I had come across your name while researching, and think I might have emailed with you once. I have 2 books that Bob Bledsoe and Banks McLauren wrote on the Bledsoes so I have a pretty good history of when they came to America and the generations leading up to Jesse. I suppose you have read the little blurb during the Civil War where the runner was sent down to tell a group including Amos Bledsoe that they had to vacate their land or be killed. If not I can scan and send it to you. The Bledsoes were like most families of those times, they used and reused the family names. When I am looking for info about Jesse I keep coming across all of his nephews and grandsons with that name. My grandfather was Jesse Frank but usually went by Frank. Another of Jesse's brothers Peter was a wealthy farmer in this area also. I have put in quite a bit of time looking for Sarah and Jesse's graves as they just have to be here. I started looking online and then went to the genealogy library and went through their cemetery books.When I am out driving and see some small cemetery I always stop. I do feel it is probably some small cemetery maybe gone forever. I have never been able to trace two of the daughters that Sarah and Jesse had either. Susan Cordelia was easy to find as she married a McDowell and they are buried in Gower, Mo. The other girls may have died young. I always refer to that area of Platte Township in Buchanan County (Matney Mill) as my family nest. Since Sarah was my g g aunt and Jesse was my g g grandfather I am also connected to them in two ways. If you ever come across anything about them I would love to know. Thanks, Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pattylshaw@aol.com> To: <mobuchan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [MOBUCHAN] Location of graves of Sarah(Sally) and Jesse Bledsoe > Thank you. My connections is thru Jesses brother Amos and Mary Jane Cobb > in > two ways. Their son William Riley Bledsoe married Margaret Ritchie the > dau. > of Wm. JJ Ritchie who is my gg-grandfather. William Riley and Margaret > had a > son Arthur Bledsoe who married Amy McVicker the dau. of Francis Aaron > McVicker and Mary Alice Bledsoe. > > Mary Alice Bledsoe was the sister of William Riley Bledsoe.........dau. > of > Amos and Mary Jane Cobb Bledsoe. > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBUCHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/940 - Release Date: 8/6/2007 > 4:53 PM > >