Bedsole History from 1673 With Documentation - NCGenWeb

subsist even until tomorrow, or next week. They arrived in this country, only to learn that their children were
to be taken away from them if they were an unaccompanied woman, and divided up among complete
strangers, never to be seen again. Burning up in the summer and freezing to death in the winter, being
plagued meanwhile by indians trying to kill them,mosquitoes eating them alive, living among hundreds of
others forced to live the same way they were, trying to find food every single day, any way, somehow,
somewhere, any kind they could come up with. Having to do all that while trying to build some type of
structure to live in, with their bare hands, perhaps an axe, and saw, by themselves knowing if they did not
produce it, they would not have it. No medical care of any kind, except whatever herbs or indian remedies
they found or learned about, their family members, especially children getting sick and slowly dying, making
an already desperate situation nothing short of disastrous. This is the way they lived day after day, week after
week, month after month, for years and years, seemingly without end.
CONCLUSION OF THE BEDSOLE HISTORY
Jack Bedsole, who lives in Illinois, is a descendant under (Thomas Jr.) William Jefferson Bedsole. Jack, my
brother Cecil and myself, met yesterday at Highland Home, Alabama, for lunch and to discuss the Bedsoles.
He asked this question; "JD, what single thing was it that caused you to conclude that the early Bedsoles
originated in Prussia". My answer, although not definitive, was to the effect that there really was no single
thing. It was a conglomeration of bits and pieces of information over the years, and especially in Germany,
that pointed to the most likely possibility that the Bedsole/Betzold and Bledsoe/Bletsold surnames existed in
Prussia prior to the creation of the German state as such, and that they surely existed in England in an
english court case in the year 1061, together with the short article by Charles Bedsole, which is included
above, and several other bits of fact and conclusive research, which pointed to Prussia and not just to
Germany. Additionally, and just as relevant, was the absence of information which did point only to Germany,
as the origin. In other words, there were reasons to conclude that Prussia was not, and no reason(s) to
conclude that Germany was in fact, the end of the Betzolds/Bedsoles. I do know that Bledsoe, although in
England in 1061 and very likely many years prior to that, did not originate in England. The migration of
people was from, not to Germany. I also know that Bledsoe and Bedsole, surely had the same ancestor at
some point in the past, and that point was most likely Prussia. In the absence of a paper trail back in time
past Germany, I cannot prove via a paper trail, they originated in Prussia, but, I did prove to my own
satisfaction anyway, that they did originate in Prussia, and I invite anyone, one and all, to prove they did not.
That concludes the Bedsole History, as it were. Words, whether true fact, or conjecture, cannot adequately
convey the suffering our ancestors endured, until about 1950, when the majority had quit share-cropping,
and began working in various factories and at much easier, more commercialized and industrialized
occupations, thus making more money and greatly raising their standards of living. In my case, and for my
own early and miserable life growing up, I say with extreme appreciation: "Thank You God".
BEDSOLE DOCUMENTATION
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There are numerous Bedsole marriages, births, deaths, and etc, in the counties and states which follow, but
which I did not list, because it was too time-consuming. I am including a few just to show you the County and
State where they can be found, and to record such for future reference. It is very time-consuming finding,
copying and posting them to this record, but the real problem is I have no way of knowing where most of
them fit on the Bedsole List Of Ancestors And Descendants, and that would take much more time. Also,
some of the marriages listed below are duplicated because they were in various sites on the internet under
different headings. There are many Bedsoles in Texas, having spread there from Walnut Hill, Mississippi
(From Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Jr. and from her brothers Edward, Henry, and others from Coffeeville,
near Grove Hill, Alabama following the shootout there. Although there are many Bedsoles there. I did'nt find