Additional county and community histories can be found at the Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Bledsoe County. II, 1836-1847 (WPA, 1938), Bledsoe County, Tennessee, Circuit Court Execution Docket, 1810-1824 (WPA, 1938), Bledsoe County, Tennessee, Deed Book [6 vols. [name index in each volume], Ancestor Charts, Marion County, Tennessee [2 vols.] The items in the bibliography may not all be available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. She includes a source of references for each of the families that will help in your own search. Effect of proposed national forest purchases on county finance in the Cumberland plateau of TN. (199? Nashville, TSLA, 1971. 50 pp. The library archives and special collections contain many items of interest, including the following: TNGenWeb Project is a Tennessee-chartered non-profit organization, Ephraim Hixson, Jr. War of 1812 Veteran, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Applications, Charles Thurman Revolutionary War Pension Application, James Loden Revolutionary War Pension Application, William Ingraham Revolutionary War Pension Application. 48 pp. (Pikeville, Tenn.) 1945-Current, Pikeville Flash Light. Elizabeth Bledsoe. The library maintains many published family histories and a family histories file. The 1769 long hunt began on June 2nd. Scott, John H., Jr. Pikeville, market center of the upper Sequatchie Valley. PLEASE NOTE that the Tennessee State Library and Archives does not hold copies of all of the items listed in this bibliography. TN Valley Authority. ?-)*, Sequatchie Valley Bible Records (Douthat, 1985), Tennessee Fourth Surveyor's District Land Surveys 1814-1824 : Anderson, Bledsoe, Campbell, Morgan, Overton, Rhea and Roane Counties, Tenn. (Bailey, 1996), Tennessee, Records of Bledsoe County : County Court Minute Book [1841-1846] (WPA, 1939), United States Census, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, 1850 (Hobbs, 1986)*, United States Census, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, 1860 (Hobbs, 1986)*, United States Census, Bledsoe Co., Tennessee, 1870 (Hobbs, 1986)*, United States Census, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, 1880 (Hobbs, 1990? 113 pp. Tre Hargett was elected by the Tennessee General Assembly to serve as Tennessees 37th secretary of state in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021. Cultural resource investigations in the Guntersville Reservoir area, Marshall & Jackson counties, AL, & Marion County, TN. BE IT ENACTED, That the said county of Rhea, be, and the same is hereby declared a part of the district of Hamilton, in the same manner and for all purposes, civil, criminal and military, in as full and ample a manner as any county in this state, and shall send two jurors to the superior court of said district. During the autumn of 1779, Commissioners Thomas Walker and Daniel Smith chose him for the party to survey the Virginia-North Carolina state line. Population & economic analysis, Marion County, TN. Nickajack-Chattanooga area recreation study. Item: I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Jacob Bledsoe five shillings sterling. Jacob Bledsoe (1724, married Lohammer Terrell, daughter of John Terrell), WebHistoric Sumner County, Tennessee By Jay Guy Cisco, 1909. First Families of Bledsoe County Project - TNGenWeb Ball, Donald B. Soc., 1965. Biographical directory, TN General Assembly, 1796-1969 (Bledsoe County, Preliminary #26). Sec., 1988. 1807-1826, 1829-1854] (WPA, 1937), Bledsoe County, Tennessee, Deed Books A-D, Abstracts (Goins, 1994), Bledsoe County, Tennessee Survey Books, A-B, 1824-1834 (Douthat, 2015), Bledsoe County, Tennessee, Tombstone Inscriptions (WPA, 1939), Bledsoe County, Tennessee, Vital Statistics, 1914 Through 1925 (Wiefering, 1993), Census of Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Pikeville, Tennessee (Bledsoe Co.) taken July, 1982 (Appell, 1982), Collier Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee (Hobbs, 1991? Early tax lists generally include all white males over 21 and indicate whether they owned land or slaves. Bledsoe County [videorecording]. Norris, TVA, 1989. 14 pp. William Bledsoe (1715). Bledsoe Family - An American Family History Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map- search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries 1. He was co-executor of the will along with his brother William. Nickajack Reservoir land management plan. Essex County was established in 1692 from the oldRappahannock County, Virginia. WebBledsoe County, was named in honor of Abraham Bledsoe and was created out of Roane County by an Act of the Tennessee Legislature on November 30, 1807. Bledsoe County Chancery Court Loose Papers, 1840-1940. Individual reels may also be purchased. The story of Marion County: its people & places. Knoxville, TVA, 1934. var. In 1759, Susannah bought 500 acres from her father for five shillings. 77 pp. Transportation [county maps] issued periodically. In 1770, Abraham became the Click in the download box for the file to automatically download. There was a fire at the Bledsoe County courthouse in 1908. 69 pp. 29 pp. BAILEY, BALLARD, BATES, BEATTY, BEATY, BEAUCHAMP, BELL, BENNET, BENNETT, BIDDY, BILLINGSLEY, BIRDITT, BLACK, BLACKWOOD, BLOUNT, BLYTHE, BOLEN, BOOTH, BOWMAN, BOYD, BRADFIELD, BRADSHAW, BRANHAM, BRANNON, BRASWELL, BRAWLEY, BRAZWELL, BRIDGEMAN, BRIDGMAN, BRISTOE, BRISTOW, BRONSON, BROWN, BROWNE, BROWNLOW, BROYLES, BRYANT, BUCKINGHAM, BUFORD, BULLUCK, BUNCH, BURCHFIELD, BYRD, CAMPBELL, CAPPS, CARD, CARMACK, CARNAHAN, CARNES, CARNEY, CARROLL, CASH, CASWELL, CATKINS, CHASE, CHERMAN, CHERRY, CHRISTIAN, CLARK, CLEAGE, CLENDENEN, CLONINGER, CLOSE, COCKE, COLE, COLLING, CONGER, CONOVER, CONWAY, COOKE, COOLEY, COOPER, CORDELL, COULTER, COWAN, COX, CRAWFORD, CRAWLEY, CROCK, CROCKETT, CUMMINS, CUNNINGHAM, CURTIS, DAFFRON, DALTON, DANIELS, DARROW, DARWIN, DAVIS, DAY, DEAKINS, DENTON, DENTONS, DEVENPORT, DEVER, DICKERSON, DONELSON, DORSEY, DORTON, DOUGLAS, DOUTHIT, DUGGER, DUNLEY, DUNN, DWIGGINS, DYER, ECHOLLS, EDENS, EDMONSON, ELDER, ELLISON, ENGLAND, ESTES, EVANS, EVITT, EWBANKS, FALKNER, FARMER, FERGUSON, FINLEY, FORD, FOREST, FORREST, FOSTER, FRAILEY, FRAISURE, FRAZIER, FREILY, FUQUA, GADD, GADENHISE, GALBRAITH, GALLANT, GARDNER, GARRISON, GARVIN, GASS, GAULT/GOTT, GENTRY, GIBBONS, GILL, GILMORE, GIPSON, GLASS, GODSEY, GOEN, GOTCHER, GOTT, GRAFTON, GRAHAM, GREAVER, GREELEY, GREER, GRIFFITH, GRIMES, GRIMSLEY, GRUNDY, GUESS, GUINN, HALE, HALL, HAMILTON, HAMMOND, HANKINS, HANNA, HARRIS, HASKEW, HATFIELD, HAWKINS, HEDGOUTH, HENCH, HENDERSON, HENDRIX, HENNINGER, HENRY, HENSON, HICK, HICKS, HIGGANBOTHAM, HILL, HINCH, HIXON, HIXSON, HOGE, HOLDEN, HOLLIDAY, HOLMAN, HOOD, HOODENPYLE, HOOPER, HOPE, HORBECK, HOSKISSON, HOUSTON, HOWARD, HUDSON, HUGHES, HUGHS, HUMBLE, HUMPHREY, HUTCHESON, HYDER, JACKS, JACKSON, JAMES, JENKINS, JEWELLS, JOHNSON, JONES, JULIAN, KAIGER, KARNES, KEEDY, KELCH, KELLEY, KELLY, KELTNER, KENDALL, KERKLIN, KERLEY, KILGORE, KING, KIRBY, KIRK, KIRKLAND, KIRKLEN, KIRKLIN, KRICHBAUM, KUYKENDALL, KYLE, LAMB, LANGLEY, LARKIN, LASATER, LASTER, LAWLER, LAY, LEE, LEIGH, LEWIS, LOCKE, LOONEY, LOVE, LOWDEN, LOWE, LOWERY, LOYD, LUCKER, LUTTRELL, LYNCH, McCAIN, McCALL, McCLANAHAN, McCLELLAN, McCLELLAND, McCLELLEN, McCLUNG, McCOLLOUGH, McCORMICK, McDANIEL, McDONALD, McDONOUGH, McDOWELL, McGREGER, McGREGOR, McIVEN, McKELL, McKENNEY, McKINNEY, McMINN, McNAIR, McREYNOLDS, MALABY, MARSH, MASSENGALE, MASSEY, MASSINGALE, MATHIAS, MATLOCK, MAUZY, MAXWELL, MAYO, MELONEY, MERCER, MERRIMAN, MILLER, MILLICAN, MILLS, MISER, MITCHELL, MITTS, MONTGOMERY, MOORE, MORGAN, MORRIS, MOYERS, MULKEY, MUNSEY, MURPHY, MURRAY, MURRELL, MYERS, NAIL, NARRAMORE, NEWMAN, NICHOLS, NORWOOD, OATS, OGLE, ORMES, OWENS, OWING, OXSHEER/OXIER, OZBORNE, OZBURN, PANKEY, PANTER, PARHAM, PARKER, PARKS, PATTON, PAXTON, PAYNE, PEARCE, PENDERGRASS, PETERS, PHELPS, PICKNELL, PIKE, PITTS, POLK, POLLARD, POORE, POPE, PORTER, PORTMAN, POWELL, PRESTON, PRIGMORE, PRUETT, RAINEY, RAINS, RANDALS, RANDOLPH, RANKIN, RANKINS, RAWLING, RAWLINGS, REAMY, RECTOR, REDD, REED, RENFRO, REYNOLDS, RHEA, RICE, ROBERSON, ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, ROBINETT, ROBINETTE, ROBINSON, ROBNETT, ROGERS, ROLLINS, ROMINES, RONCEVILLE, ROOSEVELT, ROSECRANS, ROSS, ROWAN, RUNION, RUTHERFORD, RUTLEDGE, SAMPSON, SARTAIN, SARTIN, SAWYER, SCARBOROUGH, SCHOOLFIELD, SEGRAVES, SELBY, SEVIER, SHARP, SHELBY, SHELTON, SHEMWELL, SHEPARD, SHEPHERD, SHERLEY, SHERRELL, SHERRILL, SHIRLEY, SHOCKLY, SIGLER, SIMPSON, SIMS, SKILES, SKILLERN, SKILLMAN, SLOAN, SMALLWOOD, SMITH, SNIDER, SPEARS, SPOTWOOD, SPRINGS, SPURIN, STANDEFER, STANDIFER, STARK, STEPHENS, STEPP, STEWARD, STEWART, STONE, STORY, STOUT, STOVALL, STRAW, STRINGFIELD, SUTHERLAND, SUTTON, SWAFFORD, SWIGGINS, TATE, TAYLOR, TEATERS, TEETERS, TELLIS, TERRY, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THURMAN, TILLEY, TIPTON, TOLLETT, TORBETT, TOWNSEND, TROOST, TUCKER, TULLOSS, TUNNELL, TURNER, VAN BUREN, VAUGHN, VAUGHT, VERNON, VICTERY, WAFER, WALKER, WALTON, WARNER, WASHINGTON, WATERHOUSE, WATKINS, WATSON, WHEELER, WHITE, WHITESIDE, WHITESIDES, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WINTIN, WITTEN, WOODS, WORTHINGTON, WRIGHT, WYATT, Mountain Press, Signal Mountain, TN 37377, Beyond the Birth, Marriage and Death Dates, Finding Family History in Federal Records. The county seat is Pikeville. There was a fire at the Bledsoe County courthouse in 1908. Bledsoe County at the Bicentennial 1976: A Short History of Bledsoe County, Tennessee 1807-1976 (Robnett, 1977) Bledsoe County, Tennessee, A Pictorial History (Bledsoe County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1998) [surname index] * Blevins, Jerry. TN Valley Authority. Underwood Floods on TN River & Sequatchie River & tributaries in Marion County, TN. Melear, Nathan D. The clay mineralogy of the Raccoon Mountain formation in its type area, Scratch Ankle Hollow, Marion County, TN. Civil War 1861-1865 tidbits. When Sumner County was created from eastern Davidson County in 1786, Bledsoe served in the first Sumner County Quarterly Court, was first major of the county militia, and became lieutenant colonel commandant in April 1788. BE IT ENACTED, That so soon as the treaty lately made with the Cherokee Indians, shall be ratified by the government of the United States, this act shall take effect and be in force, and until that period the inhabitants therein shall still be attached to, and considered a part of Bledsoe County. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1992. Huntsville, AL, the author, 1988. *, Lewis Shepherd Pope Papers, 1825-1971 (Microfilm Manuscript #1069, 5 reels)*, Tolletts Mills (Bledsoe County, Tenn.) Ledgers, 1839-1879 (Microfilm Manuscript #1650, 1 reel)*, Trustees Revenue Ledger. Research Sec. WebBledsoe County, one of the older counties in East Tennessee, is the oldest county in what is known as Sequatchie Valley. .During Dunmores War Abraham Bledsoe was a member of Captain David Looneys militia company. The services and oversight found in the Secretary of State's office reach every department and agency in state government. SECTION 6. Harris, Euline H. Whitwell scrapbook. Henry Ramsey, 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, )*, United States Census, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, 1920 (Goins, 1994)*, United States Census, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, 1930 (Goins & Hobbs), *WPA Records, Bledsoe County (Record Group #107, Roll 4, 1 reel) Roll includes Deed Books A-D, F-I, L (1807-1826 & 1829-1854), Circuit Court Execution Docket (1810-1824), Circuit Court Minutes (1834-1841), County Court Minute Book 1 (1841-1846), Baptist Church Minutes (1882-1938), Chancery Court Minute Book 2 (1836-1847) and Tombstone Inscriptions (undated). Abraham with brothers, Anthony and Isaac, accompanied Daniel Boone on his "Long Hunts" into Kentucky prior to the Revolutionary War. First families of Bledsoe County, Tennessee Exp. an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. A preliminary management plan for the horseshoe properties forest management demonstration in Marion, Hamilton, & Sequatchie counties, TN. The Bledsoe brothers, Anthony, Abraham and Isaac were tall men of fair complexion and of English origin. Social & Ec. (The Bledsoe Family in America). Farmers Union Telephone Company Directors and Stockholders Book, 1912-1915. Bledsoe County "An Act to establish a new county south west of Bledsoe and south of Warren and Franklin counties.". Removed to Sumner county, Tennessee in 1780. When the militia returned, ColonelJohn Sevier's men defeated the Cherokee atBoyd's Creek and destroyed most of the remaining towns. If you need immediate assistance you may call the reference desk at (615) 741-2764 or visit us in person. SECTION 5. Please save file since the link will expire in 14 days. 2 1911-1925] (Harris, 199?) Sarah Bledsoe (1739). Nashville, TN Dept. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers. Bledsoe Creek State Park is raising money to purchase much-needed supplies for animal ambassadors and to make park improvements. First He was a captain in Colonel William Christian's Cherokee expedition in 1776; the next year he commanded a company to protect the border settlements. Microfilms are loaned to Tennessee libraries. Knoxville, TVA, 1934. var. web page to contact the Library and Archives and verify we have an item in our collection. From 1706 to 1714 he was on the Lancaster County, Virginia tithe list in Christ Church Parish. ordered that Isaac Bledsoes Mark for his Cattle & Hogs which is a Crop on the left ear and a slit in the right ear and an underkeel in the left ear be recorded. Management practices of soybean producers in Marion County, TN: a research summary of a graduate study. After payment is received, you will receive an email from Southern Genealogy Books. We will respond to e-mail requests promptly; response time may vary, depending on the amount of research required to answer your question and the unique nature of your request. SECTION 7. Abraham and Catherine's children may have included: Isaac Bledsoe (1703) BE IT ENACTED, That for the due administration of justice, that the court of pleas and quarter sessions shall be held in and for the county of Bledsoe, on the first Mondays of April, July, October and January; and the justices for said county, shall hold their respective courts at the place that shall be fixed upon by said commissioners, until otherwise provided for by law, and shall have and exercise the power and jurisdiction as are prescribed by and for the courts of the several counties in this state. There was a fire at the Marion County courthouse in 1922. Anthony Bledsoe (1733, married Mary Ramsey), Click here to view the Tennessee State Library and Archives directory listing for the Bledsoe Archives. Whitwell, the author, 1991. Ms Robnett wrote short biographical sketches of more than 70 families found in the ?head? Aaron Russell's Personal Ledger, 1861-1878: Marion County, Tennessee; Dade County, Georgia (Rushing, 1997) [partial name index] BE IT ENACTED, That said county of Marion shall be bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning on the North West mountain, at the fork of Brush creek, where the road leading from Bledsoe county to Warren county crosses the same; thence down the said creek to the mouth; thence up Sequachee [sic] River to the mouth of Prigmor's Powder Mill Creek; thence up the said creek to the top of Walden's Ridge; thence down the top of said ridge, to the bluff on Tennessee River; thence south to the southern boundary line of this state; thence west to the top of the ridge that divides the waters of Crow Creek and Mud Creek; thence up the said ridge to the top of the mountain that divides the waters of Tennessee from Elk River, and the Caney Fork of Cumberland River to the beginning. Thomas and Susannah's son was Loving Bledsoe. Search for Manuscripts Material in our Catalog. Bledsoe County, was named in honor of Abraham Bledsoe and was created out of Roane County by an Act of the Tennessee Legislature on November 30, 1807. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1987. Soil survey, Marion County, TN. The Bledsoe County Public Library is recognized by the Tennessee State Library and Archives as the Bledsoe County Archives and Historical Records Repository. BE IT ENACTED, That a majority of the acting justices of the counties of Rhea and Bledsoe, when in session, shall have power, and are hereby authorized and required, to lay a county tax, not exceeding twelve and one half cents on each hundred acres of land liable to taxation; twelve and one half cents on each white poll; twenty five cents on each black poll; fifty cents on each stud horse, kept for covering mares; said tax to be laid from year to year, until otherwise provided for by law. Family George Bledsoe (1713) Ann Bledsoe (1735) He lived in Northumberland County, Virginia. The following reels are available on interlibrary loan from the Library and Archives: Newspapers were published in Pikeville. Brown, Billy C. Environmental & educational implications of resort park development for Bledsoe & Van Buren counties of southeastern TN. Anyone can donate to vote for their favorite Tennessee State Park in the third annual My TN State Park Fundraiser, according to Bledsoe Creek State Park officials, where each one-dollar 9 pp. History of Bledsoe County, Tennessee - Southern Genealogy Books Posting id: 837126172. Middle Name. Scattered early issues are available from 1886, and a complete run begins in April 1945. MEMPHIS, Tenn. Governor Bill Lee and First Lady Maria Lee are set to give away meal boxes to foster families in Memphis on May 3. TN Dept. Apply for a Bledsoe County Schools Interim Special Education Assistant job in Pikeville, TN. 2 - 5], Ocoee Land District Maps (Douthat, 2013) [name index], Seventh Census of the United States, 1850: Marion County, Tennessee, Free Population Schedules (Carpenter, 1971) [surname index], Teague Cemetery Records Marion County, Tennessee (Judge David Campbell Chapter, NSDAR , 2010) [name index], Tennessee Records of Marion County, 1819-1830 [deeds - 2 vols., 1819-1830] (19?? Was killed by Indians about 300 yards west from this spot on April 9, 1793. Abraham became Constable of Botetourt Co, VA for the Reedy Creek area in 1770. Knoxville, TVA, 1937. PLEASE NOTE that the Tennessee State Library and Archives does not hold copies of all of the items listed in this bibliography. The first European settlement in Orange County, Virginia was in 1714 and the county was officialy formed in 1734 with no western border. In response to these attacks, the militia burned Tuskegee and Citico. Kelly, Martelia C. A history of South Pittsburg, TN: the first one hundred years. UT thesis, 1930. USA (1,373,456) > Tennessee (45,643) > Bledsoe County (365) > Pikeville (123). Families First Thomas, Abraham and Abraham, Jr. were enumerated on the Orange County, Virginia tax list. Div. Driskell, Boyce N. Cultural resource investigations in the Nickajack Reservoir area, Marion County, TN. Pikeville, Bledsoe County High School, 1977. NOTE: Additional records that apply to Pikeville are also found through the Bledsoe County and Tennessee pages. Jackson, D'Lomar Productions, 1974. * Indicates this title may be borrowed on interlibrary loan from the Library and Archives. "An Act to reduce Roane County to constitutional limits, and to form two new and distinct counties south-west of the same.". BE IT ENACTED, That said county of Marion, shall be a part of the district for electing a Governor, representatives to congress, electors to elect a president and vice president of the United States, and members to the General Assembly, to which the county of Bledsoe now belongs, and that elections be held at the place of holding courts in said county, at the time, and in the manner by law directed; and the sheriff or returning officer of said county, shall make return of the polls of said elections, to the sheriff or returning officer of said county shall make return of the polls of said elections, to the sheriff of Bledsoe County, in the town of Pikeville, on the day next succeeding each election, and upon comparing the votes, they shall declare the candidate for the representative of said county of Bledsoe and Marion, who may have the highest number of votes, duly elected, and give certificate accordingly; and it shall be the duty of the sheriff of Bledsoe county, to make the return of votes in said counties of Marion and Bledsoe, for senator of said district, members of Congress, Governor, &c: as heretofore directed by law.

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