Ancestry of
James William Bledsoe

(1863–1943)

Anthony Bledsoe

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of James William Bledsoe — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Abraham Bledsoe 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1733 
  • Birth Location:
  • Orange County, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 20 Jul 1788 
  • Death Location:
  • Bledsoe's Lick, Sumner Co., Tennessee 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Ramsey
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1760 
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  • Child:

  Henry Ramsey Bledsoe (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  • Notes: 

  • Col. Anthony Bledsoe was killed by Indians at Bledsoe's Lick, Sumner County, Tennessee.

• Sources for Anthony Bledsoe

  • ¹ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #90200, Membership application for Wayne Laverne Bledsoe.
  • ² U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #91781, Membership application for Douglas Lawrence Bledsoe.
  • ³ Cisco, Jay Guy, Historic Sumner County, Tennessee: With Genealogies of the Bledsoe, Cage and Douglass Families . . ., Nashville, Tennessee: Folk-Keelin Printing Company (1909, Reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Massachusetts), 103.