George BLEDSOE
DOCUMENTATION: Will.
Bledsoe History/Bruce Templeton & Banks McLarin
"Cavaliers & Pioneers" pg 263 lists George as a 'headright' of Col. Hugh Gwin on
Dec 6, 1652
Reported to be well educated & a large landowner.
Sons Abraham & William are responsilbe for the Bledsoe Descendants as the other
sons did not marry.
DOCUMENTATION: Name listed as Ball in Colonial Dames records.
DOCUMENTATION: Listed by Bank McLarin & Robert Templeton
DOCUMENTATION: Could not read or write. Known at the "Long Hunter of Kentucky".
Went across the Cumberland Gap with Daniel Boone.
Will dated Mar 15 1753 -- Probated May 29 1753
DOCUMENTATION: Moved with Abraham in 1720 & formed Spotsylvania Co. VA
Sheriff of Spotsylvania Co. Virginia. -- appointed Jul 9,1722 for a 2 year term.
Captain in the Colonial Militia in 1729.
Moved to Orange Co. VA in 1734.
Moved to Culpepper Co. VA 1748
Will dated Dec 27, 1769.
Virginia Hx, Banks McLarin & Bledsoe Hx.
EMPLOYMENT: Planter
DOCUMENTATION: Brought to court often with cousins Charles & Andrew Dameron for Failure to
Attend Church.
1. 5-19-1714
2. 8-2-1718
3. 8-21-1718 with his brother Thomas
Court order to sell property of John Bledsoe, Deceased
Nov 28, 1728. Order Book #6 1720-1729 Page 317.
Listed by Robert Tempelton & Banks McLarin
Never Married.
DOCUMENTATION: Listed by Banks McLarin & Robert Templeton.
DOCUMENTATION: LIsted by Robert Tempelton and Banks McLarin
He married Anne Jennings at Virginia . Anne Jennings was born at 1635 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Sarah Bledsoe
born 1671.
Abraham Bledsoe
born 1673.
William Bledsoe
born Abt 1677.
John Bledsoe
born 1681.
George Bledsoe
born 1683.
Thomas Bledsoe
born 1697.
George Bledsoe died 15 Aug 1705 at Northumberland, Virginia .
Anne Jennings died 13 Feb 1706/07 at Northumberland, Virginia .