List Members, I have always thought of the BLEDSOE family as an allied family of my many Middle Tennessee surnames  that I am descended from, but I am now thinking that I am a BLEDSOE family descendant. A few years ago Joanna Bledsoe came to our annual Chsetnut Ridge Cousin reunion and she shared with us about her BLEDSOE family. Joanna is now deceased. In looking at her research I focused on Jacob BLEDSOE (1762/64) born in Wake County North Carolina. Jacob is buried in the Moore's Chapel Cemetery in Southern Bedford County near the Lincoln County line. Jacob was a Revolutionary War Soldier. Joanna named four children of Jacob in her writings but she speculated there could have been as many as twelve. The four that she listed are Aaron born 1781 or 1787 in North Carolina, David born in 1799 in North Carolina, married a sister of his brother's wife. Henry born circa 1804 married Tempe ROBARDS. Lewis born in 1770-1780 married Fanny_______? My interest in research of this family is in Henry BLEDSOE that married Tempe ROBARDS. Prior to starting this post I researched back through the BLEDSOE Family GenForum post. There I found a post submitted by William H. Clifford, post 717 on the date of July 23, 2000. In this post he had Henry BLEDSOE born 1804 (same as Joanna) marrying Temperance ROBARDS 19 May 1825 in Orange County, North Carolina. He has Temperance born in the year 1799. On Ancestry.com I did an 1850 census search of BLEDSOE family in Bedford County. Tennessee In this search I found Temperance BLEDSAW (BLEDSOE) age 50, female born in North Carolina living in District 18, Bedford County, Tennessee. She is listed as the head of the household with others listed as as William P. BLEDSAW age 20, Annis BLEDSAW age 19, Jacob D. BLEDSAW age 18, John O. BLEDSAW age 15 and Louisa F. BLEDSAW age 13. My interest is in Louisa F. BLEDSAW (BLEDSOE). John Foster prior to his passing away had mentioned that he thought that Henry BLEDSOE and Tempe ROBARDS probably had a daughter Louisa F. born around 1837. This matches with the 1850 census. My question is, could this Louisa F. possibly be Frances BLEDSOE with the F. initial for Frances? My great grandmother was Tempy/Tempie/Tempe/ T. A. (Ann) MOORE that married John R. FOSTER. These are Foster Hollow - Foster Family of Northern Lincoln County. Tempy and John R. died while my grandmother was of a young age and a BURNS family took her in and raised her. From the 1860 census of Lincoln County, Tennessee the household of James MOORE is enumerated with James MOORE 39, Frances MOORE age 24 (making her birth year 1836/37) and Tempe MOORE age 3.  Among other things that I have found in research of this family is that J. H. MOORE and Frances MOORE are buried in Moore's Chapel Cemetery in graves that adjoin the rest of the Bledsoe family. Their tombstones read J. H. Moore Mar. 21, 1828 - May 22, 1893 & Frances Moore  Died Oct. 20, 1893 age 60 years ( a little variance from above) Certainly Tempy/Tempie/Tempe could be derived from Temperance. I f anyone is able to help clarify that Louisa F. BLEDSAW (BLEDSOE) is Frances BLEDSOE and  Frances MOORE are the same it would be appreciated. Another question, Is Temperance BLEDSAW (BLEDSOE) the widow of Henry  BLEDSOE that does not appear in the 1850 census? Thank you! Bobby Prosser prossergenealogy@comcast.net www.chestnutridgecousins.org