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Abraham Bledsoe was born 1673 in Wicomico Parish, Northumberland (then Lancaster) County Virginia. He was the son of George Bledsoe. He married Catherine Ball about 1702 in Northumberland, Virginia. Catherine was the daughter of Thomas Ball. Abraham and Catherine's children may have included: Isaac Bledsoe (1703) His second wife was Sarah Cave. Jacob Bledsoe (1724, married Lohammer Terrell, daughter of John Terrell), On March 18, 1703 Catherine, "wife of Abraham Bledsoe," sued for a child's portion of the estate of her father, Thomas Ball. In 1705, Abraham inherited a part of the land adjoining John Nickless and running along the ridge next to the school house, and was one of the sons directed to keep his brother Thomas in school for three years. He was co-executor of the will along with his brother William. On February 12, 1706, Abraham Bledsoe of Wiccomico Parish, Northumberland County sold John Burne a tract of land near the head of Dividing Creek for 9,000 pounds of tobacco. That same day in Lancaster County, John and Elizabeth Burne sold Abraham On July 18, 1706, the case of Abraham Bledsoe and wife Kate, late Katherine Ball, against John Burne and wife Elizabeth, administrators of Thomas Ball, From 1706 to 1714 he was on the Lancaster County, Virginia tithe list in Christ Church Parish. He moved to Essex County Virginia in 1718 and lived in an area that became Spotsylvania County in 1721 and Orange County in 1734. On February 17, 1735/36, Andrew Harrison, James Cox, Henry Held and Isaac Bledsoe appraised the estate of Samuel Hensley in Orange County, Virginia About 1742 he moved to Edgecombe County, North Carolina and was in Granville County when it was formed from Edgecombe in 1746.
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In 1777 the Washington County, Virginia Court
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Thomas Bledsoe was born 1706 in Lancaster, Virginia. He was probably the son of Abraham Bledsoe and Katherine Ball. Anthony Bledsoe (1733, married Mary Ramsey), Thomas, Abraham and Abraham, Jr. were enumerated on the Orange County, Virginia tax list. He married Susannah Fulkerson on about 1755 in Patrick County, Virginia. She was in her teens and he was a widower with grown children. Thomas and Susannah's son was Loving Bledsoe. Thomas died about 1758. In 1759, Susannah bought 500 acres from her father for five shillings. The land was on the middle fork of the Ararat River in Rowan County, North Carolina. She married John Stewart after Thomas died. Her life following the marriage and children are described in the section on John. Abraham, Anthony and Isaac Bledsoe accompanied Daniel Boone on his long hunts into Kentucky before the Revolutionary War.
Between 1775 and 1778, the family moved to the part of Washington County, North Carolina that became Sullivan County, Tennessee. They settled on a branch of the Holston River. In 1776, Anthony, Abraham and Isaac were captains in the Cherokee Expedition. Abraham and Isaac signed the 1777 petition of men living on the north Holston River complaining about the division of Fincastle County. They felt the line was not equitable and the court house was too far away. In 1787 and 1788, Anthony received warrants for land in Sullivan County, Tennessee. At that time it was in North Carolina. |
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Abraham Bledsoe was born in 1737 in Orange County, Virginia. His wife was named Catherine. Their children included: Thomas Bledsoe (married Margaret Eakin), About 1768, Abraham moved to Tennessee. In 1770, Abraham became the constable of Botetourt County, Virginia for the Reedy Creek area They later moved to Moccasin Creek of the North Fork of Holston River. In 1774, during Dunmore’s War, Abraham Bledsoe was a member of Captain David Looney’s militia company. Abraham died near Moccasin Gap in the summer of 1801. |
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