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59. James Bedwell5 was born about 1771 in Kent County,
Delaware, or North Carolina.75
He died of palsey on 12 Dec 1856 in Grayson County, Virginia.75,76 He had
his estate probated on 2 Jan 1859 in Grayson County, Virginia.49 He was a Minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church.77
• Probably the James Bedwell referred to as an "influential minister
in the Upper New River Valley."
• 1800 Grayson County, Virginia tax list shows James Bedwell, constable,
with no males over 21 and three horses.
• 1805 Grayson County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List shows James Bedwell
with one white male 16+, two horses, and 24 cents tax.
• 1810 Census for Brooke, Virginia shows a James Bedwell as head of household
containing: two males under 10, one male 10-16, one male 26-45, on female under
10, and one female of 26-45. No persons are engaged in agriculture and one person
is engaged in manufacturing.
• 1810 Grayson County, Virginia tax list shows James Bedwell with one white
titheable and three horses.
• 1813 Grayson County, Virginia tax list shows James Bedwell with one tithe,
four horses, and 64 cents tax.
• 1817 Grayson County, Virginia tax list shows James Bedwell with two white
males of 16+, two horses, and 36 cents tax.
• 1820 Census for Grayson County, Virginia shows James Bedwell as head of
household containing: two males under 10; two males between 10-16; one male of
45+; three females under 10; three females between 10-16; one female between
16-26; and one female between 26-45. They do not own slaves.
• 1824 Grayson County, Virginia tax list shows James Bedwell with one white
tithe, two horses, and 24 cents tax.
• 1825 Grayson County, Virginia tax list shows James Bedwell with one white
tithe, three horses, and 36 cents tax.
• 1828 Grayson County, Virginia tax list shows James Bedwell with one white
tithe, three horses, and 36 cents tax.
• 1830 Census for Grayson County, Virginia shows James Bedwell as head of
household that contained: two males between 10-15; one male between 50-60; two
females between 10-15; one female between 15-20; and one female between 40-50.
They do not own slaves.
• 1835 Grayson County, Virginia tax list shows James Bedwell with two white
tithes, four horses, and 24 cents tax.
• 1850 Census for Grayson County, Virginia shows James Bedwell Sr., 76,
a farmer born in N.C. who owns $42 real estate, as head of household with: Charlotte
Bedwell, 3; and Caroline Bedwell, 9. James' son, Dow Bedwell, and his family
live next door.
Charlotte is apparently the daughter of James Jr.; is Caroline his child also?
Where is James Jr. at the time of this census?
• Grayson County Death Register lists Rev. James Bedwell's cause of death
as "palsey". His occupation is shown as minister, his consort as Jane
Bedwell (deceased). The death was reported by Dow Bedwell, his son. Dow Bedwell
listed James' place of birth as North Carolina, not Delaware. His father is shown
as Robert Bedwell.
• "1863 Grayson County, Virginia, Land Tax List" shows the Estate
of James Bedwell as owning 42 acres in Rock Creek, valued at $84. James Bedwell
and Jane Wells were married on 6 Jul 1797 in Grayson County, Virginia.66,78
James Bedwell and Jane Wells had the following children:
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