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The county was named for Anthony Bledsoe (1739–1788), a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was an early settler of Sumner County. He was killed in an Indian attack at Bledsoe's Station. [4] Like many East Tennessee counties, Bledsoe County opposed secession on the eve of the Civil War.
Anthony Bledsoe was born in 1733 in Culpeper County, Virginia (or Spotsylvania County, Virginia). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] His father was Abraham Bledsoe. [ 3 ] His brothers included Isaac Bledsoe (1735–1793) and Jacob Bledsoe Sr. (1724–1817).
By the late 18th century, the valley had been identified by hunters, one of whom, Anthony Bledsoe (1739-1788), became the county's namesake. Bledsoe County was formed in 1807, with the town of Madison as its county seat. [1] Carl Mydans photo showing local residents "spelling" themselves in front of a Pikeville store in 1936
Bledsoe's Station, also known as Bledsoe's Fort, was an 18th-century fortified frontier settlement located in what is now Castalian Springs, Tennessee.The fort was built by longhunter and Sumner County pioneer Isaac Bledsoe (c. 1735–1793) in the early 1780s to protect Upper Cumberland settlers and migrants from hostile Native American attacks.
Isaac Bledsoe was the namesake of Bledsoe Creek in Sumner County, Tennessee, now the site of Bledsoe Creek State Park. [13] Isaac's brother, Anthony, later became the namesake for Bledsoe County. [14] In 1780, Mansker built a frontier station in what is now Goodlettsville, just north of Nashville.
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