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About Rev. Joseph Bledsoe
Rev. Joseph Milton Bledsoe
A Patriot of the American Revolution for Virginia.
DAR Ancestor #: A011222
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176048853/joseph_milton_bledsoe
Bledsoe provided assistance to the Revolution. His service is entered through the state of Virginia. Listed as a large landholder in Kentucky, he was a minister, moving to Kentucky with the Millers and he helped establish the "Traveling Church." He is named in his father's will (Captain William Bledsoe)as having been provided for other than through an inheritance, and received one shilling. The Daughters of the American Revolution lists his place of death as Rock Creek Bottom, Kentucky. He is said to have been buried in one of the orchards on his farm which was left to his son, Elijah Bledsoe, in Cumberland County, Kentucky.
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Mentioned in his fathers Will dated December 27th 1769,
I bequeath to my son Joseph Bledsoe one shilling he having formerly received a proportional part of my estate.
Mentioned in John Taylor's writings.
Notes
Jane Hord married William Miller, and had issue Elizabeth Miller, who married the Rev. Joseph Milton Bledsoe. Their daughter Jane Bledsoe married Major Walker Baylor of the Revolutionary Army.
References
- The Hord Family of Virginia, by Reverend Arnold Harris Hord, published 1915, pp.49-50. < GoogleBooks >
- https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I5534...
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Miller-3262
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Rev. Joseph Bledsoe's Timeline
| 1732 |
1732
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Orange County, Province of Virginia
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| 1761 |
April 13, 1761
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Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States
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| 1764 |
1764
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Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
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| 1766 |
October 12, 1766
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Spotsylvania County, Province of Virginia
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| 1768 |
July 15, 1768
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Cumberland, Harlan County, Kentucky, United States
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| 1769 |
October 9, 1769
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Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States
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October 9, 1769
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Culpeper County, Province of Virginia
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1770
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Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
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| 1771 |
October 10, 1771
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Spotsylvania County, Province of Virginia
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