William Henry Bledsoe (abt. 1723 - aft. 1794)

Born about 1723 in Northumberland, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Zachary) Bledsoe — married about 1749 (to 1794) in Spotsylvania, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1794 after about age 71 in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

William Bledsoe performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

William Bledsoe is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A009942.

William was a son of William H. and Anne Bledsoe. He married Elizabeth Zachary. During the Revolutionary War he furnished supplies.

Research

Military Service:Is this William Bledsoe Sr or possibly his son William Bledsoe Jr?

General Order issued by Col. Abram Penn, commanding the Militia of Henry county, preparatory for the battle of Guilford C. H.: “Henry County, VA: You are forthwith required to march the militia under your command from this county to Hilsborough, North Carolina, or to any post where General Stevens may be with the men under his command, observing to avoid a surprise by the enemy by the best route to be found. Given under my hand this 11th day of March 1781. Abram Penn, Col. H.C. General Order for Major George Waller. A list of militia ordered from Henry County to the assistance of General Greene... John Fontain’s Co: James Rea, Thomas Doolings, George Pool, John Willinghan, Thomas Leak, Thomas Parsley, Samuel Weaver, Stephen King, Alexander Barnes, Henry Mannings, Abram Payne, William Graves, Joseph Rice, William Bledsoe.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 17, no. 2 (Apr 1909) “Henry County From its Formation in 1776 to the End of the Eighteenth Century, et seq. from C. B. Bryant, Martinsville, VA pp. 189-193 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/4242979).

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of William Bledsoe", Ancestor # A009942.
• William & Mary Quarterly, v. 27, page 22 (pages 75-77) 'William is listed in his father's will.
• 1789 Kentucky Tax List. Fayette County. Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Kentucky Census, 1810-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. ancestry.com
• 1790 Kentucky Tax List. Woodford County. Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Kentucky Census, 1810-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. ancestry.com