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From: "gildent" <>
Subject: Re: [TNDICKSO] Bledsoe
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:55:44 -0600
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Dear Rachel,
WEW! You've hit the motherload if you are searching the Bledsoe
family!!!!!!!! I don't know which ones of them you are searching but they
were so high profile you will be able to easily find info. on several
members! I don't know how far you've gotten in your research or which ones
you are searching,but there is a GREAT book with extensive information on
the family located in the Dover Tennessee Library called "Reynolds Family
Annotated". Anyway Anthony and Isaac Bledsoe built a Fort or Station on the
East side of Nashville, it is located a couple of miles past the Bledsoe
State Park. It is marked with a Tennessee state historical marker at the
road. The fort was to be restored for the Tennessee bicentenial but I
haven't been back since then, when I went there the state was excavating
the road front portion of the property and it was closed. So I only got to
look through the fence. Anyway, here is what this book has on
the brothers Isaac and Anthony Bledsoe (Anthony was actually one of the the
three ppointees by the North Carolina Legislature as commissioners to survey
the area)
ANTHONY BLEDSOE--assee of Alexander Greer obtained a pre emption of 640
acres lying on the waters ob Bledsoe's creek about three miles north of
Bledsoe's lick on a branch called Norrisses Spring branch. Beginning forty
poles wouth of a large spring called Spencers Big Spring and running east
and west north to include said spring and a small field purchased of Thomas
Spencer for quantity.
ANTHONY BLEDSOE--obtained a pre emption of 640 acres of land lying on the
south side of the CUmberland river about 3 miles above Drakes lick and about
1/2 the first big creek beginning 120 poles below a large pond at the edge
of the river bottom running north, then south, then east.
IISAAC BLEDSOE-- assee of Obadiah Terryl obtained a pre emption of 640 acres
of land lying on the North side of the cumberland river on the waters of
Bledsoe's Lick Creek about one mile nearly east of Bledsoe's lick, beginning
at a white oak near the path leading through the Locusts land on the right
hand side of the path running North and South including the lands called
Locust Lands for quantity.
Of course since Anthony was the surveyor and already claimed much property
around the Bledsoe''s fort/station, there are many many references to him
and his lands in the book.
----- Original Message -----
From: Rachel Montuori <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TNDICKSO] "Preemptors" of Rev. War Grants Look ups


> Thanks for the interesting story. I am researching 2 separate families
> of Ragans. The oldest set, I believe came to TN around 1804, but would
> love to know if there were other Ragans already here. Other names I
> would be interested in are Halliburtons, Bledsoe, Blocker and Dozier.
>
> Thank you,
> Rachel Ragan Montuori
>
> gildent wrote:
> >
> > Hello!
> > I've noticed it's been a little slow on the list lately and I thought
I'd
> > take a minute and tell ya'll about a book I've been reading. It
> > is called "The Preemptors, Middle Tennessee's FIrst Settlers"
> > Vol.1,of a series of Early Tennessee Land Records by Irene
> > Griffey. According to the book when North Carolina promised to pay the
Rev.
> > War soldiers in land and in 1782 made most of Middle Tennessee including
> > what is now Dickson County a Miliatary Reservation, the goverment found
that
> > settlers were already living on some of the land before it could be
given in
> > "land grants" to the soldiers. So, the state of North Carolina sent
three
> > men, Anthony Bledsoe, Isaac Shelby and Absalom Tatum
> > to survey the boundaries and to settle up with the current settlers by
> > granting them "pre-emption" certificiates. Each head of family and
single
> > male over the age of 21 and living on the land before JUne of 1780 was
> > entitled to a grant of 640 acres. The author cautions that it may not
even
> > have been the "original" settler on the land, but it was the persons
that
> > the appointed trio found on the land in 1782-3 and determined that
person to
> > be eligable.The second part of the book lists the PAYROLL OF MILITIA
> > OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS ON AN EXPEDITION AGAINST THE CHICAMAUGA INDIANS IN
> > 1787 from what was to be Davidson and Sumner Counties. If any of you are
> > researching HUGH HENRY, I found he was living on Cedar Creek in the book
and
> > was granted 640 acres in 1782!!!!! If any of you have ancestors you have
> > traced back to that time period in this area I will be glad to look it
up
> > and see if they are in the book for you, I don't think that this book is
a
> > complete listing of every person, but it does have 484 listings of
> > preemptors. Well,
> > have a great night everyone!
> > Caroline
> >
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