Bedsole History from 1673 With Documentation - NCGenWeb

Sr.) son Amos moved his whole family from North Carolina to Warren County, Georgia, while Thomas
Bedsole, Jr., and wife Charlotte Ann (English) , with all their children, spouses and grandchildren, together
with the William Davis family, Thomas Wise family and the Thomas English family moved from Bladen
County, North Carolina initially to Crenshaw and Lowndes Counties in Alabama, with Thomas Jr. and wife
Charlotte and family and \William Davis and wife, at some point, moving to Coffee County, Ino, Alabama,
east of Opp, Alabama, and at a later date, moving to Butler County, Ala., Where Thomas Jr. died in 1865 or
so. This move was lock, stock and barrel for all concerned and was made by mule-drawn wagons. Possibly
as many as one hundred people and ten to twelve wagons were involved. When they arrived in Alabama,
they apparently acquired government land there, in the form of “patents”. Henry, a son of Thomas Jr. and
Charlotte, appears to have wasted no time in acquiring such land and it appears that he and his brother
Sessoms, had made earlier, initial “Scouting” trips to Alabama and back to NC the year prior to this larger
movement of people. This was probably done to determine the type of land available, cost, location, housing
and locations of any towns and army forts, indian problems and best routes, before moving the families and
so many people at one time.
As seen below, Henry acquired many tracts of land in several counties in Alabama, Louisiana and Florida,
while the other Bedsoles initially settled primarily in Alabama, (unless otherwise noted below) on acquired
land as follows. These land acquisitions were probably NOT the only ones made and others were probably
purchased and acquired by deed, but these are the only ones available on the Alabama Land Patent internet
site at this time, shown along with their respective counties: If any others were purchased, swapped, or
traded, they would have been listed as Deeds, not Patents, and would not be listed below.
Name County Year
David Bedsole Baldwin (Mobile)......................................1895 Thomas Jr's son
Duncan Bedsole New Orleans, Louisiana...................... 1902
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Edward Bedsole Walton ( Mossy Head), Florida.......... ..1859 270 Acres.
Edward Bedsole Coffee (Opp)...................... ..................1891
Edward O. Bedsole Clarke (Grove Hill)......... .................1891 Edward's son.
Edward Bedsole Crenshaw .......................... .................1840
Edward Bedsole Clarke ................................................ .1890
Henry Bedsole Lowndes .................................................1833 Thomas Jr.'s son
Henry Bedsole Crenshaw (Luverne) ...............................1833 The first land in Alabama in1830
Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1834
Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1896
Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1837
Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1837
Henry Bedsole Crenshaw ................................................1837
Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1837
Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1837
Henry Bedsole Crenshaw................................................ 1837
Henry Bedsole Crenshaw ................................................1837
Henry Bedsole Crenshaw ................................................1852
Henry Bedsole Crenshaw ............................................... 1852
Henry Bedsole Montgomery ............................................1837
Henry Bedsole Montgomery ............................................1837
Henry Bedsole Rapides Parish, Louisiana . ................ .. 1907
Henry Bedsole Leon County, Florida ........... ................. 1902