Do you have access to the three-volume work on the Bledsoe family compiled by Banks McLaurin? It's a treasure house of information. On Nov 13, 2007, at 3:21 PM, prossergenealogy@comcast.net wrote: > List Members, > > The BLEDSOE family is a family that straddles the county line and > it is very much linked to the Chestnut Ridge area. > > I will post from what Joanna Bledsoe sent me hard copy of prior to > her death and then open up a query at the end of the post. > > It would be my belief that I may be a descendant of Jacob BLEDSOE > born ca. 1762/64 - 1848 > > Jacob was born in Wake Co., NC, March 29, 1762 (or 1764). His will > was filed in the Bedford County, Tennessee Courthouse in 1848, but > the will is missing because the courthouse burned down. He lived in > wake County, then came to Tennessee between 1820 and 1830, settling > near Petersburg, Tennessee. According to the 1810 census of North > Carolina, he had twelve children living at home. Also he may have > had other children later on. In May 1793 he was granted 640 acres > of land in Sumner County, Tennessee for his father's service in the > Revolutionary War. He probably sold the land..(need to check the > deed records of Sumner Co.). In 1834 he filed a pension request for > his own service in the Revolution saying that he served in the > Captain Lewis Bledsoe Company, Colonel Moore's Regiment and was > present at the Battle of Gates' defeat in August 1789 in Camden > South Carolina. He said he was often confused with his cousin Jacob > nicknamed Jacob Jr.,... who was the son of his father's broth! > er Jaco > b Sr. Our Jacob is buried in Moore Chapel Cemetery, Shelbyville, > Tennessee (also called Blue Stocking Hollow Cemetery). but the > marker no longer exist. He died without a will, so far as the > twelve children listed in the 1810 census, we only no for sure: > AARON b. 1781 or 1787, NC > DAVID b. 1799, NC (he married a sister of his brother , Aaron's wife) > HENRY b. circa 1804 (married Tempe Robards) > LEWIS b. 1770-1780, (married Fanny ______) > > My questions are, (1) does anyone know anything about the ROBARDS > family or is there a possibility that this is the ROBERTS family > that was in the area and inter married with many families of the > area? (2) Does anyone have any information on a daughter of Henry > BLEDSOE and Tempe ROBARDS named Lousia F. BLEDSOE born around 1837. > (3) Is there a possibility that her name is Lousia Frances BLEDSOE > and would she be the wife of James MOORE buried in Moore Chapel > Cemetery? My great grandmother was Tempie Ann MOORE that married > John R. FOSTER of the area and this would be my connection. > > Thanks for your time. > > Bobby Prosser > prossergenealogy@comcast.net > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNBEDFOR- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > Beverly Peavler bp@peavler.org

What book are you talking about? I have Bledsoes in my family. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Peavler" <bp@peavler.org> To: <tnbedfor@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:53 AM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] BLEDSOE FAMILY > Do you have access to the three-volume work on the Bledsoe family > compiled by Banks McLaurin? It's a treasure house of information. > > On Nov 13, 2007, at 3:21 PM, prossergenealogy@comcast.net wrote: > >> List Members, >> >> The BLEDSOE family is a family that straddles the county line and >> it is very much linked to the Chestnut Ridge area. >> >> I will post from what Joanna Bledsoe sent me hard copy of prior to >> her death and then open up a query at the end of the post. >> >> It would be my belief that I may be a descendant of Jacob BLEDSOE >> born ca. 1762/64 - 1848 >> >> Jacob was born in Wake Co., NC, March 29, 1762 (or 1764). His will >> was filed in the Bedford County, Tennessee Courthouse in 1848, but >> the will is missing because the courthouse burned down. He lived in >> wake County, then came to Tennessee between 1820 and 1830, settling >> near Petersburg, Tennessee. According to the 1810 census of North >> Carolina, he had twelve children living at home. Also he may have >> had other children later on. In May 1793 he was granted 640 acres >> of land in Sumner County, Tennessee for his father's service in the >> Revolutionary War. He probably sold the land..(need to check the >> deed records of Sumner Co.). In 1834 he filed a pension request for >> his own service in the Revolution saying that he served in the >> Captain Lewis Bledsoe Company, Colonel Moore's Regiment and was >> present at the Battle of Gates' defeat in August 1789 in Camden >> South Carolina. He said he was often confused with his cousin Jacob >> nicknamed Jacob Jr.,... who was the son of his father's broth! >> er Jaco >> b Sr. Our Jacob is buried in Moore Chapel Cemetery, Shelbyville, >> Tennessee (also called Blue Stocking Hollow Cemetery). but the >> marker no longer exist. He died without a will, so far as the >> twelve children listed in the 1810 census, we only no for sure: >> AARON b. 1781 or 1787, NC >> DAVID b. 1799, NC (he married a sister of his brother , Aaron's wife) >> HENRY b. circa 1804 (married Tempe Robards) >> LEWIS b. 1770-1780, (married Fanny ______) >> >> My questions are, (1) does anyone know anything about the ROBARDS >> family or is there a possibility that this is the ROBERTS family >> that was in the area and inter married with many families of the >> area? (2) Does anyone have any information on a daughter of Henry >> BLEDSOE and Tempe ROBARDS named Lousia F. BLEDSOE born around 1837. >> (3) Is there a possibility that her name is Lousia Frances BLEDSOE >> and would she be the wife of James MOORE buried in Moore Chapel >> Cemetery? My great grandmother was Tempie Ann MOORE that married >> John R. FOSTER of the area and this would be my connection. >> >> Thanks for your time. >> >> Bobby Prosser >> prossergenealogy@comcast.net >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNBEDFOR- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > Beverly Peavler > bp@peavler.org > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >