about Nathaniel having 2 different wills. How different are they? Could it be one was the original and one was the copy with some mistakes/changes... or are they really different? Jeanne >Actually, I don't have any specific information on which Jones or Crawford >families might or might not be connected. But it is curious that in Wanda's >line there is a Bridges with a middle name of Crawford (or Crofford) and >two of Nathaniel Bridges children had the middle name of Crawford, while two >of his children had the middle name of Jones. Why? I don't know, but isn't >it curious? Also I think Jeanne Arguelles mentioned that James Bridges of >Oglethorpe had a connection to the family of Rawleigh Crawford..? > >Here is a family group as I know it for Nathaniel Bridges (d. 1809 >Oglethorpe Co.,GA) > >Nathaniel BRIDGES b. ca 1755 > md. 17 Nov 1778 Wake Co.,NC > d. 1809 Oglethorpe Co.,GA >spouse: Ritter SIMMS >=========================================== >children: >1. Wiley Jones BRIDGES > b. btw. 1774-1780 NC > md. ? > d. 1842 Coweta Co.,GA > spouse: Jane (probably STRICKLAND - but not proven) >2. Esther BRIDGES > b. abt. 1782 > md. > d. > spouse: Baynes BRIDGES , son of David BRIDGES >3. Darrell D. BRIDGES > b. btw. 1780-1784 > md. > d. aft. 1815 > spouse: >4. Julia BRIDGES > b. 1782 GA > md. 11 Nov 1805 Oglethorpe Co.,GA > d. > spouse: John HITCHCOCK >5. Killis Crawford BRIDGES > b. btw. 1779-1784 > md. 24 Oct 1816 > d. abt. 1826 in Monroe Co.,GA > spouse: Patsy W. COLBERT >6. Biddie? Jones BRIDGES > b. btw. 1790-1800 > md. > d. > spouse: >7. Polly Crawford BRIDGES > b. btw. 1790-1800 > md. 11 Feb 1813 Oglethorpe Co.,GA > d. > spouse: Peter B. SMITH >8. Patsy Bennett BRIDGES > b. 1794-1800 > md. 4 Mar 1817 Oglethorpe Co.,GA > d. > spouse: Murray S. EMBRY > > >Please let me know if anyone has a connection to this family. >Anne >[email protected] > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 5:51 PM >Subject: Re: [BRIDGES-L] Nathaniel Bridges / Wanda-- was Bridges-Digest >Vo2#14 > > >> ANNE, YOU MENTION CRAWFORD AND JONES IN CONNECTION WITH THE BRIDGES LINE. >> COULD THEY BE THE SAME JONES AND CRAWFORD THAT CAME FROM MONROE CO., TN? >SOME >> OF THESE MOVED TO ATHENS(MCMINN CO.), TN. [email protected] >> > >

I think you are right, one of them is definitely the original -- the one you found with the estate papers, and the other is a copy of the original. There aren't any major differences, just things like the copy says, Patsy B. Bridges and the original says, Patsy Bennett Bridges. Like the copiest got tired, and abbreviated things.... Guess I would've been tired of writing (by hand) too. I saw an entry in a deed book of Wake Co. records that had Nathaniel Jones Bridges in it, but when I looked at it closer, I realized that there was a big line through the Jones (apparently a mistake) . If I remember correctly there actually was a Nathaniel JONES in Wake Co. in the same time period. And an *Albridgton* JONES of all things. In his will, Nathaniel makes a mark that looks more like an *R* than an *X* . Does that mean anything? I don't know. Anne [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Ernie/Jeanne Arguelles <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [BRIDGES-L] Nathaniel Bridges / Wanda-- was Bridges-Digest Vo2#14 > Yep. James Bridges apparently had two daughters who married Crawfords... > Nancy who married George Crawford, and another daughter (maybe) who married > Rawliegh/Riley/Rolly Crawford. Plus, he's got a son named Allen Jones > Bridges. In Wake Co, NC (where these Bridges were from), there was a > Nathaniel Jones. Anne, wasn't there a record that had Nathaniel's middle > name as Jones, or was that someone else? Hey, I was wondering about what > you said about Nathaniel having 2 different wills. How different are they? > Could it be one was the original and one was the copy with some > mistakes/changes... or are they really different? > > Jeanne > <snip>