Lucy Legrand (Bedford) Rucker (1790 - abt. 1824)

Born 5 Nov 1790 in Charlotte, Virginia, United States

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Died about 1824 at about age 33 in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Lucy is the daughter of Capt. Robert Bedford, Sr. and Mary Hill Bedford (Reade), and thus she is the granddaughter of Col. Clement Reade, Jr.

Rutherford Co. Historical Soc. Pub. # 19, Summer 1982. Rutherford Co., TN Will Abstracts by Susan G. Daniel: Record Book 3, Page 111 - will of Robert Bedford of Rutherford Co, TN - Date of Will: 5 July 1813. Wife: Mary Coleman Bedford. 5 sons: Stephen Bedford, Robert Bedford, Clement Read Bedford, Edwin Bedford, Thomas Jefferson Bedford. Daughters: Mary Anne Eliza Bedford, Mary Nash Johns, Lucy Legrand Rucker, Fanny Anne Bedford. 4 youngest children (all not of age): Fanny Anne, Edwin Walton, Thomas Jefferson, Mary Anne Eliza. The rest of the abstract deals with the distribution of the slaves to the different family members. Slaves to Lucy: Milly, Presly, Letty(dead), girl, Aggy. Slaves to wife: Frank, Rose, Nancy, Amy, Clarisa, Juber, Nancy (daughter of Nancy). Slaves: boy, Jerry to Stephen; boy, Milus to Robert; boy, John to Clement; boy, Anthony to Edwin; woman, Nisey (and increase after this) to Thomas; girl, Cinda to Fanny; girl, Christian to Fanny; girl, Fanny to Fanny; girl, Jinny to Fanny; girl, Tabby to Mary A. Eliza; girl, Maria to Mary A. Eliza; girl, Nanny to Mary A. Eliza; girl, Sally to Mary A. Elia; men, George and Littleton to be sold. Executors: John Spence, John Hoover, Col. William W. Searcy. Witnesses: William Thweatt, George Akin, Elizabeth Daughity, James Daughity, Alizabeth Akin. (noted by Estelle Hall)

.*** This information can be found in "the Reads and Their Relatives" by Alice Read Rouse. It was published by Johnson & Hardin Press, Cincinnati in 1930.

Sources

• Death record, Will of Robert Bedford, Rutherford Co. Historical Soc. Pub. # 19, Summer 1982