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James Bledsoe 1761–1824 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1761

Birth Location: Orange, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1824

Death Location: Greensboro, Greene, Georgia, USA

Father:

Mother: William Jr

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Bledsoe

Children(s): Travy Bledsoe, Levy Bledsoe, William Bledsoe, Emily Bledsoe, Elvira Bledsoe, Shelometh Bledsoe, James Bledsoe

In 1761, James Bledsoe entered the world in Orange, Virginia, USA, born to Elizabeth Zachary And William Bledsoe Jr. James Bledsoe married Elizabeth Linney Bledsoe, and had children including Bailey R Bledsoe, Elvira Bledsoe, Emily Bledsoe, James Homer Bledsoe, Jane Bledsoe Landrum, Levy Bledsoe, Margaret L Bledsoe, Margaret L Bledsoe Johnson, Martin Bledsoe, Shelometh Shelaney Bledsoe, Sidney Bledsoe Durley, Travy G Bledsoe, William L Bledsoe. James Bledsoe passed away in 1824 in Greensboro, Greene, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1761, James Bledsoe entered the world in Orange, Virginia, USA, born to Elizabeth Zachary And William Bledsoe Jr.
  • James Bledsoe married Elizabeth Linney Bledsoe, and had children including Bailey R Bledsoe, Elvira Bledsoe, Emily Bledsoe, James Homer Bledsoe, Jane Bledsoe Landrum, Levy Bledsoe, Margaret L Bledsoe, Margaret L Bledsoe Johnson, Martin Bledsoe, Shelometh Shelaney Bledsoe, Sidney Bledsoe Durley, Travy G Bledsoe, William L Bledsoe.
  • James Bledsoe passed away in 1824 in Greensboro, Greene, Georgia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Jr
1718–1806
Birth Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Bledsoe
1778–1830
Birth Location: VA
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Children(s)

Travy Bledsoe
1797–1862
Birth Location: Georgia
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Levy Bledsoe
1800–1860
Birth Location: Georgia, USA
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William Bledsoe
1803–
Birth Location: Georgia
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Emily Bledsoe
1813–1855
Birth Location: Greene County, Georgia, United States of America
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Elvira Bledsoe
1810–
Birth Location: Georgia, Georgia, USA
EB
Shelometh Bledsoe
1811–
Birth Location: –
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James Bledsoe
1819–1878
Birth Location: –
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James Bledsoe's Ancestors

Self
James Bledsoe
1761–1824
Birth Place: Orange, Virginia, USA
Parents
William (Bledsoe) Jr
1718–1806
Spotsylvania Co., VA, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Captain (William Henry) Bledsoe
1677–1769
Northumberland County, Virginia, United States of America
Anne Gholston
1680–1770
Northumberland, VA, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
George Bledsoe
1655–1707
Anne Jennings
–1708
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Bledsoe
1632–

James Bledsoe's Descendants

1.
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James Bledsoe (Abt 1761–1824) m. Elizabeth (Linney) Bledsoe (1778–Aug 1830)
  1. 1. Travy (G) Bledsoe 1797–1862 m. Julia Hull 1808–1856 m. Margaret (Mary Morris Henson\Hanson) Bledsoe 1804–1862 m. Ann (D.) Broughton 1800–1827
    1. 1. Mary (Eleanor Bledsoe) Elliott 1829–1884 m. John (Shirley "Black John") Elliott 1827–1907
      1. 1. Augustus Eliott 1868–1948 m. Dora (Florence) Elliott 1870–1920 m. Bessie (Florrie Pye) Elliott 1881–1976
        1. 1. Florence (Cloud Bledsoe) Elliott 1891–1981 m. Verbia (Ann Elizabeth) Richardson 1896–1974
        2. 2. Mary (Georgia) Elliott 1893–1915
        3. 3. Hattie Elliott 1897– m. Aisa Moseley 1896–1952
        4. 4. John (L) Elliott 1899–1990 m. Josephine (Isabelle Hutcheson) Elliott 1898–1927 m. Nancy (Lorena Gurr) Elliott 1903–1991 m. Elizabeth (Young Murdaugh Smith Elliott) Hunley 1906–1977
        5. 5. Travie Elliott 1903–1951 m. Grace (L) Elliott 1913–2011 m. Elyea (Devou) Elliott 1908–1991
        6. 6. Julia Elliott 1909–1990
      2. 2. Georgia Elliott 1863–1888
      3. 3. Charlie (Travie) Elliott 1866–1958 m. Branan Elliott 1876– m. Dora (Lee Henry) Elliott 1875–1950
        1. 1. Walter (Gus) Elliott 1902–1974 m. Cora Elliott 1905–1974
        2. 2. Susan (E) Elliott 1905–
        3. 3. Marry Elliott 1898–1971
        4. 4. Travis (L) Elliott 1897–1989 m. James (Olan) Wright 1890–1962 m. James (Olan) Wright 1890–1962
        5. 5. Susan (Eleanor) Steele 1904–1980
        6. 6. John (S) Elliott 1901–1984 m. Leaman Elliott 1908–1988 m. Crumbley Elliott 1908–1988
        7. 7. Rachael Elliott 1899–1992 m. Robert (Fletcher) Turnipseed 1900–
      4. 4. Shirley Kelley 1859–1946 m. George Kelley 1857–1939
        1. 1. Robert (Reuben) Kelley 1887–1968
        2. 2. J (Thomas ‘Tom’) Kelley 1883–1970
        3. 3. May (C) Kelley 1892–1932
        4. 4. Erma (Ethell Kelley) Morris 1880–1964 m. William (Howard) Morris 1880–1964
      5. 5. Julia (B.) Elliott 1857–1924 m. J (G) Elliott 1855–1936
        1. 1. John (I) Elliott 1891–1948 m. Leotis Thompson 1896–1963
        2. 2. Mary (Eleanor) Morris 1883–1968
        3. 3. Catherine Elliott 1879–1976 m. James (William) Moseley 1876–1970
        4. 4. William (G.) Elliott 1878–1909 m. Nora Patterson 1885–1973
        5. 5. George (Earnest) Elliott 1888–1950
        6. 6. Americus (Vespucius) Elliott 1885–1978
        7. 7. Infant Elliott 1881–1881
        8. 8. Lillie (Pearl Elliott) Crumbley 1881–1928 m. Marion (Francis) Crumbley 1879–1974
        9. 9. Americus (Vespucius) Elliott 1885–1978
        10. 10. Infant Elliott 1881–1881
        11. 11. George (Earnest) Elliott 1888–1950
        12. 12. Mary (Eleanor) Morris 1883–1968
      6. 6. Sarah Elliott 1848–1890 m. William (H.) Smith 1843–1912
        1. 1. William (Ernest) Smith 1874–1924 m. Fannie (Lanora) Smith 1877–1923
        2. 2. Baylor Smith 1867–1924 m. James (Lee George) Smith 1869–1951
        3. 3. Mary (Lou) Turnipseed 1888–1984
      7. 7. Ellen Elliott 1850–1923 m. B (C) Branan 1844–1925
        1. 1. Mary (Georgia) Branan 1881–1960 m. Robert (A) Brown 1868–
        2. 2. John (Shirley Branan) Sr 1870–1959 m. Hattie (K) Brannan 1880– m. Mary (Jane) Brannan 1871–1922
        3. 3. Joseph (‘Beman’) Branan 1879–1954
        4. 4. Charles (Joshua) Branan 1877–1933
        5. 5. Infant (son) Branan 1894–1894
        6. 6. Benjamin (Cloud) Branan 1875–1945
        7. 7. Sarah (Kate) Branan 1890–1971
        8. 8. Julie (Eleanor) Craig 1884–1961
        9. 9. Roy Branan 1887–1979 m. Annie (Lee) Elliott 1889–1962
        10. 10. James (‘Jim’ William) Branan 1872–1962 m. Rebecca (Odessa “Dessie” Hendon) Branan 1876–1949
        11. 11. Robert (Dayton) Branan 1886–1968
    2. 2. Travy Bledsoe 1840–1861
    3. 3. Elvera (Bledsoe) Green 1832–1915
    4. 4. Lucinda (M) Bledsoe 1844–
      1. 1. Benjamine (Joseph) Parrott 1878–
    5. 5. Charles (H) Bledsoe 1842–
    6. 6. Martha (F) Bledsoe 1849–
    7. 7. Jno (S) Bledsoe 1840–
    8. 8. Susan (Emily Bledsoe Burnham Wilkerson) Naylor 1836–1900
    9. 9. James (Monroe) Bledsoe 1831– m. Eugenia (Elizabeth) Parrott 1841– m. Cancady Crabb 1834–1857
      1. 1. May (Bell) Bledsoe 1881–
      2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth) Beard 1856–1923 m. James (H) Beard 1846–
        1. 1. Lena Beard 1887–
        2. 2. Ella (J) Beard 1898–
        3. 3. Willie Beard 1882–
        4. 4. Ollie Beard 1893–
        5. 5. Hattie Beard 1885–
        6. 6. Margaret Beard 1890–
      3. 3. Isabella Stewart 1856–
      4. 4. Frances Bledsoe 1853–
    10. 10. Bailey (T) Bledsoe 1835–
    11. 11. Julia (A M Bledsoe) Beard 1847–1885 m. Robert (Davidson) Beard 1849–1930
      1. 1. Travvie (Bond) Beard 1882–1977
      2. 2. Vyra Thurman 1885–1944
      3. 3. William (Edward) Beard 1877–1934
      4. 4. Henrietta (Thompson) Beard 1869–1894
      5. 5. Josephine Wardlaw 1873–1954
      6. 6. Bettie Parrott 1879–1959
      7. 7. Luella Carter 1875–1907
    12. 12. Angeline (Bledsoe) Cash 1854–1922
    13. 13. Mirabeau (Lamar) Hanson 1838–
    14. 14. Josiah Hillman 1844–
    15. 15. Henry\Harry Hillman 1851–
    16. 16. Sarah Bledsoe 1852–
    17. 17. David (A) Hanson 1825– m. Mary (S) Copeland 1834–
      1. 1. Charles Hanson 1868–1954 m. Addie (B.) Hanson 1867–1928
        1. 1. Lois Aldridge 1899–
      2. 2. Walter Hanson 1866–
      3. 3. Hartswell Hanson 1862–
      4. 4. Davie Hanson 1863–
      5. 5. Henry Hanson 1860–
  2. 2. Levy Bledsoe 1800–1860 m. Pamely (Ann) Booth 1803–
  3. 3. William (L) Bledsoe 1803– m. Permelia Bledsoe 1803–
    1. 1. J (B) Bledsoe 1838–
    2. 2. N (B) Bledsoe 1843–
    3. 3. J (R C) Bledsoe 1831–
    4. 4. Mary (J M) Bledsoe 1847–
  4. 4. Emily Bledsoe 1813–1855 m. Ezekiel (Hillman) Sr 1804–1855
    1. 1. Samuel (Joshua) Hillman 1843–1918
  5. 5. Elvira Bledsoe 1810– m. Robert Hill 1802–
    1. 1. Thomas (J) Hill 1830–
    2. 2. Theophalus (G) Hill 1836–
    3. 3. Robert (Y) Hill 1844–
    4. 4. William (S) Hill 1832–
    5. 5. Elvira (S E) Hill 1839–
  6. 6. Shelometh (“Shelaney”) Bledsoe 1811–
  7. 7. James (Homer) Bledsoe 1819–1878 m. Mary (Ann) Bledsoe 1825–1898
    1. 1. Margaret (Angeline) E'Dalgo 1866–1906
    2. 2. Permanty (Clementine) Hunt 1855–1905
    3. 3. Thomas (Jefferson) Bledsoe 1846–1919 m. Lucinda (C McMullen) Bledsoe 1839–
      1. 1. Ernest (Levi) Bledsoe 1879–1945 m. Elizabeth (B.) Bledsoe 1882–1969
        1. 1. Annie (Claude) Bledsoe 1905–1910
        2. 2. Jeff (D) Bledsoe 1907–
      2. 2. Annie (M) Bledsoe 1873–
    4. 4. William (James) Bledsoe 1844–1931
    5. 5. Joseph (Bailey) Bledsoe 1860–1922
    6. 6. Jesse (Campbell) Bledsoe 1857–1935
    7. 7. John (Washington) Bledsoe 1852–1931
    8. 8. Mary (A) Tolleson 1863–1912
    9. 9. J (Robert) Bledsoe 1850–1851

James Bledsoe's Timeline

5 Records

1761
Abt 1761
Birth of James Bledsoe in Orange, Virginia, USA
Orange, Virginia, USA
1782
1782
Age 21
James Bledsoe was married
None
1795
1795
Age 34
James Bledsoe was married in Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, USA
Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, USA
1820
7 Aug 1820
Age 59
James Bledsoe resided here in Capt Grigorys District, Greene, Georgia, USA
Capt Grigorys District, Greene, Georgia, USA
1824
1824
Age 63
Death of James Bledsoe in Greensboro, Greene, Georgia, USA
Greensboro, Greene, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1761
    Event Place: Orange, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1782

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1795
    Event Place: Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 7 Aug 1820
    Event Place: Capt Grigorys District, Greene, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: 1820 United States Federal Census, Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Capt Grigorys District, Greene, Georgia; Page: 228; NARA Roll: M33_8; Image: 166

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1824
    Event Place: Greensboro, Greene, Georgia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Place: Henry, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records
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