Katherine (Montgomery) Bledsoe (abt. 1739 - abt. 1810)

Born about 1739 in Augusta Parish, Augusta, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Randolph King [send private message] and CC Lee [send private message]

Biography

Catherine was married in 1772. She was from a prominent family in Southwestern Virginia. They were originally from northern Ireland and related to General Richard Montgomery who was killed at the storming of Quebec. She is described as a woman of superior character, loved, honored and respected by all who knew her. Tradition tells that, during the Revolutionary War, she carried important dispatches through the British lines to the patriot army ands was met by a British officer, who suspected her. She engaged in conversation with him and challenged him to a race which she won and was able to safely deliver her dispatch.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Katherine /Montgomery/^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1739

Place: Augusta County, Virginia^[2]

Nickname

Nickname: Katy^[3]

Marriage

Husband: Isaac Bledsoe

Wife: Katherine Montgomery

Marriage:

Date: 1772^[4]

User ID: 7D07CD7F14C842FB8871B03CC9C0587423FC

Child: Margaret Bledsoe

Child: Sally Bledsoe

Child: Anthony Bledsoe

Child: Poly Bledsoe

Child: Katy Bledsoe

Child: Lyttle Bledsoe

Child: Isaaac Bledsoe

Child: Clarissa Bledsoe

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S8 Page: p 25
2. ↑ Source: #S21 Page: KP09-WW
3. ↑ Source: #S8 Page: p 25
4. ↑ Source: #S41 Page: tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=B053 link not found - the TN Encyclopedia has an article on Isaac that includes the following paragraph that speaks of his family:
   
   

   In 1772 Isaac Bledsoe married Katherine Montgomery, a sister of the veteran frontiersman Colonel John Montgomery. The Bledsoe family lived at Mansker's fort in 1782-83, but moved into Bledsoe's fort about 1784. They had eight children. Indians shot and killed Isaac Bledsoe while he was working in a field near his fort on April 9, 1793. Eleven months later, his son Anthony fell mortally wounded in an Indian attack near Daniel Smith's Rock Castle home.
   

   ~ Walter T. Durham, Isaac Bledsoe

• Source: S21 Type: Web Site Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: Ancestral File (TM) Publication: July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996 Note: Y Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple StreetSalt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
• Source: S8 Type: Book Author: Oscar Benjamin King Publication: (c) 1970 Title: King Family History Note: Y

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

Name: Katherine Montgomery Gender: Female First Marriage Date: 1772 Spouse: Isaac Bledsoe Child: Margaret Bledsoe Sally Bledsoe Anthony Bledsoe Polly Bledsoe Katy Bledsoe Lytle Bledsoe Isaac Bledsoe Clarissa Bledsoe

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Randolph King for creating WikiTree profile Montgomery-2606 through the import of misc.ged on Jul 22, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Randolph and others.