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submitted by Jim Standifer (before 2015)

The following marriages were conducted Bledsoe County. Thomas Alexander Standifer is my grandfather, William Carroll Standifer is my great-grandfather, and Skelton Carroll Standifer is my great-great-grandfather. These dates are recorded in family records.

Thomas Alexander Standifer (26 Sep 1865 – 30 Jun 1931), son of William Carroll Standifer of Bledsoe County, married Sarah “Sally” Elizabeth Hitchcock (24 Jul 1870 – 17 Dec 1958), daughter of Loranzie Dow Hitchcock and Frances Ray York Hitchcock of Van Buren County on 2 October 1887 with James Hale officiating. James Hale owned property adjacent to the Skelton Carroll Standifer (father of William Carroll Standifer) and was pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. The Skelton Carroll Standifer farm was on the Sequatchie River just north of the Sequatchie County line.

William Carroll Standifer (14 Jan 1846 – 22 August 1921) married Elvy Jane Austin (17 Nov 1847 – 9 Feb 1892) in 1867. She was the daughter of James and Susan Minton Austin of Bledsoe County. After Elvy’s death, William married Nancy Moffitt (1831-1931) on 12 Jul 1892. (Thomas Alexander was born before William was married. His mother was Elizabeth Epperson Jones.)

Skelton Carroll Standifer (12 Apr 1815 – 1903) married Nancy King (1813- 1899), daughter of Richard King, on 14 March 1830. (Skelton and Nancy raised their grandson, Thomas Alexander Standifer. They also had a son names Thomas Alexander Standifer who was born in 1851).

Skelton Carroll Standifer was the son of Congressman James Israel Standifer and Martha “Patsy” Standifer from Bledsoe County. (They were married in Knox County on 2 Feb 1801.)

This submission is courtesy of Ed Dunn, who while searching the National Archives for the Revolutionary War record of his ancestor, Charles PRIESTLY, happened upon the following NARRAMORE records and has graciously shared them (before 2015).

Affidavit of John Narramore

State of Tennessee, Bledsoe County. This day personally appeared John Narramore aged seventy seven before me Peter D. Wilson a Justice of the peace for sd County an being sworn saith on oath that in 1786, 1787, 1788 I lived a near neighbor to a certain Charles Priestly in South Carolina in now Carshaw district near Camden in the above years and this same Widow Presley now in Bledsoe County is the same Woman that then lived with said Charles Presley then said to his wife Sworn to Before me this 22 day of March 1839

Signed John Narramore and Peter D. Wilson, acting Justice of the Peace for said County

Narramore Family Records

[pages appear to be from a Family Bible, signed on top by Peter D. Wilson, JP]

Births

John Narramore Senr was born January the 22 in the year of our Lord 1762
Mary Narramore Senr his wife was born in the year of our Lord May the 14 1761
Nancy Narramore Senior his wife was born in the year of our Lord august the 18 1775
These are the sons & Daughters of John & Mary & Nancy Narramore his Wives
Sarah Narramore was born in the year of our Lord August the 22 1781
Fradrach Narramore was born in the year of our Lord February the 23 1784
John Narramore Junr was born in the year of our Lord July the 21 1787
Martha Narramore was born in the year of our Lord October the 4 1789
Mary Narramore was born in the year of our Lord June the 2 1792
Nancy Narramore was born in the year of our Lord Jny the 31 day 1796

Marriages

John Narramore Senr was married to his wife Mary July the 25 day in the yeare of our Lord 1780
John Narramore Senr was married to his wife Nancy in the year of our Lord October the 16 day 1803
Fradrach Narramore was married [to his] wife Gane …[illegible]… day of November in the year of our Lord 1805
Nancy Narramore was married to her husband Jesse …[illegible]… February the 6 day 1812
[next entry completely illegible, faded]
Calvin W. Narramore was married to his wife Nancy April the 2 day in the year of our Lord 1826
Calvin W. Narramore started to Alesua[?] the 15 day of January 1830
Lucia K. Narramore was maried to her husband George F. Smithe May the 1 day 1831
Sopha[?] [illegible] Narramore was married to her husband …[illegible]… the 11 day of October 1831[or 4]

submitted by Connie Lehman (before 2015)

Isaac Easterly Hoge, Born May 3, 1877, Bledsoe County, TN, Died January 27, 1941 and buried Bledsoe County, Tennessee (Swaffords Chapel Cemetary)

Married Sara (Sallie) Greer, July 02, 1873, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Died July 28, 1955, Hamilton County, Tennessee (Ooltewah) (Swaffords Chapel Cemetery)

This couple (my great-grandparents) were married December 30, 1899, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and children are as follows:

Born	Died
1)  Lillis Rowena Hoge-Female	December 07, 1902
2) Anice Hoge-Female	September 03, 1905
3)  Bernice Hoge-Female	November 10, 1907
4)  Rachel Hoge-Female	September 06, 1910
5) Preston Alexander Hoge-Male-June 22, 1912	February 06, 1993

All children were born at home at the old Ross Lee place/Bledsoe County/Melvin Community.

submitted by S. Smith (before 2015)

Bedford B. Smith was the son of Thomas and Mildred (Atkins) SMITH. They had 12 children. Bedford was born 8/19/1808 in NC and died 9/9/1873 in Franklin Co., IL. He lived in Bledsoe Co. until about 1860. Information from Noel Smith states that Bedford B. Smith received Tenessee Land Grant No. 2249, 100 acres, on 18 September 1828. It was on Cumberland Mountain and on the headwaters of Daddy’s Creek. Daddy’s Creek is a branch of Emery’s River in the north part of Bledsoe County.

This Bible was handed down through a granddaughter of Bedford B. Smith, and daughter of Daniel Smith, Mrs. Hazel (Smith) McKenny, to her grandson Baxter B. Fite III, 2130 N. North Street, Peoria, Illinois 61604. Baxter has provided a photocopy of those pages containing family data. Sheila Smith Cadwalader, a great-great granddaughter of Jasper Smith, son of Bedford B. Smith, provided the typed transcription as shown below; that typed version includes the grammar and spelling as shown in the Bible. The layout as shown in this appendix varies in places from the original for purpose of display and conserving space.

Family Record

MARRIAGES

B B Smith & Elizabeth Teeter was married July the 23rd 1829-

James Smith & Sarah Ann Glenn was married Oct. the 29th 1851-

Addaline Smith & Wm Whittenburg was married July the 29th 1852-

Mary Smith & Peter Whittenburg was married Jan. the 27th 1853-

Thomas Smith & Martha Whittenburg was married July the 12th 1854-

William Smith & Marian Callahan was married March the 27th 1859-

Eliza Smith & Wm M Simmons was married April the 20th 1862-

Jasper Smith & Elender Haris was married November the 6th 1865-

Samuel Smith & Marthy J Ward was married the 1st of Aprile 1870-

Jacob Smith & Sarah E. Canada was married July the 29th 1864-

Daniel Smith & Parthny Love was married Dec the 28th 1871-

Bedford Smith & Carmelia Hargrove was married May the 7th 1874-

 

BIRTHS

Thomas Smith was Father of B. B. Smith was born Aprile the 25th 1779-

Mildred Smith Mother of B. B. Smith was born January the 23rd 1788-

B. B. Smith was born August the 19th 1808-

Elizabeth Smith was born Nov the 8th 1807-

Addaline Smith was born July the 7th 1830-

James Smith was born Sept the 22nd 1831-

Mary Smith was born May the 18th 1833-

Thomas Smith was born Oct. the 8th 1834-

William Smith was born July the 29th 1836-

Eliza Smith was born March 26th 1838-

John Smith was born Jan the 31st 1840-

Samuel Smith was born Sept the 17th 1841-

Marion Smith was born Dec the 13th 1843-

Jasper Smith was born April the 25th 1846-

Jacob Smith was born June the 5th 1849-

Bedford Smith was born Aprile the 13th 1851-

Daniel Smith was born Nov the 16th 1853-

 

DEATHS

John Smith Decd Aug. the 27th 1840

Mary Whittenburg Decd Aprile the 3rd 1858–

Marion Smith Decd Sept the 28th 1864

B. B. Smith died Sept the 9th 1873

Elizabeth Smith Decd Feb the 17th 1874

Samuel Smith Deceased January 25 1874

Thomas Smith was decd Jan 1st 1873

Eliza Simmons died Mar (?)

Thomas Smith Father of B. B. Smith Decd Nov the 5th 1850

Mildred Smith Mother of B. B. Decd August the 4th 1869

Parthina Smith Died June 5th 1890

Jasper Smith died June 2 1900

Jacob Smith died June the 3 1901

Ema Sumerss died June 8-1925

Dan Smith died Feb 16- 1931 ,p. Bedford Smith

Daniel Smith was Born Nov the 16 1853

Parthina Smith was born May 23 1853

Orphus T. Smith was born Sept 25 1872

Isabel Smith was bory July 1st 1875

Myrtle E. Smith was born Dec. 12 1877

J. M. Smith was Born June 5 1881

Wm B Smith was born Feb 26 1884

Daniel Smith was Born Nov the 16 1853

Parthina Smith was born May 23 1853

Orphus T. Smith was born Sept 25 1872

Isabel Smith was born July 1st 1875

Myrtle E. Smith was born Dec. 12 1877

Submitted by Bob [surname unidentified] (before 2015)

My g-g-grandfather, Elijah Vick came to Bledsoe County, Tn. in 1815. He and his wife Lucy Gay Vick were from Edgecombe County, NC. Elijah is mistakenly listed on the 1815 Tax List of Bledsoe as Elijah Wick. He is also listed in the 1830 census of Bledsoe County. In 1816 Lucy Gay Vick inherited some land in NC. from her father, Henry Gay, and Elijah and Lucy returned to Edgecombe County, NC., sold Lucy’s land to her sister and brother-in-law, the Mercers, and returned to Bledsoe. They lived somewhere near Robeson’s Crossroads between Pikeville and Dunlap on what is now U. S. highway 127.

Elijah and Lucy had five children, 1 boy and two girls were born in Bledsoe and 1 boy and 1 girl was born in NC. The only name of any of these children I have been able to find is that of my g-grandfather, Robert Vick [ 6 ]. He was born in NC, in 1810 but, after 1815 he lived the rest of his life in Bledsoe and Knox County, Tn. He married Minerva Nelson, I believe in Bledsoe, He is listed in all the censuses of Bledsoe from 1840 through 1870. In the 1860 census he is listed as mulatto. I don’t know whether this means he was part Indian or black. I know his grand father, Robert [ 4 ] of Greene County, NC. owned slaves and property in Edgecombe, Pitt and Glasgow Counties in NC.

Robert [ 6] had twelve children in Bledsoe:

Martha, b. ca. 1835, d. before 1850, I assume she is buried in Bledsoe but I have not been able to confirm any to the Vick deaths in Bledsoe.

Emeline, b 1837, she was living in Bledsoe in 1870, but I have some information she died and was buried in South Pittsburg, Tn.

John, b. 1839 in Bledsoe, d. before 1860 in Bledsoe,

James, b. April 1841, married Sarah Hickey in Knox County on April 5, 1865 when he returned from the Civil War. He fought on the Union side.

Edley, b. 1843, d. as a Union soldier in Flat Lick, Ky. hospital on April 23, 1862, he did not die of combat wounds, he died of measles,

Mary, b. 1846 in Bledsoe, d. after 1870, she never married, I assume she died and was buried in Bledsoe,

Rufus, my grandfather, b. 1848, he died on August 6, 1920 in Nashville, he married Susan Willis of Jackson County, Ala. on June 5, 1873, she died in Nashville on March 27, 1934, Ashley, b. ca. 1849, I have some information that he died in Jackson County, Ala. but I have not been able to confirm this or the date, I have some data that he was a blacksmith.

Virginia, b. ca. 1849-50, she was living in 1898, but I do not have any record of her marriage or death,

Robert Emmitt, b. July 26, 1858 in Bledsoe, married Elizabeth Childress of Washington County, Tn. on December 19, 1888, they lived in Tn., Tx., Ala, and they lived and died in Knox County, Tn.

Alex, b. 1858 in Bledsoe died in childhood, I assume in Bledsoe,

Asbury, b. August 1860, married Sarah ?, d. I believe in Birmingham, Ala., but I have not been able to confirm this, he was also a blacksmith.

Emmitt worked for the old Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad in South Pittsburg. He was a member and an officer of the Odd Fellows Lodge. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Knox County. Rufus worked for the old Nashville Tellico and Charleston Railroad shop in Nashville as a carpenter. He owned property in Nashville. James was what I would consider a hero in the Civil War. He fought in several battles the Battle of Rogersville, Tn.

Submitted by Jodie H. Benson (before 2015)

William B. Haskew, b: May 12,1812 Knox County Tennessee, died: March 07,1882 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tenn. Married: June 17,1831 Blount County,Tennessee.Telithia Gourley, b: November 25, 1809, Buncambe County, North Carolina. died: January, 1895 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tenn. 9 Children born to William B. and Telithia Haskew.

Joseph Birdwell Haskew b.March 26,1831 Pikeville, Bledsoe County Tenn. died: June 14, 1864, Florida, In the Civil War. Married: Febuary 23, 1854

Mary Rebecca Roberson b: April 24,1834 Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tenn. died: January 31,1903 Dickens County, Texas

Daughter of James Roberson b: November 11,1784 Virginia died: July 31, 1852, Bledsoe County, Tenn. He had married: July 12, 1828 Sarah Hutcheson b: July 09, 1803 at Grainger County Tenn. Died: August 24, 1876 Bledsoe County, Tenn.

She was daughter of Oliver Perry Hutcheson.

James Roberson son of William Roberson b: November 07, 1759 Belford County, Virginia. Died: January 20,1816, Bledsoe County, Tenn. Married: in Virginia to Rhoda Sartain b: 1766 Virginia, Died:1837 Bledsoe County, Tenn.

William Roberson was the son of

James Roberson b: 1737, Virginia , Died: January 03, 1828, Bledsoe County Tenn. Married: 1756, Mary Fuqua b: 1740 Virginia, died: Bledsoe County, Tenn.

Her parents were Ralph and Prisculla Owens Fuqua of Henrico County, Virginia