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159. James W.
(J.W.) Bedwell84,87 was born on 12 Oct 1812 in Alabama.71,224 He died
on 17 Feb 1896 in Dry Grove, Hinds County, Mississippi. He served
in the military in the Civil War in CSA, Company F, 1st Battalion, State Troops,
Mississippi.
• James became a business partner of his father as soon as he was old enough
to help. Captain James Bedwell ran the steamboat and carried freight while son,
James, managed the mercantile business and family farm interests. In order to
distinguish between the two James, son James put the initial W. in his signature.
The W. did not stand for a name. Eventually, he identified himself as just J.
W. Bedwell.
• Clarke Co., MS, Deed Book A, Pages 8-10:
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, CLARKE COUNTY - Joel H. NAIL to James BEDWELL of Washington
Co., Ala. - 24 Aug 1832; for $4000.00 - two sections (1280 acres) obtained from
Choctaw Indians at Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (commissioners John H. EATON
and John COFFEE); Sections 17 and 20; East half of SE qtr, Sect. 18; East half
of NE qtr and SE qtr, Sect. 19, T1, R18E; witnesses: J. S. LYON, S. S. GAINS;
Wm. HOWZE, agent, certified on 13 Oct 1833 that Joel H. NAIL applied and located
the above described land to be reserved from sale having claimed the provisions
of the supplement of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek; recorded 8 Nov 1834.
• 1850 Census for Clarke County, Mississippi, taken in Oct 1850, shows James
Bedwell, 37, a farmer who owns $2500 in real estate, as head of household: Mary,
40; Olivia, 12; Donald, 9; Arabella, 8; Alexander, 7; Johnathan, 4; Mary, 7/12
(born about Mar 1850); and Thomas Roberts, a carpenter born in Georgia. James
and Mary Bedwell were born in Alabama, while the kids were born in Mississippi.
1850 Slave Schedule for Clarke County, Mississippi, shows James Bedwell as the
owner of 12 slaves: 4 male adults, 1 female adult, 1 male child, and 6 female
children.
• 1860 Census for Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi, shows J.W. Bedwell,
43, a farmer, as head of household consisting of: Winnie, 24, born in Ireland;
J.D., 19, male; A.D., 16, male; J.G., 13, male; and M.M., 10, female.
1860 Slave Schedule for Hinds County, Mississippi, shows J.W. Bedwell as the
owner of 13 slaves, all black: 3 adult males, 4 adult females, 1 male child,
and 5 female children. None are "fugitives from state". There are
three slave houses.
• I found no listing in the 1870 census for this family.
• 1880 Census for Hinds County, Mississippi, shows J.W. Bedwell, 65, a farmer
born in Alabama whose father and mother were born in Maryland and Georgia, as
head of household consisting of: wife Winnie, 40, born in Ireland; son Joseph,
18; daughter Ida, 13; daughter Anna, 11; daughter Loula, 8; and Millin Roberson,
20, mullato, a servant. J.W. is listed "Sick" in the health/disability
column. James W. (J.W.) Bedwell and Mary Nicholson were married.
Mary Nicholson84
was born in 1813 in Scotland.225
She died on 6 Oct 1858 in Dry Grove, Hinds County, Mississippi.225
Mary is possibly the daughter of John Nicholson Sr. who is found along with John
Nicholson Jr. in the 1810 Madison County, Alabama Tax List dated 17 July 1810.
James W. (J.W.) Bedwell and Mary Nicholson had the following children:
James W. (J.W.)
Bedwell and Winnie Bell were married on 12 Aug 1859 in Dry Grove, Hinds County,
Mississippi.226 Winnie
Bell was born in 1837 in Ireland. She died on 8 Jan 1891 in Dry
Grove, Hinds County, Mississippi. James W. (J.W.) Bedwell and Winnie
Bell had the following children:
560 | i. | Mehala E. Bedwell was born on 5 Oct 1860
in Dry Grove, Hinds County, Mississippi. She was buried in Dry Grove,
Hinds County, Mississippi. | 561 | ii. | Joseph (Joe) Bedwell71 was born about 1862 in Mississippi.
• 1930 Census for Calipatria, Imperial County, California, shows Joseph
C. Bedwell, 69, born in Texas of parents born in Mississippi and Illinois, a
watchman at a mine, as head of household with: Georgia E., 59, born in Georgia,
his wife of 42 years; and son Joseph C., 21 (hard to read; might be 20-something
else), a school bus driver who was born in Texas. | 562 | iii. | Sarah J. Bedwell was born on 4 Jan 1864
in Dry Grove, Hinds County, Mississippi. She died on 11 Oct 1866
in Dry Grove, Hinds County, Mississippi. She was buried in Dry Grove,
Hinds County, Mississippi. | +563 | iv. | Ida May
Bedwell. | +564 | v. | Emma Ann (Annie) Bedwell. | +565 | vi. | Lula Bedwell. |
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