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Petition for a Grist Mill, 1807

Petition to the Tennessee General Assembly — Ordered

State of Tennessee Roane County 1807

To the honorable Court of Roane County — we your Petitioners humbly Sheweth that a grist mill in Sequacha Valley, Where the old Kiuka Trace of Lower Trace Crosses the Mountain From Tennessee Valley will be of publix utility. We Therefor pray your Worships to grand an order in favor of George Skillern Erecting a mill on Sd. place.

Jesse McKinny
John McKnight
John Anderson
Wm. Christian
Jos. Hoge(?)
Jno. Brown
Jessee Tyree
Jas. Ridle
Elisha Rogers
Jos. Rogers
Gerge Sharpe(?)
Thos. Riddle
Volentine Spring
John Spring
John roberson
Isaac Stephens
George Hatfield
Thomas Yount
Thos Yount
Joseph Myes(?)
Michael Foster(?)
Sam Cowen
Thomas Brown(?)
Ezekiel McCoy
Smith Dunken(?)
James Hail
Thomas Masterson
Thomas Vernon
Elijah Hicks(?)
John Hankins
William Wilson
(Torn)
James Direr(?)
Peter Looney
Daniel Thorp
Martin Laurence
David Oatt
Samuel Lusk
Samuel Simpson
John Portmorn
James Breden
William Roberson
David Rainey
James Moore
Jn(?) Coulter
Stephan Thurman
James Jons
John Shumak
Eli Thurman
Nicholas Spring
Alexr. Coulter
William Long
Robert Gambel
Alexr. Ferguson
John Rusell
James R. Rogers
Joseph _____

Bledsoe Countians in the Civil War

from Elizabeth Parham Robnett’s history of Bledsoe County (with permission)

This list is compiled from various sources and lists men who enlisted from or were living in Bledsoe County at the time the 1890 veteran census was taken. The list is excerpted from Elizabeth Robnett’s History of Bledsoe County. The men listed as members of the Tulloss Rangers are not included here.

Click here to read separate article about the Tulloss Rangers unit.

James Acuff, Thomas Agee, James F. Anderson, William Angel

Edward Baggett, Andrew J. Bedwell, John P. Bennett, G. T. Blankenship, Thomas F. Blaylock Andrew Bowman, Daniel Bowman, Elijah Bowman, Pleasant B. Brewer, William B. Brewer, Michael W. Brock, Joseph Brown, Reuban H. Brown, James A. Bunch, Thomas Burdett, John W. Byerly

Greer Campbell, Washington C. Campbell, Zimriah Card, Goodwin Carlton, Henry Cartwright, James Clark, Henry Close, Wiley M. Colvard, Johnathan Crawford

James M. Davis, William S. Davis, John W. DeBord, Benjamin Duke, William H. Dye

Thomas Edmondson, Alexander Evans, William Evitt

Charles Ferguson, James Ferguson, Daniel Foley, Ephraim Foster, John W. Francis, Nicholas P. Frazier, Bird Freeman, James. W. Freeman

James Gentry, Jesse Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, Daniel Graham, John B. Graham, William Graham, William R. Graham, Henry Clay Greer, Charles Gross

Issac Hale, James Hale, Joseph Hankins, Thomas Hale, John B. Haley, James C. Harvey, Benjamin F. Harwood, James C. Heard, Joel B. Hembree, James W. Hendon, Bird Henderson, Jasper Henderson, Robert Henderson, James F. Henry, Marion Hixson, James M. Hixson, John B. Hixson, Josiah Hixson, Newton Hixson, George W. Hixson, William A. Hixson, William Carol Hixson, James L. Hoge, Lemuel Hoge, Preston Hoge, William H. Holland, David Holland, William B. Houston, James L. Hutcheson, J W Hyder

Hezekiah James, Daniel Johnson, William Johnson, William A. Jordan, Jacob Keedy, William Keedy, James J. Kelly, William H. Kimber, Abram T. King, LaFayette Kirby, Frank M. Knight

James Lawson, Jesse Lawson , John W. Lawson, Tyne Lawson, Benjamin F. Lee, Benjamin F. Lloyd

Samuel W. Manning, Lee Mathis, Jesse W. McDowell, Jessee J. McDowell, T. A. McCully, George McDaniel, Green McDaniel, John McDaniel, William McDaniel, Daniel McWilliams, Peter Mercer, Calvin Milican, Samuel Miller, John Mitts, Calvin Mooneyham, Owen Mooneyham, Thomas C. Morgan, Z. M. Morris

R. M. Narramore, Andrew J. Northrup

Daniel Olinger

Aaron Parker, James Parham, John A. Patton, Andrew Payne, Alfred Pemberton, John Pierce, Isaac Pollard, John T. Pope, William R. Pope, James Putnam

Michael Real, Charles Real, Peter Real, James L. Rigsby, John Rigsby, Daniel Rollins, H. C. Roberson, James Roberson, William J. Rains, John Rogers, James A. Ross, John Russell

Felix Scales, James Seals Jr., Jesse Segraves, Adam J. Shoemaker, J.W. Sharp, Andrew Simmons, John Simmons, James Simmons, Monroe Simmons, William T. Simmons, James L. Stephens, Isaac George Stephens, Ephraim Skiles, George Skiles, John Skiles, James T. Slater, Isaac N. Smith, John Smith, McKinley Smith, Benjamin Smith, Sam M. Smith, Thomas Smith, Andrew Soloman, Ely Southerland, A. J. Standefer, Perry Stepp, John Stewart, Robert Stewart, John S. Stinnet, Patrick Stone, Thomas Sutherland, Alfred K. Swafford, John B. Swafford, John Swafford, John L. Swafford, James Swafford, John P. Swafford, Sam Swafford, Lt. Sam Swafford, William Swafford, William B. Swafford, George Sweat

James Tandy, John J. Teeters, Charles Thurman, Isaac N. Thurman, William A. Thurman, John B. Turner, Soloman Turner, Van Thurman

David H. Walker, Howard Walker, Stephen Walker, Johnathan Ward, John G. Werner, William Ziegler

Tulloss Rangers — July, 1861

The Athens Post – 12 July 1861

This company, John M. Bridgeman, Captain, reached Camp Cummings, Knoxville, on Friday. Sequatchie Valley has the honor of furnishing the finest Cavalry Company that has yet entered the service. We have the pleasure of an acquaintance with most of the officers and members, and will go bail that if they are put at the right place they will not be long in giving the enemy a taste of their capacity. The name, “Tulloss Rangers,” is in compliment of Col James A. Tulloss, of Pikeville, for his liberal aid in money and other respects in behalf of the Company. The Company is handsomely uniformed, at an expense of some fifteen hundred dollars, contributed by a few patriotic citizens of Bledsoe. Below is a list of the officers and privates.

Muster Roll of Tulloss Rangers

Officers

J Bridgeman Captain
James Walker 1st Lieutenant
A R Couk 2nd Lieutenant
James M Farley 3rd Lieutenant
Wm A Smith 1st Sergeant
R B Hutcheson 2nd Sergeant
J M Cunningham 4th Sergeant
L T Billingsley 1st Corporal
John R Roberson 2nd Corporal
James J Dyer 3rd Corporal
Richard R Gist 4th Corporal
Anthony Griffith 1st Bugler
Geo W Taylor 2nd Bugler
John P Ketts Blacksmith

Privates

Abott J M
Acuff Jasper S
Beaveret Virgil A
Berger Franklin
Brown David S
Brown Reuben
Campbell G B
Carnes S E
Davis Timothy
Deatheridge H C
Douglas W J
Durham O P
Epperson Geo N
Finley Geo H
Ford C A
Frazier John C
Freeman James N
Gentry J K
Gentry S B
Gillespie Geo L
Greer James L
Hatfield M B
Hawkins Thomas J
Hickenbotton Wm
Hinch Thomas H
Hutcheson Wm F
Jones John
Kerrick John W
Knight Leroy
Lamb James Houston
Lewis Charles L
Loyd Thomas
McCulley Wm
McDonald George
McDonough J M
Nail James B
Panter Sampson B
Pope Lavander W
Rankin James
Rankin Reuben
Reid S A
Roberson Adam
Roberson John R
Roberson S J
Rodgers G W (sick)
Scott James
Sherrell Andrew
Sherrell Thomas
Simmons W L
Sloan Dr. R A
Standefer Luke L
Standefer Wm L
Swafford Alfred Jr.
Swafford M P
Swafford T A
Thomas Isaac N
White James
Worthington J C
Worthington J. Frank
Worthington James
Worthington Sam P
Worthington W J
Worthington William

 

Bibliographic data:  Vol. 13, No. 663

Biography of Dr. Winton Lee Thompson

Source: Tennessee – The Volunteer State 1769-1923, Vol. II, page 290
S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.

DR. WINTON LEE THOMPSON, member of the dental profession in Chattanooga, was born in Pikeville, Tennessee, in 1890, his parents being William S. and Musa (Gilbert) Thompson. His father and his grandfather were born on the same place and engaged in farming there, the great-grandfather having taken up his abode on the old family homestead in pioneer times. The Gilberts were also among the earliest settlers of Tennessee, living at Spencer, where representatives of the name followed farming and merchandising. Winton Lee Thompson was a pupil in the schools of his native city and afterward attended Peoples College before entering the Ohio College of Dental Surgery at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated with the D.D.S. degree in 1912. He then located for practice in that city, where he remained for seven years. Returning to Tennessee, he remained for a brief period at Pikeville, but in 1919 he came to Chattanooga, where he has become established in his chosen profession.

On the 21st of March, 1915, at Pikeville, Dr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Cora Ruth Tollett, a daughter of William Tollett, a prosperous and popular farmer and one of the old-time residents of Pikeville, the family having settled there as pioneers. Dr. and Mrs. Thompson have one child, Winton Lee, Jr. In his political views Dr. Thompson is an independent republican and while at Pikeville filled the views Dr. Thompson is an independent republican and while at Pikeville filled the office of recorder. He belongs to the Dental Society of Ohio and fraternally he is a Mason, who has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and belongs to the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of York Rite. Something of the nature of his recreation and diversion is indicated in the fact that he is a member of the Wright’s Mineral Springs Fishing Club.


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Obituary of Ambros Frank Goforth

Notes:  The deceased man’s name was transcribed as AmbroS by the submitter.  We have not attempted to determine if this is correct. Date and publication source not included; about 1950 based on info in the transcription.

Former Sheriff of Bledsoe passes Interment was made Thursday in the Blankenship cemetery in Bledsoe County of the remains of A. F. (AMBROS FRANK) GOFORTH, former sheriff of Pikeville for three terms, and was a law enforcement officer of the county for sixteen years. In recent years he was engaged in saw milling in Bledsoe County. Services were previously held by Rev. Combs and Thad Osborne. He is survived by three sons and two daughters.

(Note: AMBROS FRANK GOFORTH was born March 14, 1882 and died May 10, 1950. He was the son of JOHN F. and RACHEL DILL GOFORTH. His wife who preceded him in death was MAGGIE BLANKENSHIP, the daughter of GILFORD GILES and NANCY MARTIN BLANKENSHIP.) Source for kinship was from Our People, by Margret Rhinehart.


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Obituaries of Gilford Giles Blankenship and Son, A. B.

Obituary of Gilford Giles Blankenship

Source:  The Bledsonian (date not included; about 1906 based on info in the item)

Well Known Citizen Dies Wednesday
G. G. (Gilford Giles) Blankenship dies at the age of 86
by Bledsonian Reporter

Friends and relatives are deeply grieved over the death of Mr. G. G. (Gilford Giles) Blankenship, which came Wednesday night after several months illness. Mr. Blankenship was a native of Halifax County, VA and was born in the year 1840. At the age of six he came with his parents to White County, TN. In 1870 he moved to Bledsoe County and with the exception of two years spent in Rhea County the remainder of his life was lived in Bledsoe.

He was converted at an early age and was a member of the Baptist Church. He was a soldier in the Civil War. Soon after the close of the war he married Miss Nancy Martin of White County to which this union was born eight children, the eldest of which proceeded him in to the grave. In 1884 his wife died and in 1887 he married Miss Mary Miller of Cumberland County. His second wife died in 1903. In 1904 he married Miss Sarah Poore, who survives him.

He often said while on his bed of affliction that he would be glad when the Lord called him home out of his suffering. He was laid to rest in the family cemetery at his old home near Sampson. Rev. S. D. Simmons conducted the funeral services.

His is survived by his widow and seven children as follows: J. D. (James) Blankenship, Miama, Florida; A. B. (Abner) Blankenship, Tiwah, OK; W. H. (William) Blankenship, Mrs. J. M. (Elizabeth/Bettie) Deweese, Mrs. Fannie Evans and Mrs. Austin (Nancy Jane) Simmons of Route 3, and Mrs. A. F. (Maggie Bell) Goforth of Pikeville. He is also survived by thirty grand children and twenty great-grandchildren.

Obituary of A. B. Blankenship

[Note there is a discrepancy in this man’s name as transcribed by Ms. Cochran.  We have not attempted to correct her text.]

A. B. (ABSOLAM BENNETT) BLANKENSHIP died in a Veterans Hospital at Muskogee, Oklahoma, on October 27 at the age of 80 years and 7 months. He was born in Bledsoe County, March 26, 1873. He is survived by his wife, one brother, WILL (WILLIAM HALE B’SHIP) , and two sisters, MRS. FANNY EVANS and MRS. BETTY DEWEESE. Funeral services were held at Plain View Baptist Church with Rev. VIVIAN ANGEL officiating. Burial was in Blankenship Cemetery with Putnam
Funeral Home in charge.

(Note: AB/ABNER was the son of GILFORD G. and NANCY MARTIN BLANKENSHIP. He died October 27, 1953. He resided in Muldrow, OK at the time of his death.


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Tennessee Family Bible Records Project

The Tennessee State Library and Archives collected photostats and photocopies or original family Bible records from across Tennessee for many years.  Hundreds of family Bible records are held by the Library and Archives. These records, where families recorded their own genealogy, were passed down from generation to generation. The bulk of the records in this collection date between the late 18th and early 20th century. Those researchers locating a name in this particular index will be able to view scanned copies of the family Bible record on the Library and Archives web site.

Click here to search the Index of Family Bible Records at the TSLA Web site.

 

Bledsoe County References in Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

Original Tennessee Supreme Court case files located in Tennessee State Library and Archives represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research.  Dockets, filed pleadings, exhibits, and testimony often contain details not otherwise available.

Click here to view a list of 210 case summaries that refer to Bledsoe County.

Bledsoe County in Acts of Tennessee General Assembly, 1796-1850

Acts of TN 1796-1850 is an index to the names that appear in the early legislation of Tennessee. When a bill is passed by the Tennessee General Assembly and signed by the governor, the final version of the bill appears in the publication Acts of Tennessee. This index lists over 22,500 names that have appeared in the public acts and private acts between 1796 and 1850.

This index was compiled by the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Click here to view search results for the term “Bledsoe County.”

1950 U. S. Census

1950 Census Enumeration Districts Map

Bledsoe County 1950 Enumeration Districts — Click the map to view the full-sized version at TGS (warning: 10MB)

The 1950 U. S. Census is scheduled for public release on April 1, 2022. 

Until an every-name index is available (underway at FamilySearch.org), researchers will have to browse census returns by Enumeration District.

To prepare for your success, we suggest the following resources.

1950 Census Articles posted at the History Hub Blog (National Archives) — click here to browse the list

Enumerator’s Reference Manualclick here to read or download free from Google Books

Tennessee County Enumeration District Maps — click here to select from the list provided by TGS

These maps were drawn on 1939 State Highway Department maps, which are themselves worthwhile to researchers.

Tennessee Genealogical Society’s 1950 Census Resources — click here to view the options

Of particular interest, see the link to Enumerator Training Films uploaded to YouTube.

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