Home
Surname List
Name Index
Sources
Email Us |
Fifth Generation
69. William Bedwell85 was born between 1805 and 1807
in Union County, South Carolina.72,85
• Ericson lists William Bedwell as born in Union County, South Carolina,
but this may be incorrect. He told census takers that he was born in Louisiana.
His wife, Nancy Smith, lists her parents as born in South Carolina, so perhaps
William Bedwell's parents were from S.C.
From War of 1812 Service Records on ancestry.com:
Name: WILLIAM BEDWELL
Company: 12 AND 13 CONSOLIDATED REGIMENT, LOUISIANA MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: SERGEANT
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 14
Roll Exct: 602
• 1850 Census for Marion County, Mississippi, taken 24 Aug 1850, shows Wm.
Bedwell, 35, a farmer, as head of household with: N., 27, female; M., 7, female;
Wm., 4; M., 3, female; L., 8, female; and F., 1, male. William was born in Louisiana,
everyone else in Mississippi.
• 1860 Census for Marion County, Mississippi shows William Bedwell, 53,
a farmer with $100 assets, as head of household containing: Nancy, 48; Elizabeth,
15; Martha, 13; Margarett, 11; William, 9; Franklin, 7; and Elias, 6. All are
shown as born in Mississippi.
Larry King says: "This Bedwell Family lived on Ten Mile Creek on West side
of Pearl River four or five miles South of Columbia, MS." William Bedwell
and Nancy Smith were married on 20 May 1840 in Marion County, Mississippi.72,88
Nancy Smith5,52 (daughter of [--?--] Smith and
[--?--] [--?--]) was born about 1822.89
She was buried in Old Smith/Bedwell Cemetery.72
William Bedwell and Nancy Smith had the following children:
|