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William Bledsoe (1756 - 1820)

William Bledsoe
Born in Orange, Virginiamap
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Son of and
Brother of [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 21 Jul 1785 in Virginia, USAmap
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Died at about age 64 in Greene, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Biography

William Bledsoe son of Aaron Bledsoe Sr. (1732-1809) and Mildred (Hord) Bledsoe (1742-) was born in Orange, Virginia.

William Bledsoe married Sarah 'Sally' Morton 1785 in Orange County, Virginia. They had at least 3 known children viz.

  1. Elijah Morton Bledsoe
  2. Elizabeth Bledsoe
  3. James Bledsoe


Sources

Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Orange, Virginia





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Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Hi! Different parents, so I didn't propose a merge, but this profile and Bledsoe-35 appear to be sharing the same FamilySearch PID as source, which says his parents are Joseph and Elizabeth (Miller) Bledsoe. FamilySearch has both the wives (Craig and Owsley) that DAR lists for him. Both Joseph Bledsoe and William Miller Bledsoe have DAR records, with Joseph's listing as a son William Miller (m 1, Craig & 2, Owsley).

I believe that this profile is probably intended to be a different William Bledsoe - who married Sarah Morton - and has the wrong dates (and possibly wrong locations as well).

The following info from the text for the Find a Grave memorial for William who married Owsley seems to be the source for this profile's burial info:

Said to be buried beside his mother Elizabeth Miller. A source for the burial of his mother says she was buried in an "old church cemetery south of Lancaster."

The Find a Grave memorial for his mother includes a death notice, which names her husband but unfortunately not her son. The sources in FamilySearch attached to his PID do not include any that name his parents. So it is possible that the William M. Bledsoe who married Patience Owsley in 1786* is not the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Miller) Bledsoe, but it's not likely.

* The FS sources include images that support this marriage/middle initial M:

  • "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1D-BHJ4 : 9 March 2021), William M Bledsoe and Patience Owsley, 27 Dec 1786; citing Marriage, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 192,262. Image (accessed 15 June 2023).
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Stults-176 Stephanie Stults
Bledsoe-849 and Bledsoe-687 appear to represent the same person because: clearly a match
posted by Stephanie Stults

Rejected matches › William Miller Bledsoe (1761-1811)

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