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MY LAST VERSION:
JANUARY 1, 2009

AFTER 58 LONG YEARS OF RESEARCH, THIS IS MY LAST VERSION OF THE BEDSOLE HISTORY
AND LIST OF ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS. ACCORDINGLY, ALL PRIOR VERSIONS ARE
OBSOLETE AND ERRONEOUS AND SHOULD BE DESTROYED.

BEDSOLE HISTORY

FROM 1673 WITH

DOCUMENTATION AND

LIST OF ANCESTORS,

AND DESCENDANTS

RESEARCHED, COMPILED, ANALYZED AND PREPARED IN ITS ENTIRETY, SOLELY
BY

DR. J.D. BEDSOLE,ASME,BSBA,BSVE, MSEA, PhD.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EARLIEST BEDSOLES IN THIS COUNTRY, SUCH AS:

1.Where did they come from?. Who were they?. Where did they settle here? Did they move around, and if
so, where to ?. How did they live?.What was it like ? What were they like ? Was life hard for them ?

2. Locations, names, relationships, kinships, and documentation on early Bedsoles with records of early
Marriages,Census Data,Tax Lists, Land Transactions, Cemeteries and etc
3. References for current and future Bedsole Researchers
CONTENTS

PART ONE...............................Bedsole History And Documentation.
PART TWO..............................Ancestors And Descendants List

…..................................................................PAGE ONE...........................................................................

NOTE; In order to save time, if after you have read this, you want to email me and tell me how you are now
more confused than ever, how stupid I really am, and how this was all such a huge waste of time, please
don't bother. I have already been told those things at least a million times. Thanks anyway though, for the
thought.

NOTE, this is specifically to call your attention to the Copyright notice at the top of this page. Please read it
and comply with it.

BEDSOLE HISTORY

As you can see, not being a computer Czar, I cannot control the location of the page numbers in this book.
When I type it, its fine, but when I transfer it to a file, it gets all out of whack. Then, when I transfer it to you, it
will not stay as typed, and the numbers may be any place on the page, and names, dates and etc., move
around between computers and format changes. I have no idea how to keep all that from happening.
Apparently. no one else does either and I have asked every one I know. Anyway, the numbers are
theoretically at the bottom of each page. At least we can use the numbers as location markers, so we can
say "Its between numbers 156 and 157" or whatever. That will prevent having to guess where something is
located. Since this is my last version and I have been all over the internet asking for information from other
Bedsoles, and receiving next to nothing, if you see something which is wrong or you have additions to make
to the List in Part Two, please don't tell me about it. I quit.

In the beginning, I just wanted to know where I got this name. But, as time went on, and I learned more and
more about our ancestors and all the unbelievable hardships they endured, I realized that unless I
researched and wrote this History and the related Ancestor And Descendant list, all the current and future
Bedsole descendants would never know what those ancestors went through and would never know their true
roots either. But I also knew that if I did'nt do it, then it would never be done, because I knew that few people
have what it takes to spend that many years of their lives to produce this kind of information on their
ancestors and descendants. Does that make me some kind of super-human, you ask ? …YES INDEED it
does in fact.

I began this project in 1950.This History and List and especially the List, represents more than 58 years of
the most demanding, expensive, time-consuming, frustrating, demanding and maddening work I have ever

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enountered.in my life. Now, I give it to all you Bedsoles and relatives most of whom I don't even know, for
nothing. I hope you truly appreciate what went into it, and what it represents. I know how priceless it really is,
and I hope you do too. Believe me, it becomes more valuable to the point of being absolutely priceless, as

you get older. So, keep it, treasure it, and pass it down to your children. But always remember who produced
it........thats ME and me alone. Although I do greatly appreciate the information provided by a precious few
who emailed it to me, regarding the List. Many thanks to those few..

In the absence of most-needed documentation and by reading, researching, analyzing and documenting
what little Bedsole information was available, together with all the books, websites, and other relevant
historical sources, then flying to Germany twice and researching there, because my Dad had said Bedsole
originated in Germany, I have put together my best, educated and informed guesses in many cases, at what I
feel is very close to the facts back then. Some of my conclusions may prove to be wrong in the future, but I
invite anyone to prove anything I claim to be true, is actually wrong. The only acceptable proof from someone
that I have something wrong however, would be their own documentation and not their best guess. Best
guess by anyone else, would not be as accurate, and certainly not more accurate than my own and I
guarantee that.

Here are only a few reasons why one can spend so much time and money looking for the older Bedsole
records and never find any. First of all, no less than 55 counties in NC where the first ones arrived in Bath
County, NC, from Germany, were created or partially created from Bladen County, where, in 1950, I first
found the Bedsoles. Just trying to find some records on Bath County, NC alone (which became Beaufort
County) where the first Bedsole appeared, I ran into this: What few records do exist for Bath County are
scattered in the courthouses of some of its early precincts, and in the Archives in Raleigh. No one knows
what is where, or if in fact, any records at all, do exist. Bath County's earliest recorded deeds for example,
date from 1700 and are included in Beaufort Co. Deed Book One (1701-1729). However, several other early
Bath County deeds and other documents, some dated before 1700, may be found in the records of
Albemarle County and scattered among its various precincts, and there are likely some in other unknown
counties. Most of the earliest records of Craven and Hyde Counties (Created from Bath) have not been
preserved at all, and they surely had many Bath County records too. Beaufort and Hyde Precincts are known
to have held joint sessions of court, for and including Bath, apparently in Beaufort. Eighteen Bath County
Wills (1702-1718), mostly for both Beaufort and Hyde Precincts, were recorded in Beaufort Precinct and may
be found in Beaufort County's Land Deed Book (Terrific logic) # 1 and, although they are Wills, they are not
recorded in the Will Books in the Beaufort County Clerk's Office, as you would expect. Also ten of the
eighteen do not appear in Grimes' "Abstracts of North Carolina Wills 1663-1760" probably because the
originals of the ten were never sent to the Secretary of State as required by law. In fact, over 60 more
Beaufort County Wills dated 1720 to 1760 were retained in the courthouse and later copied into the Old Will
Book and thus they also do not appear in Grimes' volume. Only a few of the Wills proved before 1700 have
survived in the records identified in the NC State Archives as "Secretary Of State Wills". A majority of the
North Carolina counties have transferred all or part of their surviving original wills to the State Archives,
however, some counties did not do that and have kept all or part of them, and looking and researching is the
only way to determine which county did what or has what, or which have nothing at all on file. There is no
one and no place you can go to, to find out what is where. And by the way, Good luck on finding any of them.
The only way to be certain though, is to go look for yourself, and for that, you need about 20 years and more
than a million dollars for motels, food and etc..

So, just finding out where documents may be located takes an unbelievable amount of time and even if you
find where they may be, they still may either be buried somewhere in the county records but no one knows
where, may not exist at all, or are physically located in some other unknown counties, places, boxes, or
categories. Additionally, to add to the Mess, the Bedsoles until about 1950, went by all kinds of surnames
such as Betsol, Bletsoul, Batsoal and etc. On top of that, way too many of them went by nicknames and/or
middle names all of which were major and time-consuming problems. In addition, there were many with
identical whole names, living at the same times and places. Good luck at deciding which one you are looking

at, at any given instance. At this point, the vast majority of such older documents no longer exist at al
because they were burned when their respective courthouses went up in flames, and those that do exist,
may be stored helter-skelter in boxes upon boxes of records in dark courthouse basements, in no kind of
order and with no one there, who knows anything about what is where. All that is what I was up against in
1950 and did not find it out until I had done many years of very difficult and frustrating work, and all that is
what you will be up against if you decide to research anything for your selves.

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There has been major loss of both recorded and original wills, land records, and etc. from fires, wars, and
natural disasters, but by far most of all, carelessness. All those problems contributed to the fact that I could
find next to nothing on any Bedsole by any name, until 1719, when one then two, then three of them
appeared in Russell and Spotsylvania counties in Virginia, on land records, as Bledsoes. All that should give
you a very vague idea what you will be up against in Bath County, much less all the other counties in NC and
other states and counties where the Bedsoles moved to and lived, when you try to either prove me wrong, or
if you simply want to add to, clarify, or expand on what I have said or found. We won't even talk about what
you will not find in Germany, as you will learn by reading everything I have written about that below.

Country Of Origin For Bedsole, (Betzold) Is The Brandenburg Province Of Germany

According to its history, Prussia was a region in central europe, extending from the southeastern coast of the
Baltic Sea to the Masurian Lake District. Today its land makes up parts of Russia, Germany, Poland and
Lithuania. The Vikings inhabited parts of Prussia at one time. Historical books record Prussians as early as
the year 1072. Many attempts were made over the centuries,by various "Conquerers" to capture and occupy
Prussia, without success. By Adalbert of Prague, Boleslaw of Prague, and various others during the years
997, 1015, 1147, 1161, and 1166. Prussia was finaly conquered by the Teutonic Knights. In 1492, "The Life
Of Dorothea Of Montau", became the first printed publication in Prussia. The whole country became the
Kingdom Of Prussia in 1701. In 1871,during the creation of The German Empire and the Unification Of
Germany, Prussia became part of Germany. But in accordance with the Potsdam Conference in 1945,
following World War II, the Prussian region was divided between Russia and Poland. Consequently, the
country of Prussia was dissolved and ceased to exist in 1947. This provides some historical background for
understanding me when I tell you that the surname BEDSOLE, by any variations in spelling, originated in
Prussia, not in Germany, Russia, Ireland, England and etc., as is claimed by a variety of superficial
researchers of the Bedsole ancestors.The Kingdom Of Prussia, was a German Kingdom from 1701 to 1918,
and from 1871 it was the leading state of the German Empire, occupying two-thirds of the lands of that
Empire. The Prime Minister Of Prussia was also the German Chancellor. It is important to keep in mind that,
with the constant splitting-up of Prussia, and its final elimination as a country, there are no meaningful written
records to research. However, I can tell you that those few Prussian records I did come across, as in the
History Of Germany, I found the same time-consuming research problems with misspellings of surnames as I
did in Germany and in the U.S. In addition, very cute problems like this; When Prussia became part of
Germany, some parts were not included, the names of towns have been changed half a dozen times,
geographical landmarks disappeared, and were replaced with new ones, and etc., And I did not want to
become bogged down with that. I needed to find Betzold or some misspelling of it in Germany and I did not
find a version of it in the few documents I did find of Prussian origin. So for our purposes, suffice it to say that
"Bedsole originated in Prussia, which became Germany, so lets concentrate on Germany and the U.S. area",
where they initially arrived.

I believed my Dad when he said the first Bedsole came here from Germany. It turned out he was
absolutely correct. For years and years, I tried my best to prove him wrong, because I did'nt want them to be
from Germany, but the more I tried to do that, the more I proved him right. Then, in the London, England

Genealogy Library, I obtained a copy of the Certificate For Country Of Origin for Bedsole. It states that
Germany is the country of origin. Actually its Prussia, but why quibble when at least most of Prussia became
Germany ?. I flew to Germany twice to research the Betzold name. First, in 1993 and again in1994, to see
for myself. Parts of Germany were called Prussia and Allemandia and perhaps other things prior to becoming
Germany and without proof, we must assume the Bedsole name actually originated some time prior to
"Germany". I received the following from cousin Charles Bedsole, an attorney in Dallas,Texas, who kindly
gave his permission to include it in this book. What Charles says is very interesting and quite true. In
addition, it shows that our roots are in Germany and I'm sorry to say that, because I do not admire Germany
for the Holocaust, among other things. This is what Charles said in response to my question about whether
"Bedsole" and "Bledsoe" could be related ; "One thing I find interesting is the early date of the Bletsoe name
in the year1086 (That really is 1086) in England. According to some of the first English Court Cases,
apparently a community named "Bledsoe" was there before William the Conqueror brought his army from
Normandy; and, if so, it would make Bletsoe an Anglo-Saxon community. Further, if it was Anglo-Saxon, that
would give Bletsoe a German connection because the Angles and the Saxons both emigrated to England
from Germany. It was the Angles in fact, who gave us the name "England" ("Angle Land" was over time,
shortened to England).The Anglo-Saxon folks were Germanic, while the people that emigrated when William
conquered England were former Vikings from Scandinavia who had settled in France. They were initially
called "Norse Men" (Northmen) and the area of France where they settled became "Normandy" (the land of
the Northmen). However, being from Scandinavia, they spoke a version of German and were out of the same
tree as the Germanic tribes who settled in what became modern day Germany (previously "Allemandia").
The Bletsoe family name, in theory, could have been an Anglicanization of an earlier Germanic name, e.g.,
Bletzold or Betzold". Many thanks to Charles for that information. At this point I won't even try to define the
relationship of Bedsole and Bledsoe, further than that. But I do define it near the end of this book. In the
same email, Charles was kind enough to send me the internet address of the first english court records. In
reviewing several of those cases, I came across one wherein Elizabeth Bletsoe was a witness in a rape trial,
dated in the year 1061, in England. I also noted that she lived in a "Bledsoe Community". The surname
Bledsoe, although claimed by the Bledsoe researchers, to have originated in England, actually originated in
the same place as Bedsole did, and as noted elsewhere, at some time in the past, there is no doubt in my
mind that we,the Bedsoles, Bedsauls and Bledsoes, et al, all share a common ancestor at some time and
place in the past. That place is most likely to have been Prussia. In researching your family name, you learn
to arrive at conclusions, based on several factors. As the old saying goes, "If it walks like a duck, quacks like
a duck, looks and acts like a duck, then its most likely a duck". Similiarly in looking for the Bedsoles prior to
1950 or so, and you find a man with the name, if the man had roughly the right name, was at the right place,
was there at the right time, and had certain relatives and/or dates, then its most likely him. In genealogical
research, especially in the time prior to 1900 in the U.S., the most likely method becomes a method of proof,
in the total absence of any documentation. As I said elsewhere, the accuracy of the Bedsole List, in Part Two,
much of which was and is, based on Most Likely, has been proven time and time again to be amazingly
accurate, with few exceptions. That may surprise you, but knowing how I made determinations from all the
research that went into it, its accuracy does not surprise me at all. However, I hasten to add that accurately
determining who is kin to whom and how they are kin, without birth, marriage, death, and other records, no
one to ask anything about it, and doing it 300 years later, is definitely not easy.

In Germany, the Brandenburg district was Prussian land. It is from that district that the Betzolds seemed to
originate. Germany is divided into States (Länder). These states are subdivided into Landkreise or Rural
districts, which are made up of municipalities (Gemeinden) and Kreisfreie Städte, or free urban districts. In
some states municipalities are combined into Ämter and Grossgemeinden (larger bodies, but the individual
municipalities still exist).

Arrival Of The First Bedsole

The first Bedsole into the U.S. arrived by ship from Germany, at the settlement of Bath, NC, on September
11,1700. He was listed by the ships captain William Barrow, as; "Abraham Bessow.....a Pal". The
abbreviation "Pal" at that time meant Palatine from Germany.The name the captain listed was his version of
what the reply was, from "Abraham", when asked his name. In reality, the reply was more likely something
like "Abramz Betzoldh". They most likely spoke no english and the English captain most likely spoke no
German and those few handwritten words on that scrap of paper, are the only thing we have to go by,take it
or leave it. I take "Bessow" to have sounded like Bess-oh to the Captain, and Germans do pronounce
Betzold like we pronounce Bedsole. Therefore, I take "Bessow" to mean Betzold, or Bedsole. Obviously, he
was given his first name by Captain Barrow. As it turned out, I found "Abrahams" name over the ensuing 30
or so years following that landing at Bath, spelled as Abraham Batson, Betson, Betsel, Bedsoe, Bedsole,
Betso, Bledsoe, Bedsoal, and Bedsowl. When you see that name spelled so many different ways, you must
determine if thats the same man, or an entirely different one without any proof whatsoever, and that is true
no matter what name you are researching. I assume his last name was Betzold, but we will never know what
his real first name really was. I also know that it was very common for all ships captains back then, to bestow
english names on non-english immigrants as they pleased, with the knowledge that no one would ever be the
wiser.They had no one to file the passenger list with anyway. It was pure, blind luck that I found the tiny piece
of paper with 4 or 5 names on it, including Abrahams, in the first place. Also, that I found his name arriving at
Bath again, about 8 months later,on May 1, 1701. That time however,he was dubbed "Abraham Batson".
Another common misspelling of Bedsole. However, despite all that, I stayed with my belief that he was a
Bedsole, and traced it as described in this book. Then, I traced it backwards too. It still led me to "Abraham
Bessow". So, its most likely true that he really was our first ancestor in this country. When Abraham and his
sons William and Isaac acquired land in Virginia (1719-1726), the clerk there listed their last names as
Bledsoe, he being certain that the english name Bledsoe, was really their last name, and they being unable
to read, write, or spell, or to speak english. However, that allowed the Bledsoe researchers to also claim that
all 3 were actually Bledsoes, and were their own ancestors from England. Therefore, without documented
proof, therein lies an endless argument between them and us..

I flew to Germany, England and Ireland in 1993 and again in 1994, I tried to research Bledsoe and Bedsaul
along with Bedsole, because of the similarities in spelling. As the names Bedsole, Bledsoe and Bedsaul are
misspelled in their early english spellings in this country, they also suffered the same fate in Germany,
England and Ireland, as there are various misspellings of them over there to the point you don't know which
name you are looking at or if it is correct and which misspelling of the name(s) it is actually related to. In
other words, you can't be certain the "Betzold" you are looking at is actually a Betzold or a Betzall, Betzaul,
or really a Bletzoe, along with all the misspellings, such as Blettzo, Bettzel, and etc. Running into those
problems caused me to forget those spellings, because the Translators I had hired at $100 per hour each,
were rapidly bankrupting me. However, I did satisfy myself that Bedsole absolutely did not orginate in Ireland
and other countries as some amateur researchers so wildly claim.

I found nothing really new in Germany, because so much of its record systems had been destroyed in all the
fires from the wars that country has been involved in, together with the mad-house absorption of Prussia into
Germany. But the real problem is the huge prohibitive expense involved in German-to-English Translators at
$100 to $200 per hour (Translators from Old German to New German had to be employed first, then from
New German to English). However, I did look up, meet and talk to several Betzold descendants, including a
Wilhelm Heinrich Betzold (William Henry Bedsole), who had in his storeroom, an original 1650 Betzold Coat
Of Arms which I drew by hand, and a copy of which you see at the beginning of this book It is important that
you understand that anyone back in the old days of Heraldry, could register any number of coats of arms for
any surname. It was the design, and not the surname, which was not allowed to be duplicated. Therefore,
there could be any number of BEDSOLE coats of arms. The "Official" coat of arms for a surname however, is
described in great detail on the Certificate For Country Of Origin for that surname. I have the certificate for

Bedsole and the coat is described, but I dislike the design and colors of that one immensely. So I do not
claim the "Official" Coat. Instead, I claim the one you see at the top of this document and on the Bedsole
internet site at; www.thebedsoles.com

Nevertheless, I am certain there is a common ancestor for Bedsaul, Bledsoe, Bedsole and variations and
misspellings, somewhere in the past. I know that the evidence that there is or is not such an ancestor, does
not exist in the United States. I believe such an ancestor did exist most likely in Prussia. Anyway, back
beyond Germany as we know it, there is no paper trail. Therefore, conjecture becomes meaningless. So,
after only 3 weeks in Germany, my total costs had exceeded $25,000 ,so I left. What I did learn was, if you
hire a translator, have your info ready so you are not paying them by the hour to find stuff for you, and to pick
out that info you want translated. That takes so much time it will quickly bankrupt a very rich man.

In addition to all that, to find out anything about passenger shipping records from Germany, England or
Ireland, from as far back as I could find information up to about 1800, the period I was most interested in,
one needs to know at least the following: The exact names of passenger(s) as listed on ships records,
keeping in mind that Scribes at the time wrote and spelled the names the best they could guess from what
was said, because people in general could neither read nor write, much less spell. Names of the ships they
sailed on (many ships had the same name), the owner(s) of the ships, the country of the ships registry. Do
you have any idea how long that alone would take and how much you would spend, finding that out, if you
could find it at all?. You also need to know the date of departure, port of departure, passengers destinations,
ports of arrival, dates of arrival and etc. As if all that were not bad enough, prior to 1900, Germany had
thousands upon thousands of its citizens who supposedly shipped to the United States, and via England. So
shipping records in Germany would show their destination to be England. Then you have to go to England,
and hope you can find all the above shipping information from there to the U.S. Naturally, thousands of those
you would be interested in, stayed in England, thousands more changed their minds in England, and went
back to Germany, and more of them went to countries other than the U.S. or England, having left from
Germany and/or from England on different ships with various names, from various ports, on various dates
and with various people accompanying them. In other words, they could have gone instead to any country.

My conclusion is this; If you already possess all that shipping information, you don't need to go over there to
find it out. But if you do decide to, therein are another million research problems, requiring thousands upon
hundreds of thousands of dollars and who knows how many years, to research. Another overseas research
problem is this; Many Germans moving to this country, first shipped to England on english and/or german
ships. In England, they were often kept several weeks in "Holding pens", until a full shipload was available,
then they boarded english and/or german ships for the trip to this country. Several ships sunk enroute,
drowning all aboard, many became disabled and put into the nearest port, where passengers were left to
fend for themselves, and I have included an article of a court case regarding that fact. So be forewarned if
you want to go overseas and trace our ancestors.

In our own National Archives, for the Bedsoles, even for immigration records, there is nothing in the way of
passenger lists prior to about 1880-90, which was very surprising. Upon his last arrival in this country, on May
1, 1701, our Abraham was accompanied by his wife "Rose" and young daughter, "Elizabeth". Note that
all three were given English and not German names, which is the result of the writer at the time being
english, and the immigrants being German, who could speak no english.

Knowing all that now, does it mean you should bow down and be forever grateful to me ? ....YOU BET !
…...YES, INDEED !!.

In the earliest days, prior to1900, ships captains were not required to keep lists of passengers, much less

Turn them in to someone. Back then, people went by the name the Scribe at the time, wrote for them,until
another Scribe misspelled it another way. So, Captain Barrow simply wrote "Abraham", instead of his true
first name, which may have been Zjuxandyerjzunst, with no english version. Anyway, until I came across
Abraham, I had never found any Bedsole in this country, misspelled or not, prior to 1730. In late 2007, I had
found William Bedsole who was born about 1727, and who turned out to be a son of "Abraham". William
ended up in Virginia as William Bledsoe, on land records.

The Lack Of Documentation

Records of births were not even required here until about 1912 and marriage, death, and land records were
frequently thrown away, or deliberately burned along with their respective courthouses, if a courthouse
existed at the time. The Bladen County Courthouse in Elizabethtown, N.C, for example, where many early
Bedsoles lived, was intentionally burned down 5 times between 1750 and 1893. In 1850 in desperation, the
Court Clerk, took the records home with him for safekeeping, but his house was burned down and again, so
were the records he tried to save. Apparently, the primary intent of the Arsonist(s) was to get rid of legal
records in order to avoid lawsuits for various crimes, not the least of which were for theft, rustling, murder,
illegal land dealings, abandonment of family, sharecropper and landlord problems and so forth. As for
marriage records, for the earliest Bedsole's, getting married only required the couple to say their "Banns"
three times in church. That is, they repeated that they accepted each other as husband and wife. Most
church records disappeared over the years, as their pastors simply left, or died.Therefore, older records of
marriages, births, deaths, wills, and etc. for Bedsoles are practically non-existent, prior to 1850. That leaves
land records, which provide precious little information to a researcher, with zero information about the
landowners spouse(s) or children. In addition, the majority of those made no distinction between a Senior,
Junior, Second, Third, or anything else, and with people naming their children after themselves, their
brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, parents, grandparents, and etc., you cannot determine with precision, exactly
which persons land record you are looking at, when those with the same name, either both or all, lived at the
same time and usually in the same place, at the same time. In addition, determining kinships and
relationships were another frustrating and time-consuming problem, which you will find in Part Two of this
book..

Following the burning of courthouses back then, those landowners and others who had kept some kind of
records, could take them back to the new courthouse and have them re-recorded. However, some did not do
that. Consequently, many records were never recorded in counties or at capitols of some states, in the first
place. In addition, for those courthouses which were repeatedly burned down, even when some records were
re-recorded, they were repeatedly destroyed and over time, fewer and fewer such records survived, and
fewer and fewer were recorded at state offices. Additionally, the creation of several other counties from parts
of one or more original counties,only added to the confusion and loss of vital records.

The USGENWEB site has a continuing effort and program, to transcribe census data and place it on the
internet, so perhaps that and other data will become more available in the future, provided enough dedicated
volunteers can be found to do all that hard work. That means though, that the data must first be located
which I am willing to bet, never happens.

The absence, especially of land records, compels me to conclude that, although land to them was cheap,
even free from the government, the vast majority of Bedsoles until about 1950, were share-croppers and
agricultural workers.That is, they worked primarily for other, more affluent landowners and that was one of
the major reasons so few land records for them were ever found. They never existed in the first place. Those
that did are few and far between.

As I studied the movements of the early Bedsoles in NC (1700-1850), I could see that they moved from Bath,

to Dobbs, Bertie, Edgecombe, Duplin, Bladen, Johnston, Sampson and finaly to Brunswick counties in NC,
indicating a steady fan-shaped movement south and southwestward from Bath, now Beaufort, County.
Ending at Brunswick County, near the state line with South Carolina, the fan-shaped movement is a familiar
and predictive one when you are reviewing first settlements of new places. Reading about NC in general and
Bath County in particular, I found that repeated Yellow Fever epidemics and fierce, barbaric, antagonistic and
warlike indian tribes in and around NC and especially Bath back then, were also good reasons for these early
arrivals to move and to move frequently.

As you will see, documentation on Abraham, Elizabeth and Rose, ceased to exist after their arrival at Bath in
May, 1701 and their arrival in Virginia in 1719-1726. Abraham and Rose's son William appeared on paper in
Russell County, Virginia in the form of a handwritten land deed in 1719. Abraham and William both appeared
the next time, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia in 1726, on a land record for 1,000 acres. Their last names
were written on those land records as Bledsoe. The logical reason for that is that all record-keepers were
English, and they wrote and spelled names they were familiar with, and since Bledsoe was in England as far
back as the year 1061, they were very familiar with that spelling and freely assigned that spelling on anyone
pronouncing their name even remotely like "Bledsoe" or "Bedsole". In Virginia, the trail became very
muddled, with the appearance of several apparently bonified Bledsoe's, who became mixed with bonafide
Bedsoles. Then, due to eglish Scribes, their last names were freely interchanged among them all.

After that, the efforts to keep track and definition of the bonified Bedsole's and the bonified Bledsoe's
required quadrupling of time, efforts, research., study and analyses. All that required quadrupling again, after
they all had sons whom they named after themselves, each other, uncles, parents and grandparents. It all
became a royal mess, keeping track of who was whom. Through extensive use of the "Most Likely" research
method, I did decide who was whom, as related to Abraham, at least to a point.

. THE CONFUSION OF BEDSOLE AND BLEDSOE SURNAMES

From the start, to current times, the North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas
Census data repeatedly show Bledsoe's and Bedsole's living among each other and when one moved, the
others either went with them, or shortly afterwards, to the same place. That indicates to me that most, or at
least many, Bedsoles and Bledsoes were either related or were freely using each others last name(s), or
both. Of course, the spelling of names was always left up to the discretion, knowledge and ability of the
Scribe at the time. If someone told the Scribe their last name was Bedsole, theres no doubt in my mind that
the Scribe, being English, decided many times that they were actually Bledsoe's and not Bedsole's, and
spelled it as Bledsoe. A very major problem caused by all that uncertainty, was the inability to determine with
any degree of certainty in most cases, if the "Bedsole" being researched was really a Bedsole or Bledsoe.
And that is something which one must frequently decide without much or any, additional information.

So for example, when a "John Bedsole" is listed on the 1790 Census' for Wake, Cumberland and Anson
counties. It is likely that one of those Johns was the one born about 1730 and the other is the one born in
1753. Or one or more Johns moved during the Census counts or, that third John is either the same guy
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counted twice, or there was a John Jr. or Sr. in one or more, of those counties. It is also possible that they
counted John Bledsoe in one and John Bedsole in the other, misspelling Bedsole or Bledsoe, or both. After
all, how would Census Takers determine the various county boundaries, as they roamed the country side ?
From studying all this and everything else I've come across, it makes me think that the early, and
consequently many current, Bedsoles and Bledsoes are intermixed to the point of impossibility in defining
them, with any degree of certainty, beyond ones best guess and, some Bedsoles assumed the Bledsoe

name and vice-versa, for various reasons. Currently, there is a seperate line of Bledsoes, another of
Bedsauls and one for Bedsoles. That seperate line is further strengthened by the fact that many earlier
Bledsoe's eventually moved to Indiana, but the Bedsole's moved from NC to either Tennessee, or southward.
The Bedsole's initially moved almost simultaneously, from North Carolina to Tennessee, Alabama, Florida,
Louisiana, Texas and Georgia. Despite that separation, some with the Bledsoe name or spelling are also in
those same southern states at the same time as the Bedsoles, a big problem is, theres no way to know
which of those in the north or south were born as Bledsoes and which were born as Bedsoles, and worse,
even when born, they may not have actually been a Bedsole or Bledsoe to begin with. It gets incredibly
confusing, when you are trying to figure out who is whom, 300 years later, with no one to ask for clarification
and, as in my own case, those you contact will not provide the answers.

When a Scribe back then showed up at some Bedsoles house, after 15-20 years, for whatever purpose,
selling something, land transfers, trades, census, legal problems, whatever, who knows what our ancestors
answered when asked for their last names and ages. On top of that, who knows what was written, after he
heard their answer, trying to spell it like it sounded, when the Scribe was English and the person answering
was German, who spoke no english. For example, the Scribe somehow asks "What is your name ?". The
answer the best he can understand it is like this: " Vilhelm Bahssow, Bessow, Bhatson, Blitsuh, zumzing like
zatt". Scribe:." Do you know how to spell it" Answer: "Nein, nein sprechen sie englishen". So what do you
think the Scribe wrote for the persons name ?. Now, 300 years later, along comes J.D. Bedsole, trying to
figure out not only who all these people were, but how they were all related, where they lived and when, with
no one to ask, and all he has to look at to figure all that out is what that Scribe wrote that day and nothing
else, in too many cases.

How Abraham "Bessow" Got Here

The first Bedsole in this country was "Abraham Bessow", who was born about 1673 in Germany and died
about 1740 in Virginia. Although I know his German name was not Abraham nor Bessow, I'll use that without
knowing what it really was, and explain why further on. I believe that in Germany, the Betzold family were
farm laborers who worked on farms and in grape vineyards. Agricultural workers. They were probably
desperately poor and lived in mud-brick huts. Abraham, his parents and siblings wore wornout and patched
homemade clothes and all of them usually went without shoes, the father being far too poor to acquire shoes
for himself or his family.

Abraham had heard wonderous stories about a "New Land", the future United States, being advertised by the
government of England. It was described as " beautiful and a land of plenty". Over a period of many months,
they also heard that the English government was giving free and cheap land to any and all who went there to
settle and to live out their lives. Little did he, or anyone else yearning to go, suspect that the English merely
wanted the settlers to go, clear off and farm the land and start producing goods needed by England, such as
tobacco, cotton and tar so they could receive these products and also coincidentally, tax such settlers,
thereby fattening their own governments coffers.

Then it was made known that the English government would also allow such settlers to leave the new land to
their children as entitlements from the parents, when the parents died. I'm sure it seemed too good to be true
and Abraham began to dream of the new land and to make plans to go there to live. His parents encouraged

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him, but also warned that it would not be easy, going to a new land with practically nothing except the clothes
on his back, to travel and live among total strangers, with so many inherent dangers and unknowns involved,
and the inhuman hardships and suffering that were bound to be incurred. He never dreamed how the
suffering and hardships would be proved without question and many times over. So, true to his German

ancestry he was stubborn, and one day in 1700, he said goodby to his family and together with a friend his
own age, began the trek to look for some way to catch a boat to the big seaport and to leave for the new
country.

Abraham and his friend probably found a small commercial boat working a river and convinced the owner to
transport them downstream to the seagoing port in return for a week of manual labor helping the owner load
and unload trade goods with which he bartered, bought, sold and made a living on the river. At the seaport,
when their fare was finaly paid, they were on their way. At that time, the captains of the large, seagoing ships
had learned they could transport new settlers to what later became America and collect their fares upon
arrival, from earlier and richer settlers who needed laborers here. (During the period 1700-1712, there was a
huge influx of Palatines from Germany into the U.S).

Note: Sailing From Germany To "The New Country" A Typical Trip To America Went Like This Too
Often:.From An Old English Admiralty Court Case I included this to show how they were mistreated back
then.

James Hogg's brother settled in Wilmington, N.C. many years ago and at his solicitation James decided to
also go settle there. When this was learned in Caithness, many people applied to Hogg to freight a vessel to
carry them all to "The Carolina's". Accordingly, on 24, Aug., 1773, Hogg contracted with Inglis to freight the
ship, Batchelor of Leith, Ramage Alexander, Master, to carry James Hogg of Borland in Caithness, his family
and servants, and 200 emigrants from Thurso to Wilmington, N. C. Hogg agreed to pay for himself, wife, Mrs.
Alves (his mother-in-law) a specified rate, another for his children, a third for his servants (the latter being
restricted to six in number), a fourth for emigrants above the age of eight, and a fifth for emigrants under the
age of eight (excepting children at the breast for whom there was no fare).

The vessel was to be ready to depart Leith, England in July and was to proceed from Leith to Thurso Bay on
Scrabster Road to load the passengers. Hogg arrived in Leith on June 15th and hung on until August 26,
waiting for a full load of passengers. The vessel Batchelor then went to Thurso and was boarded by Hogg
and his family and servants, and 204 emigrants (many from the County of Sutherland).They sailed two
months behind schedule, from Thurso on Sept. 14, but they were soon forced to harbor from contrary winds
at Stromness in Orkney, where they put the passengers ashore for eight days. On October 3, two days after
leaving Stromness, due to storm damage to the ship, they were obliged to put into Vaila Sound in Shetland
where the passengers were again put ashore. Here the Batchelor was again damaged by a storm from which
they were sheltering. Hogg, his family, and the 204 emigrants wintered at Vaila Sound. The following Spring,
April 20, 1774, eight months after departing initially boarding, they departed for Leith in order for the ship to
have the necessary repairs made. At Leith, Inglis declared the contract at an end and declared he was
entitled to the fares upon landing them at Leith as he would have been had he landed them at Wilmington,
NC. The vessel lay without repairs, and on 28 May, Hogg entered a protest against Inglis. Many of the
children of the emigrants, Hogg claims, died during their winter of hardships in Shetland. Now, he says, the
emigrants have been turned ashore in Leith, 200 miles from home, and many of them with no means of
returning home or of procuring another vessel to carry them to America. Imagine being one of those
passengers with a spouse and 5 children and no money, or anything else for that matter.

In Admiralty Court, James Inglis alleged damage by stress of weather prevented him from continuing on a
voyage with emigrants, and suggested that the commencement of this action by Hogg has terminated their

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contract. He also stated that he had no concern whatever with the emigrants nor were they party-contractors
to him; that his contract with Hogg was for freight of a certain number of emigrants who were to board his

vessel as passengers to America, but that he had no concern with how they were to be employed, where
taken in America, and so forth; that to him the passengers stood in the same relationship as goods or
common freight. Inglis alleges that the real dispute is between Hogg and the emigrants. Hogg and his family
took another vessel sailing from Port of Greenock, but the other poor emigrants dispersed, some to seek
their way home, and others to endevour to gain their bread in the low country, and some of them attempted
to procure their passage from Greenock.

Generally, some emigrants died during the voyage before their arrival in Shetland and others died after the
vessel was stranded.(There are 32 pages just about that] In the instant case, Inglis alleged that he had
advised Hogg from the beginning that the vessel Batchelor, then on a voyage to Memel (modern Klaipeda in
Lithuania), could not be ready early, for the voyage to N.C. He says that the date the vessel sailed was in fact
a good season to set out for North Carolina.He denied that public spirit motivated Hogg to arrange for
emigration of upward of 200 Scots, and suggested that Hogg's brother had purchased 12,000 acres of land
and wanted settlers for it. He said Hogg had been discussing "these questions himself in newspapers and
periodical publications." He also Alleged that 2/3 of the emigrants stayed aboard the vessel at Stromness and
were provisioned by the master of the Batchelor. He further said that the emigrants angrily advanced against
Hogg and Captain Ramage in the Vice-Admiralty Court of Shetland, and quoted from Hogg's defense there,
in which Hogg refers back to a 1772 emigration from Sutherland that lay two weeks at Stromness without
being provisioned from the ship's stores.

He said ships with emigrants had only 9 or 10 weeks provisions, and says that several of the passengers
aboard the Batchelor saw at Stromness from Capt. Ritchie and Capt. Smith's ships that that was the case.
He stated that deaths of several passengers came from small-pox and not neglect. He said he instructed
Captain Ramage on January 1,1774 to return the emigrants to their home, but that they refused "to a man" to
disembark at Thurso; that he tried to assist the emigrants at Leith, "but cannot help mentioning that they are
in general so indolent they do not care to work if they can get a subsistence by any other means". (Sounds
like that attitude continued on for way too many years, to this day, in the U.S. ) He contended that Hogg, by
taking ship for America from Greenock, had abandoned prosecution of the action.

All that is just one example of the horrible hardships and treaments of our early ancestors who came here.

Abrahams Trip From Germany

Now, back to our ancestor, Abraham; So, the ten or eleven-week trip across the ocean to what later became
Bath, North Carolina began in Germany, on a cold day about the first of July,1700. The ship was English,
made of wood and powered by sails. It was one hundred two feet long, twenty-five feet wide and twenty feet
deep and the cracks between its many wooden planks were sealed with tar and tar-soaked twine. It was a
miracle it could even survive such a hazardous trip without falling apart, considering the beating it was
certain to incur from the constantly heaving, frothing, rushing and thrashing water of the open ocean for such
a long period of time. For this trip, it carried a passenger load of 106 settlers and a crew of twelve men.

Think of it; 118 Men, women and children on a vessel that small for ten to twelve weeks or longer under such
conditions; With almost all passengers being sick and some even dying during the trip, no toilet facilities
except for buckets tied to ropes, no privacy and no provisions for taking a bath except for buckets of salt
water dipped from the ocean. These were accepted hardships and baths were generally ignored. These
ships were also loaded with trade goods, fresh water which always became stagnant after only a few days,
food, a few medical supplies, and the few pitiful household goods of the passengers.

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Many times the ships captains would steal the best baggage carried by the passengers and sell it or load it
onto a different ship for a price, with the settlers pitiful belongings never seen again by the owners. Their
baggage usually contained dried fruit, butter which turned into a mess during these sailings, other foodstuffs,
clothes, tools and money which they had planned to use to live, eat, pay for their fare and for supplies upon
reaching their destination. They were not aware that their pitifully small amounts of money would be next to
useless in the "New Land", because "Trade" was the most prevalent "money" in this country at that time. The
fare for the poorer passengers was guaranteed by the more affluent settlers already in the New Land, and
who were in great need of laborers and who would pay the Captain upon arrival in what was called "The Bath
Settlement" which later became Bath, NC, in this case.

Aboard ship, the passengers were crammed into very tight quarters. At first, they sat on the top deck sitting
on lashed-down household goods, boxes and bags of cargo, and personal belongings, as they grew tired,
sleepy and hungry, they wandered all over the ship, both above and below decks . Being powered by sails,
such ships usually found themselves becalmed for several days and nights during these trips. Because such
sitting and waiting for the wind to blow may last for two days at a time. That was a total nightmare always
waiting to happen and too often it did.

Twenty five cannons were also lashed on deck, by the ships crew. They were needed to fight off any Spanish
ships they were liable to encounter on the trip in view of the fact that Spain and England were at odds at that
time. Leaving port, the ship was heavily loaded, and with its sails full of wind, it slowly headed out into the
open ocean.

The next morning about two a.m., no surprise to the crew of course, they awoke to find the ship groaning,
cracking, popping and creaking as it heaved, tossed, pitched, rolled and yawed from side to side wildly, with
loud crashing sounds, in the opening round of its long battle with the heaving, frothing ocean. By the end of
the first day and with the exception of the experienced crew, all aboard were already deathly seasick and
were lying below and above decks. They vomited until they were just heaving, but with nothing coming up.
They were already pale in color and listless. Most of the adults were already having second thoughts about
making this trip. But they were all committed now, as the ship thrashed slowly along gaining foot by foot, in its
beginning fight for and against, the wind. This was a life or death fight they, and the ship faced. As they
plodded along day after day, the hapless passengers did their best to deal with the never-ending heaving,
pitching, rolling and yawing of the ship. The front end would point skyward as it climbed wave after wave,
then dive down the other side, until the bow was terrifyingly underwater, then it would rear up again, pointing
skyward, as thousands of gallons of salt water rushed across the decks from front to rear, sometimes injuring
some of the more foolish passengers who ventured out on the heaving deck, by slamming them against the
rigging, freight, cabin and bulwarks of the ship.

Practically all the women and children spent most of their time below deck with the women tending to the
constantly sick children, who would vomit as soon as they ate anything at all. Many of them were running a
fever, from drinking the already-stagnant, untreated and contaminated fresh water onboard. They, and many
of the adults were lying and sitting, staring listlessly, in a brew of vomit and human excrement in the ships
hold, for days. Some for weeks. The ships captain and crew advised the passengers to eat only rice, or
bread, but no meat or anything greasy for the first 3 days or more. Of course, the passengers had no desire
whatsoever for anything greasy and the mere thought sent most running for the "slop jars" used as
commodes and toilets by all on board. These usually rolled and fell over, emptying their odorous mixture into
the hold and on the flooring and all over any nearby passengers and their clothing. The stench below deck
was indescribable.

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With no way to treat the passengers, everyone on board watched helplessly as child after child and adult
after adult slowly died, over the next 10 weeks. With no other choice in what to do with the dead bodies, they
were simply dumped overboard and left at sea. The suffering, sorrow and heart-wrenching, gut-twisting
anguish, of those who had to do that with the bodies of their dead relatives, children and spouses, can only
be imagined, as they watched the bodies bobbing and floating slowly away with the waves.

six weeks went by and several of the adults were now dead. Some of those were husbands, traveling with
their families, leaving their hapless wives and children on their own in the middle of the ocean, among
strangers, headed for a totally unknown land and the terrifying, unknown, unplanned, and as proved later,
disastrous consequences which awaited them.

So it was, that this nightmarish trip finaly ended near the end of the eleventh week at sea, when the ships
Lookout yelled from the "Crows Nest" that he had spotted land. At this news, the passengers who were still
able to move, rushed to the side of the ship to look, with the joyful thought that this total nightmare was about
to end. Little did they know their nightmare was only just beginning.The ship approached land cautiously, the
captain not being certain of the exact layout of the body of land the Lookout had spotted. Searching for the
mouth of the Pamlico River and a fort with more than a hundred earlier settlers already there at Bath, NC,
was not easy, with no navigational methods, except intuition and memory. He ordered the crew to lower sails
and drop anchor, to allow an exploratory party on a dinghy to paddle closer in to the shallower water and get
a look at the land. Suddenly, from around a finger of land, sailing towards the English ship, was a Spanish
Man-O-War ship, bristling with deck cannons. Upon seeing the English ship, the Spanish commander,
ordered his crew to lower sails, come to a halt and drop anchor, perhaps 2,000 feet away, and then
dispatched two row boats to the English ship for boarding and investigation.

However, the english ships captain indicated his ship was English, in free waters, and not subject to any
authority of the Spanish king, and ordered his crew to fire on the Spanish ship with two of the deck cannons.
The two shots missed. The fire was answered almost instantly, with a volley from the Spanish ship, with one
of the shells striking the main mast of the English ship, causing it to drop to the deck, killing three of the
settlers and injuring 3 others, who had gathered to watch the confrontation. Working desperately to bring its
cannons to bear amid all the tied-down household goods on deck, the English ship returned fire, but this time
with five deck cannons. Two of its shells struck the Spanish ship almost amidship and severely damaged the
vessel. With that, the Spanish captain waved the white flag, indicating surrender, but the English captain, not
wanting to incur the problem of having to control the Spanish crew while trying to deliver the settlers to land,
ordered a hasty departure from the area, picking up his exploratory boat and crewmen before doing so.

Continuing his slow search, for the mouth of the River, the ship finaly approached the entrance and
continued sailing up the river. They eventually approached a wooden fort, triangular in shape, measuring four
hundred feet by four hundred feet by four hundred feet, constructed of logs set into the ground with
sharpened tops pointing skyward and within which there were sixteen small, one-room log cabins with dirt
floors.

At each of the 3 points on the forts triangular walls were guard and lookout towers for protection against
marauding Indians who attacked them from time to time. Within the fort, there were perhaps seventy-five
surviving settlers and outside its walls, the remainder, wildly cheering, shouting and waving a welcome to the
ship and its newcomers, in the mistaken belief that the ship carried food, medicine and supplies for the forts
current occupants. The captain ordered his crew to lower the sails and drop anchor, in six fathoms, thirty-six
feet, of water, about 300 feet from shore.

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The captain ordered the rowboat lowered and again three crewmen were sent ashore to determine a
satisfactory anchorage location for the ship which would allow the passengers to unload. Shortly, the three
men returned with the news that the anchorage was satisfactory where the ship had stopped and its
passengers would have to be unloaded a few at a time, and carried ashore in the ships two small rowboats,
because of shallower water near shore. Already with inadequate supplies, especially foodstuffs, these
additional settlers just meant increased suffering and hardship for all concerned, for those already in the fort
were desperately short of food and clean, fresh water. In addition, many among them were seriously sick,
with nothing left in the way of medicine.

The paying passengers were unloaded first, with all their belongings. The ships Captain, knowing that there
were some among those already on shore who had money furnished by The London Company, a private
english business, and that they desperately needed able, manual laborers and helpers, offered the remaining
passengers and their children to the highest bidder on shore, who would pay their fares.

Upon striking a bargain, the hapless victims of this auction, were required to sign a twelve-month contract, to
perform free labor in return for the highest bidders payment, as the bidder should see fit. The "Sheriff" at the
fort was also present to enforce the contracts. Families of men who had died or were killed during the
overseas trip, were then offered to the highest bidder as "Servants".

Most such families had to be separated and split up, because the winning Bidder could not provide and care
for another family of a mother and children and his own too. Therefore, many families were thus destroyed at
the fort, as those children and mothers were split up and assigned to several different bidders.The heartache
of the mothers watching their children being divided up among different, unknown and unfamiliar families and
as learned later, to have them leave the fort for parts unknown, never to be seen again by her or each other,
must have been horrible.

Within the fort, life was a living hell. It was cold at the time and it rained just often enough to keep the
grounds of the fort and the floors of the cabins in a swirl of nasty, sloppy, sticky mud almost knee deep from
all the activity and people constantly moving about inside the fort. Over the next few weeks, sickness from
the lack of adequate food and nourishment, contaminated water, exposure to the weather and contagious
diseases, steadily decimated the population. Restful sleep was out of the question, due to the constant noise,
sickness, misery, hunger, cold, Indian attacks and worry. With no medical care, these luckless people could
only pray for their loved ones and themselves to get well, with no hope of a better life in the future.

By now, they all realized they were helplessly lost in the situation and that they had no choice but to go
forward and hope for the best. As time went on, a few brave men ventured away from the fort and settlement,
sometimes traveling a few miles and back, looking for a route to move their families southward so they could
obtain their own land as they had heard could be done. They wanted desperately to get out of that hellish fort
and start their own lives, for they considered it certain death to remain there. So, in early spring a few and
sometimes several in a group would leave the fort and seek their own future.

Later, oxen, mules, carts and wagons would be available to travel, but at that time, walking was the only way
to travel, so the trip they made, looking for their own land, and carrying all they owned on their backs was
another long and difficult trial, having only animal and Indian trails to follow, which lead in the southerly
direction desired. They traveled in daylight and camped at night, cautiously avoiding all contact with the

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Indians if at all possible. Many Indians were murderous and would kill any and all white people on sight, no
questions asked. When Indian contact could not be avoided, all in the settlers groups, held their breaths,

never knowing if they were about to be killed until it was too late for many. The settlers always tried first to
trade their way out of any such confrontations, offering trinkets, beads, whatever they had brought for the
purpose.

The Indians, having never seen such shiny things, treasured them very highly and such trades were
frequently successful, allowing the settlers to proceed on their journey. As for our ancestor Abraham, he was
destined to leave shortly. In his opinion to say that was good, was a gross understatement. After working for
several months, he decided he liked the countryside there and he acquired some land as "Squatters Rights",
along with several other newcomers. His log house was attacked several times by Indians, mostly hunting
parties of six to eight men, but he managed to get his flintlock rifle and fire a shot at them. A few times, he
killed an Indian. But it was the noise that drove them away, for they didn't know what else that noisy thing
might be able to do. Perhaps wipe them all out. Several times, the Indians were drunk on whiskey which they
had traded for at the fort and in such cases, were not as afraid of his gun.

Travel from place to place, county to county, state to state: Traveling with wagons full of their meager
supplies, tools and household goods, all the men carried muskets, powder and shot and these weapons
usually saved them from the Indians when a shot was fired. It terrified the indians even more when one or
two of them were killed by these weapons, but it also made the Indians hate the settlers more and made
them more murderous.

With two men going on ahead of the group to hunt deer and any other edible thing they could find along the
planned trail, including trading with Indians, the group lived from day to day and traveled that way. When
deer were found, the group could handle four or five, depending on the size of the deer, by dividing the meat
to be carried among themselves. They had to eat the meat within two days, or it would begin to rot. They
could have preserved it longer than that by smoking it, but that would have taken too much time. Also, the
smoke and smell of the meat would sometimes attract Indians and dangerous wild animals such as bears
and panthers.

Early spring squash, corn and other vegetables were traded and acquired from the Indians and from a few
trading posts, along the trail. They also found wild turnips and polk bushes could be cooked like turnip greens
and eaten, after boiling to remove most of its poisonous juices. Ironically, we owe a lot to the indians for
helping our early settlers, to survive. During the trip, a few streams were flooded and many crossings were
disastrous at best for the travelers, wagons, animals and supplies, even with the wagons loaded, they would
easily half-float and just as easily overturn during any crossing attempt. Thus, they had to be kept upright by
ropes tied to them and being stabilized on both sides by mules, horses, or oxen and riders, keeping the
ropes tight. Sometimes people drowned while the wagons were attempting such crossings and overturned in
the fast-flowing water. Small children and especially infants were in the greatest danger during these
crossings and many of them and some adults also died in the process, being caught in, and under, all the
freight and household goods on the wagons.

After 3 days of travel, the advance hunting party had killed six deer and hauled them to the trail along which
the wagons would soon be traveling. While waiting for them, the hunters skinned and butchered the fresh
meat and made it ready for consumption. Every day a couple of hours before dark, the travelers stopped the
wagons and formed them in a protective circle. Some men set to work gathering feed for the oxen and mules
and watering the animals, while others cut and stacked enough firewood for the night. Meanwhile, the

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women and older girls prepared places to sleep and cooked supper.

After supper, the men watered the animals again and secured them for the night by tying them with "pigging
strings" which were wires or ropes strung between two trees, or "hobbles" which simply means tying the feet
of the animals together, to prevent them walking or running off during the night. The hobbles also served as a
hindrance to any Indians who tried to make off with the animals, because the animals could not walk, or even
trot. Knowing that Indians might steal their livestock, the wagonmaster assigned two shifts of night guards for
the camp and the livestock for the night. Finaly, just before midnight, all people not working were asleep and
the night sounds of crying babies, chirps of crickets and small animal sounds were all that could be heard.

A small fire was kept burning all night in order to scare away the bigger wild animals. During the night, the
mosquitos buzzed incessantly around the heads and in the ears of those trying to sleep. Some nights it
rained all night and everything stayed wet, making the travelers more miserable than would otherwise be the
case. With muddy trails, mosquitos, snakes, cold weather, rain, sick children, overturning wagons, lack of
trails to follow, indians and things staying wet, the increased pain, misery and suffering quickly became a way
of life. On any typical day, everyone on the wagon train was up at 4 a.m. and immediately set to work,
repeating the jobs they had done the night before; Feeding and watering the animals, and filling all the water
barrels while the women prepared breakfast, usually consisting of hoecakes, fried meat and coffee for
everybody. Then the children had to be cared for and fed.

After breakfast, everything had to be repacked, reloaded and lashed down on the wagons, the livestock had
to be rounded up and kept together until the wagons began moving. The hunters went first. By the time the
group was ready to go, most people were already tired from lack of sleep and from all the work that had been
done at the beginning of the day. The night guards had most of the day to try for some sleep, but that was
not easy on a loud, bumpy and very uncomfortable wagon. Finaly, with the wagon train on the move, the
loose livestock were a huge problem because of the little control the settlers were able to exercise over them.
Keeping them on the trail of the wagons required constant chasing, steering and caring for them all day.

Along the way, they passed a few outposts and supply/trading posts which were built of logs and occupied
usually by previous settlers who found living along the route to be a little easier by buying, selling and trading
goods such as tools, weapons, animal hides and edibles from the Indians and other settlers, and the passing
wagon trains. In the absence of money, the trade of goods was the prevalent way of doing business. These
outposts also served as sources of information to all travelers concerning other settlers, indians, forts, and
directions, but most importantly, they provided information on Indian troubles and trouble spots such as trees
down, trail washouts, stream crossings, or landslides, or large trees across the trails ahead

HOW THEY LIVED

Upon arriving at a new destination, the travelers learned that the government would sell frontier land at a low
cost per hundred acres, with the stipulation that the buyer would clear and plant 3 acres of the land every
calendar year, for every hundred acres received, up to a limit of about 260 acres per family, depending upon
the number of people in the family. Prior to the establishment of local land offices, no limits existed on
acreage for new settlers.

From earlier settlers in the area, they learned that although the land was free, many of them worked as
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share-croppers, or at other work for various periods of time. Some worked as carpenters, wagon makers,
"coopers" (barrel makers/carpenters), seamstresses, tailors, blacksmiths, shoe makers and so forth. But
most worked as share-croppers and that means performing back-breaking, common labor, farming someone

else's land for them, for half of whatever is produced, after expenses are subtracted. The prevalent crops
were corn, peanuts, tobacco, cotton, and tar or pitch, but with tobacco and cotton being the principal crops.
However, The English government wanted lots of tar, which the settlers harvested from the abundant pine
trees in the area. England would buy this production for a pittance, and take trade in payment too. In
acquiring title to public land being transferred for the first time by the Government back then, the buyer
received a "Patent". But when transferring ownership of that same land after that, the new buyer would
receive a "Deed". Therefore, these first arrivals received Patents, sometimes referred to as "Grants". But
Grants were usually free land acquired from the government, for some service rendered. The acquisition of
land, or a job, was the first step in a monstrous, lifetime work project for everyone concerned, for the land
had to be cleared not only of trees, but also of their stumps and many large rocks.

Digging up and moving stumps is a hugely demanding job and I speak from personal experience. It takes two
strong men about one hour of fast, hard work to expose all the roots of the stump of a mature tree. Once all
the roots are cut loose from the main stump, there is almost always a very deep, long and large taproot,
which grows straight downward from the base of the stump, meaning you cannot get at it to cut it because
the stump and its upper roots cover it from above and it is so deep that much back-breaking digging with
shovels, and chopping with axes is necessary. Once the stump has been cut loose however, a two-mule
team was chained to it and if they were strong enough it could usually be pulled up. Then it would have to be
dragged down into the swamp and left there, or stacked in the field to be burned after drying out for four or
five weeks. One hour for one stump, when there are hundreds, usually thousands of them, meant a huge,
back-breaking and time- consuming job which produced no food or any other benefit of any kind in the short
term.

But, with shelter being the immediate need on a new tract of land, the settlers set about working in teams,
first clearing their spots for log houses. Those rich and fortunate enough to own wagons were lucky, because
crude Lean-to's made of sapling trees were the first shelters for the less fortunate. Those with wagons could
live for a time in the wagon and even expand its space by attaching a lean-to to it.

The location of their log houses was important and they were located as close as possible to a source of
good drinking water, preferably a spring. Having to dig a forty or fifty foot-deep well, was a luxury which could
be ill-afforded, when they didn't even have a house to live in. They worked together to get the jobs done,
handling the big, heavy logs, working on first one house, then the other, cutting the trees down, trimming
them and dragging the resulting logs to the house site. The debarking and splitting of the logs and putting up
the framework and then making hundreds of thousands of handmade wooden shingles for the roofs, took
several weeks. Dirt floors sufficed at the time. Houses were crude and consisted of only one room. Wooden
floors and porches were luxuries which would have to wait.

The clearing of land and construction of houses took several of the summer months and the settlers were
hard-pressed to get the houses done and a supply of firewood cut for the 4 to 5 months of winter which lay
just ahead of them, beginning in November. They also needed lots of animal hides, dried and cured,
prepared for the winter, by the women and children. Teamwork among all concerned was an absolute
necessity and meant the difference between life and death most of the time. Syrup and cornbread for
breakfast, turnips or grease/gravy and cornbread for lunch/dinner and the same for supper, were their
primary foods.

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Meat was a rarity because of the small supply of gunpowder and shot, which were expensive and needed for
protection from Indians which was a priority.That forced them to use traps for wild animals and meat. Meat
was preserved by smoking it for a week or more, but that required a small smokehouse and lots of wood,

then someone to attend to the smoking process. Vegetables were mostly non-existent most of that first
summer season. At that time, they had no means of communicating over long distances with each other
except by runner and in cases of Indian attacks, which occurred too frequently, the runner himself would
become the prime target of the Indians.

Before long however, those who could afford one, had put a large iron bell up on a 30 foot pole at the edge of
their yards which were rung by pulling a rope. About noon every day, the ringing of these bells meant come
and eat, to the field workers. With houses so far apart, it was clear whose bell was ringing. If the bell rang at
any other time, especially at night, it meant an emergency had occurred at that particular house, and anyone
hearing it ran to help. Five peals of the bell meant come and eat. Ten meant emergency here, need help.
Twenty, meant a life or death situation had developed at that house and when an emergency occurred some
rode their mules at a dead run, whether in daytime, or the dead of night. But when the bell rang at night, it
filled everyone with dread, for it was a sure sign of very serious trouble at that house. The house was on fire,
someone was dying, they were being attacked by Indians, or other disasters were occurring. The settlers
were collectively hard working people who supported and cared for one another. Each depended on the
others for help if anything happened because the situation could easily reverse tomorrow and usually did.

Women worked themselves to death for their children. Everyone starved because of the lack of adequate
and nourishing food. Most mothers were too starved themselves to feed the babies much and breast milk or
cows milk were painfully inadequate and usually not available. Cows milk was very scarce. Medical care was
non-existent and even if they could find a doctor, he was either too busy, gone to take care of someone else,
or they had no money to pay him. Besides he usually only had herbs and/or Indian cures for medicine. So
people, especially young ones, mothers and babies most of all, were sick a lot on top of the miserable lives
they lived. During childbirth, women were almost always attended by other women and many died from
excessive loss of blood and infection, following childbirth. More died from being undernourished.

In the absence of adequate medical care, many babies died from all types of sicknesses usually brought on
by their own malnourishment, lack of medical care and unsanitary living conditions. Everybody usually went
barefooted. Most but not all women, had one pair of shoe's called "Sunday go to meeting shoe's", because
church services, visiting, marriages, or funerals were about the only times they were ever worn.

Although the early settlers had no schools, when one was finaly built, the children had to walk back and forth
to it every day. Sometimes, that was a long distance and school was usually considered a waste of time.
With this country being primarily agricultural then, that attitude prevailed until the 1940's. Very few children
went higher than the second or third grade because they were needed to work in the fields and little
knowledge was needed for that.This was a case of "strong backs and weak minds". Consequently, even two
hundred years after the early Bedsoles arrived here, many still could not read or write and for the few who
could, they had very little "book learning" and usually forgot what little they knew in a short period of time,
because their primary way of life was farming. So, the vast majority of them never went to school at all.

Those who did had to endure unmerciful hounding and being laughed at by all the others, who spent any free
time ridiculing and pointing at each others bare butts, and falling-apart, ragged, hand me down, faded, handmade
pants, shirts, coats, dresses and blouses, which were made either of cloth, leather, or canvas-like
material, usually held together with wire and pegs or nails. Girls, although barefooted like all the rest, usually

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wore dresses made of the lightest cloth available at the time. Unfortunately, this was usually also canvas-like,
leather, or hand made cloth. In the winter, everyone suffered mightily from the lack of shoes, socks and
winter clothing designed for the purpose. Although the soles of their feet were tough from going barefooted,

their feet almost froze in the winter and when thawed-out, all the children cried for hours with the throbbing
pain in their feet.

Back then, winter clothing was very inadequate and the majority of earlier settlers made them from deer and
bear hides. Covers for their beds were also animal hides in the winter. Any such hides not properly cured,
were infested with bugs and worms and this was a continuing problem for them. Imagine having to sleep on
a bed made of tree limbs, lying on and under animal hides which were infested with these parasites, which
you had to listen to crawling around in your bed all night. Boiling the hides killed these bugs, but made the
hides extremely stiff and unpliable.

The women did learn to make shoes from heavy canvas-like cloth by triple-layering the cloth and sewing
them several times. These were usually made only for the men because of all the walking they did in the
fields and woods. However, such "Shoes" only lasted perhaps 4 weeks. Later, as softer cloth became
available, shirts and dresses were made of fertilizer or flour sack material, in addition to "Store bought" cloth.
The fertilizer sack material was so rough, thick and stiff, it was like wearing sandpaper. After turning their
heads a few times, the necks of wearers would be raw and sore. Consequently, the fertilizer bag material
was immensely disliked. Almost all clothing was hand-made by the women, regardless of how crude such
clothing was and appeared to be.

In the fall, several women would get together and make quilts by suspending a framework from the ceiling of
the house and then sitting around this in wooden, straight-back chairs, they sewed together the thousands of
small pieces of cloth they had collected all year, into a bottom sheet. This was then layered with cotton from
which they had removed the seeds. This was then covered with another piece of cloth and Finally the
finished quilt was sewed. The problem was, there were always small bugs, weevils and mites in the cotton
and no way to get them out, except by boiling in lye soap, otherwise everyone lived with them. At night, they
could be heard moving around inside the quilts and pillows.

Storing And Preserving Food

There was no way to store, preserve, or save vegetables except for dried peas, onions, corn, beans and
potatoes. But even those were eaten by pests. Barns were filled to the roof with corn in the fall, but in the
three months of December, January and February it was just about gone. Much of it eaten by the rats and
mice. As the Bedsoles acquired additional livestock and had more children over time, this problem was
magnified due to the initial houses, barns and cribs being painfully small and no longer capable of holding the
increased need for an adequate supply of food and feed and the lack of vegetable preservation for long
periods of winter weather.This of course, necessitated the enlargement of existing, and/or construction of
new, larger storage buildings, all of which added to the already terrible daily workload.

In short order, with no way to protect their buildings from termites, rats and other destructive pests, and due
to leaks in the roofs, the barns and cribs became ramshackle, falling down, dilapidated buildings, sitting close
to the ground, full of grub worms, weevils, rats by the thousands, snakes, beetles and other bugs coming in
through the thousands of holes and cracks in the walls, floors and roofs. These pests were all eating the corn
and other winter food which had been saved for the families. Bears quickly learned that the smokehouses
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scattering, spoiling and destroying the contents. This required immediate attention when it happened,
because meat was a commodity which was widely and highly treasured as food and for trade. Many times
the protection of the meat meant someone had to stay up and guard the smokehouse every night. This also

meant one less person to work in the fields to produce food. Whatever corn could be salvaged for food, had
to be taken to a mill or hand-ground with rocks into meal for cornbread from time to time. Since one-third of
the meal had to be given to the miller in payment for the grinding, too little was left for the family to last out a
long winter season.

Because of all the bugs and rats, when the women started to cook bread, they had to spend an hour before
that picking the weevils, worms, bugs and especially rat excrement out of the meal. Nobody worried much
about things like rat and mice droppings though, which were too small and numerous to pick out of the meal.
It was just considered "Flavoring" for lack of a better word.

There was no way to keep green vegetables through the winter months, but potato's were stored by digging
a hole in the ground about 4 feet across and 3 feet deep, lining it with dry pine straw, filling the hole with
potato's, then covering them with more pine straw. The turpentine in the straw would keep out the rats, bugs
and worms. Hand made wooden shingles were made and stuck in the ground around these holes at an angle
leaning towards the center so they formed a kind of teepee. The shingles were then covered with about a
foot of dirt. But the problem was, if just one potato started to rot, as they usually did for any reason at all, the
entire lot was lost within 3 to 5 days. In general, the most the farmers could hope for was half of what was
stored to last long enough to be eaten. That meant they had to produce and store twice as much as they
needed in order to have enough for the winter months after spoilage and pests were taken into consideration.
But that meant more cleared land, more planting and constant cultivation until harvest time.

The various but increasing needs of these families constantly demanded more and more time and labor.
Dried Peas and beans could be kept in bags but many times those were not available. When they were, the
rats soon ate holes in the bags and pests of every kind got to them and into them too. In the summer,
everybody had so much work to do they had little time to prepare, plant and take care of a garden. Work in
the fields was a twelve months a year, seven days a week, fourteen hours a day job. Hunting was limited to
meat for food, or animal hides, for clothes and bed covers. It was generally not done for fun or pleasure.

Many people could not afford a gun and with so many kids around all the time, they were afraid to have one.
However, due to the danger from Indians and wild animals, almost everyone eventually acquired a gun from
necessity to acquire food. But with the smaller wild animals such as rabbits, possums and raccoons and the
inaccuracy of the guns at longer distances, sometimes the only choice for getting these small animals was
traps and animals were usually too smart to fall for traps. So meat was a real rarity and a huge treat when
acquired. Invariably though, all the neighbors came over to share when it was acquired by any family, if they
did'nt live too far away. In due time, a log store was built near the Beaverdam settlement and trade became a
way of life.

The settlers and Indians traded with and among the store and themselves and of course, the people all
traded with the store owner. They traded cloth, sugar, salt, grease, eggs, skins, leather, vegetables, fruit,
lead, gunpowder, clothing, smoked meat, corn, lumber, shoes, farming tools and etc. and in a constant
stream, more and more such goods made their way from the supply ships and ports from England to ports in
Louisiana, Virginia, North Carolina, New York, Philadelphia and other ports in the "New Land" and then to the
frontier settlements via wagon trains. Marauding Indians quickly learned to rob and steal these supplies and
many times, to kill the accompanying people.

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The addition of guards to these wagons followed, but this necessitated higher prices being paid by the
settlers and farmers for the goods being transported, due to the cost of the guards to the transporter.

Washing Clothes; A Big Job

Carrying water for washing clothes was a long and tedious job added to the copious firewood requirement for
this task. On washday, the work usually began at 3 o'clock in the morning, with the filling of the washpot,
which was a big, 3-legged iron pot always sitting in the backyard. It held about 30 gallons of water, which
meant 20 to 30 trips carrying water to the pot, then the same to get more for rinsing. When the spring or
stream was a thousand feet away, that meant 60,000 feet, or about eleven miles of walking just to wash
clothes.

The fire was started with a huge pile of wood around and under the pot. This would allow the water to start
heating up, while breakfast was prepared and the mules, oxen and cows were fed and watered. The washing
of clothes would begin about five o'clock in the morning and would last until six o'clock in the evening. Days
before this, soap had to be made by boiling fat meat and lye to produce a greasy type of "soap". If no fat
meat was available, clothes had to be washed in plain water. So on wash day, this blob of "Soap" was cut
into bar shapes and used to wash the dirtiest of the clothes.The job of making soap and washing clothes
always fell on the women and older daughters, if any were available.

The clothes were boiled in the soapy water and each piece carried by a short, narrow board from the pot to
the "battling block" (Batting Block)which was a block of hickory or oak wood mounted on 3 legs so that the
flat end of this block was available like a cutting board upon which the clothes were placed one piece at a
time and beaten and put back into the pot for more boiling, until clean. This beating acted sort of like an
agitator does in present-day washing machines to clean the clothes. Of course, beating them wore them out
a whole lot sooner too. When all the clothes were thus washed, boiled, beaten and then rinsed, they were
hung out to dry on bushes, a fence, or whatever was available.

The lye soap used for this, was so caustic, at the end of wash day, the small hands of the women and girls
had big, very painful, raw places on them where large pieces of skin had been eaten and torn away by the
caustic lye, blisters and hard work with the board. These raw places usually took about two weeks to heal,
just in time for the next washday. This work was a nightmare in the summer, also due to the heat of the fire
around the pot. But during winters it was much worse. Imagine how cold one would get wearing thin, ragged
clothes, standing outside in the ten degree-wind all day and staying wet most of that time.

Mules And Oxen; True Beasts Of Labor

These beasts of burden however, were well known for being mean, hateful, stubborn, stupid and almost
always murderous, and people were very wisely cautious around them. Weighing around twelve hundred
pounds, maybe more, they would bite, kick, trample, hook and stomp whoever was ignorant or absentminded
enough to get within range, including their owners, and many adults and children were frequently
seriously injured, disabled, or killed by them. Catching and harnessing or hitching these animals to plows,
wagons, stumps and other things always required extreme caution on the part of their handlers who were
frequently relatively young children.

These animals were the backbone of just about every hard job the farmers did and labored constantly from
dawn to dusk for endless days, weeks, months and years They were little-appreciated and seldom given any

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credit or recognition for all their labors and accomplishments. In fact, most early settlers usually beat their
animals mercilessly all the time with long switches to make them pull harder to pull up stumps, pull plows,
pull heavily loaded wagons, to work faster, and endless other such tasks.

They were never given anything more than food and water, but were always kept penned or tied up when not
working. They were never allowed to roam free because of the inability of their owners to control and recover
them. Sometimes they broke out of their pens during the night, causing a major uproar when they were found
to be missing. If they wandered off and were captured by someone else, the rightful owner had the problem
of proving ownership and resulting arguments over this, frequently erupted into fights, killings and feuds
between, by, and among, the parties involved, because the livelihood and very survival of the owner and his
family depended to a very great extent, if not totally, on these animals.

I remember one case in my own life, back in the 1930's, when a fifteen year old neighbor of our's was riding
their mule from the field to the barn one late afternoon, when the mule suddenly went into a fit of rage,
bucking and kicking and threw the boy head over heels up in the air. He landed on his back on top of a stump
about thirty inches high. It broke his back in several places and there was nothing at all the doctors could do
for that kind of injury in the 1930's. He was bedridden and his parents had the difficult job of turning him
every few hours, all day and all night, until he finaly died, almost two weeks later. I can still hear him
screaming every time they tried to move him. I cannot imagine the suffering and torture he and his parents
had to live through, during that time.

Planting Time

In early spring, the cleared land had to be plowed under with a plow pulled by two mules, or oxen which were
more plentiful than mules. These plows had a kind of steel "wing" on them, which turned a strip of dirt about 6
inches wide, upside down and when a field was finished, it was ready for planting. Imagine plowing a field of
200 acres, 6 inches at a time, taking about 20 minutes for one pass, or from one end of the field to the other.
The amount of time and the walking and handling of the plow and team was very demanding, difficult and
time-consuming.

Once the field was prepared for planting, if not already on hand, the corn, cotton or other seeds had to be
somehow acquired, either through purchase or some kind of trade. Corn was planted with two kernels every
30 inches. An extra kernel, in case the first didn't sprout. We now know that corn planters in modern day
Nebraska and Kansas, successfully plant 90 or more seeds in the same 30 inch strip, producing 30 to 50
times as much corn on the same piece of land. Nevertheless, the old way of planting persisted until about
1950.

So the harvest back then was pitifully small for all crops, due to the ignorance of the settlers, further
worsening their already pathetically deprived lives, due to small crop yields. Low production also meant they
had less to eat and to trade, for things they desperately needed all year long. The reason they planted so few
seeds was the belief that they would "overplant" and "Burn out" the land. At a time when their very survival
depended upon their ability to produce, their actual knowledge, beliefs and actions in such production was
vastly inadequate and contrary to their needs for production, survival consumption, and prosperity.

Bedding Cane

This was a long, hard job done in the fall, when everybody cut down the stalks of cane, dug a hole about four
feet deep and sixty feet long, piled the stalks in it and covered them with about three feet of dirt.

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This was to preserve the cane through the winter and keep it from freezing and bursting, thereby becoming
useless. However, during the coldest part of winter, some cane would be uncovered and the leaves stripped
from each stalk, the stalks chopped into one-foot lengths and each piece planted in the field in preparation

for growing and harvesting it and making syrup. This was a hated and dreaded job, because the cane was
covered with ice in the winter and without gloves, the hands would freeze and become numb and then, over
and over, had to be thawed out so they would work again. This meant frequent periods of excruciating pain
when they were thawing out. Nobody had gloves back then and even if some had been available, the
Bedsoles could not have afforded them, as they were considered an unnecessary "luxury".

Making Syrup

This was another back-breaking job, always performed in the worst of winter, usually January and February,
because this was a period of relative "down time" in the fields and farming. The cane, which had been cut
and stripped of leaves and tops was now hauled to the cane mill, usually located in the pasture. The mill
consisted of two barrel-like iron rollers, mounted on 3 spraddled legs.

The rollers turned against each other and crushed the cane between them. They were turned by a mule,
which pulled a long pole round and round, turning the rollers through a set of steel gears.The juice poured
from the rollers into a collector vat, or barrel, then strained through a piece of cloth, poured into a cooking vat
about five inches deep, four feet wide and six feet long, tilted slightly, but with baffles in it to slow down the
flow of the juice towards the spout at the opposite end of the vat, thus allowing it more time to cook. With a
roaring fire, (which means someone had to cut, split, haul, and stack wood, for days) under the vat, the juice
slowly cooked, evaporating the water in it, as it oozed to the other end of the pan where it poured out in a
small, steady stream of syrup, into cans, jugs, or even into 55 gallon barrels. If this juice was undercooked, it
had an awful, "flat" taste and if it was cooked too long, it was burnt and the taste, although different, was
nevertheless just as awful. So, proper cooking time and temperature, were absolutely necessary. Great
knowledge and skill were needed to avoid wasting this very important food and trade item.

Acquiring Firewood

Cold weather was a real problem back then and a never-ending source of suffering and sickness. But the
constant shortage of adequate food, was the absolute worst of all problems they had to deal with every day.
Mountains of firewood were needed all the time. In the summer, it was used for cooking. In the fall, cooking,
smoking meat. In the winter, it was needed to heat the house. It was needed all the time for washing clothes,
making soap and the cane mill.

So, for long full-time periods of labor and in any spare time, the Bedsoles sawed down trees, trimmed trees,
sawed up logs, chopped limbs, split logs, toted wood, loaded wood, hauled wood, stacked wood and then
repeated it all in the hunt for "Literd" (Lighter wood), which was old, dry pine stumps and the hunt for what
was called knots, or literd knots which were rich in pitch and resin and which were used by everyone to start
fires. Because of this, pine stumps were kept and dried out. The literd was cut into fine splinters which were
easily lit and which, due to its high turpentine content, burned fiercely for a very short time, but hopefully long
enough to dry out and set fire to the regular firewood stacked on top of it, usually consisting of split pine.oak
or hickory wood was preferred because these burned slower and produced a hotter fire.

But oak and hickory were hard, dense wood and required much backbreaking chopping and sawing to
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all the holes in the walls, floors and roof's, there was no way in the world to get warm in the winter time. Once
they thought the settlers had enough mountains of wood, for the fireplace to last all winter, that work
temporarily slacked off, but then it was discovered they had to do it all over again for the cane mill, washing

clothes and for the making of soap.In the winter, they had to put so many covers and animal skins on the bed
to keep from freezing, they could barely turn over with all that weight bearing down on them.

After supper during winter, everyone always had to shell peanuts, shuck corn, work on leather, repair stuff, or
do something for another three hours before going to bed. So they sat in the "living room", which always had
two or three double beds in it anyway and sniffled and froze to death while they did that work too. They
couldn't wait to get in bed and hopefully warm up some. Nobody had adequate winter clothes, so everybody
froze equally. Most people wore 2 pair of breeches, two shirts and some kind of coat, if any
or all of that was available, which was seldom the case. Some wore animal hides as overcoats. But no matter
how tired people got, there was no such thing as a vacation or time off. Any time off meant someone else
had to take up the slack and this was usually followed by a period of less to eat.

Seeds For Planting

Producing, preparing and storing corn, peanuts, cotton and other seeds meant they had to be bagged and
stored as they were prepared. The shelling of peanuts and corn was always done for days and usually lasted
long into the nights, until the smaller kids couldn't stay awake any longer.

With the passage of time and the time-consuming tediousness of the seed work, someone hit on the idea of
holding a "Peanut Shelling" at his house one Saturday night and the word spread that single people were
invited and there would be a "cake walk" for them. That meant everybody there would have to shell one "pan"
of peanuts (about five gallons), more or less. With people usually living 3 miles or more apart, the single
people were desperate for a chance to at least see a member of the opposite sex if nothing else and they
were all excited and showed up in droves and any single women always had their parents, or older brothers,
as escorts and guardians.

Three men, who could make a reasonable attempt at music, played a guitar, fiddle and banjo. After the
peanuts were shelled (the farmer tried to get all of them shelled he could) the cake walk was held. In this
case, everybody moved out into the front yard, kerosene lamps were placed on the front porch, lighting the
yard at least some. A circle with numbered squares was drawn in the dirt. The music started, the single
people found themselves a partner, usually someone they had never seen before and holding hands (the
greatest thrill), began walking around the circle as the music played. This was considered very romantic,
especially by the girls.

Being able to hold a girls hand was more than the single guys had even hoped for. The music stopped and
everybody stopped. A number was drawn out of a hat and called out and the couple in that numbered spot,
was the lucky couple and they could go off in a corner somewhere together, but not too far away and
certainly not out of sight, and eat their cake. Cake's were brought by several of the females and were
considered an expense incurred to get the daughters married off. Eventually, over a period of time, these
affairs evolved into full-blown music and dance get-togethers, but was not popular at the same house twice in
any given year as one could almost always count on such turning into a knock-down, drag-out, free for all
fight, before it was over, because someone would always bring moonshine (A big no-no) and start getting
drunk and/or someone would do something or say something offensive to someone else. However, out of
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of the yard, or in the woods near the house and not actually bring it into the house, as the homeowner was
certain to take offense. This homemade whiskey was called "Moonshine" because it was usually made by the
light of the moon, deep in the woods, for privacy.

Gathering Pine Tar And Pitch

This is absolutely the nastiest, hottest, most exhausting and despicable job anyone could ever do. As it was
done back in the 1700's, it was still being done like this in my lifetime: The pine trees were scarred by cutting
the bark 6 to 8 times in the shape of letter V's, so that all the points of convergence of the cuts, caused the
resulting "Bleeding" turpentine to flow down the cuts and drip ever so slowly into small oblong, metal cups,
mounted and fastened to the trees with nails.

Every 15 days or so, each cup had to be cleaned and scraped out and all the turpentine collected from them
emptied into small, five gallon buckets, which were then carried by two people, to the waiting mule or ox-
drawn carts or wagons where it was poured and scraped into 40 to 50 gallon barrels. This was then carried
to a "mill" where the turpentine was cooked until the majority of water in it had evaporated and what was left
was a black, thick and sticky goo, which is true tar. This was sold not liquid and traded for other, more-
needed goods. It was also shipped to England where it was used to soak tough hemp cords which were then
used to pack into and seal cracks between the planks of the hulls of ships. Much tar was needed by England
and as time went on, with more and more such ships being produced in this country, more and more tar was
bought, sold and traded here too. The big problem was, the worker invariably got the sticky turpentine all
over himself, his hair, clothes, hands, tools, barrels, boxes and everything else he touched or came into
contact with. Then, unless he had quick access to kerosene, he had a makor cleanup problem.

Religion Back Then

When without a church, and at the earliest opportunity, the people would gather and begin building a "Brush
Arbor", which consisted of several sapling trees, cut down and trimmed and set into the ground as uprights.
This was then crisscrossed on top with more small limbs and covered with small, leafy limbs and grass, to
provide a kind of shelter to ward off the hot sun and the nightly dews. Crude benches were also crafted from
half-logs with wooden pegs as legs, which served as seats. The Brush Arbor was usually built in the edge of
someone's pasture and was used as a temporary church. People then were very religious and faithfully
attended their churches and practiced what they preached in terms of their personal conduct, speech, and
daily practices.

Almost all the early Bedsoles belonged to a church, usually of the Quaker faith. Those churches were very
strict about their members and anyone living in the area who did not join, or who were "kicked out " would be
shunned and ostracized by church members. Little or no credit was extended to them. Trade with such
neighbors was almost non-existent. The non-members could not count on help when it was needed from
their neighbors. So, it greatly benefitted all to join the local church. Not to do so, was certain to end in
numerous additional hardships for the family of the refuser.

Any time a church found out one of its members was drinking alcohol, mistreating his wife or children, being
unfaithful to his wife, or was otherwise derelict in the conduct of his personal life, the church pastor and
elders would meet and discuss the situation and approve a plan of action to force the wayward member to
mend his ways. Two or three elders together, would go visit the person and point out the problems and
outline what was required for him or her, to get back within the good graces of the church. If they failed to

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mend their ways, they were visited again and warned that this was their last chance. If that failed, the
wayward member was kicked out of the church.

Not being a member of the church meant that person would not be able to trade their goods for things they
and their family desperately needed. In addition, they could not count on the help and support of church
members, and that fact alone was usually so devastating, it was enough to get the wayward member to
mend his ways. Church members enjoyed many important benefits such as; When anyone got sick, or
injured, everyone gathered there and did whatever they could to help care for the party in need, including
caring for babies and children, the family, cooking, milking cows and doing all the farming, cultivating,
planting, harvesting and other chores normally done by that family. Knowing that tomorrow, the person in
need could very well be any one of them, this practice was looked on as a very valuable thing to have in
ones life, together with the ability to trade among themselves. Caring for each other meant survival, living or
dying, in many cases.

When a member in good standing, moved to another location, they could request a letter of transfer from
their local church to the church at their new location and stay in good graces with the church. However, they
were only allowed 30 days to be accepted into the new church. Preachers and pastors were key people in
everyone's lives and were always treated with the utmost respect and courtesy and were especially cared for
by all the families in the area. It was common practice to invite the Preacher and his family to ones house for
Sunday dinner where the host family always prepared the best food they had for the meal and the guest(s).

Velvet Beans

Picking Velvet Beans was pure torture. They were planted among the corn, so the vines would have
something to grow and run up on and multiply. They were used primarily for cattle feed. Picking velvet beans
was one of the most despicable jobs, next to cotton. The beans are all covered with a thick coating of small
velvety hairs which all have reversed barbs all along the hair, so if the hair sticks in your skin which it will, the
thing could not be pulled out and would break off instead, resulting in skin itching and infections.

The itching and stinging of the skin were horrendous and impossible to describe. The settlers all wore heavy,
thick, guano sack shirts and the thickest pants they had, which were usually made of leather or hides. The
legs were tied around the ankles really tight. The shirt collars were buttoned all the way up. The shirt sleeves
were rolled all the way down and tied tight around the wrists. Still, the velvet got inside the shirts, up the
sleeves, up the pants legs, and inside the clothes. With the weather around one hundred degrees in the
summer and the humidity at about ninety-five percent and these beans being down among the corn where no
breeze could get to the workers, picking them dressed as they were, was pure torture for days on end. The
weaker workers frequently fainted from aggravation and heat exhaustion.

Gathering Corn

The ears of corn had to be pulled from the stalks and put in a sack with a strap which was worn around the
neck. The leaves on corn stalks are also lined on each side of the leaf with reversed needle-like stingers and
a leaf will cut ones skin like a knife. Then the sweat would get in the cuts and burn like fire. By the time they
had been carrying that fifty pound bag of corn around their necks and dumping it in the wagon for twelve
hours, their shoulders and backs would be throbbing and hurting so badly, they could hardly keep from
crying. Working among the stalks of corn meant no breeze could get to them and the heat was torture. Every
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the corn was hauled to the barn and unloaded and stored inside. With one hundred or more, acres of corn,
this was no small job. Corn was used primarily for animal feed and for meal and human consumption in the
form of cornbread. If the family had children age five or higher, they did much of this work. Its hard to imagine

today's children doing any such job, even for five minutes.

Picking Cotton

This was one of the worst, hottest, time-consuming jobs that ever existed in any Bedsole's life. With a 7-foot
long canvas sack strapped around ones neck and shoulders, the cotton was picked and put into the sack,
which dragged on the ground behind the worker, who was either bent over at the waist, or on their knees,
down among the cotton stalks. The cotton bolls all had needle-sharp prongs surrounding the ball of cotton
and when the picker tried to get the cotton, these prongs would inevitably stick into the finger tips and break
off under the skin, causing the pricks to fester and become swollen, red, inflamed and extremely painful.
Within the short span of one day, several of these sores would already be infected in all the fingers which
only made the work more painful and being more careful when picking the cotton, only added to the amount
of time to harvest it. When workers were paid for this work, even in the 1940's, it was half a cent per pound
picked. A normal cotton picker would usually pick 100-125 pounds in a day. That would yield the mind-
boggling sum of fifty to sixty five cents for the entire twelve-hour day. Of course, back in the 1700-1800's, it
was a lot less. When picking in the early morning, the landowner would pay a lot less per pound due to the
dew being on the cotton which he claimed, added false weight to the cotton.

Cultivating and Harvesting Tobacco Leaves

With England demanding all the tobacco they could get, while paying cash for it and taking it in trade, our
ancestors planted and harvested a lot of tobacco. When the tobacco plants were only about 2 feet tall, the
leaves became covered with leaf-eating, long, ugly, green tobacco worms, which had to be picked off of each
leaf by hand. Since these worms usually stayed on the bottom side of the leaves, that meant each leaf had to
be turned upside down in order to see and remove these worms. Once removed, the worms had to be placed
in a sack and destroyed when the sack was full. During the summer months, the tobacco crops had to be
tilled to keep the grass from growing, because the grass reduced their leaf production and stunted the
tobacco plants and resulting crop. In the fall, the tobacco leaves were picked and tied in bundles of perhaps
twelves leaves. These were then hauled from the field in mule, or oxen-drawn wagons and the bundles were
taken to a "Drying house", which was usually a large barn with large vent holes in the roof so that the hot
summer air could flow through the building and dry out the leaves. When the leaves had thus cured "just
right", meaning the leaves looked, felt and smelled right, meaning they were golden brown in color and felt
leathery, they were removed from the drying building and were delivered to a collection point to be sold or
traded and shipped to England to be used for smoking, dipping, or chewing tobacco.

Catching Fish

One could always count on getting stuck with a couple of long and very painful fins. A favorite way of getting
fish was to put out "set hooks". This meant hunting, cutting and preparing small cane poles, lines, weights,
hooks and bait and carrying them to the river and sticking them in the banks usually upstream from where
the fishermen camped. Another way was called "Setting a trot line". It was called "trot" because everyone
would trot to the end of the line which was usually one hundred to two hundred feet long, tied between two
trees, just below the waters surface, with a line and hook tied to it every 18 inches. Sometimes, the trot lines
were tied on opposite sides of the river, or creek, but was usually tied across the mouth of a "slough" ("slew"),

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which was a pond cut off from the stream. This sounds like fun, but when you have to set 200 to 300 of these
and go around to them 3 times during the night to take off the fish and re-bait the hooks, fun it is not.

Everybody constantly slid or fell into the river and stayed wet all night. Another big job which went with this
was spending two to three days hunting and collecting "Puppy dogs" (salamanders, or spring lizards), for
bait. They hid under logs and stumps and piles of wet leaves in the swamps, but only in the swamps, which
meant you had to slog through the muddy, nasty, swamp. This was the only bait which was free and which
the big "Channel cat" catfish would bite.

People couldn't afford to waste time and energy on anything fish would not bite. This exercise was to
produce food for starving families. It was not a side dish, nor something they picked up at the supermarket,
since there was no such thing then. They were fishing for their families to have food and for their very lives.
The next day, it usually took several people an entire day to skin and clean the catfish, cut them up and fry
them. At the table to eat, needless to say, was any neighbor crowd who had gotten the word.

. EARLY INDIAN PROBLEMS

Although indian attacks on white settlers and settlements, in Virginia are listed below, they are only
examples. Indians were just as adversarial and warlike in North Carolina too. For those Bedsoles who were
living here prior to 1800, indians were almost a constant problem and that was true for all states which were
initially "Settled" by pioneers. On top of all the day to day hardships our ancestors were already suffering,
they were frequently savagely attacked and murdered by indians. The examples listed further on, are also
listed in the unpublished manuscript, "Dunsmores Indian Massacres", in the Archives of the Virginia State
Library.

"The Indians are coming up the Sandy," was the first cry of many a Virginia border spy when he rushed into
one of the frontier forts. The report would bring hurried preparations for defense, and fleet runners would
rush off to warn the scattered pioneers to seek the security of the forts. Low gaps through the Cumberlands
were ingresses into Virginia for the dreaded Shawnee from the Scioto and other Ohio points. When the
heavy snows of their midcontinent climate melted and the first signs of spring appeared, the redskins stirred
from their lethargy of long inaction and turned toward the Sandy Passes into Virginia. Beyond the gaps of the
mountain wall were pioneer settlements and scattered cabin homes. To the indians, there was plunder and
many scalps to be taken. Virginians called the gaps "the Sandy Passes" and kept scouts patrolling beyond
them into a wilderness known as the Scouting Ground, in order to provide as much advance notice as
possible for preparation, prior to an impending attack. Some indians came through the gap at the head of the
" Dry Fork of Tug River", others through the passes at the head of the Tug.

For the frontier settlers, Scouts or spies as many called them, were selected from volunteers. They were
rugged, self-reliant, courageous, and dreaded little the loneliness of days on the march deep down Big
Sandy, Tug Fork or the Kentucky rivers. They went in two's or four's, carried food for the duration of their
journeys. They were forbidden to use their guns except in the direst emergencies, were forbidden even to
build a fire. Skulking Indians might hear or see and ambush them. Many a frontier settlements and cabins
went up in flames and its inhabitants carried off or massacreed because its protecting scouts were killed, or
did'nt detect an impending attack. Isolated cabins were the most vulnerable to attacks. Here are just a few
examples of the savage atrocities commited against these settlers. Many more and much worse, widespread
cases occurred to those who lived in the earlier "settlements" of 1605-1780, when and where there were no
army post to help protect the "Frontiers", of these increasing and expanding early settlements.

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Jessee Adams, Russell County, Virginia. Him, his wife and ten children were massacred by the Indians on
Stock Creek in 1782. His two brothers are said to have also been killed by Indians near Fort Blackmore in
1790.

Michael Auxier was scalped by the Indians while living on the Clinch River but lived, and was ever afterwards
called "Bald-headed Mike".

Fanny Scott, Husband Archibald Scott, and all their children were killed by the Indians and their cabin burned
to the ground, August 8, 1788 .

Humphrey Dickenson. Killed by Indians on a rock in Clinch River in 1778, following an attack at his cabin in
which his wife and all their children were murdered, and a chase from there to the rock, where he was killed.

James Bush. Killed and both of his daughters Mary and Ann, were captured by the Indians, but were retaken
in Floyd Co., Ky. by the Clinch Militia. Ann was tomahawked but survived. Her and others were attacked later,
most were killed and scalped by the Indians but Ann still survived to rear a family.

John Anderson and John Barksdale. Both were attacked and killed in their fields at Castlewood, Va. in 1778.

John Blackmore, Jr. was attacked by indians in his cabin, but survived. He moved to Tennessee, but was
attacked there by indians who killed him, in 1788.

John Carter, his brother Dale, Johns wife and 5 children, were all killed in their cabin just down the river from
Fort Blakemore, and the cabin and everyone in it was burned to the ground, in 1785.

John and Vincent Bedsole. Two Brothers. They were attacked and killed by an indian hunting party, who
came upon them in their field, and too far from their cabin to use it as defense.

Imagine yourself being such a family member and the horror of arriving at your cabin to find such things had
happened to your own family, and the rage and helplessness you would feel.

From The Unpublished Manuscript "INDIAN ATROCITIES" By Emory L. Hamilton
Source : Virginia State Papers, Vol. II, page 72

Along the Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers, pages 91-92. Captain Abraham Bledsoe, (Jr. b.1730) who was
with Col. Evan Shelby on the Chicamauga Campaign of 1779, had a son captured by the Indians whom
many writers blandly say was the son of Anthony, or Isaac Bledsoe. That son was also named Abraham.
Thomas Bledsoe, also a son of Captain Abraham, tells of the capture of his brother in his Revolutionary War
pension claim, saying: " The family (Captain Abraham's) moved to about seven miles from the Long Island
(now Kingsport, TN) on Holston River, on Reedy Creek, and at this place his father was living when he
entered the service of the United States in 1778, as well as he can remember. He again volunteered under
the same Captain to go in pursuit of a party of Indians, who had broken in on the frontiers, and had taken
away with them, as prisoner, this applicant's brother; that after pursuing for some time, they came up with the
rear guard of the Indians, who gave notice to the advance party and they escaped, taking with them their
prisoner, and he was not heard of until he was exchanged at the Falls of the Ohio". Thomas Bledsoe, (The
possibility does exist that he was our Thomas Bedsole, Sr., b. 1750, ancestor, but I could neither prove nor
disprove it) was slightly in error as to the year in which his brother was captured, which is excusable, since

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making a statement from memory forty or fifty years after the event happened. He does not give the date
when his brother was released at the Falls of the Ohio, which is today the site of Louisville, Kentucky. The
actual date of the capture of the Bledsoe boy is given in a letter written by Col. Arthur Campbell to Governor

Patrick Henry, dated 25th April, 1781, a few days after the actual happening, wherein he says: " The
Northward (Shawnee) Indians have been troubling the people very much this spring, in small parties; killing
and captivating and wounding. They come up Sandy River generally, and on the last occasion, penetrated as
far as the settlement on Holston, carrying off a son of Captain Bledsoe's". (Abraham Bedsole, Jr.)

Abraham Bledsoe (Sr.) settled on the upper part of Reedy Creek in the year 1730, according to his land
survey, but he was certainly in the area earlier than this date (In fact, he owned land there in 1726) , and on
February 14th, 1728, he was appointed by the Court of Botetourt Co., VA, "Constable in the precinct he lived
in upon Reed Creek." He later moved to Moccasin Creek of the North Fork of Holston River, where he died
near Moccasin Gap in the summer of 1801. His wife was named Catherine, and among his children were:
Thomas Bledsoe, born in North Carolina in 1760 (Actually 1750) and who married on 6 November 1769;
(After all, he could not have married at 9 years old) Margaret Eakin; Abraham Bledsoe, III, and he was
perhaps the one who was captured by the Indians; three daughters, Thely, who married James Eakin,
brother of Margaret who married Thomas Bledsoe; Hetty Bittle and Polly Bledsoe. This is almost certainly our
Thomas Bedsole, Sr., and accounts for the reason I could not locate him in NC from prior to his birth until he
was about 27 years old (1777, when he was in the Revolutionary War).

Sharecroppers And Their Annual, End-Of-Year "Settling Up" : My Own Experience

For those Bedsoles fortunate enough to own their own land, harvest-time meant they picked, hauled, traded,
stored and sold their produce and crops, for cash and/or trade-goods. But the vast majority of them, like us,
ended up being share-croppers.That means they would work all year for a landowner and when the crops
were harvested and sold in the fall and the costs deducted, the landowner would theoretically share the
difference with the sharecropper. However, since the landowner had made advance arrangements with a
store owner to allow the farmer a specified amount of credit during the year for food, clothing, and farming
tools, the cost of all that had to be deducted from the profits before any profit was divided between them.

In sharecropping, the landowner would guarantee payment in the fall to the store owner and the farmer was
always forced to almost starve his family because the landowner would set such a low credit limit, such as
$300 for the entire year. Even back then, that was not a lot of money. The farmer simply could not adequately
provide for his family on such a small pittance. Imagine, $25 a month for 12 people, which was to pay for any
and all expenses.

Therefore, hunting and fishing were meaningful activities, for acquiring meat. In addition, the landowner and
storekeeper but not the farmer, kept "the record" all year, since the farmers could neither read nor write, this
left the storekeeper and landowner free to overcharge the poor farmers, whatever they could get away with.
But, that's how share-cropping was done and had been done as far back as anyone could remember. My
own parents also were typical share-croppers their whole lives and that's how we lived. In late 1926, when
his own father died, my dad, being the oldest son and responsible for his fathers estate, entered into verbal
agreements with a store owner in Alabama, who eventually foreclosed on him and took all my grandfathers
land, eleven houses and property and left us no choice but to become share-croppers.

This did not mean a lot of difference in living for us, though. Although my dad could probably have prevailed
in court in this case, he was very ignorant of the law and procedures and his word was his bond.

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Unfortunately, he thought everyone else with whom he did business was also as honest. That was and still is,
a very big, very costly, and very sad mistake. One I still make myself, which gives you some indication of my
level of stupidity and total lack of intelligence. Anyway, share-cropping meant the landowners made their

living, fortunes as it were, and very existence easier by riding on the backs of the poor, ignorant,desperately
starving sharecroppers. In their despicable ignorance, the Bedsole share-croppers were horribly mistreated
in that regard from the beginning, until they quit being sharecroppers about 1950, after this country became
industrialized..

"Settling up" though, was something which was done about the end of December, every year. I was fourteen
or fifteen when I was finally allowed to go to one with my oldest brother, Bill. We went to the landowner's
house, went inside and sat down with him at the table. He got out a shirt-pocket sized notebook and started
adding up the "costs". Since the way to settle up, was for the landowner and he alone, to determine how
much the farmer owed, we just stood there as he read off the endless list. Once my brother said he didn't
remember picking up four hundred pounds of fertilizer. Bill said it was three hundred pounds and the land
owner immediately flew into a rage. How dare Bill question him. "There it was in black and white" in that
notebook.

In the end, as was the custom, the landowner told Bill he still owed three hundred fifty dollars, above what
the "profits" were, and how we would have to stay and farm another year for him. As Bill and I were walking
back home in the dark, although I was young, I was astounded and appalled at the obvious, total scalping we
had just witnessed. I began to question Bill mercilessly about the total lack of evidence and how in the world
did we know what the landowner said we owed was accurate. Why didn't we keep a list too and why didn't
we have to sign for everything and how did we know the storekeeper didn't pad the bill to the landowner,
together with the landowner's padding . I was furious at the total absence of any type of verification.

Patiently, Bill told me that was just the way things had always been done. To question either the landowner or
the storekeeper, was certain to result in their refusal to "provide for us for the coming year". We went home,
but I never let up. I seethed and boiled over the "settling up" situation. I complained and whined about it, until
Bill finally began to see things my way.

Then one day, about two weeks later, he told the landowner we would not be staying there and that he would
be paid off in monthly payments, over the coming year, for we were going to Florida to live.Then he and my
sister's husband left and hitchhiked to Orlando, Florida, because they had heard you could work down there
and get paid by the hour and be paid EVERY FRIDAY! That sounded like a total and unbelievable miracle.

But they both got a job in the orange groves near Orlando as laborers, and eventually rented two little
houses in the woods and a couple of months later, they showed up in an old Pontiac and it took 4 trips from
Opp, Alabama to Orlando, but we moved, lock stock and barrel. That was the end of the share-cropping
business for us and eventually it totally disappeared and died a long, slow, agonizing and well-deserved
death.

But the landowners fought it all the way because they didn't want to lose a good thing. Three of my sisters
and a brother stayed in the Opp, Alabama area and lived there, but the rest of us never moved back, except
for me. I just moved back to Opp to live permanently, but I am retired and do not have to worry about money
any longer. But Thank God, that sharecroppers life is finally and permanently dead, for most Bedsoles. The
majority of Bedsoles though, remained as farmers and sharecroppers until about 1950, when they began
working more and more in jobs with regular paychecks.

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HOW BATH COUNTY, NC (ABRAHAM) IS RELATED TO BLADEN COUNTY, NC
WHERE MOST OTHER BEDSOLES WERE FOUND

Keep in mind that, for years and years, almost all the Bedsoles, to our knowledge back then, were in the
Bladen County, NC area. Also, remember that I claim Abraham was the first Bedsole here, arriving at Bath
County, NC alone, on Sept. 11,1700 and arriving again with his family on May 1, 1701. With that in mind, I
set out to see if there was any way any type of physical connection somehow existed between Bath and
Bladen, Sampson, Duplin, Dobbs, and Johnston Counties. Well, it occurred like this, in the sequence listed;
1696 Bath County was an original county created from the expanse of land, which was NC. In 1712 Craven
County was created from Archdale Precinct of Bath County. In 1729 New Hanover County, was created from
a part of Craven County. In 1734. Bladen County was created from a part of New Hanover County. So, in
effect, Bladen could have actually been part of Bath County !!. So there is the connection. And that, helps a
lot to show that all the Bedsoles in Bladen County, were descendants of that Abraham, b.1673 in Germany.
Now, don't say I never told told you anything. Just one more piece of the puzzle, solved.

IN 1830 SOME BEDSOLES MOVED FROM NC TO ALABAMA, TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA.

Thomas Jr., son of Thomas Bedsole, Sr. and Rebecca Jones, moved from North Carolina to Montgomery
and Lowndes County, Ala. in 1830.. Apparently, these moves resulted from the death of Thomas Sr. about
1830, which broke up the NC family. Those moving included; Thomas Sr's son, Travis Bedsole and his whole
family from Beaverdam, NC to Haywood County, Tennessee. William Henry Bedsole,( III) 's (Son of Thomas,
Sr.) son Amos moved his whole family from North Carolina to Warren County, Georgia, while Thomas
Bedsole, Jr., and wife Charlotte Ann (English) , with all their children, spouses and grandchildren, together
with the William Davis family, Thomas Wise family and the Thomas English family moved from Bladen
County, North Carolina initially to Crenshaw and Lowndes Counties in Alabama, with Thomas Jr. and wife.
Thomas Jr. and Charlotte and familyand \William Davis and wife, at some point, moving to Coffee County,
Ino, Alabama, east of Opp, Alabama, and at a later date, moving to Butler County, Ala., Where Thomas Jr.
died in 1865 or so. This move was lock, stock and barrel for all concerned and was made by mule-drawn
wagons. Possibly as many as one hundred people and ten to twelve wagons were involved. When they
arrived in Alabama, they apparently acquired government land there, in the form of "patents". Henry, a son of
Thomas Jr. and Charlotte, appears to have wasted no time in acquiring such land and it appears that he and
his brother Sessoms, had made earlier, initial "Scouting" trips to Alabama and back to NC the year prior to
this larger movement of people. This was probably done to determine the type of land available, cost,
location, housing and locations of any towns and army forts, indian problems and best routes, before moving
the families and so many people at one time.

As seen below, Henry acquired many tracts of land in several counties in Alabama, Louisiana and Florida,
while the other Bedsoles initially settled primarily in Alabama, (unless otherwise noted below) on acquired
land as follows. These land acquisitions were probably NOT the only ones made and others were probably
purchased and acquired by deed, but these are the only ones available on the Alabama Land Patent internet
site at this time, shown along with their respective counties: If any others were purchased, swapped, or
traded, they would have been listed as Deeds, not Patents, and would not be listed below.

Name County Year

David Bedsole Baldwin (Mobile)......................................1895 Thomas Jr's son
Duncan Bedsole New Orleans, Louisiana...................... 1902
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Edward Bedsole Walton ( Mossy Head), Florida.......... ..1859 270 Acres.

Edward Bedsole Coffee (Opp)...................... ..................1891

Edward O. Bedsole Clarke (Grove Hill)......... .................1891 Edward's son.

Edward Bedsole Crenshaw .......................... ................. 1840

Edward Bedsole Clarke ................................................ . 1890

Henry Bedsole Lowndes .................................................1833 Thomas Jr.'s son

Henry Bedsole Crenshaw (Luverne) ...............................1833 The first land in Alabama in1830

Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1834

Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1896

Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1837

Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1837

Henry Bedsole Crenshaw ................................................1837

Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1837

Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1837

Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1837

Henry Bedsole Crenshaw ................................................1837

Henry Bedsole Crenshaw ................................................1852

Henry Bedsole Crenshaw ............................................... 1852

Henry Bedsole Montgomery ............................................1837

Henry Bedsole Montgomery ............................................1837

Henry Bedsole Rapides Parish, Louisiana . ................ .. 1907

Henry Bedsole Leon County, Florida ........... ................. 1902

Henry Bedsole Leon County, Florida ........................... .. 1903

John Buford. Bedsole Geneva (Samson).................... ..1904

John D. Bedsole Geneva (Samson).............. ..................1899

John W. Bedsole Geneva .............................. .............. ..1895 Son of John B

Quincy F. Bedsole Clarke (Grove Hill) .......................... .1891

Rayford H. Bedsole Clarke ............................................ .1860

Sarah E. F. Bedsole Covington (Andalusia).................. ..1900

Sessoms Bedsole Montgomery (Sellers)..... ................ ..1837

Sessoms Bedsole Montgomery .................... . ............. .1837

Thomas Bedsole Crenshaw (Luverne) ......... . .............. 1834

Thomas Bedsole Houston (Dothan)................ .............. 1858

Thomas Bedsole Houston ................................ ............. 1858

Thomas Bedsole Coffee (Opp)........................ ............. .1841

Thomas Bedsole Coffee .................................. ............. 1849

Thomas Bedsole Coffee ................................. ............... .1859

Thomas H. Bedsole Clarke (Grove Hill).......................... 1875

Thomas Bedsole Dale (Ozark) ...................... ................. .1837

Travis Bedsole Coffee...................................... ............... 1893

Travis Bedsole Coffee...................................... ................ 1860

Travis Bedsole Coffee ...................................... ............... 1858

Travis F. Bedsole Rapides Parish, Louisiana.................... 1905

William B. Bedsole Geneva (Samson)............. .................1898

William F. Bedsole Clarke ............................... .................1891

William H. Bedsole Coffee................................................ .1891

Thomas Jr. and son Henry, are on the 1830 Census for Lowndes County, Alabama. This proves that they
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and Sessoms did in fact, move from NC to Alabama at least by 1830.

IN FLORIDA

BEDSOLE SARAH E 26 6N 23W TALLAHASSEE 0 1900/11/12

BEDSOLE SARAH E 26 6N 23W TALLAHASSEE 0 1900/11/12

BEDSOLE SARAH E 23 6N 23W TALLAHASSEE 145.61 1900/11/12

BEDSOLE SARAH E 23 6N 23W TALLAHASSEE 0 1900/11/12

BEDSOLE, HENRY Leon County, 1860.

BEDSOLE, HENRY Leon County, 1860.

THEIR HOUSES BACK THEN

In 1798, they still lived in log cabins. Here is the Direct Tax List from 1798, for two Bedsole
ancestors...George.....Main house; 23 X 23 feet. Dirt Floor. Constructed of logs and planks. Kitchen 10 X 10
ft., Meat smoke House 8 X 10 ft., Corn House 8 X 12 feet, both constructed of logs. Dairy 8 X 8 Feet.
Wooden shingles. ....Joseph....Main House, 16 X 38 feet. Plank floor. Of logs and Boards. Kitchen 8 X 10 of
planks. Meat house 8 X 10 Hewed Logs covered with hewed planks. Corn house 8 X 10 constructed of
Hewed Logs. Do you know how long it takes to "Hew" just one plank ? About 8 hours. Its done with Axes,
chisels, Adze's, and drawing knives.

EDWARD BEDSOLE'S STORY

Edward, listed as landowner several times, above, was born to Thomas Bedsole, Jr. and Charlotte English in
1819 in Beaverdam, NC. He died in 1909 and is buried in Clarke County, Coffeeville, Alabama. You can see
above, that others also moved to, or were born in, Clarke County. He was about twelve years old when they
moved to Alabama. He was married to Susan Blackwell and they lived in Crenshaw County, Alabama initially,
but he moved his family to Mossy Head, Florida about 1853, then to Clarke County. (Coffeeville).

About 1891, Edward moved to Grove Hill (Coffeeville), Alabama where he, his son Quincy and Edwards
sister Elizabeth's son Rayford, built a log store at the crossroads between Coffeeville and Grove Hill,
Alabama. Over the next couple of years, they developed a group of drinkers, smokers, snuff users, tobacco
chewers, never-do-wells, hangers-on and trouble-makers, who frequently gathered at the store and
discussed politics and how they were all being wronged by the local politicians. Eventually, Edward and
Rayford began selling moonshine whiskey from the store and the gang which gathered there from time to
time now numbered perhaps 50-60 men. Over time, they turned to stealing from politicians at first, but that
practice grew until their victims included their own neighbors, who were just poor, ordinary farmers.

Over time, Edwards gang developed a hatred for the merchants in Grove Hill and in the county, who charged
outrageous prices and sometimes took any property the farmers owned, in payment, and when they,
especially the sharecroppers, could not pay their bills after harvest time, the gang began stealing from the
merchants own stores and their harvest crops too. Big landowners also began to fall victim to the gang for
the same reasons. If the gang decided they wanted someones corn, cotton, pigs, cattle, or other property,
they simply showed up in the dead of night and took what they wanted. If the owner objected with violence,
he was simply shot, for his trouble. The local sheriff was always "too busy", or "out of town", to do any law
enforcement of this gang, after all, the sheriff lived among them, and shortly, they began taking whatever

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they wanted from whoever had it. Finaly, five good men from the area sent a telegram to the Governor of
Alabama, explaining the situation to him and asking him to send army troops to arrest the gang. Instead, the
Governor, not being the brightest bulb in Montgomery, telegraphed the Sheriff asking for clarification and the

sheriff replied he had everything under control and downplayed the problem to the Governor. When they saw
the Governor was not going to do anything, the same five men went to adjoining counties and rounded up a
group of 300 men, each one armed with the new Winchester repeating rifles.

These 300 men converged on Edwards house.They found Edward and son Quincy, there and killed Quincy
and a few others and ran the rest of Edwards gang out of the county. Ironically, although he was the
ringleader, Edward also held a high degree in the local Masons, who are pledge to always take care of each
other, and several of the three hundred men in the gang were also Masons. So Edward was allowed to go
because of that, provided he "left this country and never returned". Edward stayed away for about twelve
years, but moved back to Coffeeville, where he lived to the ripe old age of ninety-three. Proving the adage
that the meaner you are, the longer you live. Edward died in 1909 and is buried in Clarke County, Alabama,
in New Prospect Cemetary, along with Susan Blackwell, his wife and a few of their relatives.

That story can be found more or less in its entirety in a booklet entitled "The Mitchum War Of Clarke County,
Alabama", obtainable from The Clarke County Democrat newspaper, P.O. Box 39, Grove Hill, Alabama
36451. I recently read in the newspaper that a writer, perhaps unrelated to the Bedsoles had rewritten the
Edward Bedsole story, in a much more comprehensive manner, perhaps flowering it up quite a bit and in fact,
downright making much of it up, and that it was becoming a best seller. I have since heard that the new
version portrays Edward as a sort of hero, born in Ireland !. In addition, a movie based on that new book is
being contemplated. The name of the new book is "Hell At The Breech", which was actually what Edward
named his gang at Grove Hill. Wierd name for a gang of thieves and murderers.

Larkin Bedsoles Fight For Food

This story is true. It shows how desperately people, and especially the Bedsoles, lived back then. Larkin
Bedsole, b.1826, a son of Duncan Bedsole (Thomas Sr's son) and his wife, was a very poor farmer in North
Carolina. After his first wife died, he married Atha Carter, a much-younger woman. At age 63, Larkin came
home one day from his field work, to eat lunch, only to find that Atha's two grown sons had just finished off
the last of the cornbread and grease. Enraged, Larkin attacked the two with his fists, but quickly realized he
was in a losing battle and grabbed a long butchers knife from the kitchen counter.The two other men did
likewise and a knife fight was launched in the tiny kitchen with butcher knives, but quickly spread to the back
yard for lack of maneuvering room.

In the backyard, near the woodpile, Atha grabbed an axe and planted it in the middle of Larkins head, from
the back. A newspaper article on this incident related that "Old man Bedsole, was loaded onto a mule-drawn
wagon and hauled to the hospital at Fayetteville, where doctors said he was not expected to live".

However, it appears that he did indeed live another 20 years!! They called him "Old Man Bedsole" at age 63.
Today, we don't generally consider a man an Old Man until about age 80-85. Here is his marriage record to
Atha Carter:.... Larkin Bedsole Cumberland Co 65/W To Atha H. Carter Cumberland Co 25/ May 17, 1890 J.
McGeddie, Justice Of The Peace.

Bedsole Peculiarities

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It has been a curious finding to me that there are certain ancestor and descendant Bedsole lines which have
an inordinately high number of mean, hateful, vicious, drunks and trouble-makers in them and other lines
which have a high number of lawyers and doctors and others which have a high number of carpenters, those

with lots of mechanical skills and finaly, those with high numbers of school teachers in them.

A despicable peculiarity I have also noted among them, is that there are a few lines which contain Bedsole
men who were habitual drunks and who were excessively mean, brutal, hateful and cruel especially to their
wives and children. One of these illustrious people, I am ashamed to say, appears to have been my own GG-
Grandpa. To those few, I claim no kin whatsoever, notwithstanding the obvious. You will read further along,
that Thomas Jr., was just such a drunk, and mean man.

The Bedsole Curse

But there is one thing I have found prevalent in all the Bedsole lines as far back as I could trace it and that is
what I call "The Bedsole Curse". If you are a Bedsole by birth, you have more than likely been eaten up by
this curse and are well aware of it already. "Murphy's Law" states; "If anything can go wrong, it will". But in
the Bedsole Curse, I found that " If there are several things that can go wrong at the same time, and there
always is if a Bedsole is involved, the one thing which will cause the most damage, cost the most money and
hardship and which will have the most detrimental effect on the Bedsole, will always go wrong FIRST.

Examples Of Hardships They Endured

As detailed elsewhere in this History, here is a summary of the hardships heaped upon early settlers,
including our own ancestors, during their coming to this country, trying to settle down here and their daily
lives aftewrwards. About 1950, the majority of Bedsoles began getting into more industrialized employment
and leaving agricultural living; Imagine leaving England, Germany, or any other relatively civilized country,
boarding a ship with a spouse and 5 or more children, their spouse dying, leaving them alone, with no way to
subsist even until tomorrow, or next week. They arrived in this country, only to learn that their children are to
be taken away from you if you are a woman, and divided up among complete strangers, never to be seen
again. Burning up in the summer and freezing to death in the winter, being plagued meanwhile by indians
trying to kill them , mosquitoes eating them alive, living among hundreds of others forced to live the same
way they were forced to live, trying to find food every single day, any way, somehow, somewhere, any kind
they could come up with. Having to do all that while trying to build some type of structure to live in, with their
bare hands, perhaps an axe, and saw, by themselves knowing if they did not produce it, they would not have
it. No medical care of any kind, except whatever herbs or indian remedies they found or learned about, their
family members, especially children getting sick and slowly dying, making an already desperate situation,
nothing short of disastrous. This is the way they lived day after day, week after week, month after month, for
years and years, seemingly without end.

. CONCLUSION OF THE BEDSOLE HISTORY

Jack Bedsole, who lives in Illinois, is a descendant under (Thomas Jr.) William Jefferson Bedsole. Jack, my
brother Cecil and myself, met yesterday at Highland Home, Alabama, for lunch and to discuss the Bedsoles.
He asked this question; "JD, what single thing was it that caused you to conclude that the early Bedsoles
originated in Prussia". My answer, although not definitive, was to the effect that there really was no single
thing. It was a conglomeration of bits and pieces of information over the years, and especially in Germany,
that pointed to the most likely possibility that the Bedsole/Betzold and Bledsoe/Bletsold surnames existed in
Prussia prior to the creation of the German state as such, and that they surely existed in England in an
english court case in the year 1061, together with the short article by Charles Bedsole, which is included
above, and several other bits of fact and conclusive research, which pointed to Prussia and not just to
Germany. Additionally, and just as relevant, was the absence of information which did point only to Germany,
as the origin. In other words, there was no reason(s) to conclude that Germany was the end of the

Betzolds/Bedsoles. I do know that Bledsoe, although in England in 1061 and very likely many years prior to
that, did not originate in England. The migration of people was from, not to Germany. I also know that
Bledsoe and Bedsole, surely had the same ancestor at some point in the past, and that point was most likely
Prussia. In the absence of a paper trail back in time past Germany, I cannot prove via a paper trail, they
originated in Prussia, but, I did prove to my own satisfaction anyway, that they did originate in Prussia, and I
invite anyone, one and all, to prove they did not.

That concludes the Bedsole History, as it were. Words, whether true fact, or conjecture, cannot adequately
convey the suffering our ancestors endured, until about 1950, when the majority had quit share-cropping,
and began working in various factories and at more commercialized and industrialized occupations, thus
making more money and greatly raising their standards of living. In my case, and for my own early and
miserable life growing up, I say with extreme appreciation: "Thank You God".

DOCUMENTATION

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There are numerous Bedsole marriages, births, deaths, and etc, in the counties and states which follow, but
which I did not list, because it was too time-consuming. I am including a few just to show you the County and
State where they can be found, and to record such for future reference. It is very time-consuming finding,
copying and posting them to this record, but the real problem is I have no way of knowing where most of
them fit on the Bedsole List Of Ancestors And Descendants, and that would take much more time. Also,
some of the marriages listed below are duplicated because they were in various sites on the internet under
different headings. There are many Bedsoles in Texas, having spread there from Walnut Hill, Mississippi
(From Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Jr. and from her brothers Edward, Henry, and others from Coffeeville,
near Grove Hill, Alabama following the shootout there. Although there are many Bedsoles there. I did'nt find
much on them in Texas prior to the 1900's, with the exception of numerous birth, death, marriage and divorce
records.

The 1751 marriage of Elisha and the 1774 marriage of John and Sarah are the earliest marriages I have
come across. They are documented in the Quaker Church's monthly meeting records: Elisha Bedsole
married Mary Edwards at Cane Creek, NC on September 15, 1751. John Bedsole married Sarah Brown at
Cane Creek, NC on June 9, 1774. So we can safely conclude that John was a son of that Elisha.

The following are not in sequence, or order of any kind. Sorry, but that took too much time too, when I was
already too tired to do it.

Marriage Bonds

When a couple were planning to marry, they had to post a Bond. Back then, it was for $500. So that if the
husband, as father of any children, died, or ran off and left the family, there would be money for them to live
on for a while at least. Usually, it was posted by the father of the Groom, but could be posted by anyone.The
purpose of the Bond was to prevent the family from having to be supported by their neighbors. However, it
also had an unexpected benefit in that, other men, learning of the wife becoming a widow, or abandoned and
that she had the Bond money available, would also try to marry her.

Here is a marriage Bond posted by John Bedsole (Not the same John above) , in 1828; STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA Cumberland County. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, John Bedsole & Love
McDaniel are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency James Indelio, Governor of the state aforesaid, or
his successors in office, in the sum of Five Hundred Pounds, current money, to be paid to the said Governor,

his successors or assigns, for which payment well and truly to be made and done, bind ourselves, our heirs,
executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and
dated this 19th day of January, A.D. 1828. THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, That
whereas the above bounden John Bedsole hath made application for a license for a Marriage, to be
celebrated between him and Catherine Horn of the county aforesaid; Now, in case it shall appear hereafter,
that there is any lawful cause or impediment to obstruct the said Marriage, then the above obligation to be
void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. JOHN BEDSOLE- Seal LOVE McDANIEL- Seal Signed,
sealed and delivered in the presence of Dan McDermid. DAN MCDERMID

Application For Pension
John Parker (Jr.). Married to Rhoda Bedsole 1805. He was born 2/23/1753 and Died 7/7/1838 Bladen
County, NC. She applied on 5/2/1865 in Bladen, at age 76, proving her year of birth as 1789. He was
In the Battle Of Moores Creek, in Revolutionary War. Served 13 months total.

BLADEN COUNTY, NC MARRIAGES
BEDSOLE Calton (Real Name: James Calvin Bedsole) 5-22-1861, m. JACKSON, Fannie
He went by Calton Bedsole and by Calton Bledsoe. His descendants are all Bledsoe now.
BEDSOLE Duncan 5-06-1825, m. HAIR, Catherine
BEDSOLE Duncan 3-24-1852, m. GUTTEY, Anna Jane

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BEDSOLE John 1-19-1828, m. HAIR, Catherine.... (Marriage Bond says HORN, not HAIR)
BEDSOLE Larkin 5-12-1847, m. BULLOCK, Charlotte
BEDSOLE Owen 7-14-1832, m. HAIR, Sarah
BEDSOLE Thomas 6-10-1854. m. BRYANT, Nancy Virginia.
BEDSOLE Travis 3-31-1858, m. BULLOCK, Martha
BEDSOLE Travis 5-11-1868, m. SMITH, Melissa V.
BEDSOLE Nancy 2-09-1853, m. HALL, Amos J.
BEDSOLE Sarah 7-19-1810, m. MUCCLE, Benjamin
Humphries, Samuel to Bedsole, Sarah Dec 15, 1831 1 036 Bird, David JP
Daniel James Bedsole Cedar Creek, NC 21/W to Lucinda Fisher Cedar Creek November 23, 1876
William S. Bedsole Cedar Creek, NC 21/W to Mary Autry Flea Hill January 7, 1879
John B. Bedsole Cedar Creek 24/W to Elizabeth Cashwell Cedar Creek November 26, 1885
July 27, 1887 Daniel J. Bedsole Cedar Creek 32/W to Pricilla E. Faircloth Sampson County 21/ Rev. I.H.
White, MG Witnesses: W.J. Faircloth, D.J. Faircloth, M.C. Horne
John B. Bedsole Cedar Creek 26/W to Louvenia Jolly Cedar Creek 16/ January 18, 1888 Rev. T.H. Pritchard,
MG Witnesses: J.L. Autry H.E. Fisher N.C.
Amos Jessup Bedsole Cedar Creek 26/W to Sara Frances Averitt Cumberland Co 26/W January 29,1888

C.H. Cogdell, JP Witnesses: Willie A. Sewell W.H. Averitt Nannie L. Sewell
Evander E. Bedsole Cumberland Co 21/W to Welthy Mariah Faircloth Cumberland Co. August 4, 1889 Rev.
C.E. Beard, MG Witnesses: Isaac J. Hall, John R. Hall
Alexander Mcrae Bedsole Bladen Co 24/W to Mary Jane Averitt Cumberland Co 21/ Feb. 28, 1890 C.H.
Cogdell, JP Witnesses: W.A. Chason J.R. Chason W.A. Sewell
Larkin Bedsole Cumberland Co 65/W to Atha H. Carter Cumberland Co 25/ May 17, 1890 J. McP Geddie, JP
Witnesses: J.H. Faircloth J.W. Faircloth
John D. Bedsole Cumberland Co 21/W to Ella N. Guy Flea Hill 19/ July 17, 1890 R.W. Hardie, JP Witnesses:
Geo W. Rose John Roddick
Alger Darden Bedsole Cumberland Co 21/W to Laura A. Carter BeaverDam 17/ November 6, 1890 C.P.
Overby, JP Witnesses: N. Ingram R.H. Buckingham A.T. Strickland

Charles H. Bedsole Robeson Co 25/W to Maggie Sealy Robeson Co 20/ December 15, 1894 John Smith, JP
Witnesses: J.A. Chason Sarah Smith, Cora Smith
Farley Bedsole Cross Creek 24/W to Mary E. Starling Cross Creek 22/ December 28, 1901 Rev. J.O. Tew,
MG Witnesses: J.S. Bethea Farley Bedsole
Gordon Nash Bedsole Beaver Dam 28/W to Alberta Starling Pearces Mill -- March 8, 1907 Rev. Jas J. Hall,
MG Witnesses: Jas Jessup Bradley Wheeler Tom Parker
Larkin J. Bedsole Fayetteville 18/W to Mary Catherine Howell Fayetteville 18/ Feb. 13, 1909 D.N. McLean,JP
Witnesses: D.W. Green Emily Howell J.H. Melvin
Daniel J. Bedsole Parkersburg 21/W to Minnie Lee Peterson Hope Mills 19/ Sept. 21, 1913 Alex Simmons,
JP Witnesses: Alex Simmons, Stephen Melvin, Alex Faircloth.
Benjamin Bedsole, to Martha Goodman Cooper 21/ J.W. Johnson, JP Witnesses: J.W. Pittman.
Alex E. Bedsole Autryville 19/W to Eula Grooms Autryville 18/ July 15, 1916 J.F. Faircloth, JP Witnesses: T.H.
Faircloth C.L. Bedsole S. Smith
Thomas K. "Collie" Bedsole Autryville 21/W to Bessie Cashwell Autryville 14/ May 8, 1920 W.D.Gaster,JP
Witnesses: C.C. Howard
John T. Bedsole 44/W to Lelia Marvis Hudson Stedman 30/ March 31,1923 Adolphus Cheek, JP Witnesses:

S.H. Scarborough E.M. Yates
Jonathan Sheldon Bedsole White Oak 24/W to Emma Gertrude Simmons Cedar Creek 18/ July 8, 1923 Rev.
G.Scott Turner, MG Witnesses: A.C. Hair Letha Bedsole Clayton Simmons
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Ellen S. Bedsole Cedar Creek 20 to Gipson L. Parker Cedar Creek 20 Oct. 27, 1874 J.C. Blocker, JP
Witnesses: T.R. Parker L. Culbreth
Martha J Bedsole Cedar Creek 22 to Wm B. Hall Cedar Creek 24 Jan. 27, 1875 Geo B. Downing Witnesses:

J.A. Woodard J.J. Rogers T. Bedsole
Martha Melissa Bedsole Cedar Creek 20 to Stephen Autry Flea Hill 17 Feb, 25, 1879 Joshua Melvin, JP
Witnesses: Alex Autry D.J. Bedsole
Emily A. Bedsole Cedar Creek 19 to Wm B. Autry Flea Hill -- Oct. 29, 1879 Joshua Melvin, JP Witnesses:
W.A. Melvin M.E. Melvin
Mary M. Bedsole Cedar Creek 21 to Wm H. Averitt Cedar Creek 26 Dec. 25, 1879 Joshua Melvin, JP
Carrie Bedsole Cedar Creek 23 to Geo F. Hair Cedar Creek 24 Oct. 16, 1882 T.J. Parker, JP
Addie L Bedsole Cedar Creek 20 to Wm A. Jackson Cedar Creek -- Nov. 25, 1887 Rev. W.R. Johnson, MG
Witnesses: J.C. Jackson J.G. Jackson B.A. Jackson
Ellen M. Bedsole Cedar Creek 23 to Wm. D. Hargrove Flea Hill 26 Jan. 3, 1888 J.C. Poe, JP
Sudie Bedsole 17 to D.M. Bundles Bladen Co 21 Sept.18, 1888 L.C. Straughn, JP
Mary M. Bedsole Beaver Dam 22 to L.S. Willis Beaver Dam 27 Dec. 27,1897 Geo A. Hall, JP
Tishia Bedsole Cumberland Co 16 to F.H. Smith Cumberland Co 21 Dec. 28, 1898 H.B. Downing
Mattie Bedsole Beaver Dam 27 to A.W. Bedsole Sampson Co 24 July 8, 1900 J.S. Horne, JP Jennie
C. Bedsole Cedar Creek 16 to C.W. Nunnery Cedar Creek 24 Sept. 25, 1907 Rev. W.A. Humphry, MG
Witnesses: Geo B. Nunnery Mrs. D.P. Spell Mrs. G.B. Nunnery
S.E. Bedsole Cedar Creek 40 to Wm Townsend Sampson Co 58 April 19, 1908 Rev. G.A. Bain, MG
Witnesses: N.E. Williams A.E. Matthews A.D. Bedsole
Lizzie Bedsole Beaver Dam 22 to D.M. Thomas Sampson Co 27 May 3, 1908 R.L. Hall, JP Witnesses: G.C.
Lockamy
Frances Bedsole Autryville 17 to Henry H. Hair Autryville 21 Jan. 22, 1910 J.M. Faircloth, JP
Ann Bedsole Fayetteville 30 to Charles Autry Fayetteville 28 Aug. 14, 1910 D.H. McMillan, JP
Mary J. Bedsole Cross Creek 22 to W.H. Hair Cross Creek 22 June 16, 1904 D.N. McLean, JP
Lee Bedsole Fayetteville 23 to William Autry Fayetteville 38 July 10, 1915 F.H. Overby, JP
Cora Bedsole Fayetteville 23 to Leslie Faircloth Fayetteville 21 Dec. 24, 1916

Louise Bedsole Cumberland Co 18 to Eugene Ballard Cumberland Co 21 Sept. 15, 1917 Rev. W.D. Dean,
MG
Mittie Bedsole Fayetteville 23 to Clyde Autry Fayetteville 23 Nov. 6, 1920 F.M. Wiggins Witnesses: C.S.
Jones
Mary C. Bedsole White Oak 23 to Ava Lee Edge Cedar Creek 26 April 23, 1921
Thelma Bedsole Fayetteville 18 to Jas Gibson Fayetteville 27 Dec. 22, 1921 Rev. D.E. Deaton, MG
Witnesses: J.R. Buie, Lizzie Bedsole.

1862-1865 CIVIL WAR BEDSOLE VETERANS FROM HARNETT, BLADEN, CUMBERLAND,
ROBESON AND SAMPSON COUNTIES IN NC.

Bedsole Alexander Cumberland, Volume II Page 130.
Bedsole John Bladen , Volume VI Page 486.
Bedsole Larkin Cumberland, Volume I Page 227.
Bedsole Thomas Cumberland, Volume IV Page 562.
Bedsole Travis Cumberland, Volume III Page 513.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NC MARRIAGES

Bedsole, Calton (Real name; James Calvin) 5-22-1866 To Jackson, Fannie
Bedsole, Duncan 5-06 1825 To Hair, Catherine
Bedsole, Duncan 3-24-1852 To Guttey, Anna Jane
Bedsole John 1-19-1828 To Horn, Catherine
Bedsole, Larkins 5-12-1847 To Bullock, Charlotte
Bedsole, Owen 7-14-1832 To Hair, Sarah
Bedsole, Thomas 6-10-1854 To Bryant, Nancy V.
Bedsole, Travis 3-31-1858 To Bullock, Martha
Bedsole,Travis 5-11-1868 To Smith, Melissa V.

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Bedsole, Nancy 2-09-1853 To Hall, Amos J.
Bedsole, Sarah 7-19-1810 To Muccle, Benjamin.
Bedsole, Evander B. To 21 Mariah ___? 8/4/1889

LOWNDES COUNTY, ALABAMA

Brown, Uriah Owens To Bedsole, Elizabeth Aug 06, 1835 1 131 Hickman, Jesse JP.
Simmons, Redding D. To Bedsole, Martha Nov 23, 1843 1 391 Findley, William MG
NOTE: The above Elizabeth learned to hate Uriah Owens Brown so much after they married, when he died

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she changed the last name of their children, who were still minors, from Brown to Bedsole.

JACKSON COUNTY, FLORIDA

BEDSOLE, John C 1935 Jun 09 to FAULK, Myrtle Lee 17 317
BEDSOLE, Mackey R 1907 Jul 12 to BRAXTON, Alice L 7 40 .

Marriage Coreyell County, Texas

Samuel E. Uwe, 21 To Debra O. Bedsole, 17, on June 24, 1974.

Marriages, Shelby County, Texas

Bagley, DAVID L 25 TO Bedsole, Marilyn 21 30-Jul-1975
Bedsole, Travis R 34 to Yarbrough, Belinda 22, 22-May-1987 .
BAGLEY, DAVID TO BEDSOLE, MARILYN 21 30-Jul-1975

Sampson County, NC Marriages

Henry Asbury Sessoms age 31 (white) married ELIZABETH S. BEDSOLE age 21 (white) at the home of
Norris Bedsole by Rev. J.A. Tew on Dec. 16, 1894 witnessed by: P.M. Bullard, O.L. Owen, T.E. Rich.
Benjamin J. Bedsole age 19 (indian) married Jennette Goodman age 23 (indian) at their home by: P.M.
Hotcher - minister on Nov. 30, 1913 witnessed by: J.H. Bedsole, C.A. Brewington, J.L. Warick. (Benjamins
father was indian, but his mother was a daughter of Robert Bedsole, son of Thomas Sr.).
Charlie Bedsole age 23 (white) married Bonnie Belle Carter age 20 (white) on July 26, 1914 at the brides
home by: W.S. Vann -Justice of Peace witnessed by: W.M. Carter, A.R. Matthis, C.M. Carter.

CRENSHAW COUNTY, ALA. MARRIAGES

H.C. Bedsole age 24 (white) married Lula May Green age 19 (white) on Dec. 10,1916 at my home by: Uriah
Sessoms -Justice of Peace witnessed by: E.L. Mathews, Dora Sessoms.
Espie Bedsole to Bedsole, E. L. Sep 13, 1893
Findley, W. E.or A. to Bedsole, Lena Feb 26, 1896
Anderson, Leon To Mansford Bedsole, Lois Elma Sep 23, 1914
Bedsole, J. T. to Boyd, Lou Dec 13, 1900 E
Bedsole, W. C. to Bennett Laura C. May 18, 1890
Williamson W. J. W. to Bedsole, E. L. Sep 13, 1893 Dean L.
Bedsole, G. H. to Findley, W. E.or A. Dec 07, 1882
Bedsole, Lena to Anderson, Leon Mansford Feb. 26,1896
Bedsole, Lois Elma to Watkins M. G. Sep 23, 1914
Bedsole, M. E. to Sloam Alexander Oct 07, 1884
Bedsole, Matilda to Findley Ellie Jan 03, 1878
Bedsole Mollie M. to Gill, Richard Nov 20, 1892
Bedsole, Willie Idell to Gill, Richard Jan 27, 1907
Bedsole, Colvin 23 to Bernice Mae Johnson 15 Mar 01,1908
Bedsole, E.L. to M.J. Dukes Mar 12,1882
Bedsole, George H. to Sarah S. Stringer Jan 01,1868
Bedsole, J.T.to Lou Boyd Dec 13,1900
Bedsole, W.C.to Laura C. Bennett May 18,1890
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Bedsole, W.E.to Cora Cook Mar 18 1880

Bedsole, Wm.Ernest 24 to Nannie Royal 18 Aug 22,1917

Bedsole, E.L. to Dukes M.J. Mar 12 1882

Bedsole, W.C. to Bennett Laura C. May 18 1890

Dean L. to Bedsole G.H. Dec 07 1882

Watkins M.G. to Bedsole, M.E. Oct 07 1884

MOBILE, ALABAMA MARRIAGES

Wheeler, Clifton Mark To Bedsole, Martha Mary 06/18/1982
Wheeler, Clifton Mark 42 to Bedsole, Martha Mary 34 10/23/1998

NAVARRO COUNTY, TEXAS, Marriage

McConeght, Christopher J 20 to Bedsole, Ginger L 21 31-Aug-1996

WALLER COUNTY TEXAS MARRIAGE

Welch Dwayne C 40 Bedsole, Ellen E 36 05-Nov-1971

CEMETERIES AND OBITUARIES

BEDSOLE, Annie J; 82; Norwood GA; Augusta Ch; 2004-8-10
BEDSOLE, BC; 80; Granbury TX; Fort Worth S-T; 2005-6-10
BEDSOLE, Beatrice; 90; Goldonna LA; Shreveport Times; 1999-12-9;
BEDSOLE, Bertis Melton; 79; Geneva AL>Tallahassee FL; Tallahassee D; 1987-8-27;
BEDSOLE, Billy Ray; 75; Campti LA; Shreveport Times; 2004-4-27
BEDSOLE, Daniel James III; ; Severna Park MD; Baltimore Sun; 2004-1-19
BEDSOLE, Daniel James III; 55; Annapolis MD; Annap MD Capital; 2004-1-19
BEDSOLE, Daniel James III; 55; Annapolis MD; Annap MD Capital; 2004-1-20
BEDSOLE, Dorothy Faye; 73; Warner Robins GA; Macon T; 2004-11-3
BEDSOLE, Dorothy Faye; 73; Warner Robins GA; Macon T; 2004-11-4
BEDSOLE, Evans M; 94; Clinton SC; Greenville News; 2005-5-10
BEDSOLE, Frank; 51; Desoto Parish LA; Shreveport Times; 2006-3-29
BEDSOLE, Gerald L; 67; CA; Contra Costa; 2005-7-29
BEDSOLE, Harold J; 79; ; Chicago T (IL); 1999-8-13
BEDSOLE, Henry T; ; Fayetteville NC,Tampa FL; Tampa Trib; 1998-8-30
BEDSOLE, Henry T; 84; Fayetteville NC,Tampa FL; Fayetteville O-T (NC);
BEDSOLE, Henry T; 84; Fayetteville NC,Tampa FL; Fayetteville O-T (NC); 1998-9-4
BEDSOLE, Herman; 63; Elba AL,Groveland FL; Daily Commercial; 2001-11-30
BEDSOLE, Holland G "Holly"; 69; Union Point GA; Augusta Ch; 1998-7-4
BEDSOLE, Holland Goodwin "Holly"; 69; GA; Augusta Ch; 1998-7-4
BEDSOLE, James Edward; 59; Lockhart AL>Winter Haven FL; Ledger; 2002-7-17
BEDSOLE, James Thetus Sr; 83; Hayne NCChesapeake VA; Norfolk V-P; 2002-10-31
BEDSOLE, Jefferson C; 92; Concord CA; Contra Costa; 2005-6-12

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BEDSOLE, Jerry N; 65; Boonville IN; Evansville Courier; 2001-8-7
BEDSOLE, Jessie Vance; 80; Fayetteville NC>Chesapeake VA; Norfolk V-P; 2003-5-7
BEDSOLE, Jessie Vance; 80; Fayetteville NC>Chesapeake VA; Norfolk V-P; 2003-5-8
BEDSOLE, John D "Doc"; 67; Tallahassee FL; Tallahassee D; 2002-6-24
BEDSOLE, Karolyne Elizabeth; 0; Eastman GA; Macon T; 2004-6-26; hzfc
BEDSOLE, Lillian A (ENGEL); 61; Chicago IL; Des Plaines DH; 2000-12-24
BEDSOLE, Lula Pauline; 79; NC to Tampa FL; Tampa Trib; 2003-2-18
BEDSOLE, Mack; 74; Eastman GA; Savannah MN; 2000-11-3
BEDSOLE, Margaret G (FINCH); 73; Warrenton GA; Augusta Ch; 2001-3-28

BEDSOLE, Marilyn Stewart; 47; DeSoto Parish LA; Shreveport Times; 2002-2-16
BEDSOLE, Mary Ann ( ); 80; Raleigh NC; Fayetteville O; 2001-12-22
BEDSOLE, Mary Lee (McLEMORE); 77; Fayetteville NC; Fayetteville O-T; 1999-12-25
BEDSOLE, Mary Wilder; 95; Tallahassee FL; Tallahassee D; 1990-3-21.
BEDSOLE, Miriam (SOMMER); 60; Glendale AZ; AZ Republic; 1998-10-27.
BEDSOLE, Patsy (GOODSON); 61; Havana FL; Tallahassee D; 2005-8-12.
BEDSOLE, Ray; 83; Collins MS; Hattiesburg American; 2000-2-17.
BEDSOLE, Roberta "Bobbie" (JONES); 79; Haverhill MA>Meadeville PA; Annap MD Capital (MD); 1998-12

14.
BEDSOLE, Roberta L (JONES); 79; Haverhill MA>Meadville PA; Meadville Trib; 1998-12-8.
BEDSOLE, Roberta L (JONES); 79; Haverhill MA>Meadville PA; Meadville Trib; 1998-12-9.
BEDSOLE, Ruth (POWERS); 76; Fayetteville NC>Chesapeake VA; Hampton Roads V-P; 1999-6-26.
BEDSOLE, Thomas Vance "Tommy"; 55; Chesapeake VA; Norfolk V-P; 2000-10-4.
BEDSOLE, Vera (RAMSEY); 88; ; Charlotte Obs (NC); 2005-11-6.
BEDSOLE, Vera (RAMSEY); 88; Kings Mountain NC; Gaston G; 2005-11-6.
DAVIS, Dorothy (BEDSOLE) [EMMONS]; 80; Alexandria LA>Flower Mound TX; Tyler M-T; 2005-1-6.
DAVIS, Dorothy (BEDSOLE) [EMMONS]; 80; Alexandria LA>Flower Mound TX; Tyler M-T; 2005-1-7.
DAVIS, Elva Louise (BEDSOLE); 84; Bonifay FL; PC (TN); 2000-12-16.
DAVIS, Elva Louise (BEDSOLE); 84; Bonifay FL; PC (TN); 2000-12-17.
DUCKETT, Flora (BEDSOLE); 89; Decatur GA; Gainesville T; 1998-9-14.
GOGGANS, Geraldine Bedsole ( ); 78; Barnesville GA; Macon T; 1999-5-11.
GRESHAM, Adeane (BEDSOLE); 79; Dothan AL; Southern Star; 2003-2-5.
HUGHES, Sarah Alice (BEDSOLE); 81; Tallahassee FL; Tallahassee D; 2002-1-22.
PIERCE, Gertrude Bedsole; 88; Mulberry FL; Ledger; 2003-3-13.
WOOLERY, Gladys (BEDSOLE); ; Charlotte NC; Florida T-U (FL); 2000-2-19.
LAFAYETTE CEMETARY, Fayetteville, NC

Bedsole, Stacey G. Sept. 24, 1913 Dec.31, 1986.
Bedsole, Elsie H. May 23, 1917 Oct.22, 1984

OBIT IN THE FLORENCE, ALA DAILY TIMES

Bedsole, Cornelius Theodore (Ted), 1/17/95-1/18/95, Infant, Sheffield, AL, Oakwood Cemetary.

WHITMIRE CEMETARY, ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA

Bedsole, David 1859-1931 ..Husband
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Bedsole, Martha B. 1862-1937 ...Wife

Coffee County, Ala. Bethlehem Cemetery.

Bedsole, H. no data
Bedsole, Houston Richard Jan 9, 1928 May 12, 2002 "Smokie" .
Bedsole, Ida Pearl (Barbaree) Jan 8, 1907 Sept 13, 1983 "Mother"
Bedsole, Jessie M. June 9, 1873 Oct 29, 1955
Bedsole, L. C. 4-9-1854 5-10-1933

Bedsole, Mary S. (Smith) Apr 17, 1873 Feb 21, 1966 (w/o Jessie)
Bedsold, Minnie Lee 1906 1909
Bedsole, Rebecca D. Aug 17, 1890 Mar 27, 1971 (w/o Willie J.)
Bedsole, William B. 6-5-1848 6-12-1932
Bedsole, William "Willie" J. Sept 25, 1892 no death date

Crenshaw County, Alabama, Black Marriage

Bedsole, Lee To Malinda Evans Dec 19,1889

Marriages In Genesee County, Michigan

BEDSOLE,MICHAEL THOMAS TO LISA LYNN EDICK GENESEE, 09 JAN 1982, FILE # 198280493.

LOWNDES COUNTY, ALA. MARRIAGE

Stringer, William to Bedsole, Elmina, Ms. Jan 18, 1866 Bond
Owens, Uriah to Bedsole, Elizabeth Aug 06, 1835 Hickman, Jesse JP
Simmons, Redding D. to Bedsole Martha Nov 23, 1843 Findley, William MG
Bedsole, Franklin to Croxton, Dorcas L. Dec 02, 1858 3 279 Walker, Beverly A. JP

DALE COUNTY, ALABAMA Marriage

Bedsole, M L TO Florence Beasley 11/18/1930 M-51

MOBILE, ALA. MARRIAGES

Black, Patsy to Bedsole, Thomas O'Neal 01/21/1964
Adams , Gary Max to Bedsole , Martha Curry 02/13/1979
Williams, Curtis Joe to Bedsole , Sylvia Ann 09/05/1957 91

Marriage Waller County, Texas
:
WELCH DWAYNE C 40 TO BEDSOLE ELLEN E 36 05-Nov-1971.

Union Cemetary, Smith County, Texas

Bedsole, Daisy Catherine - 14 Oct 1883 - 23 Feb 1955
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Bedsole , Quincy L. - Texas C.W.0. U.S.Army RES W.W.II Korea - Vietnam -12 Sep 1907 - 18 Jan 1972 .
Bedsole, Carlos C. - 23 Mar 1880 - 22 Aug 1938

Marriage Coreyell County, Texas

Samuel E. Uwe, 21 To Debra O. Bedsole, 17, on June 24, 1974
Bedsole, Alexander 2nd Regiment, NC Calvary
Bedsole, Amos Garrisons Company, Ogeechee Minutemen
Bedsole, "Calton" James Calvin, 46th Regiment, NC Infantry

Bedsole, Duncan 46th NC InfantryBedsole, Franklin 2nd Regiment, Alabama Calvary
Bedsole, Isaiah 17th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Bedsole, I. 17th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Bedsole, John W. Kolbs Battery, Alabama Light Artillery
Bedsole, James Garrisons Company, Georgia Infantry
Bedsole, John 20th Regiment, NC Infantry
Bedsole, John R. 3rd NC Infantry
Bedsole, Larkin 2nd Regiment NC Light Artillery, and Wagon Master, 36th Regiment, Fort Fisher. (Thanks to
George Dockery, NC).
Bedsole, Mathew 6th Regiment, Florida Infantry
Bedsole, R.H. 32nd Regiment, Alabama Infantry
Bedsole, Stephen.. Kolbs Battery, Ala. Light Artillery, Born in North Carolina. Enlisted 1862 at Eufaula,
Alabama in Kolb's Battery. Continued until close of the war. Paroled at Augusta, Georgia in April 1865.
Bedsole, Thomas 8th Regiment, NC Infantry
Bedsole, Thomas H. 32nd Alabama Infantry
Bedsole, Travis 3rd Regiment, NC Infantry
Bedsole, Travis 53rd Regiment, Alabama Partisan Rangers
Bedsole, William 6th Regiment, NC Infantry
Bedsole, William 46th Regiment, NC Infantry
Bedsole, William S. 20th Regiment, NC Infantry
Bedsole, William S. Kolbs Battery, Ala. light Artille

Revolutionary War

Thomas Bedsole, Sr. father, 1777-1778.,
Travis Bedsole, son. 1777-1778

War Of 1812

Thomas Bedsole, Jr., and brother, Travis Bedsole (Both were Sons of Thomas Sr.).

Birth, Andrews County, Texas

Bedsole, Frances Mcfarland 20-Apr-1992 F

CIVIL WAR, 6TH INFANTRY, COMPANY H.

Bedsole, Mathew Pvt. 02 April 1862
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San Sabal County, Texas

Newberry, Dave L. 29 to Bedsole, Joy E 23 31-Oct-1987

Henderson County, Texas

1947 jurors list..Quincy L. Bedsole, Athens High School graduate..
Quincy L. Bedsole, divorced Bedsole, Duke R, 19 and Sheila J 21 02 07-Sep-1981 14-Feb-1985

HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS GRANDVIEW CEMETARY

Bedsole, Ellen L. Garden of Joseph May 12, 1915 March 8, 2004

Union Chapel Cemetary, Smith County, Texas
Bedsole, Carlos C. - 23 Mar 1880 - 22 Aug 1938
Bedsole, Daisy Catherine - 14 Oct 1883 - 23 Feb 1955
Bedsole, Quincy L. - Texas C.W.0. U.S.Army RES W.W.II Korea - Vietnam -12 Sep 1907 - 18 Jan 1972
EASTERN/ACORN CEMETARY, ROBERTSON COUNTY, TEXAS
Stephens, Ida Ansely, 09.22.1880 09.07.1908, b Tyler Co., TX, Dau of Charles Wesley Ansley Sr. & Mary Ann
Bedsole Ansley, married to James H. Stephens, they had Lester, Alfred, Felton, Tillie, Mary
Births;Jefferson County, Texas
Bedsole, Clarence Oscar 5-26-1942 M mother: Lola Mattie Wright Father Clarence Oliver Bedsole
Bedsole, Lois Virginia Mother was: Lola Mattie Wright, father was; Clarence Oliver Bedsole.
Tarrant County, Texas, Births
Bedsole, Paul Lee 01-May-1960 m
Bedsole, Catherine Louise 20-Nov-1960 f
Births, Travis County, Texas
Bedsole, John Christian 11-Apr-1968 m
Bedsole, Sara Elizabeth 11-Apr-1968 f
Birth, Anderson County, Texas
Bedsole, Joseph Allen 1980 m
Bowie County, Texas, Death
Bedsole, Theodore H 6/11/1924-5/18/1994 M
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Bastrop County, Texas, Divorce
Bedsole, James C. 43 and Vickie G. 42 1 18-Dec-1988 18-Aug-1999
Henderson County, Texas, Death
Bedsole, Quincy Lee, JR 09-Jun-1999
10/04/1952, Juror List for Henderson County, Texas:

Quincy Lee Bedsole Athens, Henderson County, Senior, 1947 year:
Births Henderson County, Texas
Bedsole, Dillon Danial 11-Apr-1982 m
Bedsole, Amber Renee' 29-Aug-1983 f
Union Cemetary, Smith County, Texas
Bedsole, Daisy Catherine - 14 Oct 1883 - 23 Feb 1955
Bedsole , Quincy L. - Texas C.W.0. U.S.Army RES W.W.II Korea - Vietnam -12 Sep 1907 - 18 Jan 1972 .
Bedsole, Carlos C. - 23 Mar 1880 - 22 Aug 1938
Harris County Texas, Grandview Memorial Cemetary
BEDSOLE, Ellen L., Garden of Joseph May 12, 1915 March 8, 2004.
Easterly-Acorn Cemetary, Robertson County,
Stephens, Ida Ansley, 09.22.1880 09.07.1908, b Tyler Co., TX, dau of Charles Wesley Sr. & Mary Ann
Bedsole Ansley.
BIRTHS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS
Bedsole, SALLY LEE 15-Mar-1960 f and BEDSOLE, RENEE' JANETTE 05-Sep-1960 f .
Bedsole, RICHARD GLENN 16-Apr-1963 m and BEDSOLE, JOSEPH MICHAEL 09-Apr-1963 m
Richard Glenn married 11/13/1994, in Dallas, Texas (Say what?)
BIRTH, GREGG COUNTY, TEXAS
Bedsole, Beverly Anne mom: of Mary Jane Knight, and Talmadge Frankin Bedsole 23 AUG 1940
DEATHS HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS
Bedsole, Floree 13-Feb-1995 F and Bedsole, Samuel Curtis 09-Oct-1995 M
DIVORCE HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS
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BEDSOLE, DAVID R 23 and YVONNE H 22 2 21-Aug-1971 28-Jun-1977 27916
BEDSOLE JERRY L 35 LYNDA M 37 3 03-Aug-1959 06-Apr-1977 34170
BEDSOLE, DAVID R 23 YVONNE H 22 2 21-Aug-1971 28-Jun-1977 135917
FLETCHER RUSSELL T JR 41 and BEDSOLE, MAVIS 33 18-Aug-1990, 61051
FUNDERBURG BILLY G 53 BEDSOLE, CAROLYN 41 14-Apr-1990
Lowndes County, Ala.
Bedsole, M L to Florence Beasley 11/18/1930 M-51

Bedsole, David to Parker, Catherine May 10, 1832 1 051 Bird, David JP
Bedsole, Henry to Pouncey, Midda Ann Oct 14, 1841 Findley, William MG Chambers.
Bedsole, George to Anna Mariah Feb 11, 1847 1 512 Cone, William N. MG
Hale, Sessoms to Bedsole, Nancy Feb 04, 1836 Pouncey, William J. MG
Humphrey, Samuel to Bedsole, Sarah Dec 15, 1831 1 036 Bird, David JP
Bedsole, Franklin to Croxton, Dorcas Lee Dec 02, 1858 3 279 Walker, Beverly A. JP Bond co-signed by
Thomas W. Cook
Bedsole, Robert L. 20 Feb 1891 30 Mar 1891 The following came from cousin Faye Sadler, who is a
descendant of Henry Asbury Sessoms and Elizabeth Bedsole, below. Faye also sent me a picture of Henry
and one of Elizabeth. Note how they listed "white" and "Indian".

Henry Asbury Sessoms age 31 (white) married ELIZABETH S. BEDSOLE age 21 (white) at the home of
Norris Bedsole by Rev. J.A. Tew on Dec. 16, 1894 witnessed by: P.M. Bullard, O.L. Owen, T.E. Rich (NOTE:
Elizabeth was a daughter of Thomas Bedsole) (Thomas Sr., Duncan, Thomas).

Benjamin James Bedsole, age 19 (Indian) (This is Benjamin James Bedsole, son of Docia Bedsole and
Enoch Emanuel, Jr., listed further on as Indians) married Jennette Goodman age 23 (Indian) at their home
by: P.M. Hotcher - minister on Nov. 30, 1913 witnessed by: J.H. Bedsole, C.A. Brewington, J.L. Warrick (In
reality, Benjamin was at most, only half Indian).

H.C. BEDSOLE age 24 (white) married Lula May Green age 19 (white) on Dec. 10,1916 at my home by:
Uriah Sessoms -Justice of Peace witnessed by: E.L. Mathews, Dora Sessoms, Esphie Bedsole.
1916 Marriage License issued: Samson County, NC: R.D. Caison to Fitzhugh Bedsole.

Reynolds, Jonathan married Ziphia Bedsole on 3-6-1879 (his first marriage) performed by Thomas Barefoot
at E Reynolds - mother: "Penny" (Elizabeth) Reynolds.

CRENSHAW COUNTY, ALABAMA MARRIAGE

Watkins, M.G. to M.E. Bedsole Oct 07,1884
Williamson ,W.J.W. to Elizabeth L. Bedsole Sep 13,1893

KILLED IN WW II Over Germany

Bedsole, Joseph L. Jr. 1st Lt. Army Mobile, Ala. KIA IN WW-II while flying a B-17G on a bombing mission.
His plane was shot down over Germany, by a German ME-109 fighter plane. Josephs plane was last seen
diving to earth, its right wing on fire. No parachute was seen.

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KILLED IN KOREAN WAR

Bedsole, Charles Arthur 1/Lt. ...Alabama

NC OBITUARIES

Mahala Catherine Bedsole Sessoms w/f b.Dec. 14, 1870 in Cumberland Co. NC daughter of: Thomas &
Annie Elizabeth (Guthrie) Bedsole, wife of Benson Sessoms died in Sampson Co. on Feb. 28, 1941. cause:

cardiac disease, she was 70 years old, buried in Sessoms Family Cemetery, Sampson Co, NC. Informant
listed as Marvin Sessoms (son)

NC CEMETARIES
Bedsole, Rosa May, wife of Walter L. Bledsoe (Bedsole) 30 May 1898 - 28 Jan 1919.
Bedsole, Lizzie May, dau. of Walter L. & Rosa M. Bledsoe b.& d. 27 Jan 1919
Herman T., son of Walter L. & Rosa M. Bledsoe 30 Dec 1914 - 26 Aug 1917
Bedsole, Roy F., son of C.F. & Lillie Bedsole 7 Sep 1910 - 26 Feb 1913
Bedsole, Virlie Mae, dau. of C.F. & Lillie Bedsole 26 Dec 1906 - 28 Feb 1919.
Bedsole, Travis, 10/9/1830-10/28/1906

Duncan McLaurin Cemetary, Sampson County, NC
Eugene, son of Marshall Stephen & Malissa Lee (Bedsole) Autry 21 Jul 1899 - 21 Aug 1906
Marshall Stephen Autry 15 Oct 1861 - 20 Feb 1943
Malissia Lee Bedsole, wife of Marshall Stephen Autry 2 Aug 1859 - 24 Jul 1945
Travis Bedsole 9 Oct 1830 - 28 Oct 1906
OUTLAW CEMETARY, DUPLIN COUNTY, NC
Outlaw, Victoria Francis, 7-26-1852 - 7-25-1878, da. of George Outlaw & Hester Whitfield, spouse of William
Travis Bedsole, at Outlaw Cemetery, Duplin County, N.C

MOUNTAIN REST CEMETARY, CLEVELAND COUNTY, NC
Bedsole, Mexie Jay May 10, 1914 Jun 9, 1978 WW II. Husband to Bedsole, Vera I. Dec 21, 1916.Wife
ARCHIBALD MCLERAN CEMETARY, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NC

Martha Bedsole 23 Jan 1842 - 20 Jan 1866
PETERS CREEK CEMETARY, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NC
Hall Mildred S - Donza L Mar 26 1929 - Aug 5 1973 "Our loved ones"
Seavy L Bedsole Dec 3 1924 - Mar 10 1973 "Father, At rest"
Cumberland Cemetary, Cumberland County, NC
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Bledsole, Robert Wayne Nov. 25, 1938 Nov. 25, 1985 US Navy.
Bedsole, Mishoe/Meshoe Lee Jan. 26, 1868 Dec. 12, 1945
Reuben Fisher Cemetary, Sampson County, NC
Lucinda Fisher Bedsole 5 Dec 1858 - 19 Feb 1883
BEDSOLE BIOGRAPHIES IN LOUISIANA

BEDSOLE, GEORGE W.
George W. Bedsole, a retired department head emeritus of sociology, social welfare and criminal justice, and
professor emeritus of sociology at Southeastern Louisiana University, passed away in Hammond surrounded
by his family at 5:45 p.m. Friday, May 2, 2003. He was 83 and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. A native
of Slocomb, Ala., he was born Nov. 9, 1919, and attended the University of Alabama. He later transferred to
LSU, where he completed his graduate degrees. He accepted a teaching position at Southeastern in 1947,
where he taught for 38 years. He retired in 1983 after serving as department head for 15 years. He worked
diligently to establish the Criminal Justice and Social Welfare programs at Southeastern and was proud of
the national recognition these programs and the many graduates brought to SLU. Throughout his tenure at
SLU, he taught not only sociology, but geography, economics and graduate courses in the department. His
criminology classes looked forward to their annual visit to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola to see
the facility first hand. He was a former member of Pi Gamma Mu, the Southern Sociological Society, the
Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers, a member of the Capital Area Agency on
Aging during its first year, an honorary charter member of the Louisiana Sheriff's Association, and an
honorary member of the Blue Knights of America. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of
Hammond, and worked with many Hammond area organizations before he retired. Survived by his wife of 60
years, Cecile Reinken Bedsole; a daughter and son-in-law, Robert G. and Brenda Bedsole Ricks of Amite;
two sons, G. Alan Bedsole of Amite and Robert Lee Bedsole and wife Krispin Patrice Caldwell of Baton
Rouge; five grandchildren, Michael and Robert W. Ricks of Amite, and Rachel, Laura and Jason Bedsole of
Baton Rouge; a nephew, Hubert Woods Jr.and wife Bille of Lake Charles; and two nieces, Jan Woods Gray
and husband Bob of Lake Charles and Betty Sue Woods Rash and husband Bobby of Slocomb. Preceded in
death by his parents, G.W. Bedsole and Bannie McKnight Bedsole; a sister, Blanche Bedsole Woods; and
two brothers, Vergil Lee Bedsole and Wilmer Bedsole. Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home,
Hammond, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Visitation in the funeral home chapel from noon until service at 2

p.m. Tuesday, conducted by Dr. Win Welford and Dr.George Hess. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
may be made to the George W. Bedsole Criminal Justice Award Scholarship Fund, Southeastern Louisiana
University Development Foundation, SLU Box 1073, Hammond, La. 70402 or to a favorite charity.
Rapides Parish, La.: Travis Lafayette Bedsole, born. 1856

TRAVIS LAFAYETTE BEDSOLE Merchant, Lena, La. Mr. Bedsole is a member of the firm of C. W. Ainsley &
Co. And is a wide awake, enterprising business man. He was originally from Alabama, his birth occurring in
1856, and is a son of Theodore Hamilton Bedsole and Mary A. Bedsole, natives of Alabama. The father was
a farmer and merchant, and removed to Vernon Parish, La., where he now resides. He was quite a
prominent citizen of Alabama. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, N. H. Bray Lodge No. 208, and both
he and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. T.L. Bedsole was educated in the common
schools of Alabama. In 1879 he was married in that State to Miss Rebecca Norton, daughter of Mrs.
Elizabeth Norton, and afterward, in 1880, removed to Rapides Parish where Mr. Bedsole was engaged in

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farming until the spring of 1886. He then removed to Lena, embarked in the mercantile business, and this he
has since continued very successfully. He is a promising young business man, and will make his mark in the
world. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, N. H. Bray Lodge No. 208. His marriage was blessed by the
birth of five children, two sons and three daughters.

Walnut Hill, Louisiana, Baptist Church

BEDSOLE, Celia - no date of joining, letter of dismissal 17 Mar 1888.
BEDSOLE, Callie - no date of joining, dismissal from membership 10 Oct 1883, restored 13 Apr 1884; born

30 Jun 1855, died 12 Feb 1910 LA, buried Mora Cemetery (Rapides) LA; married to Travis Franklin Bedsole
(separate write-up); 1 known child: Leona Ada Bedsole.
BEDSOLE, Sally - baptized 8 Jul 1883, excluded 12 Dec 1885 to join Cambelites; married to T.C. Bedsole
(separate write-up).
BEDSOLE, T.C. - no date of joining, excluded 12 Dec 1885 to join Cambelites; married to Sally Bedsole
(separate write-up).
BEDSOLE, T.F. - joined by voucher 11 May 1884; born 3 Apr 1853, died 18 Feb 1910 LA, buried Mora
Cemetery, Rapides, LA; married to Callie Bedsole
BEDSOLE, Travis - joined 14 Sep 1884, later excluded from fellowship, & then restored 15 Jun 1889.
Chop, Jessie V. Bedsole, 2 Jun 1909 / [no dates] Mother d/o B. Felder Bedsole & Lottie Mayo.
Chop, Johnnie - 3 Apr 1911 / 6 Jan 1989 s/o Tony Chopp & Dora Cooley
Chop, John Jr., Son of M&M John Chop - 20 Feb 1931 / 27 May 1948 [
Bedsole, Felder W. - 2 Sep 1895 / 2 Dec 1895
Bedsole, Rebecca S. - 1851 / 22 Sep 1895
Bedsole, Thos. L. - 30 Mar 1856 / 7 Nov 1928
Golemon, Lottie Bedsole - 17 Oct 1877 / 29 Nov 1957 Mother [d/o Elijah Mayo & Elizabeth Bryant]

Cleveland Cemetary, Rapides Parish, La.

Bedsole, Charles L. - 9 Apr 1885 / 3 Jul 1913
Bedsole, Lula - 9 Aug 1893 / 15 Aug 1901
Bedsole, John Mayo, son of M.M and T. L. Bedsole - 10 Mar 1913 / 2 Dec 1913
Dubois, Nelia Bedsole, 2nd wife of Stephen Dubois - 31 Jan 1880 / 8 Apr 1973

Early Land documentation

As pathetically inadequate as it is, I am including copies of all the documentation I have found on the early
Bedsoles, with few exceptions, such as the coat of arms and the certificate for country of origin (Germany-
Betzold) for Bedsole. For the past fifty-eight years, I have been blocked at every twist and turn by an almost
total lack of records. Also blocking my research, were the various misspellings of the ancestors/descendants,
such as Bedsoll, Batsol, Bledsau, Bletso, Batson, Bedsoal, Bedsowl, Blatsow, Betsel and etc. Another
problem was the tendency to name children after themselves, parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and
grandparents. I noted no less than eight Elizabeth Bedsoles for instance, whose fathers were named Thomas
Bedsole. Also, way too many people went by their middle names, and/or nicknames, such as "Scooter", or
"Lizer", or "Cotton" Bedsole. The court house and its records in Bladen County, NC, where the earliest
Bedsoles settled, burned down five times between 1768 or so and 1900, taking all land, marriage, death,
birth, and other vital records up in smoke. These burnings prevented most duplicate records from also being
on file in the capitol of NC, Raleigh. After the Bladen

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courthouse was burned down several times, the Court Clerk took the records to his own house and kept
them for a long time trying to save them, but someone burned his house down too, for his trouble, along with
the records again. More than likely these fires were the work of arsonists who did away with the records to
avoid lawsuits, jail time, or other legal actions against them. Other Researchers, or anyone who wants to go
and look; Take a good flashlight, a good camera with flash, a work table, a portable lamp and a chair to sit in.
Also, take a small copier and supplies and a small folding table, or something to lay stuff on. I invite anyone
who has the grit, to go to that courthouse and do some research. But be prepared to stay not less than 7
days at a time, to look through hundreds if not thousands of papers, in boxes and no other kind of order, and
to work really hard at it for not less than ten hours each and every day. Land records are about the only thing

one can find with the word "Bedsole", or equivalent/variation, on it. Its almost as if our ancestors never
existed as far as shipping, births, children, spouses, parents, deaths, children, marriages, divorces, court
actions, and etc.. It didn't help any either, that NC only began to require birth records in 1912..

LAND RECORDS

I wrote these just as they were on the original documents, misspellings and all. With my own explanations of
who and what. In most cases. Land records are the only documentation for many early Bedsole ancestors.
Unfortunately, they do not list spouses, siblings, or other relatives.The big problem with land records, when
people named their children after their own ancestors and descendants, is, that they do not list ages,
birthdates, spouses, or relatives or whether the buyers and sellers are Jr., Sr., III., or anything else.
Consequently, except for guessing who they are, based primarily on the location of the land related to other
data, and the date of the transfer of title, theres no way one can determine who they actually were. Its "Best
Guess", at its best.

FIRST BEDSOLE LAND RECORDS IN THE U.S.

The originals of these land records were recorded as shown, by hand. William, son of Abraham from
Germany, apparently left NC and went to Virginia, and acquired the first land in 1719. He must have then
either sent word, or went back to NC and persuaded Abraham, to move to Virginia. The two 1726 records
show them going together for 2,000 acres via 1,000 acres each by Patent, (Free land from the
government).The other records show William acquiring another 1,000 acres, his brother Isaac acquiring
1,000 acres seperately in the fourth record, but likely adjoining Williams land. Abraham had apparently
moved from that area then. However, I continued to find "Abraham" in Virginia until 1730 or so, Abrahams
last name was written as Bessow when he arrived in NC by ship in 1700, then Batson when he came back in
1701, it was changed to Betsoe, Bedsoe, Bedsole, and finaly Bledsoe, by seperate english Scribes from time
to time, reflecting the fact that Bedsoles in general, could neither read, write, or spell until about 1950. The
Library of Virginia has numerous other Bledsoe land records, and I know at some point, some of them were
true Bledsoe's from England, but no way to determine who were Bedsoles and who were Bledsoes.
Regardless of all that, the origin of both Bedsole and Bledsoe, is Prussia/Germany.

William Bledsoe, 11 July 1719. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42. Location: Russell County.
Description: 214 acres St. Mary's parish. Beginning by the upper side of Hunting Run, at the mouth of a small
branch. Source: Land Office Patents No. 11, 1719-1724, p. 20. Part of the index to the recorded copies of
patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is
housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

William & Abraham Bledsoe 30 May 1726.Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42. Location: Spotsylvania
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County. Grantee(s): Bledsoe, Abraham and William. Description: 1000 acres. Source: Land Office Patents
No. 12, 1724-1726, p. 382 .Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the
Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the
Library of Virginia.

William & Abraham Bledsoe. 30 May 1726.Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, Location: Spotsylvania
County. Grantee(s): Bledsoe, Abraham and Bledsoe, William.. Description: 1000 acres upon the branches of
the Mine Run, adjoining land of the Reverend Hugh Jones. Source: Land Office Patents No. 12, 1724-1726,

p. 382. Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony

serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. This is
not a copy of the record of the same date and location above. So they acquired 2,000 acres of land on the
same day. Very likely they were limited to 1,000 acres per Patent. So they did two in order to acquire 2,000
acres together.

William Bledsoe. 28 September 1728.Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42. Location: Spotsylvania
County. Description: 1000 acres in the fork of the river beginning and extending by the Rappadan River side
above the mouth of a run. Source: Land Office Patents No. 14, 1728-1732 (pt.1 & 2), p. 103. Part of the
index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial
Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

Isaac Bledsoe. 28 September 1728.Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42. Location: Spotsylvania County.
Description: 1,000 acres in the Little fork of Rappahannock River, and on the South side of the North side.
Beginning and extending standing by the river side by the mouth of a branch. Source: Land Office Patents
No. 13, 1725-1730 (v.1 & 2 p.1-540), p. 294. Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land
issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the
Archives at the Library of Virginia.

William Bledsoe, 12 March 1739. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Franklin
County. Description: 700 acres on the branches of the Black Walnut Run adjoining Hugh Jones's land.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 18, 1738-1739, p. 522 (Reel 16).

William Bledsoe, 16 June 1768. Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Culpeper County, Va.. Description: 48 acres in the Robinson Fork of Rappahanock River,
adjoining John Zachery. Source: Northern Neck Grants O, 1767-1770, p. 159 (Reel 296). Original survey
exists

Deed Of William West (Jr.), Brother Of Rhoda West,(Mother Of Thomas Bedsole, Sr. and John Bedsole,
(Born 1750 and 1753, Respectively).

July 8, 1816 State of North Carolina, Bladen County To the Surveyor of the said County you are hereby
directed to survey and admeasure or cause to be surveyed laid out or and measured for William WEST 250
acres land in the aforesaid county agreable to his Entry No. 270 and Dated February 5th 1816 Lying on the
North side of Turnbull joining John DAVIS and William RICHARDSONS and Daniel MCDUFFIE and Peter
MCBRIDEs and such survey to be made do you return to the Secretary's office agreable to Law given under
my hand at office. July 8th 1816 J (? initial illegible) s.

Bedsole as "Bledsoe" land records ("Entries") in court record book

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July 11, 1719. William, now about 18-19 years old, and a "Bledsoe" on his land record, is granted 214 acres
of land in Russell County, St. Marys Parish, Virginia. This is the very first land record for a "Bledsoe" who is
actually a Bedsole, in the United States.

1726. Abraham now also a "Bledsoe", his wife Rose, and daughter Elizabeth S. are listed in Chalkleys
Chronicles, in Virginia, among the "Early Settlers Of Virginia". With them are William Barry, husband of
Elizabeth S. and a daughter of Elizabeth and William; Mary who married Thomas Harding with his life as
1709-1772.

May 20, 1726. Abraham, and William, both now "Bledsoes" on the documentation, are jointly granted 1,000
acres of land in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

May 20, 1726. Abraham and William Bledsoe are jointly granted another 1,000 acres of land in Spotsylvania
County, Virginia.

Sept. 28, 1728. "Isaac Bledsoe" was granted 1,000 acres, also in Spotsylvania. That indicates Isaac is very
likely also a son of Abraham and Rose, having been born about 1707, in NC.

Sept. 28, 1728. At the same time as Isaac, but seperately, Abraham Bledsoe is granted 1,000 acres also in
Spotsylvania County, Virginia. All 3 of them being there during the same time period lends credence to my
guess that Isaac is the son of Abraham, and brother of William. (This also indicates that the 3 of them then
owned 4,000 acres of land in Spotsylvania County, Virginia).

March 12, 1739 William is granted 700 acres in Franklin County, Virginia.

June 16, 1768. William Bledsoe is granted 48 acres in Culpepper County, Virginia. Apparently, Abraham is
now dead.

Feb, 1770 Botetourt County, Va. Abraham Bledsoe, appointed Constable for that part he lives in upon Reedy
Creek. He died in June, 1770.However, this is Abraham, Jr. and not the one born in 1673 in Germany,

Washington County, Va. March 18, 1787..Anthony Bledsoe - 400 ac - in the Many Sinks, includes
improvements, actual settlement made 1775 - September 1, 1781. Page 363 - Anthony Bledsoe -
Commissioners Certificate - in the many Sinks on the waters of the north fork of Holstein River. This Anthony
is likely related to our Bedsoles, but how he is related, is very unclear.

Anthony Bedsole...May be a son of William Bedsole/Bledsoe, Jr. b. 1727. Page 364 - Anthony Bledsoe - 320
ac - Preemption Warrant dated August 15, 1783 #2534 - on the waters of the north fork of Holstein River in
the Many Sinks - corner to his settlement rights - March 18, 1787

Page 393 - Anthony Bledsoe - 272 ac - Preemption warrant # 2534 - in the Many Sinks on the waters of the
north fork of Holstein River - corner to his adjacent survey - March 22, 1791

Page 393 - Anthony Bledsoe - 366 ac - Preemption Warrant #2534 - March 22,1791 on both sides of the
north fork of Holstein River -

Page 364 - Anthony Bledsoe - 395 ac - Sept. 28, 1792. Commissioners Certificate - on both sides of the
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north fork of Holstein River - beginning on the north bank of the river -

March 17, 1787...Anthony Bledsoe, assignee of Richard Collier - 400 ac - on the north fork
of Holstein known by the name of the Great Bent, includes improvements made by Bledsoe, actual
settlement made in 1786 - August 24, 1781

04/23/1762. BLADEN COUNTY, NC. John Mellon, planter, of Bladen County, party of the first part, hereby
sells and conveys unto Vincent Bedsole, planter, also of Bladen County, NC, party of the second part, for 4

pounds sterling, a certain track or parcel of land situate and lying in Bladen County, NC containing 300 acres
as follows. To Wit Beginning at two white oaks near a ridge and running along Thomas Bedsole's line, N 156
Poles 23 poles and 12 links.

08/20/1764. BLADEN COUNTY, NC. Vincent Bedsole, planter of Bladen County, NC party of the first part
hereby sells and conveys unto James Bailey, planter, also of Bladen County, NC party of the second part, for
6 pounds sterling a certain track or parcel of land containing 190 acres situate being and lying in Bladen
County, NC as follows to Wit. Beginning at a pine and running S along ..190 Acres. NOTE: This land is also
located near Beaverdam, NC.

01/01/1793, BLADEN COUNTY, NC. William Bedsole, of Bladen County, planter, party of the first part sells,
conveys and transfers unto William Gray, planter, party of the second part for 1 pound sterling 15 shillings
also of Bladen County, NC the following track of parcel of land: To Wit; Beginning at a white oak and Running
along the N side of the Beaverdam 32 poles, 43 chains and 12 links..............50 acres.

Pp.463-464: 22 Jan 1793,William Gray of Bladen Co., to William Bedsole of same, for 15 pounds.50 A
between Turnbull and the pine pond.William Grey (Seal),Wit: Hezekiah Jones (X), Saml Hales (X). Bladen,
Feby Term 1793, prov.by Hezekiah Jones.

Thomas Bedsole, (Sr.) Although "Sr" is not listed, All land records prior to 1800 to "Thomas" was Thomas
Sr., because Jr. was not yet old enough to own land.

Abstracts of Land Entries: Bladen Co, NC 1778-1781 by Dr. A.B. Pruitt 1989: Page 146-911 Feb.7, 1779
Thomas Bedsole enters 100 ac on NE side of Beaverdam Swamp; includes where he lives and runs up.
("Runs up" means it runs up the stream, or swamp, in this case).

Page 154 955.Mar.10, 1779 Thomas Bedsole enters 100 ac on the head of Short spring Br and runs up. (Br
means Branch). This was in Bladen County.

Page 173-1064. May 24,1779 Jesse Carter enters 100 ac on South River marshes; borders the upper side of
Thomas Bedsole.("Upper side", means along his property line, on the north side). In Bladen County.

Page 204 1231. Nov.2, 1779 Thomas Bedsole enters 100 ac on E side of Beaverdam Swamp; borders: his
own line. Bladen County. Thos Bedsole 100 ac;

Warrant #1238 issued Mar.10, 1780 by Thos Robeson to Thomas Bedsole for 100 ac on E side of
Beaverdam Swamp, joins his own line, & entered

964(3768). Thomas Bedsole 100 ac; warrant # 963 issued Jun.30,1780 by Thos Robeson to "Ezechiah"
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Jones for 100 ac on SW side of South R, ("R" means river), begins at mouth of Long Br, runs "up",& entered
Mar. 15,1780 [note at bottom] "sold to Thos Bedsole as will appear by plats". Bladen County, NC

100 ac surveyed Jun.25, 1786 for Thomas Bedsole (Hezekiah Jones-lined out] by J Rhodes; Hezekiah Jones
& Archibald McDonald, chain carriers; grant #1153 issued Oct.10,1787. Bladen County, NC

965(3769). Thomas Bedsole 100 ac; warrant #1447 issued Jun.30, 1779 by Thos Robinson (Robeson, not
Robinson) to Thos Bedsole for 100 ac, begins on head of Short Spring Br, runs "up", & entered

Mar.10,1779;100 ac surveyed Jun.24,1786 by J Rhodes. John Bedsole & Baxter Davis, chain carriers; grant
#1154 issued Oct.10,1787. (It is very rare to come across ANYTHING with Johns name on it. This John was
a brother of William Jr., and uncle of Thomas Sr. Bladen County, NC.

1387(4192). Thomas Bedsole 100 ac; warrant # 918 issued May 10,1779 by Thos Robeson to Thos Bedsole
for 100 ac on NE side of Beaverdam Swamp, includes where he lives, runs "up",& entered Feb.7,1779;100
ac surveyed Sept.24,1783 by Will Bryan;[no chain carriers mentioned) Grant #1054 issued Nov.7,1784.
Bladen County, NC.

2278(5083). Thomas Bedsole 100 ac; warrant # 1169 issued May 1,1795 by W R Singletary to Simon Pharis
Hair for 100 ac, between Archebald McDaniel & Samuel Hails (also sometimes spelled HALES), joins both,
along "the" road "on both sides,& entered...Bladen County, NC.

Jan.1,1795 [on back] warrant sold Oct.10, 1798 by Jesse Hair, heir of Simon Pharis Hair, to Thomas Bedsole
(signed) Jesse Hair (no witness) and (no date) John "Pharies" swears purchase money for within mentioned
land was paid & warrant obtained without fraud (signed) John Pharies (witness) Will White;100 ac surveyed
Nov.24,1798 by A Weathersbee; Saml Pharis & H "Thos", chain carriers; grant #2183 issued Mar.9,1799.
Bladen County, NC.

2821(5604). William Bedsole 100 ac; warrant #1541 issued Apr.4,1796 by W R Singletary to William Bedsole
for 100 ac, begins at his own corner on Great White Pocoson, (This was more likely Moccasin, not Pocoson)
runs down his line,& entered Nov.16,1795;100 ac on N side of Weathersbee's Mill Bay surveyed Nov.20,1799
by A Weathersbee;[no chain carriers mentioned]. Bladen County, NC. (Note, this William (Jr) was the father
of Thomas Sr.)

# 616 Sept.30,1799 William Bedsole paid 0.75 (about ONE DOLLAR in today's money) pounds for 150 ac in
entries #1799 & "blank" dated Nov.16,1795 (signed) John Haywood, PT Grant #2686 issued Nov.27,1802.
Bladen County, NC. (This William was the father of Thomas Sr.).

3088(0248). Thomas Bedsole 31 ac; warrant #508 issued Feb.28,1818 by Jas Campbell to Thos "Beadsole"
(From JD: an interesting way to spell Bedsole. "Bead" is "Bed"?. They spelled it BED, then BEAD, in the
same deed) for 50 ac, joins Francis Davis on S side of South R,& entered Aug.4,1817;31 ac surveyed May
12,1818 by P Kelly; Geo Blackwell & Levi Jones, chain carriers, land on South R, begins at Archd McDaniel's
corner pine in John Daniel's line at head of Juniper "Bulk",joins Wm Smith Sr, & Sessoms; 2 copies of survey
in shuck]. Bladen County, NC. (Note: From JD This "Sessoms" family is where Sessoms Bedsole got his first
name. This George Blackwell, was the grandfather of Susan Blackwell, who married Edward Bedsole, son of
Thomas Jr.)

3089(0249). Thomas Beadsole 50 ac;warrant #136 issued Sept.2,1815 by Jas Campbell to Ths. Bedsole for
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50 ac, joins Francis Davis' line on S side of South R,& entered May 8,1815; 50 ac surveyed Oct.16,1815 by
James Kelly; John Daniel & Travas Bedsole (Travis Bedsole), chain carriers;[land begins at Ellis' corner pine
on SW side of Juniper "Bulk"; 2 copies of survey in shuck. ("Shuck" refers to the file folder, or onion skin
paper enclosing something). Bladen County, NC.

6 Dec.1822-Ths. Bledsoe and Charlotte Bledsoe (This was Thomas Bedsole, Jr. and wife, Charlotte English)
To Penelope McDaniel, Levi Jones and Ths. Smith for $100 all our right to a Negro wench and child by the
names of Rachel and Minnie. Witness: Nathan Wheeler. May Term 1823. A McDowell, Clerk. (Note: although

a different spelling the above entry was indexed under Bedsol). Bladen County, NC. (McDaniel, Jones and
Smith above, (wives ) were sisters and were all daughters of Sarah, a daughter of Thomas Jr. and Charlotte
).

10 Oct. 1820-Thomas Bedsole, Jr. to Daniel Melvin-$140 for 50 acres adj lands of Francis Davis and
including the plantation on which I now live and 10 acres on N side of Archibald McDaniel's Pond adj lands
patented by Archibald McDaniel, Sr. Wit: Robert Melvin and Elizabeth Melvin. Feb. term 1825.

(The following record was the wife and children of Thomas Smith, husband of Sarah Bedsole (Thomas Sr.) ,
giving up their claim against the land of Thomas Smith, for $160. They are Sarah, Elizabeth, Ann, and Clarry,
to Joab, brother of Thomas Smith).:

7 July 1842-Sarah Bedsole, Levi Jones & his wife Elizabeth Jones, Ann Smith, Owen Jones & Clarry Jones
his wife To Joab Smith-$160-all our right in 4 tracts of land on the S side of the Beaverdam Swamp, a branch
of South River & both sides of the Stage Road granted to Thomas Smith, Sr. The above tracts belonging to
Thomas Smith, deceased & Sarah Bedsole, Elizabeth Jones, Ann Smith & Clarry Jones, being 4 of the lawful
heirs of Thomas Smith. Wit: Thomas Smith, Senr. Stephen Smith. August Term 1842. David Lewis.
Commission to Robert Melvin & Love McDaniel, Esqs. to take private examinations of Elizabeth & Clarry
Jones separate from their husbands Levi & Owen Jones-Said examination had on 9 Sept 1842 at
Beaverdam Meeting House. Note: Love McDaniel was a Lawyer and land speculator.

March 1842-Daniel Bedsole, Thomas Parker & wife Charity Bedsole of Cumberland County, Nusen Autry &
wife Clarey also of Cumberland County To Love McDaniel-$80, all our right, title, interest & claim to lands of
the estate of William Bedsole, it being undivided & containing 417 acres on the S. side of South River. First
tract adj lands of Thomas Bedsole granted to William Bedsole (son of Thomas Sr.), on 12 Dec 1816-another
tract of 107 acres being part of a tract granted to Samuel Hales on 9 March 1791 on the South side of South
river East of the Stage road adj lands of Mathew Hales-3rd tract of 100 acres granted to Thomas Bedsole &
by him conveyed to Benjamin Faircloth & by him to William Bedsole on W side of South river-5th tract of 10
acres-6th tract of 100 acres being part of tract granted to Samuel Hales on 9 March 1797 including that part
not sold or give to John Bedsole & adj lands of Samuel Phares-also our interest in 100 acres "which we have
not got the grant nor courses" to the 3/8th part of the above land. Wit: J. B. Simpson, John McDaniel. Feby
Term 1843. David Lewis, Clerk (William, son of Thomas Sr. has died and this land is being given to lawyer
Love McDaniel, likely for handling Williams affairs and he likely paid additional money besides that). Bladen
County, NC.

10 Oct. 1820-Thomas Bedsole, Sr.. to Daniel Melvin-$140 for 50 acres adj lands of Francis Davis and
including the plantation on which I now live and 10 acres on N side of Archibald McDaniel's Pond adj lands
patented by Archibald McDaniel, Sr. Wit: Robert Melvin and Elizabeth Melvin. Feb. term 1825. Bladen
County, NC. Full deeds or patents were lost in courthouse fires, but I found some as listed here, in deed

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abstract and index books. (Check out the book numbers. It takes a long time to look through one book. They
are not in order, and in boxes. In this case, there were more than 500 books.

FROM BOXES OF OLD NC LAND RECORDS AT THE RALEIGH, NC COURTHOUSE
(These books are in no special order. You could literally spend years looking through them)

From Books #1, 2 and 3 nothing. From book # 4 Old NC Deeds: Pp. 463-464: 22 Jan 1793, William Gray of

Bladen Co., to William Bedsole of same, for (pounds symbol) 15...50 A between Turnbull and the pine
pond...William Gray (Seal), Wit: Hezekiah Jones (X), Samuell Hales (X). Bladen, Feby Term 1793, prov. by
Hezekiah Jones. From Book #12 ("sd" means "said"). (This has to be William Jr., father of Thomas Sr.).
Bladen County, NC.

pg. 290 VINCENT BEDSOLE 10 May 1760 300 acres for two pounds sterling in Johnston County on the N.
side of Neuse River between ANTHONY HERRING,.......?

Page # 390. 1757. Old Dobbs County: Vincent Bedsole.Vincent was Spelled "Vinson" in the book, sells 157
acres to Thomas Thinkley. (Note from JD: Dobbs County only existed a few years and its name changed).
Dobbs was created from Johnston which was created from part of Bladen. After "Dobbs" was deleted, it
became Lenoir County, created from part of Bladen. So even though he owned land in "Dobbs", it is likely to
have adjoined the land of Thomas Sr., still in "Bladen" County. John Bedsole, born about 1730 is listed on the
1790 Bladen County Census. I know the William Bedsole above was not the son of Thomas Bedsole, Sr.
because in 1793, Thomas's William was only 10 years old. That leaves William (Henry) Bedsole, Jr., b. 1727.

From Book # 107: Capt. Johnston's District. Bedsole, John 200 acres 1779 and Bedsole, Thomas 100 acres,
1779. Bladen County, NC.

From Book # 119 Bladen County . # 859. Feb. 2, 1779 John Bedsole enters 100 ac about 600 yards below
Watson's Br "by" a place called the "thick bolk". Bladen County, NC.

04/23/1762. BLADEN COUNTY, NC. John Mellon, planter, of Bladen County, party of the first part, hereby
sells and conveys unto Vincent Bedsole, planter, also of Bladen County, NC, party of the second part, for 4
pounds sterling, a certain track or parcel of land situate and lying in Bladen County, NC containing 300 acres
as follows. To Wit Beginning at two white oaks near a ridge and running along Thomas Bedsole's line, N 156
Poles 23 poles and 12 links...

08/20/1764. BLADEN COUNTY, NC. Vincent Bedsole, planter of Bladen County, NC party of the first part
hereby sells and conveys unto James Bailey, planter, also of Bladen County, NC party of the second part, for
6 pounds sterling a certain track or parcel of land containing 190 acres situate being and lying in Bladen
County, NC as follows to Wit. Beginning at a pine and running S along ..190 Acres. NOTE: This land is also
located near Beaverdam, Bladen County, NC.

01/01/1793, BLADEN COUNTY, NC. William Bedsole, of Bladen County, planter, party of the first part sells,
conveys and transfers unto William Gray, planter, party of the second part for 1 pound sterling 15 shillings
also of Bladen County, NC the following tract or parcel of land: To Wit; Beginning at a white oak and Running
along the N side of the Beaverdam 32 poles, 43 chains and 12 links 50 acres. NOTE: This land is also

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located near Beaverdam, Bladen County, NC. See: "Bladen County, North Carolina Abstracts of Early Deeds
1738-1804 by: Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S. 1979, For 1738-1779"

Pp.463-464: Bladen County, NC., 22 Jan 1793,William Gray of Bladen Co., to William Bedsole (b. 1727) of
same, for 15 pounds.50 A between Turnbull and the pine pond.William Grey (Seal),Wit: Hezekiah Jones (X),
Saml Hales (X). Bladen, Feby Term 1793, prov.by Hezekiah Jones. (From JD: In various stories on the NC
History site, William Gray was indicted for land fraud, embezzlement, and etc., against the state. It appears
that he also got William Bedsole involved in his dealings more than one time).

Page 146 911 Feb.7, 1779 Thomas Bedsole (Sr.) enters 100 ac on NE side of Beaverdam Swamp Bladen
County, NC; includes where he now lives and runs up. ("Runs up" means it runs up the stream, or swamp, in
this case).

Page 154 955.Mar.10, 1779 Thomas Bedsole (Sr.) enters 100 ac on the head of Short spring Br and runs up.
(Br means Branch). Bladen County, NC.

Page 173 1064. May 24,1779 Jesse Carter enters 100 ac on South River marshes; borders the upper side of
Thomas Bedsole (Sr.).("Upper side", means along his property line, on the north side).

Page 204 1231. Nov.2, 1779 Thomas Bedsole (Sr.) enters 100 ac on E side of Beaverdam Swamp; borders:
his own line. See: Abstracts of Land Warrants Bladen County, NC 1778-1803 Part 1 by Dr. A.P. Pruitt 200948(
3752): This 100 ac; warrant #1238 issued Mar.10, 1780 by Thos. Robeson to Thomas Bedsole (Sr.) for
100 ac on E side of Beaverdam Swamp, joins his own line,& entered Nov.2,1779; 100 ac surveyed
Jun.25,1786 by J Rhodes; Archibald McDonald & Ezekiah Jones, chain carriers; grant #1137 issued
Oct.10,1787 (Archibald McDaniels, not McDonald, and Hezekiah, not Ezekiah, were neighbors, owning land
adjoining Thomas Sr.'s). Bladen County, NC.

964(3768). Bladen County, NC. Thomas Bedsole, (Sr.) 100 ac; warrant #963 issued Jun.30,1780 by This
Robeson to "Ezechiah" (Probably Hezekiah) Jones for 100 ac on SW side of South R, ("R" means river),
begins at mouth of Long Br, runs "up",& entered Mar. 15,1780 [note at bottom] "sold to Ths Bedsole as will
appear by plats". Bladen County, NC. 100 ac surveyed Jun.25, 1786 for Thomas Bedsole (Sr.) (Ezekiah
Jones-lined out] by J Rhodes; Ezekiah Jones & Archibald McDonald (McDaniel) , chain carriers; grant #1153
issued Oct.10,1787.

965(3769). Bladen County, NC.Thomas Bedsole (Sr.) 100 ac; warrant # 1447 issued Jun.30, 1779 by Ths
Robinson (Robeson, not Robinson) to Thos Bedsole for 100 ac, begins on head of Short Spring Br, runs "up",
& entered Mar.10,1779; 100 ac surveyed Jun.24,1786 by J Rhodes; John Bedsole & Baxter Davis, chain
carriers; grant # 1154 issued Oct.10,1787.

1387(4192). Bladen County, NC. Thomas Bedsole (Sr.) 100 ac; warrant #918 issued May 10,1779 by Ths
Robeson to Ths Bedsole for 100 ac on NE side of Beaverdam Swamp, includes where he lives, runs "up",&
entered Feb.7,1779;100 ac surveyed Sept.24,1783 by Will Bryant;[no chain carriers mentioned];grant #1054
issued Nov.7,1784.

2278(5083). Bladen County, NC.Thomas Bedsole (Sr.) 100 ac; warrant #1169 issued May 1,1795 by W R
Singletary to Simon Pharis Hair for 100 ac, between Archebald McDaniel & Samuel Hails (also sometimes
spelled HALES), joins both, along "the" road "on both sides,& entered Jan.1,1795[on back] warrant sold

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Oct.10, 1798 by Jesse Hair, heir of Simon Pharis Hair, to Thomas Bedsole (signed) Jesse Hair (no witness)
and no date) John "Pharies" swears purchase money for within mentioned land was paid & warrant obtained
without fraud (signed) John Pharies (witness) Will White;100 ac surveyed Nov.24,1798 by A Weathersbee;
Saml Pharis & H "This", chain carriers; grant #2183 issued Mar.9,1799.(Duncan, Owen and John Bedsole all
married 3 of Hairs daughters. Hair and Pharis were neighboring landowners)

2821(5604). Bladen County, NC. William Bedsole ( b.1727) 100 ac; warrant #1541 issued Apr.4,1796 by W R
Singletary to William Bedsole for 100 ac, begins at his own corner on Great White Pocoson, runs down his
line,& entered Nov.16,1795;100 ac on N side of Weathersbee's mill Bay surveyed Nov.20,1799 by A

Weathersbee;[no chain carriers mentioned].

# 616 Sept.30,1799 William Bedsole paid 0.75 (about ONE DOLLAR in today's money) pounds for 150 ac in
entries #1799 & "blank" dated Nov.16,1795 (signed) John Haywood, PT Grant #2686 issued Nov.27,1802.

2822 (5615). William Bedsole (1727) 50 ac; warrant #1799 issued Nov.14,1798 by Wm Robeson to William
Bedsole for 50 ac on S side of South R, between & joins Archibld McDaniels & said Bedsole's own line,&
entered Apr.26,1797;50 ac on N side of Weathersbee's mill Bay surveyed Nov.20,1799 by A
Weathersbee;[no chain carriers mentioned];grant #2687 issued Nov.27,1802.

Bledsoe, Abraham Date: Aug 8, 1727.Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA Record ID: 43239 Occupation: Planter.
Description: Grantor Book, Page: A Property: 333 a. of land in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. Remarks:
Abraham Bledsoe and Wm. Bledsoe of Spts. Co., planters, to Augustine Smith of Spts. Co Gent. £50
ster., 333 a. of land in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co.-part of pat. granted the sd. Bledsoes May 30,1726. Notes: This
land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume
I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.

Bledsoe, Abraham Date: Jun 6, 1732 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA. Record ID: 43454 Description:
Grantor, Book Page: B Property: 400 a. in St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co. Remarks: Abraham Bledsoe of St.
Mark's Par., Spts. Co., to Thomas Watts of same Par. and County. £50 ster., 400 a. in St. Mark's Par., Spts.
Co. June 6, 1732. Sarah, wife of Abraham Bledsoe, acknowledged her dower. Notes: This land record was
originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by
William Armstrong Crozier.

Bledsoe, Abraham Date: May 4, 1731 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA Record ID: 43402 Description:
Witness Book Page: B Property: 470 a. in St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co. Remarks: Phillip Watters of St. Mark's
Par., Spts. Co., Carpenter, to Henry Rice of Drysdale Par., King and Queen Co., Planter. £10 cur., 3000 lb.
tob., 470 a. in St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co. May 4, 1731. Notes: This land record was originally published in
"Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.

Bledsoe, Abraham Date: Sep 5, 1727 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA Record ID: 43241 Description:Grantor
Book Page: A Property: 333 a. in Spts. Co. Remarks: Abraham x Bledsoe and William Bledsoe of Spts. Co.
to Augustine Smith, junr., of the same co. £100 ster., 333 a. in Spts. Co.-part of a pat. granted the
sd. Bledsoes and Augt. Smith, junr., May 30, 1726. Rec. Sept. 5, 1727. Notes: This land record was originally
published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William
Armstrong Crozier.

Bledsoe, Abraham. Date: Dec 2, 1729 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA Record ID: 43332 Description:
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Witness Book Page: A Property: 1000 a. of land in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. in the little fork of Rappa. River.
Remarks: Isaac Bledsoe of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., planter, to Robert Jones of Hanover Par., King George
Co., Gent. £10 ster., 1000 a. of land in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., in the little fork of Rappa. River. Rec. Decr. 2,
1729. Notes: This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records -Spotsylvania County,
1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.

Bledsoe, Elizabeth Date: Dec 1, 1760 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA Record ID: 44429 Description:
Grantor's Wife Book Page: E Property: A Negro Boy. Remarks: William Bledsoe of Spts. Co. to his son,
Joseph Bledsoe. Deed of Gift. "Sd Wm. Bledsoe and Elizabeth, his wife." A Negro Boy. 1 Dec 1760 Notes:

This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800,
Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.

Bledsoe, Elizabeth Date: Feb 4, 1750 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA Record ID: 44078 Description:
Grantor's Wife Book Page: D Property: 100 acres on north side of mill branch of Hunting Run. Remarks:
William Bledsoe, Gent., to his son "Moses Bledsoe, during his natural life to his son, William Bledsoe," etc.
Deed of Gift. 100 acres on north side of mill branch of Hunting Run. 5 Feb 1750. Elizabeth, wife of William
Bledsoe, acknowledged her dower, etc. Notes: This land record was originally published in "Virginia County
Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.

Bledsoe, Elizabeth Date: Jul 16, 1783 Location: Lincoln Co., VA Record ID: 45811 Description: Grantor's
Wife Book Page: K Property: 261 a. in Spots. Co. Remarks: Wm. Miller Bledsoe of Lincoln Co. and
Elizabeth, his wife, to Wm. McWilliams of Fredksbg., Spots. Co. £100 curr. 261 a. in Spots. Co., devised sd.
Bledsoe, by his grandfather, Wm. Miller, decd., part of a pat. granted Jno. Miller, 9 Feb 1737, and by q
him conveyed the sd. Wm. Miller, etc., etc. No witnesses. 17 Jul 1783. [Sd. Wm. Miller Bledsoe, son of
Joseph Bledsoe, etc. Bond dated 16 Jul 1783.Notes: This land record was originally published in "Virginia
County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.

Bledsoe, Elizabeth Date: Jul 2, 1764 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA Record ID: 44658 Description:
Grantor's Wife Book Page: F Property: 58 a. in Spts. Co. Remarks: Joseph Bledsoe of Spts. Co. and
Elizabeth, his wife, to Abraham Simpson of same Co. £20 curr 58 a. in Spts. Co. 3 Sep 1764. Notes: This
land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume
I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier

Bledsoe, Elizabeth Date: May 21, 1782 Location: Lincoln Co., VA Record ID: 45728 Description: Grantor's
Wife Book Page: K Property: 260 a. near Fredksbg., Spots Co., formerly property of Capt. Wm. Miller, decd.
Remarks: Wm. Bledsoe of Lincoln Co., Va., and Elizabeth, his wife, to Wm. McWilliams of Spots. Co. £100
curr. 260 a. near Fredksbg., Spots Co., formerly property of Capt. Wm. Miller, decd. 20 Jun 1782. Notes: This
land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume
I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier

Bledsoe, Elizabeth Date: Nov 21, 1759 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA Record ID: 44390
Description:Grantor's Wife Book Page: E Property: 100 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. Remarks: William
Bledsoe and Elizabeth, his wife, of the first part; Moses Bledsoe of Spts. Co., of the second part; and Joseph
Bledsoe (son of sd. Wm. Bledsoe and Elizabeth, his wife) of the third part. Wm. and Elizabeth Bledsoe, deed
of gift, to their son, Jospeh Bledsoe. 100 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. 6 May 1760. Notes: This land record
was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by
William Armstrong Crozier.

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Bledsoe, Elizabeth Date: Sep 5, 1768 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA Record ID: 44914 Description:
Grantor's Wife Book Page: G Property: 156 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. Remarks: Joseph Bledsoe of
Spts. Co. and Elizabeth, his wife, to Abraham Simpson of sd. Co. £140 curr. 156 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts.
Co., given sd. Joseph Bledsoe by his father, Wm Bledsoe, and whereon the sd. Jos. lately lived, bounded by
lands of Wm. Hunter, Decd., John Schoolar, Alexander Spotswood, and Moses Bledsoe, Decd. etc. No
witnesses. 5 Sep 1768. Notes: This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records -
Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.

NOTE; After Thomas Bedsole, Sr. either died in NC, or moved to Tennessee in 1830 as I believe he did, his
NC family split up, with some staying in NC and others going and settling in Alabama, Tennessee and

Georgia. His son Travis moved to Haywood County, Tennessee and another son, Thomas, Jr., moved his
entire family to Alabama. So, it is Thomas Jr. who is the cause of us Bedsoles being born in Alabama.
Thomas Jr. married Charlotte English in NC and for those of you familiar with the highway in Alabama
between the towns of Samson and Elba, the brick house about halfway between the two towns on the west
side of the highway, with the big, white letter "E" on the chimney, is the area where Charlotte's parents and
their family settled in Alabama. That E stands for English. The rest of the children of Thomas Sr. and
Rebecca remained in NC to my knowledge. I was in Beaverdam, NC two weeks for practical purposes, and
found the country there to be covered with fields interspersed with narrow strips of woods. Think of having to
clear 160 acres of it of all trees with an axe and two mules as our ancestors did, not to mention all the
stumps, I am overwhelmed by the enormity of such a task, much less the thought of also having to provide
food for my family while having to keep the hostile indians fought off, back when that country was wild and
unsettled. The following Land Patents were typed from the original, handwritten documents, as they were
written.

VIRGINIA LAND RECORDS OF ELISHA BEDSOLE/BEDSAUL

The following land records clearly show Elisha's last name to be Bedsole and not Bedsaul. Another
misunderstanding by Scribes, or mispronunciation by Elisha, when asked his name. "Elisha" is an english
name. I remember one BEDSAUL researcher, who received a copy of these land records from me, and
promptly changed the spelling of Elisha's last name in each of the four records to "Bedsaul", then mailed
them to other Bedsauls, claiming he had found them that way. We had a strong disagreement as to what had
actually occurred. It was settled though when I sent them all the internet address, and told them to "Go and
see for yourselves". Still, they claim they are not Bedsoles.

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1796
Robert Brooke, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth Of Virginia, to all to whom these presents shall
come; GREETINGS. KNOW YE that by virtue of a land office treasury warrant number seventeen thousand
three hundred and twenty four, issued the twenty fifth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty
three, there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Elisha Bedsol a certain tract or parcel of land
containing one hundred and eighty acres by survey bearing date the twenty eighth day of June one thousand
seven hundred and eighty four, lying and being in the county of Montgomery on both sides of Chestnut Creek
a branch of New River and is bounded as followeth, to wit: Beginning at a white oak on a ridge thence north
twenty seven degrees west seventy poles to a white oak sapling north thirteen degrees west two hundred
poles to a black oak sapling on the side of a ridge south eighty one degrees west sixty poles to a chestnut
tree on the top of a ridge south thirty two degrees west two hundred and fifty four poles crossing the creek to
a white oak sapling south eighty five degrees east two hundred and sixty eight poles to the beginning, with its
appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land to the said Elisha Bedsol and his heirs
forever. In Witness whereof, the said Robert Brooke, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia
hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Lessor seal of the Commonwealth to by affixed thereunto at

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Richmond on the eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety six
and of the Commonwealth the twentieth.

ROBERT BROOKE
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1791
Beverly Randolph, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth Of Virginia, to all to whom these presents shall
come Greetings; Know Ye, that in consideration of the composition of fifteen shillings sterling, paid by Elisha
Bedsolt into the treasury of the Commonwealth, there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto the said

Elisha Bedsolt, a certain tract or parcel of land containing one hundred and fifty two acres by survey, bearing
date the thirty first day of December, one thousand seven hundred and thirty four, lying and being in the
county of Wythe, on the waters of Chestnut Creek, a branch of New River and on the east side of the creek
and being part of an Order Of Council granted to the Loyal Company to take up and survey eight hundred
thousand acres which order of council was established and confirmed by a decree of the court of appeals
made in the city of Richmond seventh day of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty three and
bounded as follows, to Wit: Beginning at a red oak and on the side of a ridge by a spring and running north
four degrees east seventy nine poles to two Spanish oaks on a ridge south ten degrees east seventy one
poles to three white oaks saplings south seventy five degrees west two hundred and thirty five poles to a
Spanish oak on a steep bank by a spring north thirty degrees west ninety one poles to two white oaks by a
draft south eighty degrees east one hundred and eighty poles crossing the branch to the beginning. With its
appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Elisha
Bedsolt and his heirs forever. In Witness whereof, the said Beverly Randolph, Esquire, Governor of the
Commonwealth Of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Lessor seal of the Commonwealth to
be affixed thereunto, at Richmond, this twenty fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Ninety One and of the Commonwealth the sixtieth.

BEVERLY RANDOLPH
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1785
Patrick Henry, Esquire, Governor Of the Commonwealth Of Virginia, to all to whom these presents shall
come: GREETINGS, Know ye, that by virtue of a certificate in right of settlement given by the
Commonwealth for adjusting the titles to unpatented lands in the district of Washington and Montgomery and
in consideration of the ancient composition of two pounds sterling paid by Elisha Bedsoll into the treasury of
the Commonwealth there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto the said Elisha Bedsoll a certain tract or
parcel of land containing four hundred acres and by survey bearing date the nineteenth day of October, one
thousand seven hundred and eighty two lying and being in the county of Montgomery on Chestnut Creek, a
branch of New River as bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at a white oak sapling on the point of a ridge,
south thirty one degrees east one hundred and fourteen poles to a white oak by a branch south fifty two
degrees east one hundred and sixteen poles to two chestnuts south sixty degrees east one hundred and
fourteen poles to a white oak sapling on the bank of the creek and down the creek two hundred poles to a
hickory sapling north thirty one degrees east sixty poles crossing the creek to a white oak sapling north
twenty five degrees east ninety poles to a white oak on the top of a high hill north seventy five degrees west
two hundred and fifty eight poles crossing the creek, thence south thirty degrees west. Whereof, the said
Patrick Henry, Esquire, Governor of The Commonwealth Of Virginia hath hereunto set his hand and caused
the Lesser seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the twenty fifth day of April in the
year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty five and of the Commonwealth, the ninth. (Note
From JD: This patent was signed by THE Patrick Henry)

P. HENRY
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1791
Beverly Randolph, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth Of Virginia, to all to whom these presents shall
come, Greetings, Know ye that in consideration of the amount of composition of fifteen pounds sterling, paid
by Elisha Bedsolt unto the treasury of the Commonwealth there is granted by the said commonwealth to the
said Elisha Bedsolt a certain tract or parcel of land containing one hundred and fifty two acres by survey
bearing date of the thirty first day of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy four lying and
being in the county of Wythe on the waters of Chestnut Creek a branch of New River and on the east side of
the creek and being part of an order of council granted to the Loyal Company to take up and survey eight

hundred thousand acres which order of the council was established and confirmed by a decree of the court
of appeals made in the City Of Richmond made on the second day of May one thousand seven hundred and
eighty three and bounded as followeth: To Wit: Beginning at a red oak on the side of a ridge by a spring and
running thence north seventy four degrees east seventy nine poles to two Spanish oaks on a ridge south ten
degrees east seventy one poles to three white oak saplings south seventy five degrees west two hundred
and thirty five poles to a Spanish oak on a steep bank by a spring north thirty degrees west ninety five poles
to two white oaks by a draft south eighty degrees east one hundred and eighty eight poles crossing a branch
to the beginning with its appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its
appurtenances to the said Elisha Bedsolt and his heirs forever. In Witness whereof the said Beverly
Randolph, Esquire, Governor Of The Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his hand and caused the
Lessor Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond, on the twenty fifth day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one and of the Commonwealth the sixtieth.

BEVERLY RANDOLPH (Seal)
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Following are copies of North Carolina land deeds from and between Thomas Bedsole (Sr.) b. 1750 and
sons, and Thomas and neighbor, George Blackwell. Georges daughter Susan, married Thomas Jr.'s son,
Edward, b. 1819.

1821 LAND DEED FROM THOMAS BEDSOLE, SR. TO NEIGHBOR, GEORGE BLACKWELL
This Indenture made this 1st day of May AD 1821 between Thos. Bedsole, Sr. of the one part and George
Blackwell of the other part both of the county of Bladen of the state of North Carolina. Witnesseth that sir
Thos. Bedsole for and in consideration of 20 dollars hath given granted bargained sold conveys and confirm
unto sir George Blackwell a tract of land bounded as follows. lying on the N side of a large pond and being
part of 100 acres & beginning at the 2nd corner of a line runs N 31 chs. 63 lks. then E 12 chs. 57 lks. thence
S 31 chs. 63 lks. to the beginning containing 40 acres. To have and to hold the aforesaid tract of land and
premises thereto belonging unto the said George Blackwell & his heirs and assigns forever with all the
improvements and appurtenances thereunto appertaining belonging to the said This. Bedsole who doth
warrant and defend the said premises against the claim or claims of any and all other persons. In witness
whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal on the date first above written.

Thomas Bedsole, Sr. his mark X
This deed was proved in open court, fall term 1821 and ordered to be registered.

Teste: Willie J. Odom, Clerk
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The following land deed was from William Henry Bedsole, son of Thomas Sr., to his grandson, William Henry,
son of Amos. or from William Bedsole, father of Thomas Sr., to William Bedsole, son of Thomas Sr. No way
in the world to know which is true, because they all were living there in 1821. However, I believe the William,
father of Thomas Sr. was giving it to William, son of Thomas Sr.....................

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State Of North Carolina No. 3845: Know ye that we for and in consideration of the sum of ten dollars for
every hundred aces hereby granted into the treasury by William Bedsole have given granted and by these
presents do give and grant unto the said William Bedsole a tract of land containing 100 acres lying and being
in the County of Bladen on the northwest side of South River, to wit: Beginning at a stake on the river bank
the fifth corner of a hundred acre tract granted to John and Pharris and runs their line S 45W 22 chns to their
4th corner on the line of a 200 acre tract granted to said Pharris 15th December 1814 then with the said line
So. 52E 7 chs. to his 4th corner of said tract then So. 45 W 8 chs. to the line of a 150 acre tract granted to

Lamb Hales 28 March1791, then S 45E 5 chs. Know ye that we for and in consideration of the sum of ten
dollars for every hundred acres hereby granted paid into the Treasury by William Bedsole have given and
granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Wm Bedsole a tract of land containing 100
acres lying and being in the County Of Bladen on the north west side of South river Beginning at a stake on
the river bank the fifth corner of a hundred acre tract granted to John and Duncan Pharris and runs with their
line S 45 W 15 60 lks to their 4th corner on the line of a 200 acre tract granted to said Pharris 15th December
1814 then with said line So. 52 E 7 chs to his 4th corner of said tract then So. 45 W 8 chs to the line of a 150
acre tract granted to Lamb. Hales 28 March 1791, then S 45 E 5 chs to a pine Hales 7th corner of said tract
then with his other line S 45 W 22 chs 60 lks to his 8th corner of said tract then S 81 E 47 chs to his corner
on the line of a 130 acre tract then S 31 E 47 chs to his corner on the line of a 130 acre tract granted to
Lamb Hales 18th December 1814 then with said line E 8 chs 50 lks to the line of a 700 acre tract granted to
Thos Bedsole 10th October 1787 with said line S 85 W 24 chs. 50 lks to a line the beginning corner of said
tract and the 2nd corner of another 100 acre tract granted to This Bedsole 10th Oct. 1787, with said line S 23
chs W 31 chs 68 lks to a stake in an old field then with his other line S 77 E 42 chs to the river, then of the
various amiss of the river to the beginning.

WILLIAM BEDSOLE his mark X
Entered 7th July 1821 Granted dated 27th October, 1824. signed sealed and delivered in the presence of
John Daniel (his mark) X

Ordered to be registered on the 27th Oct , 1824 P. Kelly, Clerk

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WILLIAM BEDSOLE NC Son of Thomas Sr. LAND DEED TO HIS SON, JOHN BEDSOLE

This Indenture made this 5th day of Novr in the year of our Lord 1829 between Wm Bedsole of the County Of
Bladen State of North Carolina the one part & John Bedsole son of the said Wm Bedsole of the first part,
county and state aforesaid the other part Witnesseth that the said Wm. Bedsole for the natural love and
affection which he hath & beareth unto the said John Bedsole as also for the better maintenance &
sufferment of the sd John Bedsole hath given granted alieved enforcessed conveyed & confirmed and by
these presents doth give grant alieved enforce & confirmed unto the sd John Bedsole all that message or
tenement of land lying on the north side of the Long Branch and runs N 15 chs then as the various courses
of the said grant of Samuel Hales in such way as will make 50 acres including the plantation where the said
John Bedsole now lives & all houses out-houses & all woods waters & all water courses unto the said land &
premises belonging unto the said John Bedsole & his heirs executors & administrators assigns forever and
the said Wm Bedsole for himself his heirs doth warrant and forever defend the foresaid land and premises
unto the said John Bedsole & his heirs execs admns & assigns forever against the lawful claim or claims of
any person or persons. In testimony whereof the said Wm Bedsole hath hereunto set his hand and seal the
day and year above written. Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of Daniel Jones, Witness his mark

WILLIAM BEDSOLE his mark X

This deed was proved in open court May Term by oath of Daniel Jones & Ordered to be registered.

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Attest LC Kelly, Clerk

THOMAS BEDSOLE, SR NORTH CAROLINA LAND DEED TO SON, THOMAS BEDSOLE, JR. (The first
land record I have seen with "Sr." and "Jr." identified.

This Indenture made this 12th day of October in the year of our Lord 1815 Between Bedsoal, This. Sr.
(Should have been "Thos." not "This") of the one part & This. Bedsoal, Jr. of the other part of the County of
Bladen & State of North Carolina. Witnesseth that I the said Thos. Bedsoal for & in consideration for the sum
of 10 pounds to me in hand paid by the said Thos Bedsoal, Jr. the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge
& myself therewith fully satisfied contented & paid and by these presents do give grant bargain sell convey
and confirm unto him the said Thos. Bedsoal, Jr. a certain message or parcel of land in the county and state
aforesaid containing 50 acres. Beginning at Francis Davis Beginning corner at a scrub oak and pine & runs
on his line until it makes up the 50 acres being a part of a 200 acre tract of mine & the said This. Bedsoal my
Exr. and Adms or any of them & forever defend the said land & premises unto him the said This Bedsoal his
heirs and assigns forever together every privilege profit and advantage & advantage belonging to as in any
wise appertaining to the same land free from any former gifts of any kind only for him or them to pay the
taxes as soon as that shall become due hereafter & if the said Thos.Bedsoal, Sr.do further bind myself my
heirs Exct. or Adms or any of them firmly by these presents to sign seal & execute and deliver any other
deed for the more sure and perfect deed of conveying of the said land & premises unto him the said This.
Bedsoal , Jr. his heirs and assigns forever. In witness whereof I the said This. Bedsole Sr. have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my seal the day and year above written. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us.
John McDaniel......... (his mark) X

Travis Bedsoal Jr.... (his mark) X Thos. Bedsoal, Sr. (his mark) X

November term 1816 This deed was acknowledged in Open Court by This. Bedsoal and ordered to be

registered.

G. S. Purdie, Clk.
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THOMAS BEDSOLE, SR. NORTH CAROLINA LAND DEED TO SON, DUNCAN. (Thomas Sr. was now
probably living with one of his childrens family, 70 years old and approaching death).This Indenture made
this 7th day of Sept A.D. 1820 between Thos Bedsole of the one part & Duncan Bedsole of the other part all
of Bladen County State Of NC. Witnesseth that sd This Bedsole for the sum of $100 to him in hand pd his
word confirms to Duncan Bedsole a certain tract of land lying and being in the Co of Bladen on the so side of
so river & on the N side of Ardens Pond containing 140 acres beginning 42 chs on the N line at a stake &
runs N 2 chns 73 lks then E 45 chs to a bay & 3 pines thence N 45 chs thence W 4 chs to S. McDaniels line
then with it S 15 W 30 chs to a corner then N 75 W 31 chs 63 lks to the beginning corner a Red Oak & a
branch then west 4 chs 50 lks S 10 chs then W 10 lks to the corner 21 chs to the beginning to have & to hold
forever with all improvements I the sd This Bedsole Sr doth forever warrant the sd land to Duncan Bedsole
his heirs excts admns & assigns from any & all claims that shall come and will defend against same forever.
Witness my hand and seal the date and year first above written. Signed sealed and delivered in the presence
of

Witness:
Thomas Bedsole, Jr. Thomas Bedsole Sr. S E A L

George Blackwell PAGE SIXTY EIGHT

This deed was proved in Sept Term Open Court on oath of George Blackwell and ordered to be registered.

Test: Will J. Odom Clerk

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ELIZABETH BEDSOLE SOLD LAND TO BROTHER OWEN

This Indenture made this third day of Jan 1847 between Elizabeth Rials of the first part and Owen Bedsole of
the 2nd part both of the State Of No. Carolina County Of Bladen Witnesseth that Elizabeth Rial for & in
consideration of the sum of $150 to me in hand paid the said Ow. Bedsole for 8 tracts of land in said Co. in
between gauldberry & So. River beginning at a stake on the So side of the river in the line of a 100 acre tract
and running to Sam'l Hales & runs at that line until No. 37629 Chains & 50 links to the corner So. 87 W32 &
½ Ch. to the corner thence So. E 22 ½ Ch. direct to the beginning & being the ½ of 100 acre survey 2nd
piece beginning at This. Bedsole line thence with his line No. 127 W116 Ch.to a pine thence So. 24 W 6
chains to a pine thence N 380 E 50 chains thence with Hales 605 Chains N 65 E 181/2 chains to the
beginning both of the pieces containing 50 acres each third piece of every 100 acres beginning at the w
corner of a 100 acre & 50 acre survey Patent by Samuel Hales the 9th of March 1799 & runs along his line N
81 W 60 chains to his corner then N45 E 22 Chains & 60 links to his other corner then as his other N 45 W
10 in a line then N 45 E 18 to a stone in the river swamp then So. 50 E 281/2 Chains to a stake at the 4th
corner of a 100 acre patented by This. Bedsole then with his line So. 77 W 82 chains to a stake his corner
then So. 18 E 31 & 65 links to a pine his other corner then So. 35 & 24 ½ Ch. then So 82 W 28 Chs. to a
stake then So. 8 Chains to the beginning containing 100 acres more or less I, Elizabeth Rials do warrant and
forever defend from myself my heirs my assigns excts or admns and assigns to Owen Bedsole his heirs
execs admns & assigns. In witness whereof I here unto have set my hand & seal on the day and year 1st
above written. Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of M Munroe.

Elizabeth Bedsole her mark X Seal

May Term 1847, this deed was proved on oath in Open Court by Malcom Munroe subscribing witness &
ordered to be registered. Teste: H.H. Robinson, Clerk S E A L

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DUNCAN BEDSOLE'S NORTH CAROLINA LAND DEED TO BROTHER, OWEN BEDSOLE- 1838
This indenture made this 11th day of Sept year of our lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight between
Duncan Bedsole of the State Of North Carolina of the one part & Owen Bedsole of the County Of Bladen &
state aforesaid of the other part, witnesseth that the said Duncan Bedsole for & in consideration of the sum of
sixty dollars to him in hand paid by the said Owen Bedsole at and before the sealing & delivering of these
presents the receipt hereof I do hereby acknowledge have given, granted & bargained, sold alieved revised
and confirmed & do by these presence give grant bargain and sell alieve revise reliese and confirm unto the
said Owen Bedsole all that tract of land or parcel of land situated lying & being in said county of Bladen and
county aforesaid Bounded as follows, the first tract beginning at a stake on the south side of south river and
on the north side of the Beverdam in the line of a hundred acre tract granted to Samuel Hales and runs as
that line No. 3 West 27 ch & fifty links to the corner then So. 87 W 32 ch. and 50 Ls to the corner then So. 3
E 22 ch.& 50 Ls then direct to the beginning it being the one half of a one hundred acre survey & also one
tract more for fifty acres. Beginning on Thomas Bedsole line then with his line N 12 W. 15 ch then N 80 W 12
ch & 25 Ls then So 63 W 16Ch So 24 W 6 Ch then N 80 & 16 Ch to the beginning. Fifty aces each tract to
have and to hold the said land with its appertances to the only proper use behoof and benefit of the said

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Owen Bedsole his heirs & assigns forever & the said Duncan Bedsole for himself & his heirs Exectors &
adms do covenant promise and agree to and with the said Owen Bedsole his heirs and assigns and every
one of them that the said Owen Bedsole his heirs and assigns & every one of them shall have hold and
occupy possess & inqory the said land with its appurtances without any let suit hindrance molestation or
eviction from or by any lawful claim or claims of any person or persons whatsoever to warrant and & forever
defend unto the said Owen Bedsole In witness whereof the said Duncan Bedsole hath hereunto set his hand

& affixed his seal the day and year first above written. Sealed & delivered in the presence of us
Witness: Duncan Bedsole his mark X SEAL

John Hair X

A. Smith X
Feb term 1839 there was this deed proven in open court upon the oath of A. Smith and ordered to be
registered.

John Hair, ClK
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LAND DEED FROM NEIGHBOR/LAWYER, LOVE McDANIEL AND FRIEND, WILLIAM BEDSOLE TO
WILLIAMS BROTHER, OWEN BEDSOLE, IN NORTH CAROLINA( I think William was in cahoots doing
crooked stuff with land dealings back then, with Love McDaniel, from all I have read about that subject).

This Indenture made this 25th of Aug. 1847 between Love McDaniel and W. Bedsole of the first part & Owen
Bedsole of the 2nd part and both parts of it state of NC & co. of Bladen witnesseth for & in consideration of
the sum of $30 each in hand paid to the said Love McDaniel and Wm. Bedsole unto Owen Bedsole for his
right to title and interest he now has in the estate of his father Wm Bedsole we Love McDaniel & Wm
Bedsole all of our right title & interest in the following piece of land . Beg. at a lightwood stake in the Bedsole
field & runs at 85 N 46 Chs then So. 25 W 50 Chs. then E 150 Chs. then 55 E 12 Chs. to the beginning
containing 185 acres more or less We the said Love McDaniel and Wm Bedsole release our right & title of
land to Owen Bedsole his heirs excts adms & assigns forever we Love McDaniel & Wm Bedsole do for our
selves and heirs we admit and assign forever release so far as our selves our heirs Excts & admns & assigns
release so far as our right extends day and date above written
Signed sealed & delivered in presence of us.
Witness
James Hall (his Mark)X Love McDaniel Seal

Wm. Bedsole Seal his mark X

NC Bladen County Court Of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Aug 10 1850 Deed is duly proven in Open Court by
the oath of James Hall the subscribing witness thereto and ordered deed to be registered.
Attest: J.D. McCree, Clerk
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DUPLIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LAND DEED, RICHARD SESSOMS TO THOMAS BEDSOLE, (SR.)
1774

This indenture made this 9th day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and
seventy four 1774 between RICHARD SESSOMS of Duplin county in North Carolina of the one part and
THOMAS BEDSOLE of the same county and provence aforesaid of the other part. Wenceforth that the said
RICHARD SESSOMS for and in consideration of the sum of five pounds proclamation money to me in hand
already paid and satisfied hath given granted aliened bargained sold and confirmed and by these present

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doth absolutely give grant bargain sell and alien enfeffer and confirmed unto the said THOMAS BEDSOLE
his heirs and assigns forever One certain tract or parcel of land containing One hundred acres of land it lying
and being on the Great Swamp its front of a patent granted unto RICHARD SESSOMS it bearing date the
twenty second 22 day of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy two 1772 BEGINNING on the mouth
of drowning swamp to a live oak on the great swamp thence running the vinious corridor of the said swamp

the Patent line to a pine on the great swamp thence down the great swamp to the said Edge Branch to the
BEGINNING make all and singular rights hereditaments appenertainced appendancy unto the said THOMAS
BEDSOLE his heirs an assigns forever in as full clear perfect ample manner to all intents and purposes as he
the said RICHARD SESSOMS ever did might or could have held before the making himself cleared and free
from all widows dower in jointure or thirds and all manner of encumbrances whatsoever and this deed the
said RICHARD SESSOMS himself binds and obliges himself to his executors administrator and assigns to
warrant an forever defend to be good and valuable an sufficient to the said THOMAS BEDSOLE his heirs an
assigns forever against his heirs an assigns an all other persons whatsoever claiming by from or under him
any of them to make any lawful claim. In witness whereof I the said RICHARD SESSOMS have here unto set
my hand an affixes my seal this day and year first above written.

Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of } RICHARD SESSOMS
NICHOLAS SESSOMS } (his seal) X
CHARLES BUTLER}
North Carolina Duplin County The within deed from RICHARD SESSOMS to THOMAS BEDSOLE was
proved in open court by the oath of CHARLES BUTLER one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and
ordered to be registered with JAMES SAMPSON Clerk of our said county an court aforeward.
JAMES SAMPSON CC
North Carolina Duplin County Registered in the Register Office of the aforesaid County in Book Letter E
Page 125 and 126 RICHARD CLINTON Regis.

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LAND TRANSFER FROM JAMES SMITH TO JAMES WEST, FATHER OF RHODA WEST:
Land Deed Book 7 page 301-302..Bladen County, North Carolina
This indenture made the 4th day of November 1799 between James Smith of the one part and James West
of the other part both of the County of Bladen & State of N. Carolina. Witnesseth that for & in consideration of
the sum of ten pounds to him in hand paid by the said James West the receipt whereof the said James Smith
does hereby acknowledge doth grant bargain sell convey alien & confirm unto the said James West his heirs
& assigns forever a certain piece or parcel of land containing 100 acres more or less situate lying & being in
the County of Bladen on the east side of Ellis Creek granted to James Smith bearing date January 22nd
1779. Beginning at a White Oak on the east edge of the Swamp at Elizabeth Harrisons upper line & runs
thence N 55 E 127 poles to a stake thence N 30 W 127 poles thence So 5 127 poles [ed; should read S 55
W 127 poles], thence direct to the beginning together with all improvements appurtenances thereto belonging
or in anywise appertaining. To have & to hold the said lands & premises unto him the said James West his
heirs & assigns to thereby proper use & benefit & behoove of the said James Smith his heirs & assigns
forever the said James Smith for himself & his heirs or assigns Exec. & Admins. do forever warrant & defend
the said land with all the promised with all the appurtenances unto him the said James West his heirs &
assigns shall & will warrant & forever defend by these presents . In witness where of the said James Smith
hath hereunto set his hand & seal. The day & date above written. Signed sealed & delivered in presence of
Stephen Ellis Edward Reeves Peter Smith.

James Smith X his seal
December 1799 This deed was acknowledged in open court ordered to be registered. J S Purdie C.C.
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\SESSOMS BEDSOLE LAND DEED
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CERTIFICATE #427 NO. 25278 WHEREAS; Sessoms Bedsole Of
Montgomery County, Alabama has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States of the Register
Of The Land Office at Cahaba, whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Sessoms
Bedsole, according to the provisions of the Act Of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820 entitled "An act making
further provision for the sale of the public lands for: The SW quarter of the SW quarter of Section Twenty

Nine in Township thirteen, of Range seventeen, in the district of lands subject to sale at Cahaba, Alabama,
containing thirty nine acres and ninety-hundredths of an acre. According to the official plat of the survey of
the said lands, returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract which said tract
has been purchased by the said Sessoms Bedsole . NOW KNOW YE, that the UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, in consideration of the Premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress, in such
case made and provided, have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant unto the said
Sessoms Bedsole and to his heirs, the said tract of land above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the
same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto
belonging, unto the said Sessoms Bedsole and to his heirs and assigns forever. IN TESTIMONY THEREOF,
I , Martin Van Buren, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these letters to be
made PATENT, and the SEAL Of THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my
hand at the CITY OF WASHINGTON, the twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty seven and of the INDEPENDENCE of the UNITED STATES the sixty first. BY THE
PRESIDENT: MARTIN VAN BUREN By: A. Van Buren, Secretary Recorded of the General Land Office
Hundson McGarland, Administering
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WILLIAM F. BEDSOLE LAND RECORD
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Homestead Certificate No. 27 No. 87624 Application No. 19278
WHEREAS, there has been deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the register at Montgomery,
Alabama, whereby it appears that pursuant to the Act Of Congress approved 20th May, 1862 " To secure
homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain ", and the acts supplemental thereto, the claim of
WILLIAM F. BEDSOLE has been duly established and duly consummated in conformity to the law for the:
North West Quarter of the North East Quarter and the North East Quarter of the North West Quarter of
Section Three in Township ten North and the South West quarter of the South East Quarter and the South
East Quarter of the South West Quarter of Section thirty four in Township eleven North of Range one East of
St. Stephens Meridian in Alabama, containing one hundred and sixty acres and eighty hundredths of an acre.
according to the Official Plat of the survey of the said land returned to the GENERAL LAND OFFICE by the
SURVEYOR GENERAL. NOW KNOW YE , That there is therefore granted by the UNITED STATES unto the
said WILLIAM F. BEDSOLE, the tract of land above described; To HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of
land with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said WILLIAM F. BEDSOLE, and to his Heirs and Assigns
forever. In Testimony whereof I, Benjamin Harrison, President Of The United States Of America, have
caused these letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be affixed . GIVEN under
my hand, at the City Of Washington, the twenty nineth day of May, in the year of our Lord thousand eight
hundred and ninety one, and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and fifteenth. By the
President : Benjamin Harrison By: Ellen McFarland, Sec'ry Recorded by J.M. McFarland, Recorder of the
General Land Office.

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.
WILLIAM HENRY BEDSOLE LAND RECORD..................................................................................................
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 494 Homestead Certificate No. 9374 Application No. 14472 TO ALL
TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: Wheras there has been deposited in the
GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States a CERTIFICATE of the Register Of The Land Office at

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Montgomery, Alabama, whereby it appears that pursuant to the Act Of Congress approved 20th May, 1862
"To secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain", and the acts supplemental thereto, the claim
of WILLIAM HENRY BEDSOLE has been established and duly consummated in conformity to law for the:
SouthWest Quarter of Section twenty eight in Township three North of Range nineteen East of Stephens
Meridian in Alabama, containing one hundred and fifty nine acres and ninety hundredths of an acre.
According to the Official Plat of the Survey of the said land returned to the GENERAL LAND OFFICE by the

SURVEYOR GENERAL. NOW KNOW YE, that there is therefore granted by the UNITED STATES unto the
said WILLIAM HENRY BEDSOLE, the tract of land above described; To have and to hold the said tract of
land, with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said WILLIAM HENRY BEDSOLE and to his heirs and
assigns forever. In testimony whereof, I the Benjamin Harrison, President Of The United States Of America,
have caused these letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be affixed. Given
under my hand at the city of Washington, the twenty nineth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety one, and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and fifteenth.
By the President: Benjamin Harrison By: Alcea McFarland, Asst' Secy Recorded by the Recorder of the
General Land Office: John Townsend, Recorder .

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.
SARAH BEDSOLE, FLORIDA LAND RECORDS
BEDSOLE SARAH E 26 6N 23W TALLAHASSEE 0 1900/11/12... BEDSOLE SARAH E 26 6N 23W
TALLAHASSEE 0 1900/11/12..... BEDSOLE SARAH E 23 6N 23W TALLAHASSEE 145.61 1900/11/12....
BEDSOLE SARAH E 23 6N 23W TALLAHASSEE 0 1900/11/12 .

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BEDSOLE LAND RECORDS--GENEVA COUNTY, ALABAMA

BEDSOLE JOHN W 27 2N 25E ST STEPHENS 0 1895/06/19 BEDSOLE JOHN W 27 2N 25E ST
STEPHENS 0 1895/06/19 BEDSOLE JOHN W 26 2N 25E ST STEPHENS 160.33 1895/06/19 BEDSOLE
HENRY 24 1N 24E ST STEPHENS 0 1896/02/19 BEDSOLE JOHN D 26 2N 25E ST STEPHENS 40.05
1899/05/22 BEDSOLE HENRY 19 1N 25E ST STEPHENS 160.17 1896/02/19 BEDSOLE HENRY 24 1N
24E ST STEPHENS 0 1896/02/19

SOME OTHER INTERESTING THINGS

STORY INVOLVING DUNCAN BEDSOLE ABOVE, BROTHER OWEN, AND SISTER, ELIZABETH
ELIZABETH BEDSOLE, married Archibald Rials, in Beaverdam, NC in 1818. By 1840, they owned a large
plantation with several slaves and several slave houses in addition to the mansion house. It seems to me
from the stories about them, Elizabeth was a stern, mean and hateful woman. One time, one of Elizabeth's
male slaves ran away. She sent for Duncan, her favorite brother, who was probably as mean as she was.
Duncan brought Owen, another of their brothers and they took a pack of hunting dogs from Elisabeth's house
to track down the slave. Eventually, Duncan and Owen treed the slave in the top of a big oak tree. Duncan
told him to come down, but he would not. He told Duncan he would come down if Duncan would call off the
pack of dogs, but Duncan refused and told the man he would be shot down if he didn't come on down. Owen
tried to call Duncan off, but Duncan eventually shot at the man, causing him to fall out of the tree, whereupon
the pack of dogs attacked him. Owen then shot and killed several of the dogs and told Duncan that no man
on earth deserved to be treated like that and that Duncan was no man for doing it either. He added that
Duncan was to stay away from him from then on and he would stay away from Duncan. So, it appears they
parted ways and never amended their relationship after that.

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ELIZABETH BEDSOLE'S LAST WILL; 1847

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Following is Elizabeth Bedsole's Last Will in which she appointed both Duncan Bedsole and her friend
Malcom Monroe as "Executor" of her estate. With Malcom being a lawyer and Duncan being illiterate, I have
always wondered how this will was probated and settled. However, I notice that Elizabeth was living with her
brother Williams son, Owen Bedsole as she is listed in his household, on an 1860 Alabama Census, at age

83. So somehow, she must have lost, abandoned, or sold, the NC property during the 13 years between
1847 and 1860. Also, in 1860, Malcom Monroe was a blacksmith in Alabama. She bequeathed 50 cents to
her children, her gradnchildren, her brothers and sisters. But to sister Rhoda, 100 dolalrs and everything else
she owned to her brother Duncan who it is said, "Was as mean as she was, and her favorite".
In the name of God, amen. I, Elizabeth Rials being of sound mind and perfect memory, do make and publish
this, my last will and testament, revoking all former wills by me. I bequeath to Noal Rials fifty cents, to Hardy
Rials fifty cents, to the heirs of David Rials fifty cents, heirs of Unity Pope fifty cents, Thomas Bedsole, Jr. fifty
cents, Nancy Hall fifty cents, Sarah Blackwell fifty cents, Travis Bedsole fifty cents, heirs of William Bedsole
fifty cents, Rhoda Parker one hundred dollars and to Duncan Bedsole, my brother my plantation where I now
live and all lands belonging to the said plantation for all his natural life then to his son Thomas Bedsole, and
his heirs. To Duncan Bedsole and to Malcom Monroe, all my lands lying in Bladen County, about the
Beaverdam. I give all of my residences and personal property on my estate to my brother Duncan Bedsole
and friend Malcom Monroe.

ELIZABETH BEDSOLE her mark
Witnesses: Bluford Simmons and Daniel McDuffie

NOTE: It was interesting to me to note that Malcom Monroe, listed in Elisabeth's Will, as a "Friend" was a
lawyer who was also listed on many other widows Last Wills in NC also as their "Friend". Wonder how he
handled their Plantations in view of the fact that he was an educated, trained lawyer, named as the estates
Administrator in all cases, and with her brother Duncan Bedsole in this case, who was a dirt-poor, illiterate
farmer, unable to either read or write. It's a safe bet that Duncan and others didn't see what hit them in the
settling of these Estates, considering that Malcom and the Probate Judges were in all liklihood, in cahoots
with each other. In addition, I noted Malcom Monroe, working as a Blacksmith in Ala. in 1850. He must have
skipped NC after getting rich. Otherwise, why on earth was he working as a blacksmith ?. Also, after writing
this book, I came across a court case in Cumberland County, NC wherein Duncan hired a lawyer and sued
Malcom for misfeasance, malfeasance, dereliction of duty, and taking advantage of Duncan and Elizabeths
illiteracy and ignorance, in the handling of her estate. Looks like Ol' Duncan may have been illierate and
ignorant, but he was not stupid.

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Last Will of Newsom Autry, Sr.,Planter
WB: C 352-353 Arch. July 12, 1853. Proved September 1853.
Note from JD: "Clarry", in this will, was Clary Smith, daughter of Sara Bedsole-Smith-Jones, daughter of
Thomas Bedsole, Sr. and Rebecca Jones.
I Newsom Autry, Seniour of the County of Cumberland in the State of North Carolina, planter, being weak of
body but of Sound mind and memory do make this my last will and testament. I give to my oldest children viz.
Jane, Laruth, Margaret, William, Sally, Newsom, Nancy, John, Mary, and Charlotte, five shillings Sterling
apiece to them and their heirs forever. I give and bequeath unto Clarry my Dear beloved wife All my other
property to hold use it during her Natural Lifetime or so Long as she remains Single and if She marrys again
the property is to be taken and sold and Equally divided among her Children to them and their heirs forever. I
also give Clarry two hundred and twenty seven (acres) more or less of my Land including the mansion house
and improvements where I now Live during her life or widowhood and after her marriage or Death to be
equally divided between her three sons Calvin, Marshil and Isaac. I also Leave fifty acres more or less to be
Sold for to pay off all my just debts and whatever it may take of my perishable property and what ever is over

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to the widow. The Land that is to be sold is to include the mansion house whare John Autrey now Lives over
Little Creek.

Executors: Duncan McLaurin;

John W. McLaurin

Witnesses: O. Jones, Hugh Jones.

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BEDSOLE INDIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA
ROBERT BEDSOLE, b. 1790. (Thomas Sr.)
He Married Rebecca Starling. I have 10 children listed for them. I frequently receive emails from other
Bedsoles who claim their G-grandmother, or Grandfather or some other ancestor on the Bedsole side "was a
full-blooded Indian" of some kind and would like to know if I have any information about that. I do know that in
the late 1700's and all of the 1800's, the Bedsoles and Indians in North Carolina intermingled and a few with
the Bedsole name did marry "Indians", both men and women. Some of these "Indians" were full-blooded
Indians and some were only part-Indian and part Caucasian. However, there is NO Bedsole who was EVER
a full-blooded Indian, as that word is defined by the Federal Government. One Bedsole, who was half-Indian
was Benjamin James Bedsole, a son of Mary Bedsole, daughter of Robert "Robin" Bedsole and he was only
half-Indian, since his mother was white. Her parents were white and her grandparents were white. But it
appears that Benjamins father was a full-blooded Indian, although Mary would never divulge his name, for
fear he would be killed by the white people, due to racial prejudices.
Miscellaneous Bedsole Alabama Land Records
Bledsoe, George GENEVA,ELBA, ALABAMA 1/3/1860
Bedsole, David 36 3N 4E ST STEPHENS 159.87 1895/06/22
Bedsole, Thomas 29 5N 20E ST STEPHENS 120.12 1841/12/10
Bedsole, William B 33 3N 20E ST STEPHENS 0 1898/04/18
Bedsole, Thomas 6 4N 20E ST STEPHENS 40.07 1849/05/01
Bedsole, Thomas 29 5N 20E ST STEPHENS 0 1841/12/10
Bedsole, Travis 5 3N 20E ST STEPHENS 0 1858/11/01 ADD CERT #22552
Bedsole, Travis 4 3N 20E ST STEPHENS 203.77 1858/11/01 ADD CERT #22552
Bedsole, William B 33 3N 20E ST STEPHENS 159.79 1898
Bedsole, David AL Baldwin 6/22/1895 Montgomery 25432 AL4580__.066
Bedsole, Edward AL Coffee 5/29/1891 Montgomery 8962 AL4740__.166
Bedsole, Edward O. AL Clarke 6/19/1891 Montgomery 8081 AL4730__.175
Bedsole, Franklin E. AL Coffee 5/26/1893 Montgomery 11697 AL4810
Bedsole, Henry E. AL Crenshaw 9/16/1833 Cahaba 11003 AL0340__.411
Bedsole, Henry AL Crenshaw 8/5/1834 Cahaba 12658 AL0380
Bedsole, Henry AL Geneva 2/19/1896 Montgomery 14680 AL4870__.032
Bedsole, Henry AL Crenshaw 4/15/1837 Cahaba 22981 AL0590__.154
Bedsole, Henry AL Crenshaw 4/15/1837 Cahaba 22982 AL
Bedsole, HenryAL Crenshaw 4/15/1837 Cahaba 23285 AL0590__.457
Bedsole, Henry AL Crenshaw 5/15/1837 Cahaba 23474 AL1590__.144
Bedsole, Henry AL Montgomery 5/15/1837 Cahaba 23932 AL1600__.101
Bedsole, Henry AL Montgomery 5/15/1837 Cahaba 24036 AL1600__.206
Bedsole, Henry AL Crenshaw 8/12/1837 Cahaba 30233 AL1720__.294
Bedsole, Henry AL Crenshaw 8/12/1837 Cahaba 30234 AL1720__.295
Bedsole, Henry AL Crenshaw 7/28/1838 Cahaba 33470 AL1720
Bedsole, Henry AL Crenshaw 2/2/1852 Cahaba 38993 AL1900
Bedsole, Henry AL Crenshaw 2/2/1852 Cahaba 39863 AL1920__.042
Bedsole, John B. AL Geneva 8/26/1904 Montgomery 19551 AL5160__.268

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Bedsole, John D. AL Geneva 5/22/1899 Montgomery 17071 AL4930__.110
Bedsole, John W. AL Geneva 6/19/1895 Montgomery 14042 AL4850__.374
Bedsole, Joseph Linyer AL Clarke 12/12/1946 Washington Ofc 09986 1121587
Bedsole, Quincy F. AL Clarke 6/29/1891 Montgomery 8977 AL4760__.271

Bedsole, Rayford H. AL Clarke 6/1/1860 St. Stephens 15984 AL1560__.289
Bedsole, Sarah E. AL Covington 11/12/1900 Montgomery 17625 AL4960__.114
Bedsole, Sessoms AL Montgomery 5/20/1837 Cahaba 25278 AL1634
Bedsole, ThomasAL Crenshaw 8/5/1834 Cahaba 12657 AL0380__.070
Bedsole, Thomas AL Houston 4/1/1859 Elba 19207 AL2410__050
Bedsole, Thomas AL Houston 11/1/1858 Elba 23533 AL2470__.440
Bedsole, Thomas AL Coffee 12/10/1841 Sparta 6934 AL223
Bedsole, ThomasAL Coffee 5/1/1849 Sparta 7873 AL2250__.
Bedsole, Thomas H. AL Clarke 6/30/1875 Mobile 77 AL1400__.
Bedsole, Travis AL Coffee 5/26/1893 Montgomery 11718 AL4820__.004
Bedsole, Travis AL Coffee 9/1/1860 Elba 17547 AL2510__.045
Bedsole, Travis AL Coffee 11/1/1858 Elba 22514 AL2460 Coffee County
Bedsole, Travis. AL Geneva 4/18/1898 Montgomery 16307 AL1410__.227
Bedsole, William F. AL Clarke 5/29/1891 Montgomery 8724 AL4740__.027
Bedsole, William H. AL Coffee 6/29/1891 Montgomery 9374 AL4760__.394
Bedsole, Thomas 21 3N 26E ST STEPHENS 0 1859/04/01 ..Houston County, Ala. (Dothan)
Bedsole, Thomas 21 3N 26E ST STEPHENS 199.95 1859/04/01 Houston
Bedsole, Thomas2 3N 26E ST STEPHENS 0 1858/11/01 Houton
Bedsole, Thomas 21 3N 26E ST STEPHENS 0 1859/04/01 Houston
Bedsole, Thomas 21 3N 26E ST STEPHENS 0 1859/04/01 Houston
Bedsole, Thomas 2 3N 26E ST STEPHENS 119.98 1858/11/01 Houston.
Bledsoe, John 9/1/1858, Geneva, Alabama.
Bledsoe, William 6/12/1834 Montgomery, Alabama
Bedsole, John W 27 2N 25E ST STEPHENS 0 1895/06/19
Bledsoe, John W 27 2N 25E ST STEPHENS 0 1895/06/19
Bedsole, John 26 2N 25E ST STEPHENS 160.33 1895/06/19
Bledsoe, Henry 24 1N 24E ST STEPHENS 0 1896/02/19
Bledsoe, Henry 26 2N 25E ST STEPHENS 40.05 1899/05/22
Bedsole, Henry 19 1N 25E ST STEPHENS 160.17 1896/02/19
Bedsole, Henry 24 1N 24E ST STEPHENS 0 1896/02/19
Bledsoe, William 6/13/1878, Barbour County, Alabama.
Bedesole, Thomas Jr. 6/26/1850, Butler County, Greenville, Alabama
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1832 NC LAND DEED: BENJAMIN J. BEDSOLE
Sampson County, NC. This Indenture made this first day of March In the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred & thirty two between Benjamin Bedsole of the County and State aforesaid of the one part & Grant
Roberts of the same county & state aforesaid of the other part.
Witnesseth that the Sd Benjamin Bedsole for & in consideration of the sum of Two hundred Dollars to him in
hand paid at & before this sealing and delivery of these presence the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged hath granted bargained sold & conveyed unto the said Grant Roberts his assigns all that tract
or parcel of Land situate lying & being in the Eighth District of originally Coweta but now Campbell County
known and distinguished in the plan of said District by Lot No. 8 Eight to have and to hold said Tract or parcel
of land unto him the Sd Grant Roberts his heirs and assigns together with all and singular the rights
members and appurtenances thereunto for his and their own proper use benefit and behoof in fee simple
/22
Bedsole, Henry 19 1N 25E ST STEPHENS 160.17 1896/02/19
Bedsole, Henry 24 1N 24E ST STEPHENS 0 1896/02/19
Bledsoe, William 6/13/1878, Barbour County, Alabama.
Bedesole, Thomas Jr. 6/26/1850, Butler County, Greenville, Alabama
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1832 NC LAND DEED: BENJAMIN J. BEDSOLE
Sampson County, NC. This Indenture made this first day of March In the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred & thirty two between Benjamin Bedsole of the County and State aforesaid of the one part & Grant
Roberts of the same county & state aforesaid of the other part.
Witnesseth that the Sd Benjamin Bedsole for & in consideration of the sum of Two hundred Dollars to him in
hand paid at & before this sealing and delivery of these presence the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged hath granted bargained sold & conveyed unto the said Grant Roberts his assigns all that tract
or parcel of Land situate lying & being in the Eighth District of originally Coweta but now Campbell County
known and distinguished in the plan of said District by Lot No. 8 Eight to have and to hold said Tract or parcel
of land unto him the Sd Grant Roberts his heirs and assigns together with all and singular the rights
members and appurtenances thereunto for his and their own proper use benefit and behoof in fee simple

PAGE SEVENTY SIX
and the said Benjamin Bledsoe for himself his heirs Executors and administrators the said bargained
premises unto the said Grant Roberts his heirs and assigns will warrant and forever defend the right and Title
thereof against himself his heirs and assigns & against the claim or claims of all and every other person or
persons. In witness whereof the said Benjamin Bedsole hath hereunto set his hand & affixed his seal the day

and year above written Benjamin J. Bedsole, his mark X

Signed sealed and delivered in presence of JC Mcintosh, JP

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Benjamin James Bedsole
Accolades To Benjamin James Bedsole half indian, half white, son of Docia Bedsole and an unknown indian
man, and grandson of Robert. Ever since I first heard about him, I have admired him. When growing up, he
hated the way the whites and Indians treated his mother and himself, for he was neither totally white nor
Indian, and both sides mistreated him and her at every chance. At first, Benjamin fought whoever insulted his
mother or himself, but he was always greatly outnumbered in such cases. Since he could speak both English
and the Indian languages, he learned to act as a sort of "middle-man" in settling disputes between the races.
He eventually became fairly famous in his area for his ability to settle disputes between the races without
courts, judges, trials and fights. So, he spent much of his life as an Arbitrator for both sides. Eventually, even
the court judges used his services as an Arbitrator to help settle indian and white disputes. There is a record
of him being paid $3.00 "for meals and horse" to arbitrate between an Indian chief and some white settlers.
Upon his death, the total value of Benjamins estate was $34.30 and consisted of two pewter plates, two pair
of breeches, one long coat, one wool coat, 4 shirts, and a pair of boots. After looking at that total value, it
looks very familiar to me as being the total value of my own financial empire when my family moved from
Alabama to Orlando, Florida in 1946, when I was 15. In fact my own vast financial empire still looks much like
that to this day.
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A FEW REFERENCES FOR YOU
This list is not all-inclusive. These are only a few references to get the researcher started. A sample in other
words, for your convenience.

1. Bible And Family Records Of Bladen County, North Carolina. By Wanda S. Campbell
2. The Highland Scots Of North Carolina. By Duane Meyer
3. Bladen County, North Carolina Abstracts Of Deeds, 1734-1804. By Brent Holcomb
4. Abstracts Of Duplin County, North Carolina Deeds 1784-1813. By Eleanor S. Draughon
5. Genealogical Abstracts, Duplin County, North Carolina Wills, 1830-1860. Wm. L. Murphy
6. Native Carolinians: The Indians Of North Carolina. By Theda Perdue
7. North And South Carolina Marriage Records. By Wm. M. Clements
8. North Carolina Tax Payer, 1679-1790, Vol. 1. By Clarence E. Ratcliff
9. North Carolina Wills: A Testator Index, 1665-1900. By Thornton W. Mitchell
10. Colony Of North Carolina, 1734-1764, Abstracts Of Land Patents, Vols. 1 and 2 By Thornton W. Mitchell.
11. Duplin County, North County, Marriage Records, 1755-1868. Frank T. Ingmire
12. Province Of North Carolina, 1663-1729, Abstracts Of Land Patents. Margaret Hoffman
13. Bladen County Heritage, North Carolina, Vols. 1 & 1. By Bladen Heritage Committee
14. Early Records Of North Carolina, Secretary Of State Papers Volumes 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8. By Stephen E.
Bradley, Jr.
15. Carolina Cradle Settlement Of The NC Frontier, 1747-1762. Robert W. Ramsey
16. Records Of Emigrants From England And Scotland To NC, 1774-1775. A.R. Newsome
17. The Pirates Of Colonial NC. By Hugh Franklin
18. The Granville District Of North Carolina, 1748-1763, Abstracts Of Land Records By Margaret M. Hoffman
Abstracts Of Early Deeds Of Bladen County, North Carolina .Vols. 1, 3 & 4. Vol. 2 contains Books 1, 11 and
23 Vol. 3 contains Books 8 and 10. By Wanda S. Campbell
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20. Bladen County, North Carolina Abstracts Of Wills, 1734-1900. By Wanda S. Campbell
21. 1763 Bladen County North Carolina Tax List. By Margaret M. Hoffman
22. North Carolina Planters And Their Children, 1800-1860. By Jane Turner Censer
23. Abstracts Of Land Entries: Bladen County, NC, 1778-1781. By Dr. A.B. Pruitt

24. North Carolina Tax Payer, 1701-1786, Vol. 1. By Clarence E. Ratcliff
Bernheim, G.D. History of the German Settlements and of the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina,
from the Earliest Period of the Colonization of the Dutch, German, and Swiss Settlers to the Close of the
First Half of the Present Century. Philadelphia, 1872: Reprint. Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1975.
Cain, Robert J., ed. Records of the Executive Council, 1664-1734. Vol. 7 of The Colonial Records of North
Carolina [Second Series]. Raleigh, N.C.: Division of Archives and History, 1984. "Petition of Craven Precinct
for Altering the Seat of Government" (ca. April 1733) is found on pages 301-303. Cited as 1733 petition
above.
Cobb, Sanford H. The Story of the Palatines: an Episode in Colonial History. New York: Putnam's Sons,
1897.
Faust, Albert Bernhardt and Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh. Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to
the American Colonies. 2 vols. in 1. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972. Volume 2, pages 614,
gives an account, using contemporaneous sources, of about 151 persons believed to have left
Switzerland for North Carolina.
Haun, Weynette Parks. Craven Precinct-County Court Minutes. 7 vols. to date. Durham, N.C.: Haun, 1978- .
Volumes 1 and 2 contain court minutes from 1712 to 1741, with the years 1716-1729 missing. These early
volumes were consulted for names and are cited as Craven County Court Records or Minutes above, with
the year.
Haun, Weynette Parks. Craven County North Carolina Deed Abstracts. 1 vol. to date. Durham, N.C.: Haun,
1996- . Volume 1 contains deed books 1 and 5 (1707-1775) and is cited above as Craven County Deeds
Book with the appropriate book number and page number of the original deed.
"The High German Chapel." Carolina and the Southern Cross (May 1914): 8. Contains the 1740 petition for
the building of a church for the use of the High Germans and the Church of England. This same petition is
found in Haun, Craven County Deed Abstracts, on page 69 (Craven Deed Book 1, page 417).
Holloman, Charles R. "Craven County, North Carolina -- It's Origin and Beginning." Seminar notes prepared
for Local History Students, Craven Technical Institute, 1973. Holloman includes transcripts of the 1714 claims
list, 1714 tithables list, 1715 land tax list, and 1716 land tax list.
Knittle, Walter Allen. Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration: A British Government Redemtioner
Project to Manufacture Naval Stores. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970.
"The Palatines and Their Descendants." Carolina and the Southern Cross (March 1914): 15-19.
Saunders, William L., ed. The Colonial Records of North Carolina. 10 vols. Raleigh, N.C.: State of North
Carolina, 1886-1890. Volume 4, pages 954-956, contains the 1747 petition of the Palatines to King George II
and gives a brief history of their settlement. Cited above as 1747 petition.
Schelbert, Leo, ed. America Experienced: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Accounts of Swiss Immigrants
to the United States. Camden, Me.: Picton Press, 1996. Includes some of the same letters in Todd's volume,
as well as accounts of Swiss immigrants to other states.
Todd, Vincent H., ed. Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern, NC: Edited with an
Historical Introduction and an English Translation. Spartanburg, S.C.: The Reprint Co., 1973. Includes letters
written ca. 1711 by Swiss from New Bern to their relatives. Tribbeko, John and George Ruperti. List of
Germans from the Palatinate Who Came to England in 1709. Reprinted from The New York Genealogical
and Biographical Record 1909-1910. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co. for Clearfield Company,
1996.
Watson, Alan D. A History of New Bern and Craven County. New Bern, N.C.: Tryon Palace Commission,
1987. The standard history of New Bern and Craven County includes a detailed chapter on the settlement of
New Bern. PAGE SEVENTY EIGHT
Internet www.usgenweb.com, www.vagenweb.com, www.ncgenweb.com, www.algenweb.com,
www.wvgenweb.com The Pennsylvania internet site The following primary Genweb counties in NC: Bladen,
Dobbs, Sampson, Duplin and Johnson. http://searches/rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ns
NOTE: That last internet site contains many, many pages, as you see them counted at the botttom of it .

Others
" Chalkleys Chronicles" 3 volumes, of 600 pages each on the Va. internet site. "William And Marys" on the
Virginia internet site. Chalkleys is huge.
US Census Records on the internet, The social Security Death Index on the internet "Ships" on the
USGenWeb site "Formation Of Counties" on the internet, Library Of Virginia and numerous other internet
sites, including the National Archives.
"Bladen County, North Carolina Abstracts of Early Deeds 1738-1804 by:Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S. 1979" 2.
For complete listing of Bladen County, NC records available for searching at the North Carolina State
Archives in Raleigh, NC (other than census) please see: Guide To Research Materials in The North Carolina
State Archives, County Records, eleventh revised edition published by the Department of Cultural
Resources, Division of Archives and History, Archives and Records Section, 1997. 3.Also see: "Bladen
County, NC tax lists 1768-1774", Volume 1, page 21, by William L. Byrd, III. This book lists Thomas Bedsole,
Sr. as living in the household at age 17, of James West, maternal grandfather of Thomas Sr. 4. Census
records for all years available, for Bladen, Johnston, and Sampson counties, NC, from 1790 on.til 1950.
www.usgenweb.com 5. 1783 through 1788 Bladen County, NC Tax List. www.ncgenweb.com , 1790 through
1880 NC Census, www.usgenweb.com , "Abstracts Of Wills-1784-1900, Bladen County". Historical Society.
"Abstracts Of Early Land Deeds", Bladen County, NC; Volume 1 book 7, Volume 2, books 1,11, 12 and 13.,
Volume 3, books 8 and 10. "Bible And Family Records", Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Bladen County,
Courthouse. "Marriage Records And Bonds", Bladen County, Courthouse; "History Of Bladen County", by
Cliff Crawford. Bladen Cemetaries. 6. "Anson County, NC Deed Abstracts, 1749-1766, by Brent Holcomb. " A
History Of Anson County, NC, 1750- 1976", By: Mary L. Medley.
2.The five Civilized Indian Tribes Of Eastern NC", by Oscar Bizzell. 7. "Images Of Sampson County, NC" by
Kent Wrench., "The Heritage Of Sampson County", by Oscar Bizzell. "Founded Before Freedom", by Micki
Cottle., "Relatively Speaking On NC", by Vickie McCullen Potter. 8. William L. BYRD III: Bladen County,
North Carolina Tax Lists, 1768-1774 Vol. 1, p21. In this book, it shows Thomas Bedsole, Sr. (age 17, living
with the family of James West in NC, in 1769. James West was the father of Thomas' mother, Rhoda West.

9. 1790 Bladen County, NC Census, lists Thomas Bedsole (Sr.), with 2 white males over 16, 1 male under 16
and 7 white females in his house, plus himself. However, his name is spelled Thomas BEDSON. You learn to
take such misspellings as a way of life back in the old days. Also listed are his neighbors; William Davis,
John Sellars, Archibald McDaniel, and Samuel Sessoms. These, except the McDaniels' also moved their
families from NC to Alabama in 1830, when Thomas, Jr. moved his own family. William Davis and his wife
bought land adjoining Thomas Jr's land in Coffee County, Alabama, near Ino, east of Opp, Alabama and
that's where they all 4 lived and died and are buried. But, the CEMETERY has been a plowed field now, for
over 150 years. Archibald McDaniel was shot and killed in the Civil War at Chancelorsville in 1863, at age 41.
Duplin County, NC land records show that James West, maternal grandfather of Thomas Sr., owned two
tracts of land in that county in 1769. Land Patents book # 20, Raleigh, NC., pages 378, 379, 380 and 467.
Prior to 1734, Duplin and Bladen Counties were both part of New Hanover County, NC.
Book: "The Formation Of The North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943, by David Leroy Corbitt. "Early Settlers Of
Virginia". www.vagenweb.com "Early Settlers Of North Carolina". "Early Settlers of Pennsylvania
www.ncgenweb.com "Occupations Of Early Settlers" www.pagenweb.com "Ships" www.vagenweb.com
County Courthouses in Bladen, Dobbs, Raleigh, Cumberland, Johnson, Duplin, and Sampson counties in
North Carolina and Coffee, Covington, Houston, Crenshaw, Montgomery, Lowndes, Geneva and neighboring
counties in Alabama and Warren and neighboring counties in Georgia and Haywood and Bledsoe counties in
Tennessee.
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CENSUS RECORDS

These Census data are not in any kind of order. I listed them as I found them. Sometimes I found the newest
ones first. Census Takers were paid 50 cents for every 100 people he counted. They were expected to pay

their own expenses and furnish their own transportation and food for themselves and their mules. Settlers
were very suspicious of any stranger coming around and usually took no chances. If they thought the
stranger was a "Government man", they tried seriously to kill him, in all kinds of ways, because they thought
he would cause their taxes to go up, or was there to cause trouble otherwise.

This is an actual letter of resignation submitted by a Census-Taker in Sampson County, NC, to his supervisor.
I think its priceless;

"I have been out here all over this country for 12 days now. I have stayed wet, fell in the river 10 times, been
tangled in briars, had a tree fall on me, been stabbed, shot at, cow-kicked, dog-bit, mule-stomped, bull-
hooked, goose-pecked, and beat with a stick. I have spent nights in the mud, starved for days, walked for
days and nights, wore the same clothes for days, took no baths, sat on that mule for hours and hours, been
lost repeatedly, been lied to, had rocks throwed at me, run off, cussed at, and shot at some more. I have
been doing this for 12 days now and made two dollars. I quit".

You can understand that treatment, if you know that people back then lived MILES apart, lived a very hard,
demanding, rugged, deprived and dangerous life. They did not like strangers walking up to their houses and
that applied doubly to anyone they considered a "Government Man", as Census Takers were believed to be..

The first official Census in this country was in 1790, but there are a few early starts dated 1783-85 for some
states. A Census was supposed to be done every 10 years. A couple of states began the 1790 Census in
1784 and 85. Sometimes they were complete, sometimes not. During the period up to about 1950, the poor
Census-takers lived a hard life. It was generally up to them to get to all the people, get their own food,
lodging and their own transportation. The hardships and suffering these people incurred is a story unto itself.
There are painfully few census reports available on the internet even now. Also, several bedsoles settled in
Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana in the late 1800's but most of that Census information is not currently on the
internet, either. It is possible that I have duplicated two or three of the Census Data below, so bear with me if
you find that to be true. I transcribed the following Census info. as it was written, misspellings and all.

People are working for USGENWEB, transcribing them, proofreading Census info, and putting them online,
especially through that site. As these are made available, more information on the Bedsoles will become
available. As for now, the following information is all I could find.

1783 Census Duplin County, NC
Bedsole, Thomas Sr.

1790 Census, Wake County, NC
Bedsole, William, b. 1727, Planter.This William was the father of Thomas Bedsole, Sr..Wake County was
formed from Johnston, Orange, and another county. All three of these were formed from Bladen, where
Thomas Sr. lived. So William and son Thomas Sr. were likely living beside each other then.

1790 Census Brunswick County, NC
Benson, Abraham 30-16
1790 Bladen County, NC Census. Son Of William Henry Bedsole, (Jr) born 1727.

PAGE EIGHTY
Note: This is Thomas Bedsole, Sr.....Benson, Thomas (Sr.) , b. 1750. 2 males in house over 10, 1 male over
40 himself, 1 female over 35 Wife, 1 male over 16, with 6 other females.

1790 Cumberland County, NC Census. Son of Thomas Sr.

Bedsole, John. Head Of House. 1 son under 16. 1 wife, and 1 daughter under 16. No other names, or ages
are listed. This son is likely also named John Bedsole, and b. 1774. This John is likely born 1753, son of
William, b.1727 and a brother of Thomas Sr.

1790 Census, Dobbs County, NC.

Bedsole, Vincent
Bedsole, John

1860 Moore County, NC Census

Bedsole, James Larkin 34 M Farmer. You will read more on him fighting with butchers knives, with his two

stepsons.

Bedsole Charlotte 28 F

Bedsole Margaret 12 F NC

Bedsole Henry J. 10 M NC 33

Bedsole Martha J. 7 F NC 34

Bedsole Mary E. 5 F NC 35

Bedsole William. S. 3 M NC 36

Bedsole Duncan 64 M Farmer NC, Father of Larkin above.

Bedsole Duncan 23 M Farm Hand NC

1850 CENSUS BUTLER COUNTY, ALABAMA (Near Greenville).

Note: This is the year that wife Charlotte left Thomas Jr. who it appears along with best friend William Davis,

has moved in with son David, below, another Drunk. Charlotte, with youngest child still at home, Travis 17,

has now moved to Old Town and moved in with son Sessoms Bedsoles family there.

David Bedsole, Occupation listed as "Drunkard".

Thomas Bedsale, (Thomas Bedsole, Jr. father of David.)

William Davis, (Best friend of Thomas, Jr. Where theres one, theres the other).

Jesse REELS (RIALS) 37 m farmer NC. Son of Elizabeth, sister of Thomas Jr.

Martha 30 f

George 12 m AL

Mary 9 f

William7 m

Elizabeth 5 f

Warren 3 m

Anna 1/12 f

William HALL 56 m farmer NC, Husband.

Charlotte 35 f Wife. (Daughter of Charity below, daughter of Sarah, daughter of Thomas Sr.)

Lavenia 17 f AL

Martha 10 f

John PARKER 50 m farmer NC.

Charity (Bedsole) 42 f ........Daughter of William, son of Thomas Sr.

Benjamin 18 m farmer AL
PAGE EIGHTY ONE

Mary 14 f

John 12 m

Matilda 10 f

Malinda 8 f

Martha 6 f

William 4 m
James 2 m
Sarah 1 f
John C. Hall 30 m farmer NC
Sarah 33 f AL......Daughter of Sarah, daughter of Thomas Jr.
Susan 7 f
Elizabeth 6 f
Lucretia 4 f
Isabell 9/12 f

1870 CENSUS GENEVA COUNTY, ALABAMA

Bledsoe, (Bedsole) Travis .(Son of John,...of William Henry, ...Thomas Sr.)
Thomas Sellers 57 NC Neighbor of Thomas Jr. in NC. Farmhand.
Martha E 30 ALA
John 24
Ashley 21
Jessee 19
Monroe 18
Arvin 15 `
Elizabeth J. 30

1860 BUTLER COUNTY, ALABAMA

Bedsole, T. (Thomas Jr.). He died somewhere around 1868. Wife Charlotte and son Travis, 17, had moved in
with son Sessoms Bedsole's family sometime in 1850. Since Charlotte never came back to him, I assume
Thomas Jr. was not only a drunk, but was also mean to his wife and their children.Thats based on the fact
that more than one of his sons were listed on more than one Census as "Drunkard" and as a "Rustler" which
infers that he was also likely to be at least a drunkard. Sessoms, one of those sons,went to prison from 1860
to 1880 for selling his neighbors cows. He spent 20 years in jail for that crime.

1840 Warren County, Georgia Census
Bedsole Amos 50 M . mechanic . NC
Bedsole Martha 46 F . . . Ga.
Bedsole Aris 25 M . laborer . Ga.
Bedsole Isaiah 21 M . laborer . Ga.
Bedsole Travis 18 M . laborer . Ga.
Bedsole George W. 15 M . laborer . Ga.
Bedsole James A. 14 M . . . Ga.
Bedsole Sarah A. 17 F . . . Ga.
Bedsole Martha A. 9 F . . . Ga.

1870 CENSUS, WARREN COUNTY, GEORGIA

PAGE EIGHTY TWO
(Amos Bedsoles descendants).
Bedsole, S. J. 66 F W HSKP 28 6 212 219
Bedsole, Sarah A. 26 F W C/M 28 7 212 219
Bedsole, Martha A.. 23 F W C/M

1783 Duplin County, NC Census (Info). Assume their families were there too.

1. Thomas Bedsole (Sr)
2. William West (Father in law of Thomas Sr.).
3. Benjamin Faircloth (Married Francis Bedsole, daughter of Thomas Sr. Numerous other Faircloths married
numerous other Bedsoles later in time).
4 .Thomas Flowers (A relative of Elisha Bedsole, through Elisha's wife).
5. William Mainor (Maynor) (A descendant of his, Cindy Maynor, married William Arthur Bedsole, a
descendant of Robert Bedsole,
son of Thomas Sr., later in time. Whether it was really Mainor or Maynor, who knows. Some
Mainors/Maynors were called "Indians" ).
6 John Parker (Jr.) married Rhoda Bedsole, daughter of Thomas Sr.
7. John Simmons (His son, Redding Simmons married Martha Bedsole, a daughter of Thomas Jr.).
8. William Bullard. 6 of his descendants married Bedsoles.
9. William Ryal, father of Archibald Rial who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Sr.
1810 Census index for Bladen County, NC.
Thomas Bedsole (This is Thomas Sr.).
Thomas Bedsoe (This is Thomas Jr.).
William Henry Bedsole (This is another son of Thomas Sr.).

1850 Butler County, Ala. Census

John C. Hall ..........30 m farmer NC

Sarah ..................33 f AL Daughter of Thomas Jr.

Susan ................... 7 f

Elizabeth ........... 6 f

Lucretia ............ 4 f

Isabell .................9/12 f
.....................................................................................................................................................................
..

Jesse Rials... ...37 m farmer SC. Son of Elizabeth Bedsole and Archibald Rials (Thomas Sr.), She also

moved to Ala. in 1850.

Martha ..............30 f

George .......12 m AL

Mary ........... 9 f

William...........7 m

Elizabeth 5 f

Warren 3 m

Anna 1/12..... f

.......................................................................................................

David Bedsole 36, m. Drunkard. NC (Son of Thomas Jr.)

Catherine (Parker) 36 f

Cinda 17 f AL ("Sinda" for Lucinda)

Martha 15 f
PAGE EIGHTY THREE

Duncan 11 m

Lucy 9 f

Mary 7 f

Milly 5 f

William 2 m

David 3 m

Thomas 1 m

1900 Geneva County, Ala. Census

Bedsole, John w 20 197a 15

Bedsole, Lonnie R w 1 197a 15

Bedsole, Martha J w 16

1900 Census, Santa Rosa County, Fla.

Johnson, John Head. b. 5/1859..m.w. 41...Log Hauler (Dragging logs to sawmill, with mules).

Laurena (Simmons)1/1862 f w..38..Wife. Daughter of Hannah, daughter of Rhoda (Thomas Bedsole, Jr).

Margaret....Dau...w f..5/1883

Mary....Dau..w f .2/1885

William..Son..w..m..1/1886

Lori..w..f...Dau..3/1888

Addie...w..f..5/1892

Frances...w...f..3/1894

Thomas ..w...m...Son..1/1895

Winnie....w..f...Dau...3/1897

Hattie....w...f...Dau....4/1898

Simmons, Hannah Francis.75, w..f. 5/1825. Mother of Laurena. Wife of Paul Cephas Simmons, Deceased.

...................................................................

Bedsole Edward Head W M Feb 1862 38 M Farmer

Bedsole Sarah J. Wife W F June 1869 30

Bedsole William T. Son W M Mar 1884 16 S

Bedsole Emma Daughter W F Dec 1890 9 S

Bedsole Edward (Jr.) Son W M Feb 1893 7 S

Bedsole Lenard C. Son W M June 1895 4 S

.......................Seperate House.......................

Bedsole William H. Head W M Jan 1855 45 M

Bedsole Elizabeth Wife W F Apr 1862 38 M

Bedsole Melvin Son W M Jan 1882 18 S

Bedsole Elvie L. Daughter W F Jan 1884 16 S

Bedsole Willis Son W M Feb 1886 14 S

Bedsole Edward Son W M Apr 1888 12 S

Bedsole Rosa L. Daughter W F Apr 1891 9 S

Bedsole Elmina Virginia Daughter W F Mar 1896 4 S

Bedsole William R. Son W M Nov 1899 6/12 S

..............Seperate House...................................

Bedsole Frank E. Head W M June 1858 41 M

Bedsole Pollie Wife W F Oct 1861 40 M 21 10

Bedsole Daniel Monroe Son W M June 1881 18 S

Bedsole Joureie L. Daughter W F Sep 1883 16 S

Bedsole Elzyan R. Daughter W F July 1885 14 S
PAGE EIGHTY FOUR

Bedsole Alice D. Daughter W F Dec 1887 12 S

Bedsole Murdic F. Son W M Oct 1889 10 S

Bedsole Grady Son W M Dec 1891 8 S

Bedsole Buford Son W M Nov 1893 6 S

Bedsole Annie L. Daughter W F June 1896 3

Bedsole James C. Son W M Feb 1899 1 S
1910 Coffee County, Ala. Census
Sympler Oscar M. | Head | M W 22- Alabama
Sympler Idella C. | Wife | F W 18-Alabama .............Idella Bedsole
........................Seperate House..........................................................................
Farmer John C. | Head | M W 39
Farmer Sarah F. | Wife | F W 29
Farmer Maudie M. | Daughter | F W 13 S...Became JD's Mother.........
Farmer Oscar B. | Son | M W11 S
Farmer John R. | Son | M W 9 S
Farmer Aaron G. | Son | M W 5 S
Farmer, Nettie/Dau/10S
1830 Census, Wythe County, Virginia, 11th District, Carroll County, Virginia. Proving Elisha (Jr., or II) , and
sons Isaac, David and Hugh were all Bedsoles then.
Elisha Bedsol, 46, m, farmer, 410, born in Va 1786.
Nancy, 34, f, b Va
Margaret, 18, f, b Va
Edith, 12, f, b Va
Byrom, 10, m, b Va
Roseyman, 9, f, b Va
Fountain, 6, m, b Va
Jestin, 3, f, b Va
Elisha, 1, m, b Va
.............Seperate House....................................Later changed last name from Bedsole to Bedsaul.............
Isaac Bedsol, 40, m, farmer, 670, born in Va, 1788.
Jane, 36, f, b Va
William, 17, m, farmer, b Va
Elisha, 15, m, farmer, b Va
Alexander, 13, m, b Va
Malinda, 11, f, b Va
Patience, 10, f, b Va
Zilphy, 7, f, b Va
Sophina, 5, f, b Va
Lucinda, 1, f, b Va
...........................Seperate House....................
David Bedsol, 42, m, farmer, 340, born Va., 1788..
Sally, 50, f, farmer, b Va
Elizabeth, 17, f, b Va

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Selah, 15, f, b Va

Julian, 13, f, b Va

Martha, 11, f, b Va

Mandville, 9, m, b Va

William J., 6, m, b Va

.....................Seperate House............................

Hugh Bedsol, 28, m, farmer, born in Va 1802.

Amelia, 28, f, b Va

Amanda, 3, f, b Va

Louisa, 2, f, b Va
Brazeleton, 1, m, b Va.
..........................Seperate House.......................
Peter Bedsaul, 20, m, farmer, born in Va., born in 1810.
Malinda, 26, f, b Va
Mary, 3, f, b Va

Malvinia, 4/12, f, b Va
......................seoerate House..............................
John Bedsaul, 52, m, farmer, 200, b Va 1778.

Delila, 51, f, b NC
Malvinia, 19, f, b Va
Elijah, 16, m, laborer, b Va
Martha, 12, f, b Va
Wilkison, 10, m, b Va
George Goings, 20, m, laborer, b not known

........................Seperate House.................................

James Bedsaul, 30, m, b Va 1800.
Lucinda, 23, f, b Va
John, 7, m, b Va
George, 4, m, b Va
Floyd, 2, m, b Va
........................Seperate House.................................
1850 Eastern Division, Cumberland County, North Carolina
Larkin Bedsole, 24, m, laborer, b NC
Charlotte, 19, f, b NC
Margaret A., 2, f, b NC
Henry J., 9/12, m, b NC
..........................Seperate House.....................................
David Maxwell, 33, m, farmer, 3000, b NC
John Bedsole, 30, m, laborer, b NC 1800.
......................Seperate House...................................................

PAGE EIGHTY SIX
1850 Southern District, Sampson County, North Carolina
408/408
Daniel Bedsale, 35, m, laborer, b NC
Margaret, 30, f, b NC
William, 10, m, b NC
John, 7, m, b NC
Nancy, 5, f, b NC
Amy, 2, f, b NC
....................................Seperate House..............................................
1850 Northern District, Sampson County, North Carolina
Olin Hair, 44, m, farmer, 950, b NC
Susan, 43, f, b NC Daughter of Thomas Jr.
Calendar, 13, m, b NC
Henrietta, 10, f, b NC
Margaret, 7, f, b NC
Charley, 4, m, b NC
Charlotte Bedsole, 17, f, b NC, wife of Thomas below.

Wm. H. Bedsole, 1/12, m, b NC Baby of Thomas and Charlotte.

Thomas Bedsole, 24, m, b NC, 1826.This is brother of Susan.

..........................Seperate House......................................

Wm. Bedsole, 31, m, laborer, b NC

............................Seperate House...................................

Robert Bedsole, 61, m, farmer, 200, born in NC 1789. Son of Thomas Sr.

Rebecca, 60, f, b NC

Mary, 29, f, b NC

Rebecca, 20, f, b NC

Nancy, 24, f, b NC

Martin, 19, m, b NC

Isaac, 17, m, b NC

Eliza, 4, f, b NC

William, 9/12, m, b NC

.............................Seperate House.............................................................

1850 Cape Fear Northeast District, Bladen County, North Carolina

William Henry Bedsole, 27, m, laborer, 50, born NC. Son of Thomas Jr.

Lucretia, 21, f, b NC

Calton, 6, m, b NC (James Calvin Bedsole,(changed to Calton Bledsoe, after civil war).

Lucy A., 4, f, b NC

Martha J., 3, f, b NC

Sarah M., 1, f, b NC

...........................Seperate House.................................................

Owen Bedsole, 42, m, farmer, 400, b NC

Mary, 30, f, b NC

Nancy, 18, f, b NC

Alex, 6, m, b NC

Sarah J., 4, f, b NC
PAGE EIGHTY SEVEN

Matilda, 3, f, b NC

George, 1, m, b NC

Sarah, 60, f, b NC

.............................Seperate House...................................................

Duncan Bedsole, 42, m, farmer, 6000, b NC

Catherine, 52, f, b NC

Sarah, 23, f, b NC

Nancy, 21, f, b NC

Travice, 19, m, laborer, b NC

Thomas, 19, m, laborer, b NC

Duncan, 13, m, b NC

Catherine, 10, f, b NC

1880 U.S. Census In Alabama (Note: These are everyone Bedsole's, not Bedsale's.)

1. Duncan Justin Bedsole -Male Birth: 1851 FL.
2. Lunicey Bedsole - Wife, Female Birth: 1853 AL.
3.Christian G. Bedsole - 1880 Son Gender: Male Birth, 1878, AL
4. Mary A. Bedsole -Self Gender: Female Birth: 1823 GA.
5. Mattie A. Bedsole - Dau Gender: Female Birth:1862 AL/

6. John W. Bedsole Self Gender: Male Birth: 1860, AL
7. Elizabeth Bedsole -Mother Gender: Female Birth: 1832 SC
8. William F. Bedsole- Self Gender: Male Birth: 1861 AL
9. Martha A. Bedsole - Wife Gender: Female Birth: 1862AL
10. Edward O. Bedsole -Self Gender: Male Birth:1859 FL
11. Roxanna Bedsole - Wife Gender: Female Birth: 1852 AL
12. Cornelious Bedsole- Son Gender: Male Birth: 1879 AL
13. Charles Bedsole - Son Gender: Male Birth:1880 AL
14. Edword Bedsole - Self Gender: Male Birth, 1819 NC
15. Susan Bedsole (Blackwell) - Wife Gender: Female Birth: 1819 NC
16. Quincey F. Bedsole - Self Gender: Male Birth:1861 FL
17. Theodocia Bedsole- Wife Gender: Female Birth:1864 AL
18. Charles C. Bedsole -Son Gender: Male Birth1880 AL
19. Travis Bedsole - Self Gender: Male Birth:1833 AL
20. Rosalie Bedsole -Wife Gender: Female Birth:1833 NC
21. Edward Bedsole -Son Gender: Male Birth:1862 AL
22. Travis Bedsole - Son Gender: Male Birth:1864 AL
23. James Bedsole -Son Gender: Male Birth: 1872 AL
24. Franklin Bedsole - Self Gender: Male Birth: 1858 AL
25. Polly Bedsole (Harrison)- Wife Gender: Female Birth: 1863 AL
26. William F. Bedsole - Son Gender: Male Birth:1879 AL
27. William Henry Bedsole - Self Gender: Male Birth: 1855 AL
28. Sallie Bedsole - Wife Gender: Female Birth: 1864 AL
29. Johnny Bedsole - Son Gender: Male Birth: 1880 AL
1900 Coffee County, Ala. Federal Census
PAGE EIGHTY EIGHT

Bedsole Annie L. 3 Alabama ed42-pg006

Bedsole Artie M. 24 Alabama ed42-pg001

Bedsole Babe 1 Alabama ed42-pg001

Bedsole Babe 1 Alabama ed42-pg001

Bedsole Buford 6 Alabama ed42-pg006

Bedsole Daniel M. 18 Alabama ed42-pg060

Bedsole Edward 38 Alabama ed42-pg006

Bedsole Edward 7 Alabama ed42-pg006

Bedsole Edward 12 Alabama ed42-pg006

Bedsole Elizabeth 38 Alabama ed42-pg006a.

Bedsole Elizabeth J. 6 Alabama ed42-pg001

Bedsole Elmina V. 4 Alabama ed42-pg006a.

Bedsole Elvie L. 16 Alabama ed42-pg006a.

Bedsole Elzyan R. 14 Alabama ed42-pg006a.

Bedsole Emma 9 Alabama ed42-pg006a.

Bedsole Frank E. 41 Alabama ed42-pg006a

Bedsole Franklin E. 10 Alabama ed42-pg001

Bedsole Georgia A. 27 Alabama ed42-pg001a.

Bedsole Grady 8 Alabama ed42-pg006a.

Bedsole Idella C. 8 Alabama ed42-pg001

Bedsole James 28 Alabama ed42-pg001a.

Bedsole James C. 1 Alabama ed42-pg006a

Bedsole Joureie L. 16 Alabama ed42-pg006
Bedsole Katy A. 4 Alabama ed42-pg001a.
Bedsole Lenard C. 4 Alabama ed42-pg006a
Bedsole Matilda R. 2 Alabama ed42-pg001a
Bedsole Melvin 18 Alabama ed42-pg006a.
Bedsole Murdick F. 10 Alabama ed42-pg006a
Bedsole Pollie 40 Alabama ed42-pg006a.
Bedsole Rosa L. 9 Alabama ed42-pg006a.
Bedsole Rosa P. 67 North Carolina ed42-pg001a.
Bedsole Sarah J. 30 Alabama ed42-pg006a.
Bedsole Shearwood 5 Alabama ed42-pg001a.
Bedsole Travis 35 Alabama ed42-pg001a.
Bedsole William H. 45 Alabama ed42-pg006a.
Bedsole William R. 6/12 Alabama ed42-pg006a
Bedsole William T. 16 Alabama ed42-pg006a.
Bedsole Willie L. 12 Alabama ed42-pg001a.
Bedsole Willis 14 Alabama ed42-pg006a.
1920 Census, Bay County, Fla.

Bedsole, George Head O Un M W 43 M
Bedsole Baney Wife . . F W 35 M
Bedsole Wilma Son . . M W 14
Bedsole, Vergil Son . . M W 11 S
Bedsole Blanche Daughter . . F W 8 S
Bedsole George Jr. Son . . M W 2/12 S

PAGE EIGHTY NINE
1850 Lowndes County, Ala. Census (Listed as Bledsoe on census' since then)
Bledsoe William Luther 48 M Planter 1,200 Georgia (Son of Robert, son of Thomas Bedsole, Sr.).
Bledsoe Permelia 48 F Virginia 42 Wife
Bledsoe William B 22 M Overseer Georgia
Bledsoe Leonora A 20 F Georgia
Bledsoe James R 18 M Georgia
Bledsoe Joseph B 15 M Alabama
Bledsoe Narcissa 12 F Alabama
Bledsoe Elvira J 10 F Alabama
Bledsoe Mary J 8 F Alabama

1860 MUSKOGEE COUNTY, GEORGIA DEATHS
Bedsole, Henry 29 Oct 1936 Muscogee 28751
1820 Sampson county, NC Census, Robert: A son of Thomas Sr., Godwins District 304
Robert Bedsole, 1 male age 10, 1 male over 45.. him, 1 Female 10, 1 female over 10 and 1 female over 45,
his wife.
1830 Census Index, Haywood County, Tennessee, Travis; Son of Thomas Sr.
BEDSOLE 431 Note: This was the household of Travis Bedsole, b. 1782. Son of Thomas Bedsole Sr. In
1830, he had just arrived in Haywood County, from NC. In a Census INDEX they do not list anyone living in
the house, just the last name. Wife Nancy Simmons was living then.
1840 Haywood County, Tennessee Census. Travis, son of Thomas Sr. Last name misspelled.
Bidsole Travis.... pg0391.txt. Note: Last name misspelled by Census taker. This is the last record I can find
on this Travis Bedsole. This census lists 1 white male 10 to 15, 1 white male 60 (Him), and one white female

50 (Wife, Nancy) She is shown in the 1850 Haywood County Census, living with her daughter Margaret and

Margarets husband W.M. Strayhorn. So Travis apparently died before1850 and, at 65 to 69 years old.

1840 Muscogee County, Georgia Census

Bedsole John O. Son of Amos.(William, Thomas Sr.).

1870 WARREN COUNTY, GA. CENSUS

Bedsole, S. J, 66 F W House keeping Georgia. Widow.

Bedsole, Sarah A 26 F W Works in Cotton Factory Georgia

Bedsole, Martha A. 23 F W Works in Cotton Factory Georgia

PIERCE COUNTY GA., MARRIAGE

Dugins (Duggan), G. M. to Bedsole, Annie Jane - 29 Nov 1924

EARLY COUNTY, GA. MARRIAGE

Milton, Edna to Bedsole, George W. 13-Oct 1870 GA Early

1920 Coffee County, Ala, Census Family Of Travis (Son of Travis (Sr) 1832-1899)

------------House One----------------------------

Bedsole Travis Head M W 45 ....(JD's Grandfather).

Bedsole Georgia Ann (Hudson) Wife F W 37 (On another 1920 Coffee County Census, his wife is "Bethonia"

Williams).

Bedsole William Henry Son M W 23 ...........Father Of J.D.

Bedsole Elizabeth Josey Daughter F W 16 S

Bedsole Katherine Angelina Daughter F W 14 S

Bedsole Matilda Roseann. Daughter F W 12 S

Bedsole Georgia Ann Daughter F W 11 S

Bedsole Ester Easter Daughter F W 9 S

Bedsole Travis Son M W 6 S
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Bedsole Emma Daughter F W 5 S

Bedsole Pearlie Daughter

Hudson Matilda E. Mother-in-law of Travis

------------------House Two-----------------------------------

Bedsole Franklin Edward. Head M W 20 M1

Bedsole Effie (Redmon) Wife of Franklin

...................House Three.........................................

Wilks, John H.

Georgiann (Bedsole)

......................House Four.....................................

Bedsole, William Henry

Maudie M.

Lillie M. Estelle

Myrtle B.

..................Fifth House....................................

Simpler, Oscar

Idelle C. (Bedsole)

Travis Robert

Cassie B.

Jessie L (Lillian or Lillie).

1860 Haywood County, Tennessee Census, Margaret, daughter of Travis, son of Thomas Sr.

NOTE: In this Census, Travis is obviously dead, and Nancy is living with her daughters family in Tennessee.

Travis was on the 1830, 1840 and 1850 Haywood County Census', So apparently died between 1850 and

1860.

Bedsole, Nancy.(Simmons) ........60. Wife of Travis Bedsole,(son of Thomas Sr.) mother of Margaret, Living
with:Strayhorn, W.M..............................30 Her son in Law
Strayhorn (Bedsole), Margaret....19 Her daughter
Richardson, Daniel.......................15...Probably a Nephew of W.M Strayhorn.
Richardson, Marvin.......................17...Probably another nephew of W.M..Strayhorn
1850 Sampson County, NC Census
Charlotte A. Bedsole 17 Female. Wife (Not Charlotte English).
Wm. Henry Bedsole 1/12 Male Son
Thomas Bedsole 24 Male Farmer Head Of House.Son of Robert Bedsole, Son of Thomas Sr.
______Separate Family__________(Duncan, son of Thomas Sr.)
Duncan Bedsole, b. 1798.
Catherine Hair, b. 1798
Sarah Bedsole, b. 1827
James Larkin Bedsole, 2/1826- (Known by me as "Food-Fight Larkin")

+ Charlotte Bullock
++ Atha Carter, 7/20/1865-3/4/1938, Oak Grove Cemetery, Cumberland County, NC
Nancy Bedsole, 1929-
Travis Bedsole, 1831-
Thomas Bedsole, 1832-
Aaron Bedsole, 1835-
Duncan Bedsole (Jr.), 1837-
Catherine Bedsole, 1839-
1860 Coffee County, Ala. Census (Old Town)
Bedsole, Sessoms 40 M W Farmer (Somewhere around here, Sessoms goes to jail 20 years for "Rustling".
PAGE NINETY ONE
And his occupation is listed as "Drunkard" and as "Rustler" ) Released 1880. Age 60.
Bedsole Charlotte 40 F W
Bedsole Sarah E. F. 22 F W
Bedsole Margaret A. 18 F W
Bedsole Julias F. 12 F W
Bedsole Mary M. 9 F W
Bedsole Nancy L. 7 F W
...................................................
Bedsole Travis B. 28 M W Farmer (JD's G-Grandfather).
Bedsole Rosanah P.(Ward) 28 F W
Bedsole Mary E. 6 F W
Bedsole William H. 4 M W
Bedsole Franklin 2 M W
Bedsole Infant 3/12 F W
1860 Lowndes County, Ala. Henry, son of Thomas Jr.
Bedsoh (Bedsole) Henry 42 N Carolina Head
Bedsoh Sylvia M 20 N Carolina Wife
Bedsoh Elizabeth A 1 Ala
Bedsoh Franklin 16 Ala
Bedsoh George H 3 Ala
Bedsoh Mary F 2 Ala
1850 Coffee County, Ala. Census Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Sr. Note: This is the first time I knew that
Elizabeth moved from NC to Ala.
Elizabeth Rials.......... 58. (Born in 1792, in NC).

Archibald Rials...........66.......Husband
Jacob Rials.............. ..31......Son
Martha Rials.......... .....27......Dau.-In-Law
John Rials............... ...19......Son

PAGE NINETY TWO

John Rials............... ...10......Grandson

Ransom Rials...............8......Grandson

Leandra Rials...............6......Granddaughter

Sylvestra Rials........ . ...2......Granddaughter
..............................................................

Bedsoles Sessoms 40 N.C. 613 ...Head Of Household. Occupation, Drunkard.

Bedsoles Charlotte 30 N.C. 613..Wife of Sessoms

Bedsole Mary F. 5 Ala 536

Bedsole Travis 17 Ala 613

Bedsole Charlotte (English) 60 N.C. 613.( Widow of Thomas Jr., Mother of Sessoms, G-Grandmother of JD.).

So she left Thomas Jr. for being a Drunkard, and since Sessoms is also one, then Thomas Jr. must have

been mean too, for her to leave him.

Bedsoles Julia F. 2 Ala 613

Bedsoles Margaret A. 8 Ala 613

Bedsoles Sarah E.F. 12 Ala 613
...................................................................

Bedsole Travis B. ..........28 M W Farmer

Bedsole Rosanah P...... 28 F W

Bedsole Mary E. ............. 6 F W

Bedsole William H........... 4 M W

Bedsole Franklin ............. 2 M

Bedsole Infant ................ 3/12 F

1870 Crenshaw County, Ala. Census
Bedsole, George H. 22 wm AL
1870 CrenshawSarah J.(Stringer) 21 wf AL
Bedsole, William Henry. 1 wm AL
Bedsole, Frank 33 wm AL
Dorcas 30 wf AL
Edward 8 wm AL
Ida E. 5 wf AL
Robert L. 1 wm AL
1870 Crenshaw County, Ala...black Bedsole family Apparently, this black family was named after Sessoms
Bedsole's family members.
Bedsole, Elisha, A, 24 bm AL..................Head
Jane ......... 22 bf AL .................................Wife
Lee 5 bm AL..............................................Son
Paralee 3 bf AL.........................................Daughter
Eugenia 3/12 bf AL.................................;.Daughter
1870 Crenshaw County, Ala "MULATTO" BEDSOLES (white/black, white/indian or
black/indian= "Mulatto".
BEDSOLE Samuel 27 mm AL (mm=Mulatto, Male)

Matilda 23 mf AL "

Frank 8 mm AL "

Joseph 1 mm AL

1880 census Crenshaw county, alabama

BEDSOLE George H. 22 wm AL
PAGE NINETY THREE

BEDSOLE, Sarah J.(Stringer) 21 wf AL

BEDSOLE, William H. 1 wm AL

BEDSOLE, "Ned" 20 mm AL 65

BEDSOLE, Frank 33 wm AL

BEDSOLE, Dorcas 30 wf AL

BEDSOLE, Edward 8 wm AL

BEDSOLE, Ida E. 5 wf AL

BEDSOLE, Robert L. 1 wm AL
..................................................................................

BEDSOLE Samuel 27 mm AL

BEDSOLE Matilda 23 mf AL

BEDSOLE, Frank 8 mm AL

BEDSOLE, Joseph 1 mm AL

BEDSOLE Hal 31 Black Male, AL

BEDSOLE, Sophia 15 Mulatto Female, SC

BEDSOLE, Samuel 61 Black Male MD

BEDSOLE, Sophia 61 Black Female NC

BEDSOLE Amelia 21 Black Female AL Living with Courtney family.

1850 HENRY COUNTY, ALA. CENSUS (BEDSOLE )

Bedsaw Kisiah 3 Ala.

Bedsaw Mary 22 GA.

Bedsaw Thos. 18 GA.

1858 HENRY COUNTY CHURCH DELEGATES TO THE ASSOCIATION Mt. Pleasant Church, Dale, Thomas

Bedsole By G.W. Reaves And William Bradley.

1870 Walton County, Fla. Census Family of Sessoms.

Bedsole, "Lotty" (Charlotte) .....50 Farming. Sessoms Wife. Sessoms was in the Slammer then.

Bedsole, Sarah......................... 30 Laborer

Bedsole, Julia.............................25

Bedsole, Mary............................20

Bedsole, Louisa........................16

Bedsole, Paralee........................9

Note, at that time Sessoms was still in jail for "Rustling", with 10 years served and 10 to go. Charlotte was

living in a house near Sessoms brother, Edward Bedsole, near Mossy Head, Fla. A log house, with a log

barn. Edward kept them fed and cared for them. He also moved them from there with his family, to Grove

Hill, Alabama about 1888. Sessoms got out of jail in 1880.He died sometime aftter 1885.

1885 Walton County, FLA. Census

Sesane (Sessoms) Bedsole. (Out of jail). He died 1888 or so.

Bedsole, Charlotte.. 65 His wife.

Bedsole, Sarah...... 40..Daughter..single. Al, NC

Bedsole, Julia........ 30s

Bedsole, May.. .... .. 28s

Bedsole, Paralee. .. 25

1880 Old Town Census Index, Heads

Bedsale, Travis Bartlett (Spelled as Bedsale). Son of Thomas Jr. Roseanna Priscilla Ward (Wife of Travis).

Bedsale, William Henry..

Bedsale, Franklin
PAGE NINETY FOUR

1860 Coffee County, Alabama Sessoms' Daughter

Bedsole Martha 25 F Widow Seamstress.

Bedsole Catherine 5 F W
...............................................................

Bedsole, Travis B. 28 Farmer

Bedsole Rosanah P (Ward). 28 F W N.C. Wife of Travis. He was away in Civil War.

Bedsole Martha 25 F W Seamstress Ala

Bedsole Catherine 5 F W Ala

Bedsole Mary E. 6 F W Ala

Bedsole William H. 4 M W Ala

Bedsole Franklin 2 M W Ala

Bedsole Infant 3/12 F W Ala
.......................................................................

Bedsole Charlotte 40 F W N.C. ..Wife of Sessoms, a brother of Travis above. Sessoms was in the Slammer

at that time for "Rustling".

Bedsole Sarah E. F. 22 F W Ala

Bedsole Margaret A. 18 F W Ala

Bedsole Julias F. 12 F W Ala

Bedsole Mary M. 9 F W Ala

Bedsole Nancy L. 7 F W Ala

1850 Warren County, Georgia

Amos, son of William (Thomas Sr.)

Bedsole Amos ..............50 M . mechanic .Cotton Mill , NC to Georgia.

Bedsole Martha ............46 F . . . Ga.

Bedsole Aris................ 25 M . laborer . Ga.

Bedsole Isaiah............. 21 M . laborer . Ga. Killed in Civil War in 1861.

Bedsole Travis............. 18 M . laborer . Ga.

Bedsole George W...... 15 M . laborer . Ga.

Bedsole James A. ........14 M . . . Ga.

Bedsole Sarah A. .........17 F . . . Ga.

Bedsole Martha A.......... 9 F . . . Ga.

1850 Cumberland County, NC Census

Charlotte Ann Bedsole 17 Female. Wife

William Henry Bedsole 1/12 male. Son

Thomas Bedsole 24 Male, Farmer. Son of Robert Bedsole (Thomas Sr.)

1850 Isaiah, son of Amos. He died in Civil War Hospital in Virginia.

Bedsoles Isaiah 21 M . laborer . Ga. (Note how Bedsole was spelled).

Bedsoles Travis 20 M. Laborer. Brother

1860 WARREN COUNTY, GEORGIA

Bedsole Amos 63 N. Carolina pg00025.

Bedsole Aris 33 Georgia pg00025.

Bedsole Eliza 19 Georgia pg00025.

Bedsole Francis 26 Georgia pg00025.

Bedsole George 4/12 Georgia pg00025.

Bedsole George 22 Georgia pg00075.

Bedsole James 20 Georgia pg00025.
Bedsole Martha 58 Georgia pg00025.
Bedsole Martha 16 Georgia pg00025.

PAGE NINETY FIVE
Bedsole Mary 30 Georgia pg00025.
Bedsole Sarah 24 Georgia pg00025.
Bedsole, Travis 18 Georgia

...............................................................................................
Bedsole, Sessoms...................In the Slammer 1860-1880 (20 years for "Rustling" that year).
Bedsole Charlotte...... ................. 40 F Wife of Sessoms
Bedsole Sarah E. F... .................. 22 F
Bedsole Margaret A......................18 F
Bedsole Julias F. ......................... 12 F
Bedsole Mary M. ............................9 F
Bedsole Nancy L............................ 7 F
Bedsole, Louisa............................40
Bedsole, " Lottie" (Charlotte English)...60.Widow, mother of Sessoms. Wife of Thomas Jr.
Bedsole William .............................12
NOTE: From the Census info., Sessoms and family were counted in Coffee County, Ala. and in Warren
County, Ga., for the year 1860. So Sessoms' family moved from Coffee County, Ala, to Warren County, Ga.,
then to Walton County, Fla. I never knew before, that they had lived in Georgia. Amos Bedsole, already in
Warren County, was Sessoms' first cousin, so thats how and why Sessoms moved there too, to the same
place, different houses. Father of Amos was William. Father of Sessoms was Willams brother, Thomas Jr.
Sessoms was in jail for rustling 1860-1880. His wife waited for him all that time. But on the 1880 Census
below, his wife is "Rebecca".
1870 Warren County, Georgia, Census Index
Bedsole....................... 5 Houses
Bedsole, 142-B and Bedsoles 161A (Sessoms Bedsoles family. He was in jail for rustling 1860-1880).
Part of Amos' family was:
Bedsole S. J 66 F W Housekeeping Georgia
Bedsole Sarah A 26 F W Works in Cotton Mill in Ga.
Bedsole Martha A. 23 F W Works in Cotton Mill in Ga.
1880 Victoria, Coffee County, Ala. Census Sessoms Bedsole family
Bedsole, Sesane (Sessoms) wm 68 Farmer NC (Out of Slammer. They then moved to near brother Edward,
in Walton County, near Mossy Head, Florida. At Mossy Head, Sessoms wife, Rebecca died, his mother,
Charlotte English, who had lived with his family since 1850, moved to Hannahs, her daughter, at Santa Rosa,
Holt, Florida, and Sessoms married again too (A woman named Rebecca). He died from excessive drinking
and liver failure in 1881-82 near Mossy Head).
Bedsole, Rebecca wf ..................28 Wife AL . Second wife of Sessoms.
Bedsole, Mary E. wf ......................7 daughter AL
Bedsole, Lemuel wf ......................5 ------ AL
Bedsole, Georgia C. wf ................3 ----- AL
Bedsole, William W. wm ..............1 son AL
1860 Census, Moore County, NC
Bedsole, Charlotte
Bedsole, Duncan
Bedsole, Henry J.
Bedsole, Larkin
Bedsole, Margaret

Bedsole, Martha J.
Bedsole, Mary E.
Bedsole, William S. PAGE NINETY SIX
1880 Census, Sampson County, Little Cohairie, NC: Kin Of Henry Asbury Sessoms And Elizabeth S.
Bedsole
Henry Asbury Sessoms (Jr) born on March 28, 1895
Curtis Lee Sessoms born March 25, 1899
Sarah "Sallie" Sessoms born in 1901
Hubert Percy Sessoms born Nov. 10, 1903
Nellie Clyde Sessoms born Sept. 2, 1906.
Elizabeths Death: Cert. of death reg.# 43-05 cert.# 2: Mrs. Elizabeth Sessoms w/female widowed 74 years
old born in Sampson County, NC. Father Thomas Bedsole, (Son of Duncan) mother: Ann Elizabeth Guthrie .
Date of birth not listed, death date: 02-04,1940. Cause of death: kidney disease. Burial: Sessoms Cemetary,
Sampson County, NC.
Sudie Sessoms b. May 9, 1895 daughter of Henry Asbury and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sessoms. Married Daniel E.
Crisco, b. Mar. 10, 1888. Sudie Crisco died on Dec. 23, 1964 and Daniel Crisco died on Dec. 18, 1975. Both
are buried in the Mill Creek Church Cemetary, Harnett, Co. NC. They were survived by 2 daughters: Helen
and Sally.
1900 Census, Coffee County, Old Town, Kinston, Ala.
Bedsole, Edward..Head
Bedsole, Sara ....Wife
Bedsole, William T.
Bedsole, Emma
Bedsole, Edward. (Jr?)
Bedsole, Leamon
......Seperate Family..........
Bedsole, Franklin, Head... Son of Thomas Jr.
Bedsole, Dorcas Lee "Pollie" , Wife
Bedsole, Daniel
Bedsole, Jourcie L.
Bedsole, Elryan
Bedsole, Alcie D.
Bedsole, Murdick
Bedsole, Grady
Bedsole, Rayford
Bedsole, Amey
Bedsole, James
---------------------Separate Family------------------
Bedsole, James ......Head (Became an M.D., Kinston, Ala.) Son of Travis B. Bedsole
Bedsole, Artie (Ward)........Wife
Bedsole, Sherwood...........Son
Bedsole, Babe....................Son
Bedsole, Rosa P.(Ward) Mother of James. (Widow of Travis B. Bedsole who died year before).
------------Separate Family----------------------.
Bedsole, William Henry...Head Son of Thomas Jr.
Bedsole, Elizabeth, .........Wife
Bedsole, Melvin
Bedsole, Elvie L.
Bedsole, Willis

PAGE NINETY SEVEN

Bedsole, Edward

Bedsole, Rosa L.

Bedsole, Elmina Virginia

Bedsole, William D.

....................Seperate Family.........................................

Deanville, Ala.

Bedsole, Mary ? "Mollie" (Head) wf May 74 -26s

Bedsole, Leamon (sister) wf Dec 75- 24s

Bedsole, Clarisa (sister) wf Jul 77- 22s

Bedsole, Caledonia (sister) wf Dec 75-20s

Bedsole, James M. (brother) wm Nov 89-10s

Bedsole, Mennia (daughter) wf May. 90- 10s

Bedsole, Etta (daughter) May 90-10 s

Bedsole, Colvir (daughter?) June 94- 6s

Bedsole, Georgia C.

* Note on daughter Georgia: In the 1880 census she is listed as Georgia C. In 1900,. Later censuses list her
as Georgia or Georgie. Georgia Bedsole married John Fox Killingsworth in Coffee Co.AL 10 Aug 1903. She
has already had a son with him before his 1st wife died. Georgia Killingsworth is buried next to her sister
Mollie Lassiter and her son R. H. Killingsworth in Hebron Cemetery, Coffee Co. AL
.............................Seperate......................................
Bedsole Alcie D.......... 12 Alabama
Bedsole Annie L........... 3 Alabama
Bedsole Artie M. .........24 Alabama
Bedsole Babe ...............1 Alabama
Bedsole Buford .............6 Alabama
Bedsole Daniel M........ 18 Alabama
Bedsole Edward ..........38 Alabama
Bedsole Edward ............7 Alabama
Bedsole Edward ..........12 Alabama
Bedsole Elizabeth........ 38 Alabama
Bedsole Elizabeth Josey. 6 Alabama
Bedsole Elmina V........... 4 Alabama
Bedsole Elvie L. ............16 Alabama
Bedsole Elzyan R. ........14 Alabama
Bedsole Emma ...............9 Alabama
Bedsole Frank E. ..........41 Alabama
Bedsole Franklin E....... 10 Alabama
Bedsole Georgia Ann... 27 Alabama
Bedsole Grady................ 8 Alabama
Bedsole Idella Catherine 8 Alabama
Bedsole James .............28 Alabama
Bedsole James C........... 1 Alabama
Bedsole Joureie L........ 16 Alabama
Bedsole Katy Angeline.. 4 Alabama
Bedsole Lenard C. ........4 Alabama
Bedsole Matilda Roseann...2 Alabama
Bedsole Melvin ..............18 Alabama
Bedsole Murdick F. ......10 Alabama

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Bedsole Pollie............. ..40 Alabama

Bedsole Rosa L. ............9 Alabama

Bedsole Roseanna P. (Ward)67 North Carolina

Bedsole Sarah J.............30 Alabama

Bedsole Sherwood ........5 Alabama

Bedsole Travis ...............35 Alabama

Bedsole William Henry ..45 Alabama

Bedsole William R. ..... 6/12 Alabama

Bedsole William Travis.. 16 Alabama

Bedsole Willie L. ............12 Alabama

Bedsole Willis ............... 14 Alabama

1910 Coffee County, Ala. Census (Old town) Travis B. Son of Thomas Jr.

Bedsole Travis Head M W .................................45 M1 24

Bedsole Georgia Ann. Wife F W .......................37 Maiden name was Hudson. Same year she died.

Bedsole William Henry. Son M W..................... 23 S ....Father of JD.

Bedsole Elizabeth Josey. Daughter F W .........16 S

Bedsole Katie Angeline. Daughter F W ...........14 S

Bedsole Matilda Roseanna Daughter F W ......12 S

Bedsole Georgia Ann ("Babe") .........................11 S

Bedsole Easter Ester Daughter F W................... 9 S

Bedsole Travis Son M W ................................... .6 S

Bedsole Emma Daughter F W........................... . 5 S

Bedsole Alice Daughter F W ............................ .4 S

Bedsole Pearlie Daughter F W .........................1 2/12 S

Hudson Matilda E. Mother-in-law F W .............. .65 W 8 6

Bedsole Franklin E. Head M W.......................... 20 M1 1

Bedsole Effie Wife of Franklin ........................... 18
...........................Seperate Family...............................................................

Bedsole Daniel Monroe Head M W................. 28

Bedsole Genes Wife F W ................................25 Known as "Jeter".

Bedsole Chester A. Son M W........................... 3 S

Bedsole Beatrice L. Daughter F W ...... ...... .6/12 S

1850 Census Lowndes County, Ala. Name, Age, State Of Birth

Bedsoh Henry ....................42 N Carolina ...Head Of House. Check "Bedsoh".

Bedsoh Sylvia M................ 20 N Carolina..Wife.

Bedsoh Elizabeth A............. 1 Ala

Bedsoh Franklin ................16 Ala

Bedsoh George H ...............3 Ala

Bedsoh Mary F ....................2 Ala.

1910 Census, Old Town, Coffee County, Ala. Family Of Travis Bedsole, Son of Travis 1832-1899

Bedsole Travis Head M W .......................45 Farmer .....JD's Grandfather.
Bedsole Georgia Ann. Wife F W .............37 Housewife. JD's Grandmother
Bedsole William Henry. Son M W........... 23 S Laborer..JD's Father
Bedsole Elizabeth Josey.Daughter F W 16 S
Bedsole Katie Angeline.Daughter F W .14 S
Bedsole Matilda Roseann. Daughter F W12 S
Bedsole Georgia Ann.Daughter F W...... .11 S

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Bedsole Easter Ester Daughter F W .........9 S

Bedsole Travis Son M W........................ .....6 S

Bedsole Emma Daughter F W ....................5 S

Bedsole Alice Daughter F W...................... 4 S

Bedsole Pearlie Daughter F W ......... 1 2/12 S

Hutson (Hudson) Matilda E.Mother-in-law of Travis F W 65 W 8 6

Bedsole Franklin E. Head M W.................. 20 M

Bedsole Effie Wife of Franklin E. F W....... 15.

1910 Coffee County, Alabama

Bedsole George Head O Un M W....... 43 M

Bedsole Baney Wife . . F W .................35 M

Bedsole Wilma Son . . M W .................14 S

Bedsole Vergal Son . . M W .................11 S

Bedsole Blanch Daughter . . F W........... 8 S

Bedsole George Jr. Son . . M W........ 2/12 S

1860 Census, Marion County, Georgia

Bedsole Isaiah .................30 M Farm Labor...Killed in Civil War.

Bedsole Sarah .................21 F Domestic..Wife

Bedsole Elizabeth.............. 2 F Georgia .

1920 Census Geneva County, Hacoda, Alabama

Bedsole, Melvin ......... 38

Bedsole, Ada .. ...........37

Bedsole, Orie . ...........17

Bedsole, Vonnie ........ 15

Bedsole, Pearl . ..........13

Bedsole, Leamon ...... 12

Bedsole, Bertice ..........11

Bedsole, Loell .............. 9

Bedsole, Easter May ... 8

Bedsole, Lois ............... 7

Bedsole, Cleo .............. 6

Bedsole, Lenore........... 4

Bedsole, Shelton ...........2

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Bedsole, Sarah............ 50

Bedsole, Emma ...........29

Bedsole, Voncile......... 12

Bedsole, Thomas J....... 9

Bedsole, Vircy............... 5

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Bedsole , Leonard .......25....Living with James and Lucy Flowers family

Bedsole, Willis .............33

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Bedsole, John B.......... 39.....Head

Bedsole, Martha Jane..36 ...Wife

Bedsole, Leland ..........15

Bedsole, Ralph ............11

Bedsole, Julia................ 8

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Bedsole, John B., Jr..... 2
...................................................
Bedsole, Rayford .........26
Bedsole, Ann Vircy (Miles).. 21
....................................................
Bedsole, William ..........68
Bedsole, Celie E ..........58
Bedsole, William R...... 20
......................................................
Bedsole, James ............48 ....M.D.
Bedsole, Missie............ 43 Wife (Ward)
Bedsole, Sherwood...... 23
Bedsole, Tatum............. 20
Bedsole, Shelton.......... 18
Bedsole, Dalton ............16
Coffee County Land Patents, Location, Acres, Date, Elba, Ala..
BEDSOLE THOMAS 29 5N 20E ST STEPHENS 120.12 1841/12/10
BEDSOLE WILLIAM B 33 3N 20E ST STEPHENS 0 1898/04/18
BEDSOLE THOMAS 6 4N 20E ST STEPHENS 40.07 1849/05/01
BEDSOLE THOMAS 29 5N 20E ST STEPHENS 0 1841/12/10
BEDSOLE TRAVIS 5 3N 20E ST STEPHENS 0 1858/11/01 ADD CERT #22552
BEDSOLE TRAVIS 4 3N 20E ST STEPHENS 203.77 1858/11/01
BEDSOLE, WILLIAM B. ADD CERT #22552
Geneva County, Ala. Land Patents
BEDSOLE JOHN W 27 2N 25E ST STEPHENS 0 1895/06/19
BEDSOLE JOHN W 27 2N 25E ST STEPHENS 0 1895/06/19
BEDSOLE JOHN W 26 2N 25E ST STEPHENS 160.33 1895/06/19
BEDSOLE HENRY 24 1N 24E ST STEPHENS 0 1896/02/19
BEDSOLE JOHN D 26 2N 25E ST STEPHENS 40.05 1899/05/22
BEDSOLE HENRY 19 1N 25E ST STEPHENS 160.17 1896/02/19
BEDSOLE HENRY 24 1N 24E ST STEPHENS 0 1896/02/1958
1860 Census. Walton County, Florida (Mossy Head, Fla.)
Edward Bedsole...... 48 NC Head Of House (Son of Thomas, Jr.) Note: Edwards Improved acres then were
40, unimproved acres were 220, cash value of farm $1120, value of farm implements $60, value of livestock
$600.
Susan (Blackwell) ......40 Wife Of Edward. He and Susan both born in Bladen, NC.
Mathew W.................. 16 FL.
Frances Armeinda.....14
Travis Lynner .............12
Duncan Justin.............10
Virginia Helen...............8
Sarah M ........................6
Edward Oakley ............1 (:"Ned")
1910 Coffee County, Ala. Census
Sympler (Simpler)Oscar M. Head M W......... 22
Sympler Idella C. Wife (Bedsole, daughter of Travis and Georgia Ann Bedsole).
----------Separate House-------------------
Bedsole Daniel Monroe. Head M W................. 24

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Bedsole Genes Wife F W.................................. 25

Bedsole Chester A. Son M W .............................3 S

Bedsole Beatrice L. Daughter F W ................1 6/12

1850 Walton County, Fla. Census

Bedsole Edward ...............38 Ala ....Head

Bedsole Susan .................30 Ala. ....Wife

Bedsole Duncan .................1 Fla

Bedsole Frances .................5 Fla

Bedsole Huldah .................11 Fla

Bedsole Traverser (Travis Lynner) .3 b. in Fla

Bedsole Wilkins ...................8 Fla.

1920 Panama City, Fla.

Bedsole, George............................43..Head

Bedsole, Baney Wife . . F W .......35 Wife

Bedsole Wilma Son . . M W........ 14 S

Bedsole Vergal Son . . M W ........11 S .

Bedsole Blanch Daughter .F W..... 8 S E.

Bedsole George Jr. Son . M W...2/12 S .

1860 Marion County, Ga. Son of Amos:(Thomas Sr., William).

Bedsole Isaiah................... 30 M .....Head ..Note: Isaiah was later grievously wounded in Civil war in Ga. and

died in Hospital in Va.

Bedsole Sarah.................... 21 F Domestic Georgia.

Bedsole Elisabeth................. 2 F

1840 Census Index, Muscogee County, Georgia

Bedsole, 612.

separate house

Bedsole Daniel M. Head M W ............28 (Son of Thomas Jr. and brother of Travis above).

Bedsole Genes Wife F W.................... 25

Bedsole Chester A. Son M W ...............3 S

Bedsole Beatrice L. Daughter F W... .. 1 6/12 S
_________________MISCELLANEOUS STUFF_______________

Many early Bedsoles were found here
1.North Carolina: 1700. Bath Settlement, Now Beaufort County, NC.

2. North Carolina: 1750 Anson, Bladen, Sampson, Onslow, Duplin, Johnston, Dobbs, Brunswick.
3. Alabama: 1825 Lowndes, Crenshaw,Montgomery, Coffee, Clarke, Barbour, Baldwin, Geneva, Houston.
4. Tennessee. 1830 Haywood County, Putnam County.
5. Georgia 1830 Warren County
6. Florida: 1860 Leon, Jackson, Walton.
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1790 Rowan County, NC Tax List
John Bedshal (Bedsole). Rowan County was created from Anson, Anson from Bladen and Bladen from New
Hanover, which was an original county territory. This John was a son of William Bedsole (1727-1825) and
Rhoda West and he was a brother of Thomas Bedsole, Sr.
Riverside Cemetary, Norfolk, Virginia
Bedsole, Alex Edward May. 3, 1897 Aug. 3, 1949 Oak Hill, Va.
Bedsole, Lula Grooms Mar. 22, 1900 Sep. 1, 1991 Oak Hill, Va.
1908 Putnam County, Tennessee, Schools

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Bedsole, John Lloyd. ..... Father
Bedsole, William Lloyd Died 1945.... Son. Dead at birth.
TENNESSEE Death Record:
Certificate Number: 23817 Deceased Name: William Lloyd Bedsole Date of Birth: 23 Nov 1945 Place of
Birth: Putnam County, Tenn. Date of Death: 23 Nov 1945 (Born dead) Father: John Lloyd Bedsole Place of
Birth: Gordon, AL Mother: Vallie Ruth Montgomery Place of Birth: Putnam County Cemetery: Algood
1854 Florida Voters List, Walton County.
Edward Bedsole, Son of Thomas Jr., Edwards wife and children were still in Old Town, Coffee County, Ala. at
this time. He first moved to Walton County with his father in law, George Blackwell.
1774 CARROLL COUNTY , VIRGINIA
Elisha Bedsole (Bedsaul) appears on the militia roster in 1774. Quaker Church Records: Cane Creek, NC
Monthly Meeting Minutes - June 9 1774.John "Bedsalt", s/o Elisha and Mary Edwards of Fincastle Co., VA.,
married Sarah Brown. April 1, 1775 - Cane Creek MMM, Sarah "Bedsolt" was dismissed from membership
for an "Illegal dalliance outside of marriage" after only 9 months of marriage. She was Johns wife.
1782 Montgomery Co., VA tax list: Elisha Bedsoul-1 tithe, 1 slave (only slave of all the Quakers)- 4 horses -
12 cattle; John Bedsoul-1 tithe, 0 slave, 4 horses, 9 cattle.
1793 Montgomery Co., VA tax list: Elisha Bedsole has 2 tithes, 4 horses and no slaves. John Bedsole has 7
horses and no slaves.
1793 Wythe Co., land tax: Elisha Bedsol 60 acres worth 10 pounds and 200 acres to Daniel Cummins worth
20 pounds.1782 John Bedsole, Montgomery County tax list: 1 tithe, 0 slaves, 1 horse. In addition, I found
four land records for this Elisha, with his last name spelled as Bedsol on one, Bedsolt on one and as Bedsoll
on two. 1793 John Bedsole, Wythe County tax list: 4 horses, no slaves. This appears to be the son of Elisha.
No way to prove that, of course.
Pierce County, Georgia
Dugins (Duggan), G. M. married BEDSOLE, Annie Jane - 29 Nov 1924
Blakely City In Early County, Ga. This note is on the Cemetary Inventory. Wonder who this "Mr. Bedsole" was
? "Plot 16 Lot 1. On right are three Jordan Graves. "Two were killed by a Mr. Bedsole" .
Marriage, Early County, Georgia
Edna Bedsole, To George W. Milton 13-Oct 1870 Ga. Early County.
----------------------------------------------------- CEMETERIES---------------------------------------------------------------_
HOLMES COUNTY, FLORIDA
Bedsole, Euphamey "Famey" M 9 Dec 1897 20 Jul 1983 beside
Bedsole, Willis 26 Jan 1880 3 Aug 1926 Shriner;in Bedsole plot beside Martha J. Lowery
Bedsole, Julia Ann Blount 21 May 1921 24 Oct 1972 in plot w/Lola Ray Bedsole
Bedsole, Kate 12 Jul 1896 30 Aug 1996 "Mother"; dbl w/R Lewie
Bedsole, Lelon Edward 18 Oct 1903 8 Mar 1993 in Bedsole plot betw. J B & Sallie Hinson
Bedsole, Lola Ray 19 Apr 1923 7 Dec 1998 in plot w/Julia Ann Blount Bedsole
Bedsole, Martha J Lowery 1 Jun 1883 22 Nov 1970 in Bedsole plot beside J B
Bedsole, R Lewie 24 Feb 1898 10 Sep 1958 "Father"; dbl w/Kate
Bedsole, Ralph Solomon 23 Mar 1908 26 Jul 1972 in Bedsole plot
Bedsole, Tatum 24 Jan 1899 -25 Dec 1978 mason; beside

Bedsole, Estella Lee 7 Nov 1907 26 Mar 2000 beside Tatum Bedsole
Bedsole, Willis 5 Feb 1886 5 Jan 1968 beside Famey M
OLD LIVE OAK CEMETERY, SELMA, DALLAS, ALA.
Brown, Bessie Bedsole Jan 2, 1895 Jun 3, 1993
Bedsole, Roxana Ott Jul 19, 1857 Jun 27, 1924
Hattie Bedsole Married James D. Stillings Mar 8, 1886 Jan 8, 1921

OLD SALEM CEMETARY, DALE, ALA.
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Bedsole, John, Jan.10, 1802- Apr. 4, 1882. (Son of William Henry Bedsole, b. 1771 or so).

GENEVA, ALABAMA

Clifford H. Bedsole November 13, 1880- May 20, 1992

Willie E. Bedsole December 23, 1889-August 23, 1953 Married Annie D. Holland June 20, 1891-1940

December 24, 1974. They married October 20, 1907

NEWTON CEMETERY, DALE COUNTY, ALA.

Bedsole, Adam, 1877-1953

Bedsole, Blanche -1/10/1927 -12/17/1927.

Bedsole, Bonnie Quattlebaum, 1905 -1/19/1999

Bedsole, Flossie Mae, 3/1/1901 - 3/11/1993

Bedsole, Herd, 1931 -1932, Newton Cemetery, Dale County, Ala.

Bedsole, Luther F, 1874 -1961

Bedsole, Mary Anna, 1934 -1934

Bedsole, F, 5/15/1900 - 11/2/1973, H 5 2 Ala SC3 US Navy WWI]

Bedsole, William W (Bill) , 10/20/1905 -12/18/1969.

Bedsole, - b- d.Infants, Son of Mr & Mrs W W Bedsole, above. Two born and died same day.

CHOCTAW CORNER, CLARKE COUNTY, ALA.

Bedsole, Loraine 11 May 1879 19 Aug 1953 w/Am. M. Tunstall

Bedsole, Osceola A. 27 Jul 1883 12 May 1939

Bedsole, Mattie A. 2 May 1858 16 Feb 1906 w/Travis L. Bedsole

Bedsole, Travis L. 19 Jan 1848 14 Dec 1923

Bedsole, James Goodman, Sr. 5 Jul 1887 15 Sep 1963 MD

Bedsole, Bertha Griffin 30 Jul 1889 16 Mar 1977 w/J. G. Bedsole

ELAM CEMETARY, CLARKE COUNTY, ALA.

Bedsole, Mathew Elmore, 20 Jan 1890, 5 Sep 1890

SMITHS CEMETARY, CLARKE COUNTY, ALABAMA

Hellen Bedsole Hall (wife of James Hall) DOB: April 10, 1852 EXP: June 5, 1939 20. James M. Hall DOB:

April 10, 1844 EXP: Nov. 22, 1924

Edward O. Bedsole Jr. 1st LT US ARMY WW II Korea DOB: Sept. 10, 1926 EXP: Sept. 14,1975

Edward Oakley "Ned" Bedsole DOB: Jan. 14, 1859 EXP: Aug. 5, 1942

Maebelle Harrison Bedsole (wife of Ned Bedsole) DOB: March 6, 1895 EXP: Nov. 26, 1961

Ruby Bedsole Daughter of E.O. and M.H. Bedsole DOB: July 1930 EXP: Aug. 1930 164.

Ruth Bedsole Daughter of E.O. and M.H. Bedsole DOB: July 1930 EXP: Aug. 1930

FRIENDSHIP CEMETARY, MALONE, FLORIDA

Bedsole, John Clarence Sr., b. Nov 10 1909 d. Dec 01 1967

Bedsole, Josie O., b. Nov 08 1892 d. Aug 27 1980

Bedsole, Myrtle Paulk, b. Sep 17 1919 d. Jun 23 1991

Bedsole, Myrtle Smith, b. Sep 26 1911 d. Dec 11 1935

Bedsole, Roswell, 1/13/1887- 2/15/1931.

HOLMES COUNTY, FLA. (Ponce DeLeon Springs)

Bedsole, Raiford, b. Nov 18 1893 d. Mar 20 1960. In same plot as Vircey M. Bedsole. Married Dec 8 1918.

Husband to Vircey M. Bedsole.

Bedsole, Vircey M., b. Dec 24 1998 d. Mar 10 1983. Married Dec 8 1918. Wife to Raiford Bedsole.

WHITMIRE CEMETARY, ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLA.
Bedsole, David 1859-1931 .........30 1418 Bedsole, Martha B. 1862-1937... 30 141

EVERGREEN CEMETARY, PANAMA CITY, FLA.

Bedsole, Nadine Jennings, b. 1918 d. 1997

GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA, SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH LIST
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Bedsole, Allene 14-Nov 1892 Nov 1973 30642 Greensboro

Bedsole, Claude 23-Jun 1898 Oct 1972 30642 Greensboro

Bedsole, Nellie D 9-Jun 1897 Aug 1989 30642 Greensboro

Bedsole, William 25-Sep 1893 Dec 1968 30642 Greensboro

WARE COUNTY, GEORGIA, MOORE CEMETARY

Mack Bedsole, 10-9-1926 / 11-1-2000

Grace M. Bedsole, 2-4-1922 Wife of Mack

RIVERSIDE CEMETARY, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

Bedsole, Alex Edward May. 3, 1897 Aug. 3, 1949 Oak Hill ...Husband

Bedsole, Lula Grooms Mar. 22, 1900 Sep. 1, 1991 Oak Hill ..Wife

OLD SALEM CEMETARY, DALE COUNTY, ALABAMA

Bedsole, John, Jan.10, 1802- Apr. 4, 1882.

MADRID CEMETARY, HOUSTON COUNTY, ALABAMA

Bedsole, Hugh Dent May 23, 1911 July 15, 1987 h/o Ruth Bedsole

Bedsole, Ruth October 13, 1911 also w/o Hugh Nee Holland

OLD LIVE OAK CEMETARY, SELMA, ALABAMA

Brown, Bessie Bedsole Jan 2, 1895 Jun 3, 1993 Wife of

Brown, John Rufus May 27, 1924 Jul 18, 1925

Bedsole, Roxana Ott Jul 19, 1857 Jun 27, 1924 760W

Stillings, Hattie (Bedsole) Mar 8, 1886 Jan 8, 1921

Antioch Cemetary, Geneva County, Alabama

Bedsole, Willie Mae; 23 Sep 1897-31 Dec 1986

Bledsoe, (Bedsole) Dorothy; 29 Aug 1925-19 Jan 1929

KINSTON CEMETARY, COFFEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

Bedsole, Jener R.; 11/24/1884-8/25/1969. wife of Daniel Monroe Bedsole.

Bedsole, Daniel Monroe; b. 27 June 1881 d. 30 October 1969. "Masonic Symbol" s/w Jener R. Bedsole.

Ponce de leon Cemetary, HOLMES COUNTY, Fla.

Bedsole, Raiford, b. Nov 18 1893 d. Mar 20 1960. In same plot as Vircey M. Bedsole. Married Dec 8 1918.

Husband to Vircey M. Bedsole.

Bedsole, Vircey M., b. Dec 24 1998 d. Mar 10 1983. Married Dec 8 1918. Wife to Raiford Bedsole.

PENSACOLA FLA. NEWS, OBIT

Holland, Katie Bedsole age 67 died 12 Jul 1965

Shaw, Annis Laurene Bedsole age 69 14 Mar 1998

Quattlebaum, Emma Mae Bedsole died 16 Jan 1967

Standifer, Nettie Lou Bedsole age 86 Dothan, AL died 1999-3-18

JACKSON COUNTY, FLA. CONFEDERATE PENSION APP.

Bedsole, J.W. Alabama, wife May Dickson 1943

MEMORY PARK CEMETARY, SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLA.

Bedsole, Dorbon, b. May 25 1933 d. Jul 30 1995, "US Army"

FOREST LAWN CEMETARY, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA

Bedsole, Adolph, b. 1914, Rev., Husband of Lillie Bedsole.

Bedsole, Lillie, b. 1916, Wife of Adolph Bedsole.

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLA. 1917-18 DRAFT

Bedsole, David Stanley 25 Oct 1899 W Escambia FL

OAK GROVE CEMETARY, TAMPA, FLA.

Bedsole, John, III, b. May 29 1971 d. Sep 1 1975 (Parents?).

Riverside Cemetary, Norfolk, Virginia

Bedsole, Alex Edward May. 3, 1897 Aug. 3, 1949 Oak Hill
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Bedsole, Lula Grooms Mar. 22, 1900 Sep. 1, 1991 Oak Hill

OLD LIVE OAK CEMETARY, DALLAS COUNTY, ALA..

Brown, Bessie Bedsole Jan 2, 1895 Jun 3, 1993

Bedsole, Roxana Ott Jul 19, 1857 Jun 27, 1924

Stillings, Hattie Bedsole Mar 8, 1886 Jan 8, 1921

BETHLEHEM CEMETARY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALA.

Bedsole Emma Sellers JAN 4 1879 JUL 24 1962

Bedsole Henry NOV 21 1878 MAR 6 1903

Bedsole Thomas Duncan SEP 17 1899 Only date-S/S

Bedsole Nancy Long MAY 19 1895 AUG 26 1963 S/S

Bedsole Thomas Duncan S/O Henry and Emma Bedsole

Bedsole Paul F FEB 13 1898 AUG 8 1984 Modern woodmen of America

Bedsole William H NOV 5 1869 SEP 25 1918 On wings of love.

Bedsole A Idelia MAY 14 1867 NOV 18 1950

Bedsole C H APR 26 1847 SEP 27 1914

Bedsole Sarah Jane JAN 17 1846 JUN 8 1923

Bedsole A J MAR 25 1858 NOV 1 1942 Father.

Bedsole Emma J JAN 23 1858 OCT 30 1924 Mother-W/O AJ Bedsole

Bedsole Jasper J SEP 27 1882 APR 23 1905 S/O AJ and EJ Bedsole

Bedsole Francis Donia? JAN 25 1878 SEP 3 1878 D/O CH and SJ?

Bedsole Infant I/O M.L. and G.A. Bedsole

Bedsole Infant I/O M.L. and G.A. Bedsole

Bedsole Walter E 1861 1937

Bedsole M.L. AUG 1 1854 FEB 5 1894

Bedsole Infant I/O M.L. and G.A. Bedsole

Bedsole Bertie L Broken stone

Bedsole Aubry R FEB Broken stone

Bedsole James Stott NOV 29 1889 MAY 5 1914

Bedsole Infant Daughter JUN 8 1915 JUN 8 1915 D/O C.E. and B.M. Bedsole

Bedsole Monroe Clark JUN 21 1889 JAN 20 1957 S/S Mattie Belle P Bedsole

Bedsole Mattie Belle P DEC 27 1899 DEC 16 1991 wife of Monroe Clark Bedsole

Bedsole Midda Ann Pouncey 1843 Aged 36 yrs

Bedsole Margaret Ann APR 22 1843 SEP 23 1847

Bedsole Elizabeth Alie MAY 4 1849 FEB 20 1855

Bedsole Julia Paralee MAR 12 1859 JUL 28 1860

Bedsole William H. Aged 2 yrs

Bedsole Clayton JUN 2 1899 JUN 12 1900 S/O JT and Corine Bedsole

Bedsole George Jackson AUG 25 1896 SEP 30 1896 S/O JT and Corine Bedsole

Bedsole Corine OCT 11 1880 OCT 11 1899 W/O JT Bedsole

Bedsole Johnnie T OCT 13 1871 MAR 9 1943 S/S Mattie Lou Bedsole

Bedsole Mattie Lou SEP 16 1885 MAR 13 1943 S/S Johnnie T Bedsole

Bedsole Infant APR 20 1903 APR 20 1903 D/O JT and ML Bedsole

Bedsole Infant APR 12 1918 MAY 1 1918 S/O JT and ML Bedsole

Bedsole J T AUG 8 1855 JAN 28 1872 16 yrs 5 mos 20 days

Bedsole Henry DEC 5 1807 MAY 8 1863

Bedsole W T AUG 31 1851 AUG 11 1889 37 yrs 11 mos

Bedsole Mary Catherine JUL 14 1818 ??? 28 1862 Death month looks like July

Thomaston Cemetery, Marengo County, Alabama..

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Bedsole 4/17/1940- 4/17/1940 Infant daughter of Lyman and Vera Bedsole
Bedsole Carrie L. 10 1 1889 7 7 1938
Bedsole Grover C. 2 8 1888 6 16 1940
Bedsole James Lane 1 6 1921 2 1 1941
Bedsole Joyce Egbert 4 9 1940 11 6 1973 Mother
Bedsole Kenneth L. 12 3 1953 12 4 1953
Bedsole Leo Fendley 9 28 1908 1 2 1967
Bedsole Norman E. 2 22 1897 9 28 1924
Smith Cemetery, Clarke County, Alabama.
Hellen Bedsole Hall (wife of James Hall) DOB: April 10, 1852 EXP: June 5, 1939
James M. Hall DOB: April 10, 1844 EXP: Nov. 22, 1924
Susan Bedsole DOB: Sept. 17, 1928 EXP: Sept. 1, 1985 160.
Edward O. Bedsole Jr. 1st LT US ARMY WW II Korea DOB: Sept. 10, 1926 EXP: Sept. 14, 1975
Edward Oakley "Ned" Bedsole DOB: Jan. 14, 1859 EXP: Aug. 5, 1942
Maebelle Harrison Bedsole (wife of Ned Bedsole) DOB: March 6, 1895 EXP: Nov. 26, 1961
Ruby Bedsole Daughter of E.O. and M.H. Bedsole DOB: July 1930 EXP: Aug. 1930
Ruth Bedsole Daughter of E.O. and M.H. Bedsole DOB: July 1930 EXP: Aug. 1930
Oconee County, SC
Wilks, Elizabeth Josey Bedsole, b. 1893, d. 23-june-1983, daughter of Travis Bedsole & Georgia Ann
Hudson-Bedsole, of Coffee County, Alabama, Her Husband was Wesley T. "Bud" Wilks, funeral marker only.
They had one child, a son; William Henry "Willie Boy" Wilks. The two of them are buried in Apopka, Fla.
American Cemetary, Nachitoches, Louisiana
Bedsole, Thomas ( June 19, 1877 / 1919 ) Natchitoches Times,1919: Died: Thomas Bedsole of this city at
Shreveport. on Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock; born in Alabama on June 19th, 1877; survived by his wife, an
adopted son, Willie Bedsole, three sisters: Mesdames L.E. Balentine and Mollie Bebee and Miss Leona
Bedsole of Boyce; and three brothers: T.H. Bedsole of De Ridder, Talmadge Bedsole who is with the
Rainbow Division in France and Jack L. Bedsole who is with the Marines in Cuba. Services. American
Cemetery on Sunday afternoon at three o'clock .Shriners accompanying. The deceased came here from
DeRidder in November 1917. ( Not located, 1997)
Natchito Cemetary, Nagitoches, La.
Bedsole, Mittie Ann - 1895 / 1895
Bedsole, Lilly - 1891 / 1898
Bedsole, Alice - 1896 / 1896
Bedsole, Mabel - 1897 / 1897
Bedsole, T. F. - 3 Apr 1853 / 18 Feb 1910
Bedsole, Callie - 30 Jun 1855 / 12 Feb 1910 [Double Stone - T. F. & Callie]
Blacksher, Mittie Ann Bedsole, wife of A. J. Blacksher - 25 Jan 1863 / 19 Apr 1924
Lee, Leona Ada Bedsole - 23 Jan 1898 / 1 Feb 1988
Bedsole, Thomas - 19 Jun 1877 / 3 Jan 1919 [Also Concrete slab, stone marker, "Mother" - no information]
Bedsole, T. H. Sr. - 9 Oct 1884 / 15 Jun 1958
Bedsole, Suzie Dubois - 18 Sep 1890 / 18 Jan 1965
Bedsole, T. H. Jr. - 13 Mar 1917 / 19 Sep 1963
Bedsole, Henry Curtis Sr. - 2 Apr 1913 / 6 Nov 1963
Bedsole, Jack Lang - 3 Aug 1900 / 9 Jul 1963
Bedsole, Callie - 30 Jun 1855 / 12 Feb 1910
Old Town/Teel Creek Cemetery, Near Kinston, Alabama.
Bedsole, Baby. July 18, 1925. (Baby of Franklin Edward Bedsole and wife, Lillian Effie Redmon).

Bedsole, Infant dau. of Travis & Georgia Ann (Hudson) Bedsole. B/d Jan. 25,1912.
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Bedsole,Georgia Ann. Sept. 29, 1872-Mar. 22, 1912. First wife of Travis.

Bedsole, Lizzie May. Dau. of Travis Bedsole & Bethonia Williams. Mar. 4, 1915-Oct. 19, 1918.

Bedsole, Sarah Luvenia. Sept. 18, 1910-Oct. 8, 1911. (Baby of Franklin Edward and Lillian Effie Bedsole).

Baby Wise, 4/9/1927. Baby of Luther Wise and Sarah Gladys (Bedsole), daughter of Franklin Edward and

Lillian Effie Bedsole.

Rapides Parish, La. Cemetary

Bedsole, Charles Latson. - 9 Apr 1885 / 3 Jul 1913

Bedsole, Lula - 9 Aug 1893 / 15 Aug 1901

Bedsole, John Mayo, son of MM & T. L. Bedsole - 10 Mar 1913 / 2 Dec 1913

Harden Chapel, Toombs County, Georgia

Janie Williams-BEDSOLE Born Nov 9, 1888 Died Oct 29, 1983

Thomaston Cemetary, Marengo County, Ala.

Bedsole 4/17/1940-4/17/1940 Infant daughter of Lyman and Vera Bedsole

Bedsole Carrie L. 10/1/1889-7/7/1938

Bedsole Grover C. 2/8/1888-6/16/1940

Bedsole James Lane 1/6.1921-2/1/1941

Bedsole Joyce Egbert 4/9/1940-11/6/1973 Mother

Bedsole Kenneth L. 12/3/1953-12/4/1953

Bedsole Leo Fendley 9/28/1908-1/2/1967

Bedsole Norman E. 2/22/1897-9/28/1969

Walnut Hill Cemetary, Vernon Parish, In Louisiana

Bedsole, Felder W. - 2/Sep/1895 -2/Dec/1895

Bedsole, Rebecca S. 1851 -22/Sep/1895

Bedsole, Thos. L. - 30/Mar/1856-7/Nov/1928 [Masonic emblem]

CHOCTAW CORNER CEMETARY, CLARKE COUNTY, ALABAMA

Bedsole, Loraine 11 May 1879 19 Aug 1953 w/Am. M. Tunstall

Bedsole, O. A. 27 Jul 1883 12 May 1939

Bedsole, Mattie A. 2 May 1858 16 Feb 1906 w/Travis L. Bedsole

Bedsole, Travis L. 19 Jan 1848 14 Dec 1923 Bedsole, J. G. 5 Jul 1887 15 Sep 1963 MD

Bedsole, Bertha Griffin 30 Jul 1889 16 Mar 1977 w/J. G. Bedsole

ELAM CEMETARY, CLARKE COUNTY, ALABAMA

Bedsole, Mathew Elmore, 20 Jan 1890, 5 Sep 1890,

SMITH CEMETARY, CLARKE COUNTY, ALABAMA

Bedsole, Hellen Hall (wife of James Hall) DOB: April 10, 1852 EXP: June 5, 1939

Bedsole, Susan Knight DOB: Sept. 17, 1928 EXP: Sept. 1, 1985

Bedsole, Edward O. Jr. 1st LT US ARMY WW II Korea DOB: Sept. 10, 1926 EXP: Sept. 14, 1975 161.

Bedsole, Edward Oakley "Ned" DOB: Jan. 14, 1859 EXP: Aug. 5, 1942 162.

Bedsole, Maebelle Harrison (wife of Ned Bedsole) DOB: March 6, 1895 EXP: Nov. 26, 1961 163.

Bedsole, Ruby Daughter of E.O. and M.H. Bedsole DOB: July 1930 EXP: Aug. 1930 Bedsole, Ruth Daughter

of E.O. and M.H. Bedsole DOB: July 1930 EXP: Aug. 1930

HARRISON CEMETARY, KINSTON, ALABAMA

Bedsole, Ada.Nov. 23, 1882-Apr. 4, 1960.

Bedsole, Earnie. Jul. 27, 1919-Jun. 19, 1920.

Bedsole, Ed. D. Apr. 25, 1888-Dec. 9, 1973.

Bedsole, Edward. Feb. 15,1862- Aug. 11,1917.

Bedsole, Eunola. Aug. 29, 1904-Jul. 14, 1993.

Bedsole, Franklin E. June 27, 1858-Jun. 14, 1926.

Bedsole, Grady. Dec. 18, 1891-Jun. 4, 1901.

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Bedsole, W.F. Oct. 2, 1879, age 3 years. On same stone as Grady Bedsole.
Bedsole, Hubert. Apr. 25, 1915-Oct. 25, 1936.
Bedsole, J.D. Nov. 21, 1911-Nov. 15, 1973.
Bedsole, Janice Jeraldine. Jan. 21, 1933-Aug. 2, 1941.
Bedsole, Lula M. Nov. 1, 1895-Jun. 12,1937.
Bedsole, Melvin. Jan. 26, 1882-Jul. 13, 1920.
Bedsole, Murdic F. Oct. 28,1889-Feb. 1, 1959.

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Bedsole, Polly. Oct. 27, 1861-Feb. 28, 1920.
Bedsole, Rosa P. Jan. 9, 1833-May 1, 1915.
Bedsole, Sallie Harrison. Died 1891, about 30 years old.
Bedsole, Travis. Co.H, 3rd Alabama Rangers, CSA. Dec.7, 1832-Apr. 5, 1899. Masons' stone.
Bedsole, William Henry. Jan. 14, 1856-Sept. 17, 1932.
Bedsole, Winston. Dec. 1, 1918-May 12, 1933.
Elam Cemetary, Clarke County, Alabama
Bedsole, Mathew Elmore, 20 Jan 1890, 5 Sep 1890,
New Prospect Cemetary, Clarke County, Alabama
Susan "Susie" Blackwell Bedsole (wife of Edward Bedsole) DOB: May 20, 1819 EXP: June 11, 1912
Edward Bedsole DOB: March 5, 1819 EXP: Oct. 28, 1909 .The "Mitchum War" Edward.
Frances Lorena Bedsole Daughter of H. Woodrow and Janie Bedsole b. Aug. 29, 1934 d.Aug. 4, 1936.

H. Woodrow Bedsole b.Oct. 24, 1914 d.April 12, 1985
Janie S. Bedsole (wife of Woodrow) b.Feb. 20, 1915 d.April 13, 1993
Ernest M. Bedsole, 2/15/1882-7/3/1959
Fannie E. Bedsole (wife of Ernest) b.May 13, 1885 d.March 10, 1942
Oak Grove Cemetary Clarke County, Alabama
Otto Sebastian Bedsole (son of Edward Oakley Bedsole and Roxana Ott Bedsole) b. April 14, 1884 d. Nov.
22, 1886
Carrie E. Bedsole b. Sept. 6, 1880 d.Sept. 30, 1931
W.F. Bedsole b. Nov. 4, 1862 d.Nov. 28, 1928
Martha A. Bedsole (wife of W.F. Bedsole) b.Feb. 6, 1861 d.June 7, 1931.
John Wesley Bedsole b.Oct. 20, 1860 d. May 24,1926.
Kinston, Ala. City Cemetary
Bedsole, Daniel Monroe; b. 27 June 1881 d. 30 October 1969.. If I recall correctly, this is really Daniel
Monroe Bedsole and wife, Gina (Jena), called "Jeter"..
Bedsole, Jena R.;"Jeter" !!/24/1884-8/25/1969. Wife of Daniel Monroe Bedsole (Konwn as "Monroe).
Cleveland Carnahan Cemetary, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Bedsole, Charles L. - 9 Apr 1885-3 Jul 1913
Bedsole, Lula - 8/9/1893-8/15/1901
Dubois, Ruby Bertha, daughter of M&M S. N. Dubois - 13 Sep 1907-30 Oct 1907
Bedsole, John Mayo, son of M & M & T. L. Bedsole - 10 Mar 1913-2 December, 1913
Corner Creek Cemetary, Geneva County, Ala.
Shelton Bedsole, 3-3-1901 7-8-1924
Dr. James D. Bedsole, 6/9/187-1/1/12/1943 M.D. in Kinston, Ala.
Artie Missy Ward-Bedsole 5/9/1876-2/2/1959
Sherwood Bedsole, 2/13/1896-5/26/1969
William "Willie" Bedsole, 10/29/1894-11/13/1969
Chattahoochee, Florida

Bedsole, Sarah J., d. 26 Oct 1925, F (Insane Asylum).
Deaths: Green County, Ga.
Bedsole, Allene 14-Nov 1892 Nov 1973 Greensboro
Bedsole, Claude 23-Jun 1898 Oct 1972 Greensboro
Bedsole, Nellie D. 9-Jun 1897 Aug 1989 Greensboro
Bedsole, William 25-Sep 1893 Dec 1968 30642 Greensboro
Death, Muscogee County, Georgia
Bedsole, Henry 29 Oct 1936 Muscogee 28751
Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, Florida

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Bedsole, Bertis M, b. 1908 d. 1987 "Married Aug 4 1928" D25
Bedsole, Douglas, b. Dec 3 1931 d. Apr 12 1999 "ENC US Coast Guard Korea Vietnam" D25
Bedsole, Ethel L, b. 1912 d. 1985 "Married Aug 4 1928" D25
Bedsole, Margaret Cooper, b. Dec 7 1939 D25
Miller County, Arkansas
Bedsole, Hattie Boulton Died 12/18/1976-
Bedsole, Theodore 8/11/1924-5/18/1994
Moore Cemetery, Ware County, Ga.
Mack Bedsole, 10-9-1926 / 11-1-2000 Grace M. Bedsole, 2/4/1922 Wife of Mack
Oak Grove Cemetery, Tampa, Florida.
Bedsole, John, III, b. May 29 1971 d. Sep 1 1975 (Parents?).
Book Of Civil War Soldiers (I know this is a very incomplete list. There were many others).
Bedsole, Mathew PVT 02 APR 1862 Ala.
Bedsole, J.W. Alabama (May Dickson) 1943 01 pg
Bedsole, Isaiah. Prvt. Ga.
Bedsole, Travis B., Pvt. Ala.
Bedsole, Duncan, Pvt. NC
Bedsole, Travis -- Private - March 1862. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865. (Born in 1830.)
Ga. Son of Amos Bedsole.
Jefferson County, Arkansas
Thelma St. John..Thelma Amelia St. John, 75, of Warren, died March 16, 1998, at Jefferson Regional
Medical Center. She was born on August 21, 1922, at Clayton, Alabama, a daughter of the late William
Harvey Bedsole and Hattie Marie Zorn Bedsole. She was a homemaker and a member of Saline Baptist
Church in Bradley County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Bluford St. John, whom she
married on April16,1942, and who died on November 5, 1976; a sister, Jewel DeMiller; and a grandchild.
Survivors include two sons, Sammy St. John of Naperville, Illinois, and Neil St. John of Muncie, Indiana; three
daughters, Marilyn Doss and Karen Anders, both of Warren,and Linda Golden of Memphis; two sisters,
Margaret Smith of Montgomery, Alabama, and Sarah McLure of Arvada, Colorado; six grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Marriage Bond Of John Bedsoles marriage bond John was b. 1801.Son of William (Thomas Sr.'s son).
(Note: Marriage bonds were to fund the woman and children, if the man left them, or died. However, it was
also many times sufficient to entice other men to marry the widow. So it had an unexpected benefit).
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Cumberland County KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we,
John Bedsole & Love McDaniel are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency James Indelio, Governor of the
state aforesaid, or his successors in office, in the sum of Five Hundred Pounds, current money, to be paid to
the said Governor, his successors, or assigns, for which payment well and truly to be made and done, bind
ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed
with our seals and dated this 19th day of January, A.D. 1828. THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE
OBLIGATION IS SUCH, That whereas the above bounden John Bedsole hath made application for a license

for a Marriage, to be celebrated between him and Catherine Horn of the county aforesaid; Now, in case it
shall appear hereafter, that there is any lawful cause or impediment to obstruct the said Marriage, then the
above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Seal------ John Bedsole X.(His Mark)
Seal-------- Love McDaniel
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Dan McDermid.
Seal----Crt. Clrk. Dan McDermid
Last Will Of Elizabeth Bedsole, Daughter Of Thomas Sr.
Elizabeth Bedsole 1792-1865. She married Archibald Rials and Steven Rials. Steven was her first husband.

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She was born and died in Bladen Co., NC daughter of Thomas Bedsole,Sr. 1750-1825 and Rebecca Jones.
Also of Bladen Co., NC. Will of Elizabeth Bedsole. IN the name of God, I Elizabeth Rials, being of sound
mind and perfect memory, do make and publish this, my last will and testement, revoking all former wills by
me. I bequeath to Noah Rials fifty cents, to Hardy Rials fifty cents, to the heirs of David Rials fifty cents, the
heirs of Unity Pope fifty cents, to Thomas Bedsole Jr. fifty cents, to Nancy Hall fifty cents, to Sarah Blackwell
fifty cents, to Travis Bedsole fifty cents, to heirs of William Bedsole fifty cents, to Rhoda Parker one hundred
dollars, my brother Duncan Bedsole my plantation where I now live and all lands belonging to plantation for
all his natural life, then to his son Thomas Bedsole and his heirs. To my brother Duncan Bedsole and friend
Malcom Monroe, all my lands in Bladen County,lying about Beaverdam. I give all of the residences and
personal property on my estate to my brother Duncan Bedsole and friend Malcom Monroe. signed on 12 day
of February in 1847.
Elizabeth Rials X her mark
witnesses: Bluford Simmons X his mark
Daniel McDuffie X his mark
NOTE FROM JD. Malcom Monroe was a lawyer. Duncan was her brother and Duncan could neither read,
write or spell. Guess what happened to Duncans part ? The last thing I found on this was a NC supreme
court trial wherein Duncan sued Malcom Monroe, for wrongfully acquiring his sisters estate, for the very
reason stated above. Maybe Duncan was not so dumb after all.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS
Thomas Bedsole, Sr.,1750-1825.
Travis Bedsole, Son of Thomas Sr. His son.
William Bedsole, another Son of Thomas Sr.
CIVIL WAR VETERANS

Alexander Bedsole, Cumberland County, NC. Second Calvary Regiment, NC. 6/21/1861 at 19 years of age.
James Calvin "Calton" Bedsole, Moore County, NC. 3/11/1862 46th Infantry Regiment. at 18.
Duncan Bedsole, Moore County, NC 3/11/1862 46th Infantry Regiment. Age 24.
Frank Bedsole , Alabama, Second Calvary Regiment.
Isaiah Bedsole, Schley County, Georgia. 8/14/1861. 17th Infantry Regiment. Killed in war.
James Bedsole, 1861. Barbour County, Ala.
John Bedsole, 9/7/1861. Bladen County, NC 20th Infantry Regiment. Killed at age 18 at Malvern Hill, Virginia.
John Bedsole, Columbus County, NC. Third Infantry Regiment.2/15/1862/ Killed 9/5/1863.
Larkin Bedsole, 36.Cumberland County, NC. 2/26/1862. Second Light Artillery Regmt.
Mathew Bedsole, Walton County, Fla. 4/2/1862.Sixth Infantry Regmt, Fla.
Robert Bedsole, 32nd Infantry Regiment, Alabama.
Stephen Bedsole, Barbour County, Ala. Light Artillery Regiment.
Thomas Bedsole, 29, Cumberland County, NC. 8/31/1861. 9th NC Infantry Regiment.
Thomas Bedsole, Alabama. Company H, 32nd Infantry Regiment.
Warren County, Ga., 3/4/1862. 48th Infantry Regiment.

Travis B. Bedsole, Coffee County, Ala. Enlisted as a Blacksmith. 53rd Partisan Rangers.
Travis Bedsole, Cumberland County, NC 7/18/1862. Third Infantry Regiment.
William Bedsole, Lenoir County, NC. 3/14/1863. Sixth Infantry Regiment.
William Bedsole, Raleigh, NC 10/31/1864. 46th Infantry Regiment.
William Bedsole, Bladen County, NC. 9/7/1861. Twentieth Infantry Regiment.
William Bedsole, Barbour County, Ala. 1862. Barbour Light Artillery Regiment.
Bedsole, Calton H 46TH NC (real name: James Calvin Bedsole).
Bedsole, Duncan H 46TH NC

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Bedsole, Thomas NC,
Bedsole, Travis, Ala.,
Bedsole, William, NC.
There are many, many other Bedsoles who fought and many who died, in the despicable Civil War. I did not
attempt to find them all.

Georgia Bedsoles In The Civil War

12544 Bedsele Abner W. K 27th Inf. Reg't. Private
12545 Bedsole Amos Garrison's Company, GA Inf. (Ogeechee Minutemen) Private
12546 Bedsole Isaac B 17th Inf. Reg't. Private
12547 Bedsole Isaiah B 17th Inf. Reg't. Private
12548 Bedsole James Garrison's Company, GA Inf. (Ogeechee Minutemen) Private
12549 Bedsole Travis B 48th Inf. Reg't. Prvt

HISTORY SUMMARY

As you read this part, keep in mind that these people were living from day to day in such a desperate fashion
that just getting food every day, occupied most of their waking hours. The very next day, they began all over
again, looking for ways to obtain food for that new day. And so it went, for most of their lives. Added to that to
make matters worse, they usually had 8 to 14 children.

1673-1730 "Abraham", the first Bedsole into this country was born in Germany. It is most likely he was born
in the Rhine River Valley in that country because it would have taken someone with the grit, determination,
and physical condition of the agricultural workers in that location, to come to this wild, unsettled, dangerous
country and deal with the daily hardships they inevitably faced, just to survive. The specific German
ancestors of Abraham, will more than likely never be known and at some point, it becomes unimportant
anyway. After all, as with all ancestors, there is a point in time at which any researcher must stop. 1673 is my
stopping point, relative to the Bedsole ancestors. I am sure no one will ever be able to go back beyond that
year, no matter how hard they try. Abraham apparently moved his family from NC to Virginia about 1726,
because he is a co-owner of 1,000 acres of land in that state, with his son, George "Bledsoe", as listed in the
Land Records section of this book. He appears to have stayed in NC from 1701 until 1726.

1730. Abraham and wife Rose had; George, William, Elizabeth, Abraham Jr., Elizabeth, Joseph, Sarah,
Moses and Abraham II. These children may have all been born in NC, or Va., or some in one,some in the
other. No records of birth in this country until about 1912.

1727. William Henry (Jr) was born. It is he who was the Bedsole ancestor in this country, although others as
you will read, also carried the name. William married Rhoda West in NC, about 1748-49.

1750 Thomas Bartlet Bedsole (Sr.) was born in Bladen County, NC, to William Henry Bedsole, Jr.and wife
Rhoda West. Thomas Sr. was married to Rebecca Jones in 1749 in Bladen County, NC. He then married
Margaret Eakin on 11/6/1787 following Rebecca's death from blood loss during childbirth. Thomas served in
the Revolutionary War, along with sons, Travis (1777-1778) who must have been no more than a boy, and
William Henry, which shows the desperation of the settlers here, to win their Independence from England. It
also shows their hatred of that government at that time. Along here some place in time, Thomas Sr.
apparently was becoming or had already become, a heavy drinker. It is also likely he was mean to his wife
and children, as that trait seems to have been passed down to more than one of his sons. I did'nt know his

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middle name was Bartlett until 6/2008. Obviously, the name was taken from his fathers brother.

1770-1825 or 30 plus or minus, was the period of time the children of Thomas Sr. were born. These are all
listed in the Ancestors And Descendants in Section 2 of this book. His son Thomas Jr. was my GG-
Grandfather. Thomas Jr. was apparently a drunkard and mistreated his wife and children so badly, she took
the last child still at home in 1850 (Travis. My G-Grandfather, age 17), and left Thomas Jr. and never went
back. More on this also in Section 2. Thomas Jr. apparently died in 1825 or so, but his wife lived until about
1892. I say "About" because there are no death records, and Census Records were the only documents
available to make such guesses. After He died, several of his children and their families left NC in 1830.
Travis moved to Haywood County, Tennessee, Amos moved to Warrenton, Georgia and the rest moved to
Crenshaw and Montgomery counties in Alabama, then spread from there. The other children of Thomas
Sr.remained in NC.

Today, there are Bedsoles in almost all states. There is even a Brian Bedsole living in New Zealand. This
book is a beginning. It is something for some other Bedsole to work from and with in the future, to expand our
history, knowledge and legacy (Although Lord knows who that will be. I sincerely wish anyone who has what
it takes to do it, the very best of luck in your future Bedsole research because you will surely need it. But
most of all, you will need TRUE BEDSOLE GRIT. I hope that all Bedsole readers will submit any additional
information, names, etc., for whatever they feel is missing, or needs correcting, or updating, to me at
jdbedsole@oppcatv.com and to Fay at Rostraver@earthlink.net. I also hope that you will tell all the Bedsoles
and relatives you know, where to find this Book and List, on the internet. I will keep those internet sites
posted with the most current copies to the extent that I can obtain the cooperation of those site
Administrators, which is not always easy, with a few of them. Currently, I have it posted on the Coffee County,
Ala., and Bladen County, NC sites, although its in parts 1 through 4 there;
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/bladen/bladenbios.html

In addition they are posted on the Rootsweb site although the 2003 version, at the following internet address:
http://www.rootsweb.com~usgenweb/nc/bladen/bladenbios.html for the History, and go here for the List
http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee/officialbedsolelist.html I have also sent it to the Clarke, Butler and
Lowndes Counties, Ala., and to Sampson, Brunswick, Bladen, and several other counties in NC to be posted
on their internet sites, but don't know if they will get posted or not. You may check them, by going to
www.usgenweb.com selecting Alabama or another state and the county you want then look for it there. Some
counties post it on their "Biographies" part. Others post it elsewhere, others want me to list each family and
their children separately and individually, which would take 40 forevers, and which I will not do, and some
won't post it at all. Thanks a lot to those last sites.

If you have anything constructive to contribute to any future update of this book, such as additions,
corrections, more names, dates and etc., please email me at jdbedsole@oppcatv.com You can always (until I
croak anyway) send a letter if that fails, to: JD Bedsole, 100 Beamon Avenue, Opp, Alabama 36467. Or call
me at 334-493-1370. If my email address changes, I will post the new address on the Genforum and

Rootsweb Bedsole internet sites at the following sites : www.genforum.genealogy.com/Bedsole and at
www.Rootsweb.com/Bedsole on the Bedsole Message Board. After I croak, I hope my co-hort, Peggy
Bedsole will continue to keep my stuff with her stuff, on her Bedsole site.

I have freely given, mailed, and emailed copies of this book in its entirety, to many, many Bedsole
descendants, telling them they are free to copy it and give it to others. I have had a grand total of three who
contacted me to say something good and about 5 who said things like; "Well, you don't really know anything
for sure about the Bedsoles do you?", and " All this stuff did was leave me confused and make me want to

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know more", and " Did you actually talk to anyone in Germany about the Bedsoles over there?", and best of
all was this; "Well, this whole thing was just a mess and a waste of time, and it does'nt tell me a thing".

Therefore, if all you can do is try to make me feel bad by bad-mouthing me about this book, don't waste my
time. But, if you would like to say something nice, like "JD, you are an absolute genius, and a jewel for doing
all that work for all of us, then giving it to us free. What you have produced is absolutely priceless, and gives
me and my descendants a record of their real roots. Thank you so much for all the untold hours and money
you have put into it", that would be nice and I would like that.

.....................................................................................................................JD BEDSOLE

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BEDSOLE ANCESTORS
AND DESCENDANTS
FROM1673

THIS IS MY LAST AND FINAL VERSION OF
THIS LIST AND IS DATED JANUARY 1, 2009

ALL OTHER VERSIONS ARE OBSOLETE AND SHOULD
ALL BE DESTROYED.

RESEARCHED, COMPILED AND PREPARED IN ITS ENTIRETY, SOLELY BY ONE PERSON:

DR. J.D. BEDSOLE, ASME, BSBA, BSVE, MSEA, PhD.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This version of the List Of Bedsole Ancestors And Descendants contains
important and material changes in my previous conclusions as to the first Bedsole(s) into this country,
based on information I discovered on July 14, 2008 which revealed that on September 11, 1700
"Abraham Bessow", arrived at Bath, NC from Germany, on an English ship, Captained by William
Barrow. He arrived there again on May 1, 1701,on the same ship, and again with Captain Barrow, but
this time "Abraham" was accompanied by his wife, Rose, and their young daughter, Elizabeth. Those
are all English names, each listed by Captain Barrow as a "Pal." which is short for Palatine, from
Germany. In 1719, Abrahams son, William acquired land in Virginia and his name was listed as
William Bledsoe. In 1726, Abraham and William jointly acquired two tracts of land there Russell
County, of 1,000 acres each. From that date onward, Bedsoles and some true Bledsoes from
England, are all so intermingled in locations, states, dates, names and etc. on documentation, it is
virtually impossible to determine if what you are looking at is actually a Bledsoe or Bedsole. In

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addition, the Bledsoes and Bedsoles both bestowed such common first-names on their offpsring as,
William, Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Sara and etc., such as to drive a researcher over the brink of
madness. Nevertheless, the list below are Bedsole Ancestors, Descendants, and Spouses of
Bedsoles. In many cases, some ancestors with the Bedsole surname changed the spelling to Bledsoe.
In addition, some Bledsoes changed their last names to Bedsole. Some did so deliberately, others did
so without knowing, because until about 1900, most could neither read, write or spell. To sum it up,
today many "Bledsoes" are really Bedsoles and many "Bedsoles" are really Bledsoes.Therefore, any
and all versions of this list by me, prior to this, my last one, are obsolete, incomplete, erroneous, void,
and should be trashed. As with the Bedsole History, these lists were researched and written by me
and are all copyrighted by me in my name. If, you come across similiar lists in the future, and
someone has removed my name and substituted their own as Author, then they have violated the
copyright laws.

For those Bedsoles, spouses and relatives on this list, below, who even may still be alive, I have
deleted their birthdates, but kept the year of birth if known, because there are so many with the same
names, who are in different generations. I don't show such dates of birth in order to prevent Identity
Theft, yet help other Bedsole researchers identify others and determine who fits where, including
themselves, on the List. Where the person is dead, if I knew it, then the date of birth and death are
both shown, because its hard to impersonate a dead person,although I have known some who did it
quite well.

Without written records which show, list, define, or hint at any relationships, certain assumptions must
be made to arrive at any logical conclusion regarding the earliest Bedsoles, primarily those born prior
to about 1900. An example of those are, the Abrahams, first William's, Elisha, John's, and Vincent
Bedsole. I know without proof that they were all related, but exactly HOW they were related is not
documented and is not known with absolute certainty and will remain so, in view of the lack of
documentation. A main indicator of their kinship though, was that they all owned adjoining parcels of
land, sometimes on more than one occasion, and in several locations, from time to time, in NC,Va.,
Tenn., Alabama and Georgia. They all usually moved almost as one and with the exception of
Abraham, they were all apparently born in NC and Va. within a short time-frame. I believe the kinship
and relationships of the vast majority listed below are very accurate, in fact, estremely so, as has been

proven more than once, by other descendants and facts which were actually known by a descedant,
or were documented in rare instances. But the vast majority of those on this list, were determined by
me purely through logicand analysis of all kinds of information and conclusions. So, if your family and,
or, relatives are listed, chances are great that you can thank my pea-brain for that. A few you can
thank those Bedsoles who were kind enough to share some data with me, and to those few, I again
say "Thank You".

Of the 58 plus years I have spent researching the Bedsole ancestors and descendants, about 98
percent of that time and at least that much money spent on it, was spent on this list. It was
unbelievably and incredibly complicated, confusing, time-consuming and demanding to the highest
degree to produce it with any degree of acccuracy without one bit of documentation in most cases,
and without any means of validation to insure accuracy, with a handful of exceptions and with no one
to ask. In addition, more than 99 percent of those I did ask through letters and phone calls, did not
reply at all, and to those I say, "Thanks a hell of a lot for nithing" too.

]The fact that our relatives named their children after themselves, their brothers, sisters, parents,
aunts, uncles,grandparents and even great-grandparents did not help at all, and that is further

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complicated when several with the same names lived at the same time. After all, how would you
determine among 3 William Bedsoles, which was the father, son and grandfather, of whom among
them without something else to go by ?. If there is anything about all that research that you really
appreciate, I hope its the time, effort, money, grit and absolute teeth-clenching determination I
expended on this list during all those years, while working everyday and sometimes nights working
and raising 3 children, and that you appreciate that the most. But considering all the names, relatives,
dates, locations and details I put into this list and the lack of means for validation, I am repeatedly
surprised at its accuracy and completeness in many cases. For that, I thank my parents and my
German determination and stubbornness, in addition to the very few who supplied their family
information to me, to be included as part of the List.

I know I still have a few Bedsoles under the wrong ancestor(s), but I cannot get those Bedsole
descendants with the correct knowledge to talk, write, email, phone, or otherwise communicate with
me, to straighten those out. I have tried every kind of way to get that information. As a matter of fact, I
recently made 15 random phone calls to Bedsoles in NC., 15 to those in Louisiana, and mailed 25
letters to Bedsoles everywhere, picked randomly from the Internet White Pages, explaining who I am,
what I am doing and asking for information and assistance in that regard. Additionally, for the past 15
years, I have posted solicitations all over the internet, asking for help and information, with
surprisingly little response at all. Of the 30 phone calls made, I received 20 hang-ups, was treated
very rudely on the others with two exceptions and got no answer to any of my 25 letters So, In view of
that problem, this list will remain as is, because I will spend no more time nor money alone, trying to
validate it in its entirety, without help from others. In other words, I have had it. Nevertheless, I will still
make it available to one and all by email free of charge, because there are a few of you out there, who
did help, who are decent folks and who truly do appreciate what this represents to them and to their
ancestors, descendants and children, and to those few, I say; Thank You.

The earlier ancestors listed, including Elisha, was repeatedly found with their last names spelled all
kinds of ways. Elisha, for example, as Bedsol, Bedsolt and Bedsoll, on four Va. Land records in the
late 1700's, copies of which are included in the Bedsole History and which I also posted on the
Bladen, Harnett and Cumberland County, NC internet sites. Elisha's descendants are not shown due
to their assuming the surname BEDSAUL, after he died in 1804. I did have a Bedsaul list as long and

detailed as this one is, but loaned it to someone years ago, who kept it. Now I don't recall who it was,
but I don't really care because I followed the Bedsole name, and not all the misspellings. In addition,
those of the Bedsaul spelling want to claim that Bedsole is simply a misspelling of Bedsaul and of
Bledsoe. In fact, I sent their best and most well-known researchers a copy of Elisha's 4 Virginia land
deeds, which clearly show his last name as Bedsole, and said researchers changed the Bedsole
misspellings on all 4 of them to Bedsaul, then emailed copies to the Bedsaul descendants, claiming he
had found them, as Bedsaul documentation. I did not follow females who married and changed their
last names to that of their husbands, except to list their children and in some cases, their
grandchildren and G-grandchildren. Therefore this list and I, stayed pretty much with the Bedsole
name.

ANCESTRAL LINES FOR BEDSOLE, BLEDSOE AND BEDSAUL

For the last name of Bedsole, the ancestral line goes back to Abraham, III to Abraham Bedsole, Jr. and finaly
to "Abraham Bessow" , from Germany. For Bedsaul, instead of to Abraham Jr., it goes back to his brother,
Elisha, to Abraham Sr. and then to "Abraham Bessow", from Germany. For Bledsoe, it goes back to William
Sr. and Abraham from Germany and their last names along with William Sr's were spelled as Bledsoe on the
earliest Va. land records (1719-1726). Keep in mind, that more than one Bedsole changed their last name to

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Bledsoe and vice versa, of their own free will, for various reasons, and sometimes in error. Also, several had
their last name changed to Bedsole and to Bledsoe back and forth, by the Scribes misspelling it at the time,
and not being able to spell themselves, they finaly kept it that way, probably by keeping it written on a piece
of paper. Also, keep in mind that there is an entirely seperate line of BLEDSOE's who came from England,
notwithstanding the fact that even those ancestors also originated in Prussia and Germany, as did our
Bedsoles. In fact, there was a Bledsoe Community in England, in the year 1061, and that year is not a typo.
There is a huge problem created by the mingling of those Bledsoes, with our own ancestors who took on that
name as their own in Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina, prior to 1850. The problem
is in researching them, you have no way of knowing if you are looking at a true Bledsoe, or a true Bedsole,
on any documentation.

THIS LIST AND HOW TO READ IT

To find a specific name, date, or other info, on a long list such as that below, without having to
laboriously read through it, do this; Go to the list. Click on Edit on your top tool bar. On the drop-down,
click on Find. Type in the name. Click on Find, or Search, or Go, or whatever it says. It will stop at the
first spelling it comes to. If thats not the one you are looking for, click on Continue or Next Page. It
works best among several same-names, such as 50 Williams or Johns, by typing in the most unusual
name, usually the middle name, or nickname or you can use another name if you know it such as the
wife or husbands maiden or last name (If not Bedsole). For example if a name is John Barrett
Bedsole, instead of typing in that whole name, only type in Barrett, because its the most unusual. Or if
the spouses name is unusual such as Jeanne or Jeter, look for that name. You can also type in a date
only, if you have that, and it will also go to every one of those, one at a time.

Any person listed is the child of the first person above them who is a generation earlier or older (A
lower number). For example, any person who is a # 6, is a child of the first # 5 above them. Likewise a
number 9 will all be children of the first number 8 above them. All children of any parents, may not
always be listed immediately under those parents, depending on the number of spouses, children ,Ggrandchildren,
and etc.who fall in-between. All children under parents, are brothers and sisters. So
you will find spouses, followed by a child, then that childs spouse, then their children, before you come
to another child of the subject parents. A spouse is identified with a + sign. The number of +'s indicates

the number of marriages. It does NOT identify the sequence in which a person married that spouse,
as I have no way to determine that, when no dates are available. Multiple marriages have the number
of plus signs which apply, if I know that. You can easily determine relationships of anyone on the list
to anyone else on the list, such as brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, spouses, children, grandchildren,
parents, great-grandparents, cousins, and etc. In my opinion, this method is far superior and simpler,
than listing them all seperately, as Generation One, then Generation Two and so forth, then going
back and listing each generations children etc., seperately. That method is cumbersome,
unnecessarily and extremely complicated and extremely difficult if not impossible to understand,
primarily due to the fact that relationships in that case, are time-consuming, very confusing and
difficult to determine with accuracy. Unfortunately, that is the method most internet site Administrators
wanted me to use to list the people on this list, but I will not do all that work. In addition though, and
the primary reason I said "No" to that was, because that method confuses everyone who reads, or
even tries to read it, including me.

Where the year of birth and/or death date is shown, some are my best guess, based on several facts,
such as dates of children, spouses, and relatives. Where the specific day and/or month together with
the year of birth, death or marriage is shown, then that date was documented.

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Some, but not all, ways I found the Bedsole name spelled are; Bessow, Betson, Batson, Betsel,
Betzol, Bedsolt, Bedsoll, Bedsol, Blatson, Bletson, Bedsoul, Bedsowl, Bedsoal, Betzold, Bidsole,
Bettsol, Petson, Petzo, Petsole, Petsoal, Patson, and many, many others, including the most prevalent
since about 1900; Bledsoe..... When researching these people, you must look under every
conceivable and many inconceivable spellings and misspellings and variations, just as I had to, or
you'll never find them. All these misspellings only add to the confusion and difficulty in finding either
ancestors or descendants.

This List shows Thomas Bedsole (Sr.) 1750-1830, as generation 3, so that my already long Bedsole
list would fit into this updated list without having to re-number all the generations. This became
necessary after I determined that Thomas Sr. was not the first Bedsole in this country. Actually,
"Abraham", defined below, born in 1673 in Germany, was the first. However, I did'nt find that or figure
it out until July 14, 2008. Since "Abraham" and "Rose" are documented as the first Bedsoles, I am
through looking and will no longer be in the research business, thank the good Lord.

If your names are not on the following list anywhere, please email me at:jdbedsole@ oppcatv.com and
give me the names, spouses, children and relationships to each other of those not listed, and I will tell
you how they fit onto the list, and I will add them to me Master List, which I keep on this computer.
This is my last version. However, I will continue, emailing anyone a free copy of this list, if they need or
want it. At least that is easy to do.

FIRST BEDSOLE IN THIS COUNTRY

The following Transportation Deed, giving land to ships captain William Barrow, for transporting
"Abraham Batson, Rose his wife and Elizabeth his child", and others to this country on May 1, 1701,
(His second arrival here) was to pay him for such transportation. Both Batson and Betson were
common misspellings of Bedsole. Back then, people in general, not just the Bedsoles,depended on
(English) Scribes to do that. However, Scribes could only spell and write what they thought they had
heard, as a name and that was further complicated by most immigrants being unable to speak english.
This movement of his wife and child followed "Abrahams" earlier arrival alone, at Bath, NC on
September 11, 1700 apparently to first look things over before bringing them here. Their English

names were bestowed upon them by Captain Barrow, and therefore, are not German names or
spellings. Therefore, we will never know what their real German names were, and for practical
purposes, its not extremely important anyway, because no one will ever research them in Germany.
As you will read further on, I already tried that.

"Bessow" (pronounced as "Bess-oh" (which is what the Koreans and Chinese called me) was another
attempt to spell Betzold, or Bedsole (See Bath County, NC site at: http://www.ncgenweb.us/bath/ then
see Doc. 00007 PDF) Ships Captain William Barrow was apparently paid for that first trip with a
seperate land deed from William Glover for 200 acres. This Deed below pays for the trip in 1701, and
is typed as the original was written the best it could be defined and interpreted, by me, with a
magnifying glass. Originally written with a pencil, it was very difficult to read and understand due to the
"Olde Englishe" style of writing and spelling and due to being three hundred and eight + years old. On
this Deed, our Abraham, Elizabeth and daughter Rose are "Batson's", another frequent misspelling on
Bedsole.

Accordingly, on the Ancestor And Descendant List below, you will note several Bedsoles whose last
name was changed, some voluntarily, to avoid being found by others, and some unknowlingly
misspelled by a Scribe at the time.

As for our German version of Bedsole, its spelled Betzold. There are several researchers and others
who are interested, trying to look up their Betzold ancestors. I have looked at many with the name, but
see no connection between ours and those Betzolds, especially those who arrived here after 1700. If
there is any relationship, it is located in Germany, Prussia, or some other country, and I really have no
interest in trying to establish any relationship with the name, other than what I have set forth below, as
our first German ancestors ( Abraham alone on September 11, 1700 and he, wife Rose and daughter
Elizabeth, who arrived here May 1, 1701). To my knowledge, no other person related to him came
here then, or before then, and that's the way I will leave it.

Transportation Deed
….......................................................................................................................................................................

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I wrote this deed as it originally appeared, misspellings and all. It was very faded and difficult to read.

State Of North Carolina
To the Survey General or his Deputy. Therein are the name of his Excellency the Palatine and Lord
proprietors; to will and require you to survey and lay off for Mr. William Barrow 900 acres of land which is
due to him for the transportation of eighteen persons whose names are underwritten, and return this warrant
With the survey into the secretaries office fail not as you will answer the contrary. Given under our hands
and seal of the Colony the first day of May 1701. Henderson Walker, Samuel Swann, Francis Tomes and
William Glover (vic) by asst. James Danville. Passengers were: Thomas Newman, Elizabeth Newman, Jane
Newman, William Bush, Martha his wife, Martha his daughter, William Bush Jr., Sarah Bush, Elloner Bush,
William Collins, Abraham Batson, Elis Batson, Rose Batson, John Hopkins, Mary Read, Hannah Morrison
Richard Morrison and Rosanna Morrison. Know all men that I, William Barrow do lay this foregoing warrant
and rites upon an entry of land by me made November the 10th 1701: and also upon the land whereon I now
live......Test: Levi Truewhitt C C............SOURCE; Bath County North Carolina Record of Deeds Volume
One,1695 to 1729, p. 6, 31.
NOTE: I have been repeatedly surprised by the accuracy reflected in this list over the years, and I invite one
and all to prove me wrong on any of it.

……………………………….................................................................................................................

Note; It is important to note that "Abraham Bedsole", 1673-1740, is an English name bestowed upon
him by the English ships captain upon arrival here on Sept. 11, 1700. Born in Germany. Died in
Virginia......Actual German name unknown, but most likely he had the accurate surname there, of
Betzold. Found as Abraham Betzold,/Bessow/Batson/Bledsoe/,Batson/Betson, et al, born most likely
in the Brandenburg Province, of the Rhine River Valley of Germany. Died about 1740 in Virginia.. I
also found him in Virginia as Abraham Bedsoe, and Bledsoe. He arrived alone by ship at Bath
settlement, NC on Sept. 11, 1700, and he arrived there by ship again, on May 1, 1701 with his wife
"Rose", and daughter, "Elizabeth", (both English names) age about 8 years. It is very likely he came
alone the first time to look things over, then went back and got his family and returned for the second
time, to stay. It is apparent that he lived in Bath, NC first, then moved southward and ended up in
Russell County, Va. in 1726, where he and son William, jointly owned 1,000 acres, although William
apparently got there in 1719, as William Bledsoe on the land record. Although I found no proof, he
may have been in NC or Va. Until 1726. On Virginia land records, there is a George and an Isaac
Bledsoe, who are most likely sons of Abraham and Elizabeth.

+ Rose ____? Born in Germany about 1675 and died about 1740 in Virginia. "Abraham" and
"Rose" are names which were probably made up by the english ships captain, then carried forward by
Scribes. They very likely had more than the following children but if they did, I either never found
them, or could not clarify parentage of those I did find. Because "Abraham", "Rose" and "Elizabeth"
are english names, its clear to me, that the english ships Captain William Barrow, made those names
up, and named them, instead of using their German names, which may have been Heuprtsk
Bldkodemf, Gertrude Hoppledivhjeenr and Reipftudse Bldkodemf...."Bedsole" is the english spelling of
Betzold, but Barrow likely figured that since they were moving to this country, they may as well have
english names. All people below who are numbered 1, are children of Abraham and Rose.
The following people with the Number 1 before their name, are children of Abraham and Rose;

1. Isaac Bedsole/Bledsoe. He either oved to or was born in, Virginia. Since his last name was
spelled Bledsoe, those with that surname claim Isaac as their own ancestor, today. No proof either
way.
+___?

1. William Bedsole/Bledsoe, (Sr) 1701-02, in NC. Died about 1770 in Va. Also found as Bledsoe in
Va. in 1719,1726,1728. It appears to me he stayed in Va. until he died. But if so, his son, William
Jr.,below, moved to NC in 1749. William is also claimed as a true Bledsoe, from England. No proof
either way, Bedsole or Bledsoe.
+ Elizabeth Cave, 1705-1787.
2. Joseph Bledsoe, 1735- Va.
+ Elizabeth___? 1737-1815, Va.
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3. William Miller Bledsoe
+ Elizabeth Miller.
2. Sarah Bledsoe, 1757-1808, Va.
2. Moses Bledsoe, Va.1760-1835, Va.
+ Mary ___?, 1765-1810, Va,
3. Moses Bedsole, Jr. 18001873, Va.
+ Mary____?, 1802-1888, Va.
3. William Bledsoe.
+____?
1. Elizabeth S. Bedsole, born about 1695-..
+ William Barry, 1690-1755, in Virginia.

1. John Bedsole,1720-1779.... In Virginia.
+ ____?
2. Mary Barry, 1712-1780, in Virginia.
+ Thomas Harding, 1709-1772, in Virginia.
2. John Bedsole/Bedson/Bedsolt/Bedsalt/Bedsaul, 1733-1762.
2. Vincent Bedsole, 1725-1762. No wife or children found.
2. Elisha Bedsole/Bedsol/Bedsoll/Bedsolt and Bedsaul,1730-1804. Moved from NC to Virginia.
NOTE: Elisha's last name on 4 Va. Land records was; Elisha Bedsol, Elisha Bedsoll on two, and
Elisha Bedsolt. Although his descendants have called themselves Bedsaul since his death in 1804,
but he was very clearly a Bedsole. + +
Mary Edwards. 1733-1895, in North Carolina. They were married on 9/15/1751 at Cane Creek,
NC..
3. Amey Bedsole,1752- in Va.
+ George Martin, 1751- in Virginia.
3. Elisha Bedsole, Jr. 1753-1804, he assumed "Bedsaul" spelling, as it was spelled by a
Scribe back then..
+ Wifes name not known.
3. Mary Bedsole, 1756- in Virginia.
+ Flower Swift
3. Elizabeth Bedsole, 1757-
+ Jesse Cox
3. Ann Bedsole, 1758-
+ Solomon Ruddick
3. Eleanor Bedsole
Husbands name not known
3. John Bedsole, 1753- Born in Va.
Moved to SC about 1805. Became a "Bedsel or
Betselll".
+ Sarah Brown, 1755-.
NOTE: John above, is on the 1772 and 1782 Orange County, Va. Tax Lists with Elisha. John moved
from Virginia to SC in 1790 or so. There, his last name became Betsell then Bedsell, or vice-versa. In
1820, he applied for a pension in SC, for "war service" (Indians ?) , which was granted. His last name
is listed there as Bedsell and as Betsell.
4. Isaac Bedsole/Bledsoe, 1790-1860... NOTE..An Isaac Bedsole/Bledsoe, in Va.
also moved to SC, and acquired land there as Isaac BEDSTILL. Isaac and John his father, most
likely travelled together to SC from Va. Isaac ended up in Tenessee in 1830 as a land surveyor, and
lived there initially in Haywood County, with Travis Bedsole, near Moses Bledsoe. Clearly they were
all relatives. This Isaac was born in Va. about 1790.
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4. William Henry (Bedsole) Bedsell, 1795- in Va. as Bedsole/Bedsolt/Bedsoll..He acquired
land in Henry County, Georgia in 1821. (Unless that was a different William Bedsole).
+ Elizabeth___?, 1810.....m. 5/22/1833.
5. Isaac Bedsole/Bledsoe, 1780-1850. Isaac later became a land surveyor. He
lived in Virginia and NC.
4. Moses Bedsole/Bledsoe
4. Godfrey Bedsole/Bledsoe/Bedsel/Bedsell/Betsell/Bedsil/Bedsill.1810-1873...
. + Perthena Dorman, 1815-......m. 3/12/1833, in Ga.
. 4. John Turner Bedsell/Betsell/Betsil/Bedsill.. 1825-__in Georgia. Known as
"Turner Bedsole", his first name was for his grandfather, John Bedsole.

+ Louisa Williams, 1830-...........m. 8/24/1846 in Georgia.
++ Bethina____?.
Turner Bedsell is listed on the 1870 Census for Pike County, Georgia, as Turner Bedsell, age 44, Farmer.
Sarah, 21, as Housekeeper, William age 16. Godfrey age 13. Mary age 11. Cornelia age 3 and Turner (Jr.)
as age 4. On the 1880 Pike County, Ga. Census, its like this; Godfrey Bedsell, Bethina wife, Jane dau.,
Levey son, Mary, dau., and Emma as dau. It was William Henry Bedsole who acquired BEDSELL as a last
name and it just kept going from there. He moved from Va. to SC to Georgia.

2. William Henry Bedsole, Jr., born 1727 in Va. Died about 1820 in NC, where he lived near Thomas
Bedsole, Sr. (If Abraham, III is not the father of Thomas Sr. below, then this William is father.
+ Catherine Cave, 1730-1800 .
3. Bartlett Bedsole, 1755. Must have died young. No further info on him.
3. Elizabeth V. Bedsole 1781-1826 born in Va., died in Georgia.
+ George Green 1790.
3. Rebecca Bedsole, 1770-1845. m. 1781 Franklin County, NC.
+ Theophilus H. Goodwin, 1761-1838. In 1791 they moved from
NC to Edgefield District, S.C.
4. Gilliance Goodwin, 1792-
4. Henry Goodwin,1794-
4. Elizabeth Goodwin,1797-
4. Francis Goodwin, 1800-
4. William Goodwin,1782-, NC d.1860 Lowndes County, Ala.
4. Juliana Goodwin, 1784-09/05/1848
4. Wiley Goodwin, 1786-1830.
4. Harris Goodwin, 1788-?
4. Charity Goodwin, 1797-1844
4. Young G. Goodwin, 06/04/1801, SC d. 1867, Ala.
1. George Bedsole, 1730-1796 ...In Virginia. Name changed to Bledsoe on 1719 Russell County,Va.
land record.
+ Elizabeth ____? Not known.
2. Abraham Bledsoe/Bedsole (III), 1730-7/1801. In Virginia.
+ Catherine____? 1730-1800. Married 1749. Virginia. From "Indian Atrocities in Virginia"; Abraham
Bledsoe, who settled on the upper part of Reedy Creek in Va. in the year 1772, according to his land
survey, but was certainly in the area earlier than this date, for
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on February 14th, 1770, he was appointed by the Court of Botetourt Co., Va, "Constable in the precinct he
lived in upon Reed Creek." He later moved to Moccasin Creek of the North Fork of Holston, where he died
near Moccasin Gap in the summer of 1801. His wifes was named Catherine, and among his children were:
Thomas Bledsoe,(Our Thomas Bedsole, Sr.) born in North Carolina in 1750, and who married on 6
November 1769; Margaret Eakin; Abraham Bledsoe, Jr., and he were perhaps the ones who were captured
by the Indians. Three daughters, Thely who married James Eakin, brother of Margaret who married Thomas
Bledsoe; Hetty Bittle and Polly Bledsoe". I could not determine with any degree of accuracy, whether this
Thomas Bledsoe was actually our Thomas Bedsole. So I am listing him here as a Bledsoe, and further on, as
Thomas Bedsole, knowing it is very likely he is one and the same person. I believe he is in fact ours.

3. Thely Bedsole/Bledsoe
+ James Eakin (Brother is Margaret, above).
3. Hetty Bittle Bedsole/Bledsoe
3. Mary "Polly" Bedsole/Bledsoe
3. John Bedsole,1753-1812. Beaverdam, NC. On 1790 Cumberland County, NC
Census. He is listed on the 1790 Census for Sampson County, NC.

That John is listed as John Bedsole, Bedsoul, Bedsolt, Bedsoll and Bedsaul.

+ Sarah Brown, 1755-1815. She was kicked out of the Quaker Church for an "Illegal
\dalliance outside of marriage". He was in NC and Va., but died in NC. He appears on the1790 Wake
County, NC census as John Bedson and on the1800 Buncombe, NC Census as John Bedsalt. He is
on the Orange County, Va. Taxpayers Lists for 1772 and 1782, along with Elisha, both as Bedsolt. He
married 6/9/1774, as with Elisha, at Cane Creek, NC. Although John moved to Virginia, he was in NC
off and on for many years, but died in NC. A "Junior Willis", was appointed Administrator of his estate,
by a court in NC in 1828. John died at 78.
3.Abraham Bledsoe (Bedsole) , 1752-1810 Captured by Indians in Va.,along with his
brother, Thomas (Bartlett) Bedsole (Sr.) but both were later released at "Falls Of The Ohio", in Va..
+___?

3. Thomas (Bartlett) Bedsole,(Sr.), 1750-1834. son of Abraham and Catherine Bedsole,
above. I believed for many years, he was the first Bedsole here. In "The NC Tax Lists for 17571767"
by William L. Byrd III; Thomas Bedsole age 17, is listed as living in the household of James
West in 1767. Being 17 in 1767 proves his birth year as 1750. Other researchers make the claim he
was born in various years during 1757 thru 1768 in various european countries, including Prussia,
England, Ireland, and Austria, take your pick, all of which is totally untrue. He was actually born in
Bladen County, NC. His first child Rhoda below, was born in 1770 in NC when he was 20 years old.
Thomas Sr. did serve in the Revolutionary War 1777-1778. In the manuscript below, it states in
part; "Thomas Bledsoe, born in North Carolina in 1760 and who married on 6 November 1787;
Margaret Eakin"....I take 1750 as his actual birth year, due to his grandparents approval of his age
bing 17 in 1767. He is on the 1783 census for Duplin County, NC He is also on Bladen, Johnston
Edgecombe and Orange countys land deeds. When Thomas died about 1830, Travis his son, and
Travis' family, had moved to Haywood County, Tennessee. Son Thomas Jr. and family had moved
to Lowndes County, Alabama in 1830. Daughter Elizabeth and family moved to Lowndes County,
Alabama about 1850, and son Williams son, Amos and family moved to Warren County, Georgia. In
his Pension Application in 1834, he was apparently living in Tennessee with son, Travis and his
family, who had been living there for 4 years at that time.
Note; Regarding Thomas Bedsole, Sr. above, From The Unpublished Manuscript "INDIAN
ATROCITIES" By Emory L. Hamilton Source : Virginia State Papers, Vol. II, page 72 "Along the
Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers, pages 91-92. Captain Abraham Bledsoe, (b. 1730, married to
Catherine (above) who was with Col. Evan Shelby on the Chicamauga Campaign of 1779, had a
son captured by the Indians whom many writers blandly say was the son of Anthony, or Isaac
Bledsoe. That son was also named Abraham. Thomas Bledsoe, another son of Captain Abraham,

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tells of the capture of his brother in his Revolutionary War pension claim, saying:, "The family (Captain
Abraham's) moved to about seven miles from the Long Island (now Kingsport, TN) off Holston River,
on Reedy Creek, and at this place his father was living when he entered the service of the United
States in 1777 (Revolutionary War), as well as he can remember. Thomas Sr. again volunteered
under the same Captain to go in pursuit of a party of Indians, who had broken in on the frontiers, and
had taken away with them, as prisoner, this applicant's brother; that after pursuing for some time, they
came up with the rear guard of the Indians, who gave notice to the advance party and they escaped,
taking with them their prisoner, and he was not heard of until he was exchanged at the Falls Of The
Ohio". He does not give the date when his brother was released at the Falls of the Ohio, which is
today the site of Louisville, Kentucky. The actual date of the capture of the "Bledsoe boy" is given in a
letter written by Col. Arthur Campbell to Governor Patrick Henry, dated 25th April, 1781, a few days
after the actual happening, wherein he says: " The Northward (Shawnee) Indians have been troubling
the people very much this spring, in small parties; killing, captivating and wounding. They come up

Sandy River generally, and on the last occasion, penetrated as far as the settlement on Holston,
carrying off a son of Captain Bledsoe's"..(Note from JD. The 1834 Pension Application of Thomas
wherein he was listed as a Bledsoe, clearly identifies this man as our Thomas B. Bedsole, Sr. above. I
give Brenda Bedsole of Amite, Louisiana credit for finding that application on the internet, and
appreciate her sharing it with us, to clear up the question; Is this our Thomas? That answer is; An
unconditional YES !....Thanks Brenda. Brenda is a Court Judge in Amite.

In answer to the question, "How did you determine that our direct ancestor was actually Abraham
instead of his brother, William Henry Bedsole?" I had already known that Thomas B. Bedsole, Sr. and
son Travis Bedsole, had both served in the Revolutionary War during 1777-1778, but had not found
their Pension Applications with some of the above info until Brenda sent me a copy. So, instead of
searching for "Indians and Tories", they were also looking for British invaders and infiltrators,
(Revolutionary War) they were also blocking the British from advancing from Wilmington to
Charleston, and were blocking the Tories from joining with the British army, when all this happened. I
also noted on his Application, that Thomas guessed at his birth year as 1760, "as the best I can
remember". I know that date is not true because his first child was born in 1770, when he would have
been 10 years old. Therefore, I backed his year of birth to 1750, which coincides with his age in 1767
on the NC Tax List, as being 17 that year. As both he and his grandparents with whom he had been
living would most certainly have known his correct age then. In his Pension Application, he stated that
he did'nt recall his father, but that he had been "Removed from NC", "Removed" meaning he had left
voluntarily, while Thomas was very young, and that statement supported my previous belief that
Thomas was living with his grandparents, not his parents, in 1767. Here are a few of the facts which
led me to conclude now that it was the "Thomas Bledsoe" listed in an Application For Pension, and in
"Indian Atrocities, whose father was actually Abraham, and not Abrahams brother, William Henry
Bedsole, Jr......To answer the question; How do you know this is our Thomas and not a different
Thomas?", back some time ago, I pasted a whole article entitled "Indian Atrocities", as part of the List,
wherein I alluded to the fact that I could not be certain that that particular Thomas was, or was not,
ours. But then, with the uncovering of the Application For Pension, by Thomas "Bledsoe", several
facts became clear to me; 1. That the date of the Application was 1834, and that Thomas was in
Tennessee with son Travis, at that time. I already knew that his son Travis and wife, Nancy Simmons,
moved there in 1830, so he had someone there to go live with, and 2. That Thomas at the time of the
Application, was aged 84, and in his application he stated to the effect that he could not remember,
but his best guess at his year of birth was 1760. I already knew that their birthdates, full names, ages
and etc., were the last thing on earth they needed to ever remember back then and, that my own
parents, grandparents, relatives and other "dirt diggers", never could recall their dates of birth either,
and 3.

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That Thomas was in the "Governments Service" during 1777 and 1778 and I already knew that. I also
knew that he was in the service of "Patrollers" in Virginia and, that although their primary purpose was
to look for Indians, runaway slaves and tories, their secondary purpose during those two years, while
the Revolutionary War was going on, was to look for British army "Penetrators" and "Infiltrators" into
those areas which they patrolled, as assigned, and as was necessitated by circumstances at any
given time, by indians and tories. I also knew that only the officers in charge of the Patrollers knew
they were also to be on the lookout for the British, resulting in the "flunkies" such as Thomas (A
private), had no clue as to their full mission-purpose assignments and, 4. Thomas stated in the
Application, that he had little recollection of his father who had "Removed" (Left willingly) NC when
Thomas was very young and, 5. I also knew that our Thomas was on the 1767 NC Tax List, at "Age
17" living with his Maternal grandparents, and that fits with the Thomas in question making the
statement that his father left when Thomas was young, and I knew that thats what happened when I

was young and the father left the family, or died and, 6. I also knew that since July 14th, 2008, when I
discovered "Abraham Bessow" in Bath County, NC, I determined that either his descendant Abraham
Bedsole, b.1730 or William Henry, b. 1727 was the father of our Thomas and could never determine
which one it was. I eventually decided on William Henry due to the strong custom then and even until
today, to name ones first son after the Paternal Grandfather or if dead, the Maternal Grandfather, and
the first daughter after the Maternal Grandmother, or if dead, then the Paternal Grandmother,
regardless of any other claim of how the "Custom" of naming ones children "usually" occurred. So all
that, plus a million other things I have not listed, causes me to conclude that. I already knew that
Travis was in Haywood County,Tennessee and that he had initially taken on the last name spelling as
"Bidsole","Betson", and finaly as Bledsoe and 2, Thomas Bedsole,Sr. as Thomas Bledsoe, was in
Virginia except for the time he was in NC which is documented only by land records, during the period
1779 through 1798. So apparently, he moved there after getting out of govermental service in Virginia,
following the end of the Revolutionary War and, 3.. Abraham III is in fact, the father of our Thomas Sr.,
and that the similarities of several things in the "Indian Atrocities" in Virginia, Chalkleys Chronicles,
and in the Application For Petition, are all too familiar and too similiar to other, actual circumstances to
be merely coincidental, some of them cannot be taken in any fashion as coincidental, because taken
as a whole, they simply serve to strengthen my assertion that our Thomas Bedsole was in NC and Va.
and the Thomas "Bledsoe" on the Application in Tennessee, in the Indian Atrocities manuscript, and in
the application, are all one and the same. Since our Thomas is only otherwise documented as living in
NC from 1779 through 1798, and he filed his application for pension in 1834, when he lived in
Tennessee, it seems to me that he moved from NC to Va. to NC. About 1834 he moved to
Tennessee, where in 1830, his son Travis and wife Nancy Simmons had moved from NC. Thomas
was 80 years old then, and was 84 when he filed the pension in 1834.

+ Margaret Eakin. 1755- Married on 11/6/1787 in Virginia. So children of Thomas Sr. born after
1787, were half-brother or sisters to those born prior to 1787.
++ Rebecca Jones, 1753-1796. Daughter of Philip (Yes, thats Philip, not Phillip) . Married Thomas
in 1770 in Beaverdam, NC. Died from blood loss following childbirth.

4. Rhoda Bedsole 1789-1875, m.1805...Lived to age 86. Married at age 16.
+ John Parker,(III) , 2/23/1753-7/7/1838. Born and died in Bladen County, NC. Son of
John Parker, Sr. and Rachel Elizabeth Sessoms. A soldier in the Revolutionary War, he applied for
a pension for that service dated April 11, 1782, at Fayetteville, NC.. After he died, Rhoda received a
pension due to his service in the war. They lived in Elizabethtown, NC in 1825.
5. Cynthia Parker,
+ John Williams
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5. Easter Parker, 1788-
5. Sarah "Sally" Parker
5. Thomas R. Parker, 1817-1880
+ Charity Bedsole, 1808-1880
6. Caroline Parker, 1836-1900
6. William T. Parker, 1838-1902
6. Henry W. Parker, 1840-1915
6. Joseph Parker, 1845-1900
+ Charlotte Blue, 8/1851-1925
6. Stephen R. Parker, 1845-3/13/1913
6. Susan Parker, 1847-1915
+ J.W. Carlile...........m. 4/20/1867
6. Jonathan Parker, 1850-1930
6 James Mc Parker, 1852-1933

6. Gibson Parker, 1855-1945

6. Erasmus Parker, 1857-1922

5. Daniel Parker, 1790-1850

+ Sarah Wise

6. Irvin Anderson Parker, 1839-12/29/1920

6. Julia Ann A.J. Parker, 1/23/1841-10/25/1928

6. John Jimsey Jackson Parker, 3/7/1842-1/28/1923

6. Sarah Ann Parker, 10/2/1843-1/28/1923

+ David C. Allen

6. Pherobia Emily Ann M. Parker, 2/9/1846-

+ Lynn V. Brooks

6. Millie L.E. Parker, 1848-1928

6. Peter Francis Mayern Parker, 4/26/1850-8/1878

6. Martha Ann B. Parker, 1851-1920

+ Benjamin Franklin Cockeroft, 7/5/1899-310/14/1943

6. Mary Ann J. Parker, 1851-1915

6. Benjamin Franklin Parker, 1854-4/27/1933

6. Florence Eugenia Parker, 1856-1928

5. Alfred Parker, 1805-1880
+Elizabeth Chestnutt
++Mary ____? 1822-

6. John Parker, 1838

6. Richard P. Parker, 1839-

6. Quilly Parker, 1843-

6. Elizabeth Parker,1844-

6. Jane Parker, 1846-

6. Jesse Parker, 1848-

6. George Parker, 1851

6. Cinthia Parker, 1853-

6. Alfred C. Parker, 1856-

6. Mary Parker, 1858-

5. Simon Peter Parker, 1786-1875. Moved from NC to Dale County, Ala. in 1825.

+ Nancy Hattaway, 1790-1825
++ Francis Hall 1798-1860.........m. 1826
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6. Nancy Parker, 8/1826-9/17/1882

+ Josiah Wise, 9/25/1825-6/26/1914

7. Mary "Mollie" Wise, 1849-1913

7. Peter Taylor Wise, 1/12/1852-1918

7. Dianna Savannah Wise, 10/4/1855-1922

7. Rebecca Matilda Wise, 5/24/1857-5/26/1937

7. Elizabeth Wise, 1868-1930

7. Nathan Parker

+ Martha Ellen Wise

8. Andrew Jackson Parker, 2/3/1869-8/20/1955

6. John Jackson Parker, 07/03/1830-8/21/1865 (He was killed by his brother,
(William Richard Parke)

+ Sarah Sophia Musgrove, 6/4/1834-10/2/1897

6. Peter Parker, 1832-1900

6 William Richard Parker, 1/21/1841-2/7/1921. Killed John Jackson Parker.

6. Nathan Aaron Parker, 8/2/1833-2/18/1923
6. William Jasper Parker, 4/5/1835-12/16/1918
6. Aaron Parker, 1836-Killed in civil war
6. James Parker, 1837- Killed in civil war
6. Mary Ann "Polly" Hall, 3/19/1821-11/22/1907
+ William Henry Farris, 12/2/1818-4/20/1893
7. Barbara Farris, 3/7/1841-2/3/1852
7. James Marion Farris, 8/1/1842-1863 Killed in Civil War.
7. Sarah Farris, 3/8/1844-1935
+ William Norwood
7. Steven Jasper Farris, 7/4/1846-9/28/1916
7. Martin Van Buren Farris, 8/6/1852-6/10/1936
+ Sara Ellen King
7. Elizabeth B. Farris, 12/8/1847-11/14/1919
7. John Jackson Farris, 10/5/1854-3/3/1925
+ Beatrice Elizabeth Kimmey, 9/1/1862-9/13/1951
7. William Newton Farris, 3/13/1857-8/19/1925
6. Daniel Irvin Parker, 1817-1863
6. Sarah "Sally" Parker, 1819-
6. Francis "Fannie" Parker, 3/18/1812 (Francis Halls son)
+ Penelope Edwards, b. 1837
6. Susan Lucinda Parker, 1821-6/10/1891
+ Edward Bedsole, 3/5/1819-10/28/1909. He had 2 with her, Then married
Susan Blackwell.
++ ___?_Parker

7. Hulda Catherine Bedsole, 12/13/1839-2/14/1859
7. Lawrence Hall Bedsole, 1834-1930, Surles, Crenshaw, Alabama..
+ Sophia ___?, 1830-1903, Surles and Sellers Alabama.
8. Clarence Lawrence Bedsole, 1840-1912, Sellers, Alabama.
+____?
7. Margaret Parker
7. David Parker
7. Jonathan Parker
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7. James Decatur Parker
7. Francis Parker
7. Elizabeth Parker
7. William Parker
6. George Parker
5. Patience Parker, 1800-........m. 3/11/1820
+ Holliman Berry
4. Elizabeth Bedsole, 1792-1855, Beaverdam, NC. Moved to Lowndes, Coffee, Ala. 1850.
+Archibald Rials, 1784-1860. He served in the War of 1812.
5. Thomas Rials, 1809-
+ Polly Walker, married 8/8/1815
5. Noal Rials, 1810--
5. Hardy Rials, 1812-
5. David Rials, 1814-

5. Unity Rials,1815-
5. Sara Rials, 1812-
5. Nancy Rials, 1816-
5. William Rials, on Orange County, NC Census, 1810.
5. Jacob Rials, 1819-
+ Martha______?
6. John Rials, 1840-
6. Ransom Rials, 1842-
6. Leanna Rials, 1844-
6. Sylvestra Rials,1848-
5. John Rials, 1831-
5. Delila Rials, 836-
5. Martha Rials,1823-
4. Sarah Bedsole, 1793-1848. Sampson County, NC. Died in Ala.
First marriage on 7/19/1810.
+ Thomas Jones,1776-
++ Thomas Smith, Jr. 1778-
+++ Samuel Humphries...........Married on Dec 15, 1831
++++ Benjamin Muccle,........... m. 7/19/1810, Cumberland County, NC.

5. Elizabeth Smith
+ Levi Jones
5. Stephen Smith
+ Ann Smith
5. Thomas Smith, Jr.
5. Clarey/Clarry Smith, 1803-
+ Owen Jones,1800-.......Note: Her children with Owen Jones were;
6. Calvin Jones
6. Marshall Jones
6. Isaac Jones
++ Nusen/Newsom//Newsome Autry/Autrey, 1801-1870. On the 1800
Cumberland County, NC Census.

6. Calvin Jones
6. Marshall Jones
6. Isaac Jones
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6. Jane Autry
6. Laruth Autry
6. Margaret Autry
6. William Autry
6. Sally Autry
6. Newsom Autry
6. Nancy Autry
6. John Autry
6. Mary Autry, 1840-1935....m. 1/7/1879, Flea Hill, NC
+ William S. Bedsole1838-1908
7. Charlotte A. Bedsole, 12/1868-1940, Robeson, NC.
7. Nancy Bedsole, 1858-1920, Robeson, NC.
5. Sarah Bedsole, 1817-
+ John C. Hall, 1820-

6. Susan Hall, 1843-
6. Elizabeth Hall, 1844-
6. Lucretia Hall, 1846-
6. Isabell Hall, 1850-
4. William Henry Bedsole,1771-1842. Beaverdam and Cumberland, NC.
+ Sara Smythe/Smith b. 1780
5. Charity Bedsole,1802-
+ Thomas Parker, 1800- (Son of Williams sister, Rhoda).
5. Amos James Bedsole, Sr. 1797-, NC. d. Warrenton, Ga. Moved to Ga. 1825-30.
+ Martha Cox b. 1802- in Ga.
6. Martha Ann Bedsole 1841- Georgia
6. Aris Bedsole, 1827- Georgia
6. Elizabeth Bedsole, 1841- Georgia
6. Francis Bedsole, 1834-1900, Warren,Georgia
6. George P. Bedsole, III,1859-1935, Jewells, Warrenton, Ga., ShoeMaker.
6. George Bedsole,1828-1914, Honecutts, NC, Warrenton, Georgia
+ Elizabeth Jane Hall, 1828-1902, Sampson County, NC.
7. Mary C. Bedsole,7/12/1848-5/28/1872.
+ ___?
7. Lula A. Bedsole, 1852-1945, Honeycutts, Sampson County, NC.
+____?
7. George B. Bedsole, 1854-1955, Honeycutts, Sampson County, NC
+____?.
7. Elizabeth Jane Bedsole,1856-1930, Honeycutts, NC.
+____?
6. James A. Bedsole 1840- Georgia
6. Martha Bedsole, 1834-, Ga.
6. Mary Bedsole 1830 Georgia
6. Sarah Bedsole 1836 Georgia
6. Charlotte Bedsole, 1830. Ga.Married 1/3/1850, Muscogee, Ga.
+ Mason F. Bush, 1848- Married 1/3/1850, Muscogee, Ga.
6. Amos James Bedsole, Jr. 1826-
, Ga. School Teacher.
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6. Isaiah Bedsole, 1830-1862. Died in Civil War hospital in Va
+ Sarah F.___?, 1839-1906 (Marion County, Ga.)
7. Elizabeth Bedsole, 1858-1925, Ga.
+_____?
Note: A sad and horrible story. Isaiah, at age 30 went to fight in the civil war after being married a
short time, leaving Sarah above, alone with their baby, and no way to live on her own. They never
saw each other again. He was grievously wounded at Appomatox. He suffered day and night for
over 15 months until he finaly died from his wounds. His wife never remarried and at age 70, was
living with her daughter Elizabeth and her husband, listed above. Isaiahs death notice ; " Bedsole,
Isaiah- private. August 14, 1861. Admitted to Moore Hospital General Hospital # 1, at Danville, Va.
January 16, 1862, and sent to General Hospital at Orange Court House, Va. in 1862. Died in
General Hospital # 2, at Lynchburg, Va. November 24, 1862. Buried there in Confederate Cemetery.
Na. 4, 2d Line, Lot 100-Ford's-Crumpton's D. H" .

6. Frank Bedsole, 1829-
6. Travis Bedsole, 1800-1850 Tenn. married on 11/07/1828.
+ Mary E. Stanley, b. 1835. m. 11/07/1858

7. George Pierce Bedsole, 10/10/1859-4/7/1919, Butts, Warrenton, Ga.
+ Martha Jane Cook, 1854-1923.........m. 9/11/1881, Warrenton, Ga.
8. Leander Bedsole, 9/19/1886-6/24/1966, Warren, Jackson, Ga.
+ Luny Rebecca Minton, b. 1888.
9. Jesse Lee Bedsole, dead. Jewells, Georgia.
9. James Rigdon Bedsole, 12/17/1909-
07/26/1987, Pepperton, Ga.
+ Mary Francis Lawton
10. Barbara Lawton, -1950. Rigdon. not bio. father.
10. Larry Lawton, 1952-
+ Effie Jewel King
10. James Lee Bedsole, 1930-
10. Wayne Stanley Bedsole, 1934-
10. Sandra Bedsole, b. 1936-
9. Walter Wilson Bedsole, 12/29/1917-6/19/2001, Sandy Creek Cem.
Flovilla, Ga. Employed by Pepperton Mills.
+ Gennett Rosser, 10/14/1923-12/15/1987, Flovilla, Georgia.
buried Sandy Creek, Flovilla, Ga. m. 1939
10. Jackie Merrell Bedsole, 11/8/1940-1/21/2009 in Riverdale, Ga..
+ Shirley Gennel/Jennel Sapp, 8/28/1944-1/9/2003, Georgia.
11. Jason Ryan Bedsole,1970-
11.Walter Merrell Bedsole, Married on 11/20/1993.
+ Amey Janet Sanders
++ Rosalinda Ortega Estrella m. 7/16/2004
12. Jason Patrick Ryan Bedsole,1994.
12. Brittany Ann Bedsole,1995-
10. Janet Pauline Bedsole
+ Dewey Herbert Lassiter
11. Ronald Lassiter
+ Shelley Holland
12. Jacob Dale Bedsole, 1987-.Griffin, Ga.
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11. Tina Michelle Lassiter,1969-Griffin, Ga.
+ Letson Wayne Harper, Flovilla, Ga.
12. Bradley Wayne Harper, 1990- Stockbridge.
11. Leann Lassiter
10. Lola Elaine Bedsole,1949-……..Monroe, Ga.
+ Donald Wayne Williams
8. William Travis Bedsole, 9/25/1893-12/19/1968, Greensboro, Ga.
+ Nellie Naomie Dye, 6/9/1897-8/1989, Greensboro, Ga..
9. Eldridge Naomi Dye, b. 1921
+ Robert Albert Channell.
9. William G. Bedsole, 1923-
+ Martha ___? 1925-
10. William G. Bedsole, Jr.-?
10. Phillip Bedsole, 1959-
8. Claude Dewey Bedsole, 6/23/1898-10/1972, Jewells, Greensboro/Sparta, Ga.
+ Cara Poole, m. 8/7/1919 in Jewel, Georgia
++ Allene ___? 11/14/1892-11/1973. Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia.

9. Eleanor Garrison Bedsole, 10/11/1921-
+ ___ Finch
9. Elvie Elizabeth "Betty" Bedsole, b. 7/24/1924
+___Finch
9. John Wilson Bedsole, b. 1927-Dead, Warrenton, Georgia
+ Margaret Grace Finch, 1927-3/26/2001
10. Debra Lynn Bedsole, Dead
10. Gary Michael Bedsole, Dead
10. Kathy Bedsole
+ Fred Edwards
11. David Edwards
11. Jamie Edwards.
9. Holland Goodwin "Holly" Bedsole, 3/2/1929-7/2/1998,Greenview Cemetery,
Greensboro, Ga. US Army.
10. Steve Bedsole
+____?
10. June Bedsole
+ ___ Boswell
8. Clara Bedsole, 11/27/1900-1975
+ Robert Leandra Cumbie
9. Bobby Cumbie
8. Mamie Bedsole,04/1885-
8. Ashley Bedsole,05/1891-1970, Jewells, Georgia.
8. Lucille Bedsole,07/1895-1970, Jewells, Warren, Georgia,
6. George W. Bedsole, b. 1835-1907 m. 10/13/1870, Early County, Ga.
+ Edna Milton, 1850-1915, m.10/13/1870 Early County, Ga.
5. Daniel Bedsole, 1799-1860
5. John B. Bedsole, 01/10/1802-04/04/1882 Cumberland, NC to Old Salem Cemetary, Dale, Ala.
+ Catherine Hair, 04/16/1809-11/28/1890 Clopton, Mt. Enon Cemetary, Henry County, Ala.
Married 1/19/1828, Cumberland County, NC.
6. Stephen Hebbron Bedsole 01/16/1830-9/9/1910. NC, Wrights, Ala. and Mt. Enon Cem.
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Henry County, Ala.

+ Harriett Averette/ Everette 07/16/1832-06/17/1907, NC and Wrights, Henry, Alabama.
7. David B. Bedsole, 1852-1926
+ Martha ___? (Note; Children named McKelsey, are hers but not Stephens).
8. Stanley Bedsole, 10/1899- ..........Montgomery Hill, Alabama.
8. Margaret McKelsey
+___McKelsey
8. Catherine "Kate" Bedsole
+___?
8. James McKelsey
8. Dora McKelsey
7. Matilda Bedsole, 2/24/1867-8/6/1906....m. 7/23/1885, Wrights, in Henry County, Ala.
+ Athanasius John "Balie" Woodham, Jr.7/1851-1924
8. Hiram "Dock" Woodham, 10/1887-1960
+___?
7. Francis "Fannie" Bedsole, 1870-1945, Wrights, Henry, Alabama.
+____?

7. Mary Ann "Molly" Bedsole, 1862-1937, Wrights, Alabama.
+ Abijah Reeder
7. Narcissa, or Norcissa Bedsole,1853-1925, Wrights, Henry County, Alabama.
+____?
7.Debby A. Bedsole, 1853-1930, Wrights, Henry County, Alabama.
+____?

7. Mathenia Bedsole, 1852-12/28/1886. m. 12/23/1883. Wrights, Alabama.Jesse also
married her sister Joanna.
+ Jesse H. Owens, 1/1870-1918 m. 1883. Son of Greenberry Owens and Mary Ann
Strickland.
8. Leamon Owens, 8/30/1887-10/18/1915
+ Martha D. McCraney.
8. Mollie Owens, 1885-
+ C.H. Hodges
++___Adams
8. Gussie Owens, 10/03/1889-9/20/1972
+ Joseph Allen Hicks, 8/28/1883-6/6/1966
9. Remus Allen Hicks, 1906-1974
9. Joseph Foster Hicks, 1910-1972
+ Melonee Hatcher, 1911-1999
9. Marvin Casey Hicks
9. Lehman Lee Hicks, 1916-1957
+ Addie Jewel Tally
9. Haston Allen Hicks
9. Thera Quinton Hicks, 1913-1977
9. Margaret Estelle Hicks
9. Marie Bernice Hicks
9. Betty Delores Hicks
9. Senors Hicks, 12/20/1907-11/13/1990
+ Avis Elaine Clark, 3/18/1913-9/29/2003, m.1/11/1931-
10. Jerry Merle Hicks, 1936-m.5/6/1955
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+ Donald Randall Bailey,
11. Mark Randall Bailey, 1962-
10. Janice Carolyn Hicks,1939-
7. Joanna "Anna" Bedsole,1855-1907....... m. 7/26/`1890. Wrights, Henry County,
Alabama.
+ Jesse H. Owens 1858-1918.
8. Stephen Burl Owens, 1/1892-
8. Mason M. Owens, 12/1898-
8. Mathew Owens, 12/1895-
8. Cullen Owens, 12/1903-
8. Mary Annie Owens, 1904-
8. Henry R. Owens, 1896-
8. Jay Owens, 1905-
8. Addie L. Owens, 1906-
8. Maggie Ann Owens, 1907-
8. Mamie Eva Owens, 1909-
+ ___Champion

8. Arnie Owens
7. Charles Alexander Bedsole, 1859-11/10/1915
+____?
8. Danuel Arvel Bedsole, b.11/2/1884-1922 m. 4/4/1909 Holmes County, Fl.
+ Clifford Monroe Hix, 11/13/1880-5/20/1922
++ Nettie Carroll m. 1/6/1924 (no children of this marriage)
9. Andrew Watson Bedsole, 1/2/1910-3/1981, Fla, and Jay, Fla.
+ Gracie White, 11/21/1920-12/23/2003, Jay, Fla.
10. Ouida May Bedsole (Dead)
10. Robert Bedsole (Dead)
10. Virgle Bedsole, No dates.
10. Ronnie Bedsole, No dates.
10. Kenny Bedsole, No dates.
9. Texie Mae Bedsole 5/10/1914-7/18/2003, Pensacola, FL.
+ John Benjamin Magaha, 9/5/1905-12/13/1982
Married: 7/4/1931 at Jay,Florida.
10. Lana Carole Magaha,1942+
Kenneth Joseph Masat, m. 1962
(divorced 1977)
++ David Lynn Barnes... m. 11/9/1980.

11. Marla Jo Masat,1963-
11. Mark John Masat,1965-
11. Melissa Joy Masat,1970 10.
Glenda Ray Magaha
+ Marvin Moss (Divorced)
11. Michael Moss,1975-
10. Linda Fay Magaha,1946-
+ Arnold Weaver (divorced)
11. John Curtis Weaver 1971-
10. Sharon Sue Magaha, 1950-
+ Dean Kratchmer
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11. Benjamin Kratchmer,1984-
9. Mexie Jay Bedsole, 5/10/1914-6/9/1978 (Man) Army, WW-II
+ Vera Iree Ramsey, 12/21/1916-11/4/2005,
10. Rosa Janell Bedsole,1938-
+ John Edward Droz, (Dead)
11. Lisa Marie Droz,1973-
10. Jerry Arvel Bedsole,1947-
(Single)
7. Henry E.Bedsole, 3/9/1860-10/19/1934, Turners Mill, Wrights, Geneva, Alabama
Buried New Teamon Baptist Cemetery, Slocomb, Alabama.
+ Zylphia Dykes, 7/24/1859-11/17/1936, Barbour County, Ala, Turners Mill, Wrights,
Geneva Alabama. Married 11/8/1883. New Teamon Baptist Cemetery, Slocomb,
Alabama.

8. Daniel A. Bedsole, 10/1884-1965, Geneva, Alabama.
8. Nellie Bell Bedsole, 12/1885-1970 ...m. 11/27/1904, Geneva, Alabama.
+ James E. Blount, 1880- ?
8. Viola "Olah" Bedsole, 3/14/1887-1955.. m. 11/24/1907, Turners Mill, Geneva,

Alabama.

+ James Wesley Smith, m. 11/24/1907
8. Barney C. Bedsole,5/30/1888-1955, Geneva, Alabama
+ Della ___?
9. Adolph Bedsole, 1914-2/3/2004 (Pastor, Panama City, Fla.)..m. 70 years.
Forest Lawn Cemetery.
+ Lillie K.
___ 1/121916-5/20/2004... Forest Lawn Cemetery, Panama City,
Fla.
10. Norma Jean Bedsole
10. Angeline Bedsole
10. Wanda Bedsole
8. James Monroe Bedsole, 11/1888-2/20/1952. Died in Lamar, Georgia.
+ Lura Beatrice Horne, 1890-1965.....m. 9/17/1910 in Geneva, Ala.
9. Bessie Claudette Bedsole, 1912-
+ Augustus Buser.
9. Byrd Calvin Bedsole, 2/27/1925-6/4/2005. Holley Hills Memorial Cemetery.
Hood County, Texas
Born in Milner Georgia and died in Texas.

+ Patsy___?
10. Robert Pierce Bedsole, Abilene, Texas
+ Genevieve___?
10. Susan Bedsole, Fort Worth, Texas
+ Byron Brown.
10. Ann Bedsole, Fort Worth, Texas.
+___Hitt,
9. James Willis Bedsole, 1914-
9. Ruby Jewel Bedsole, 1916-
9. Mable Ruth Bedsole, 1918-, Virginia.
+ Aubrey Messing
9. Clyde Bedsole, 1920-
9. James Monroe Bedsole, Jr., 1922-
9. Oradelle Bedsole, 1923-
8. J.C. Bedsole
8. Clifford H. Bedsole, 11/13/1880-5/20/1992, Geneva Cem. Ala.
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+ Annie D. Holland, 6/20/1891-8/23/1940...m. 10/20/1907, Geneva Cem., Ala.
8. William E. Bedsole, 12/23/1889-12/24/1974, Cedar Creek, NC, Geneva Cem.,
Ala.
8. Minnie L. Bedsole,4/2/1891-1968.... m. 12/1/1907, Geneva, Alabama.
+ I.H. Thweatt
9. Mickey Bedsole,1914-
+ Della ___?
8. Anna N. Bedsole, 6/1892-1970, ....m. 11/10/1907, Geneva, Alabama.
+ Cody Hartzog, 1890-
8. Walter Edca Bedsole, 8/29/1893-5/12/1968. New Teamon Cem. Slocomb, Ala.
+ Nettie Mae Lee, 11/9/1894-7/31/1981 m. 2/8/1920. Born in Geneva County, Ala.
Died in Escambia County, Pensacola Fla.
9. Floyd Lee Bedsole, 8/22/1925-6/25/2002.…m.9/3/1959, Pensacola, Fla.
Born in Alabama. Died in Florida.

Virginia Aileen Owens, 3/12/1926- Kentucky.

10. Virginia Lee Bedsole, 4/12/1960-…..m. 12/31/1985, Pensacola, Fla.
+ Michael William Hollingsworth, 4/6/1952- Lake City, Fla.
11. William Lee Hollingsworth, 1986- Pensacola, Fla.
11. Katherine Aileen Hollingsworth, 1989- Pensacola, Fla.
11. Emily Diane Hollingsworth, 1999- …Pensacola, Fla.
9. Cecil Anson Bedsole, 9/29/1920-6/1980, Alabama. No marriage or children.
8. Charlotte "Lottie" S. Bedsole, 10/1896-1972, Geneva, Alabama.
8. Chester "Cheston" Arthur
Bedsole, 1899-1970. Born in Slocomb, Geneva,
Alabama
+ Liamie Lou ___?, b. 1897
++ Fannie Lou Seay, b. 1896, Ala.. Married, in Dothan, Alabama.
9. Eura Bedsole, b. 1920
+ Charles William Rash, Dothan
9. Tollie Bedsole, 10/30/1926-12/18/1997. U.S. Navy, WWII. Cobb-Wilson
Cemetery, Clarke County, Ala.
8. Raiford Bedsole, 11/18/1893-3/20/1960, m.12/8/1918, Ponce DeLeon, Fla.
+ Vircey May Miles12/24/1898-3/10/1983 Ponce DeLeon, Fla Cemetery..
9. Ann Bedsole
+ ___Wilson
9. Mary Bedsole, 9/3/1924-3/4/2003, Nassau, NY
+___ Andrews
9. Glyndol Bedsole
+___Commander
8. Clara Bedsole
+___Sansom
8. Rosada Bedsole
+___Clark
8. Alice Bedsole
+___Lee
8. Travis Bedsole, 10/9/1830-10/28/1906, Cross Creek Cemetery # 4, Fayetteville,
NC
+____?
9. Thomas S. Bedsole, 5/1883-1950, Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC.
7. Joanna "Anna" Bedsole, 1855-1907 m. 7/26/`1890.
+ Jesse H. Owens 1858-1918.
8. Stephen Burl Owens, 1/1892-
8. Mason M. Owens, 12/1898-
8. Mathew Owens, 12/1895-
8. Cullen Owens, 12/1903-
8. Mary A. Owens, 1904-
8. Henry R. Owens, 1896-
8. Jaye (Joanna?), 1905-
8. Addie L. Owens, 1906-
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8. Margaret "Maggie" Ann Owens, 1907-
8. Mamie Eva Owens, 1909-
+ ___Champion
8. Annie Owens

8. Lela Bedsole, 04/1887-
8. Julia Bedsole, 05/1898-
8. Hazel Burma Bedsole, 05/17/1874-07/05/1960. Eufaula, AL.
+____Searcy
++____Lewis

9. Truman Lewis
9. Donald Lewis
9. Judy Lewis
9. Alice Lewis
8. Connie P. Bedsole 1915-
8. Elizabeth Bedsole 1917-
8. Julia Bedsole 05/13/1893-08/15/1968.
+ ___Bush
8. Howard Eugene Bedsole, 12/15/1917-4/15/1978, Ala.
+ Lelia Myrtice Creel, 4/20/1918-9/11/1999 Georgia, Texas.
9. Jimmy Hugh Bedsole,1939-, Abbeville, Ala.
+ Shirley Ann Bedsole,1943- Columbus, Ga.
10. Richard Keith Bedsole,1960-Columbus, Ga.
+ Unmarried. No children.
10. Robert Hugh Bedsole, 1967-Columbus, Ga.
+ April Bell/ Bedsole,1975- Lithia Spngs, Ala.
11. Aaron Dell Bedsole,1984-at Lithia Spngs
11. Robert Hugh Bedsole, Jr.,1996- At Lithia Springs, Ala.
10. Donald Eugene Bedsole,1946.-
+ Pamela Bedsole
11. Joshua Blake Bedsole, 1987-
11. Frankie Bedsole (Adopted)
11..Chris Bedsole (Adopted)
7. Stephen Lee Bedsole, 01/17/1865-03/26/1934, Edwin, Alabama.
+ Bernia or Burmah, Bowden. 05/1875-
++ Nancy Lucinda Woodham 01/08/1852-06/07/1897.m. 1/24/1886
+++ Zylphia Dykes b. 7/24/1859-11/17/1936 m. 11/8/1883, Turners Mill, Alabama.

8. Julia Bedsole, 5/1893-..., Edwin, Alabama.
+____?
8. Mary "Mollie" Bedsole
+____?
8. William "Willie" Bedsole, 1/1896-1970, Edwin, Alabama.
+____?
8. Lila Bedsole, 4/1887-
....Alabama
+____?
8. Eugene Bedsole,(Sr.) b. 11/23/1889-10/29/1936
+ Mattie Bush 07/03/1897-06/06/1977. Daughter of Zack and Martha.
9. William Lloyd Bedsole, b. 7/28/1912-10/02/1989. Georgia. Died in Mobile, Ala.
+ Edith Peterson-Hafner, b. 01/08/1916- 03/30/1986
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++ Nell P. Bedsole, 02/11/1928-08/31/2001 Lung Cancer.

10. John Lloyd Bedsole, 1938-
+ Mary Fances McFarland-McCulvey, 1936- ….m. 1959
11. Catherine Michelle Bedsole, 1959-

+ Not married, Rodrigo Hernandez.
++ Domingo Hernandez, Sr.
12. Hilary Frances Hernandez, ……m. 2004
+ Oceas "Oscar" Aviles
13. Sarah Elizabeth Aviles, 2001-
13. Sofia Maria Aviles, 2003-
12. Domingo Hernandez, Jr. 1979-
+ Jessica ___?
13. Ava Soleil Hernandez, 2008-
12. Steven Michael Bedsole, 1976-
+ Wendy Gay Turnage, 1969-…m. 1997, Div. 2007
++ Jennifer Leilani Howell, 1975- ….m. 2007
13. Emily Leilani Bedsole, 2008-
11. Susan Bedsole, 1962-
+ George Garber, 1958-
12. Andrew Garber, 1988-
+ Malinda Salcido AndI,
13. Samara Sunshine Garber
12. Patricia Garber, 1990-
12. Alexander Garber, 1994-
11. Paul Bedsole, 1960-
+ Susanne Serrell, 1948-
10. Mary Alice Bedsole-Carothers,1937-
+ Jewel Boggs
++ Russell Carothers, 1957-
11. Debbie Boggs
12. Christopher Bedsole
12. Nell Ann Bedsole
11. Christopher Carothers
11. Beth Carothers
+ Helser ___?
10. Judy Ann Bedsole-Gautier,1941-
+ Tommy Monroe Gautier,1939-, Texas
11. Melinda Sue Gautier-Remore
+Bobby Joe Remore
12. Jeffrey Remore
12. Phillip Remore
11. Stephen Paul Gautier
9. Faydell Bedsole, b. 08/05/1919-6/20/1985
+ John Mack Price, 8/17/1912-12/12/1965
8. James M. Bedsole 03/11/1892-07/01/1903. Edwin, Alabama, Mt. Enon Cemetery
+ Ibeona Foy, 4/19/1895-7/15/1969, Buried Geneva, Ala.
9 . Clarence Curtis Bedsole, 1/7/1920-8/6/1983
+ ____?
8. Relo Bedsole, 4/1887-
8. Ora Bedsole, 08/1888- Edwin, Alabama.
+____?
9. Mollie (Mary?) Owens
9. Leamon L. Owens

8. Susan "Gussie" Owens, 10/03/1889-9/20/1972
+ Joseph Allen Hicks, 8/28/1883-6/6/1966
9. Remus Allen Hicks, 1906-1974
9. Joseph Foster Hicks, 1910-1972
+ Melonee Hatcher, 1911-1999
9. Marvin Casey Hicks
9. Lehman Lee Hicks, 1916-1957
+ Addie Jewel Tally
9. Haston Allen Hicks
9. Thera Quinton Hicks, 1913-1977
9. Margaret Estelle Hicks
9. Marie Bernice Hicks
9. Betty Delores Hicks
9. Senors Hicks, 12/20/1907-11/13/1990
+ Avis Elaine Clark, 3/18/1913-9/29/2003, m.1/11/1931-
10. Jerry Merle Hicks, b. 1936-m.5/6/1955
+ Donald Randall Bailey,
11. Mark Randall Bailey, 1962-
10. Janice Carolyn Hick,1939-
8. George Hugh "Huey", "Gehugh",
Bedsole, 01/04/1895-08/11/1960 .
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+ Linnie Dykes-Bedsole . 1900-1968, Married 7/30/1916.
9. Harold Hugh Bedsole, 9/8/1925-1983 Raleigh, NC
+ Earlene C. Wison, ....She was also married to Thomas Otha Wilson
10. Donald Ray Bedsole, Salisbury, NC.
10 Richard H. Bedsole, Salisbury, NC.
10. Ronald D. Bedsole, Tampa, Fla.
10. Pamela Bedsole
+___Parks, Lexington, Ky.
9. Wilberlene Bedsole 05/11/1917-4/15/1998
+ Clyde___?
9. Betty Jean Bedsole
+ Dasinger, Living, Columbus, Ga.
9. Joe Lee "Jack" Bedsole, 10/23/1922-12/2/2002, Georgia.
+ Fannie Mae Hatfield, 6/17/1884-1990, Eufaula, Ala.
Daughter of William Hatfield & Irene Austin
10. Jolene Bedsole, b. 1948
+ John ___?
11. Joe ___?
11. Lee___?
9. Harold Lavone Bedsole,12/18/1921- 12/1979, Fayetteville, NC, Eufaula, Ala.
+ Alberta Loraine Bovee 1928 Calif -2003 Ala.
10. Barbara Lee Bedsole, 1946- ?
+ Julian McLure
11. Staci Jo McLure, b. 1965
+ Alex Merchant
12. Joshua Alexander McLure, 1987-
12. Morgan Lavone MClure,1991-
12. Meghan Leann McLure

11. Michael Shane McLure, 1969-
+ Candice Zeally 1971-
12. Michael Shane McLure, II, 1991-
12. Marissa Bryanne 1995-
10. Michael Joseph Bedsole,
+ Cynthia Gail Foster, 1954-
11. Michael Joseph Bedsole, II 1977-
+ Misty Gail Humphries, 1977-
10. Mary Elizabeth Bedsole 1952-1954-
10. Donald Bedsole
9. Henry Carlton Bedsole 11/18/1927-2/6/1982
+ Emma Nadine Tew, 4/6/1930-5/14/1997
10. Herchel Loyd Bedsole 7/29/1950-4/10/1983
+ Alice ___?
11. Herchel Loyd Bedsole, II
11. Daughter___?
10. Dean Bedsole
9. Wilburn Bedsole
+ Janella ___?
10. Harold Bedsole
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10. Albert Bedsole
10. Kyle Bedsole
10. Allan Bedsole, 1982-
9. Barbara Bedsole
8. John Thomas Bedsole,12/28/1911-3/15/2003,Geneva Co, AL Houston County, AL
+ Allie Mae Dorriety, 3/16/1915-, Bullock County, Ala.
11/6/1999, Houston Co, AL. m. 5/9/1931, Dothan, Ala
9. William Keneith Bedsole, Colonel, Army..1934-.............Enterprise, Ala.
+ Dorothy Sue Pope, b. Geneva Co, AL. m. 11/10/1956, Geneva, Enterprise, Ala.
10. Timothy Keith Bedsole, Lt. Col., Army, 1957-.
+ Tammie Rene Hall, 1980
11. Timothy Keith Bedsole, Jr. ,1980-
+ Janice Given
12. Jacob Daniel Bedsole, 2005-
10. Larry Alan Bedsole,6/16/1962-11/10/1992, Wurzburg, Germany. Ala. and
Ky.
10. Dale Anthony Bedsole, 1965, Ft. Benning, GA.
8. Ruby Lee Bedsole, 10/18/1904-3/1983, Spring Lake, NC
+ Elizabeth Katherine "Lucy"___? 7/18/1848-
6. John Washington Bedsole, 12/03/1860-1920, Buried Mt. Enon Cemetery, Henry County, Alaba
+ Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Hartzog, 1846-1947.
++ Espy Agnes Hartzog
7. Malcolm Mackelroy Bedsole, Sr. 1884-
+ Alice Lee Braxton, 1887-1973, m. July 12, 1907. Jackson County, Fla.
8. Malcolm Mackelroy "Mackey" Bedsole, Jr.1919-2004
+ Clara Belle Morris, 2/22/1914-8/12/2003..........m. 1938, Belle Glade, Fla.
9. Malcolm Mackelroy Bedsole, III. b. ? d. 3/15/1985.
9. Arlyce Ann Bedsole

+______?

9. Guerry Bedsole
+_______?
9. Jaye Mackey Bedsole
+_______?
9. James M. Bedsole, 1952-. Living, St. Augustine, Fla.
+_______?
7. Joseph Charles Bedsole, Sr.1918-
+_____?
8.Joseph Charles Bedsole, Jr.
+______?
7.Sara B. Bedsole

+ ____Hughes
7. Ella Alice " Coot" Bedsole, 12/11/1975-
+ ____Lytell
8. ____Bedsole
+_____?
8. _____Bedsole
+____?
7. William Joel Bedsole, Malvern Cemetery, Geneva County, Alabama.
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+____?

8. JT Bedsole
+____?
9. Charles Bedsole
+____?
7. Jessie M. Bedsole, 6/9/1873-10/29/1955, Bethlehem Cem, Coffee County, Ala.
+ Mary S. Smith, 4/17/1873-2/21/1976, Bethlehem Cem..
7.. Lucy Catherine Bedsole, 4/9/1854-5/10/1933, Bethlehem Cem. Coffee County, Ala.
7. John Daniel Bedsole, 1883-1855.
+ Sarah Melissa Caroline Underwood, 1885-
8. William Harvey Bedsole, 2/24/1902-6/25/1944, Clayton, Ala., Riverdale Cemetery,
Columbus, Ga.
+ Hattie Marie Zorn, 8/19/1905-3/12/1962, Riverdale Cemetery.Columbus, Ga.
9. Margaret Bedsole, 3/21/1921-10/19/2007, Ala. and Fla.
+____Smith
9. Sarah Melissa Bedsole,
+____Mclure
9. Jewel Gladys Bedsole, 1920-
+___DeMiller
9. Thelma Amelia Bedsole, 8/21/1922-3/16/1998,......m. 4/16/1942. Died in
Arkansas.
+ Samuel Bluford St. John, Sr. 1920-11/5/1976, Warren, Arkansas.
10. Marilyn Wanda St. John
+ Damon Doss
11. Melissa Doss
+ Samuel Graham
12. Samuel Wade Graham
12. Stephanie Amelia Graham

11. Rebecca Doss
11. Natalie Doss
+ Tommy green
12. Katherine Green
12. Madison Green
10. Linda Diane St. John
+ Thomas Golden
10. Karen Amelia St. John
+ Joseph Anders
11. Alicia Anders
+ Chad Davidson
12. Caleb Davidson
12. Jacob Riley Davidson
11. Heather Anders
+ Anthony Owen
10. Samuel Bluford St. John, Jr.
+ Carol Ann Stanton-Taylor St. John
11. Sarah Elizabeth St. John
+ David Anthony Morris
11. Adam Bluford St. John
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10. Neil Alan St. John
+ Regina Isom, PhD.
8. Margaret Louise Bedsole, Montgomery, Ala.
+ James Smith
8. Sarah Melissa Bedsole. Arvada, Colorado
+ James McClure
8. Tump Woods, 8/20/1933-5/21/2008. m. 7/24/1953
+ Billie L. Crawford, 10/6/1934-
9. Jerry Alan Woods
+ Janet Ingram
9. Bruce Kevin
+ Michelle Stagg
8. Thomas Edward Woods
8. Jimmy Woods
8. Carolyn Janice Woods
+ Ruppert Douglas
++ Bob Gray
8. Janice Woods
8. Betty Sue Woods
+ Bobby Lamar
7. Rebecca "Becky" Bedsole
7. Catherine Elizabeth Bedsole
+ Joshua W. Collins
7. George Washington Bedsole, Sr. 1880-2003
+ Bannie McKnight, 1881-
8. George Washington Bedsole, Jr., PhD.11/09/1919-4/5/2003, Al. & La. Army,
WW-II. Greenlawn Mausoleum
In Hammond, Louisiana

+ Cecil Reinken, 1922-......Amite, Louisiana
9. Brenda Bedsole-Ricks, Judge, Amite, Louisiana.
+ Robert Gordon Ricks
10. Michael Brandon Ricks
10. Robert William Ricks
9. George Alan Bedsole
+ Margaret Woodard...Divorced, No Children
9. Robert Lee Bedsole. Divorced.
+ Krispin Patrice Caldwell....Divorced.
10. Rachel Leigh Bedsole
10. Laura Elizabeth Bedsole
+ ___ Larmore ?
10. Joseph Lee Bedsole
8. Wilmer Ray Bedsole, Deceased.9/25/1933-2/13/2005, Fla. USMC, Lakeland
Memorial Gardens, Lakeland, Fla.
+ Lonnie Davis....Deceased
8. Vergil Lee Bedsole, Deceased. No Children. UnMarried.
8. Blanche Bedsole
+ Richard Hubert Woods
9. James "Jimmy" Woods
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9. Edward Woods
9. Richard Hubert "Tump" Woods, Jr.
9. Betty Sue Woods
+ ___ Rash
9. Janice Woods
+ ___ Gray
8. Beatrice Bedsole
8. James Martin Bedsole 1890-1963
+ Mattie Parker 1896-1960
9. Floyd Martin Bedsole, 1920-1988
+ Mildred Earline Smith 1913-1988
10. Herschel Floyd Bedsole 1935-
+ Elizabeth Calhoun
10. Leon Linward Bedsole, 1939-
+ Patricia Bowdin 1941-
10. Peggy Ann Bedsole, 1948-
+ Steve Calhoun Devorest, 1947-
9. Amanda Bedsole, 1917-
9. Clarence Bedsole, 7/14/1916-01/1986
9. Eliza Bedsole, 1915 .......A male.
9. George Vickous Bedsole, 10/1/1922-6/1974, Columbus, Georgia
+ Annie Jewell Starling
10. Iowana Bedsole
10. Malinda Bedsole
10. Roger Martin Bedsole, 5/25/1951-11/13/2007, Columbus, Ga.
Parkhill Cemetery.
+ Brenda Holder
++ Nikki___?

11. Brian Bedsole
+___?
12. Paige Bedsole
12. Austin Bedsole
12. Autumn Bedsole
11. Clint Bedsole
11. Allison Bedsole
+ Chris Spradlin.....Macon, Ga.
12. Ashley Spradlin
12. Katie Spradlin
10. Melinda Bedsole, (Jr.)
+ Gerry Kinnon. Fortson, Ga.
10. Allaine Bedsole...St. Simons, Ga.
+ Keith Ridenour
10. Iowana Bedsole
+ Kenneth Tate,......... Columbus, Georgia
10. George Rudolph Bedsole, Columbus, Ga.
+ Reka ___?
9. Hubert Bedsole, 3/28/1926-1/1973, Ala. Fla.
7. Matilda Bedsole, 1867-1930...m. 1/3/1878
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+ Alexander Sloam, 1865-
7. Francis Bedsole, 1869-
7. Joanna Bedsole, 1871-
6. William B. Bedsole, 6/5/1848-6/12/1932, Bethlehem Cem. Coffee County, Ala.
+ Lucy Catherine Wise 4/9/1854-5/10/1933..m. 1870
7. Jesse M. Bedsole, 6/1874-1950. Kimmeys Mill, Alabama.
+ Mary S. ___? 4/1874-1950, Holley Kimmeys Mill, Alabama.
8. William Jesse Bedsole, 9/25/1892-12/1968. Died in Georgia.
+ Rebecca D ____, 8/17/189--3/27/1971
8. Clifford Bedsole, 4/1896-1986., Holley Kimmeys Mill, Alabama.
+ Viola ___?. 1894-1970.
8. Oscar L. Bedsole, 3/1898-1980.
8. Alto Bedsole, 4/6/1906-8/1980, Buried New Home Cemetery, Basin Community,
Alabama.
+ Missouri___?, Buried New Home Cemetery, Basin Community, Ala.
9. Janie Bedsole,
+ James Poston
10. Sarah Poston
+ ___? Phillips
10. Charles Gainey Poston
7. Minnie Lee Bedsole, 1906-1909
7. William Franklin Bedsole, 11/30/1879-4/5/1900..Bethlehem Cemetery, Crenshaw, Alabama.
+ Louisa Farris, 1880-1976.
8. One child. A daughter. Name and Dates unknown. Probably died when mother died.
7. James Travis Bedsole, 10/1/1893-9/1965, Ala. and Fla.
7. Rebecca Elizabeth "Lizzie" and "Becky"
Bedsole, 11/1876-1950, Coffee County, Alabama.
+_______?
7. Elbert Willey Bedsole, 7/1/1883-

+ Louisa Farris
7. Jack Bedsole, 8/1886-1967
+ Janie ___? 1895-1970.
8. Alain Bedsole, Dates not known.
8. Onita Bedsole, Dates not known.
7. Mary Ida Bedsole, 1889-
7. James "Jessie" Morgan Bedsole, 6/9/1873-10/29/1955 (Bethlehem Prim. Bap. Cem.)
+ Mary S. _____?, 4/17/1873-2/21/1966. (Bethlehem Prim. Bap. Cem).
8. James Huey Bedsole, 12/25/1908-5/1978, Godwin, NC.
+ Doris Marie Spiegner
9. James Wendell Bedsole, 1953- .... Eye Doctor, Montgombery.
+ Pamela Lynn Perry,1953-
10. Anna Marie Bedsole, 1988-
10. James Daniel Bedsole, 1990-
8. Alto Bedsole, 4/24/1906-8/16/1980, Elba, Alabama, New Home Cem(Basin).
+ Missouri Bedsole, 11/6/1908-11/25/1974, New Home Cem.(Basin)
9. Orell Bedsole, 1920- ?
+ ___?
9. Janie Bedsole, 1924 -7/1/2007
+ James A. Poston
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10. Sarah Poston
+___Phillips
10. Charles Gainey Poston
+_____?
9. Oscar Bedsole, 1898-
+______?
7. Richard Bedsole,1896-1970, NC
7. David McKinsey Bedsole, 9/28/1870-1948, Elba, Alabama.
7. Andrew Jackson Bedsole, 8/17/1886-
+ ____?
8. William Jefferson Bedsole, 12/29/1890-2/1/1924, Alabama.
+ Mattie ___?, 10/15/1887-1/6/1916, Bethlehem Cem. Montgomery County, Alabama.
9......They had 7 children. Names, sex, dates
6. Janet Bedsole, 1832-
+ Malcom Hair, 1830-
6. Sarah Bedsole, 1834-
6. Mary Bedsole, 1837-, in Ga.
6. Nancy Bedsole, 1836-
6. Emmaline Bedsole, 1840-
+ Bryant W.E.R. Smith
7. Mary Smith, 4/17/1873-2/21/1966 Wife of Jessie Bedsole
7. Verity Smith, 1880-1959
7. Mansfield Smith, 1872-1959
+ Evenia Donaldson
6. Cherry A. Bedsole,1842-1843..... Died as Child.
6. Penny Ann Bedsole,1844-1845........Died as Child.
6. William S. Bedsole, 07/11/1844-03/03/1922 Richards, Barbour, and Camp Springs
`
Cemetery, Henry County, Ala.

+ Mary Catherine Clark, 11/5/1849-3/1/1934, Richards. Barbour,Buried Camp Springs
Cemetery, Ala.
7. Orrie or "Oree" Bedsole, Female.1879-1960, Richards, Barbour,Alabama.
+____?
7. Clarence Americus Bedsole,1869- (last name sometimes BLEDSOE).
+Amanda Crumpton m. 1/26/1886 in Ga.
++ Erin Culpepper, 1/27/1877-1948 in Orlando...m. 11/29/1900, Henry County, Ala..

8. Lillie M. Bedsole, 1898-1973
8. Azie Bedsole, 1902-1981
8. L.V. Bedsole, 1904-1975
8. John D. Bedsole,1905-1984
8. Ira D. Bedsole,1908-1990
+ wifes name unknown___?
8. Roswell Burns Bedsole, 1/13/1887-1/15/1931, Friendship Cem., Malone,
Fla.
+Josephine "Josie" Ophelia Culbreath, 11/08/1892-08/27/1980 Friendship
Cem. Malone, Fla.
++ Kitty Clyde Tolar.

9. Howard Baker Bedsole,1908-1988, Bartow, Fla.
+Mary Elizabeth Spurlock, 12/14/1916-10/26/1994
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++ Francis Booth, 7/10/1917- 1/29/2008.

10. Roswell Burns Bedsole, II
+ Sandra Jean Goff
11. Carole Lynne Bedsole
11. Laura Ann Bedsole, Rev., Dr. Of Divinity.
+ Reuben Jesus Briones, 1987-
++ Adam Lloyd Larmore
12. Brandi Elizabeth Larmore, 1992-
12. Brandon Lloyd Larmore, 1994-
10. Howard Baker Bedsole, Jr, 7/14/1944-9/11/2008, Atlanta,
Georgia and Bartow, Fla. Teacher.
+ Gail L. ___?
11. Charles Bedsole
11. Marilee Bedsole, Winter Haven, Fla.
+ Charles Hinchman
11. Cynthia Fetterhoff-Kennedy, Lakeland, Fla.
+ ___ Fetterhoff
++____Kennedy
11. Shaun Bedsole, Lakeland, Fla.
11. Dillon Bedsole
11. Hunter Bedsole
10. Jeanette Bedsole
+ ___? Kieffer, St. Augustine, Fla.
10. Bernard Bedsole, Columbus, Ga.
9. John Clarence Bedsole, Sr. 11/10/1909-12/1/1967, m. 6/9/1935
Friendship Cem, Malone, Fla..
+ Myrtle Lee Paulk, 9/17/1919-6/23/1991, Ala.and Georgia.,
Friendship Cem.

10. John Clarence Bedsole, Jr., 1/12/1944-10/14/2004,
Meadowlawn Cemetery, Enterprise, Ala.,Lt. Col., Army.
+ Dorothy Marie Glover, 1946- Div.1978.
11. Elizabeth Marie Bedsole, 1969-
11. John Clarence Bedsole, III, 1972-
+ Stephanie McWhorter.
10. Patricia Ann Bedsole,1936-...........m. 12/26/1965.
+ Fauline Jordan Mathis, m.12/26/1965
10. Jacquelyn Bedsole,1938-
+ ____Welburn
9. Lee Edward Bedsole
+ Ethel Brelett, 10/24/1912-6/1985,
9. Frankie D. Bedsole
+ Myrtle Smith, 9/21/1911-12/11/1935. Friendship Cem., Malone, Fla.
10. Christine Bedsole
+ William L. Benner
11. Speedy Benner
11. Nyma Benner
11. Tina Benner
11. Byron Benner
10. Josie R. Bedsole
9. Essie May Bedsole
+ J.J. Maddox
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9. Esther May Bedsole
+ Sandlin Ingram
10. Samuel Allen Ingram
10. Billy Ray Ingram
10. Nyaka Ingram
10. Josetta Ingram
10. Eddie Ingram
8. Daniel Monroe Bedsole, Known as "Monroe" 6/27/1881-10/30/1969
+ Jenes R. "Jeter" 11/24/1884-8/23/1969.
9. Chester A, Bedsole, 1907-
9. Beatrice L. Bedsole, 1907-9/12/1999
8. George Bedsole,1877-1943
+ Baney____? 1875-1925
9. Wilma Bedsole, Son, , 9.
Vergal Bedsole1/23/1908-8/1971, Baton Rouge, La.
9. Blanche Bedsole, 1902-
9 George Bedsole, Jr., 1910-
8. Martin Bedsole,1899-1983
8. Foy Lee Bedsole, 9/1891-1959. Hattiesburg,Taylor, Ala. m.7/10/1910.
+ Mary Jane Stewart, 5/11/1892-7/10/1976.
9. Henry Lee Bedsole, 2/19/1912-4/5/1959, Columbus Ga. Riverdale
Cemetery.
8. John Lloyd Bedsole, 10/2/1919-9/1/1995.Muscogee County, Ga.
+ Vallie Ruth Montgomery. 2/14/1905-5/1986. Died in Fla. 34248.
10. Catherine Michelle Bedsole, 1959-

+___?

11. Steven Michael Bedsole, 1976-
+ Jennifer Leilani Howell, 1977-
12. Emily Leilani Bedsole, 2008-
10. Susan Bedsole
+___?
10. Paul Bedsole
+___?
9. Wallace Ray Bedsole, 3/30/1921-1/13/1929.
9. Leddie Opel Bedsole, 6/3/1925-1937
9. Wesley Bedsole, 5/17/1923- 1/10/1969, Alabama, Oak Hill Cem., Aloha,
Michigan.
9. Bonnie Ciel Bedsole, 8/21/1928-2/14/1998
9. Mary Franise Bedsole, 6/5/1930-6/11/1993
9. Paul Stewart Bedsole, 11/18/1935-1939
9. Willie Wynell Bedsole,1933- No DoD.
+ Everett M. Tribble, 1924-No Dod.Macon, Ga.
++ Virgil M. Dunn, m. 1963. died in 1978.
10. Angelia Marie Bedsole, 1959- No Dod.
+ Horace Lamar Scroggs, m. 1956
++ ____Tribble, m.1953..Divorced.
+++____Wilson

11. Solomon Lamar Scroggs,.1983-No Dod.
11. Jessica Marie Scroggs,1980-No DoD.
+ Tommy Hunt, b.1980-
9. Infant Bedsole..No name..11/13/1913-12/13/1913.
8. Rosebud Bedsole, 1893-1961
8. James "Jimmie" Bedsole,1893-1947
8. William Oliver Bedsole, Sr. 3/16/1895-9/15/1966, Halesburg, Henry, Alabama.
+ Annie __? 1896-, b. in Ga.
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9. Clarence Americus. Bedsole, II, 9/26/1917-7/1990, Eastman, Georgia.
9. Luther Thomas (LT) Bedsole, 2/8/1919-1/20/1994
9. Florence Bedsole,1929-
9. Thomas L. Bedsole, 2/8/1919-1/20/1994, Ga.
+ Charlotte ___?
9. Geraldine Bedsole,1921-
9. Annie M. Bedsole, 1923-
9. Mack Bedsole, 10/9/1926-11/1/2006, Georgia.
+ Grace M. ___? 2/4/1922-03/04/2004
9. William Oliver Bedsole, Jr. 1925/-7/18/1988, Eastman, Ga.
+ Mary Elizabeth Jones, 1928-
10. Stacy Bedsole, 5/17/1948-10/1970, Georgia.
+____?
7. Vassie Bedsole,1870-1950, Richards, Alabama.
+ Dan Beasley, 1868-1946, Richards, Alabama.
7. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bedsole,1871-1950, Richards, Alabama.
7. Addie Bedsole, 1873-1956.......m. 2/22/1891 Eufaula, Ala., Richards And Barbour
County, Alabama.

+ John Jackson Dominey, 1870-1950, Farmer, Alabama.
7. Adam Bedsole, 1877-1953, Newton Cemetery, Newton, Ala.
+ ___?
7. Mary Anna Bedsole, 9/16/1873-1934, Newton Cemetery, Newton, Ala.
+ John Gardner………..Maysville, Arkansas.
7. Luther Henry Bedsole,6/1875-1961 Newton Cemetery, Dale County, Ala.
+ Ada Emma Morrison, 5/1878-1908, Starr Hill, Alabama....m. 1899.
++ Ada Benton, 1877-1961, Alabama
8. Nettie Bedsole, 12/25/1913-3/23/1999
+ Marcus Standifer.
8. Paul Bedsole, 1/13/1898-8/1984, Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.
8. Thomas Franklin Bedsole, 5/15/1900-11/2/1973, Newton Cemetery, Newton,
Ala.
+ Bonnie Quattlebaum
9. Adeane Bedsole, 4/4/1923-2006, Alabama.
+ William Gresham, 1/25/1918-2/7/1974
10. Jolene Gresham, 2/7/1953-2/7/1953. Born Dead.
9. Sybil Bedsole, 1/8/1925-2002, Alabama, Georgia.
+ Ronald Lamar Trammel
10. Rhonda Trammel
+___ Pate
10. Tina Trammel
+ Jerry Patterson
10. Pamela Trammel, Lake Seminole, Ga.
9. Blanche Bedsole, 1/10/1927-12/17/1927, Baby. Newton, Ala.
9. Betty Bedsole, 4/22/1928-
+ James W. Adcock, 8/20/1920-2000.
++ Alvin Pruett, 4/6/1922-10/16/1947
10. ___Pruett
10. ___Pruett
10.___Pruett
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9. James Franklin Bedsole, 1930-
+ Betty Jean Sawyer, 1933-
10. Andrew Bedsole
10. Amy Bedsole
9. Joanne Bedsole,1932-
+ William Malone King, 1927-
10. Eva King
10. Jane King
10. Thomas King
10. Billy King
10. Eric King.
9. Jacquelyn Bedsole,1937-
9. Martha Bedsole, 1934-
+ James Acree,
++ Earl McIntyre, 1910-1997
10. Bonnie Acree
10. Roger Acree

8. Emma Bedsole, 1903-1967, Alabama.
+ Grady Quattlebaum, 1900-1973
9. Leonard Quattlebaum
8. William W. Bedsole, 10/20/1905-12/18/1969, Newton Cemetery, Newton, Ala.
+____?
9. Two un-named infant sons. Newton Cem. Dale County, Ala.
8. Benjamin Bedsole,6/30/1908-8/14/1991, Tavares, Fla. and Ohio.
+ Jane Kertz, 1910-
++ Betty Jean Croly Littlejohn, 1926-
9. Susan Clark Bedsole, 1934- .
8. Alice Bedsole, Born and Died 1896. Infant.
8. Willie Bedsole, 10/5/1894-12/18/1969
+ Flossie Sullivan, 5/1/1896-3/11/1993, Pinckard, Ala. Died in Georgia.
9. Herd Bedsole, 1931-1932, Baby. Newton Cemetery, Ala.
9. Billy Gene Bedsole, 1932-
+ Charlotte Givens
10. Twins, Names not known.
10. Marianna Givens.
8. Flossie Mae Bedsole, 3/1/1901-3/11/1993, Newton Cemetery, Dale County, Ala.
+____?
8. Thomas Franklin Bedsole, 5/15/1900-11/29/1973
+ Bonnie Love Quattlebaum, 3/1905-2/19/1999, Newton Cem., Dale County,
Ala.
9. Herd Bedsole, 1931-1932. Newton Cem., Dale County, Ala.
9. Adeane Bedsole 1923 -
9. Sybil Bedsole 3/31/1924 -7/27/2008, Pa. and Donaldsonville, Ga.
+ Ronnie Lamar Trammell
10. Tina Trammell
+ Jerry Patterson, Lakewood, Colorado
10. Pamela Trammell, Lake Seminole, Georgia.
+___?
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11. Russel Lamar Trammell
10. Rhonda Trammell....Deceased. Dates not known.
+___Pate
9. Betty Bedsole, 1928-
+ James William Adcock, 1920-
9. James F. Bedsole, 1930-2007, New Brockton, Ala.
+ Betty Jean Sawyer
9. Joanne Bedsole, 1931- ....Newton, Ala.
+ William M. King
9. Martha Bedsole, 5/7/1920-2/1987, Pembroke, NC., Dothan, Ala.
+ Clint E. McEntyre
10. Twins. Names not known
10. Clint E. McIntyre, Jr.
9. Jacqueline Bedsole, 1936-
+ Perry Snell Grantham, 6/11/1929-5/20/1999, Ozark, Alabama.
10. Mark Grantham
10. Jeffrey Grantham

9. Blanche Bedsole, 1/10/1927-12/17/1927. Newton Cemetery, Dale County,
Ala.
8. Benny B. Bedsole, 12/20/1910-8/13/1991,
+___Kertz
9. One known child.
8. Martin Luther Bedsole, 12/20/1910-2/21/1992, Georgia.
+ Jeanette Standifer, 1912-
++ Hilda Alice Brackin
9. Robert Michael Bedsole
9. Joseph E. Bedsole
9. Marjean Bedsole
9. Donald F. Bedsole.
8. Mary Evelyn Bedsole, 10/2/1922-12/1/1993
+ Charles Sauls
9. Jerry Sauls
9. Eugene Sauls
9. David Sauls
9. Earl Sauls
9. Daniel Sauls
9. Patsy Sauls
9. Becky Sauls
9. Dianne Sauls
9. Douglas Sauls
9. Franklin Sauls
8. Luther Franklin Bedsole, 1874-1961, Newton Cemetery, Newton, Ala.
7. Ida Bedsole, 7/29/1875.-8/5/1951, Richards, Barbour County, Alabama.
+ Mark C. Snead, 6/24/1855.-1/16/1919, Ala.
8. Katie Bell Snead, 12/9/1897-12/14/1918.
+ Thomas Harrison Bond, Sr.
8. Daniel Benjamin Snead, 4/1899- 9/3/1974
+ Annie Bell Bryan
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8. Mark Calvin Snead, Jr.5/13/1900-3/14/1963
+ Clyde Cope
8. James Victor Snead, 8/28/1901-1/13/1975
+ Coy Thelma Benefield
8. Julia Elizabeth Snead 1/28/1902-.
12/14/1960
+ Thomas Harrison Bond, Sr.
8. John Frank Snead, 11/13/1903 -1/3/1919
+ ____?
8. Bessie Lee Snead, 5/2/1905-12/31/1918
+_________?
8. Bob Roberts Snead, 5/8/1907-11/28/1969
+ Jewel Margaret Hamilton
8. Carrie Lillian Snead 10/20/1910- 2/11/1952
+ ______?
8. Callie Estelle Snead, 5/10/1912 -1/11/1952
+ Anthony Ambrose Moore

8. Elsie Snead, b. 5/29/1917 9/7/2000
+ Woodrow Wilson Gilchrist
8. Roscoe Snead, 10/1886 -12/28/1902
+ ________?
8. Mary Amanda Snead,
4/1/1888 d. 11/19/1969
+_______?
8. Emma Bennett Snead, 12/9/1889 -5/22/1979
+______?
7. Ollie Bedsole,9/30/1894--4/1986, Fayetteville, NC
+ Louise Ballentine,1881-
7. Zayda Bedsole,1892 -
+ Mary C. ____?
8. Junious Bedsole,1884-
+ Mamie Arstrong
9. Marie Bedsole, 1909-
+ ____?
9. Flora Bedsole, 1910-
+____?
9. Hugh Dent Bedsole, 5/23/1911-7/15/1987 Houston County, Ala.
Madrid Cemetery.
+ Ruth Holland, 10/13/1911-11/27/2000, Madrid Cemetery., Alabama.
9. William Bedsole, 9/14/1914-2/1985, Pembroke, NC
+ ____?
9. Preulia Bedsole, 1914-
+_____?
9. Dorothy Bedsole, 1917-
+ ____?
9. Ouida Guynelle Bedsole, 1920-5/11/1994 in Oklahoma
+ O.Z. Bledsoe, Jr, m. 1944 in Ala.
10. Lynette Marie Bledsoe
+ ___? Miller
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10. Beverly June Bledsoe 8/17/1947-10/03/1950.
8. Pearl Bedsole
7. Sadie Bedsole
+ Junious Kennedy, Sr.
8. Junious Kennedy, Jr.
+ Marie Armstrong
9. Ouida Guynell Kennedy
6. Catherine J. Bedsole, 11/28/1849-4/20/1918, Eufaula, Ala.
Married at brides house 12/3/1868
+ George Wiley Hartzog, Sr. 1847---?
7. George Wiley Hartzog, Jr. 2/14/1870-12/8/1969
7. Sarah Adeline "Addie" Hartzog 5/11/1879-5/25/1965.
+ George Austin Zorn, 8/2/1877-11/29/1953
7. Ella Leonora Hartzog 03/04/1874-02/23/1917 Barbour County, Ala.
7. Yancey Hartzog 08/30/1886-05/30-1865
7. Willie H. Hartzog 10/04/1870-10/20/1871
7. John Daniel Hartzog 4/26/1931-5/19/1972

7. Ida A. Hartzog 02/22/1876-05/09/1914
7. Ada Ann Hartzog 12/14/1877-01/24/1958
7. Darrell Reuben Hartzog 03/19/1882-12/29/1932
7. Simon Timothy Hartzog 07/04/1883-11/11/1946
7. Barney S. Hartzog 07/17/1889-04/25/1893
7. Jessie Hartzog (Boy, twin of Bessie)01/21/1892-
03/23/1892
7. Bessie Hartzog (Girl, twin of Jessie)1/21/1892
5. Owen Bedsole,1796-1856...Cumberland County, NC
+ Sarah Hair............m. 7/14/1832, Cumberland County, NC
++ Mary Bullard 1816-1869
6. Alexander Bedsole, 6/24/1846-5/6/1913 Beaverdam, Cumberland County, NC
+ Jenette Lucas 9/8/1842-8/10/1918, Beaverdam, NC.
7. Coror E. Bedsole, 8/1885-.........Beaverdam, NC.
+____?
7. Alger Darden Bedsole, 1/3/1870-2/4/1929 m.11/6/1890, Beaverdam, NC..
+ Laura A. Carter, 11/26/1872-5/10/1929
8. Charles Lee Bedsole,7/21/1892-6/15/1965, Cleveland Cemetery, Lena,
Louisiana
+ Bonney Bell Carter, b. 1894. m. 7/26/1914
9. Alton Bedsole,
9. Vivian Bedsole
+ Travis__?
8. Hattie Mathilde Bedsole, 7/1894-6/18/1961,
in NJ
+ Harry S. Clark,
9. Alger Thomas Clark
9. Hattie Clark
9. Laura Clark
9. Ella Clark
9. Ida Clark
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8. Alexander Edward Bedsole,5/9/1897-8/3/1949. . in Va. Riverside Cemetery, Norfolk,
Va.
+ Eula "Lula" Grooms 3/22/1900-9/1991 m. 7/15/1916
9. James Thetus Bedsole, Sr. 1919-
+ Annie Ruth Cashwell, 10/19/1921-1/11/2008 died in Chesapeake, Va.
Woodlands Park. Bank Clerk
++ Linda___?
+++ Janis Marie Harvey, 1947-?

10. James Thetus Bedsole, Jr.Oct.12, 1919 - Oct. 28, 2002
+ Karen R. Pendergrast 1946-
++ Jan___?
11. James Thetus Bedsole, III 1966-
+ Kimberly Sue Fleck, 1964-
++ Jan ___?
12. Justin John Bedsole, 1987-
12. Channing Nicole Bedsole, 1994-
11. Allison Ruth Bedsole,1971-.

10. Sylvia Ann Bedsole,1943-
+ Wilbur Lee Bryant, Jr. 1944-
++ Joe Peele
11. Stacy Lynn Bryant.1967-
+ Teresa G. Duval1962-
11. Leeann Michelle Bryant 1970-
10. Edward Lee Bedsole 1947-? Chesapeake, Va.
10. Robert Darden Bedsole 1950-..Southern Shores, NC.
+ Eileen Carol Burns1953-
11. Julia Christine Bedsole 1990-
11. Tara Diana Bedsole1995-
9. Geneva Bedsole, 1921-
+ Lionel Serating
++ Mr__Perkins
10. Pee Wee Perkins
10. Gene Perkins
10. Alexis Ann Serating
8. William Andrew Bedsole, 6/13/1900-9/1975 in Va.
+ Eula Mae Hall, 6/28/1906-2/7/1989, in Chesapeake, Va..
9. Laura Mae Bedsole, 1946-1990, In Virginia
+ William Early, 1944- Restaurant Manager, Funeral Home Owner. Virginia.
10. Quinn Early
10. Beth Early
10. Thomas Early, Jr. 9. Belva Thetus Bedsole, 1904-1957
9. Frances Bedsole, b. 1893, Autryville, Cumberland County, N.C..
8. Belva Thetus Bedsole, 8/19/1904 NC-9/10/1957 NJ
8. Charles L. Bedsole, 4/9//1885-7/3/1913, NC and Cleveland Cemetery, Rapides Parish,
La.
+ Bonnie Belle Carter,1893 m.7/26/1914, NC and La.
9. Alton Bedsole, ? 9. Vivian Bedsole,
+ ___?
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7. Vestiny Elizabeth Bedsole, 9/1882- 9/1919, Beaverdam, Cumberland County, NC;
+ D.W. Thomas
7. Mattie P. Bedsole, 7/22/1874-1/13/1952..m. 7/8/1900, Beaverdam, NC.
+ Albert A. Cashwell, b. 7/8/1877-3/14/1952
8. Mina Victoria Cashwell, b.6/25/1901-11/19/1979
+ Robert Guiton
++ Joseph Albert Wiggins, Sr. 6/4/1888-4/15/1965 ......m. 2/16/1919
9. Joseph Albert Wiggins, Jr. 1/28/1920-8/20/1989
+ Evelyn Elizabeth Teague, b. 1/31/1922-?
Married on 10/15/1939
10. Victoria Jean Wiggins, 1940-
+ William Thomas Herring,1937-
Married on 11/8/1958.
11. Vicky Herring
+____?
10. Joseph Albert Wiggins, Jr.9/11/1943-11/15/2004
+ Phyllis Ann Phillips, 9/15/1948-5/2/1991, NC

Married on 12/19/1963
++ Judy Ann Boatwright,1950-
Married 2/12/1974
+++ Janert Garland Lyon,1950-
++++ Cathy Kay Jackson, 1950-
Married on 11/5/1988-

10. Robert Neil Wiggins,1952-
+ Patricia Louise Dixon,1953-
Married on 10/15/1972
9. Robert Alexander Wiggins 3/8/1921-9/9/1996
+ Lillian Strickland, 1/4/1926-2/20/1993
10. Robert Alexander Wiggins, Jr. 2/28/1945- 3/24/2005.
+ Margo ____?
8. Cora Mae Cashwell,10/14/1902-
+ Homer Montague Cooper, Sr.
++ Jimmy Adcox
9. Thomas Edwin Cooper, 1/13/1920-5/26/1977
+ Aner Hendrix, 3/11/1921-7/21/1985
10. Doris Cooper
10. Thomas Edwin Cooper, Jr.
10. Dora Belinda Cooper, 11/12/1949-
11/27/1949
9. Homer Montague Cooper, Jr.1921-
9. Robert Oliver Cooper,1924-
8. Docia M. Cashwell, b.1906
8. Jennie Cashwell, 8/29/1905-12/27/1911
7. Farley Bridgefort Bedsole, 4/24/1877-10/11/1949...m. 12/28/1901. Crosscreek Cem. # 3,
Fayetteville, NC
+ Mary Elizabeth Starling, 6/29/1874-10/27/1956..m. 12/28/1901, Cross Creek Cemetery 4,
Fayetteville,NC
8. Thelma Bedsole, 11/4/1903-12/1/1974, Cross Creek Cem.4, Cumberland, NC,
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She Married on 12/22/1921.

+ James Gibson, 1900- ...............m.12/22/1921, Cumberland, NC.
7. Gordon Nash Bedsole 12/10/1878-11/24/1966, Beaverdam, Fayetteville, NC.
+ Bertie Starling, 7/4/1887-4/3/1960...... m.3/8/1907 at Learces Mill, NC
8. Henry V. Bedsole, 7/24/1910-10/27/1968
+ Annie Oneeta Deaver, 3/24/1912- ?
8. Stanley Nash Bedsole, 9/24/1913-11/25/1963, Lafayette Memorial Park,
Fayetteville, NC.
Fireman, Plasterer and Painter. Died from Heart attack.
+ Cleo Faircloth, 1913-1989, Lafayette Memorial Park.
9. Stacy G. Bedsole, 9/24/1913-12/31/1986, Lafayette Ceme. Fayetteville, NC
+ Elsie L. Harris, 5/23/1917-10/22/1984, Fayetteville, NC
10. Gene Corey Bedsole
10. Larry Gordon Bedsole
9. Billy Ray Bedsole, 9/18/1940-2/7/1965
9. Jerry N. Bedsole, 11/15/1935-8/9/2001. USAF. Plainview Cemetery,
Boonville, Indiana.

+ Nadine Beckhart, 1940 - 8/11/2008, Boonville, Indiana.
10. Jerry Bedsole, 1961-...........Midway, Indiana.
+ Amy___. ?, 1963-
10. Stanley Bedsole
10. Sena Bedsole
+ Steven Faught.....Owensboro, Ky.
10. Robin Bedsole, ........Evansville, Indiana.
9. Vicky (Victoria?) Bedsole, No date
9. Ruth Bedsole, 1908-
+ __ Radziwill
8. ___? Bedsole, Male
8. ___? Bedsole, Female
7. Mary M. Bedsole, 8/7/1886-8/9/1918, Beaverdam, NC.
+ Leslie Faircloth
6. Sarah J. Bedsole, Died in Chattahootchee, Fla. Insane Asylum, on 10/26/1927
+ Unknown.
7. Charlotte A. Bedsole,1868-
7. Lillie A. Bedsole, 8/1883-1958, Robeson, NC.
6. Matilda Bedsole, 1849-1935, Fayetteville, White Oak, Bladen, NC
+ J.F. Mackatina
7. Lee Mackatina, 1867-1930, NC
7. Alonzo Mackatina, 11/6/1888- 12/1967, Fayetteville, White Oak, Bladen, Cumberland,
NC
6. George Bedsole/Bledsoe, (went by "Bledsoe" ) 2/9/1847-5/15/1925, Honeycutts, Sampson, NC.
+ Eliza Jane Hall, 9/1/1842-3/9/1917
7. S.J. Bedsole, 1858-
7. Eli J. Bedsole, 1861-
7. Mary E. Bedsole, 4/20/1870-8/17/1946
7. Lula A. Bedsole, 4/22/1872-3/17/1949, Housewife, Honeycutts, Sampson, NC
+____?.
7.
B. Bedsole, 1873-1850
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7. Charlotte Bedsole, 1875-1950
7. Charles Bedsole, 1860-1930
6. Sarah "Sallie" J. Bedsole, 1850-
6. Ellen S. Bedsole, 1855-1933 ...m. 10/27/1874, Cedar Creek, NC
+ Gipson L. Parker, 1855-1920
6. Nancy Bedsole, 1832-
+______?
5. Daniel Maxwell Bedsole, 1808-..... NC
+ Margaret Fisher 1819-
6. William Saunders Bedsole,1839-
+ Charity Lee Culbreath, 2/11/1845-2/26/1928
7. Virginia Lee Bedsole, 1866-1930, Little Cohairie, Sampson, NC
+ Nathan Love Bullard. 10/20/1865-2/16/1905
8. Margie M. Bullard, 1889-
8. Lubin Fletcher Bullard, 6/26/1892-10/6/1976........m. 9/16/1910
+ Annie Laura Reeves,
8. Nathan Blackman Bullard, 4/19/1897-1/9/1960

8. Cass Lee Bullard, 10/1/1899-7/1/1935.....m. 10/10/1020
+ Irene Collins, 1902-1978
7. Emma Jane Bedsole,10/13/1869-3/10/1954,
+ William E. Hall, Roseboro Cemetary, NC
8. Living Hall, __?
+ Coy Lockamy, __?
7. John W. Bedsole, 1871-1958.....m. 10/15/1896, Little Cohairie, NC.
+ Cora Etta Hall, 11/15/1873-11/1/1927
8. Earnest Lester Bedsole, 1897-1965, Cross Creek Cemetery, # 4 Fayetteville, NC.
+ ___Parker, 1900-
++ Ruby Marie Villa, 10/18/1904-3/15/1983, Cross Creek Cemetery #4,
Fayetteville, NC.

7. Minnie Bedsole, 1878-1950, Little Cohairie, Sampson, NC.-
+ N.C. Smith, 1897-6/1972
8. . ____Smith, Sr. 1920-
+ ____Cline, 1917
9. ____Smith, Jr.
+_____?
8. ___Bedsole, __?
+ ____Parker
8. William Dewey Bedsole 3/16/1900-5/12/1949 (They only had one Wm. But
which one?).
+___Bishop

8. William Travis
Bedsole, 6/16/1918-7/18/2002, US Army. Mount Auburn
Memorial Park, Berwyn, illinois.
+ Hester Whitfield, Outlaw Cemetery, in Duplin County, NC
8. Bertha Bedsole
+____?
8. John Roland Bedsole, 3/8/1913-5/25/1966. m. 1957 or 58.
+ Edna Grace Hales, 7/27/1926-5/31/2006.
++ ___Edwards
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9. Coretta D. Bedsole, 1960-
+ George Johnson, 1953-
9. Jack Bedsole, 1950-1920, Clio, Barbour, Alabama.
8. Eva Mae Bedsole
+ Edmond Norment Parker
9. John Charles Parker
+ Sharron Isom
10. Armen Delano Parker
10. Shannon Lee Parker (F)
10. Jackson Charles Parker
10. Darrick Edmond Parker
9. William Parker
9. Norman Parker
9. Ronald Parker
8. Eva Mae Bedsole
7. Virginia Lee Bedsole, 4/30/1866-1/15/1943
+ Nathan Love Bullard, 10/20/1865-2/16/1905

Roseboro Cemetary, NC.

8. Lubin Fletcher Bullard, Sr. 6/27/1892-10/6/1976
+ Annie Laura (Reeves) Bullard 10/16/1904-04/19/1999
7. Hattie Bell Bedsole, 1872-1947, Little Cohairie, Sampson, NC.
+ Abner M. Sessoms, 1870-1938
8.William Gentry Sessoms, 1897-11/07/1970
8. Minnie Bell Sessoms, 1899-1978............m. 5/19/1921, Sampson County,
NC
+ Vance Rich
9. Ada Rich
8. Juanita Sessoms, 1892-1946 m. 12/19/1919
+ Albert Hall, 1890-1953
8. Mossett Sessoms, Sr. 10/28/18992/1/1962.......m. 11/1/1919-
+ Pearl Hall, 10/25/1896- ?
9. Mossett Sessoms, Jr. 1969-
+ Patsy White
9. Doris Sessoms, 1957-
+ Nat Stephens
8. Arbena Sessoms, m. 3/4/1935
+ Theodore Byrd
9. Wade Byrd
9. Patricia Byrd
7. Minnie Bedsole, 1877-
6. John Bedsole,1842-1862
6. Nancy Bedsole, 1844-
6. Penny Bedsole,1847-
5. William Bedsole, 1824-1900. Was a Carpenter NC. On the 1850 Bladen County, NC
Census.
+ Lucretia Hales,1827-1905, Bladen, NC.
6. James Calvin "Calton" Bedsole/Bledsoe,1840-1930, Flea Hill, Cumberland, NC
(Pursuant to emails from David Warn Bledsoe below, James Calvin called himself
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"Calton" and Changed his last name to Bledsoe on purpose, when discharged from Civil War
because, "They all call me that anyway" (Me too)

+ Frances "Fannie" Jackson, 1857 .....m. 5/22/1866, Married Cumberland County, NC.
7. Tishia Bledsoe, 8/7/1866-8/28/1934
+ J.C. Strickland
7. William Marshall Bledsoe,1867-1948
+ Alice Suggs, 1870-
8. Hubert Clifford Bledsoe, 1/14/1903-5/6/1985
+ Lula Pearl Hall, 9/5/1902-11/14/1964.....m 5/22/1922
9. David Warn Bledsoe, Raleigh, NC, 1923-
+ Edith Gray Stalls, 1949-
++ Elizabeth Whitehead, 9/21/1899-3/10/1984.....m. 6/5/1965
9. Hubert Battle Bledsoe
+ Mildred Elizabeth Ellis,1947-
9. Chester Hoover Bledsoe, 1925-
9. Vernon Washington Bledsoe, 3/2/1927-7/23/1951
9. Joseph Thomas Bledsoe, 2/5/1930-12/20/1974

8. William Herman Bledsoe, 12/22/1893-10/7/1981
+ Nellie Ellis, 2/27/1895-5/19/1978...........m. 8/7/1915
9. Ruby Bledsoe, 10/31/1917-12/4/1989, Lakeland, Fla.
+ Seaton G. Watkins, 7/7/1941-
9. William Herman Bledsoe, Jr. 1917-
+ Lucille Moye, 1/17/1922-
9. Zoie Doris Bledsoe, 1917-
+ James O. Rogers, Married...1/28/1945
9. Nanny Lou Bledsoe, 1920-2000
+ ____?
8. Clossie Emma Bledsoe, 12/5/1894-3/12/1971. ...........m 3/10/1917
+ M.G. Godwin,1892-
9. Marvin Newton Godwin
9. Mildred Lee Edna Godwin
8. Thomas Jefferson Bledsoe, 4/10/1896-2/20/1967
+ Ruby Alba Mooney, ....m. 1/13/1933
++ Myrtle Ellis, 11/11/1897-2/1/1932.........m. 11/13/1915
9. Maynard Tony Bledsoe, PhD. Raleigh, NC.
8. Clyde Bledsoe, 8/28/1899-5/30/1985
+ Bennie Raymond Pulley, 9/18/1898-3/6/1970
9 . They had 6 children. First names unknown.
8. Lattie James Bledsoe, 6/16/1901-12/28/1980
+ ___Champion
9. They had 6 children, Names not known,
7. John M. Bledsoe,1869-1938
7. Harriett L. Bledsoe, 3/1872-1956, Flea Hill, Cumberland, NC.
7. Elizabeth M. Bledsoe, 5/1874-1940, Flea Hill, Cumberland, NC.
7. Georgianna Bledsoe, 10/16/1876-1946
7. Cora Minnie Bledsoe, 4/22/1888-3/28/1962
6. Lucy Annie Bedsole, 8/22/1844-1916
+John William Goins, 1842-1915
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7. Mary Jane Goinns, 1867-1940
+ John Wesley Morrison, 3/1/860-1928
8. Dan Morrison, 9/8/1908-1980
+___Goins
7. William Henry Goins, 5/1869-1945
+ Viola Jackson
7. James Thomas Goins, 5/16/1871-1945
+ Sarah Elizabeth Gardner
7. Ann N. Goins, 1873-1940
7. Andrew Euler Goins, 11/12/1874-1950
+ Selena, or Salina, Blackwell
7. Daniel Franklin Goins, 2/20/1876-1952
+ Loura Elsey
7. Luther Gordy Goins, 11/4/1877-11/4/1956
+ Neoma Alvida Blair, 4/19/1875-2/10/1971
7. John B. Goins, 1882-1958
7. Dolly Elizabeth Goins, 4/29/1885-1947

+ William Mason,
8. Edna Mae Mason, 12/7/1904-7/13/1978
+ Louis Andrew Willard, 12/12/1884-8/26/1962
9. Melvin Emery Willard, 8/19/1921-8/22/1921...Newborn
9. George Louis Willard, 3/22/1923-3/16/2003
9. Edgar Lee Willard, 5/10/1925-
+ Margaret Ackard, 1928-
8. Annie Lee Mason, 1906-
+ Nathan Walter Willard, 3/24/1901-3/27/1929
9. Velda Willard, 1923-
9. Ethel Willard, 1927-
9. Betty Willard, 1928-
9. Dorothy Willard, 1925-
7. Becky Ann Goins, 7/1887-1960
+ Samuel Daniel McGahey
++ Wesley Shaffer
7. Mattie Lee Goins, 5/12/1888-8/8/1964
+___Goins
++ James Riley Lankford, 1880-1935

7. Ross Goins, 1889-1965
7. Malinda Goins, 1890-1968
7. Jessey Goins, 1891-1968
6. Clary/Clarry Bedsole,1847-1918
6. Sarah M. Bedsole,1850-1927
6. Simon Bedsole/"Bledsoe", 9/16/1858-1918 , Raeford, NC.
+ Martha A. Kimble, 1858-
7. Bunian Bedsole,7/1875-4/1952
+ Maggie B. Spivey
8. John William Bedsole
7. Drucilla Bedsole, 1878-1960, Little River, Cumberland, NC.
+ T.V. Rigsbee, 1870-1950
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8. James Rigsbee
8. Thomas Rigsbee
8. Clara Rigsbee
8. Dewey Rigsbee
7. William Andrew Bedsole, 8/1/1879-2/6/1943, Cem. 4, Cross Creek,
Cumberland,NC.
+ Emmie Nine Younge, 10/27/1889-3/23/1965, Cross Creek 4 Cem.,
Cumberland, NC.
8.William Mathew Bedsole, 1912-

+ Ruby Green
8. Flora Bedsole, 1914-1986
+ ___Hockaday
8. Mattie Bedsole, 1916-1988, 17 May 1912, 25 Feb. 1985
+ James Scott, 1/27/1913-4/2/1971, Cross Creek Cem. 4, Cumberland, NC
7. John A. Bedsole/"Bledsoe" 9/16/1883-2/28/1952
+ Hattie Mclangley 6/13/1884-3/24/1974
8. Junious G. Bedsole, 6/30/1911-3/7/1921

7. George Bedsole, 9/8/1886-2/3/1948
+ Bessie Alice Lunsford
8. George Wayne Bedsole
8. Theodore Bedsole, 6/11/1924-5/18/1994, East Memorial Gardens,
Texarkana, Arkansas.
+ Hattie Boulton, 1926-12/18/1976 Texarkana, Arkansas. East Memorial
Gardens Cemetery.
8. Paul Bedsole, 12/4/1927-3/20/1978, Beal Memorial, Fort Walton Bch,
Fla.
6. Mary M. Bedsole,5/1857-1920, ...m. 23/25/1879, Grays Creek, Cumberland, NC.
+ William H. Averitt, 1853-1908
6. Frank Bedsole, 1863-1938
6. Ellen M. Bedsole, 1864-1945
6. Adeline Bedsole, 5/20/1866-4/13/1946, Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC.
+ William Jackson
7. Mollie Victoria Jackson
6. Duncan Bedsole, 1841-
Below are JD's GG-Grandparents.
*****4. Thomas Bartlett Bedsole, Jr. 1785-1868. (JD's GG-Grandpa, NC) Died Butler County, Ala.

He was apparently a drunk and was mean to Charlotte and their children too. She took their last

and youngest child with her (Travis Bertram Bedsole) and left him in 1850 in Butler County,

Greenville, Ala., and never went back, although she lived another 42 years. Thomas, Jr. with

brother, Travis, was in the War of 1812, in NC. In 1830, he and son Henry, with families, were in

both Lowndes, Coffee and Montrgomery Counties, Alabama. The earliest I have found any of his

group in Ala. According to Census data. His movements after he moved to Alabama in 1830, were

Luverne, Crenshaw Counties, 1834 Crenshaw County,1837 Dale County, 1841 Coffee County,

1849 Coffee, 1841-1858 Houston, 1859 Coffee, 1850 Butler, 1860 Butler. He apparently died about

1868 in Butler County, (Greenville) Alabama..

+ Charlotte Ann English 1790-1883 .Married 1806 in Beaverdam, NC. (JD's GG-Grandma).
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1850 Living alone in Old Town, near Kinston, Ala.then with family of son, Sessoms Bedsole at Old
Town, Alabama, keeping youngest child Travis B. Bedsole with her, she lived with Sessoms family
the whole period 1850 through 18821882 Sessoms' family moved to Mossy Head, Florida, near his
brother Edward. Sessoms was in jail from 1860 to 1880 for "Rustling". I found a Land Deed for her
grandfather English in the 1746-50, Dobbs County, NC Index: "English, Thomas to Eason,
Thomas" in Book # 257 .Thomas B. Bedsole, Jr. and wife Charlotte moved from NC to Alabama in
1830. No marriage record for Thomas Jr. and Charlotte because back then, all the couple had to do
was say their "Banns" (I do) three times in church, and they were married. They were in Crenshaw
County, Ala. in 1830, Lowndes County in 1833, Houston County in 1837, Butler County, Greenville,
Ala. In 1850, at which time Charlotte left him. When Sessoms got out of the slammer in 1880 , she
moved to her daughter Hannah's house, in Santa Rosa County (Holt) Fla. and never went back to
Thomas.. He died in Greenville, Ala. in 1868 and she died in 1892, in Holt, Fla. At Hannah's house.

5. Hannah Francis "Fannie" Bedsole 5/1825 NC-1901. Fla..... m .in Ala.1843.
+ John Johnson, 1820-1898 NC. Lowndes County, Ala., Holt, Fla.
Notes on Hannah: Census for1850 Rocky Mount, Lowndes County, Alabama (Age 25 yrs).
Census: 1860 Name shown as Francis Simmons. In the Census for1860 Hannah's Surname spelled
as Sammons. Census: 1860 Township Not Stated, Walton County, Florida, Hannah is 36....Census:
Santa Rosa County, Fla. In 1900, at age 75, Hannah is shown in the home of her daughter, Laurena

Simmons/Johnson below with Laurenas husband and 9 children. Census for1900 also shows Hannah
had given birth to 9 children, 6 still living. Living with her daughters family, meant a tiny, two room log
house with 12 people living in it. That was a hard life. But back then, there was no place else to go
and no money to go with, so when the husband died, the wife had no choice but to go to move in with
one of her childen.

6.
Winnie E. Simmons, 1843-.............AL
+____?
6. John Jasper Simmons, 1846-
6. John J. Simmons 1845-
6. Charlotte C. Simmons 1849-.................. AL
6. Catherine Louisa Simmons 1850-...........AL
6. Jeremiah "Boggy" Simmons 1852-.......... AL
6. Seva Mariah Simmons 1854- ................. AL
6. Sarah Elizabeth Simmons 1856-
+ Andrew Jackson Brown,
7. George Washington Brown, 1875-
7. Thomas Jasper Brown, 1876-
7. Levi Brown, 1876-
7. William Andrew Brown, 6/11/1881-
7. Frances Louise Brown, 1884-
7. James Marion Brown, 1890-
7. Arminda Brown, 1888-
7. Cora Lee Brown, 4/10/1890-
+ ___Nichols
++ ___Beard.
8. Ella V. Nichols
7. Nancy Jane Brown, 6/23/1895-
+ Martin Gaston Mayo, 3/22/1889-1970, Halesburg, Henry, Alabama.
8. Clifford Gaston Mayo, 9/27/1912-8/19/1995
+ Hazel L. Lancaster, 8/16/1919-3/1991
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9. ____?
+ ___Ellis
8. Virginia Mayo, 1913-
6. Laurena "Eugenia" Simmons 1/1862- FL...m. 12/27/1884 (Holmes and Santa Rosa
Counties, Fla.
+. John Johnson, 5/1859-1930 Holmes County, Fla. Log Hauler (Mules)Moved to Holt,
Fla.

7. Margaret "Margie" Johnson, 5/1883-
7. Mary Johnson, 2/1885-
7. William Johnson, 1/1886-
7. Lori Leola Johnson, 3/1888-1966..m. 10/27/1884, Defuniak Sprgs, Fla..
+ William Thomas King, 10/27/1884-6/27/1943.
8. Lila Myrtle King, 2/28/1910-3/13/1990
+ Jessie E. Flowers, 6/15/1903-9/15/1975
9. Patricia Fay Flowers, 11/1/1942-
8. Ernest King, 6/6/1912-1/13/1972
+ Lavada Johnson,
7. Addie Johnson, 5/1892-

7. Francis "Fannie" Johnson, 4/1894-
7. Thomas Johnson, 1/1895-
7. Winnie E. Johnson, 1/1897-
7. Hattie Johnson, 4/1898-
7. Louisa Johnson, 1850- Ala.
7. Eugene Johnson, 1857- Fla.
7. Tippie Johnson, 1902-
+ Jessie T. Busby..........m. 4/29/1917, Holmes County, Fla.
6. Paul Jones Simmons 1859-Fla.
5. Lucy Molsie Bedsole, 1806-1882
+ Isaac "Cap" Davis, 1803-
6. Martha Jane Molsie Davis, 1830-1880
+ George Washington Wise, 1828-
7. James Travis Wise, 6/13/1850-1/17/1934
7. James J. Wise, 1843-
6. Mary M. Davis, 11/1/1825-1/26/1919. Coffee County, Ala. m. 9/25/1844
+ Herrin Wise, Jr. 5/12/1824-6/8/1883
7. Isaac Franklin Wise, 1846-1846
7. William B. Wise, 5/10/1848-9/12/1910... Coffee County
7. Joseph W. Wise, 1/6/1860-5/27/1932
7. Mary "Mellie" Wise, 10/29/1863-10/6/1936.....m. 9/5/1882 Coffee County
+ William Rushing
6. Susan Davis,1824-
6. Molsie Davis,1825-
6. English Davis, 1828-
6. Margaret Catherine Davis, 1829-1901
+ Andrew Jackson Bullard, 2/1830-1864
7. Charlotte Bullard
+ ____?
7. Silva Bullard
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+____?

7. Claudius Washington Powell Bullard
+____?
7. Mary Elizabeth Bullard
+____?
7. Andrew Jackson Bullard, Jr.
+____?
7. Francis Marion Jackson Bullard
+ Elizabeth Ferrel
8. Joseph Clifton Bullard
+____?
8. Henry Bullard, 4/11/1913 Texas
+ Amanda Beatrice Chambless, 3/15/1913
9. Selvey Bullard
9. F.M. Bullard
9. Washington "W.P." Bullard
9. Mary Elizabeth Bullard, 1861-
+ Thomas Jefferson Schofield

8. Thomas Bullard
+ Nancy Catherine Ellis
9. Ruby Mae Bullard, 1936
+ Jesse Milton Moore,1932.
10. Daisey Ann Moore, 1950-
+ David Allen Tyrrel Fish,1948-
11. Christina "Crissy" Augusta Fish
6. Sampson Davis, 1832-
6. Charlotte Davis, 1834-
6. Rebecca Davis, 1835- Lowndes County, Ala.
+ James McKinney Wise, Jr. 1832-5/22/1863
7. Lucy Catherine Wise, 4/9/1854-.....Alabama
+ William Bedsole, 1848-......Alabama.
7. Mary Matilda Wise, 1850
+ Willis Caraway
7. Sarah E. Wise, 8/3/1858-11/1/1913
+ Joe M. Davis
7. Martha Jane "Molsie" Wise, 10/26/1827-1880 Bruce, Fla.
+ William Floyd Wise, 1821-
++ George Washington Wise, 1828. After her death in 1880, he married Mary
+ F. English in 1882.
8. Mary F. Bedsole-Wise, 1845- Ala.
8. Henry F. Wise, 1849- Ala.
8. Martha E. Wise, 1849- Fla.
8. Louisa F. Wise, 1851-
8. John H. Wise, 1853-
8. William E. Wise, 6/11/1855-4/17/1903 Freeport, Fla.
8. Nancy C. Wise, 1857-
8. Arabella B. Wise, 1859- Fla.
8. Travis Floyd Yancey Wise, 1861-4/11/1928, Port Arthur Texas
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8. Martha E. Wise, 1865-
8. Marian Wise, 1868-
6. Catherine Davis, 1838-
6. Isaac Davis, Jr., 1840-
6. William Davis, 1842-
6. Elizabeth Davis, 1844-
6. Lucy Davis, 1846-
5. Henry E. Bedsole, 12/5/1807 NC-5/8/1863 Ala.. Sellers, Ala. Bethlehem Cemetary. He and Thomas
Jr.and families were in Lowndes County, Alabama in 1830. Apparently, he and brother, Sessoms,
made a scouting trip from NC to Ala. the year prior to that move (1829). Probably to look the land
over, forts, indian problems, etc. Served in Civil War from 1862-1865.Prisoner of war 1864-1865, Held
in stockade at Camp Chase, Ohio
+ Margaret Maria Davis 4/22/1810-9/33/1842 m. 2/26/1830.
++ Midda Ann Pouncey, 1807-1843, m. 10/14/1841. She died 2 yrs later, at 36, from blood
loss at childbirth (Due to Margaret Ann, daughter,born in 1843, who is listed below..
+++ Sylvia Maria Chambers 3/5/1825-6/26/1897...... m. 7/11/1846 Lowndes County, Ala. at
age 21..

6. Leon Bedsole

+ Mattie Lou Underwood.
7. Andrew William Bedsole
+ Angeline Florence Ciambella
8. Alan Leon Bedsole
+ Phillipa Ann Stanton.
9. Angela Marie Bedsole
+ Daniel Woodard
9. Amy Christine Bedsole
+ James Lawrence, III.
9. Joshua Alan Bedsole.
8. Jennifer Lou Bedsole
+ Randall K. Mc Nally
8. Shannon Elaine Bedsole
6. Mary Catherine Bedsole, Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.
6. Henry Sellers Bedsole, 9/24/1896-12/29/1896, Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.
6. Anna Mariah Bedsole, 1831-......... m. 2/11/1847, Sellers (Lowndes) , Ala.
+ George C. Chambers, 1830-
7. Margaret Chambers, 1849-1907
+____?
6. Elizabeth Alef Bedsole, Bethlehem Cemetery..
+____?
6. Elisha "Lish" Bedsole, 1827-1910, Surles, Crenshaw, Alabama.
+ Jane___?, 1826-1900, Surles, Crenshaw, Alabama.
7. Perry or "Pary" Bedsole, 1847-1920. Surles, Alabama.
+____?
7. June Bedsole, 1846-1921, Surles, Crenshaw, Alabama.
+____?
7. Conner Bedsole, 1855-1950, Surles, Crenshaw, Alabama.
+____?
7. Elisha "Lish" Bedsole, Jr., 1846-1922, Surles, Crenshaw, Alabama.
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+____?

7. Estella Bedsole, 1848-1925, Surles, Crenshaw, Alabama.
+____?
7. Faith Bedsole, 1870-1940, Surles, Crenshaw, Alabama.
+____?
6. Franklin Bedsole, 2/1835-1910. Montgomery, Alabama. He is on 1870 Crenshaw
County, Ala. Census, Born NC.
+ Dorcas Lee Croxton,1838-1915 Married 12/2/1858, Lowndes County, Ala. 1870
Crenshaw County, Census.
7. William Henry Bedsole, 1879-7/24/1951, Muscogee County, Ga.
7. Edward Franklin Bedsole,Sr. 1/23/1862-7/22/1912, Born Crenshaw, Ala. Buried
Oakland Ceme. in Dallas, Texas. He was a brick and block Mason in construction. Died from Heart
Failure. + Minerva Jane "Ida" Duke, 10/28/1859-12/9/1933, Dallas, Texas.
8. Callie Bedsole, 1879-1950, Hancock, Georgia.
+____?
8. John Bedsole, 1885-1945, Culverton, Hancock, Georgia.
+____?
8. Edward Franklin Bedsole,Jr. 2/19/1931-11/19/1992 Died Maricopa, Arizona

+ Miriam "Mimi" Sommer, 6/22/1938-10/24/1998, Maricopa, Arizona.
9. Bruce Bedsole, Phoenix, Ariz.
9. Julie Bedsole, Phoenix
9. Carla Bedsole, Phoenix
9. Erica Bedsole, Phoenix
9. Shari Bedsole, NY
8. Archibald Carlisle Bedsole,1884-1949. Born Dallas, Texas. Buried
Flushing, NY. Electrician.
+ Sara Jane "Sallie" Morgan, 2/29/1873-1957. Buried in Abbeville, Ala.
++ Blanche___? Living at 3120 Buhre Avenue, NYC, The Bronx, in 1939.
9. Andrew John "Jack" Bedsole, NY
+ Laurie Beth Bialek, 1960-
10. Andrew Sean Bedsole, 1986-
10. Kelly Elizabeth Bedsole, 1992-
10. Samantha Lee Bedsole, 1992-
9. Bonnie Jill Bedsole, 1957- NY
+ William "Woody" Briton...Dead
++ John McGowen
10. Ryan McGowen
10. Keegan McGowen
10. Katie Rae McGowen
10. Gillian McGowen
9. Edward Bedsole, son of Blanche in NY.
+____?
9. Donna Lee Bedsole, 1954-
+ Thomas Smith,
++ Brian C. Hickey, Killed in 2001.
10. Daniel Allan Smith, 1974
10. Dennis Patrick Hickey
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10. Jacklyn Rae Hickey
10. Kevin Hickey
9. Allan Carlisle Bedsole,1952- son of Blanche in NY.
+ Linda Lamont
10. Allan C. Bedsole, Jr. ____?
8. Harry Carl Bedsole, (Sr.) 1/11/1907-1/1984, Ala.
+ Eleanor Maxwell, 2/15/1911-8/1986, Enterprise, Ala.
9. Harry Carl Bedsole, Jr.,4/12/1932-2/27/2006, USAF, Chsrleston,
SC Magnolia Cemetery.
+ Jeanne Louise Carter, m. 8/13/1955
10. James Maxwell Bedsole, 1958-
+ Lynne Ann Jones, ........m. 2/14/1981
12. Heather Amanda Bedsole, 1983-
12. Christine Ashley Bedsole, 1989-
10. Stephen Briley Bedsole, 1960-
+ Jennifer Wer ......m. 1986
11. Corrine Elise Bedsole, 1986-
11. Kayleigh Bedsole, 1988-
11. Kyle Joseph Bedsole, 1989-

10. Thomas Carter Bedsole, 1962-
+ Joyce Brownell Divorced, 1986.
++ Jan ___?
11. Stephen Bedsole, 1985-
10. Thomas Jerry Bedsole,
+ Nell ____?
11. Deborah Bedsole,
11. Thomas Jerry Bedsole, Jr.
10. Richard Maxwell Bedsole
+ Maxine___?
11. Richard Maxwell Bedsole, Jr.
10. Felicia Lynette Bedsole,
+ ____?
9. Embree "Cotton" Bedsole, 8/22/1912-4/1976 Dallas, Texas..
+ Annie Ruth Barbaree, .............m. 1936, Dothan, Ala.
10. Embree Charles Bedsole,1938-.....Abbeville, Alabama, Dallas, Texas.
Attorney.
+ Betty Jo Hood,..... m. 1960,Galveston,Texas, Div. 9/27/1968.
++ Ella Estes, .....m. 1972, Dallas, TX.
11. Embree Charles "Chuck" Bedsole, (Jr) 1960-, San Antonio, Texas
(Alvarez Company).
+ Tracy Horton, m. 1984 Austin, Texas.
12. Robert Joseph Bedsole, ?-1987 Galveston, Texas
12. Ashley Corinne Bedsole, 1987-Galveston, Texas.
11. Joseph Michael Bedsole, 1963
Dallas, Texas
11. John Christian Bedsole, 1968-..............Austin, Texas.
11. Sara Elizabeth Bedsole,1968-. Travis County, Texas
+ Philip Holland m. 1986. San Antonio, Texas
12. Andrew Holland, 1997
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Dallas, Texas

12. Blake Holland, 1999-Dallas, Texas
10. Michael Kenny Bedsole,1942- , Abbeville, Alabama
+ Mary Elizabeth Clenney
11. Benjamin Kenneth Bedsole, 1969- ...m 6/14/1997, Abbeville, Ala.
Memphis, Tennessee.
+ Angela Elizabeth Wilson, 1970- ....Dothan, Alabama.
12. Anna Elizabeth Bedsole,. 2000-..Marietta, Georgia.
12. Benjamin Kenneth Bedsole, Jr. 2002- ...Marietta, Georgia.
11. Courtney Anne Bedsole,1973-,
Dothan, Al. Grady Lee Gunnells, III, 1974-.
12. Carter Michael Gunnells, 2005-
10. Steven B. Bedsole
9. Ivy Bedsole, 1910-, in Texas
+ Edmond Bradley Solomon
8. Frank J. Bedsole, 5/1888-1979
+ Elizabeth __?
9. Jeff Bedsole,1914-

9. Dery L. Bedsole,1916=
+ Clara Ellis, 1918=
10. Betty Bedsole
+ Glen R. Gray
11. Loren Gray
11. Patrick Gray
11. Jacquelyn Gray
10. Frank D. Bedsole
10. Emmett Bedsole, 6/2/1892-12/31/1954, A Plumber, Strate, Ala.
And Dallas County, Texas.
9. Elizabeth Bedsole, 1919-
9. Roy Bedsole 4/13/1917-11/1981, Calif and Ala.
8. Bernice Bedsole 9/1890-1984, Dallas County, Texas.
8.Allan Naftel Bedsole, Sr. 1/20/1896-2/1/1946....In 1918, he was living at 272 E.
7th St., NY. Electrician. Served in the Navy during WW-I . Vice-Pres. of Electrical
Workers Union in NY.

+ Anna___?1884-1970- ?, was apparently not in the military, as wife of Alan
Naftel Jr's wife was below..
9. Bonnie Bedsole
+____McGowan
9. Edward Bedsole (McGowan), 7/19/1910-3/1976, Delaware, Pa.
9. Allan Naftel Bedsole, Jr.2/4/1925-10/3/1973, U.S. Navy. Long Island Nat.
Cemet., Farmingdale, NY
+ Mary ___. 9/3/1924-3/4/2003, Long Island Nat, Cemetery, Farmingdale,
NY.
9. Donna Bedsole
+ Brian Hickey
9. Jack Bedsole (McGowan)
9. Hickey Bedsole
+ Jack McGowan
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8. Emmett Bedsole,6/1893-1983, Dallas County, Texas.
8. Tallulah Bedsole, 1895-1970, Dallas County, Texas.
7. Ida E. Bedsole,1875-1945, Montgomery, Alabama.
+ Harvey Duke, moved to Oklahoma City
7. Robert L. Bedsole,2/20/1891-3/30/1891. On the 1870 Crenshaw County, Ala.
Census. Age one year.
7. Katie Bedsole, 1874-
+ Thomas Jonah Swaringen
8.Claude Swaringen
7. Mattie Bedsole,1875-1950, Tuckers Store, Montgomery, Alabama.
6. Margaret Ann Bedsole, 4/22/1843-9/23/1847, Her mother died from blood loss aftert her
birth in 1843.
6. George Henry Bedsole, Sr. 4/1847-1928 Surles, Crenshaw, Bethlehem Cemetery,
Ala.....m. 1/1/1868
+ Sarah S. Stringer, 1/17/1846-6/8/1923, Surles, Bethlehem Cemetery., Ala.
Married 1/1/1868.
7. Bunian Bedsole, 1875-1950, Little River, Cumberland, NC.
7. Francis Donia Bedsole, 1/25/1878-9/3/1878, Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.

+___?

7. Louisa Lena Bedsole, 6/1886-1959... m. 2/26/1896 Crenshaw County, Surles,
Alabama.
+ William Albert Findley, Sr. 1865-1920.
8. William Albert Findley, (Jr.) 7/23/1909-5/15/1975
+ Nell Frazier
9. Linda Nell Findley,1943-
+ William Eugene Langley,1939-
10. Albert Eugene Langley, 1962-
10. James Andrew Langley, 1964
10. Anita Nell Langley, 1968
8. Robert Alexander Findley, 1903-1987.
+ Evelyn Battle
8. Lillian Findley, 1/31/1897-8/5/1957
+ Van Williamson
9. Georgia Williamson
9. Lewis R. Williamson
9. James Williamson,1917-
9. Mary Claire Williamson
7. William Henry Bedsole, 11/5/1869-9/25/1918, Surles, Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.
+ Alice Idelia Stough 5/14/1867-11/18/1950, Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.....m.
12/22/1892
8. William Ernest Bedsole, 10/29/1893-1/22/1960. Married Crenshaw County, Ala
8/22/1917.:
+ Nancy Emeline Royal, 1899-.
9. Norma Ruth Bedsole,1927-
+ George Franklin Halstead 1932-1986
10. Courtland Franklin Halstead, 1956-
10. Nancy Ruth Halstead, Died shortly after birth
9. William Ernest Bedsole, Jr.1930-.
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+ Betty Louise Igleheart, 1935-.
10. William Steven Bedsole, 1957-2008 ...m.8/28/1982.
+ Janet Francis Kerschner,1957-.
11. Robert Walden Bedsole,1987-
11. Laura Elise Bedsole, 1990.
10. Rebecca Louise Bedsole, 1961-
+ Jeffrey C. Hubert, .....................m. 1981. Div. 1990.
++ Gerald R. Grenier, III................ m. 1996, Div. 1998.
8. Audrey Georgia Bedsole, 1/7/1895-4/5/1973, Sellers, Alabama.
+ Monte M. Byrd
9. Margaret Elizabeth Byrd,1922-
8. Jesse Clarence Bedsole, 6/4/1896-3/6/1971
+ Lula Bell Neal, 1904-
9. Eunice Bedsole, 1926-……..m.1945
+ Frances M. Ison, 1925-
8. Mamie Lee Bedsole, 8/20/1903-11/26/1978.
+ Manford Alvin Bird.
9. Harold Lee Bird

9. William Alvin Bird
9. Frank Wayne Bird
8. Wayne L. Bedsole,1904-
8. Grady Eugene Bedsole,1/25/1905-1/28/1983, Ala.
+ Eva Inez Jeter 2/27/1906-4/1980, Fla.
9. Janice Jeraldine Bedsole, 1/21/1933-8/2/1941. Harrison Cemetery, Kinston, Ala.
9. Kathryn Louise Bedsole,1927-
+ Orman Darling Marsh, 1925-
10. Judith Darling Marsh,.1946-
+ Stephen Wayne Smith,1947-
11. Andrew Jonathan Smith, 1970-
11. Phillip Kyle Smith 1972-
11. Mark Allen Smith 1975 -
11. Kamilla Faye Smith 1976 10
Orman David Marsh 1950-
9. Grady Eugene Bedsole, Jr. 1929-
10. Clara Jean
10. Danny Bedsole, 1956-1960
10. Michael Bedsole, 1960-
+ Wife unknown
11. Amanda Bedsole, 1983
11. Jennifer Bedsole, 1985
11. Steven Bedsole, 1987
10. John Bedsole, 1962-
+____?
11. James William Bedsole, 6/5/1934-6/7/1997, Klein Memorial
Parks, Pinehurst, Texas. US Army.
+ Stella Helen Cervas, 4/15/1917-6/17/1992, New York And
Tomball, Texas.
++ Epsy A. ___?, 1820-1900, Coxs Mill, Alabama.

12. Laura Victoria Bedsole, 1879-1949, Coxs Mill, Alabama.
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+____?

12. John D, Bedsole, 1871-1948, Cox's Mill, Alabama.
+____?
12. Edward C. Bedsole, 1873-1950, Born Cox'x Mill, Ala.
+____?
12. George W. Bedsole, 1874-1950, Coxs Mill, Barbour
County, Alabama.
+____?

12. Laura V. Bedsole, 1879-1959, Cox's Mill, Alabama.
+____?
12. John Bedsole, 1850-1925, Cox's Mill, Barbour County,
Alabama.
+ Leah ____?, 1858-1926, Cox's Mill, Barbour County,
Alabama.
10.William Kenneth Bedsole, 1954-

10. Carolyn Sue Bedsole, 1960-
7. Mary ("Mollie") Mariah Bedsole,1875-1950....m. 11/20/1892 Surles, Crenshaw County,

Ala.

+ Elbert "Ellie" Findley, Sr.
8. Lillian Ada Bedsole, 12/7/1895-10/27/1978
8. Elbert Findley, Jr. 1894-1970.
+ Sallie Bell Cottingham
9. Elbert Findley, Jr.
8. Ada Findley 1895-1978
+ Clifton Talley 1892-1975
9. Mavis A. Talley, 1914
9. Dorothy Talley, 1918
9. Douglas Talley, 1920
9. Ada Faye Talley, 1923
9. William P. Talley,
8. Claude Findley, 11/18/1901-3/6/1983, Mt. Carmel Cem, Sellers, Ala.
7. George Henry Bedsole, Jr. 1857-1936, Surles, Crenshaw, Alabama
+ Sara Ann___?,............... McLennan,. Texas.
7. John "Johnny" T. Bedsole, 10/13/1871-3/9/1943, Surles, Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.
+ Mattie Lou Bedsole, 9/16/1885-3/13/1943, Bethlehem Cemetery.
++ Corine Lou Boyd, 10/11/1880-10/11/1899...m...Dec 13, 1900 Crenshaw County, Ala.
8. Verla Bedsole, 3/19/1906-8/21/8/21/1981, Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.
+ John Shackelford Rowe 11/1/1899-6/27/1975.
8. Alvin Bedsole, 10/13/1913-5/19/1989, Fairview Cemetery, Alabama
+____?
8. Clayton Bedsole, 6/2/1899-6/12/1900, Bethlehem Cemetery. Mother Corine, died
from blood loss.too.
8. George Jackson Bedsole, 8/25/1896-9/30/1896, Bethlehem Cemetry, Ala.
8. Bedsole, Infant Daughter 4/20/1903-4/20/1903
8. Bedsole, Infant Son 4/12/1918-5/1/1918
7. Louisa J. Bedsole,1886-
7. Mary Mariah Bedsole, 1875-1969.
+ Ellie Findley, 1873-1950
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8. Lillian Ada Findley, 12/7/1895-10/27/1978
8. Claude Findley, 11/18/1901-3/6/1983, Buried Mt. Carmel Cem., Sellers, Alabama.
8. Elbert Findley, Dates not known
7 .Lois Elma Bedsole, 6/4/1886-10/16/1961, m. 9/23/1914, Crenshaw, Ala. Bethlehem
Cemetery, Ala.

+ Leon Mansford Anderson, 2/28/1888-12/25/1951.
8. Roland Anderson
8. Verla Anderson
8. Ina Anderson
+ Charles Hightower, Sr,
9. Charles Hightower, Jr.
9. Cathy Hightower.
8. Edith Anderson
+ William "Bill" ____?
7. Robert Alexander Bedsole, 11/1882-1941.Buried Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Sellers Al
+ Inez Mathews 1881-1918....m 1909. Buried Mt Carmel Cemetery, Sellers Al Went
insane, institutionalized.

8. Unnammed infant boy. b. and d. 4/26/1912.
8. Twin Boys b and d April 12 , 1912
8. Robert Maxwell Bedsole 6/23/1914-6/25/2007. Surles, Ala.
Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery Al
+ Evelyn Dubose, 1/12/1916-9/17/1993 buried Greenwood
Cemetery Montgomery Al
9. Robert Cody Bedsole Sr, 1940-
+ Sheila Ann Hatcher
++ Debra Pylate
+++ Margaret Anne (Peggy) Vickery, 1952-
10. Brendt Cody Bedsole, 1964- (son of Sheila Ann)
+ Mary Elizabeth Wynn
11. Sara Catherine Bedsole, 2004-
10. Dana Ashley Bedsole,1971- (daughter of Debra)
10. Robert Cody Bedsole Jr.,1974-(son of Margaret)
+ Leigh Elswick
++ Jeannie Lawler
+++ Tammy Clark, m. 11/3/2007
11. Anna Grace Bedsole, 1997-(dau of Leigh)
11. Jacob Cody Bedsole, 2002- (son of Jeannie)
10. Russell Ellison Bedsole, 1975-(son of Margaret)
+ Dena Marie Dixon
11. Brooks Bedsole, 2008 ?
9. Phillip Mastin Bedsole, 1948+
Amelia Brooks Dunn
++Jenny Mann
10. John Phillip Bedsole, 1982- (adopted by Phillip and Amelia)
8. Baby Girl 1918-1918 (died within 24 hours of birth)
6. Mary F. Bedsole, 1848-1872
6 Elizabeth Alie Bedsole, 5/4/1849-2/20/1855...Died as Child
6. William Travis Bedsole, 8/31/1851-8/1/1889..Duplin County, NC, Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.
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+ Victoria Francis Outlaw, 7/26/1852-7/25/1878.. m. 4/13/1871. Outlaw
Ceme. Duplin County, NC
7. George Henry Bedsole, 11/21/1873-3/5/1903
+ Emma L. Sellers, 1/4/1879-7/24/1962, Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.
8. Thomas Duncan Bedsole, 9/17/1899- ? Bethlehem Cemetery.
+ Nancy Long, 5/19/1895-8/26/1963,Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.
6. Mastin Lloyd Bedsole, 8/1/1854-2/5/1894, m. 3/20/1881, Tuckers Store, Bethlehem
Cemetery, Sellers, Alabama
+ Georgia A. Scott,1854-
6. John Turner Bedsole,8/8/1855-1/28/1872, Bethlehem Cemetery.
+___?
6. Andrew Jackson Bedsole,Sr. 3/25/1858-11/1/1942 Lowndes, Surles, Montgomery,
Alabama. ....m 12/17/1878
+ Emma Jerusalon Boyd,1/23/1858-10/30/1924, Surles, Bethleham Cemetery, Alabama..
7. Francis Bedsole, 1879-1935. Surles, Crenshaw, Alabama.
+____?
7. William Howard Jefferson Bedsole,12/1880-

+ Mattie Morrison1885-
8. Bessie Bedsole,1905-
8. Emma Bedsole,1907-
8. Ruth Bedsole,1908-
+ ___McNeil
8. Andrew Jackson Bedsole, (The Second ?) 11/15/1909-6/22/1999
8. Evans M. Bedsole,5/8/1912-5/8/2005. Civil Engineer, Caterpillar Co. Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Montgomery.
+ Eugenia Abercrombie
8. Franklin Jasper Bedsole,1912-1965
+ Alice Abbott Cauthon, 1914-
9. Eloise Ann Bedsole, 1954-
+ Leonard Alton Cherry, 1952-
10. Cody Earl Cherry, 1972
+ Summer Emmons, 1985- Div.
11. Angela Diane Hebert,1992-
11. Saith Renee Cherry, 1997-
10. Jeffrey Marvin Cherry, 1973-
9. George Franklin Bedsole, 1948-
+Cindy___?
++Rebecca___?

8. Francis Bedsole,1919-
7. Jasper Bedsole,9/27/1882-4/23/1905, Montgomery, Alabama.
7. Colon Bedsole,10/1884-1958, Coffeeville, Alabama.
+ Bernise___?1892-1976
8. Hattie Mae Bedsole,1909-1976
+ ____
8. Hubert Bedsole, 9/23/1910-5/1974 in Alabama.
7. Winnie Bedsole,4/1886-1950, Montgomery, Alabama.
+____?
7. Monroe Clark Bedsole,6/21/1889-1/20/1957, Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.
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+Mattie Bell P___?12/27/1899-12/16/1991, Bethlehem Cemetery. Ala.

7. Leonidas Bedsole, 1/15/1892-4/1971, Montgomery, Alabama.
7. Desma Bedsole,10/1894-1970.........Surles, Montgomery, Alabama.
7. Leola Bedsole,4/1897-1869, Montgomery, Alabama.
7. Jeffrey Bedsole, 1881-1968, Montgomery, Alabama.
7. William Henry Jefferson Bedsole, Sr.,
1880-1965, Montgomery, Alabama.
+____?.
8. William Henry Jefferson Bedsole Jr, 12/29/1980-1924, Montgomery, Alabama.
+ Mattie Morrison, 10/15/1887-1960,....m. 9/10/1905, Montgomery, Alabama
9. Bessie Lorna Bedsole, 10/01/2004-1998
+ Joe McNeil
10. Jean McNeil (Adopted).
9. Emma Hamlin Bedsole, 2/12/1906-1999
+ Ernest Gardiner
10. Menjo Gardiner
10. Charles Gerdiner
10. Allen Gardiner

9. Katie Ruth Bedsole, 12/6/1908-1998
+ Hannibal McNeil12/6/1908-1996
9. Angie McNeil
+____?
10. Dianne McNeil
10. Sandra McNeil
10. Bonnie McNeil
+ Reese Simmons
9. Evans Mark Bedsole, 7/5/1911-2003
+ Evelyn____?
9. Andrew Jefferson Bedsole, II, 11/15/1909-1999.
+ Audrey Hatfield
++ Margaret Nell Flowers, 1915- .............m. 6/26/1938
9. Franklin Jasper Bedsole, 1/24/1917-1965
+ Alice Cauthon
10. Franklin Jasper Bedsole, Jr.1/24/1917-1965
10. Eloise Bedsole
9. Francis Elizabeth Bedsole, 6/18/1918-1986
+ J.R. Williams
10. Jeanette Williams, Never married. Dates not known.
9. Marcellia Bedsole,1920-2001, ..........m. 6/12/1938
+ Cleveland Malcom Sellers,1920-2001.
10. Dutchy Sellers,1940-...........m.8/25/1962.
+ Ernest Rigsby.
11. Lynn Rigsby
10. Patsy Sellers,1946-..........m. 6/28/1969.
+ George William Connell
11. John William Connell. 1971-
11. Cynthia Elaine Connell, 1974-
11. Malcom Edward Connell
+ Amy Childs
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12. Emma Childs
12. Josie Childs
10. Debra "Debbie" Sellers, 1960-...........m. 1982
+ Robert Starr
11. Haley Starr
10. Andrew Jefferson Bedsole, III, 1929-
+ Christine Norma Gray, .......m. 1950, Reno, Nevada.
11. Steven Thomas Bedsole, 1951-
+ Doris Welch
12. Bridgett Bedsole, 1971-....m. 7/18/1992
+ Michael Joseph Harold, 1969-
13. Michael Joseph Harold, Jr. 1994-
13. Jessica Christine Harold,. 1996-
13. Kaitlynn Ann Harold, 2000-
12. Brenda Bedsole, 1992-
+ Jayson Westfall, 1996-.....m. 1994
12. Steven Thomas Bedsole, Jr.

11. Jeffrey Allen Bedsole,
+ Mary Jo Downey
12. Jonathan Bedsole
12. Jeffrey Allen Bedsole, Jr.
11. Kimberly Ann Bedsole, 1958-1966.
11. Audrey Christine Bedsole, 1961-2003.
+ Michael Quinn
++ Frank Clark
12. Courtney Quinn
12. Brandon Michael Quinn
11. Andrew Jefferson Bedsole, IV, 1969-
+ Lorraine____?
++ Amanda____?
+++ Laura ______?

12. Adrienne Bedsole
12. Andrew Jefferson Bedsole, V,
10. Carol Bedsole, 1940-..........m. 6/5/1969
+ Richard Leon Thornton
11. Tracy Alayne Thornton, 1961-
+ Mark W. Barnett....m. 8/14/1982
12. Payton Davis Thornton, 1992-
12. Christian Morgan Trace Barnett,1992-
11. Leslie Carol Thornton, 1963-
11. Richard Leon Thornton, Jr., 1967-
10. Andrew Dwight Bedsole, 1944-
+ Carolyn Dobbs, 1946-.............m. 1961
++ Joyce Morrer
11. Jennifer Lee Dobbs,
11. Natalie Elaine Bedsole, 1963-
11. Andrew Kirkland Bedsole, 1971-
+ Christian Mae Dorthy
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12. Andrew Robert Thomas Bedsole, 1999-
12. Bailey Jeanette Bedsole, 2003-
6. William H. Bedsole, 1949- 7/24/1951, Lived two years. Riverside Cemetery, Columbus,
Georgia.
6. Julia Paralee Bedsole,3/12/1859-7/28/1860
6. Walter Everette Bedsole, 1/21/1861-6/6/1937. Bethlehem Cemetery,Ala.
+ Cora Inez Cook, 1866-1930......m. 3/18/1880, Montgomery, Alabama.
++ Laura Eugenia Bennett, 1871-1950 ............. m. 5/18/1890, Montgomery, Alabama.
7. Aubrey Bedsole, 2/1895-1970, Bethlehem Cemetery. Ala.
7. Oliver Henry Bedsole, 5/18/1891-7/1942,...Served in Spanish-American War.
Entered at Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Company B, Third Mississipi Infantry Regiment. Born Sellers, Ala. Buried
Providence Cemetery, Hattiesburg.

+ Beatrice Geraldine Burkett, 10/9/1883-1984
8. Willie B. Bedsole, Born and Died 4/6/1903
8. Walter Eugene Bedsole, 1925--No DOD.
8. Sybil Bedsole, 1908- No DOD.

8. George Ray Bedsole, 8/16/1916-2/16/2000. U.S. Army, WW-II, Providence
Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Miss.
8. Helen Louise Bedsole, 1919- Still Living.
8. Clarence Oliver Bedsole, 5/22/1904-1992, Austin, Texas.
+ Lola Mattie Wright, 6/19/1907-5/1981, Port Arthur, Texas.
9. Lois Virginia Bedsole, 1929- Port Arthur, Texas m. 7/14/1951, Port
Arthur..
+ Gene Grammer, 1929-
10. Mary Jo Grammer, 1953-
10. Jeanne Grammer, 1955-
10. Judy Grammer, 1957-
+ ___ ? Fountain
11. Richard Fountain
+ Sara Merzig..........m. 7/1/0/2004
9. John Oliver Bedsole, 1933- Born Purvis, Mississippi. Currently in Port
Arthur, Texas..
+ Diane Lee Capps, 1942-
++ Nancy Jane Smith, 1936-
Waco, Texas.....m. 4/9/1983, Austin,
Texas.

10. Jay Allen Bedsole, 1959- Port Arthur
+ Brenda Monjar, .................m. 1981
11. Jaclyn Kelsey Bedsole, 1986-
11. Katherine Bedsole, 1991-
10. Dale Erick Bedsole, 1962-Port Arthur
+ Julie____?
++ Anita ___? .........m. Arlington, Texas.
11. Caleb Oliver Bedsole, 1997-
11. Jonathan Isaac Bedsole, 1998-
11. Michael Dwayne Bedsole, 2001-
11. Laura Honnol Bedsole, 1984-
11. Ben Honnol, 1986-1995
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11. Katie Honnol, 1989-
10. Joy Elaine Bedsole, 1964-Port Arthur, Texas....m. 10/31/1988
+ David Newberry, .......Bend, Texas.
++ Will Blaney....m. 9/29/1994
11. Kendra Paige Blaney, 1994-
11. David Newberry, 2nd, 1989- Austin, Texas
11. Christopher Blaney 1989-
9. Clarence Oscar Bedsole, 1942-
Port Arthur, Texas...m.4/9/1966, Bridge
City, Texas.
+ Kay Pearson, 1944-
10. Cindy Bedsole, 1970-
7. Maude Hester Bedsole, 8/1/1883-No DOD
+ William Thomas Pittman
8. Margaret "Margie" Bedsole, 1/29/1912-2/28/1988, Montgomery, Alabama.
+ ____Pittman
++ Lance Lenoir
7. Aubrey R. Bedsole, 2/1895-1945

+____?

7. Burt L. Bedsole, 1887-1953, Fort Deposit, Lowndes, Ala.
+ ____?
7. James Stott Bedsole 11/29/1889- 5/ 5/1914.Bethlehem Cemetery, Ala.
+____?
7. Willie Idell Bedsole,3/26/1891-3/21/1914 ... m. 1/27/1907, Surles, Crenshaw,
Alabama..
+ Richard Gill, 1890-1970
8. S.E. Gill, 1928-2000
8. George Gill, 1930-2001
7. Travis Franklin Bedsole, 1/1893-1965, Surles, Ala. and Miami, Fla. Pinecrest
Cemetery, Highlands County, Fla.
+ Mary Elizabeth Smith, 1915-1956, Pinecrest Cemetery, Fla.
7. Dora Alef Bedsole 8/30/1895-11/22/1959, Grove Hill.
+ Samuel Elijah Tolbert 4/25/1894-1/22/1963, Grove Hill, Ala.
(Note: Samuels father: James Tolbert, 1/21/1853 Grove Hill, Ala.-d. 5/2/1912.. Montgomery, Ala.
Married 29 Dec.1878. Samuels Mother was: Mary Jane Moore, 1/25/1866 Grove Hill, Ala. d.
1/6/1929, Linden, Ala. Mary Janes father was: Elijah L. Moore, 1 Aug. 1846, Dickinson, Ala. -d. 21
July 1946, Nettleboro, Ala. Mary Janes Mother was Lucinda Thompson. James Tolberts father was
William Tolbert, b. 18 Jan, 1853 Grovehill. Died 2 May, 1912, Montgomery. James Tolberts Mother
was Nancy Rebecca Courtney. Nancys parents were Robert Courtney and Vicky Foster. The
parents of Robert were: James Courtney and Elizabeth Coburn. Vickys father was George Foster.
No other info. Samuel Elijah Tolberts Brothers And Sisters were: Joseph Joshua Tolbert, b. 8 Oct.
1898 Grove Hill, Ala. d, 8 Nov. 1968 Miami, Fla. William Abson Tolbert, b. 28 Oct. 1891 Grovehill.
d. 10 Jan., 1967. Nancy Romania Tolbert, b. 14 Feb. 1905, Grovehill. Died same day. Oliver Rose
Tolbert, b. 16 Feb., 1910 d.1986, Martha Marcella Tolbert, b. 11 May 1901 Grovehill-d. 19 June,
1982. Daniel Roland Tolbert, b. 2 June, 1896 Grovehill-d. 21 July, 1946, Leonard Leroy Tolbert, 23
Aug. 1907 Silas, Ala. -d. 28 Sept. 1856. James Mathew Tolbert, 26 Nov. 1889 Grovehill- No other
info. John Mathew Tolbert, b. 26 Nov. 1900- d. 31 Oct. 1968. Died Hattiesburg, Miss., Maroni
Tolbert, b. 27 Dec. 1903 Grovehill-d. 22 Nov., 1982.)
8. Agnes Christine Tolbert b.1919 AL.
+__________?
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8. James Tolbert born 3/6/1921 AL. 2/18/1990 in Fla.
+______
8. Evelyn Tolbert born 1924 AL.
+ Jerry Curt
7. Fannie Lue Bedsole, 1900- Alabama.
7. Sylvia Idona Bedsole,1905-
7.Samuel Bedsole
+ ____?
Sessoms Bedsole, 3/25/1790-1892. (I personally believe Sessoms was born in 1806 and not 1812,
because Charlotte was married at age 16.). Census Occupations: "Drunkard" and "Rustler". Here
are some things I know about him. He was born in Beaverdam, NC. He and his brother Henry,
came to Alabama from NC sometime in 1820, apparently on an initial "scouting trip" to look over the
land, army forts, indians, and etc., as the larger group of Thomas Jr. and family, Thomas English
and family, and William and Margaret Davis were to come later, and they did so in 1830. He
acquired 40 acres at Sellers, Alabama on that trip. Henry acquired 160 acres there. His first name is
Sessoms, not Sessions. He was named after Thomas Sessoms who lived near Sessoms father,

Thomas Bedsole, Jr. in NC. He acquired 39.99 acres of land near Sellers, Alabama, which is about
40 miles north of here, on April 24, 1820, when he and Henry were looking around. Henry
eventually moved to Sellers from NC. Sessoms acquired land in Montgomery County, Ala. in 1837,
then apparently lived near Henry until 1850, then moved his family to Old Town, Alabama about 3
miles from here, where his brother Travis B. Bedsole, lived. At Old Town, my Grandfather, Travis
Bedsole, had a sawmill there. (Another Sessoms brother) was living near where Travis's sawmill
was located at Old Town and Sessoms worked for him there. At Old Town, in 1850, Sessoms
mother, Charlotte, who had left Thomas, Jr.that year, is shown living in a house with son Travis
aged 17. The same year, same census, she is shown living in the house with Sessoms. I have been
inside those log houses and one that Travis built too. Each house had a log barn. My two oldest
brothers used to farm the 80 acres surrounding those two houses. That 80 acres is now covered
with huge trees. Those two log houses rotted down about 1950. Where Travis had his sawmill, at
Old Town, you can still see the long, wide and deep, slanted ditch which was used to back the
wagons loaded with sawed planks down to the river, where a barge carried them to Savannah,
Georgia and Charleston, SC to build houses. In 1850, Sessoms moved his family to Warrenton,
Georgia and they lived there near his first cousin, Amos Bedsole and family. But after a few months,
Sessoms moved his family first to Butler County, Greenville, Alabama, where his father lived, then
with his mother and his own wife and family, he moved to Mossy Head, Fla. in 1860, into another
log house near Edward, another brother of his. While living near Edward (I have also also been
inside those two log houses and log barns) In 1860, Sessoms stole two of his neighbors cows and
sold them as his own. He then went to jail for Rustling. He got 20 years. From 1860 until 1880,
Sessoms was in jail for "Rustling" . His family remained there near Edward at Mossy Head, and
Sessoms mother, Charlotte lived with them. In 1870, the family moved to Warrenton, Georgia, near
Amos Bedsole, then to Mossy head again.In 1880, Sessoms got out of jail, and returned home. His
wife, Charlotte, and mother, also a Charlotte, were then living at Mossy Head, Fla., and Sessoms
moved them to Victoria, Alabama, just NW of Elba, Alabama. Then In 1882, Sessoms wife Charlotte
died, Sessoms then married Rececca Sellers. Apparently after getting out of jail, Sessoms returned
home and to staying drunk, because his mother Charlotte, moved out and went to Holt, Fla. and
lived with her granddaughter, Hannah, who was living there in a log house with husband John
Johnson and family. John worked at a sawmill, dragging logs from the woods to the mill with two
mules. Charlotte remained with them until she died in 1892. Meantime, Sessoms was living at
Mossy Head until he died, in1892. Then in 1892, Edward moved his family and Sessoms wife,

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Rebecca, to Coffeeville, Alabama, near the Mississippi line, to be near some first cousins of his, his
sister Elizabeth, and her son, Rayford. At nearby Grove Hill-Coffeeville, at a crossroads, Edward
and Rayford built a log store. During 1892, Edward and Rayford began selling whiskey in addition to
other goods, and a large gang of 50-men soon began gathering there. In 1893, Edwards 50-man
gang was robbing, stealing, even killing their neighbors. Finaly, a 300-man vigilante group appeared
at Edwards house, and dragged Edward and 31-year old son Quincy outside. They shot Quincy so
full of holes, he had to be carried to his grave with pitchforks. Ironically, they let Edward go because
he belonged to the Fraternal Order Of Masons, and several among the 300 men were also Masons,
and sworn to forever help their Mason "Brothers" let him go, provided that he "Leave this country
and never come back". Edward moved back to Mossy Head, where he lived another 12 years, then
moved right back to Coffeeville, where he lived until he finaly died at age 93. You can read all about
that and what happened in a book, "Mitchum War Of Clarke County, Alabama.", available from the
Clarke County Democrat (Newspaper) in Grove Hill, Ala.also another, newer book, which is mostly
fiction, "Hell At The Breech" which was the name of Edwards gang. The story of "Hell At The
Breech" is being considered for a full-length movie.

+ Charlotte _____, 1820-1892

++ Rebecca _____, 1852-1900

6. Sarah E.F. Bedsole, 1838-
6. Margaret A. Bedsole, 1842-
6. Julia F. Bedsole, 1848-
6. Mary F. 1845-
6. Mary L. Bedsole, 1870-4/16/1960
+ Monroe Lassiter
6. Lemmal or Lemand or Lemon Bedsole, 1875-
+ Sara Tulia Skinner, 8/21/1908-
6. Annie Bedsole, 1871-
+ Mr. Fleming
6. Addie Bedsole,1871-
+ James Ervin Boutwell
6. James Madison Bedsole, 1890-1975
+ Sarah Emma Jordan
++ Ibeona Weeks, 4/19/1895-7/5/1969
6.Colvin Bedsole (Son),10/5/1889-11/1966, .... Married 3/1/1908, Crenshaw, Ala.

+ Bernice Mae Johnson,1893-.
6. Paralee Bedsole,1861- m. Nov.05,1885 In Crenshaw County, Ala.
+ Jeff Dean.
6. General Thomas Bedsole, 3/22/1885-1/26/1973. Columbus, Georgia.
+ Minnie Lee Young, 5/10/1898-2/1984
7. Leo Bedsole, 3/22/1920-11/21/2005, US Army, WW-II. Parkhill Cemetery,
Columbus, Ga.
+ Maudye Faye Farris, 1927-. m. Elba, Ala. 1947. Dau. Of
John Respess Farris And Mary Alice Hataway.
8. Jeffrey Farris Bedsole,1952-...Elba, Ala.
+ Jane Whippler
9. Jeffrey Walker Bedsole
9. Jennifer Michelle Bedsole
8. Leya Jane Bedsole, 8/15/1955-5/1/1958. Mail Truck Killed her, age 3. Elba,
Ala..
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8. Julie Faye Bedsole, 1960-
+ Steven Westmoreland
9. Ryan Westmoreland
9. Kelley Westmoreland
8. Jane Bedsole
8. John Thomas Bedsole, 1962-
+ Cynthia Leanne Anderson
9. Bryce Anderson Bedsole, 2002-
7. Young Sessoms Bedsole,1883-
7. Lawyen Bedsole, Killed by Lightning.
7. Esker Bedsole, Died from Appendicitis.
7. Mary Alice Bedsole, 1926-8/13/1993
+ Harold Massey, 11/15/1925-3/1989
8. One child died at birth.
7. Young General Bedsole, 1923-1/2004
+ Martha Jean Dye,1926-

8. Shirley Anne Bedsole,1945-
+ Phillip G. White,1943-
9. Stephanie Page White, 1965-
9. Amy Melissa White, 1966-
9. Phillip Marcus Young White, 1968-
8. Martha Mishoe Lee Bedsole, 1/26/1868-12/12/1945, Flea Hill, Cumberland
Ceme.NC
+ Edward Wayne Walicheck, 1865-1940
9. Lauren Brooke Walecheck, 1885-
9. Adam Edward Walecheck, 1886-
9. Cody Walecheck,1887-
6. Caledonia Bedsole
+ Claude Debice
6. Georgia Clarisa Bedsole, 1877-......... m. 8/10/1903
+ John Fox Killingsworth
Note: Georgia is buried in Hebron Cem., Coffee County, Ala.
6. William W. Bedsole, 1887-, Sand Hill; Cumberland, NC.
6. Sarah E.F. Bedsole,1837-
6. Margaret A. Bedsole,1848-
6. Julia F. Bedsole,1848-
6. Mary M. Bedsole, 1851-
6. Nancy L. Bedsole, 1858-
6. Travis Bedsole, 1833-
5. Sarah Bedsole, 1813-1876 married 12/15/1831 Lowndes, Ala.
+ Samuel L. Humphreys/Humphries,1812- Married 12/15/1831. Lowndes County, Ala.
6. James M. Humphries, 1812-
6. Ann Humphries, 1839-
5. David M. Bedsole, (Sr) 1814-1870 Ended up with Census occupation:"Drunkard"
He was in Butler County, Ala. (Greenville) in 1850, moved to Baldwin County, north of Mobile,
Alabama..

+ Catherine Parker, 1814-1855.Married 5/16/1832, Lowndes County, Ala.
++ Catherine Davis, 1820-1900.
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6. Lucinda Bedsole, 1833-1919
+ David Kent, 1830-1854
++ William Kelley,1833-
7. David Kent, Jr., 1848-1924
+ Sophronia Alabama Driggers 1854-1935
8. Georgiana Alabama Kent, 1870-1964
+ Whit Cosby
++ Thomas Quadell, 1892- ?
+++ Martin Mancel Ready, 1871-1904

9. Zell Gaston Ready, 1894- ?
9. Frank Gray Ready, 1895-1906
9. Stella Mae Ready, 1896-1980
9. Alice Alma Ready, 1897-1986
+___ Marler
++___Rigoski
+++___Lambert

10. Dorothy Rigowski

10. Edgar Lambert

10. Gaston Lambert

9. Barney McCoy Ready, 1898-1900

9. Alonzo "Lonnie" David Ready, 1900-1992

+ Bertha Julia Wesley, 1904- ?

10. Wilda E. "Wendy" Ready, 1925- ?

10. James Mancil Ready, 1921-?

10. Laura Joyce Ready, 1927-?

10. Caroline A. Ready, 1939-?

+ Atif Dibbs

9. Clyde Ready, 1902- ?

9. Martin Ready, 1903-1985

+ Grace Garrison, 1908-?

10. Jimmy Garrison

10. Wendy Ready

+ ___ Barnett

10. Joyce Delma Ready

+ ___Stone

11. Patricia "Pat" Stone

8. Mary Etta Kent, 1872-1964

+ Sam Beasley

8. Anna Pauline Kent, 1927-1997

+ Jack Courtney, 1917-2004
++ William Leon Cook, 1922-1983
+++ Harold Edmundson, 1909-1989

9. Larry Leon Cook, 1946-?
+Rosemary Ann Chafin
++ Margaret Lafitte Neubeck

9. Barbara Ann Cook, PhD, LCSW, 1948-

+ Donald Galen MCDermid, 1941-1984
++ Byron Wesley Fain, 1949-
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+++ David Allen Newham, 1947-

10. Gordon Scott McDermid, 1971-

+ April Marie Brant, 1978-

11. Beau Brant McDermid, 1994-

11. Ladonna Haley McDermid, 2000-

11. Donald Gavin McDermid, 2004-

10. Luci Rebecca McDermid, 1974-

+ Christian Bo Widerburg,
++ Donlyn Vines, 1970-

10. Joseph Donald McDermid, 1980-

+ Kristen Cathryn Fischer, 1980-

11. Joseph Carter McDermid, 2004-

9. Charlotte Gail Cook, 1950-

+ Arthur Sills
++ Terry Dorman Douglas, 1946-
+++ Ray Wilson

10. William David Douglas, 1968-
6. William B. Bedsole, 6/5/1848-6/12/1932 ....m. 8/23/1900 (Living with John Henry Clark in
Old Town in 1860. Buried in Bethlehem Cemetery above Luverne, Ala. with wife, Lucy.
+ Lucy Catherine Wise, 4/9/1854-5/10/1933 ....m. 1870 Peacock, Ala.( Parents, James
M. Wise & Rebecca Davis).
7. Jesse Bedsole, 1873-1950, Peacocks, Coffee County, Alabama.
+____?
7. David M. Bedsole, 1870-1950, Peacocks, Coffee County, Alabama.
+____?
7. Minnie Lee Bedsole, 1906-1909 (Bethlehem Cemetery)
7. Willie J. Bedsole, 9/25/1892- Year of death unknown.( Bethlehem Cemetery).
+ Rebecca D. Bedsole, 8/17/1890-3/27/1971, Bethlehem Ceme.
7. Elizabeth Rebecca Bedsole, 1876-1940, Peacocks, Coffee County, Alabama.
7. William Franklin Bedsole, 11/30/1879-4/5/1900, Peacocks, Coffee County,
Alabama.
7. Wiley F. Bedsole, 7/1883-7/1906, Elba, Alabama.
+ Louise Dalcede Farris, 9/11/1882-12/15/1957.
8. Clara Bedsole, 1/1/1904-8/12/2003, Fla.
8. Bonnie Dee Bedsole, 1/1/1906-8/11/1991...m. 9/22/1920
+ Gehew Linton, 9/22/1920-6/6/1992
7. Jack Bedsole, 8/1886-1967..........Peacock, Alabama.
+ Janie Williams, 11/9/1888-10/29/1983, Harden Chapel Cemetery, Toombs
County, Georgia, also NC
8. Alain Bedsole, 1915-
8. Onita Bedsole, 1917-
7. Ida Bedsole, 1889-
7. Richard Earnest Bedsole, 1/1896-
7. Mary J. Bedsole, 1891-
7. Franklin Bedsole, 1863-1935, Cedar Creek, NC.
+____?
6. Martha Jean Bedsole,1835-
6. Duncan Bedsole,1839-
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+ Anna Jane Guttey, ..........m. 3/24/1852. NC
6. Lucinda "Lucy"
Bedsole,5/1841- ?..m. 11/8/1863, Cedar Creek, Surry County, NC.
Married in Surry County, NC. 1860.
+ Peyton Bobbitt, 1838- ? Company C ,47th Va. Calvary. Killed Gettysburg.
7. Martha Bobbitt,1861-
7. James L. Bobbitt
7. Elizabeth J. Bobbitt
6. Mary J. Bedsole,1843-
+ Thomas J. Sheppard
6. Milly Bedsole, 1845-
6. David M. Bedsole, Jr.1847-
6. Jesse M. Bedsole, 6/9/1873-10/29/1955.
+ Mary Smith, 4/17/1873-2/21/19
7. William Jesse Bedsole, 9/25/1892- ? "Willie" , Bethlehem Cemetery, Coffee
County, Ala.
+ Rebecca D___? 8/17/1890-3/27/1971, Bethlehem Cemetery, Coffe County, Ala.

7. Clifford Bedsole, 1890-3/21/1925, Riverside Cemetery, Michigan
+ Viola ___? 1912-1978
7. Oscar Bedsole, 1899-1988
6. Thomas Bedsole, 6/19/1877-1/3/1919, Mora Cemetery, Louisiana.
+ Louisa ___ ?, 1850-
7. Louisa Dorcas Bedsole,1852-1906 Baldwin Cnty, Ala.
+ William Henry Graham, 1843-1912, Born Ga. Died in Baldwin, Ala.
8. William Henry Graham, Jr. 1872-
8. Amanda Graham, 1870-
8. Louisa Graham
8. Ida Graham
8. Grace Graham
8. Angus Bedsole
8. Elijah Graham,1868-.
8. David Daniel Graham, 1874-
8. Oren Graham
8. Lula Graham
5. Elizabeth "Betty" Bedsole, 1817-1908, Buried Walnut Hill, La. m. 8/6/1835, at Brantley, Ala.
She so hated husband Uriah Brown, when he died, she renamed all her younger children
Bedsole, instead of Brown. Between the time he died and she married Mr. Montgomery, her
and children were all supported by her brother Edward, above.

+ Uriah Owens Brown. 1815-1848 Lowndes, Ala.
++ ____ Montgomery.
6. Ann H. Bedsole, 1832-1900, ...m. 1854
+ John W. Knight, 1827-1890
7. George W. Knight, 8/1855-1917
+ Sarah E. Knight, 5/1860-
8. Dollie Knight, 12/1882-
8. Grover Cleveland Knight, 2/24/1885-
+ Elvira T. Wright
9. Lloyd Doyle Knight, 11/18/1910-
9. Arco Sinclair Knight, 9/12/1912-
8. William P. Knight, 3/1890-
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8. Daisy V. Knight, 6/1892-
8. Florida M. Knight, 3/1894-
8. Asa Knight, 8/1896-
8. Early M. Knight, 1/1899-
8. George W. Knight, Jr.
7. John W. M. Knight, Jr. 5/1857-1938
+ Cebelle Truitt, 3/1861-........m. 12/27/1877
8. Gerome N. Knight, 12/1878-
8. Christopher C. Knight, 2/17/1884-10/1868
8. Docie Knight, 1/1887-
8. Jacey Knight, 5/1889-
8. Carrie Knight, 12/1891-
8. John W. Knight, 2/11/1895-2/1981
8. Barney Knight, 10/30/1898-10/1974
6. Rayford H. Bedsole, 10/12/1833-8/17/1874, Lowndes County, Ala. Killed by an M.D.

who was running for political office in Clarke County, Ala., and Rayford was his
opponent, indicating they were'nt satisfied back then with just bad-mouthing each
other, during their "Campaigns". People said Rayford was tall, blue-eyed and very

handsome.

+ Sarah Elizabeth Brinke, 1831-1910. m. 10/14/1857 Henry County, Ala .b. SC.
7. William J. Bedsole,1859-1936
+ _____?
7. John Wesley Bedsole, 10/20/1860-05/24/1926 Oak Grove Cemetery, Clarke
County, Ala.
7. William Franklin Bedsole, 11/04/1862-11/28/1928, Oak Grove Cemetery.
+ Martha A. Mott, 2/6/1861-6/7/1931 Oak Grove Cem., Ala.
8. Carrie Estelle Bedsole, 09/06/1880-9/30/1931. Oak Grove Cem.
8. Ernest M. Bedsole, 02/15/1882-07/03/1959, New Prospect Cem,
Grovehill, Ala
+ Nancy Jane ___1883-4/13/1939
++ Fannie E. ___? 5/13/1885-3/10/1942, New Prospect Cem.,
Grovehill, Ala.

9. Horace Woodrow Bedsole, Sr. 10/24/1914-4/12/1985, New Prospect
Cem.
+ Janie S. ___? Bedsole, 2/20/1915-4/13/1993, New Prospect Cem.
10. Frances Lorena Bedsole, 8/29/1934-8/4/1936, New Prospect
Cem. Alabama.
9. Norrid B. Bedsole, 1915-
9. Minnie Mae Bedsole, 1917-
+ Earl Mullins.
9. Horace Woodrow Bedsole, Jr. 1920-
7. Georgia Ann Bedsole,04/24/1866-08/27/1937
+ George N. Huggins
8. Benjamin Frank Huggins, 10/26/1880-09/27/1943
+ Frances___?
++ Marietta "Mary" Small
9. Rella Huggins,1903- (Frances)
9. Eddie E. Huggins,5/11/1905- 07/10/1977
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9. Irma Clyde Huggins, 07/31/1911- 09/06/1935
9. William Jinks Huggins, 04/04/1915
( Mother was Marietta)
9. George Leonard Huggins, 09/09/1916-
04/12/1945
9. Eunice Grey Huggins, 06/07/1920-11/28/1956
+ ____Allen
9. Ben Jasper Huggins,1929-
+ Hazel Jenett Mott
8. Ella Huggins, 04/1882-
8. Ida Huggins, 12/1885-
6. Martha Ann Bedsole, 1835-, Lowndes County, Ala.
+___
6. Thomas Henry Brown-Bedsole1832-1901 On 1850 Henry County, Ala. Census. Kept his
fathers surname of Brown.

+ Mary Ann Sylvester 1828-1868 On 1850 Henry County, Ala. Census
++ Charlotte Mays, 1842-1928
7. Kisiah J. Bedsole,1848-1925 On 1850 Henry County, Ala. Census
7. Rebecca S. Bedsole, 1851-9/22/1895, Walnut Hil, Ceme, Louisiana.
7. Minnie M. Bedsole, 1859-1920, Henry and Clarke Counties, Alabama.
7. Thomas Lafayette Bedsole, 3/30/1856-11/7/1928, Walnut Hill Cemetery, Slagle, La.
+ Rebecca McNorton, 1860-1940.....m. 2/3/1879, Coffeeville, Alabama.
8. Cornelia R. Bedsole, 2/1880-1965.
8. Mealey Bedsole, 3/1881-1961.He died in Louisiana.
8. Charles Bedsole, 3/1884-1956, Tyler, Texas.
8. Elizabeth Bedsole, 11/1886-1858.
8. James Travis Bedsole, Sr. 8/16/1889-7/7/1950, born Mora, Louisiana. Died
Dallas, Texas. Personnel Mgr.
+ Vera Evelyn Williams, 12/1/1893-9/1984, Dallas, Texas.
9. James Travis Bedsole, Jr. 10/12/1919-10/28/2002, Chesapeake, Va.
+ Virginia E. Beinecke, 7/6/1924-5/16/1992, Mansfield, La.
9. Curtis Bedsole, 1921-
+ Margaret Jewel Jones, 6/5/1924-5/18/2007 Grove Hill Memorial Park,
Kaufman, Dallas, Texas.
10. Rebecca A. Bedsole
+ James Bornhorst
11.Daniel Trent Bornhorst, 1983-
11. Amantha Gail Bornhorst, 1986-
10.Carissa Gail Bedsole,1952-
+ James N. Roach
11. Joshua Neil Roach, 1972-
11. Jason Mitchell Roach,1976-
11. Jenny Rebecca Roach, 1980-.
10. Melissa Lynn Bedsole, 1981- .m. 5/21/2000. Bell County,Texas.
+ James R. Simmons,
10. James Curtis Bedsole,1956-
+ Rosemary Allison
++ Lyssa Ann Keer
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11. Melanie Elise Bedsole,1977-
11. Melissa Lynn Bedsole, 1981-
11. Ashley Nicole Bedsole, 1988-
8. Carrie Bedsole, 10/1/1889-7/7/1938
8. Rosa Bedsole, 3/1890-1968.
8. Lula Bedsole, 2/1892-1963. Louisiana.
8. Jessie Vee Bedsole, 1895-1965.
7. Theodore Hamilton "Hamp" Bedsole,1857-5/18/1994 Ala. to Bowie County, Texas.
+ Sallie Mitchum, 1859-1940 ? Montgomery, Alabama.
++ Mary Alma Mitchell, 1850-1927 ?, Montghomery, Alabama.
8. Alma Olivia Bedsole, 1873-1950, moved from Ala. to Beaumont, Texas..
+____?
8. Wilber Bedsole
+____?
8. Jessie Vee Bedsole, 6/2/1909-

+ Johnnie Chop, 4/3/1911-1/6/1989, Walnut Hill Ceme, Louisiana
9. John Chop, Jr. 2/20/1931-5/27/1948, Walnut Hill Ceme. Louisiana.
9. Frances Marie Chop, 1935-
+ Thomas Pegg
9. Herman Chop, 1936-
8. Frankie Elizabeth Bedsole 1875-1940, Wark, Louisiana to Texas.
+___? McMannes
9. Donald Gene McMannes
+ Georgia Mae McMannes
10. Donald Gene McMannes.... (Deceased)
10. John Michael McMannes
+____?
10. James Lee McMannes,
+____?
8. Jewell May Bedsole, 2/2/1871-1946
+ ___? Nobles
8. Nora Bedsole, 4/9/1911-2/12/1989
+____? Leonard
8. Fannelle Bedsole, 12/17/1914-10/19/1922, Beaumont, Texas.
Died as a child).
8. Theodore Hamilton Bedsole, Jr..1922-1945. Beaumont, Texas.
7. John B. Bedsole, 1843-
+ Elizabeth____?, ...m. 11/26/1885
7. Frances F. Bedsole,1853-1825, Henry and Clarke Counties, Alabama.
7. Travis Franklin Bedsole, Sr. 4/3/1853-2/18/1910, Comanche, Texas and Mora
Cemetery, Louisiana.
+ Callie Lang, 6/30/1855-2/12/1910, Boyce Town, Mora Cemetery, Louisiana .
8. Travis Franklin Bedsole, Jr., 1875-1955?
+______Long ?
9. Henry Curtis Bedsole, Sr.4/2/1913--11/6/1963, Mora Cemetery,
Natchitoches, La.
+ Letha Huffman, 11/17/1919-9/2/1992,Auburndale, Florida
10.Henry Curtis Bedsole,Jr. 9/30/1934 -1/31/1998. Carmel Catholic
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Cemetery, Mansfield, La. US Navy.

+ Nan Lafitte
11.Cynthia Bedsole, 1958
+ Marshall Steven Drew
12. Erin Ashley Drew
12. Lauren Denise Drew
12 Steven Curtis Drew,
11. Kevin Wayne Bedsole 1969-
+ Diana Brown
12. Micha Bedsole, 1994
12. Jonathan Bedsole, 1992
12. Nicholas Bedsole, 2001-
11. Sharon Annette Bedsole 1962
+ Craig Busher, 1960
12. Chelsey Bedsole, 1991-

12. Dylan Busher, 1994-
8. Talmadge Franklin Bedsole, 9/27/1892-12/8/1953. U.S. Army. Born La., Died
Longview, Texas.
+ Mary Jane Knight, 10/19/1895-10/21/1975, Longview, Texas.
9. Beverly Ann Bedsole
9. M.R. Bedsole, 1876-1950, Comanche, Texas.
9. Thomas Kenneth Bedsole, 1912-2002, Texas
+____?
10. James Lynn Bedsole, 1932-
.....Texas
+____?
11. Bartlett Bedsole, 1955-
....Corpus Christi, Texas
+____?
8. Lillie/Lilly Bedsole, 1/1890-1898, Boyce Town, Louisiana Cemetery.
+ L.E. Ballentine
8. Mabel "Mollie" Bedsole, 1897-1897, Died at birth. Mora Cemetery,
Natchitoches, La..
+ ___. Bebee.
8. Leona Ada Bedsole, 1/23/1898-1/2/1988, Nachito Cemetery, Louisiana.
+ Frank Lee, 9/18/1898-5/15/1956...Died in DeRidder, Louisiana.
9. Shirley Lee, 11/1/1934-8/9/1965
9. Susan Lee ?
8. Alice "Allie" Bedsole, 1896-1896, Died at birth. Mora Cemetery, Louisiana.
8. Travis Henry Bedsole, Sr. 10/9/1884-6/15/1958, Boyce Town, Mora
Cemetery, Louisiana.
Buried in American Cemetary in La.

+ Suzie Dubois, 9/18/1890-1/18/1965, Mora Cemetery, Natchito, La.
9. Travis Henry Bedsole, Jr. 3/13/1917-9/19/1963, Mora Cemetery,
Louisiana.
8. Thomas Henry Bedsole, Sr. 10/9/1877-1/3/1919, Boyce, American
Cemetery,
La, Texas..
+____?

9. Thomas Henry Bedsole, Jr. 3/13/1917-9/19/1963, Mora Cemetery,
Louisiana.
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+___?

10. Thomas Henry Bedsole, III
10. Ray Bedsole, 1925-
9. William "Willie" Bedsole (Adopted).
8. Jack L. Bedsole, 8/3/1900-7/9/1963, USMC, Natchito (American) Cemetery,
Louisiana.
8. Mittie Ann Bedsole,1/25/1863-4/19/1924, Mora, Louisiana.
+ A.J. Blacksher, 1/8/1854-1/6/1924
9. William "Willie" J. Blacksher, 9/14/1892-
+____?
9. Mittie Ann Blacksher 7/3/1896-1/25/1921
H.C. Autry.
9. Minnie Lee Blacksher1906-1909
8. Cornelia R. Bedsole, 1/31/1880-4/8/1973
+ Stephen Dubois,1885-

9. E.J. Dubois,1905-
9. Blanchard Dubois,1905-
9. Angelina Dubois, 1905-
9. Ralph Dubois, 1908-
9 Blanch Dubois, 1909-
9. Ida Dubois, 1910-
9. Edgar Dubois, 1911-
9. Pauline Dubois, 1913-
8. Mealey Bedsole, 1831-
8 Charles Bedsole, 1884-
8. Elizabeth Bedsole, 1886-
+ A.J. Tolleson, 1885-
9. Byron Tolleson, 1910-
+ Marquerite___? 1910-
10. Hall Tolleson1838-
9. Vetra Tolleson, 1912-
+ T.F. Ballentine
10. Bing Ballentine, 1930-
10. Barry Ballentine, 1939-
8. Leona Bedsole, 1/1898- ...........Boyce Town, Louisiana
+____?
8. Rosa Bedsole,1890-
+ Willie Mays,1885-
9. Gwendolyn Mays,1906-
8. Lulu Bedsole, 1892-
8. Carrie L. Bedsole,10/1/1889-7/7/1938, Thomaston Cem, Marengo, Ala.
+ Dee Thompson, 18859.
Grady Thompson, 1915-
9. Marlon Thompson, 1916-
9. Marvin Thompson
9. Viola Thompson
9. Rosa Thompson
9. Jane Thompson
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9. Annie Thompson
9. Lucille Thompson
9. Kathleen Thompson
7. Mary Ann Bedsole, 1860-1915 .Moved to Texas after marriage.
+ Charles Wesley Ansley,(Sr.) 1854-11/27/1926, Waller County, Texas
8. Mary E. Ansley, 4/27/1878-1930
8. Tealy Ansley, 9/1886-
8. Mattie F. Ansley, 2/1890-
8. Charles Wesley Ansely, Jr. 11/1892-
8. James Travis Ansley, 7/1894-
8. Jessie Ansley, 5/31/1898-8/31/1899
8. Mabel Ansley, 1902-
8. Thomas H. Ansley, 1905-
8. Mattie Bedsole, 1881-1960, Tyler, Texas
8. Ida Ansley, 9/22/1880-9/7/1908, Eastern/Acorn Ceme. Tyler, Texas

+ James H. Stephens
9. Lester Stephens
9. Alfred Stephens
9. Felton Stephens
9. Tillie Mary Stephens
9. Mary Stephens
7. Mitty Ann Bedsole,1862-
7. Margaret Ann Bedsole, 1868-
7. Theodore H. Bedsole,1867-5/18/1994, Born La., Died Bowie County, Texas.
+ Nala Olivia Mitchell
7. Margetta Bedsole,1869-
7. Catherine Bedsole, 1855-
7. Thomas C. Bedsole, 1830-1907. "Bedsaw" on the 1850 Henry County Ala. Census.
+ Mary A. ___? 1827-1900
8. John Bedsole, 1850-1912, Coxs Mill, Barbour, Alabama.
+____?
8. Kisiah J. Bedsole, 1848-1915
8. Frances F. Bedsole, 1853-1915
8. Thomas L. Bedsole, 1856-1920, Henry and Clarke Counties, Alabama.
8. Minnie M. Bedsole, 1859-1927
5. Nancy Bedsole, 1818- 8/2/1900, Lowndes, Sellers, Ala.
+ Sessoms Hales1812-1850....m 2/4/1836
++ Amos J. Hall........... m. 02/09/1853
6. Nancy Hall
6. Edward Allen Hall, 1839-
6. Sarah Hall, 1840-
6. William L. Hall, 1842-
6. James M. Hall, 1845-
6. Polly Ann Hall, 1849-
5. Edward Bedsole, 3/5/1819-10/28/1909, Clarke County, Ala. Head of "Mitchum Gang",
Coffeeville/Grovehill, Ala. Moved from Coffee County, Old Town, Ala. to Walton County, Mossy
Head, Fla. in 1854, with George Blackwells family (father in law). Moved from there to Grove Hill
(Clarke County, Ala.) in 1890. Moved to Coffee County in 1891. Then moved back to Grove Hill in
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1892. Gang shot up in August,1893. He moved back to Mossy Head, Fla. , then moved back to
Grove Hill in 1905 and died there in 1909. Buried in New Prospect Cemetery in CoffeeVille, Ala.

+
Susan Lucinda Parker, 1821-6/10/1891. Two of his children were with her. The others
were with Susan Blackwell.
++ Susan Blackwell,5/20/1819 NC-6/11/1912, Ala. m. 1837 Coffee Cty, Ala. New Prospect
Cem. Grovehill, Ala.

6. Edward Bedsole (Jr.), 2/25/1862-8/11/1917
6. William Travis Bedsole,1864-?
+ Emma ___?
6. Huldah Catherine Bedsole,1839-1859
+ Lawrence Hall
7. William Hall,1858-
6. Meityan Bedsole, 1840-1841
6. Mathew W. Bedsole, 1843-1872 (4/2/1862 Civil War). Mossy Head, Fla.
+ Elizabeth C. Hutto

6. Francis Armeinda Bedsole, 1845-1899
+ William Burke,1843-
++ Mr. McNorton,1879-.
7. William E. (Babe) Burke,1866-
7. Jasper Burke,1870-
7. Henry "Mack" Burke,1872-
+ Josephine White
7. Rosie Burke, 1875-
7. Travis McNorton, 1870-
6. Wilkins Bedsole, 1842-1911
+___?
6. Travis Lafayette Bedsole, Sr. 1848-
+ Martha ___? 5/1858-.........Choctaw Corner, Alabama.
7. Travis Lafayette Bedsole, Jr.
+ Lottie Mays, 1875-
++ Rebecca Norton,1860-.............. m. 1879
7. James Goodman Bedsole, Sr. 7/5/1887-9/15/1963 M.D. Choctaw Corner
Cem., Clarke County, Ala.
+ Bertha Griffin, 7/30/1889-3/16/1977 in Ala. Same Cemetery.....m.
11/30/1912.
8. James Goodman Bedsole, Jr., 1914- 6/2/1994
+ Ruth Ray Wilson,10/17/1915-12/7/2003
9. Mary Ann Bedsole, 1942-
9. James Goodman Bedsole, III 1946-, Boise, Idaho
8. Lorraine Bedsole, 1930-1963......m. 3/9/1909
+ ___ Goodloe.
++ ___Tunstall
7. Osceola A. Bedsole, 7/27/1883-5/12/1939, Choctaw Corner, Alabama.
+ Loraine___?
7. Massey Palmer Bedsole, Sr. 5/25/1892-10/13/1937, Choctaw Corner,
Alabama.
+ Mabel O. Hall, 7/16/1905-7/27/1989, Birmingham, Ala.
8. Massey Palmer Bedsole, Jr, 7/21/1928-6/24/2006 He was 6 ft. 6 inches
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tall. Died from heart attack. Mobile, Alabama.

+ Ann Smith. Note.....Ann served on the Alabama State Senate from 19821994,
where she chaired the Agriculture,Conservation and Forestry Committee. Prior to that, she
served on the Alabama House of Representatives from 1978-1982. Ms. Bedsole was the first
woman to serve in the Alabama State Senate and was first Republican woman elected to the House
8. Raine Bedsole
8. John Martin, Step-son (Ann Smiths son)
8. Mary Martin-Riser, Step-Daughter(Ann Smiths Daughter)
7. Susan "Suzie" Bedsole,
+____?
6. Travis "Traverser" Lynner. Bedsole, 1/19/1847-12/14/1923. Choctaw Corner
Cemetery, Clarke County, Alabama.
+ Martha A. "Mattie" Goodman, 5/2/1858-2/16/1906, Choctaw Corner Cemetery,
Clarke County, Alabama.
++ Leona Ellis

7.Susan Loraine Bedsole, 5/11/1879-8/19/1953...m. 3/9/1909, Thomasville, Ala.
Choctaw Cem. Clarke Cty, Ala.

+ Dr. Charles Fletcher Bush
++ Alfred M. Tunstall
7. Travis Jesse Bedsole, Sr.5/27/1885-10/20/1933..Judge, Tallahatta Springs,
Grove Hill, Cem, Ala.
+ Mary Ellis Carmichael, 10/14/1889-8/11/1976......m. 6/20/1913, Grove
Hill, Cem., Ala.
8. Massey Preston Bedsole, 12/24/1917-7/1968, Ala. and Fla.
8. Martha Nell Bedsole
+ John Russell Goodloe
9. John Russell Goodloe, Jr.
+___?
9. Travis Bedsole Goodloe
+____?
9. James Linyer Goodloe
+____?
7. Mathew Elmore Bedsole, 1/20/1890-9/5/1890 died a baby. Elam Cemetery,
Clarke County, Ala.
7. Joseph Linyer Bedsole, Sr., 8/7/1881-8/1975, Mobile, Ala.
+ Phala P. Bradford Died in 1949...........m. on 8/10/1910.
8. Joseph Linyer Bedsole, Jr. 1st Lt., 9/4/1921-4/1944, Killed in
Germany, WW-II. B-17G pilot. He was shot down by a German Me-
109 Fighter plane on 4/13/1944 over Germany, exactly at Longitude
and Latitude; 49-55N... 09-26E. His plane was last seen diving to

the ground with its right wing on fire. No parachute was ever seen.

It was assumed, he died in the plane. Notes on J.L. Bedsole, et al;
Joseph L. Bedsole, (Sr) moved to Mobile from Thomasville, Ala. in 1919 when he purchased Van
Antwerp's wholesale drug operation. He organized Bedsole-Colvin Drug Company, S. B. Adams Lumber
Company, Bedsole Investment Company, Bedsole Surgical Supply Company, and Mobile Fixture and
Equipment Company. He was director of the First National Bank of Mobile for over 50 years. Mr. Bedsole
served as the first chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Mobile. While serving as
chairman of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce in 1926, Mr. Bedsole was responsible for organizing the
first Mobile Community Chest, which later evolved into the United Way of southwest Alabama. During
the Depression, Bedsole was called to serve on a committee to assist the city of Mobile in recovering
from $1.5 million in indebtedness on its municipal bonds. Bedsole served as director Alabama Power
Company. In his lifetime, he contributed more than $1.5 million for the improvement of the state. He also
acted as chairman of the campaign to raise the original $2 million to build the new Mobile Infirmary on
the present campus. His lifelong emphasis on education and economic development led to the formation

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of The J. L. Bedsole Foundation in 1949. · Massey Palmer Bedsole - 6 feet, 6 inches tall-was a native of
Mobile but he and his wife both had Clarke County roots. Bedsole was a nephew of J. L. Bedsole, the
founder of the old Bedsole Department Store chain and of a wholesale pharmaceutical business and
surgical supply business, Bedsole Surgical. Bedsole sold Bedsole Surgical in 1998 to the Caligor division
of Henry Schein.. Palmer Bedsole lost his father at a young age and J. L. Bedsole's son was killed in
World War II and the two were more like father and son than uncle and nephew. Palmer Bedsole was
the longtime chairman of the J. L. Bedsole Foundation, which has benefited projects throughout
southwest Alabama. Palmer Bedsole was a benefactor of the Centre for the Living Arts, a nonprofit
Mobile organization that operates Space 301, an art gallery, and the Saenger Theatre.The owners of

Bedsole Land Company agreed in 2005 to dissolve the 35-year-old family-owned company and divide
the property, over 16,000 acres, rather than take a dispute over its management and operation to trial.
The plaintiffs in the case-J. Russell Goodloe Jr., James G. Bedsole III, James L. Goodloe, Mary Ann
Bedsole, Travis Massey Bedsole, Travis B. Goodloe and Mary Ellis Gazaway-will receive 58.7 percent
of the value of the property and defendant Palmer Bedsole will receive 41.3. The plaintiffs in the case
had accused the company president, Palmer Bedsole, J. L. Bedsole's nephew, of using his position to
control the company. Bedsole countered that the plaintiffs owned a majority of the corporation and
therefore always retained effective control.

7. Travis Massey Bedsole, Atty. Mobile
+ Susan Jane Duckworth
8. Travis Preston Bedsole
8. Edward Lynner Bedsole
6. Duncan Jackson Bedsole, Sr.1/27/1850-1882,..m. 2/17/1876 in Grove Hill or
Coffeeville, Ala., Caldwell, Louisiana..
+ Levicy Pruitt, 1853-
7. Christian Jutson
Bedsole, 7/19//1879-11/5/1959 in Ala. Welcome Home Cem.,
Grayson, La.
+ Caroline "Coralye" Jessie Hudson,12/1/1886-10/7/1963 La. Same Cemetery.
8. Lorena B. Bedsole, 3/2/1908-7/17/2005 in Monroe, La. Caanan Baptist
Cemetery, Spearsville, La.
+ Sanford "Sandy" Alva , 4/28/1914-9/13/1976, Spearsville, La.
9. Sandra E. Elliott, 1939- ?, Zachary, La.
+ ___ Carlisle
++ Glynn W. DeLasalle, 1942- ?
10. Sheri C. DeLasalle, 1958- ?, Zachary, La.
+ Bryan C. Horton 1958- ? ...Zachary, Louisiana
11. Haley Horton, 1987-? Zachary, La.
11. Hannah C. Horton, 1987-?Zachary, La.
10. James Sanford "Jim" Carlisle..........Irving, Texas
+ Tammy Gail Spencer
11. Amy/Amey Nicole Carlisle, 1985- ?
11. Daniel Carlisle
+ Wendy___?..........Abilene, Texas.
10.
Charles "Chuck" Carlisle, 1940- ?...........Irving, Texas
+ Teresa___?
11. Daniel Carlisle
+ Wendy___?
9. James "Jim" Carlisle, Irving Texas
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+ Tammy___?
12. Charles "Chuck" Carlisle, Sunset, Texas
+ Teresa ___?
12. Amy Carlisle, Irving, Texas.
8. Georgia Grace Bedsole,1/4/1910-1/24/1924 in La.
8. Walter G. "Buddy" Bedsole, 8/24/1911-3/1966. Welcome Home Cemetery,
Grayson, Louisiana.
+ Elvie Lee Phillips, 1912-
7. Duncan Jackson Bedsole, Jr. 1900-2/15/1941 in La.
+ Mary Lillian ("Molly") Valentine, 11/1881-1975, Caldwell, Louisiana.

8. Flora Elizabeth Bedsole,1908- ?
+ Wiley Robert Moseley, Sr. d. 1990
9. Flora Moseley ("Betty") 9/3/1926-1990
8. Patricia Ann Moseley,1933-
+ Robert McMath
9. Thomas McMath
8. Wiley Robert Moseley, Jr.1930- Moved to Ariz
6. Duncan Justin Bedsole, Sr.1850 in Mossy Head, Fla. 1912. On Washington County,
Tenn, 1880 Census.
+ Levicy Pruitt, 1853 Ala-1935 La.
7. Duncan Justin Bedsole, Jr.,1879-1941, Ala, and La.
+____ ?
. 7. Roy Bedsole (adopted. Killed in WW I).

7. Coy Bedsole, (twin of Roy above. Also adopted).
6. Virginia Hellon Bedsole, 4/10/1852-6/5/1939, Smith Cem., Clarke County, Ala.
+ James Madison Hall, 4/10/1844-11/22/1924
7. William S. Hall, 1875-
+ Martilla Pugh, 1875-
7. Henry E. Hall, 11/20/1878-9/7/1913
7. Martie Hall, 10/26/1875-6/7/1965
7. W.S. Hall, 12/21/1871-8/26/1957
7. Sarah Martilla Bedsole, 1854- Fla
+ Tom McIntyre, 1854-
7. Wealtha Surrena Bedsole, d1856-1960
6.
Edward Oakley Bedsole, Sr. 1/14/1859-8/5/1942, Fla. & Smiths Cemetery, Chilton,
Campbell, Clarke County, Ala.
Born near Mossy Head, Florida (Between Defuniak Spgs and Crestview).
+ Roxana "Roxie" Ann Ott, 7/19/1857-6/27/1924,... m. 1898, Old Live Oak Cem,
Selma, Ala.
++ Maebelle Harrison, 3/6/1895-11/26/1961, Smith Cem, Clarke County, Ala.

7. William Lloyd Bedsole, b. 6/14/1896-12/13/1994
+ Mary Lessie Beaty 7/10/1908-10/31/1938. m. 11/25/1917 Buried next to
Cleveland A. Beaty,
Upper Prospect Cem. Barbour County, Alabama.

7. Ellis Spencer Bedsole, Sr.4/2/1890-2/16/1974, California and Georgia.
+ Lucille Barns,9/11/1900-1/1991, California.
8. Robert B. Bedsole, 11/8/1925-10/17/2000, California.
8. Ellis Spencer Bedsole, Jr. 6/7/1920-11/23/1997, Indiana and Georgia.
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+ Gertrude S. 8/12/1929-5/27/2002, Tennessee and Georgia.
9. Barry Bedsole
+____?
10. Holly Bedsole,
Memphis, Tenn.
+____?
9. James W. Bedsole, 2/28/1936-9/5/2007, Delaware, Pa.
9. Amey Bedsole
7. Goren Bedsole, 2/1888-...........Campbell, Alabama.
+____?
7. Susan Bedsole, 9/17/1928-9/1/1985, Smith Cem. Grovehill, Ala

+____?

7. Solen or Sollon William Bedsole, 1/25/1885-3/24/1972 Clarke County, Monroeville,
Escambia, Ala.
+ Virginia Bell Kilpatrick, 1888-1976
8. William Claude Bedsole, 1922-Atmore, Ala. Retired from Vanity Fair, 37
years there.
+ Verna Mae Austin, 1923-..m. 8/29/1942. Also rerired from Vanity Fair.
9. Samuel Bedsole
9. Randall Bedsole
9. Sybil Bedsole
8. Connie Treathel Bedsole
+ Edward Darrell Knight
10. Misty Mashay Knight
10. James William Knight
8. William Austin Bedsole
+ Dixie Elaine Wiggins
10. Audra Lee Bedsole
10. Shannon Mae Bedsole
8. Mary Virginia Bedsole
+ Edward Darrell Andress
7. Otto Sebastian Bedsole, 4/14/1884-11/22/1886, Oak Grove Cemetery, Clarke
County, Ala.
+ Carrie E. Bedsole, 9/6/1880-9/30/1931, Oak Grove Cemetery, Clarke County,
Ala.
7. Ruth Bedsole, 7/1930-8/1930 Died as infant. Chilton, Smiths Cemetery, Clarke
County, Ala.
7. Ruby Bedsole, 7/1930-8/1930. Infant Twin of Ruth. Chilton, Smiths Cemetery.
7. Cornelius S. "Neil" Bedsole, 12/5/1878-2/4/1920, Campbell, Alabama.
+ Martha Annie Lucinda Truett, 10/12/1873-10/31/1957. Died in Jasper, Alabama.
8. Jewel Bessie Bedsole, 8/19/1898-4/23/1955. Died in Campbell, Alabama.
+ Ralph Thomas 1900-1946
8. Judge Talley Bedsole, 7/18/1899-6/25/2002, Ga. and Milton, Fla.
+ Ara Weaver, 1899-1968
9. Raymond Bedsole, 3/5/1927-1/1976, Tarrant, Ala.
+ Virginia Owens, 1930-............... m. 1949
10. Virginia Bedsole
10. Samuel C. Bedsole, 9/2/1952-10/9/1995, Alabama
10. Thomas Bedsole
10. Cathy Bedsole
+____Hans
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9. Thomas O'neal Bedsole
+ Patsy Black...........m. 1/21/1964 in Mobile.
10. Jason O'neal Bedsole
+ Wendy____?
11. Kathryn Faith Bedsole, 1998-
11. Wesley Tennyson Bedsole, 2003-
11. Jason O'neal Bedsole, Jr., 2008-

8. Delma Wesley Bedsole, 12/1/1900-5/17/1966, Birmingham, Alabama.
+ Mary Inez Weaver, 1900-4/28/1980 .........m...6/6/1923.
. 9. Mary Wadynne Bedsole, 1941- ..........Jasper, Ala.
+ Jerald Lynn James, 9/23/39-12/18/2001
8. Clyde Sarah Bedsole, 6/1903-11/30/1972. Campbell, Alabama.
+ Clifford Young, 1903-1970.
8. Sadie C. Bedsole,1904-
8. Bolen Cornelius Bedsole, 11/7/1905-8/16/1990.
+ Ardic Robins,1905-1935
++ Ethel Bates, 1908-1978
9. Sybil Bedsole
8. Fannie Gray Bedsole, 1/27/1908-10/31/1984, Campbell, Alabama
+ Alford Wright, 1908-
8. Wilbur Lee Bedsole, 9/21/1914-7/17/1977, Campbell, Alabama.
+ Eunice Jenkins, 1915-
9. Joann Bedsole,
+ Noah Harmon
10. Sharon Harmon
10. Pamela Harmon
9 Bobby Bedsole
+ Terry Carnieg
10. Gregory Carnieg
10. Christopher Carnieg. .
9. Thomas O'neal Bedsole, 1942-, Birmingham, Alabama.
+ Patsy Ann Black
10. Tracie Kathleen Bedsole, 1973-, Mobile, Alabama.
+ Javier Torres
11. Kagan Torres
11. Isabelle Torres
11. Carolyn Torres
10. Jason O'neal Bedsole. 1973-. Mobile, Alabama.
+ Wendy Carol Lacoste, 1973- , Mobile, Alabama.
11. Kathryn Bedsole
11. Wesley Bedsole
11. Miller Lee Bedsole, 2008-
9. Martha Bedsole
+ Dick Stober
10. Donna Stober
10. Carla Stober
10. Laurie Stober
10. Amy Stober
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9. Brenda Bedsole
+ Ronnie Sapp
10. Brian Sapp
10. Shelly Sapp
10. Carrie Sapp
8. Zeola Bedsole, 10/6/1914-12/21/1990, Campbell, Alabama.
+ Otis Patrick, 1914-

8. Martha Nell Bedsole, 2/3/1917-9/24/1989, Campbell, Alabama.
+ ___ Jones, 1915-1989.
8. Charles Bedsole, 8/5/1920-12/1/1990 (Known as "Boots")
+ Mary Lucille Anderson,1920-, Jasper, Ala.
9. Billy Charles Bedsole, 1940-
+ Mamie Inee Delaney, 1939-….m.1961
10. Billy Charles Bedsole,1963-
+ _____?
10. Karen Lucille Bedsole,1966-.
+ ___Golightly
9. Patricia Nell Bedsole, 1942-
+ Robert Abney,1942-
7. Edward Oakley "Ned" Bedsole, Jr.,9/10/1926 -9/14/1975, Chilton, Alabama, Smiths
Cem., Clarke County Ala.
+ Susan Knight, 9/17/1928-9/1/1985
++ Gertrude Pierce, Grand Bay, Ala.
8. James Edward Bedsole, 1/25/1943-7/14/2002, New Travelers Rest Cemetery,
Laurel Hil, Fla.
+____?
9. Jennifer Bedsole, Lakeland, Fla.
9. Jamie Bedsole, Tampa, Fla.
9. Ricky Bedsole, .Dunlap, Tennessee.
8. Ray Bedsole, 1950-.........Mulberry, Fla.
8. Robert D. Bedsole, 12/17/1945-7/27/1945, .Lakeland, Fla.
8. Donald Bedsole, Riverview, Fla.
7. Charles C. Bedsole, 3/25/1880-5/6/1967, Campbell, Alabama.
+Carrie Lee Durden, 9/6/1880-9/30/1931. Riverside Cemetery, Marengo County,
Ala.

8. Lois Durden Bedsole, 3/10/1915-3/5/1994...m. 11/16/1935, Demopolis, Ala.
+ Tom Davis Raybon, 12/20/1914-9/15/1992
++ Storie Sansom, 1909-
9. Charles Sansom, 1931-
8. Charles Lee Bedsole
8.. Charles Latson Bedsole,9/30/1912-11/15/1968, Riverside Cemetary,
Marengo County, Ala.

+ Charlotte ("Lottie") Elizabeth McCauley, 6/23/1920 -4/22/1964....m.
9/23/1934, Alabama.
8. Joe Allen Bedsole
+ Marcia Jean Sanderson
9. Elizabeth Michelle Bedsole
9. James Robert Frederick 10. Lauren Ashley Frederick 10. Brandon
9. James Frederick
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10. Alyssa Michelle Frederick
9. Christina Dawn Bedsole
+ Larry Russell Headley
10. Morgan Paige Headley
10. Kaley Brooke Headley

10. Peyton Russell Headley
10. Madison Raine Headley
9. Joseph Allen Bedsole, 1980- Anderson County, Texas.
10. Christy Darlene Bedsole-Scurlock
8. Cecil Lenoir Bedsole, Sr., 6/161908-1/14/1970
+ Hazel Lee Wright, ?- Died 3/29/2007, Demopolis, Ala.
9. Cecil Lenoir Bedsole, Jr.
+ Diane___?
10. Richard Bedsole
+ Renee ____?
11. Lindsey Bedsole
11. Emily Bedsole
10. Todd Bedsole
+ Leighann___?
11. Haleigh Bedsole
10. Mark Bedsole
+ Jennifer___?
11. John David Bedsole
11. Jonathan Emerson Bedsole
8. Jamie Leland Bedsole, 6/26/1910-1/31/1970, Demopolis, Ala. Railroad
Worker.
+ Mary Louise Bell
10. ___?
10____?
7. Ira Eugene Bedsole, 11/17/1881-5/31/1962, Coffeeville, Campbell, Ala.
+ Catherine May Harrison, 5/1/1881-9/10/1942, Died in Linden, Alabama.
8. J.P. Bedsole
8. John Irby Bedsole, 8/1/1903-2/15/1953,.... m. 3/24/1924
+ Lois Durden Cobb, 9/7/1909-6/21/1950, Linden, Ala.
9. Danny Jesse Bedsole
+____?
8. Readu Bedsole, 1906-
8. Jack Cole Bedsole, 4/151910-2/23/1953
8. Edward B. Bedsole, 5/6/1911-8/3/1956
8. N.N. Bedsole, Baby girl born 1912, Died at birth.
8. Clark Jackson Bedsole, 7/24/1914- 8/28/2001
+ Onie Mae Bedsole
9. Elizabeth B. Bedsole
+ ___ Raybon
9. Patsy B. Bedsole
+ ___ Sears
8 Freida Emma Bedsole, 6/1/1905-11/16/1966
+ Thomas Jefferson Cobb, 7/7/1893-1/21/1961
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9. Kathryn Freda Cobb, 1940-
+ Joe B. Maddox, 1935-
10. Jo Nell Maddox, 1958
+ Randall Dunn
10. John Bentley Maddox, 1961-

+ Mary Catherine Lataro
10. Steven Wayne Maddox, 1969-
+ Sharon Marie Ramsdale
10. Joe B. Maddox, Jr. 1969-
+ Kimberly Reeves
8. Alice Virginia Cobb, 5/21/1924-6/17/1995
8. Thomas Jasper Cobb, 3/30/1926- ?
8. Charles Edward Cobb, 2/25/1928-
8. James Robert Cobb, 3/13/1932-2006
8. Franklin Eugene Bedsole, 7/23/1935-6/10/2002, USAF. Houston National
` Cemetery, Texas..
8. Woodrow Wilson Bedsole, 6/12/1918-8/21/1986
7. Hattie Bedsole, 3/8/1886-1/8/1921, Campbell, Old Live Oak Cem, Selma, Ala.
+ James D. Stillings,1884-1918.
7. Grover Cleveland Bedsole, 2/8/1888-6/16/1940, Thomaston Cem, Marengo, Ala.
+ Carolyn "Carrie" Loraine Findley, 10/1/1889-7/7/1938, married 9/1/1907. She Died in
Thomaston, Ala.
8. Leo Fendley Bedsole, Sr. 9/29/1908-1/2/1967, Thomaston Cem., Marengo, Ala.
+ Gladys A. Parker, 11/9/1911-9/30/1995, Mobile, Ala.
9. Leo Fendley Bedsole, Jr.1931-2002
+ Joan Hunt,1936-
10.Janice Lynn Bedsole, 1959-
+ Roger Edward Bailey
10. Shirley Gail Bedsole,1961-
+ Eric Rod Hughes
10. Michael Glen Bedsole,1963-
+ Lea Anne Carpenter, m. 1999
11. Clara Estelle "Stella" Bedsole, 2000-
11. Solan Fendley Bedsole, 2002-
8. Cortez Taft Bedsole,1/19/1911-1/17/1995, Ala.
+ Nettie Jean Shroeder
9. Billy Clark Bedsole, 1937-
9. Jerry Paul Bedsole, 1937-
9. James Arthur Bedsole, 1938-
8. Grace Edwina Bedsole, 6/28/1915-3/13/1975 Born in Campbell, Died in
Thomaston, Ala.
+ Jack Oscar Townsend
8. Lyman Bedsole, 7/28/1918-4/2/1975, Coffeeville, Ala.
+ Vera Hazel Fendley, 4/23/1923- .......m. 7/16/1938
9. Infant, 4/17/1940-4/17/1940
9. Carolyn Faye Bedsole, 1941-....m. 6/7/19/1951
+ Walter Wayne Williamson
10. Barbara Agnes Williamson, 1960-........m. 2/2/1990 Mobile, Ala.
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+ Ricky Allen Jennings
10. Michael Wayne Williamson, 1962-....m/ 6/25/1988, Dixons Mill,
Ala.
+ Theresa Lee Norris, 1964-Athens, Ala.
8. James Lane Bedsole, 1/6/1921-2/1/1941, Thomaston Cem, Marengo, Ala.

+ Joyce Egbert, 4/9/1940-11/6/1973, Thomaston Cem., Marengo, Ala.
7. Horace O. Bedsole,Sr.9/1892-1917, Born and died in Dallas, Texas. Married in
Detroit, Michigan.
+ Hilda Kochendorfer, Born Michigan. Married Michigan.
++ Agnes Hoey, 1894-1970, born Texas. Married 5/10/1917. in Dallas, Texas.
8. Horace O. Bedsole, Jr. __?
8. ____? Bedsole
7.Bessie Bedsole (Brown) 1/2/1895-6/3/1993.... m. 7/19/1915, Old Live Oak Cem.,
Selma, Ala.

+ Wade "Jack" Crisman Brown, 2/16/1894-3/10/1963
8. Francis Oakley Brown, 1916 -1989
Alma Carter, 1895-1975
+ Elizabeth Newman, ................m.6/16/1940
9. Edward Oakley Brown,1942-
9. Leliah Ann Brown,1947-
+ Carter, b.?, d.?
9. Nancy Louise Brown,1962-
9. Jack Sidney Brown,1963-
9. Paul Nicholas Brown,1965-
9. Robert Matthew Brown,1972-
8. Edward Houston Brown,2/27/1919-2000
+ Virginia Martin Bedsole, 1923-9/3/2002....m...1943..Pensacola, Fla.
9. Marc Houston Brown,1945-
9. Charles Crisman Brown,1947-
9. Jimmy Edward Brown,1950-
9. Virginia Lynn Brown,1954-
8. Charles Douglas Brown,1/15/1921-2002
+ Carol Lee, m. 6/15/1945, d. 2006
9. Douglas Lee Brown,1947-
9. Catherine Denise Brown, 1953-
8. Glenn Crisman Brown,10/15/1922-5/1988
+ Beatrice Stark, 9/9/1947-1985, Mansfield, La.
9. Benjamin Edward Brown,10/1951-
9. Glenn Crisman Brown, Jr.1953-
9. Amy Jo Brown, 1953-
9. Kim Louise Brown,1/8/1955-
9. Laurie Lane Brown, 1957-
8. John Rufus Brown,5/26/1924-7/18/1925
8. Carroll Brown,10/5/1928-
+ Elvira ("Ellie") DiMiceli, ..........m. 4/2/1953
9. David Anthony Brown,1956-
9. Suzanne Marie Brown,1961-
8. Carolyn Brown,10/5/1928-5/2/1993
+ Karl Grantham, .........m.7/29/1950
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++ Edward Xiques

9. Vivian Paige Grantham,1952-
9. Dana Carlynne Grantham,1954-
9. David Alan Grantham, 1956-

++ Edward Xiques.

8. Maurice Leon Brown,10/8/1932-
+ Ann Peake,1951-
9. Maurice Leon Brown, Jr.1953-
9. James Brett Brown,2/28/55-2006
9. Judson Wade Brown, 1959-
9. Vernon Tipton Brown,1960-
9. Kenan Glenn Brown,1963-
7. Norman E. Bedsole, 2/22/1897-9/28/1924, Thomaston Cem., Marengo, Ala.
+ Mattie Kate Shroeder
7. Massey Daffin Bedsole, 12/24/1899-7/13/1968, Campbell, Mobile, Ala And Fla.
+ Ollie Sims, 1901-10/31/1994, Moundville, Ala.
8. Miriam Sims Bedsole,1923-
8. Melvin Daffin Bedsole,1925-
+ Elsie Ieula Tingle,1925-
9. Melvin Terry Bedsole,1947-
+ Sharon Ann Keating,1943-
++ _______?
10. Gary Edwin Bedsole,1973-
10. Michael Mayne Bedsole,1975-
9. Kenneth Edwin Bedsole,1952-
+ Mary Beth Delancy,1955-
10. John Reese Bedsole,1979-
+ Mary Beth Delaney
10. Terri Lynn Bedsole, 1983-
9. Kenneth L. Bedsole, 12/3/1953-12/4/1953, Infant.
8. Johnnie Fulner Bedsole,9/8/1929-2/12/2003, US Army. Oak Hill
Cemetery, Moundville, Alabama.
+ Linda Fay Tingle,1946-
9. Judi Lynn Bedsole,1964-
+ Terrell Eugene Johnson,
10. Britney Lynn Johnson, 1994.-
10. Jared Ellison Johnson, 1999-.
7. David Stanley Bedsole, 10/25/1899-1900 Baby.
6. Qunicy Farrington Bedsole, 1861-1892
+ Theodocia Virginia Truitt,1862-
7. Carlos Columbus Bedsole, 3/23/1880-8/22/1938, Campbell, Ala., Union Chapel
Ceme., Texas.
+ Daisy Catherine Hill, 10/14/1883-2/23/1955, Glover, Ala. Tyler, Tex. and Union
Chapel Ceme., Texas
++ Sarah Summers

8. Quincy Lee Bedsole, Sr. 1908--1/18/1972 Henderson, Texas
+ M.C. ___?, 1907-
9. Quincy Lee Bedsole, Jr. 9/12/1907-6/9/1999. Grandview Ceme., Texas.
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8. Addie L. Bedsole,1911-2002
8. Debra Bedsole
+ Richard Edward Adams
9. Joseph Labron Adams

9. Robin Marie Adams
9. John Thomas Adams
9. James Richard Adams
7. William Elder Bedsole,1882-
+____?
8. Stacy Gordon Bedsole, 9/24/1913-12/31/1986
+____?
8. Elsie H. Bedsole, 5/23/1917-10/22/1984
+ ____?
7. Wealthy Lenora Bedsole, 1/18/1883-9/9/1951, NC, .. m. 1900 at Biozie, Mississippi.
d. Lake Charles, La.
+ Robert Sherman Danley, 9/1877-10/18/1957, Pineville, Ala..
8. Annie J. Danley, 8/1890-1960, Cedar Creek, Sand Hill, Cumberland, NC.
+ ____?
8. Audrey Merle Danley, 10/22/1914 Marthaville, La.-11/3/1973 Citrus Hts Cal.
+____?
8. Marie Danley, ?? .Lake Charles La.
+____?
8. Joseph Coley Danley, 2/20/1902- 4/28/1967, Hattisburg
+____?
8. Andrew Jackson Danley
11/21/1904- 10/17/1945. buried Oakdale La.
+____?
8. Merle Perry Danley
+___ ? Clark
8. Marcia G. Danley, 3/1893-1962, Cedar Creek, Sand Hill, NC
8. Harriett A. Danley
8. Daniel Danley.
7. Otis Bedsole, 1884-
+____?
5. Martha E.Bedsole,1825-1870...m. 11/23/1843. Lowndes Cty.
+ Redding D. Simmons
++ William Floyd Wise,1820-, Ga.
6. Henry Floyd Wise,1849-
6. Louise F. Wise,1851-
6. John H. Wise,1853-
6. William E. Wise,1855-
6. Nancy C. Wise,1857-
6. Narcissa E. Wise,1859-
6. Mary Jane Simmons,1844-5/1835
+ George Powell,1839-1879
++ B.L. Jones, 9/2/1939-1/2/1908
7. Allen B. Powell, 7/25/1860-3/30/1940
+ Florence___, 1/18/1870-9/19/1932
7. Martha Ann Powell, 6/1863-11/17/1937
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+ Stephen E. White, 1848-1890
++ William M. Jackson,2/12/1852-4/1/1936
8. Charles Edward Jackson, 2/10/1892-9/16/1981
8. Henry Walter Y. Jackson, 3/20/1893-1/24/1976

8. Sebron Adnas Jackson, 12/22/1896-1976
8. Ferdinand White,1876-
8. Martha Jackson-Prescott, 2/4/1897-3/2/1980
8. Ida Ines Jackson-Lee, 9/23/1898-?
8. Emma Francis Jackson, 2/7/1903-10/14/1964
8. Lola White,1880-
6. John H. Wise,1863-
5. Travis Bartlett Bedsole, 12/7/1832-4/5/1899. Civil War. Old Town, Ala. m...1850
+ Rosanna Priscilla Ward, 1/9/1833-5/1/1915.... Married 1850, Old Town, Alabama.
6. Mary Ellen Bedsole, 1853-1939
+ Henry Martin
6. William Henry "Bud" Bedsole, 1/14/1856-9/17/1932, Kinston, Alabama
+ Sarah J. "Sallie" Harrison, 1866-1892......m. 1/1/1879 Samson, Alabama.
++ Elizabeth Celia Clark, 4/14/1862-6/25/1944
7. John B. Bedsole, Sr., 1/26/1880-8/3/1926, .m. 11/26/1985, NC. Trav. Rest
Cem. At Samson, Ala.
+ Martha Jane Lowery, 6/1/1883-11/22/1970, Travelers Rest Cemetery,
Samson, Ala.
8. Lonnie R. Bedsole, 2/1899- .........Hardys Bridge, Geneva, Alabama.
+____?
8. Richard Lewis Bedsole, 2/24/1898-8/10/1958, Travelers Rest
Cemetery, Samson, Ala.
+ Ethel Kate Jones,7/12/1896-8/30/1996. Travelers Rest Cemetery,
Samson, Ala.
9. Sarah Pauline Bedsole, 1918-1983
+ Tommy Garland Early,1917-
10. Joel R. Early,1946-
10. Janice Early,1948-
9. Joel Earnest Bedsole,10/27/1919-12/6/1999, Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
+ Ruth Henderson, 3/8/1923-6/25/1999, NC, Chesapeake, Va.
++ Mary E. Dill
9. Kathryn Bedsole,7/12/1896-8/30/1996, Travelers Rest Ceme.
Samson, Ala.
+ James F. Brewer,1919-
++ R. Lewie Bedsole, 2/24/1898-9/10/1958, Travelers Rest
Ceme. Samson, Ala.

10. Meredith Brewer,1940-
10. Barbara A. Brewer,1945-
+ Wilmer Fountain
9. Grace R. Bedsole,1927-
+ Alfred S. Falconi 1923-1945
++ William W. Avant
10. Richard K. Avant,1948-
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10. Joseph E. Avant,1951-
10. Ronald D. Avant,1953-
8. Sally Saphronia Bedsole, 1901-1942
+ Hadley H. Hinson, 1900-1969

9. Martha E. Hinson,1922-
+ Fred S. Mclean
10. Fred S. Mclean, II 1941-
+ Vyratha Dean
10. Ann Mclean,1950-
+ Larry G. Plymel
9. Juliane Hinson,1925-
+ Jackson Lee Schoelles, 1923-1999
10. Jackson Lanier Schoelles II,1949-
+ Edith P. Adelburg,1949-
11. Jennifer Lee Schoelles,1973-
+ Michael Willet Williams,1971-
12. Matthew Jackson Williams,2000-
12. Carter James Williams,2004-
11. Carin Suzanne Schoelles,1977+
Tommy Wayne Daniels, Jr.,1975-
10. Laura Jean Schoelles,-1951
+ Dale Merryday Barstow,1949-
11. Lance Lanier Barstow, 1978-...Div. 1998.
+ Rebecca Elizabeth Haskell,1976- Div. 1998
12. Tyler Lanier Barstow,1997-
11. Donald Wade Barstow,1980-
11. Daniel W. Barstow,1980-
10. Sally Lynn Schoelles,1953-
+ Richard E. Wilson,1952-..........Divorced.
11. Heather Elizabeth Wilson,1978-
+ Jacob Abraham Meyer,1979-
9. Alma Jean Hinson,1927-
+ John Hezekiah Simmons, 1919-1989
10 Pamela Eilene Simmons,1947-
10. John Michael Simmons,1955-
+ Pamela Brannen,1955-
9. John Allen Hiinson,1960-
+ Bobbie Jean Moates,1964-
10. Martha M. Hinson,1964-
8. Leland Edward Bedsole, 10/18/1903-3/8/1983
+ Myrtice Riley, 1904-1982
++ 2nd wife of Leland: Martha Christine White
8. Ralph Sollomon Bedsole,3/23/1908 -7/1972. Died in Fla.
+ Nadine Jennings 1918-1997 Buried Panama City, Fla.
++ Earline Owen, 1913-2000
9. Margaret M. Bedsole, 8/2/1915-4/20/2001, Delaware, Pennsylvania.
+ Husband unknown
10. Mandy Gantt
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10. Gretchen Gantt
9. John Owen Bedsole
+Wife unknown
10. Rita Bedsole

10. Owen Bedsole
10. Luther Bedsole
8. Julia Bedsole, 12/12/1912-11/12/2008, Samson, Alabama.
+ Fred Malone Calvert, (Sr.) 1898-1976 (William L. Calvert, 1871-1946)
9. Raymond Malone Calvert,1944-
+ Sandra Jean McCray,1944-
10. Melissa J. Calvert,1969-
10. Marsha J. Calvert,1972-
10. Marjorie Ann Calvert,1976-
9. Martha Ann Calvert,1946-..Samson, Fla.
+____?
9. Fred Malone Calvert, Jr. 1947- Crestview, Fla.
+ Sandra____?
8. John B. Bedsole, Jr,5/21/1921-10/24/1972, Travelers Rest Cemetery, Samson, Ala.
+ Lola Raye Miller,4/19/1923-12/7/1998, Travelers Rest Cemetery, Samson, Ala.
++ Julia Ann Blount, 5/21/1921-10/24/1972, Travelers Rest Cemetery, Samson, Ala.
9. Ann Bedsole,..............Wilmington, NC
+ Edward Hopkins
9. Sallie Ann Bedsole,1950-
+ Gerald Ziegler
9. John B. Bedsole, III,1951-, Dothan, Ala.
9. Joy Gail Bedsole...........Birmingham, Ala.
+ Jay Ferguson
9. James Ferguson
9. Amy Ferguson
9. Rebecca Ferguson
9. Dixie Bedsole
+ David Holder.............Defuniak Springs, Fla.
7. Melvin Bedsole, 1/26/1882-7/13/1920, Hacoda, Alabama. Mother was Elizabeth, above.
+ Ada Gertrude Helms, 11/23/1882-4/4/196O Harrison Cemetery.. Kinston, ALA.
8. Ottis M. Bedsole, 4/30/1922-6/15/2000, Alabama and Georgia.
+ Frances Elmore, 1925-2/15/2009
9. Cathy Bedsole, 1945-
+ Roger D. Webb, 1943-
9. Judean O. Bedsole, 1947-
+ Gerald Killingsworth, 1945-
9. Vickie K. Bedsole, 1947-
8. Oree Bedsole, 1/1/1903-5/1969, Florala, Alabama.
+ Jessie Alma Harrison,Also married James D. Owen..
9. Janice Geraldine Bedsole, 7/21/1933-8/2/1941. Ruptured Appendix. Harrison
Cemetery, Kinston, Ala.
9. Hurley Ray Bedsole, ..Opp, Alabama.
9. Myra Bedsole
9. Earnie Earl Bedsole-Owen, 7/8/1942-5/7/1977, Lung Cancer. Mobile Memorial
Gardens.
8. Vonnie Bedsole,1905-
8. Pearl Bedsole, 1907-
8. Bertis Milton Bedsole, 2/20/1908-8/25/1987, Ala..m... 8/4/1928 Buried Tallahassee
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+ Ethel Lowery,10/24/1912- 6/21/1985 Tallahassee,Fla. Memory Garden Cemetery.
9. Douglas Bedsole, 12/3/1931-4/12/1999. Memory Garden, Tallahassee, Fla.
U.S. Coastguard. Vietnam..
9. Lionel Wade Bedsole, 10/30/1836-5/18/1934, Tallahassee, Fla., Memory
Garden Cemetery.
9. Burnese (Burnese ?) Bedsole
9. Doris Janette Bedsole, deceased.
9. Pansy Carol Bedsole, deceased.
9. John Doyster Bedsole
9. Lillian Sylvia Bedsole
9. Janette Bedsole
9. Margaret Bedsole, 12/7/1939- Memory Garden Cem, Tallahassee, Fla.
+ ___ Cooper.
8. Leamon Bedsole, 8/26/1908-3/1985, Slocomb, Ala.
+ Lela Pearl Sawyer
9. James Bedsole, 1930-2007 New Brockton, Ala.
+ Betty Sawyer Carter,1934-4/29/2004, New Brockton, Ala.
10. Amey Bedsole
10. Drew Bedsole
+ Donna ____, Stratham, New Hampshire
8. Loell Bedsole, 1911-
8. Easter May Bedsole, 1912-
8. Lois Bedsole, 1913-
8. Cleo Bedsole, 10/22/1913-7/1986, Alabama.
8. Lenore Louise Bedsole, 1916-
8. Earnie Bedsole, 7/27/1919-6/19/1920, Baby
8. Shelton Bedsole, 11/28/1917-12/27/1974. Ala and Pensacola, Fla.
Pensacola, Fla.
8. Connie Bedsole,1920-2002
8. Pauline Bedsole, 9/12/1904-1/1985, Roseboro, NC
8. Eunola Bedsole, 8/29/1904-7/14/1993. Harrison Cemetery, Ala.
8. Orie Bedsole, 1/1/1903-5/1969, Alabama..
8. Ernie Bedsole, 7/27/1919-6/19/1920, Alabama.
7. Elvie Louise Bedsole, 1/1884-1960, Oldtown, Kinston, Alabama.
+ Thomas Jefferson Broom,1880-
8. Nettie Rue Broom, 1906-1988
+ Elma Laurice Hardage
9. Laurice Hardage,1926-
+ Carl Colquett, Opp, Ala.
10. Carla Sue Colguett,1950-
+ Danny Archer
++ Charles Hines
11. Codeth Shane Archer,1970-
11. Aaron Kyle Hines,1982-
7. Willis Miles Bedsole, 2/5/1886-1/5/1968. Travelers Rest Cemetery, Samson, Ala.
+ Mary Euphamey "Famey" Mooneyham, 12/9/1897-7/20/1983, m. 2/20/1921
Travelers Rest Cem. Samson, Ala.
8. Lelon Edward Bedsole, 10/18/1903-3/8/1993 Travelers Rest Cemetery,
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Samson, Ala.

8. Robert Neal Bedsole, 1908-1980
8. Paul Buford Bedsole, 1909-1976
9. Orell Bedsole, 1920-
+_____
9. Ralph Solomon Bedsole, 3/23/1908-7/26/1972, Travelers Rest Cemetery,
Samson, Ala.
+ Earline Owen
10. John Owen Bedsole, Sr., 9/3/1928-11/27/2008, Travelers Rest.
+ Helen ___?
11. Rita Bedsole, 1948-
+ Marcus Fowler
11. John Owen Bedsole, Jr.
+ Jodi ___?
11. Lyle Bedsole
+ Steve Henk
10. Margaret Bedsole, 1930-
+ ___Shelley, 1933.
9. Janie Lois Bedsole, 1928-7/1/2007, Goodman Assembly Of God Church,
Cemetery, Goodman, Alabama.
+ ___ Gainey.
++ James A. Poston, Chancellor, Ala.
10. Sarah Poston
+___Phillips
10. Charles Gainey, Wicksburg, Alabama.
+____?
7. Edward D. Bedsole, 4/25/1888-12/91973. Harrison Cemetery, Kinston, Ala.
+ Lula M. Redmon, 11/1/1895-6/12/1937, Harrison Cemetery, Kinston, Alabama.
8. James D. Bedsole, 11/21/1911-11/15/1973. Harrison Cemetery, Kinston, Ala.
8. Hubert Bedsole, 4/25/1915-10/25/1936, Harrison Cemetery.
8. Gertrude Bedsole, 1916-1962
+ Mr. Moore
9. Shelby J. Moore,1946-
8. Winston Bedsole, 12/1/1918-5/12/1933, Harrison Cemetery.
7. Rosa L. Bedsole, 4/1891-1936
+ Hosea C. Paul
7. Elmina Virginia Bedsole, 3/1896-1963,Old Town, Paul, Alabama.
+ William Stringer, 1890-1970, Alabama.
7. William Randle Bedsole, 11/1899-........Old Town, Alabama. (Mother was Elizabeth,
above).
+ Ester Day, 4/27/1898-4/13/1994, Geneva, Ala.
8. James Huey Bedsole,
+ Doris Marie Spiegner
9. James Wendell Bedsole,1953- Eye Doctor, Montgombery.
+ Pamela Lynn Perry,1953-
10. Anna Marie Bedsole,1988-
10. James Daniel Bedsole,1990-
8. Maudrene Bedsole, Opp, Ala.
+ Daniel Hurtis Price, 12/17/1921-9/19/1998

Weeks Chapel Cemetary, Lowery, Ala.

8. Ethylene Bedsole
+ J.P. Weeks
9. Leta Hazel Weeks
+ ___Dodd
9. Barbara Ann Weeks
+____?
9. Rex Dennis Weeks
8. Alto Bedsole, 4/24/1906-8/16/1980, Elba, Alabama.
+ Missouri Bedsole, 11/6/1908-11/25/1974
9. Janie Bedsole, 1924 -7/1/2007
+ James A. Poston
10. Sarah Poston
+___Phillips
10. Charles Gainey Poston
+_____?
9. Oscar Bedsole, 1898-
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+______?

9. Orell Bedsole
8. Hazel Bedsole, Died at age 4.
6. Franklin Edward Bedsole, 6/27/1858-6/14/1926, Paul, Alabama.
+ Mary "Polly" Ann Harrison, 10/27/1861-2/28/1920. m. 12/16/1878, Ala.
7. Rosada Bedsole
+___Clark
7. Murdick Franklin Bedsole, 10/28/1889-2/1/1959., Old Town, Ala. Farmer
7.Jourie L. Bedsole, 9/1883-1958 (Woman)
7. Alcie D. Bedsole, 12/1887-1960, Old Town, Alabama. (Female)
+____?
7. Allie Mae Bedsole, 10/25/1899-5/29/1979,.... m. 9/7/1919. Geneva, Ala.
+ William Grady Hinson, 1895-1970.
7. Grady Bedsole, 12/18//1891-6/4/1901
+____?
8. William Franklin Bedsole, 10/2/1879-1882
7. Buford Bedsole, 11/1893-1960
7. Annie L. Bedsole, 6/1896-
7. William Franklin Bedsole, 11/30/1879-
7. Daniel Monroe ( "Monroe") Bedsole, 6/1881-1969, Kinston, Alabama.
+ Genes "Jeter" Blair,1885-1979, Kinston, Alabama.
8. Chester A. Bedsole,7/1121907-10/13/1990, Kinston, Alabama.
8. Beatrice L. Bedsole,1908-
+ Bruce Killingsworth
9. Brunetta Killingsworth
7. Lillie Jersey Bedsole, 1883-1963
+ Robert Lee Russell, 4/11/1877-12/29/1934
8. Rethie Russell, 1903-1905 Baby
8. Lee Etta Russell, 1906-1971
+ Zelna Donald Worsham, 1907-1983
9. Norma June Worsham,1931-

+ Harlan James Kaywood
9. Derl Hamilton Worsham,1935-
+ Barbara Ann Plant
8. Clarence Russell, 1908-1969
+ Lilly Grace
9. Suzie Russell
9. David Russell
9. Doris Russell
+ Harold Kelly
9. James Orell Russell,1931-
+ Voncil__-?
8. Maudie Rae Russell,1911-
+ Fredrick Crowley
9. William Robert Crowley1931-
+ Lynette Olivia Wells
9. Dorothy Jo Crowley,1934-
+ James Colby Griggs, Jr.
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9. Royce Glen Crowley,1938-
+ Shirley Barfield
9. Debra Ann Crowley,1944-
+ Horace Hubbard
++ Mitchell Hanberry
9. Freddie Ray Crowley,1946-
+ Rose Mary Lord
9. Duronda Louise Crowley,1947-
+ Thomas Harry Brasso, Jr.
++ Doyle Lee Parker
9. Donna Kay Crowley,1952-
+ Hosea Bradford Pettit
8. Bonnie Rae Russell, 1915-1980
8. Farris Russell, 1919-1959
+ Mildred Qualles
9. Lawanda Russell,1950-
9. Douglas Russell,1951-
7. Elzyan Rosada Bedsole, 7/1885-1958........m. 1903, Paul, Coffee County,
Alabama.
+ Samuel Washington Clark, 6/1882-11/19/1965.
8. Lelon Clark, 8/21/1908-4/28/1996
8. Arthur Clark, 9/25/1909- ?
8. H. Prince Clark, 12/16/1909-5/5/1956
8. Stiner Clark, 10/30/1912-9/11/1913
8. Shelton Clark, 7/15/1915-7/17/1993.
7. Alice Dorah Bedsole,12/1887-
+ Carlton Lee
8. Hurley Ray Lee
8. Myrtle Lee
7. Rayford Bedsole, 1894-3/20/1960
+ Ann Vircey Miles, 12/24/1898-3/10//1983, Ponce Deleon Fla.

8. Glyndol Miles Bedsole,1922-
+ Jessie Coy Commander, 1919-1988
9. James Rayford Commander,1945-
+ Mary Carolyn Murphy
9. Janice Kathryn Commander,1950-
+ Roger Oneal Andrews
10. Rogelyn Janeal Andrews,1979-
10. Joshua Neal Andrews,1980-
10. Thomas Gabriel Andrew,1981-
10. David Jude Andrews,1983-
10. Jessica Kaye Andrews,1985-
9. Jonathon Coy Commander,1955-
+ Julie Lee Limbaugh
8. Ann Katrine Bedsole,1927-
+ Paul Wilson,
8. Mary Ella Bedsole,1932-
+ Charles P. Andrews
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7. Ammie Lavonia Bedsole, 6/1896-6/1928 m. 9/23/1913
+ Alonzo "Lon" Franklin Cauley, 3/8/1889-4/14/1963
Son of Robert Pinckney Cauley and Amanda E. Jackson.
8. Ella Morie Nellie Cauley, 4/17/1920-7/25/2002...m 1/25/1934-
+ Roland Nelson, 8/13/1913-6/17/1986
9. Wayland Eugene Nelson, 1935-
9. Noil Melvin Nelson, 1938-
9. Dyrce Jeanette Nelson, 1940-
9. Lillian Rose Nelson, 1941-
9. Ella Mae Nelson, 1943-
9. Careene Nelson, 11/19/1944-11/22/1944
9. Talmadge William Nelson, 1945-
9. Charles Talbert Nelson, 1947-
+ Mary Etta Shackelford, m. 1967-1970
++ Anna Elizabeth Strickland, 1955-...........m.6/1971
Dau. of Robert Dempsey Strickland and
Nancy Ruby Taylor.

10. Anna Marie Nelson, 1972- SC.......m. 2/11/1992
+ Anthony Mylon Carr,
11. Daniel Lee Carr, 1993-
11. Morgan Charles Carr, 1994-
10. Dawn Michelle Nelson, 1969-
+ Edward Clark
11. Sierra Nicole Clark, 1988- Mich
10. David Lynn Nelson, 1966-
+ Belinda Roebuck
11. David Christian Andrew Nelson, 1986-
+ Samantha Nicole Parker, m. 5/26/2007
12. Jesse Dakota Nelson, 2006-Fla.
10. Charlzette Teresa Nelson, 1974-
+ Carl Henry Weicht, Jr. ........m. 12/29/1993

11. Jakob Tayloe Weicht, 1996-
11. Cody Denver Weicht, 1999-
11. Robert Anthony Weicht, 1975-
8. Theo "Opal" W. Cauley, 5/9/1919-11/23/1996
+ Otis Flemming
++ Hiawatha Walker
+++ James Loyd Carr, 4/22/1922-4/14/1987

9. Hiawatha Walker, Jr.Dead. Known as "Sonny"
9. Ronald Walker..Dead. Known as "Ronnie"
9. Joyce Flemming
9. June Flemming
9. Shirley Joan Carr.
9. Michael Carr.
8. Vera Lee Cauley, 1915-4/12/1947, Ala.
+ William "Willie" Lawrence
9. James "Jimmy" Lawrence, 11/11/1935-5/13/1985, Fla.
9. Noi Franklin Lawrence,
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7. James C. Bedsole, 2/1899-1980
+ Linnie Whigham, 10/8/1905-2/4/1991, Kinston, Ala.
8. Elaine Bedsole
+ ___ Mr. Avant
8. Onita Bedsole,1927-
+ Cecil Archie
9. Kevin Archie
9. Tim Archie
7. Clara Bedsole,1902-
+___? Sansom
7. Unola Bedsole,1905-
6. Nancy Jane Bedsole, 4/18/1860-5/8/1935
+ John Coleman Russell, 9/16/1859-12/6/1904
7. Bamma Victoria Russell, 1880-
+ Junior Adams
8. Abbie Adams
8. Fred Adams
+ Lucille___?
9. Fred Adams, Jr.
9. Charles Adams
9. Peggy Adams
9. Douglas Adams
8. Victoria Adams
8. Aaron Adams
8. Ray Adams
+___?
9. Ray Adams, Jr.
8. Kermit "Tobe" Adams
7. Callie Donie Russell, 12/25/1881-1/2/1959
+ John Alexander Weeks
8. Clayton Weeks.

8. Statie Weeks
8. Pinkie Weeks
8. Hubbard Weeks
8. Fonzel Weeks
8. Widom Weeks
8. Ralph Weeks
8. Jewel Weeks
8. Louie Weeks
7. Beulah Lucretia Russell, 8/28/1885-7/21/1985
+ Pierce W. Weeks 10/17/1880-12/6/1951
7. William Edward. Russell, 8/25/1888-9/10/1975
+ Annie Lou Jackson, 6/30/1900-4/20/1924
8. Harry Edward Russel, 1921-
+ Foye Mildred Simmons, 1922-
++ Carol Sue Epperly
9. Rita Russel, 1942-
+ Robert E. Pitts, 1938-
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10. Robert E. Pitts, Jr. 1962-
+ Valerie___?
10. Wynn Whitfield Pitts, 1965-
+ Jennifer__?
11. Robert "Bo" Pitts, 1998-
8. Jacqueline Russel, 2/19/1923-6/14/1926
+ Aletha Astora Beall, 7/18/1897-5/23/1991
7. Nancy Jane Russell (Jr.) 3/12/1890-1/28/1991
+ Charlie Deal.
7. John Newton Russell, 10/25/1883-6/7/1970
+ Belle Helms
8. Carlos Russel
+ Mildred____?
9. Roy Russel
8. Clyde Russel, 10/2/1911-4/1/1957
8. Ray Russel, __?- 1996
+ Mildred Russel
9. Hoyt Russel
+ Donna___?
10. Melissa Russel
10. Mandy Russel
6. Edward D. Bedsole, 2/15/1862-8/11/1917
+ Sarah J. Russell, 6/1869-1938
7.William Travis Bedsole, 3/8/1884-3/6/1964, Illinois.
+ Eva Marie Hicks, 1886?-............Illinois
8. William Travis Bedsole, Jr. 1919-
+___?
8. Harold Bedsole, 1921-
+___?
8. Alfa Bedsole,
+___?

8. Jeanne Bedsole, 1914-
+___?
8. Beatrice Bedsole, 1917-
8. Beda (Barbara) Bedsole
+___?
8. Fred Bedsole,1927-
+____?
8. Ruth Bedsole,1930-
+____?
8. Barbara Bedsole,1932-
+____?
8. Julia Mae "Judy" Bedsole,2/12/1940-8/24/2006, Calif and
Illnois.
+___?

7. Emma Bedsole, 12/1890-1984, Old Town, Alabama.
+ Vernon C. Kern, 1888-1973
7. Edward D. Bedsole, Jr., 2/1893-1977. Old Town, Paul, Alabama
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7. Leonard Cummings Bedsole, 6/1895-1960, Alabama.
+ Blannie Adams, 4/3/1898-10/1978, Alabama.
8. Eloise Bedsole,
+ Mr. Merritt
7. Hattie Bedsole, 1901-1979
+ William Leon Pilant, 1899-1962
8. William Leon Pilant, Jr., no dates
8. Alpha Pilant
7. Annie Bedsole,1904-
7. Voncil Bedsole,1907-
+ Frank Reynolds
7. Thomas Jefferson Bedsole, 5/30/1913--6/8/2005,
+ Katherine Patricia Grace, 1916-1981
8. Randolph Jefferson Bedsole,5/18/1940-9/1986, Forest Hill
Cemetery, East, Memphis, Tennessee.
+ Paulette Connors, 1946-2001, Forest Hill Cemetery -East.
Memphis, Tennessee.
9. Thomas"Tom" Bedsole,1969-
9. Chris Bedsole,1971-
7. Margaret Patricia Bedsole,1941-
+ John Allen Kane,1930-
8. Lillie Theresa Kane,1962-
+ Bob Morterson
9. Amey Morterson
8 . Laura Marie Kane,1963-
+ Randy Debeeid
8. Lisa Ann Kane, 1964-
+ Jim Watkins
9. Linda Watkins
8. Travis Anthony Bedsole, 12/17/1943-11/22/2005, Wauseon, Ohio,
USAF. Sand Creek Ceme. Mich. .

+ Priscilla Kay Elliott, 1942-

9. Darcel Kay Bedsole, 1966-

+ Jon Howell, 1965-

9. Vincent Travis Bedsole, 1970-....m.3/1989.

+ Julie Marie Baldwin,1970-

10. Bryce Travis Bedsole, 1991-

10. Kaiden Hunter Bedsole, 1999-

8. Lucretia Bedsole, 1946-

+ Jerry May
++ Larry House

9. Lynn Marie May,1967-

9. Bryan May, 1973-

9. Jennifer House, 1975-

9. Anny House, 1978-

8. Steven Thomas Bedsole, 1953-

+ Ann Nofziger, 1954-
++ Nancy Jean Richards,1950-
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9. Staci Lynn Bedsole, 1979-...........m. 6/7/2008

+ Joshua Charles Treece, 1984-
Parents; Melanie Turner and Charles Patrick Treece.

9. Samuel Thomas Bedsole,1991-

8. James Russell Bedsole,1956-

+ Barbara Jean Bliss,1958-..............m. 1976
++ Lou Ann Ferrel, 1950- ........m. 8/24/1979
+++ Patti Faye Drummond,1964-
++++ Susan Kay Welsh, 1954-......m. 3/10/1979

9. Clinton Allen Bedsole, 1972-

+ Gina Marie Chiapetta,1972-

10. Tyler Bedsole, 2006-...Twin of Mackenzie

10. Mackenzie Bedsole, 2000 Twin of Tyler.

10. Morgan Elizabeth Bedsole, 2007-

9. Emily Jean Bedsole, 1978-

+ Timothy Levi Smith, .........m. 2005

10. Katrine Jean Smith, 2007-

9. Kimberly Ann Bedsole,1980- Last name changed to Ferrel.

9. David Lee Bedsole,1981- Last name changed to Ferrel.

9. Benjamin Cody Bedsole,1993-

7. Juanita Bedsole,1993-

+ Mr. Stoll

8. William Thomas Stoll

6. Francis Bedsole,1863-

6. Travis Bertram Bedsole, Jr. 8/11/1864-8/30/1926 Rhoades Cemetery, Perrys Store, Ala.
+Georgia Ann Hudson, 9/29/1869-3/22/1912. Died 2 months after Elizabeth was born
and died. Old Town, Alabama.
Georgia Ann died from blood loss and Sepsis, after Elizabeth was born and both died
from the birth.
++ Bethonia Elizabeth "Bessie" Williams, 1884-1958... m. 9/5/1913. Buried Apopka, Fla.
Note: Travis and Bethonia were married by Judge Rowe, Opp, Ala.. She was Mother

only to Dexter and Daisy.

7. Luvenia Bedsole, 9/18/1810-10/8/1911.
7. Lizzy May, 3/4/1915-10/19/1918 Daughter of Travis and Bethonia.
7. Elizabeth Bedsole, Infant daughter (Georgiann). b. and d. 1/25/1912. Buried at
Old Town Cemetery, Kinston, Ala.
7. Mary Nell Bedsole, b. & d. 4/30/1932, Infant. (Bessie)
7. Dexter Lee Bedsole, 1913-1985 (Bessie). Greenwood Cemetery, Apopka,
Flla.
7. Daisy Mae Bedsole,1918-1998 (Bessie), Greenwood Cemetery, Apopka, Fla.
+ Elsy Allen,1915-
8. Rayford Allen
8. Randall Allen
7. William Henry "Willie" Bedsole,9/27/1886- 4/13/1942....JD's father.
+ Maudie Mae Farmer, 6/18/1896-11/16/1979 (An Angel on Earth). JD's Mom.
A tribute to my parents; They were married at the courthouse in Elba, Alabama, on November 30,
1912, by Probate Judge S.P. Samples.Their marriage was witnessed by "Relatives And
Friends".Her parents were John Burress Farmer, a Preacher, and Sara Frances Smith, of Elba,
Alabama. Mom was a Homemaker from age 16.
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These are my parents who worked all their desperately poor lives just to feed us 9 children, when they
could not have provided adequately for 3. They were the poorest of the poor sharecroppers who ever
lived. They were nevertheless, very loving, very religious, and made all 9 of us children go to church
all our "Growing up" years. My dad above, died at age 56, because his heart was so enlarged it could
not "Beat" . He and my Mom worked and starved themselves to death in order to feed something to us
children, and I am amazed to this day, how they never lost their trust, faith, commitment to, and belief
in, God, and how they had the most amazing strength, commitment, and determination to do their very
best with what pathetically little they had, for their children, when they really had nothing to work with.
It was a pitiful, totally one-sided battle, which they fought with everything they had all their lives. They
never gave up, and thats the biggest thing I inherited from them. You can see it in this History and List;
For 58 years, regardless of the amount of time and effort it took I never gave up, and at the end, it was
finaly finished. Regardless of the fact they really never had anything, they were without doubt, the
very best of the very best and we all loved them dearly..

8. Lillie Mae Estelle Bedsole, 3/4/1915-10/191998
+ Newman Donaldson,1913-1997
9. "Danny" Daniel Donaldson, 1947-
+ Psyche Patterson,
++ Joan ____?
+++ Martha ___?

10. Daniel Donaldson, Jr. 1993-
10. Solita Donaldson, 1989-...........m. 6/2007
+ Josh Norris,
8. Myrtle Bell Bedsole, 10/21/1917-2/10/2008....m. 10/23/1937, An angel
on earth.
+ Henry Aubrey Vinson, (Sr.) 8/21/1915-5/3/2000.The Best kind of
Man. Employed by the City Of Orlando. Lived in Winter Park, Fla..
9. Helen Janice Vinson,1943- Such a wonderful person.
+ James Ivey, 1941-....m. 11/1961-Divorced 1963.
++ Richard Dyer, 1944-....m. 1965 Divorced 1981.
10. Sherry Dyer, 1966- B.S.

+ David "Davie" William Dixon,1966-
11. David William Dixon, II 1992-
11. Daniel Lee Dixon, 1995-
11. Ashley Marie Dixon,1999-
10. Vicki Marie Dyer, 1971-
+ Michael Witz, 1982-.
11. Kyle Aubrey Dyer, 1991-
11. Gage Alan Chesser,1994-
11. Lexie Marie Witz, 2003-
11. Lanie Lynne Witz, 2004-
9. Henry Aubrey ("Butch") Vinson, Jr.,1945- A good man, like his
father.
+ Gloria Atchley
++ Diane Woody
+++ Gloria Atchley
++++ Francis Gail Lawson
+++++ Maria Flores Elena

10. Sonya Lynette Vinson, 1972-
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+ Donald Edward Quinn
10. Brenda Kay Vinson, 5/6/1965-5/7/1965
10. Melissa Ann Vinson, 12/31/1975-4/1991
10. Joshua Lee Vinson, 1985-
8. William Burse Bedsole, 1/18/1920-12/31/1972, S-1, US Navy, WW-II.
Buried Astatula Ceme., Fla. My brother. A wonderful person too.
+ Gladys Hazel Norris, 1/18/1926-11/23/1993, Astatula Ceme., Fla..
9. William Wayne Bedsole, 1946- Retired from CSX Transportation.
+Patricia___?
++ Eleanor___?

10. James Bedsole,
10. David Bedsole,
10. Michael Bedsole,
9. Diane Bedsole, 1947- Moved to S.C.
+_____?
++ ____?

8. Sarah Francis Bedsole, 1922-2005. Rhoades Cemetery. Coffee County,
Ala. Never had anything and never asked for anything.
+ R.S. Donaldson,1919-1989, Rhoades Cemetery.
9. Jesse Willie "J.C." Donaldson, 1943-
+ Deborah Chatham, divorced
++ Sandra Cox, divorced
+++ Linda James, ...........m. 2005

10. Clinton Whitman Donaldson
10. Jessica Denice Donaldson
+ Van Spencer
++ Tony Rush
11. Pate Spencer
11. Will Rush
10. Bryce Elliott Donaldson

+ Bethany___?
9. Janice Donaldson
+ Vic Phillips
10. Heather Phillips
10. Taylor Phillips
10. Allison Rebecca Phillips
9. Shannon Kay Donaldson, A.S. Accounting
+ Jerry Morgan
++ Larry Wicker
+++ Kenneth Oglesby

10. One Wicker child. Died at birth.
10. Joshua Paul Morgan, Moved to California.
10. Jason Mathew Oglesby
9. Phyllis Jo Donaldson
+ Mickey McDonald
++ ____?
10. Tasha Nicole McDonald
+ Patrick Danley
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10. Summer Michelle McDonald
+ Shane Lunsford
11. Peyton Michael Lunsford
10. Kasi Danielle McDonald
+ Curtis O. Brooks
8. Charles Walter Bedsole,1925-2002 Forest City, Fla. Was retired 2 years.
+ Willie Vernell Norris,1930- ....m. 9/21/1946 in Opp, Ala.
9. Charles Larry Bedsole, Another good man. 1947-
+ Debra Sue Rhinehart, Div. 1980
++ Sharlene Ladd ...m. 10/2007 ?
10. Scott Bedsole
10. Shane Bedsole
9. Patsy Vernell Bedsole
+ Ronald Meyer
++ Roger Holton
10. Ronald Allen Meyer
10. Shannon Gayle Meyer
+ ____?
11. Lindsey____?
10. Krista Lynne Meyer
+ Cale Stancil. Became an officer in the Navy.
11. Baby girl Stancil
8. Beatrice Marie Bedsole, B.S., M.S., 1928-12/1995 Rhoades Cemetery.
+ Edward Farmer, 1925-6/1998
9. Jerry Edward Farmer, 1948-
+ Wanda ____? Divorced, 1980?
8. James Donald "JD" Bedsole, ASME, BSBA, BSVE, MSEA, PhD. Retired Military,
State Gov., and private Co. CEO.
+ Ruth Maxine Carmichael,1933- ....m. 5/12/1951 Divorced 2/10/1992.
++ Shirley Ann Epperson, 1949-..... m.1/8/1993-Divorced 3/7/2003

+++ Edna K. (Kyzer) Smith, 1932-.....m. 11/17/2004, Divorced 9/20/06

9. Sabra Ruth Bedsole, 1955-. Paralegal and LPN.
+ Joachim Gunther, Divorced in 1976. No children.
++ Daniel Frank Hauversburk, Divorced in 1996. Two Children
+++ Lee McClellan, m. 1997-Divorced 2004. No children.
++++ John Reyes, m. 6/2007. No children.

10. Brenna Marie Hauversburk, 1984-
+ Not Married: Roy West.
11. Blake Ronald West, 2003-
10. Daniel Frank Hauversburk, Jr. 1989- Entered AF on 12/10/2007.
9. Darlene Bedsole-Ward, 1959- Born in Taiwan while JD was there in the
Air Force.
+ Michael Meadors, Divorced 1982. No children.
++ Donald Ray Ward, Divorced 1992
10. Heather Carol Ward, 1988-
9. Karl Von Bedsole, 1962-
+ Venicia Scott, 1961-
8. Joyce Katrine Bedsole, 1933-
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+ Eugene Denmark, 1929- The very best man I ever knew.
9. Belinda Jo Denmark, 1950- A.S. Accounting.
+ Bill Jordan. They had Leandra.
++ Michael Grant. No children.
+++ Douglas Seers. No children.

10. LeAndra Jean Jordan
+ Dennis McCarty
11.
Brandon McCarty, 1990-
11.
Brent McCarty, 1995-
9. James Richard (Ricky) Denmark, Retired Army MSgt..
+ June Sermons
10. Carrie Denmark
10. Tracie Denmark
10. Richard Alan Denmark
10. Lashonda Denmark
10. Jacob Denmark
9. Sheila Ann Denmark
+ Steven Webb
10. Jennifer Webb, 1987- ....m..2007
+____?
10. Amber Webb, 1987- ....m
2008
+____?
9. Charles "Chuck" Denmark, BS, MS, Lt. Col., USAF, Retired
on 10/2007..
+ Julie___?
10. Joshua Denmark
10 Sarah Denmark
10. Luke Denmark
9. Cecil Travis Bedsole, 1937- Retired Air Force MSgt., in 1975
My youngest brother. Super good. Stubborn German.

+ Betty Jean Robinson, 1939-
10. Clayne Travis Bedsole
+ Pepper Davis-Divorced
++ Tammy Blocker -Divorved
+++ Melissa Adams -Divorced

10. Tawney Chloteel Bedsole
10. Brandon Alexander Bedsole
10. ClayneTraywick Bedsole
10. Celeste Tracie Bedsole, B.S. M.S., P.E. Registered Civil
Engineer. CEO of Civil Engineering Company.
+ Gary Hackenmeyer-Divorced.
7. Franklin Edgar Bedsole, 11/1/1889-12/1/1960. Sharecropper, then Guard at
gate of Pensacola NAS.
+ Lillian Effie Redmon, 12/6/1894-12/14/1960, Housewife.
8. Sarah Luvenia Bedsole, 9/18/1910-10/08/1911. Died as a Baby. Old
Town Ceme. Kinston, Ala.
8. Baby Bedsole, born and died on 7/18/1923, Old Town Ceme. Kinston,
Ala.
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8. Gladys Marie Bedsole,1912-
+ Luther Wise
++ Homer Hall
9. William Wise
9. Robert Frank Wise
9. Evelyn Wise
9. Homer Donald Hall
9. Juanita Hall
8. Samuel Chester Bedsole,1913-1931.Killed at age18 when he jumped or
fell from a two-mule wagon. He landed ahead of a rear wheel and the
wheel ran over his chest.

8. Georgia Etta Bedsole, 1915-3/6/1997
+ Jessie Elbert Schofield, Sr. 1914-1995.
++ Robert Armstrong, 1913-1977.
+++ Everett Ashby. 1915-1980

9. Jessie E. Schofield, Jr.
+ Dale Roberts,............. m. 1958
9. Lillian Maragret Schofield
+ Ross C. Shiver, m. 1952
9. Franklin Taylor Schofield,? -5/2002
+ Olivia Straughn,......... m. 1958
9. Annis Christine Schofield
+ William Melvin Truett,........ m. 1957.
8. Sherman Conway Bedsole, 5/12/1917-8/3/1973, WW-II,Drafted,
Army, 1944. Camp Blanding, Fla.
+ Maudez Hobbs, 1920-1986, Pensacola, Fla.
9. Newman Dewey Bedsole, 10/14/1939-6/14/2002, USMC.
Myrtle Grove Cemetery. Pensacola, Fla.
+ Margaret Waters, 4/26/1937-10/6/2003, Myrtle Grove Cemetery.
9. Vivian Bedsole,

8. Curtis Franklin Bedsole, 7/19/1918-12/18/1990, U.S. Army, Pensacola,
Alabama. Rhoades Cemetery..

+ Lucy Marie Hataway, 6/23/1921-11/5/2003, Rhoades Cemetery, Ala.

9. Curtis Fredrick Bedsole,1945-

+ Eugenia Donnell Hudson,1945-

10. Kelly Glyn Bedsole,1974-

+ Kendon Leo Saucier,1970-

11. Chase Alexander Saucier,2000-

11. Logan Christopher Saucier, 2003-

10. Travis Scott Bedsole, 1976-

+ Angel Michelle Murphy,1976-

11. Skyler Nicole Bedsole,2005-

8. Annis Laurene Bedsole, 10/16/1928-3/12/1998. Rhoades Cemetery,
Coffee, Ala.

+ Henry A. Brown, 1923-
++ Benjamin Shaw, 1920-

9. Cherriann Faye "Faye" Brown,1946-

+ Robert D. Cherry, Divorced 1968.
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++ Bobby Gene Williamson,1940-

10. Utahna "Tonya" Jo Cherry, 1964-

+ Jeff T. Smith

11. Zachary T. Smith, 1996-

11. Ryan Alexander Smith, 1997-.

11. Spencer Crawford Smith, 2004-

9. Patricia Ann Brown

+ Phillip Triantafillou

10. Vanessa Triantafillou

10. Brett Triantafillou

9. Brenda Brown

9. Connie Denise Brown,1955-

+ Preston Horace Hale

10. Lorena Michelle Hale,1980-

+ Norman Kearby

11. Zoanna Rhiann Kearby, 2004-

11. Michaela Cherise Kearby,2007-.

10. Corin Patrice Hale, 1990-

7. Idella Catherine "Idell" Bedsole, 1891-1951

+ Oscar Simpler,1889-1950

8. Travis Robert Simpler, 1911-1980

+ Jewel___?

8. Bertha Simpler

+ ___Cauley

8. Jersie Lillie Simpler, 6/1/1914-10/5/1998, Died in Crestview, Fla.

+ Curtis Vickery, 1910-1966

9. Caroel Vickery (Son), 1933-1972.

9. Donald Vickery, __? Mobile, Ala.

+ Stella___?

9. Derward Vickery, Moundsville, La.

+ Melba___. ?
9. Robert "Bobby" Vickery, Mobile, Ala.
+ Gail ___, Mobile, Ala.
8. Rosalee Simpler, Panama City, Fla.
+___ Mathews
8. Clydia Bell Simpler….Crestview
+ __ Bulger
7. Elizabeth Josie "Josie" Bedsole, 11/1893-1983, Born Old Town, buried in
Rock Hill, S.C.
+ Wesley T. "Bud" Wilks, 1887-1988, Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Apopka,
Fla.,
8. Izabell Wilks, 8/25/1916-1/9/1919
8. Wesley G. Wilks, 10/23/1918-1/22/1919
8. William T. ("Willie Boy") Wilks, Panama City, Fla. Buried Greenwood
Ceme., Apopka, Fla.
+ Ellen Pickeron
++ Christine___?
9. Imogene Wilks,
9. Wilford Wilks,
7. Katey Angeline Bedsole, 9/25/1901-6/23/1956
+ Charlie Johnson, 12/9/1898- 2/8/1997
8. Bernice Johnson, 5/23/1922-9/21/1989
+ Kyler Cutchins
++ Vasco Adolf Whittle, 10/15/1913-1/1/1984
9. Yvonne Whittle, ?
+ ____?
9. Shirley Whittle, ?
+___ Childress
10. Bruce Childress
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+ ____?
7. Georgia Ann "Babe" Bedsole,1899-1970, Apopla, Fla.
+ John Henry Braxton Wilks,1896-1969, Apopka, Fla.
8. Minnie Mae Wilks,1921-1985
+ Danny Powell, Sr.
++ Ross Miller
9. Danny Powell, Jr.----Died 1963. Buried at Westwego, Louisiana.
9. Three infants buried at Limestone, Fla.
8. Baby Wilks, born and died on 3/25/1920
8. Baby Son. born and died on 6/17/1925
8. Ruvester Wilks. Born disabled. Never Married. 1927-1973
8. Myrtle Lee Wilks, 1923-1990
+ Louie D. Tomlin
9. Jimmie D. Tomlin. 1946-
+ ___?
++___?
10. Marie Tomlin
9. Karon Tomlin, 1964-
+ ___ Matamucheck

10. Mandy Matamuchek
+ ___?
11. ___?
11____?
10. Braxton Matamuchek. __?
8. Raymon Wilks, B.S.1933-
+ Peggy Childs
++ Betty Brown
+++ Stephanie Eggett

9. Steve Wilks
+ Gail Lawson
9. Pamela Wilks
+ ___Hughes
++ Ted Adams
8. Bertie B. Wilks
+ Fredrick Ralph Marden, 11/24/1937-
++ Percy Garfield "Bud" Horten 3/22/1926-6/6/1966
+++ James "Jim" Wynn, 7/21/1942-1/26/2007 Soperton, Ga.

9. Cheryl Ann Marden, 1955-
+ John Chitty
9. Ralph Fredrick Marden, 1956-
7. Easter Esther Bedsole, 4/5/1900-6/24/1989, m. 12/2/1921.
+ Thomas Elton Sasser,7/29/1900-12/10/1981. One of the best men who
ever lived. His mother was Malissa Elizabeth Nelson. His Dad was Jack Sasser. He had brother
Elmy, married Pearlie Bedsole, brother Gus married Flora Turman and brother Jack Sasser, Jr. His
sister was Lavada Sasser. She married Dewey Henry Bush. Several relatives buried in Rhoades
Cemetery near Kinston, Alabama.
8. Unnamed baby son. b. & d. 1922. Babbie, Ala.
8. Unnamed baby son, b. & d. 1935. Rhoades Cemetary, Ala.
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8. Lucy Lucille Sasser, 1924-
+ William "Will" Fraizer, 8/13/1923-3/6/1972
9. Aldon Louis Fraizer, Sr. 1953-
+ Catherine King
10. Aldon Louis Fraizer, Jr. 2/17/1974-6/15/1976. Car Wreck.
10. Susan Fraizer
10. Janice Lou Fraizer
+ Allen Bryant
9. Genice Fraizer,
+ Rouvon King
10. Deffie King
10. Diane King
10. Tammy King
8. Edna Irene Sasser, 1/7/1928-10/3/1983. m. 4/6/1944.
+ R.L. Thorn, Sr.1925-
9. Alice Jean Thorn, 1945-
9. Dorothy Ann Thorn
9. Darlene Thorn
9. Joanne Thorn

9. R.L. Thorn, Jr.
9. Martha Jean Thorn
9. Ronnie Lee Thorn
...............................................................PAGE 47..............................................................................

8. Claudia Mae Sasser, 4/12/1930-6/29/1991, m. 7/16/1945.
+ James William (JW) Vinson, 9/12/1925-12/13/1991.
9. Patricia Diane Vinson
+ Thomas Huffstutler
9. Mary Sue Vinson
+____Hamby
9. James (Buddy)William Vinson, Jr.
9. Teresa Deborah Vinson
+ __Risner
++___Nesmith
+++___Mabry

8. James Ollie Sasser, 1933-
+ ____?
++ Wanda Ann Stanley
9. Craig Sasser
+____?
9. Barry Sasser
+____?
9. Bruce Sasser
9. Keith Sasser
9. James "Jimmy" Sasser
8. Edlow Sasser, 1937-
+ Jennie Caffee
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++ ___?
+++ Carolyn Jackson

9. Kenneith Sasser
9. Lonnie Earl Sasser
8. Annie Nettie Jeanette Sasser, 1940- m. 10/12/1956
+William "Bill" Irvin Miller, 1934-
9. Stephen Elton Miller, 1957-
+ Brenda Odell
++ Anita Small
+++ Linda Stiber

10. Jason Carl Miller
10. Christopher William Miller
10. Amanda Miller
10. Stephanie Jean Miller
10. Tiffany Ann Miller
9. Lou Ann Miller, 1960- m. 6/1978
+ Donald Clyde Naylor
10. Clyde Donald Naylor
10. Michael Naylor

9. Joseph Alexander Miller, 1963-
+ Cindy Lee Travis
++ Leslie Ann Elliott
10. Alexander Joseph Miller
9. Glenda Gail Miller
+ Remikus Birko
10. Shannon Marie Birko
7. Matilda Rosanna Bedsole, 12/11/1897-9/28/1982...m. 9/5/1919, Ala., Aopoka, Fla.
+ Robert William Calvin Adkison,10/10/1891-9/1994, Apopka, Fla. A very good
man.
They were both born in Ala. Buried in Aopoka, Fla.
He was the son of Hiram D. Adkison and Martha Wise.

8. Georgia Ann Adkison, 2/10/1922-8/21/1980
+ William "Willie" Taylor, 1914- ?
They are buried in Apopka, Fla.
9. William Gene Taylor, 3/3/1948-11/2005
+ Dorothy Lee
++ Carolyn Hamby
10. William Earl Taylor, 1969-
10. Robert William Taylor, 1971-
8. Mary Ruth Adkison, 9/15/1926-8/25/1995, m. 11/6/1948.She
was born in Ala. and died in Chipley, Fla. Buried, Apopka.
+Jasper Raymond McCarty, 4/7/1926-1/26/1989. Buried
Apopka. Born in Polksville, Miss. and died in Gainesville, Fla.

9. Mary Delois McCarty, 1951-.......... in Japan
+ Richard Maurice Shulstad, 1949-
10. Ashley Brooke Shulstad, 1983-
9. R.W. McCarty, 7/9/1955-8/16/1956, Buried Jackson, Miss.
9. Harold McCarty, 1958-
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+ Carolyn Dobbs, 1959-
10. Jamie Mitchell McCarty, 1976-
10. Jamie Michelle McCarty, 1976-
8. William Cicero Adkison, 4/25/1932-10/1/1978, m. 6/30/1967 Born in
Bruce, Fla. Died and Buried Apopka. JD's Buddy.
+ Ophelia Grace Hudgins Dobbs, 1934- ?
9. Vera Grace Dobbs, 1951-
+____?
10. Averie Dobbs, ?
9. Harrison Dean Dobbs, 1952-
9. Bobby Jackson Dobbs, 1954-
9. Jeane Lynn Dobbs, 1963-
9. Carolyn Dobbs, 1959-
+ Harold McCarty, 1958-
(See children above, under Harold McCarty).
8. Blannie Adkison, 1937-
Born in Freeport, Fla. m. 1954
+ Henry Sylvester Butler, 1933-
Born in Altoona, Fla.

9. John Henry Butler, 1955-
+ Marsha Smith, Divorced.
++ Donna Boyd
+++ Sandra Pettis-Alderman

10. Elisha Lynn Butler, 1975- m. 5/5/1993
+ James Griffitti
11. Darren James Griffitti 1995-
10. Kerri Leigh Butler, 1981-
+ Brian Grinde,
11. Lucas Sean Grinde, 1998-
10. Misty M. Alderman, 1972-
+ Norman Parrish
11. Johnny Parrish, ?
11. Kayla Lasha (Father is Curtis Bess)
11. Aryl Dean Marsh (Father was a Marsh).
10. Karen Michelle Pettis, 1974-
+ Jeff Gunn
++ Pud Riley
11. Jessie Dale Gunn
11. Colton Riley
10. Jeremy Pettis, 1979-
9. Pamela Ann Butler, 1972-
Her biological Father was Jimmy Garrish
+ Kerry Selbe,
10. Rita Rena Selbe, 1990-
9. Vickie Amber Butler, 1977-
Her biological father was Jimmy Garrish
+ ___ Monday ?
10. Tyler Garrish, 1997-
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10. Makayla Monday, 1998-
10. Hunter Monday,2001-
9. Kenneth Wade Butler, 1982-
His biological father was Jimmy Garrison
7. Travis James "Trav" Bedsole, 4/14/1903-3/21/1987, Lowery, Ala. Rhoades
Cemetery, Coffee,Ala.
+
Lurity Melvin Adkison,10/13/1896-1975...m.7/3/1920. She married two others
after that.
++ Katie Cefornia Cain, 6/5/1906-10/20/1994, Rhoades Cemetery,
Coffee,Ala.

8. Onnie Merle Bedsole,
+ Jack Weekly
8. George Randall Bedsole, 1929-. Unmarried.
8. Travis Lloyd Bedsole, 1/8/1934-9/9/1996, Ala, Georgia, Ala..
+ Idell Pickeron, 1935-
9. Lance Bedsole
+____?
9. Linda Bedsole
+ ________?

9. Diane Bedsole
+ ____?
8. Nadine Bedsole
+ Arthur Barley
8. Mary Anne Bedsole, 1924-1925
7. Emma Bedsole, 1904-1998
+ Johnny Burress Farmer,1903-1986
7. Alice Bedsole, 3/12/1906-12/29/1981. Married 1919. Buried Apopka, Fla.
+ Johnny Arthur Scroggins,Sr. 11/9/1899-1990. Buried in Apopka, Fla.
8. Johnny Arthur Scroggins,Jr. 11/4/1926-10/1/1963. Never Married. `
Buried in Apopka.
7. Pearlie Bedsole, 1908- Buried in Apoka, Fla.
+ Horace Elmer "Elmy" Sasser,12/18/1908-2/1978 Forest City, Fla.
8. Burt Sasser, 1/17/1926-11/5/1996, Buried in Apopka, Fla.
+ Lillie B__?
++ Lucy ___?
9. Lamar Sasser, 1949-
9. Rodney Wayne Sasser, 1953-
9. Jerry Sasser, 1955-
9. Linda Sasser,
+___?
10. Kenneth ___?
10. Ricky David ___?
8. Louise Sasser,1932- .................Enterprise, Ala.
+ Ozar Lent Grant, 8/13/1913-5/27/1972, Greenwood, Apopka.
9. Ozar Lent Grant, Jr. 1956-
9. Garry Lane Grant,1958-
8. Betty Jean Sasser,1935-m. 1967 in Ga.
+ Houston Thorn, ...Div.
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++ Jasper Raybon McCarty, 4/7/1926-1/26/1989. Apopka, Fla.

9. Betty Diane McCarty, 1967-
+ Adam Kent Tillman, 1961-Burlington, NC
10. Dwight Arnold Tillman,
8. Karl Lee Sasser, 1940-
+ Dorothy Jane Anderson-Div.
++ Constance Richter.
9. Teresa Jane Sasser,
+ Robert Cox--Div.
10. Angela Marie Cox,
+ Rogellio Melendez
11. Sandra Jane Melendez
8. Donald Ray Sasser, 9/10/1944-7/27/2001, d. Tampa, Fla.
+ June Brown
++ Ruth___?, 10/13/1911-
9. Tanzi Danielle Sasser, 1967-
7. Columbus Bedsole, 8/27/1910-01/08/1977, Mechanic, Greenwood Cem.,
Florala, Ala.
+ Elmer Adams, 09/02/1912-08/17/1997....Wife of Columbus. Greenwood

Cem, Florala.

8. Rhett Edward Bedsole, 04/25/1939-12/13/2002, US Army.
Greenwood Cem. Florala, Ala.
Meatcutter by trade.

+ Betty Jean ___? 1941- .....m. 06/30/1957
9. Daughter___?
8. Annie Clyde Bedsole
+ Junior Bozier
8. Ernestine Bedsole
+____ Gennell
7. Baby Bedsole, died as infant.
6. Josephine Bedsole, 1869-.....married Albritton on 3/4/1888.
+ Peter Albritton
++ W.C. Hall
6. James Bedsole, MD, 6/9/1871-11/2/1943. Corner Creek Cemetery, Hacoda, Ala.
+ Artie Missie Ward, 5/9/1876-2/2/1959, Hacoda, Alabama......m. 1895.
Note; On the 1900 Census, her grandmother, Roseanna P. Ward Widow of
Travis B. Bedsole, and mother of Dr. James Bedsole was living with this family
in Old Town, Ala. (Coffee County).

7. Sherwood Bedsole, 2/18/1896-5/26/1969, Corner Creek Cemetery.
+ Willie Adkinson, 10/29/1894-11/13/1969
7. Tatum Bedsole, 1/24/1899-12/25/1978, Travelers Rest Cemetery,
Samson, Ala.
+ Leola Estella Lee, 10/7/1907-3/26/2000, Travelers Rest Cemetery,
Samson, Ala.
7. Shelton Bedsole, 3/3/1901-7/8/1924, Killed in Detroit, Michigan by a
train.
+ Zora ___?
7. Babe Bedsole, 1/1899-1905, Old Town, Paul, Hacoda, Alabama.
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7. Dalton Bedsole, 9/7/1903-5/1965, Ala.
+ Maebelle Oliver, 1907-1989
8. James Foster Bedsole, 1939-, P.E. Cullman, Ala.
Electrical Engineer, University Of Alabama.
+ Janice Elaine Knight, 1939-
9. Andrea Elaine Bedsole, 1964-
+ Marshall Handlin Mullins, 1957-
10. Jacob "Jake" Mullins
10. Lucas "Luke" Mullins
9. Tracy Victoria Bedsole, 1967-
+ Michael Wade Bennett, 1966-
10. Samuel Bennett
8. Donald Oliver Bedsole, MD, 1934- Surgery, Mobile, Ala. Retired.
General Surgeon, University Of Alabama.
+ Gloria Dykes
++ Cyndi Hartley, 1949-
9. Lawrence Bedsole, 1972- MD, University Of Alabama.
+ Rhonda Rowell, M.D. Pediatrics
8. Dalton Anthony Bedsole, MD, 1941-.Urologist, Medical College Of

Alabama.

+ Nancy Kathleen Akins, 1943-..........m. 1963.
9. Nancy Kathleen Bedsole, 8/1/1967-10/20/1983. Killed by a
Murderer.
9. Susan Paige Bedsole, 1969-.........m.1992. M.S.
Ed.,
Stanford University.
+ Ty Harris.........Birmingham, Ala.
10. Sally Kathleen Harris, 1996-
10. Emma Grace Harris, 1999-
8. Travis Franklin Bedsole, 1946-, B.A,
Brookhaven, Mississippi.
Mgt., U. of Ala.
+ Joyce Sims, 1949-
9. Donnie Bedsole, 1966-
+ Gloria___?
++ Cindy Hartley
+++ Nitza Garcia, 1972-

10. Anna Bedsole
9. Kim Bedsole, 1970- M.S. Nutrition, University Of Southern
Mississippi.
+ John McCauley...Picayune, Mississippi.
10. Natalie McCauley.
10. Mandy McCauley.
4. Robert ("Robin") Bedsole, 1773-1836. On 1820 Sampson County, NC Census.
+ Rebecca Starling, 1771-1860
++ Nancy Emanuel, 1772-
5.William Henry Bedsole, Sr. 1820-1905 ?

+ Luthra Catherine ____?
++ Jennet Hinson, 1823-
6. Loiza Bedsole, 1840-1910
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6. Thomas F. Bedsole, 1841-1910
6. William Henry Bedsole, Jr. 1839-1910
+____?
5. William Luther Bedsole, 1802-1887 Assumed spelling as BLEDSOE. Moved from
NC to Georgia, to Alabama..
+ Parmelia___? 1802-
6. B.B. Bledsoe, 1824-Georgia
6. Elvira J. Bledsoe, 1840-Alabama
6. James R. Bledsoe 1842- Georgia
6. Joseph B. Bledsoe, 1845Alabama
6. Leonora A. Bledsoe, 1830- Georgia
6. Mary J. Bledsoe, 1842-Alabama
6. Narcissa Bledsoe, 1838- Alabama
6 William B. Bledsoe, 22 Georgia
6. Winnie Bledsoe, 1830-1900
5. Mary Bedsole, 1821-
5. Rebecca Bedsole, 1824-
5. Thomas Bedsole,1826-1860 Buried Lowndes, Ala.
+ Charlotte A ____? 1832-

6. William Henry Bedsole,1850-
5. Nancy ("Polly") Bedsole,.1825-
+ ___Emanuel, 1824-
6. "Lizer" (Elizabeth?) Bedsole
+ Gideon Emanuel
6. William James Bedsole, 1850-1912 (Called "Indian" in NC.
Fathers name Unknown, but he was a full-blooded Cohairie Indian).
+ Nancy Ann Emanuel, 1848-1926, Dismal, Sampson County, NC.
7. Isabella Bedsole, 1879-1955, Dismal, NC.
+____?
7. Elmyra Bedsole,1873-1940, Dismal, NC.
+____?
7. Lou Berta Bedsole
+ Joseph Emanuel
7. James Henry Bedsole, 1854-1930, Dismal, Sampson, NC.
+ Hannah Warrick,
7. William Luther "Bud" Bedsole, 4/23/1875-1961. "Indian". Farmer,
Dismal, NC.
+ Amanda Warrick
8. Benjamin Bedsole 1908 - 1991
+ Jayne Kurtz
++ Betty Jean Croly Littleton
8. William Arthur Bedsole,11/27/1899- "Indian" in NC
+ Emily Maynor, 11/22/1905-5/5/1975. Dau. of Andrew and
Lucy J. Maynor
8. James Taft Bedsole, 12/25/1908-05/1978
+ Ella Ree Cummings, 10/30/1910-1/28/1994 Fayetteville,
NC.
8. ____Bedsole, Dau.
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+ Bill Brack
9. Sheila Brack
+___ Svitil, Lives at Halethorpe , Calif.
9. Brian Brack, Pasadena, Calif.
8. Bedsole, Joppatowne, Calif.
+ ___ Wynn
8. Myrtle Bedsole, Dundalk, Calif.
+___Locklear
8. Elsie Bedsole
+ ___ Brewintgon, Hope Mills, NC
7. Docia Bedsole, 1877-1940, Dismal, Sampon, NC.
+ Enoch Emanuel,1875-1945, Dismal, Sampson, NC.
8. Benjamin James Bedsole, 8/6/1819/1894-1968 ("Indian" Sampson
County, NC.Farmer).
+ iola Brewington, 1896-1945
++ Martha Goodman Cooper
7. Emma Bedsole
7. William Bedsole, 1909--
7. Martin Bedsole, 12/20/1910-2/21/1992, Georgia.

7. Nattie Bedsole, 1912-
7. Mary Evelyn Bedsole, 1920-
7. Luberta "Berta" Bedsole
+ Jonah Emanuel
7. Rutha Bedsole, 10/13/1911-11/27/2000, Ala.
+ Ollie Brewington
7. Molsey Bedsole
+ Mathew Burnette, Jr.
8. Woodrow Burnette
+ Esther Ammons (Lula James & Calvin Ammons).
9. Marion Lee Burnette
+ Samuel "Sammy" Robinson
10. Karla Robinson-Summers
+ Kevin Charles Summers
11. Kayla Robinson (Jerry Bradford).
11. Kyle Summers
10. Darla Robinson
+ Mike Blanton
++ Evan Deese
+++ Steve Johnson

11. Ashley Blanton
11. Samantha Deese
11. Jeremy Johnson
11. Danielle Stinson
10. Christina "Tina" Robinson
+ Buddy Stinson
8. ila Burnette
+___Faircloth
9. Eugene Faircloth.
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10. Twila Robinson. Died as infant.
7. Isabella Bedsole, 3/13/1920-6/3/1994, Santa Ana, Calif, And Kansas.
+ Erias Brewington
5. Eliza (Elizabeth?) Bedsole,1846-
+_____?
6. James Henry Bedsole
+ Hannah Warrick
5. Martin Bedsole, 1836-
5. Isaac Bedsole, 1833-
+ Mary S. Bedsole, 1834-
6. Clifford Jesse Bedsole, 6/4/1896-3/1971, Montgomery, Ala.
+ Viola Whatley,1883-
++ Ida Pearl Barbaree, 1/8/1907-9/13/1983, Bethlehem Cem. Coffee County,
Ala.

7. Mary J. Bedsole,6/27/1933-3/1973
+ ____Long
8. Juanita Long
+___?
8. Betty Long

+ George Homiack
9. Kayla Homiack
8. Derita Long
+____
9. Tonya
9. Darryle
9. Scotty
7. Brenda Ida Bell Bedsole,1948-
+ Billy Henry Sims,1944-
8. William Eugene Sims, 10/10/1966-11/28/1976
+ _____?
8. David Allen Sims
+ Juanita___?
8. Brenda Kaye Sims
+ John Henry Parks
8. Terry Wayne Sims, 3/22/1973-11/28/1976
7. Houston Richard Bedsole, 1/9/1928-5/12/2002, Known as "Smokie".
Bethlehem Cem, Coffee County, Ala.
+____?

7. O.C. Bedsole, 1926-
+ Name unknown
++ Ethelene Hodge
8. Debbie Bedsole
+ Euva Samuel
9. Mandy Samuel
+____?
9. Lauren Samuel
+_____?
8. Jerry Bedsole
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+ Jo Ann Smart
9. Mallory Bedsole
9. William Bedsole
8. Danny Bedsole
+ Donna J. ___? 6/112/1957-11/26/1994, NC
9. Bethany Bedsole, 1/16/1987-12/18/1994, Iowa.
+____?
9. Hayden Bedsole
9. Haley Bedsole
9. Daniel Bedsole
7. Willie Jean Bedsole, 1940-
+ Rayford Hodge,1935- Divorced
++ ____Holloway
8. Mary Sue Hodge, 1957-
9. Casey Lynn, 1981-
+____Jones
10. Kaylee Jones
10. Kirsten Jones
10. Michael Jones

9. Victoria Nicole Halloway, 1983-
+ Jake Johns
10. Taylor Johns (Girl)
10. Hayden Johns (Girl)
8. Teresa Hodge, 1962-
+___ Russell
++___

+ Kenneth Oakes
9. Samuel Eric Russell, 1980-
+ Angelia Cordle, 1986-
10. Kaitlyn ShyAnne Russell
10. Joseph Ray Russell, 1982-
10. Joshua Neil Russell, 1983-
+ Johanna Faye Canada
11. Dominick Austin Russell, 2002-
8. Linda Sue Hodge, Born dead.
8. Tammy Michelle Hodge, 1972-
+ James English
9. Allyssa Grace English
9. Maggie Beth English
7. Lula M. Bedsole,11/2/1895-6/12/1937
7. Robbie Jewel Bedsole, 5/16/1936-10/11/1997.
+ Clarence Grogg, 7/17/1933-6/24/2003
8. Margie Grogg,
+___Davis
9. Jonathan Davis,
9. Keith Davis
8. Junior Grogg,
+ Penny___?
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9. Paul Grogg
8. James Grogg
+ ____ ?
++ ____?
9. Jennifer Grogg
9. Daughter. Name not known
9. Michael Grogg
6. Nancy Bedsole, 1853-1907
+ _____?
6. Elizabeth "Becky" Bedsole, 1876-
6. Willey F. Bedsole,1876-
+ Louisa Farris
6. Jack Andrew Bedsole, 3/12/1881-2/7/1959, Fairview Cemetery, Coffee
County, Ala.
+ Janie Williams,11/9/1888-10/29/1983, Hardens Methodist Chapel,
Toombs County. Ga
7. Alain Bedsole,1914-
7. Onita Bedsole,1920-
6. Mary Ida Bedsole, 12/20/1889-

6 James Travis Bedsole, 10/1/1893-

6. Richard Earnest Bedsole, 1/4/1894-1969
4. Travis Bedsole, 1790-1848 NC. Moved from Beaverdam, NC to Haywood County,Tennessee
in 1830. His year of death appears to be about 1848.He and his brother, Thomas Jr. were in the
War Of 1812.
+ Nancy Simmons, 1790-1870 . Born NC, Died in Tennessee. She is In the 1850 Census
living with Margarets family below.So Travis was dead then.
5. Isaac N. Bedsole, 1815-
5. John W. Bedsole, 12/1850-1937, Geneva, Alabama. (I don't believe he belongs
under Travis/Nancy).
+ Epsey E. ___?
6. Malcom Bedsole, 3/1885-1955, Geneva, Alabama.
+____?
6. William J. Bedsole, 7/1887-1960, Geneva, Alabama.
+____?
6. Lucy Bedsole
+____?
6. Josie A. Bedsole, 1/1882-1955Geneva, Alabama.
+ ____?
5. Margaret O. Bedsole,1841-, Tennessee.
+ W.M. Strayhorn, 1830-
6. Mary J. Strayhorn, 1860-
NOTE :In the 1850 Census of Washington County, Tn., Nancy Bedsole (Simmons) above, is living
with this Strayhorn family. So were Marvin Richardson 17, and Daniel Richardson, 15, probably
relatives of W.M. Strayhorn. Margaret O.Strayhorn was a daughter of Travis and Nancy.
5. Jane Bedsole,1811- in NC m. 4/7/1830 Washington County, Tenn. Died in Clay
County, Indiana.
+ Peter Salts, 4/7/1808. Tennessee. Also went by James Peter Salts.
By 1840, they were living in Indiana. By 1860 Peter was dead and Jane was a
Washer Woman. PAGE 230

6. Rachel Salts, 2/13/1833-10/14/1916 Died in Indiana.
+ William R. Davis, 2/7/1834-2/25/1890
7. George Salts, 1859-
6. John Salts, (Sr) 1836-. ..............m. 11/4/1838
+ Jane Tate, b. 1846 in Indiana. m 4/11/1866 in Indiana.
7. James Salts,1868-
7. John Salts, Jr.
6. James Crampton Salts,1838-
+ Elizabeth____?
7. Lucy J. Salts,1880-
6. George Salts,1839-
5. Richard H. Bedsole, 1818-
4. Owen Bedsole, 1796-, Cumberland, NC, on the 1850 Bladen County, NC Census.
+ Sarah Hair, 1799-1922 ....m. 7/14/1832, Cumberland, NC.
++ Catherine Horn, 9/24/1810-11/28/1890
5. Sarah Bedsole
5. Alexander Bedsole, 1843-
+ Mary ___?
5. Mary Bedsole

5. Nancy Bedsole
5. Matilda Bedsole
5. George Bedsole
4. Duncan Bedsole,11/28/1797-1870, Beaverdam, Bladen, NC
+ Catherine Hair, 1798-1886, NC...m. 5/6/1825, Bladen, Cumberland County, NC.
5. Catherine Bedsole, 1839-
5. Sarah Bedsole, 1827-
5. James Larkin Bedsole, 2/15/1826-5/4/1910, NC ("Food Fight Larkin"). Cedar Creek, NC
+ Charlotte Bullock 7/24/1831-8/31/1889...m. 5/12/1847, Cedar Creek, Cumberland
County, NC
++ Atha Hernon Carter, 7/20/1865-3/4/1938.....m. 5/18/1890, Oak Grove Cemetery,
Cedar Creek, Cumberland County, NC

6. Catherine M. Bedsole, 5/1/1851-1920
6. Margaret Ann Bedsole, 1848-7/24/1863, Cumberland, NC
+____?
6. Mittie A. Bedsole, 7/3/1896-1/25/1921, Cumberland, NC
+ H.C. Autry,
6. Larkin Jefferson Bedsole, 2/2/1891-3/21/1947, Cross Creek Cemetery,
Fayetteville, NC
+ Mary Catherine Howell, 9/5/1888-9/31/1936.. m. 2/13/1909. Cross Creek
Cemetery # 4, Fayetteville, NC
7. Fred Bedsole, 12/26/1919-8/1973, Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth,
Va.
+ Ruth Powers Bedsole, 3/8/1923-6/25/1999, Olive branch Cemetery,
NC.
8. Fred Owen Bedsole, 6/17/1945-6/29/1945, McPherson Presb.
Cem., Fayetteville, NC.
8. Clark Bedsole 1948.
8. Kenneth Ray Bedsole,1937-
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8. Clark Clifford Bedsole, Married 1969.
+ Helen Cascell, 10/24/1949-11/9/1993, Virginia.
9. Sherry Bedsole,1972-
9. Clark Clifford Bedsole, Jr., 1976-
+ ____?
10. Helen R. Bedsole, 1999-
10. Clifford N. Bedsole, 2003-
7. Henry T. Bedsole, 1/6/1914-8/30/1998, Cross Creek Cem. # 4,
Fayetteville, NC
+ Laurie___?
++ A. Louise ___?, 9/21/1914-7/26/1988, Cross Creek Cem. # 4, NC.
7. Jesse Vance Bedsole, 8/10/1922-5/4/2004, Red Springs, NC.
+ Mary Lee McLemore, 3/22/1922-12/3/1999, Cross Creek Cem # 4,
Fayetteville, NC
8. Thomas Vance Bedsole, 8/9/1945-10/2/2000, USArmy, Vietnam.
Cross Creek Cem. Fayetteville, NC.
8. Michael Dean Bedsole
8. Virginia Lee Bedsole
7. John Bedsole, 2/22/1917-3/1980 (NC to Fla.)

7. Infant Daughter, b. and d. 3/9/1925. Buried
Fayetteville, NC
7. Ned Bedsole, b. 9/8/1910 - d. 8/24/1915
7. Fred Owen Bedsole, 6/17/1945 - 6/29/1945
6. Sarah L. "Cora" Bedsole, 3/1893-1946, Cedar Creek, NC. Atha was her
mother.
+Robert Carrier, 1875-1950
7. Aaron Carrier, 1903-1981.
6. Margaret S. Bedsole, 3/1898-
6. Henry J. Bedsole,8/15/1849-8/18/1871, Grays Creek, Cumberland, NC.
+____?
7. Mannie T. Bedsole, 11/1870-1945, Grays Creek, Cumberland, NC.
6. Martha Jane Bedsole,4/17/1853-1930...m. 1/27/1875, Cedar Creek, NC
+ William B. Hall, 1851-1924
6. Mary E. Bedsole,4/24/1855-1920
6. William Strety Bedsole,Changed to Bledsoe, 3/14/1857-8/29/1929
+ Mary M. Autry,1859-..............m. 1/7/1879
7. Sarah Bedsole/Bledsoe,1880-
7. Ralph W. Bedsole/Bledsoe,10/1889-1973, Grays Creek, Cumberland,
NC.
6. Amos McDaniel Bedsole. 2/1888-1965, Cumberland County, NC
6. Larah L. Bedsole, 1893-1970
6. Mittas Bedsole, 1895-1970
6. Amos Jessup Bedsole, 9/11/1861-3/30/1922, Cedar Creek in Cumberland and
White Oak, Bladen County NC.
Amos and Sallie are both Buried at Cumberland Union Baptist Church
Cemetery. I have a picture of all their children together.

+ Sarah Frances "Sallie" Averitt, 5/1861-1936.....m. 1/29/1888, White Oak,
Cumberland,NC.
7. Alonzo Dawson Bedsole, 11/6/1888-12/14/1967, White Oak,
Cumberland, NC. PAGE 232
+ Ollie Mae Rice, b. 9/30/1894-4/11/1986, Fayetteville, Cumberland,
NC....m. 12/1/1911
8. Alonzo Jessup "A.J." Bedsole, Sr.11/6/1913-1/11/1990. Mail
Carrier. White Oak Bap. Cemetery.
+ Jewell Lucille Bryant, 7/27/1920-4/5/1990, Buried White Oak
Baptist Churxh Cem.
9. Alonzo Jessup "Jake" Bedsole, Jr. 1951-
+ Barbara Ann Meares, 1953-
10 Joseph Allen Bedsole, 1974-
+ Lisa Bryan, 1976- ..........m. 1/28/1999
11. Samuel Allen Bedsole, 1990-
11. Katie Elizabeth Bedsole, 2004-
11. Trinity Alissa Bedsole, 2005-
10. Melissa Ann Bedsole, 1978-
+ Thomas Lockamy
9. Harold Bunyon Bedsole, 12/18/1921-12/1979.
+ Lucille___?
9. Naomi Bedsole

+ Charles Hedgpeth
9. Audrey Bedsole
+ Leland Sprye
9. Hilda Bedsole,
+ Reece Yates
9. Hazel, twin of Hilda, died
young.
8. Esther Mae Bedsole, 10/26/1915-11/8/2003..m. 2/13/1932,
+ Edmond Fletcher Bryan, 1/27/1911-7/31/1979
9. Homer Bryan
8. Homer Paul Bedsole, 8/10/1917-3/29/1921, Cumberland
Union Bapt. Cemetery.
8. Sallie Mildred Bedsole, 7/7/1919-2000, ...m. 6/6/1942
+ Bernard John Carter, Sr. 9/13/1917-6/12/1972.
9. Bernard John "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. 1945-
+ Amy Yvette Carter, 1945- ..........m. 1965
++ Carolyn Mabe, 1948-
10. Christopher Lee Carter, 1972-
10. Kevin Brent Carter, 1975-
9. Alonzo Carter
9. Jake Carter
9. Harold Carter
9. Kathy/Cathy (Catherine?)Carter
8. Naomi Bedsole
+ Charles Hedgepeth
8. Harold Bunyan Bedsole, 12/18/1921-12/23/1979
+ Lucille Hester, 3/12/1923-2005.....m. 9/25/1942
9. Brenda Cecille Bedsole, 1948-
+ Robert L. Muery, 1947-
10 Hadley Nicole Muery, 1980-
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10. William Lee "Billy" Muery, 1982- .
9. Cathy Lou Bedsole, 1950-
+ Eugene Plummer, 1949-
10. Amanda Michelle Plummer, 1982-
8. Bertha Naomi Bedsole, 4/26/1924-2005
+ Robert Charles Hedgepeth, 9/18/1923-2007 ........m.
8/24/1946.
8. Audrey Elizabeth Bedsole, 10/1/1928-1998, m. 10/7/1949
+ Leland William Sprye, 10/12/1924-2008.
8. Hilda Bedsole
+ Reece Yates
8. Hazel Joy Bedsole, 9/15/1931-3/24/1932, Died as baby.
8. Hilda Joyce Bedsole, 1931- Twin of Hazel Joy. ..m. 4/7/1950
+ Reece Alexander Yates, 1926-
7. Herbert Wayland Bedsole, 3/26/1890-5/20/1968., White Oak, NC....m.
11/12/1912. Buried at Live Oak
United Methodist Church, in NC.

+ Katie Carr Rice, 11/11/1892-5/3/1982, White Oak, Fayetteville, NC.

8. Herbert Wilton Bedsole, 7/4/1912-9/1986, Fayetteville, NC.
9/15/1986. Cumberland County, NC.
+ Mary Love Williford, 3/18/1925-
9. Horace Wilton Bedsole, 6/29/1947-7/13/1965
+___?
9. Edwin Lester Bedsole, 1951-...m. 2/26/1972.
+ Linda Gayle Smith, 1953-
9. Horace Wilton Bedsole, 1975-
9. Donald Carey Bedsole, 1954-...m. 12/28/1974.
+ Claudia Ruth Stewart, 1955-
10. Hattie Fenton Bedsole, 1975-
10. Elizabeth Ruth Bedsole, 1979-
9. Nancy Kate Bedsole, 1955-...m. 12/28/1974.
+ Danny Cecil Guthrie, 1946-
8. Clarence Elwood Bedsole, 1/28/1914-1/5/1967, Live Oak UMC
Cemetery, ...m. 2/3/1946.
+ Laura Kinlaw, 1/26/1928-2008
9. James Clarence Bedsole, 1946-...m. 11/29/1979
+ Janet Thompson, 1950-
10. Jennifer Lynn Bedsole, 1969-
+ ____?
10. Catherine Jo Ann Bedsole, 1971-
+ ____?
9. Sarah Jane Bedsole, 1949-
+ Curtis Beard Smith, 1953-
8. Edith Pauline Bedsole, 5/2/1916-9/5/1917....Baby.
8. Roba Kate Bedsole, 1920-....m. 9/7/1946
+ Robert Maxwell, Jr., 1920-
9. Robert Jay. Maxwell, 1957- ........m. 8/5/1977
+ Diane Horn
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8.
Reba Mae Bedsole, 7/3/1920-4/7/1990. Roba Kates twin.
...m. 4/6/1941
+ Robert Louis Smith, 12/23/1914-12/8/1983, Live Oak United
Methodist Church Cem.
8. Jewel Clarine Bedsole, 2/9/1922-1/25/1984, Live Oak Cem.
8. Seebert Wilton Bedsole, 7/4/1912-9/15/1956
+ Mary L. Williford, 5/18/1925-9/8/1993
7. Connie Lillian Bedsole, 9/27/1891-6/28/1976, Tar Heel, NC.....m. 8/8/1920
+ Elmer Clay Johnson, 10/1/1890-1/6/1970,
8. Elmer Carlyle Johnson,
+ Maybelle Ivey,
9.Galya Drucille Johnson,
+ Jerry Jackson
10. Jerry David Jackson
10. Jeffrey Neil Jackson
8. Martha Clarine Johnson, 1924-....m. 12/18/1949
+ James G. Pickens, 1924-
9. James G. Pickens, Jr. 1954-....m. 7/1/1978

+ Nancy Schwenker, 1955-
10. Elizabeth Paige Pickens 1980-
10. James William Pickens, 1984-
7. Cleborn Jessup Bedsole, 3/25/1893-10/30/1971, Crosscreek Cem # 3,
Fayetteville, NC.
+ Maude Sue Kinlaw, 6/3/1902-9/28/1980, Crosscreek Cemetery,
Fayetteville, NC
7. Sidney Averitt Bedsole, 10/24/1894-4/17/1976, White Oak,Tar Heel Baptist
Church, Bladen, NC
+ Ruby Dunham, 12/17/1900-3/27/1984, Tarheel Baptist Church, Bladen,
NC..m.9/6/1916.
8. Adell Bedsole, 1/27/1918-1/27/1918, Baby. Sewell Cemetery,
White Oak, NC.
8. Annie Berline Bedsole,1/4/1919-2/27/2005, ...m. 10/112/1936.
+ Lattie Curtis Jones, Sr., 10/12/1910-11/15/1977
9. Ruby Marie Jones,5/27/1937-6/29/1937,Baby. Cedar creek
Baptist Church Cemetery.
9. Lattie Curtis Jones, Jr.,1938-
+ Nancy Sue Mathew, 1936- ..........m. 2/16/1963.
10. Scott Curtis Jones, 1966-, in Conn.
9. Sidney Edward Jones,11/22/1947-2/3/1993, Cedar creek
Baptist Church Cemetery.
+ Eva Sue McMillian, 1950-....m 2/16/1953
8. Raymond Alexander Bedsole,11/28/1920- 3/12/2002, USMC,
Tarheel Baptist Church, Bladen, NC
+ Edna Earl Allen, 5/14/1923-5/28/1997, Tarheel Baptist Church
Cemetery, Bladen, NC, Tioga, NY.
Married on 11/2/1941. Raymond killed, car wreck, Dublin, NC.
++ Wilma King,

9. Edna Ruby Bedsole, 1943-
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+ Asa Hugh Jackson, Jr.1940-4/21/2006 .....m. 3/29/1963.
++ Bobby Dale Batton, 1943-.....m. 6/23/1972.
10. Earl Alexander Jackson, 1971-
10.Asa Hugh Jackson, Jr., 1963-
10. Sonja Gail Jackson, 1966-....m.6/9/1984
+ Tyrone Kinlaw, 1962-
10. Carol Suzann Batton, 1963-
10. Macie Batton,1967-
9. Emily Allen Bedsole,1957- ...........m. 10/31/1962
+ Tommy Wade Gardner, Jr., 1958-
9. Sarah Frances Bedsole,1958-
+ Fredrick Wilson Brisson........ 1978.
++ Dan McQueen.
8. Junious Craven Bedsole, Sr. 3/15/1923-1975, Killed-Log Truck
rolled over.
+ Virginia McDaniel, 10/21/1927-8/1982, Cary, NC
++ Joyce Ann Bedford....m. 5/25/1985
+++ Mayola Jessup Smith

++++ Mary Elizabeth Bryan, 2/3/1926-1975, Dallas, Texas.

9. Elizabeth Ann Bedsole,1944-
9. Infant b.& d. 12/1946.
9. Junious Craven Bedsole, Jr.2/15/1949-1958
9. Sidney Moody Bedsole,1951-
9. Marjorie Ella Bedsole,1953-.m. 6/28/1973.
+ Glenn Leroy Peacock, 1951-
10. Jessica Michell Peacock,1980-
in Valdosta, Ga.
+____?
10. Laura Janelle Peacock, 1982-
+____?
9. Scott Layton Bedsole,1954-
+ Michelle Jacqueline Worley,1959-
10. Kimberly Michelle Bedsole, 1984-
9. Ruby Maria Bedsole,1955-
+ Donald Eugene Pack, 1955-Jacksonville, Fla.
10. Jacqueline Elizabeth Pack,.1979-
+____?
9. Nancy Annette Bedsole,1957-
+ Everette Lucia Murphy,1959- Moultrie, Georgia
8. Sidney Amos Bedsole, Sr., 3/10/1925-5/25/1969, Tar Heel Baptist,
Bladen, NC
+ Mary Ellen Thompson, 1929-
9. Kenneth Mitchell Bedsole,
+ _____?
9. Shirley Jean Bedsole,1947-
+ Richard Anthony Schultz, 1945-
10. Meredith Lenore Schultz, 1973-
+ James Keidel Butterworth
10. Emma Ruth Butterworth, 2000-
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10. Henry Andrew Butterworth. 2002-
10. Lily Caroline Butterworth, 2004-
10. Gregory Mathew Schultz,1977-
8. Sidney Amos Bedsole, Jr.1949-
+ Diane Russ,........m. 12/21/1968
++ Jacqueline McLean,
9. Stephen Russell Bedsole,1970-
+ Jacquelyn Denise McLean......m. 6/6/1972
10. Nathan Colby Bedsole, 1994-
10. Quinton Russell Bedsole, 1999-
9. Teressa Lynn Bedsole,1973-....m. 11/1991
+ Randolph Dove
10. Haley Nicole Dove, 1996-
10. William Travis Dove, 2001-2002
10. Sidney Elaina Dove, 2003-
9. Melissa Dawn Bedsole,1977-
+ Billy Wayne Evers
10. Blake Walker Evers, 2004-

10. Madison Dawn Evers, 2006-

8. Billy Ray Bedsole, 1954-

+ Brenda White, 1954-...m. 7/14/1972

+ Allison Tankard

9. Michael Ryan Bedsole, 1975-

+ Amy Webb, 1976- ...m 6/12/2004

10. Jacob Harrison Bedsole, 2008-

9. Kathryn Marie Bedsole, 1982-

8 . Mary Caroline Bedsole, 1956-.........m. 8/15/1981

+ Reese Hunter Clark,1956-..M.D.

9. Reese Hunter Clark, Jr., 1986-

9. Sheldon Dunham Clark, 1992-

8. Kenneth Mitchell Bedsole, 1964-

+ Tracie Robuck, 1965-

9. Ella Victoria Bedsole, 1990-

9. Sidney Ethan Bedsole, 1994-

8. Frances Gertrude Bedsole, 1927-..........m. 6/15/1947

+ James Ralph Johnson, Sr. 1925-

9. James Ralph Johnson, Jr., 1948-

+ Donna Haigler, __?
++ Candice Kay Hice, ...........m. 3/21/1971

9. David Ryan Johnson, 1975-

9. Melissa Kathryn Johnson, 1968-

9. Richard Averitte Johnson,1949-

+ Diane Holt, 1951-........m. 12/23/1972

9. Linda Kathryn Johnson, 1952-

9. Barbara Ann Johnson, 1955-

9. Michael Edward Johnson, 1961-

9. Daniel Alan Johnson, 1965-

8. Ruby McDonald Bedsole, 1929-....m. 4/18/1946
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+ James Martin Wilson, 1927-

9. Joanne Dunham Wilson, 1949-

9. Sandra Jeanne Wilson, 1950-

9. Patricia James Wilson, 1951-

9. Donald Martin Wilson, 1953-

9. Sharon Louise Wilson, 1957-

9. Douglas Leonard Wilson, 1964-

8. Harvey Layton Bedsole, Sr. 1931-, NC

+ Lula Lennon, 1935-.........m, 7/22/1956

9. Harvey Layton Bedsole, Jr., 1957-....NC

9. June Alease Bedsole, 1959-......m. 8/24/1984

+ Willard Woodrow Kramer, Jr. 1955-......Miami, Fla.

9. Marc Lennon Bedsole, 1964-.........NC

8. Mary Ellen Bedsole, 1/7/1934-2/171934, Baby...Twin

8. Helen Averitte Bedsole, 1/7/1934-2/14/1934, Baby...Twin

8. Roger Morris Bedsole, Sr.1935-

+ Donna Sue Luda Starling, 1952-
++ Sarah Leona Bolton, 1935-.......m. m. 7/14/1953

9. Deborah Sue Bedsole, 1955-
+ John Charles Dean, 1951..m. 9/30/1972....Hope Mills, NC
10. Michael Troy Dean
10. Donna Lynn Dean
9. Roger Morris Bedsole, Jr.1956-
+ Pamela June Smith, 1952-
10. Roger Morris Bedsole, III, 1981-...NC.
9. Sidney Charles Bedsole, 1961-...Jacksonville, Fla.
+ Judy Durham, 1963-
++ Micki Renea Clifton, 1961- ....NC..........m.11/6/1982
10 Christina Brooke Bedsole, 1979-

10. Sidney Charles Bedsole, Jr., 1984-
8. Edna Ruby Bedsole, 4/5/1937-4/5/1937, Died as infant.
8. Gene Ray Bedsole, 1938-........Living in Tennessee is 2005.
+ Jean Michela Sadler, 1940-.....Tennessee.
9. Nicholas Ray Bedsole, 1963-....NC
9. Jean Michela Bedsole, 1976-...m. 12/1994
+ Harry Davis, 1974-
8. Elizabeth Trotter Bedsole,1941- .....m. 6/28/1963
+ Charlie Wayne Bowen, 1941-
9. Lori Lynn Bowen, 1968-
9. Charles Michael Bowen, 1975-
7. Sallie Blanche Bedsole,. 6/11/1896-8/8/1896, Cumberland Union Baptist Church
Cemetery.
+____?

7. Mary Charlotte Bedsole, 9/10/1897-5/25/1976.....m.4/23/1921 Beaverdam, White
Oak, NC.
+ Alva Lee Edge, 7/14/1896-11/11/1969, Beaverdam, NC.
8. Thelma Jessup Edge, 1922-
+ Earl Dockery, 8/13/1925-11/11/1969, Divorced.
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9. William Howard Dockery, 12/30/1944-6/9/1963.
9. Robert David Dockery, 1947-..........m. 12/23/1978.
+ Cheryl Roxanne Council, 1950-
++ Roxanna Kay Cobb Palmer1954-
+++ Patricia Murray, ......m. 1950.

10. Cody Allen Dockery, 1975-
10. Amanda Lee Dockery, 1977-
10. Joshua David Dockery, 1980-
10. Levi Earl Dockery, 1983-
10. Danielle Cassy Thelma Dockery, 1989-
10. William David Dockery, 1991-
9. Mitchell Phillip Dockery, 1950-
+ Anne Marie Murphy Donally, 1950-
10. Joseph Bernard Donally-Dockery, 1969-
+ Wendy Kay Butler, 1968-
11. Brittney Michele Dockery, 1992-
8. Harvey Glenn Edge,1924-
8. Kenneth Telford Edge, 1927-

7. Jonathan Sheldon Bedsole, 6/2/1899-6/2/1981, Rowland, NC.
+ Erma Gertrude Simmons 6/12/1899-5/1994...m. 7/8/1923, Cedar Creek, NC.
8. Donald Sheldon Bedsole, Sr.1924-
+ Winnie Davis Joyner,
9. Beverly Dee Bedsole,
+ William Surber
10. Shawn Surber
9. Donald Sheldon Bedsole, Jr.
+ Serelda Poctor
10 Tracy Bedsole
8. Doyle V. Bedsole,10/13/1929-6/6/1995, Raleigh, NC
+ Patsy Ann Cole,1930-
9. Doyle Scott Bedsole, 1956-...Raleigh, NC.
+ Valerie Morgan,
10. Emily Neville Bedsole, 1995-
9. Sheri Lynn Bedsole, 1958-.........Raleigh, NC
7. Amos Carl Bedsole, 1900-1990
+ Sarah Lucille Caldwell, 2/19/1900-5/31/1982
++ Hettie Butler Morris,
8. Frances Earleen Bedsole, 1990-
+ Samuel Sanders
9. Carl Sanders, 1951-
8. Peggy Joyce Bedsole, 1936-
+ James M. Gandy,
9. Sarah Catherine Gandy, 1972-
7. Letha Frances Bedsole, 5/24/1903-10/8/1996
+ Elton Vann Butler, 11/26/1904-11/29/1985.
8. Eletha Rose Bullard, 1930-
+ Marshall Burns Willis, Reverend.
9. Lisa Marie Willis, 1957-
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7. Gordon Kelly Bedsole,3/4/1905-12/13/1924
7. Ottis J. Bedsole, 5/19/1909-9/9/1986, Fayetteville,NC.
+ Louise Pugh
8. Carlton Thomas Bedsole, 1937-
+ Beverly Culbreth
++ Helen LeFevre, 1949-
9. Rhonda Bedsole, 1959-
+____?
9. Kyle Thomas Bedsole, 1966-
+____?
8. William David Bedsole, 1941-1/29/2009, Fayetteville, N.C.
+ Katie Gayle Owen, 1939-
9. Pamela Bedsole, 1963- Fayetteville, N.C.
+ Robert Pollock
10. Katelyn Pollock
10. Brandon Pollock
9. Jennifer Bedsole, 1969-
+ Deryck Brookhouse, Harker Heights, Texas.

10. Ellie Brookhouse.
10. Ava Brookhouse.
9. Carlton Bedsole, Danville, Va.
+ Helen ___?
6. Alexander McRae Bedsole/Bledsoe, Changed to Bledsoe, 8/2/1865-2/9/1944,buried
Tatum Cem. Bladen County, NC.
+ Sarah Annie Munce 8/1879-1929, Sand Hill, Cumbeland, NC.
++ Kate Edwards McLean 1894-1941
+++ Mary Jane Averitte 10/1/1858-1/1/1922, NC....m. 2/28/1890. Buried Tatum Cem.,
Bladen County, NC.

7. William Datos Bledsoe, 8/28/1916-3/25/1936., Tatum Cem. Bladen, NC.
+____?
7. Mary Elizabeth Bledsoe, 3/21/1921-...........m.9/7/1940
+ Van David Cain, 4/6/1918-
8. Baby Cain, Born and died 6/21/1941.
8. Ida Mae Cain,1947-
+ Dreyfus Odell Jackson, 12/4/1940-4/10/1988, Tatum Cemetery, Bladen NC.
9. Willard Daren Jackson, 1966-
9. Joann Jackson, 1967-
9. Christina Ann Jackson, 1970-
8. Paula Kay Cain, 1959-
+ Roy Allen Jones, Sr. 1959-
9. Roy Allen Jones, Jr. 1982-
7. Hubert Kesler Bledsoe, 8/28/1916-10/19/1944, Tatum Cemetery., NC
7. William Troy Bledsoe, 12/29/1892-4/5/1965
+ Bessie Florence Tatum 8/18/1892-6/12/1948, .....m. 8/11/1912.
++ Myrtis Lewis, 1890-1965, NC.
8. William Datos Bledsoe (Bedsoe).1916-1936
8. Hubert Kesler Bledsoe. 1919-1945
8. Mary Elizabeth Bledsoe 1921-
+ Van David Cain, 1918-
7. Alberta Emmon Bedsole/Bledsoe, 9/7/1892-10/1/1969, Cedar Creek, NC. (Dau. of
Mary J.)
+ William Troy Hall 9/5/1886-3/1/1960, Bookkeeper in Tar Heel.
8. Leslie Elwood Hall, Sr.12/4/1912-10/5/1946,
+ Nancy Lee Hill, 10/27/1915-
..............m. 6/15/1937.
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9. George Ronald Hall, 1939-
+____?:
9. Jean Alberta Hall, 1942- ...............m. 4/11/1964
+ Charles R. Harrison, Sr.. 1939-
10. Charles R. Harrison, Jr. 1967-
+____?
10. Christopher Harrison, 1968-
+____?
10. Carla Renee Harrison, 1970-
+____?
10. Corey James Harrison, 1981-
+____?

9. Leslie Elwood Hall, Jr., 1946-.....m. 3/17/1967
+ Jane Harrett, 1945-
8. Edward Brandon Hall,1914-
7. Vandalia Evans Bledsoe, 7/11/1894-2/4/1980, Cedar Creek, NC.(Mary J. above is
mother).
+ Alvin Wade Brisson, 3/2/1996-1/15/1966, Allen Cemetery, Bladen, NC.
8. Willard Comer Brisson, 3/24/1923-3/5/1945. Died in Military. Allen Cem.
Bladen, NC.
8. Maurice Alexander Brisson, 9/30/1925- .....m. 12/24/1949
+ Betty Rae Devane, 6/22/1928-
9. Maurice Ray Brisson, 1952- ............9/25/1970
+ Janis Fay Brown
10. Kimberly Renee Brisson, 1975-
+____?
10. Benjamin Maurice Brisson, 1975-
7. Judson Manley Bledsoe, Sr. 9/1896-12/12/1972, Cedar Creek, NC. Moved to
Beaumont, Texas.Mother was Mary J. Above.
+ Alma Lenore Tatus, 9/24/1898--2/2/1972, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas....m.
12/16/1917. Beaumont, Tex.
8. Alton O. Bledsoe, Sr.4/20/1918- ...........m. 8/18/1940.
+ Etta Mae Oldham, 1/3/1917-1985.
9. Linda Carol Bledsoe, 1942-..m. 8/7/1959
+ Paul Albert Johnson, 1938-
10. David Allen Johnson, 1960-
10. Tanya Carol Johnson, 1962-
10. Brian O. Johnson, 1969-
9. Alton O. Bledsoe, Jr. 1946-
+____?
10. Elizabeth Jane Bledsoe, 1966-
10. Kelly Susann Bledsoe, 1968-
10. Jason Wayne Bledsoe, 1976-
9. Judson Manley Bledsoe, Jr. 8/4/1955-7/4/1977
8. Evelyn Juanita Bledsoe,12/27/1919-..........m. 5/12/1940
+ Horace Cade Hester, 12/29/1909-11/2/1996
9. Sylvia Nell Hester, 1941- .......... .m. 12/20/1959
+ Stacey Lee Dowless, Sr. 5/14/1933-3/7/1972
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++ Harry Rudolph Horton, 1935-..........m. 12/31/1981

10. Stacey Lee Dowless, Jr. 1960- ......m. 6/6/1979
+ Rose Marie Hester, ___?
11. Michael Dowless, 1979-
9. Horace Ronnie Hester, 1946- ...........m. 8/27/1967
+ Gladys Rebecca Nicholson, 1947-
10. Ronald Christopher Hester, 1971-
10. Holly Hampton Hester, 1978-
10. Horace Alexander Hester, 1953-............m. 6/17/1978
+ India Jane Floyd, 1957-
11. Kaley Alexandra Hester, 1985-
8. Madeline Marie Bledsoe, 8/23/1922-11/21/1924, Tatum Cem. Killed by hot

water.

8. Clara Geraldine Bledsoe,Sr. 4/5/1924-
+ Craven Curtis Hester, 4/6/1919-1/17/1968 ....m. 1939
9. Robert Curtis Hester, 1939-
+ Nita Rose Kinlaw, ..... 12/26/1957---Divorced.
10. Connie Lynn Hester, 1961-
10. Sandra Hester, 1962-
+ Harry Weil, 1960-
8. Judson Manley Bledsoe, Jr.1927-
+ Edith Pridgen, 12/27/1927-
9. Gerald Wayne Bledsoe, 1948- , Lumberton, NC. .....m. 10/22/1976.
+ Kathleen Vessey, 1953-
10. Kirsten Nola Bledsoe, 1971, born in Durbin, South Africa.
+ ____?
10. Colin Michael Bledsoe, 1979- born in Durbin, South Africa.
+ ____?
10. Tersha Nicole Bledsoe, 1979- born in Durbin, South Africa.
+____?
10. Judson Travis Bledsoe, 1980- born in Durbin, South Africa.
+____?
9. June Carol Bledsoe, 1949-born Lumberton, NC.....m. 6/13/1981
+ Sidney Hughes Huling, 1945- Port Wentworth, Georgia.
9. Judson McRae Bledsoe, 1956-, Lumberton, NC.
+ Dera Lynn Tyner, , 1958- .........m. 8/18/1979
9. Charles Franklin Bledsoe, 1959-, Lumberton, NC.
+ Tina Marie Rising, 1965- ............m. 5/4/1983
10. Crystal Marie Bledsoe, 1983-
, Lumberton, NC.
+____?
10. Hugh Bryan Bledsoe, 1963- Lumberton, NC.
+ Debra Lynn Hester, 1955-
8. George Raeford Bledsoe, 1931-1932
8. Danny Ray Bledsoe, 1933-
+ Mildred Geneva Merritt, 1935-1986
9. Pamela Joy Bledsoe, 1964- .........m. 9/12/1985.
+ Richard Smith
9. Janet Faith Bledsoe, 1977-
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+ ____?
7. Bessie McCray Bedsole, 8/22/1900-7/15/1918......m. 6/16/1918
+ Roy Pait. 1898-1975.
6. Daniel Troy Bedsole,7/19/1871-1940
6. Kinnon Kelly Bedsole/Bledsoe, Changed last name to Bledsoe....8/17/1872-1956
+ Minnie Tanner,1880-, Ga.(Mother: Margaret Tanner, b. 1847).
7. Pearlie T. Bedsole,1908-
7. Emma B. Bedsole, 1907-
5. William Edgar Bedsole, b. 7/16/1849. m. about 1906
+ Annie E. _____?
6.
Henry Curtis Bedsole, Sr. 4/2/1913 -11/6/1963, Natchito Cemetery, Louisiana.
+___?

++ Florence Usher

7. Henry Curtis Bedsole, Jr. 9/30/1934-1/31/1998,Mansfield, La.
+ ___?
7. Gerald Bedsole, 6/15/1938-7/18/2005
+_______?
7. Blanchard Bedsole
+________?
7. John Bedsole
+_____?
7. Kevin Wayne Bedsole
+_____?
7. Kenneth Bedsole,
+_____?
7. Frank Bedsole
+____?
7. Martha Bedsole
+_____?
7. Marie Bedsole
+_____?
6. Stacy Bedsole, 7/24/1913-12/1986, Fayetteville, NC
6. Thelma Bedsole
6. Dinky (Nickname?) Bedsole
6. Lernor Bedsole,1908-
6. Walter L. Bedsole,1909-
5. Baby Bedsole, 1828-
5. Nancy Bedsole,1829-1888 m. 2/9/1853
+ Amos J. Hall, Sr., 1827-1890.
6. Margaret A. Hall, 1855-1900
6. Lucinda Hall, 1857-1905
6. Amos J. Hall, Jr. 1862
6. Juliana Hall, 1864-
6. Charles Hall, 1867-
5. Travis Bledsoe/Bedsole, 10/9/1831-10/28/1906.Cedar Creek, Cumberland,.NC. Name
changed from Bedsole to Bledsoe. Some descendants also assumed "Bledsoe" as their last
name.
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+ Bullock, 1838-1901............m. 3/31/1858, Cumberland, NC
++ Melissa Virginia Smith 1848-1900.......... m. 5/11/1868, Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC.
6. Melissa Lee Bedsole, 8/2/1859-7/24/1945...m. 2/25/1879, Cedar Creek, NC. McLaurin
Cem.NC
+ Marshall Steven Autry, 10/15/1861-2/20/1943, Duncan McLaurin Cem. NC.
7. Annie M. Autry, 7/20/1827-4/8/1898
7. Eugene Autry, 7/21/1899-8/21/1906
6. Emily A. Bedsole,1860-1917...m.10/29/1879, Flea Hill, NC
+ William B. Autry, 1858-1920
6.
John D. Bedsole, 1870-1947, Cedar Creek, NC., and Branton, Center, Geneva,
Alabama.
+ Mary Malissa C.M.___? 6/1874-1950, Geneva, Alabama.

7. Sarah A. Bedsole, 7/1896-1970, Geneva, Alabama.
7. Alla May Bedsole, 10/1899-1975, Geneva, Alabama.
7. Harvey Bedsole, 1902-1977
7. William Henry Bedsole, 1903-1980
7. William Dewey Bedsole, 8/5/1900- ?. Car Mechanic
6. Lillie Etta Bedsole,1872-1955
6. Charles Franklin Bedsole,1873-1930, Cedar Creek, Farmer, Cumberland, NC
+ Lillie Bedsole
7. Roy F. Bedsole, 9/7/1910-2/26/1913, NC, Duncan McLaurin Cem. NC
7. Virlie Mae Bedsole, 12/26/1906-2/26/1919, Same Cem.
6. George L. Bedsole, 1875-1950, Cedar Creek, NC.
6. Elizabeth Ann Bedsole, 1879-1955, Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC.
+ ____?
7. Daisey V. Bedsole, 1902-
7. Jessie T. Bedsole, 1907-
6. Martha Jane Bedsole, 11/1881-1950, Cedar Creek, Sand Hill, Cumberland, NC.
6. Thomas Settles Bedsole,5/1883-.......Worked for Railroad., NC.
+ Ethel Mae Farmer
7. Josie Mae Bledsoe/Bedsole, 11/6/1923-2/1985. Died in Delmar, Maryland.
+ Charles Brittingham, ................Delmar, Maryland
7. Ernest Vincent Bledsoe/Bedsole, 11/21/1921-12/1989, Claymont, Delaware.
Retired from Railroad.
+ Gloria Barbara Lanci, 12/21/1923-
8. Arlene Francis Bledsoe/Bedsole, 1946-
+____Dilman
9. Arlene Francis Bledsoe/Bedsole-Dilman, 1946-
8. Eugene Ernest Bledsoe/Bedsole, 1947-.....Delaware
+.Trudy Ann Henning, 1949- .........California
Daughter of John Paul Henning, Sr. and Mary Maxine Ogden.
9.. Sherry Christine Bledsoe/ Bedsole, 1968-

9. Eugene Weylin Bledsoe/Bedsole, 1970-
+ Susan Marie Shockley, 1975-
10. Abigail Brianna Bledsoe/Bedsole, 2006-
7. Leonard Bledsoe/Bedsole, 3/31/1917-5/1982. Died from Cardiac arrest.
+ Patricia____?
8. Sheila ____? Patricias daughter.
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7. Beatrice Bledsoe/Bedsole, 1915-
+ Thomas Whitehead.
++ Robert Glen Haigler
8. Thomas Whitehead, Jr. "Tommy".
8. Claude Whitehead.
7. Rebecca Bledsoe/Bedsole, 8/5/1915-
+ Robert Glenn Haigler
++ William Phillips, Delmar, Delaware.
8. Bobby Phillips
8. Johnny Phillips
7. Thomas Settles Bedsole, Jr.
+____?

7. John Bledsoe/Bedsole, born in NC.
+____?
He has 5 children, names not known.

7. Arlene Bledsoe./Bedsole, 6/13/1946- .....No children. Parsonburg, Maryland.
+___ Martin
++ ____Trice

8. Diane Martin
8. Debbie Martin
8. Denise Martin
7. Vernon Bledsoe/Bedsole, 12/2/1927-12/1968. Denton, Maryland. State Trooper.
Killed at traffic stop.
+_____?

8. Travis Bledsoe/Bedsole,
+____?
8. Carol Bledsoe./Bedsole
+_____?
6. Duncan Travis Bedsole, 4/1885-1960, Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC.
+____?
6. Walter L. Bedsole, 3/1887-1955., name changed to Bledsoe, NC
+ ___?Reeves, 5/30/1898-01/28/1919,
++ Elizabeth Bass Cumberland County, NC
7. Virlie Mae Bedsole, 12/26/1906-2/28/1919, NC
7. Lizzie May Bedsole, b.& d.1/27/1919, NC
7. Herman T. Bedsole/Bledsoe, 12/30/1914-8/26/1917, NC
7. Alle Bedsole/Bledsoe 1/27/1919-1/27/1919 Baby, NC
6. William Edgar Bedsole, b. 7/16/1889-?
+ Annie E___?, b. 1892 in Ala.
7. Stacy Gordon Bedsole, 9/24/1913-12/31/1986
7. Lernor Bedsole, 1908-1919
7. Walter Larkins Bedsole, b. 1909
7. Henry H. Bedsole, 1913-1963
5. Thomas Bedsole, 7/1832-1898. Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC.
+ Annie Elizabeth "Analiza" Guthrie, 4/1835-1915....m. 1855., Sand Hill, Cedar Creek,
Cumberland, NC
++ Nancy Virginia Bryant, 1830-....m. 6/10/1854, Cumberland County, NC

6. Sarah E. Bedsole, 8/1867-1950 Cedar Creek, Sand Hill, NC.
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+____?

6. John G. Bedsole, 7/1878-1930, Cedar Creek, Sand Hil, NC.
+____?
6. Daniel James Bedsole, Sr, 3/1855-1925. Cedar Creek, Sand Hill, NC.
+ Lucinda Fisher, 12/5/1858-02/19/1883...m. 11/23/1876. Reuben Fisher cemetery,
Cumberland County, NC.
++ Pricilla Elizabeth Faircloth, 1865-1936...m. 7/27/1887, Cedar Creek, Sand Hill, NC,
and Maryland.

7. Edward M. Bedsole, 1879-1950. Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC.
+____?
7. Mary Elizabeth Bedsole, 5/18/1888-4/29/1972
+ William Love White, 11/16/1886-1/30/1939

7. Almond Leiza Bedsole, 6/2/1896-1/11/1981 Roseboro, NC
+ Margaret Pauline Crumpler, 9/12/1904-1/2/1985
++ Roxanne Yvonne Miller
8. Almond Leiza Bedsole, Jr., 1/31/1930-10/1985, Smyrna Georgia. NC.
8. Almond Grayson Bedsole, 1/31/1930- 10/19/1985
+ Phyllis Andria Campbell
9. Vicky Bedsole
+ Gary Hann
9. Charles Lawrence Hann
9. Almond Grayson Hann
9. Eric Bedsole (Smryna, Ga.
+ Tina Marie Gerow
10. Erica Marie Bedsole
+ Roxanne Yvonne Miller
10. Alexandria Nicole Bedsole
7. Fitzhugh Lee Bedsole, (Female) 9/29/1898-11/28/1940, Cedar Creek, NC.
+ Burris Deems Caison, 7/18/1865-4/8/1938. Son of Jacob & Rachel Caison
8. Frederick B. Caison, b. 1918
8. J.P. Caison, 7/6/1918-6/7/2004
8. Katherine Rachel Caison, b. 1921
+ __ Barradaile
8. Earl Fitzhugh Caison, b. 1927
8. Deemis Edwin Caison 9/8/1906-1927
+ Mavis Cook
8. Anna Marie Caison, 8/16/1923
+ ___O'toole
8. James Repston Caison,1924-
8. Baby Caison,1926-............. (FNU)
7. Henry Cook Bedsole, 2/10/1892-8/13/1967, Cedar Creek, Sand Hill, NC
+ Lula Mae Green, 3/11/1897-4/26/1963 m. 12/10/1916
8. Elma Ruth Bedsole, 7/20/1919-3/29/1998
+ David Henry Johnson, 9/15/1915-5/29/1990
9. Elizabeth Johnson
+___Peterson
9. Sarah Lou Johnson, b. 1945
9. Valerie Johnson
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+__ Marshall

9. David N. Johnson
9. Marvin "Cook" Johnson
9. Scott Johnson
7. George Graham Bedsole, b. NC 10/7/1877-d. FL. 1955
+ Liddy W.___? b. 1860 in Fla. m. 1899
++ Pasha Bedsole, b. 1917
8 . Hazel Bedsole, b. 1917
7. W.R. Taylor Bedsole, b. 1902
7. Edward Martin Bedsole, b. 6/12/1879-6/23/1974 FL.
+ Mary___?b. 1891 in Fla.
8. Ollie/Olive Bedsole, born in Fla.1916

8. Gladish/Gladys Bedsole, Born in Fla. 1918
8. Bessie Bedsole, Born in Fla. 1915
7. Serepta "Repta" Bedsole, called "Repsie".5/1880-1976, Cedar Creek, Cumberland,
NC.
+ Thomas Howard, Reverend
7. Daniel James Bedsole, Jr., 5/5/1894-3/16/1977, born Va. Buried Maryland.
+ Minnie Lee Peterson,5/10/1898-.2/1984, Garland, NC--Maryland.
++ Rosie Devier, 7/28/1920-12/1/1998, Spotsylvania, Va.
8. Hazel T. White,1918-
+ John W. Gordon
8. Paul David White,1923-1991
8. Lizzie May Bedsole, 1916-
8. Lois L. Bedsole, 1918-
8. Ruby Doris Bedsole.1929-
8. Charles Rupert Bedsole, 11/29/1921-4/6/2006, Born in NC., Pa. buried in
Baltimore National Cemetery.(Barber).
+ Roberta L. Jones, 2/21/1919-12/7/1998...m.10/26/1945, Baltimore National
Cemetery, Maryland.
9. Charles Arthur Bedsole, 8/29/1947-6/17/1968. First Lt., Army. Killed in
Vietnam War..Not married.
7. Espie B. Bedsole, 12/28/1900-7/25/1988
+ Dewey Stanford Melvin,b. 8/11/1898-1/17/1963
8. Dewey Stanford Melvin, Jr. 4/29/1921-6/6/1983
+ Eloise S_____6/16/1926-5/26/1980
9. Joyce Melvin
+ ___Bright
8. Louise Brantley Melvin 10/161923-10/5/1997
+ Phillip Insley Davis
9. Phyllis Davis,
+ Donald Bordeaux
10. Della Madonna Bordeaux,
+ Vernon Steven Knowles
11. Sabra Insley Knowles
11. Maelie-Vonnie Louise Knowles
11. Ollie Steven Knowles
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8. Roy Benton Melvin, 11/16/1927-8/31/1986
+ Ernestine R___? 12/201936-3/15/1979
++ Janie Canady, 1927-1995
9. James Leroy Melvin, Sr.
+ Sandy Mozingo
10. James Leroy Melvin, Jr. 1969-1994
10. Billy Ray Melvin, 1970-
+ Vicky Williams
11. Joseph Ray Melvin., 1973-
9. Melissa Ann Melvin
+ ___? Rackley
10. Alyssa Hope Rackley

9. Robert S. Melvin
+ Joann Hudson
10. Chadwick B. Melvin
9. Danny Melvin
9. Jerry Melvin
9. Jimmy Melvin
8. Paul H. Melvin
+ Betty Jean Norris
9. Paula Jean Melvin
+ Terry Everette Divorced 1983
+ + Ricardo Vela Divorced 1990
10. Toni Jean Melvin
+ Norman Smith
11. Norman Ayden Smith
10. Mary Denise Everette, Daughter of Terry
+______?
11. Madison Everette
10. Paula Jean Vela, b. 1985
9. Joy Ann Melvin
+ Larry P. Everette
10. Larry P. Everette, Jr.
10. Danny Lee Everette
9. Carol Rene' Melvin
+ Roger Wiseman
10. Stephanie Ann Wiseman
+ Christopher Wiseman
11. Britany Ann Wiseman
9. John Stephen Melvin, Sr.
+ Thelma Ruth Peterson
10. John Stephen Melvin, Jr. 1953-1986
+ Rebecca Jernigan
11. Stephen Wesley Melvin
11. Cheryl Ruth Melvin
+ James Gordon Robinson, Jr.
12. James G. Robinson, III
12. Nicholas Robinson
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12. Kevin Robinson
12. Jessica Robinson
10. Thomas S. Melvin
+ Mary Beasley
11. Melissa B. Melvin
+ Adam Thomas Smith
11. April Michelle
8. John S. Melvin
6. Martha Jane Bedsole, 1856-
+ James Franklin Horne, 1858-
7.Annie Lee Horn, 3/22/1878-
+ John Oliver Hairr, 1/31/1874-

8. Frank Hairr, 1902-
8. Carrie Hairr, 1904-
8. George Washington Hairr, 1905-
+ Ila Florence Beasley, 1904-
8. Perry Erosco Hairr, 1907-
8. Eula Mae Hairr, 1908-
8. James Stacy Hairr, 1910-
8. John Raymond Hairr, 1912 -
8. Henry Hubert Hairr, 1914-
8. Louise Hairr, 1916-
8. Warren Harding Hairr, 1917-
7. Alexander Horne, 02/1880-10/1/1946
7. Thomas Leonard Horne 10/6/1886-3/24/1962
+ Fannie Mae Mcgill 6/4/1901-6/8/1973 m. 7/28/1920
8. Oliver Shelton Horne, 1923-
+ Annie Jones
9. Oliver Shelton Horne, Jr.,1946-
+ Connie Elaine
10. Tamatha Mishell Horne, 1968-
9. Geneviene Horne, 1947-
9. Sunnie Ann Horne 1945-Married 1982.
+ Donald Keith Stone1955-
Son of Robert L. & Janie.
7. Kelly Guilford Horn 6/15/1894-Sampson County, N.C.
d. 5/39/1980 Harnett County, N.C.
+ Rachel Mertrice Colville 10/15/1900 N.C. -2/18/1974 Harnett County, N.C.
8.Margaret Horne 8/14/1916-
+ Gleamon Edward Page b.5/7/1916 Harnett County, N.C.
d. 11/18/1986 Harnett County, N.C.
(son of Curtis Pearly Page Sr. & Margaret Horne)
Buried @ Erwin Memorial Park Cemetery, Erwin, N.C.

9. Charles Edward Page b. 1935 Harnett County, N.C.
+ Lois Gray Jernigan
10. Linda Sue Page.1957-
+ Vinton Martin Cook, II
11. Marta Page Cook,1987-
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9. Charles Edward Page Jr.1959-
+ Tammy Ruth Stewart Married 1989 Harnett County, N.C.
10. (Male) Page
8. Christopher Lee Page 1967- Duplin County, N.C.
7. Hazel Yvonne Horne,1920-
+ William Yancey Morris
8. (Male) Morris
+ (?) Soles
8. (Female) Morris
+ (?) McKnight
9. (?) McKnight
9. (?) Morris

8. (Female) Morris
+ (?) McGinnis
9. (?) McGinnis married (?) Ulrich
9 . (?) McGinnis married (?) Avery
9. (?) McGinnis
8. (Male) Morris
+ (?) Silas
9. (?) Morris
9. (?) Morris
8. Kelly Guilford Horne Jr.1924 Harnett County, N.C.
+ Frances Irene McDonald 1927- Harnett County, N.C.
d. 10/6/2004 Harnett County, N.C.
8. Edward Kelly Horne b.1945 Harnett County, N.C.
+ Sharon Gayle Murray b.1944 Cumberland County, N.C.
Married 1/1/1966 in Harnett County, N.C.
daughter of Paul Davis Murray

9. Carla Michelle Horne b.1972 Cumberland County, N.C.
+ Wesley Lewis Barefoot b. 1972 Harnett County, N.C.
he is the son of Joseph & Shelby Jean Barefoot
married 1995 Harnett County, N.C.

9. Scotty Murray Horne b. 1969 Cumberland County,N.C.
8. William McDonald Horne b. 1947 Harnett County, N.C.
d. 12/18/1973 Harnett County, N.C.died of a Brain Tumor.
+ Susan Elaine West b. 1948 Harnett County, N.C.
8. Mary Susan Horne b. 1953 Harnett County, N.C.
+ Richard Douglas Lucas1953-
++ Kenny Davis . Married 1991 Harnett County, N.C.
8. Carl Frederick Horne,1925-
8. Doris Fay Horne,1937-
8. Dorothy Gray Horne,1937-
8. Joyce Marie Horne.1932-
8. Wilda Mae Horne,.1934-
+ Ruben Lexton Mason,
9. Valerie Lynn Mason,1957-
9. Randolph Mason, 1953-
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6. Stephen S. Bedsole, 12/1859 NC-12/10/1942 Ga. m. 9/16/1891, b. NC d. Ga.
+ Eugenia Taft, 1/1872-..........Pearsontown,.Georgia
7. Mackie/Mikey Nolan Bedsole, 8/6/1904-10/28/1956
+___Unknown
7. Elizabeth Bedsole, 9/1892-8/20/1972 Coffee County, Pearson, Georgia. .
+ GEORGE M. CARVER,1887-...... m. 1912
8. Hiram Carver, 1913-
8. Clayton Carver, 1915-
8. Leon Carver, 1817-
7. Thomas James Bedsole, 10/18/1895-3/24/1957, Pearson, Georgia.
7.ROBERT S. "HOMER" BEDSOLE, 12/4/1898-1974, Pearson, Georgia.
+____?

7. Annie Jane BEDSOLE, 8/18/1922--8/9/2004, Coffee & Pierce County, Georgia .......m.
11/29/1924.
+ George M. Duggan................ m. 1924 Pierce County, Ga.
7. RACHEL BEDSOLE, 1908-, Ware County, Georgia; d. Aft. 1930.
+ ____? Henderson.
7. Margaret "Maggie" Bedsole, 8/8/1901-7/8/1904.
7. John Martin Bedsole, 11/12/1908-10/5/1909
6. Elizabeth Salome Bedsole, 1/1/1866 -2/4/1940, m. 12/16/1894, Cedar Creek, NC. Died at 74.
Kidney Disease.
+ Henry Asbury Sessoms, Sr. 10/12/1864-8/12/1906. Harnett County, NC Cemetery.
( His parents were Solomon Sessoms and Sarah Crusenberry)
7. Henry Asbury Sessoms, Jr.3/28/1895-
7. Sudie Sessoms
3/10/1895-12/23/1964 ....m. 10/21/1922. Milla Creek Church Cemetery,
Sampson County, NC.
+ Daniel Elisha Criscoe 3/10/1888-12/18/1975
8. Margaret Elizabeth Criscoe
+ Seavy Riley
9. Merlyn Gail Riley
8. Vernon May Criscoe
8. Helen Criscoe
8. Sally Christine Criscoe 1930-1955
8. Lucille Criscoe
+ Reginald Bullard
7. Henry Albert Sessoms 3/28/1895 -7/20/1970, Cumberland Memorial Gardens,
Cumberland, NC
+ Mamie Lockamon , 3/5/1904-1/12/1982 .........m..12/10/1919
8. Weldon Manley Sessoms, 1920-
+ Catherine Cox
9. Kenneth Weldon Sessoms
+ Josephine Yevonne Snipes
10. Kimberly Jo Sessoms
+ Not married.
11. Hunter Scott Cameron
10. Christy Machelle Sessoms 1973-2004
+ Steven Scott Colburne
9. Howard Wayne Sessoms
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+ Betty Jean Hobbs (1941-bef. 1978)
++ Frances Elaine Faircloth
(Children of Howard & Betty)

10. Daryl Wayne Sessoms
+ Martie Michelle Smith
11. Chapin Taylor Sessoms
10. Tara Leigh Sessoms
+ Al Sheiley
11. Tyler Sessoms
10. Anthony Brett Sessoms 1979-1986
8. Howard Ernest Sessoms 11/22/1922 - 12/14/2000, Cumberland, NC.
+ Elberta Hinson 1923 - 1998

9. Bobbie Carol Sessoms
+ Romulas William Hucks
10. Lisa Carol Hucks
+ Jeff Tucker
11. Jeffery Lee Tucker
10. Ronnie Howard Hucks
+ Christine Fennell
11. Teah Marie Hucks
11. Biranna Michelle Hucks
11. Wade Hamilton Hucks
10. Billy Wade Hucks
+ Shannon Tucker
11. Crystal Shaye Hucks
11. Macie Leigh Hucks
10. Barbara Michelle Hucks
+ unknown
11. Shelby Carson Hucks
9. Stillborn Male....Sessoms 1946
9. Linda Sue Sessoms
+ Jack McKee Crenshaw Jr.
++ Duane E. Wilson
+++ Anzelmo Trevino
(Children of Linda & Jack)

10. Jack McKee Crenshaw 3rd
10. Ronald Scott Crenshaw b/d 1970
10. Michael Scott Crenshaw 1971-1995
10. Eric Dwayne Crenshaw
(Child of Linda & Duane)
10. Angela Sue Wilson
+ Paul Thomas Shearer
11. Paul Thomas Shearer
11. Lexi Eliz Shearer
11. Kayli Dawn Shearer
9. Bonita Christine Sessoms
+ Allen Stephen Edge
10. Allen Stephen Edge Jr.
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+ Julie Allison Cherry
11. Keegan Bias Edge
11. Nolan William Edge
10. Christie Lynn Edge
+ Richard Lee Burlett
8. James Hubert Sessoms 11/18/1924 -5/6/1975, Cumberland, NC.
+ Margaret Elizabeth Wilson
8. Alice Eliz Sessoms 2/4/1927-2/28/1927, Cumberland, NC.
8. Doris Elizabeth Sessoms 11/28/1931 - 5/1/1997, Raeford Cemetery, Hoke County, NC.
+ George Duncan McKeithan Jr.
9. Shirley Jean McKeithan

+ Thomas J. Stelline
++ Michael Roman
(Child of Shirley & Michael)

10. Tasha Maria Roman
+ Stephen Christopher Oldham
11. Christopher Roman Oldham
11. Jacob Stephen Oldham
9. Deborah Darlene McKeithan
+ David Benjamin Tripp 1950-2006
10. Jennifer Lynn Tripp
+ Michael Thomas Clark 2nd
++ Donald Robert Burlingham
10. David Benjamin Tripp Jr.
+ Precilla Carol Nichols
11. Skylar Chasity Tripp
11. Zackary Aaron Tripp
9. Doris Fay McKeithan
+ Bobby Joel Phillips
++ Walter Robert Sadler
9. George Albert McKeithan
+ Lisa Jo Clark
10. Paul Jamerson McKeithan
+ Alberto Chareen Johnson
11. Areyona Chareen McKeithan
11. Aaliyah Precious Tomerra McKeithan
11. Prophett Jahsaiah McKeithan
10. Laura Kristin McKeithan
10. Sheree Naomi McKeithan
11. Kara Celine McKeithan Edge
8. Elizabeth Louise Sessoms, 1934-
+ Vernon Holt Hayes
9. Phyllis Ann Hayes
+ Robert Ladislao Cruz Jr.
10. Tina Nicole Cruz
+ Troy Joseph Desporte
(children of Tina & Daniel Dennis Rivera)
11. Mekayla Danielle Rivera
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11. Marteena Victoria Rivera
11. Mia Yesenia Rivera
10. Elizabeth Rose Cruz
11. Deja Rose Brown
9. Michael Wayne Hayes
+ Felicia Griffin
9. Jeffery Scott Hayes
+ Alicia Kate Johnson
++ Tammy Jenson
(child of Jeff & Tammy)

10. Treyson Scott Hayes
8. Alvin Cannon Sessoms 12/16/1936 - 1/21/1937, Raeford Cemetery, Hoke County, NC.
8. Peggy Fay Sessoms, 1938-
+ Carl Edgar Brock
9. James Carlton Brock
+ Mary Teresa Maxwell
++ Beverly Gayle Price
10. Linda Michelle Brock
+ Joseph Franklin Blackwolf Palmer
10. Elizabeth Ashley Brock
10. Justin Maxwell Brock
9. Billy Gene Brock
+ Leslie Jill Kincaid
++ Donna Lynn Warren
8. Maxie Gene Sessoms, 1941-
+ Patricia Carol Cox
9. Larry Gene Sessoms
+ Susan Marie Yerry
10. Kevin Gene Sessoms
+ Donna Elizabeth Warren
11. Gage Gene Sessoms
10. Stacy Marie Sessoms
+ Darwin Klass
11. Cody Darwin Klass
10. Brian Craig Sessoms
9. Timothy Craig Sessoms
+ Shelly Parnell
++ Barbara Ann Smith
9. Timothy Craig Sessoms
9. Trisha Ann Sessoms
8. Female Stillborn 10/8/1945
8. Twins, Born dead..
7. Curtis Lee Sessoms 3/25/1899 - 10/26/1969, Harnett County, NC.
+ Stella Mae House 5/30/1901-8/27/1993
8.. Rother Edward Sessoms b/d 1920
8. Maize Curlee Sessoms 1922 -1996
+ Marvin Odell West 1914-2005
9. Martha Ann West
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+ Dwight Neil Keen
9. Susan Elaine West
+ William McDonald Horne
++ Nathan Johnson Tilghman
10. Myers Winston Tilghman 2nd
9. Jerry Lee West
8. Kerwood Sessoms 1925-1986
+ Frances Hope Brown
9. Barbara Ann Sessoms

+ Michael Wayne Gillmer
9. Curwood Sessoms Jr.
8. Evelyn Joyce Sessoms 1927-1998
+ John Billy Graham
9. William Lee Graham
+ Caroly Diana Blackman
9. Michael Scott Graham
+ Sandra Lee Jackson
8.Janet Mae Sessoms
+ Elmer Wayne McCaskill 1925-1996
7. Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Sessoms 3/11/1901 - 12/17/1994...m. 12/24/1929., Harnett County, NC.
+ Malcom Andrew Taylor 1901 - 1982
7. Hubert Percy Sessoms 11/10/1903 - 5/5/1976, Harnett County, NC....m. 4/14/1923
+ Alva Mae Byrd, 8/28/1904-9/18/2000, Harnett County, NC.
8. Francis Gwendolyn Sessoms 1924 - 1987
+ Marvin Lee Norris
++ Joseph Leonard Baker
(children of Francis & Marvin)

9. Jerome Young Norris
+ Unknown___?
++ Susan
10. Jerome Young Norris Jr.
10. Lorrie Norris
9. Toni Carol Norris
+ ? Stewart
++ Jerry Sauceman
10. Sherry Carol Sauceman
+ John Hays
11. Stephanie Michelle Hays
11. Heather Lynn Hays
10. Tonya Michelle Sauceman
+ Charles Melvin Johnson Jr.
++ Malcom Fitzgerald Hodges
(children of Tonya & Charles)

11. Amber Michelle Johnson
11. Christopher Brett Johnson
8. Daniel Leon Sessoms 1927 - 2005
+ Ida Luvine Luther 1926-2002
9. Daniel Leon Sessoms Jr. b/d 1955
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9. Brenda Luvine Sessoms
+ Robert Ralph Stephenson
10. Robert Ralph Stephenson Jr.
10. David Lee Stephenson
10. Sherry Stephenson
8. Helen Mae Sessoms
+ Harper Williams Andrews 1930-1974
9. Michael William Andrews
8. Gledell Sessoms

+ Belinda Mae Smith
9. Glenda Renee Sessoms
+ Gary Maxton Strickland
10. Justin Reid Strickland
10. Cassidy Paige Strickland
7. Nellie Clyde Sessoms 9/2/1906 -12/10/1984, Harnett County, NC.
+ Jesse Mohoma Petty 1901-1978
8. Marion Yvonne Petty 1924 - 1989
+ Burley/Bunny Woodrow Cash 1918 - 2002
9. Carolyn Jeanette Cash
9. Cheryl Lynn Cash
+ ? Faircloth
9. Sandra Eileen Cash
9. David Michael Cash
9. William Thomas Cash
9. Nancy Ellen Cash
9. Paul Wesley Cash
9. Jeffery Lee Cash
9. Stephen Mitchell Cash
8. Iris Faye Petty
8. Kenneth Harlen Petty
8. Dorothy Helen Petty
6. Sarah Elizabeth Bedsole, b.8/1867 m. 5/2/1909
+ Silas Blackman Page 4/8/1839-1/18/1927
7. James Page.
6. Dennis C. Bedsole, 1868-1950, Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC
+ Maggie Holland, 1881- ...Married 1897
7. Bonnie LillianBedsole,1922-
7. Lacey D. Bedsole, 1901-
7. Minnie M. Bedsole, 1902-
7. Thomas K. "Callie" Bedsole, Sr.1899-1979
+ Bessie Cashwell, 2/27/1925-6/4/2005, ...m. 5/8/1920...(Wrong dates).
8. Seavy Layton Bedsole, 12/03/1924-03/10/1973, Archibald McLaren Ceme.
Cumberland County, NC.
+ Mary Elizabeth Bullard, 1926-
9. James Bedsole, 1948-
+ Phyllis Bordeaux, 9/15/1948-5/2/1991, NC
10. James Brent Bedsole,
+ Tammy Melvin
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11. Jordan Smith
11. Noah Smith
11. Shannon Leigh
+ Walter Evans
12. Annalyce
10. Allen Brent Bedsole, 1950-
+ Debra Smith
10. Sandra Kaye Bedsole, 1951-
+ George Norris, (Sr.).

11. Scarlett Norris
11. George Norris, Jr.
10. Earl Franklin Bedsole, 1954-
+ Ann Beal
11. Michael Bedsole
11. Michelle Bedsole
8. Thomas "Callie" Bedsole, Jr.
8. Ann Margaret Bedsole
7. Lacy Duncan Bedsole, Sr. 6/9/1904-5/17/1986.
+ Floyd Horne
8. Lacy Duncan Bedsole, Jr. 2/23/1927-3/7/1989.
+ Unknown Name
8. Barbara Lynn Bedsole
+ Gordon____.?
6. Mahala Catherine Bedsole, 12/14/1870-2/28/1941.Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC.
Obit; Mahala Catherine Bedsole Sessoms w/f b.Dec. 14, 1870 in Cumberland Co. NC daughter of:
Thomas & Annie Elizabeth (Guthrie) Bedsole, wife of Benson Sessoms died in Sampson Co.
Feb. 28, 1941. cause: cardiac disease, she was 70 years old, buried in Sessoms Family Cemetery,
Sampson Co, NC.
+ Benson Sessoms, 3/1866-1920.
7. Addie Sessoms, b. 1891
7. Marvin Sessoms, 1892-1941
+ Mittie Butler, 1884-1957
8. Clifton Sessoms, 1918 -
+ Annie J. Hall
8. Franklin J. Sessoms, 8/11/1919-10/11/1994
8. Wade Sessoms, b. 1921
7. Alice Sessoms, 10/17/1900-4/1982
+ Braxton Melvin 1894-1928
8. Kermit Melvin, 10/16/1929-8/4/1997
6. Hayes Mcdougal Bedsole, 1/24/1876-8/14/1956, Cedar Creek, NC
+ Sallie Irene Carter 3/12/1884-3/1/1970 m. 7/13/1901, Fayetteville, NC.
7. Ada B. Bedsole, 8/22/1904-3/23/1988
+ Richard B. Bailey, 1901-, son of Brooks and Sarah Bailey..
6. John Troy Bedsole, 7/16/1879-1923 Cumberland County, NC
Sawmill Worker. No wife listed. Lived with Mother at age 40.
6. Ada B. Bedsole, 8/22/1904-3/23/1988, b. Raeford, NC.d.Cumberland.
+ Richard B. Bailey, Dead.
5. Aaron Bedsole,1835-
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5. Duncan Bedsole, Jr. 1838-1950,....Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC
+ Lucy Ann Hales,1842-........Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC
6. Lauester M. Bedsole,1860-1837, Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC.
+___?
6. John B. Bedsole,1861-1920....Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC
+ Louvenia Jolly, 9/1873-1950....m. 1/18/1888, Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC.
7. Jennie Bedsole,2/1893-1967, Halesburg, Alabama.
+____?
6. Elizabeth Jane Bedsole,4/20/1865-12/17/1941, Cedar Creek, Cumberland, NC.

+ Henry H. Hair
7. Ruthie B. Hair,1917-
7. Cleatha H. Hair,1918-
6. David Bedsole,1867-
6. Evander E. Bedsole,1867-1940...m. 8/4/1889, Cedar Creek, Pleasant Grove Ceme.
Cumberland County, NC
+ Welthy Mariah Faircloth, 9/30/1865-3/7/1945. Died in NC-Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
7. Harriett A. Bedsole, 1889-
+ Charles Norris
7. Annie J. Bedsole, 1892-1959
+ George Surles
7. Marcia Geneva Bedsole/Bledsoe 1893-1933
+ James Lonnie Stone 1888-1944
8. Henry A. Stone, Sr. b. 1919 in S.C.
+ Edna Early Johnson, b. 1921 in S.C.
7. Mattie L. Bedsole, 6/3/1897-1977, Phenix City, Ala.
6. Duncan E. Vinson Bedsole,1901-
+ Vira E. Lucas
7. Curtis Franklin Bedsole, 1924-, Harnett, NC
County, NC
6. Sally C. Bedsole, 1873-
6. James L. Bedsole, 5/1875-....Cedar Creek, NC
6. Catherine Bedsole, 1840-
4. Francis Bedsole, 1802-1848 in NC. Died from Kidney Failure.
+ Benjamin Faircloth,1809- .........On the 1790 Sampson County, NC Census
5. Thomas Faircloth
5. Duncan Faircloth, 5/17/1846-11/1901
5. Sarah Faircloth
5. Susan Faircloth
5. Polly Faircloth
5. Solomon Faircloth
5. Nancy Faircloth, 1832-1900..m. 3/8/1887, Columbus County, NC.
+ B.F. Harrelson
5. John James Henry Faircloth
5. George B. Faircloth
5. Cora Faircloth
5. Edna L. Faircloth
5. Marie M. Faircloth
5. Charlotte Faircloth
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_UKNOWN BEDSOLES. I NEED INFO ON THEM
NOTE; The following Bedsoles are some I have never been able to figure out where they belong,
nor who they belong to. In the case of females, Bedsole may not be their maiden name. If you
know how they fit, please email me at; jdbedsole@oppcatv.com

Bedsole, Roberta, 2/20/1891-3/30/1897, Buried in Houston County, Ala. (Dothan).
Bedsole, Floree 13-Feb-1995 F. Harris County, Texas ...Wife of Samuel Curtis
Bedsole, Grace M. - 9/5/2007, Wallingford, Pa. married to Gilbert Bedsole. Dau; Joan B. (Davies).
Grandchildren Robert & Mary Kay.
Bedsole, Samuel Curtis . Died 09-Oct-1995 M , Harris County, Texas. Husband of Floree.

Bedsole, William H., Birth date not known. d Jul. 24, 1951, Son of Bedsole, H L & Lewis. Died in Muscogee
County, Ga.
Jeffrey A. Bedsole, 6/26/1953-2/18/1991, New Jersey.
Gerald L. Bedsole, 6/15/1938-7/18/2005, Conta Costa, California.
Anne E. Bedsole, 7/12/1893-7/19/1993, New York and Taunton, Mass.
Zola Bedsole, 11/1/1919-2/1987, Lived in Dodge, Georga.
Joel E. Bedsole, 10/19/1919-12/6/1999. US Army WW-II, Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
Jimmie G. Bedsole, 4/14/1931-7/10/1998, Highland Cemetery, Keatchie, La. USAF.
James Warren Bedsole, 2/8/1936-5/27/1996, US Army. Rosehill Memorial Park, Whittier, California.
Ernest Bedsole, 5/8/1926-4/12/2002. USAF. Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
Dorbon Bedsole, 5/25/1933-7/30/1995, U.S. Army. Memory Park Cemetery, Milton, Fla.
Charles R. Bedsole, 11/29/1921-4/6/2006. WW II, U.S. Army. Baltimore National Cemetery.
Lula Pauline Bedsole, 1/16/1924 died 2/16/2003, at age 79, moved from NC to Tampa, Fla. in 1960.
Husband, John Bedsole.They had daughters Joyce, who married a Cox man, Mary E. who married a Rogers
and a son named John Bedsole, Jr.
Bledsole, Robert Wayne Nov. 25, 1938 Nov. 25, 1985 US Navy. Most likely a BEDSOLE and not a Bledsoe.
Cumberland Cemetery, Cumberland County, NC.
Martha Bedsole 23 Jan 1842 - 20 Jan 1866, buried in Archibald McLaren Cemetery, Cumberland County,
NC.
Lee Bedsole, 11/12/1879-9/16/1940. His wife was Lula___?. His Parents were Elisha Bedsole and wife Jane.
He is buried in Riverside Cemetery, at Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan.
Bedsole, Lillian A (Engel); 61; Forest Hill Cemetery, Dupage County, Chicago IL; Des Plaines DH; 2000-1220
Lizzie (Likely Elizabeth) W. Bedsole, 1908-1974, Prude Cemetery, Desoto Parish, La.
Lou Vanna Wallace-Bedsole, 4/9/1910-3/26/1942, Ebenezer Cemetery, Castor, Bienville Parish, La.
Mary C. Bedsole, 11/5/1849-3/1/1934, Camp Springs Cemetery, Haleburg, Henry County, Ala.
Mary I. Bedsole, 9/25/1878-12/28/1975, Riverview Cemetery, Monroe, La.
Bedsole, Patsy (GOODSON); 11/22/1943-8/11/2005, Roselawn Cemetery, Tallahassee D; 2005-8-12;
Roberta Lynn Fischer-Bedsole, 12/25/1951-7/5/2004, Indiana. Cemetery Unknown Location.
Note, Gordon Nash and Bertie Starling Bedsole had a daughter and two sons, besides those listed in the
above. Who ??
Stella Helen Bedsole, Date of birth unknown. Date of death 6/17/1992. Place of death, burial, husband, not
known. My best guess is she was James William Bedsoles wife, 1934-6/7/1997.
William "Willie" Bedsole, 3/22/1900-11/16/1941, Wife; Alberta Washington. Parents were "Lee" Bedsole and
Malinda Evans.
Willie is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Abion, Michigan
Willie Mae Bedsole, 9/23/1897-12/31/1986. Buried Antioch Baptist Church, Geneva, Ala. Bedsole may not be
her maiden name, but

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may be her husbands last name.
Bledsoe (Bedsole) Dorothy; 29 Aug 1925-19 Jan 1929. Buried Antioch Cemetry, Geneva County, Ala.
Bedsole, Edward, 7/19/1910-3/1976, Delaware, Wallingford Pennsylvania..
Bedsole, Alma M. 8/19/1914-9/5/2007, Likely the wife of Edward, above. Delaware, Wallingford,
Pennsylvania.
Bedsole, Laura K. 1/26/1928-4/11/1997, Fayetteville, NC.
Bedsole, James, 12/25/1908-5/1978, Godwin, NC.
Bedsole, Louise P. Cumberland Co. NC Married Eugene Ballard Cumberland Co 21, Sept. 15, 1917
Rev. W.D. Dean, Mag.
Bedsole, Julius F. 11/11/1924-5/11/1975, Va., NC.

Bedsole, Virginia, 10/21/1927-8/1982, Cary, NC.
Bedsole, Larry W. 6/13/1947-2/6/1998, Georgia.

THE BEDSOLE AND BLEDSOE RELATIONSHIP
Sept. 11, 1700. Abraham Bessow arrived at Bath, NC on an english ship. It is not known if the ship came
directly from Germany, or if Abraham had shipped from Germany to England, then to Bath, NC. On his
Passenger List, the Captain listed him as; "Abraham Bessow, ...A Pal.", meaning a Palatine, who were
German, and who shipped to this country especially during the period 1700-1710.

Looking back in time, it is likely that Abraham was born 1673, died 1740 and Rose a couple of years
afterward. Also we can guess that Elizabeth was their first child, and likely born 1690-1695. Its also apparent
to me that they had son, William Henry, about 1701-02, in NC since he was not with them when they arrived
at Bath in 1701, and he acquired land in Va. in 1719.

After a land Grant of 1782 to William Bledsoe, there are other Bledsoes who were granted land in Virginia. In
1782 another William Bledsoe was granted land, but his age by then makes it unlikely that this is the same
William Bledsoe born in 1701-02. He is more likely William Jr. b. 1727.

The name changes though, are whats really important. In Germany, theres no way to know what "Abraham"s
first name really was. But its safe to assume his last name was actually Betzold. In this country, at first, he
was "Abraham Bessow", then "Abraham Batson", and William its safe to assume, was also a Batson. But
when William arrived in Virginia, he became William Bedsoe, then Bledsoe.

Elisha Bedsole,received 4 land grants all during the early 1780's and 1790's there, as Elisha Bedsol, 2 as
Elisha Bedsoll and the fourth as Elisha Bedsolt. He and a John Bedsolt are listed on the 1772 and 1782
Orange County,Virginia tax lists as "Bedsolt". Elisha, born in 1730 was married at Cane Creek, NC to Mary
Edwards on Sept. 15, 1751. So, he obviously moved from NC to Virginia too. It is very likely that Elisha was a
son of William Henry Bedsole, Sr. important things though are: 1. As far as Bedsole is concerned, in the
United States; William Sr., is the BLEDSOE and Elisha is the BEDSAUL name sources, occurring in
Spotsylvania County, Va. and; 2. Abraham III is the BEDSOLE name source, occurring in 1749 when he
moved to Bladen County, NC. Thats true even though it was all the fault of the english Scribe(s) at the time
the misspellings occurred. Keep in mind though that some Bedsoles changed their last name to Bledsoe on
purpose in attempts to escape the law, ex-wives or husbands, or because they disliked their relatives or
landlords, to whom they owed money, and did not want to pay that debt.

Also, I am aware that a George Bletso/Bledsoe was born in 1663 in England, who moved to Virginia in the
late 1680's. However he and his descendants are true Bledsoes, and were not from Germany, although I
know their ancestors were (before they moved to England).
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if you did not see your own family on this list, or you saw errors on it, please add/correct it, as needed
yourself, for I am finished with it. I am like the old Bedsole census taker in Sampson County, NC in 1826. He
was being paid 50 cents for every hundred people he located and houses then were 5 to 12 miles apart, and
his transportation was by mule..He wrote in his letter of resignation; "I have been shot at over and over, been
dog bit, cow stomped, bull hooked, mule kicked, chicken pecked, lightning struck, starved to death for days
on end, shot at some more, chased by indians for miles with dogs, guns, bows and arrows, stayed lost for
days, fell in the river 25 times and been called every foul name imaginable. I have been out here 22 days and
have made little more than one dollar...... .......................I quit ".
….......................................................................JD Bedsole
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I called this page 260 in order to round off the number of pages to an even number. In the future,
perhaps some other Bedsole will continue what I have started, because there are at least a million
Bedsoles who were born just since I started this in 1950, and about whom I know nothing whatsoever.
In addition, that million will have been married and produced another million. My point is; There is
actually no end to this story, until the end of the world comes. But I am willing to bet you that no other
Bedsole will even attempt it, much less carry it through. So, count your blessings that I did produce
this for you all to see.
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