Elizabeth (Miller) Bledsoe (1741 - 1799)

Born 1741 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia,

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Bledsoe — married 3 Nov 1759 in Spotsylvania, Virginia

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1799 at about age 58 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

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Elizabeth Miller was born in 1741 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia,, daughter of William Miller (1715–<1767) and Jane Hord (~1721–>1766).

Elizabeth (17) married Joseph Bledsoe (26) (born about 1732 in Spotsylvania, Colony of Virginia; son of Captain William Henry Bledsoe Sr and Elizabeth Ann (Mumford) Bledsoe) on November 3, 1759 in Spotsylvania, Virginia.^[1] Their children were:

• Willis Bledsoe (>1759–>1759)
• Miller Bledsoe (~1761–~1841)
• William Miller Bledsoe (1761–1811)
• Moses Bledsoe (1763–1809)
• Jane Bledsoe (1763–~1828)
• Meade Bledsoe (~1764–>1764)
• Margaret Jane Bledsoe (1766–1831)
• Joseph Bledsoe (1766–1837)
• Benjamin Bledsoe (1768–~1835)
• Scott Bledsoe (~1770–>1770)
• Elijah Bledsoe (1771–~1851)
• Abraham Bledsoe (1774–1799)
• Jesse Bledsoe (1776–1836)
• Eliza Bledsoe (1776–1836)

Elizabeth Miller died on February 7, 1799, in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, when she was 58 years old. Betty Bledsoe, wife of Joseph Bledsoe, a minister. She died Feb. 7, 1799, and was buried Feb. 9, in Lexington. KG 2/21.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 - Elizabeth Miller, Born 1741, married Joseph Bledsoe of VA born 1732 married 1759.
2. ↑ Burial: Ancestry Record 48036 #172358 (accessed 5 February 2024)
   Unknown burial.

See also:

• First-hand information as remembered by Carol Savory, Wednesday, March 25, 2015.