Hillsman Bledsoe

1846 - 1910  (64 years)

• Name	Hillsman Bledsoe
  Birth	11 Mar 1846	Bedford Co., TN
  Gender	Male
  _UID	0480DAF2EC0FD511B568BD47275DDA4EFE9C
  Burial	May 1910	Hickory Hill Cemetery, Chestnut Ridge, Lincoln Co., TN
  Death	11 May 1910	Chestnut Ridge, Lincoln Co., TN
  Person ID	I1027	sorrells
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2002

  
  

  Father	John Wiseman Bledsoe,   b. 10 Jan 1825, Orange Co., NC d. 5 May 1877, Bedford Co., TN (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Susan Ann Campbell,   b. Abt 1805   d. 20 Aug 1850, Bedford Co., TN (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1844	Bedford Co., TN
  Family ID	F614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Ruth Freeman,   b. 8 Mar 1846, Lincoln Co, TN d. 19 May 1898, Elkmont, Limestone Co., AL (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	29 Aug 1867	Lincoln Co, TN
  Children	1. Mary E. Bledsoe,   b. Abt 1868   d. Bef 1904 (Age < 35 years)   2. Linnea Jane Bledsoe,   b. 31 Mar 1874, Lincoln Co., TN d. 30 Jun 1915 (Age 41 years)   3. John Preston Bledsoe,   b. Abt 1880   4. Dorah Eugenia Bledsoe,   b. 5 Feb 1884, Giles Co., TN d. 11 Sep 1937, Petersburg, Lincoln Co., TN (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Living
  Family ID	F615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Hillsman Bledsoe was a Private in C Company, 4th Regiment TN Mounted Infantry for the Union Army in the Civil War. He was 18 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches tall, had fair complexion, blue eyes and light hair at the time he enlisted on 20 Sep 1864 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN. He was mustered out at Nashville, TN on 25 Aug 1865. He listed his occupation as farmer before his military service. "He moved to Lincoln Co., TN in 1867, to Giles Co, TN in 1879, to Pettusville, AL in 1889, to Farmer's Branch, TX in 1892, to Chestnut Ridge, TN in 1896." He listed his occupation as wood workman in 1904. This information taken from his Civil War Pension records. Bedford County, TN Court Minutes Book, page 323: Thursday, 8 Feb 1859 This day, Hillsman Bledsoe appeared in open court and was appointed guardian of Preston L. and Hillsman Bledsoe and as such entered into bond in the sum of $100 with J.M. Neely as his security-which bond being duly acknowledged in open court and was by this court approved and ordered to be recorded. It is further said that Hillsman Bledsoe pay the cost of this cause for which executed and issued.