Fifth Generation

56. Elisha Bedwell^48,61 was born about 1754 in Kent County, Delaware.^62,63 He was on the tax list in 1788 in Montgomery County, Virginia. He died on 19 Apr 1819 in White County, Tennessee.^64,65

• Elisha was granted a license to perform marriages on 22 September 1795. This probably indicates that he was also ordained as a minister. Elisha became known as the "marrying preacher" when he married a young couple against the wishes of their parents. Apparently, feeling was so strong that Elisha felt it was in his best interests to join his married children in White County, Tennessee.

• Early Ministers of the Upper New River Valley shows Elisha Bedwell, Methodist, 1796.

• Library of Virginia has a microfilm image of a grant of 125 acres of land on Elk Creek, a branch of New River, to Elisha Bedwell from John Tyler in 1809. (http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/LONN/LO-5/124/124_0148.tif)

• 1800 Grayson County, Virginia tax list shows Elisha Bedwell, minister, with no males over 21 and three horses.

• 1805 Grayson County, Virginia land tax list shows Elisha Bedwell with 200 acres, $50 value, and 24 cents tax.

• 1805 Grayson County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List shows Elisha Bedwell with male 16, four horses and 48 cents tax.

• Library of Virginia has a microfilm image of a grant of 125 acres of land on Elk Creek, a branch of New River, to Elisha Bedwell from John Tyler in 1809. (http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/LONN/LO-5/124/124_0148.tif)

• 1813 Grayson County, Virginia tax list shows Elisha Bedwell with one white tithe, four horses, and $1.64 cents tax.

Elisha Bedwell and Mary Pool were married about 1775.⁶³ Mary Pool^66,67 (daughter of William Pool and Mary Ward) was born about 1758.⁵ She died after 1820 in White County, Tennessee. She was also known as Polly Pool.

• 1820 Census for White County, Tennessee shows Mary Bedwell as head of household consisting of: one male under 10, one male between 16-18, one male between 16-26, two females under 10, one female between 10-16, two females between 16-26, one female between 26-45, and one female of 45+.

Elisha Bedwell and Mary Pool had the following children:

+95	i.	William B. Bedwell.
+96	ii.	Sarah (Sally) Bedwell.
+97	iii.	Rebeckah Bedwell.
+98	iv.	Ira Theophilus Bedwell.
+99	v.	Mourning Bedwell.
100	vi.	Nancy Bedwell61,68,69 was born about 1795 in Grayson County, Virginia. • 1850 Census for DeKalb County, Tennessee, shows Nancy Bedwell, 57, living in this household: Robert McCullough, 33, a shoemaker; Eliza, 27; Sophrona, 7; Margaret, 5; John, 3; and Manda, 1. Nancy Bedwell is shown as unable to read or write. Unknown if this is the same Nancy Bedwell. • 1870 Census for White County, Tennessee, shows a Nancy Bedwell, 72, born in Virginia, living in this household: Elijah England, 57, a farmer with $2500 in land and $700 in personal assets; Jane, 53, born in North Carolina; Andrew J., 16; Trent C., 14; and Rebecca J., 12. Unknown if this is the same Nancy Bedwell.
+101	vii.	Mary Bedwell.
+102	viii.	Elizabeth Bedwell.
+103	ix.	Susannah Bedwell.
+104	x.	Martin Bedwell.
+105	xi.	Isaac Bedwell.
106	xii.	Maribah Bedwell61,68,69 was born about 1807 in Grayson County, Virginia.