William
Bledsoe
Born about in Surry, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Rush Benjamin Bledsoe
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Mary Elizabeth (Bledsoe) McFarren, Larkin Bledsoe [half], Martha Bledsoe, Nancy Bledsoe [half], Elizabeth (Bledsoe) Hamilton [half], Giles Bledsoe, Benjamin Bledsoe [half], Gilly Bledsoe, Sarah Bledsoe, John Bledsoe [half], Polly Bledsoe and Isaac Bledsoe
Husband of
Judah (Unknown) Bledsoe
— married
1793 in North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
David Bledsoe, Elizabeth Bledsoe, Saletha Bledsoe, Judy W (Bledsoe) Graves, John Bledsoe, Isaac Bledsoe and William Bledsoe
Died about
at about age 42
in Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Nov 2013
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Biography
William was born about 1770, the son of Benjamin Bledsoe.
Land grant No. 193 was issued 3 Apr 1780 to William Bledsoe for 200 acres on Little Fishers River in Surry County, North Carolina.[1]
In 1786 William Bledsoe was named in a census of Surry County, North Carolina.[2]
William Bledsoe married Judah (LNAB Unknown) in 1793 in North Carolina.[3]
He passed away about 1812.
Notes
If he was really born about 1770, he seems a little young for a Land Claim in 1780. (Snook-1459)
Sources
- ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Land Grant Files, 1693-1960. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60621 #106791. Name: William Bledsoe; Issue Date: 3 Apr 1780; Residence Place: Surry, North Carolina, USA; Certificate Number Range: 1-315; Description: Surry 1-315. (Book 35, page 459.)
- ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-189. Ancestry Record 3566 #17341652. William Bledsoe in Surry County, NC.
- ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900". Source number: 16556.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY. Ancestry Record 7836 #114872. Name: William Bledsoe; Gender: Male; Birth Place: NC; Birth Year: 1770; Spouse Name: Judah; Marriage Year: 1793; Number Pages: 1.
See also:
- United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRD-7YR : accessed 30 October 2021), William Bledsoe, Salisbury, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 635, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 32; FHL microfilm 337,908.
- FamilySearch: William Bledsoe (about 1770 – about 1812)
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- Thomas Bledsoe
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~1.56%
Jim Raney :
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Charles Petty :
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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