Limestone Legacy, Volume 45, Number 4, July 2023
by: Latin Boyd: Bridgforth Family
In Lemuel Hyde's 1893 "Old Sixty" article published in the Alabama Courier, he states that David Bridgforth and his wife , Mariah Hobbs , were both natives of Virginia, and that they came first to Franklin, Tennessee, where they remained for two years. In the 1820's they moved to Giles County settling near Elk River and Ragsdale Creek, just across the Tennessee state line, a few miles from Pettusville , Limestone County, Alabama Soon David Bridgforth acquired extensive land holdings in both Giles and Limestone Counties.
David Daniel Bridgforth was born March 30, 1793 in Nottaway County, Virginia, and died on February 14, 1841, in Giles County, Tennessee. He married Mariah Dandridge Hobbs about 1816 in Virginia. She was born on August 10, 1797, in Dinwiddle County, Virginia, and died on January 26, 1848, in Giles County, Tennessee.
DAVID DANIEL BRIDGFORTH WILL 12/14/1840
In the name of God, Amen, I David Bridgforth of the County of Giles and State of Tennessee do make and publish this my last will & testament in manner and form following.
ITEM #1. That the track of land purchased of Capt. Thomas Philips on which my grist mill and distillery is situated be sold and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of my just debts if in the opinion or judgement of my Executrix & Executor it will be for the best interest of the legatees here herein afterwards named. After the payment of my just debts the balance of my property of every description to be kept together during my wife's lifetime as widower for the purpose of raising and educating my small children except so much as may be herein, afterwards bequeathed and divided (to with).
ITEM #2. It is my wish that my Executrix & Executor, give out of my Estate to those of my children herein named (to with) Robert S. Bridgforth, Thomas O. Bridgforth, Henry C. Bridgforth, Martha M. Bridgforth, Minerva D. Bridgforth, Elizabeth M. Bridgforth and Mariah H. Bridgforth each and every one when they become of age or marry, one horse, bridle and saddle, one bed and furniture, and fifteen hundred dollars in money or property so as to make them equal to James M. Bridgforth, Mary A.E. Philips and John B. Bridgforth.
ITEM #3. It is my will that all the property I loaned to my daughter Mary A. E. Philips in her lifetime, now deceased, a part of which is now in my possession to be given to my grandson Thomas D. Philips if he should live to become of age, or the heirs of his body , but if he should die before he becomes of age without heirs, then said property is to be equally divided among the balance of my children or the heirs of my children that may then be living.
ITEM #4. I give and bequeath to my son-in-law William W. Philips five dollars.
ITEM #5. This is my will, if any of my children named in 2nd ITEM of this my will and testament shall die without heirs, then the property hereby divided to them is to be equally divided among the balance of my children named in said ITEM #2 or the heirs of their bodies.
ITEM #6. It is my will at the death or marrige of my wife Mariah D. Bridgforth , that the balance of my property shall be equally divided between all of my children or their heirs, after first paying all the legacies explained in the 2nd ITEM of this my last will and testament.
ITEM #7. I hereby appoint my wife Mariah D. Bridgforth and son James W. Bridgforth, Executrix And Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills made by me. In testimony where of I have here unto, signed my hand and affixed my seal this 14th day December in the year of of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred forty.
David D. Bridgforth
Acknowledges as the Last
Will and Testament of the
Subscribers in the Presence.
M Motter
Ephraim Evans
Contributor: David Gordon Hanserd (Born: 1951)
Being the Great-great grandson of David Daniel Bridgforth, I heard from my Hanserd family members the location of the Old David Daniel Bridgforth Home Place. It is on Tennessee County Line Road . In the late 1980's , I requested permission from the current land owner to visit the plantation. The old house was in tact. Later documentation says it has been demolished.
Directions to the Old David Daniel Bridgforth Home Place:
Take Interstate 65 to the Elkmont Alabama Exit 361;
Travel Sandlin Road West 2.6 miles;
Turn right on Hays Mill Road Travel 1,1 miles;
Cross over onto Pettusville County Road 55;
Tavel to Y and stay right past Pettusville Methodist Church;
continue and Turn left on State Line Road;
Travel about 1.0 mile to top of hill;
Plantation and Graves are on right hand side across pasture to edge of pine trees approximately 200 yards off the road.
The Limestone Legacy Bridgforth Family says the frame house with its five-bay plan was constructed near the end of the Federal period of architecture and displayed the characteristics of that period as they were transplanted to the area by Virginia
To see additional photos of the David Daniel Bridgforth Old Home Place visit his wife Mariah Dandridge Hobbs Bridgforth's memorial page.
While I have not confirmed this information sent from Stewart Bridgforth, Jr. of Jackson Mississippi in 1989, it may be that a James Bridgforth is the original Scottish Immigrant who received a grant of 400 acres in King and Queen County VA 2-20-1719.
Generations:
1st James Bridgforth
2nd Henry Bridgforth (1690 - ?)
3rd John Beverly Bridgforth(1710- 1760)
4th Benjamin Bridgforth (1728-1804)
5th James Bridgforth(1765-1795)
6th David Daniel Bridgforth (1793-1840)
The Heritage of Limestone County, Vol. 42
(A few additions in parenthesis were made based upon additional research)
BRIDGFORTH FAMILY
David Daniel Bridgforth was the son of James Bridgforth ((born 1765 died 1795) Amelia Co, VA) and Elizabeth Ward Greenhill (born circa 1770 Nottoway Co., VA) who married in Amelia County VA in 1788. (James died very young leaving 6 children, Benjamin, Robert Fargason, Ann Traylor, David , Philadelphia Fargason, and Elizabeth.)
David Daniel married Maria Dandridge Hobbs in Nottaway County, VA. They came to Giles County, TN from Amelia County, VA and settled on the south side of the Elk River near the Alabama State Line.
David was a Corporal in the War of 1812 . He was in the light Infantry ,49th Regt VA Malitia under General John Cocke for six months service. This was the war with Great Britain. He was discharged at Camp Carters on Febuary 20, 1815.
Robert Green sold to David Bridgforth land on Ragsdale Creek of Elk River.
by: Latin Boyd: Bridgforth Family
In Lemuel Hyde's 1893 "Old Sixty" article published in the Alabama Courier, he states that David Bridgforth and his wife , Mariah Hobbs , were both natives of Virginia, and that they came first to Franklin, Tennessee, where they remained for two years. In the 1820's they moved to Giles County settling near Elk River and Ragsdale Creek, just across the Tennessee state line, a few miles from Pettusville , Limestone County, Alabama Soon David Bridgforth acquired extensive land holdings in both Giles and Limestone Counties.
David Daniel Bridgforth was born March 30, 1793 in Nottaway County, Virginia, and died on February 14, 1841, in Giles County, Tennessee. He married Mariah Dandridge Hobbs about 1816 in Virginia. She was born on August 10, 1797, in Dinwiddle County, Virginia, and died on January 26, 1848, in Giles County, Tennessee.
DAVID DANIEL BRIDGFORTH WILL 12/14/1840
In the name of God, Amen, I David Bridgforth of the County of Giles and State of Tennessee do make and publish this my last will & testament in manner and form following.
ITEM #1. That the track of land purchased of Capt. Thomas Philips on which my grist mill and distillery is situated be sold and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of my just debts if in the opinion or judgement of my Executrix & Executor it will be for the best interest of the legatees here herein afterwards named. After the payment of my just debts the balance of my property of every description to be kept together during my wife's lifetime as widower for the purpose of raising and educating my small children except so much as may be herein, afterwards bequeathed and divided (to with).
ITEM #2. It is my wish that my Executrix & Executor, give out of my Estate to those of my children herein named (to with) Robert S. Bridgforth, Thomas O. Bridgforth, Henry C. Bridgforth, Martha M. Bridgforth, Minerva D. Bridgforth, Elizabeth M. Bridgforth and Mariah H. Bridgforth each and every one when they become of age or marry, one horse, bridle and saddle, one bed and furniture, and fifteen hundred dollars in money or property so as to make them equal to James M. Bridgforth, Mary A.E. Philips and John B. Bridgforth.
ITEM #3. It is my will that all the property I loaned to my daughter Mary A. E. Philips in her lifetime, now deceased, a part of which is now in my possession to be given to my grandson Thomas D. Philips if he should live to become of age, or the heirs of his body , but if he should die before he becomes of age without heirs, then said property is to be equally divided among the balance of my children or the heirs of my children that may then be living.
ITEM #4. I give and bequeath to my son-in-law William W. Philips five dollars.
ITEM #5. This is my will, if any of my children named in 2nd ITEM of this my will and testament shall die without heirs, then the property hereby divided to them is to be equally divided among the balance of my children named in said ITEM #2 or the heirs of their bodies.
ITEM #6. It is my will at the death or marrige of my wife Mariah D. Bridgforth , that the balance of my property shall be equally divided between all of my children or their heirs, after first paying all the legacies explained in the 2nd ITEM of this my last will and testament.
ITEM #7. I hereby appoint my wife Mariah D. Bridgforth and son James W. Bridgforth, Executrix And Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills made by me. In testimony where of I have here unto, signed my hand and affixed my seal this 14th day December in the year of of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred forty.
David D. Bridgforth
Acknowledges as the Last
Will and Testament of the
Subscribers in the Presence.
M Motter
Ephraim Evans
Contributor: David Gordon Hanserd (Born: 1951)
Being the Great-great grandson of David Daniel Bridgforth, I heard from my Hanserd family members the location of the Old David Daniel Bridgforth Home Place. It is on Tennessee County Line Road . In the late 1980's , I requested permission from the current land owner to visit the plantation. The old house was in tact. Later documentation says it has been demolished.
Directions to the Old David Daniel Bridgforth Home Place:
Take Interstate 65 to the Elkmont Alabama Exit 361;
Travel Sandlin Road West 2.6 miles;
Turn right on Hays Mill Road Travel 1,1 miles;
Cross over onto Pettusville County Road 55;
Tavel to Y and stay right past Pettusville Methodist Church;
continue and Turn left on State Line Road;
Travel about 1.0 mile to top of hill;
Plantation and Graves are on right hand side across pasture to edge of pine trees approximately 200 yards off the road.
The Limestone Legacy Bridgforth Family says the frame house with its five-bay plan was constructed near the end of the Federal period of architecture and displayed the characteristics of that period as they were transplanted to the area by Virginia
To see additional photos of the David Daniel Bridgforth Old Home Place visit his wife Mariah Dandridge Hobbs Bridgforth's memorial page.
While I have not confirmed this information sent from Stewart Bridgforth, Jr. of Jackson Mississippi in 1989, it may be that a James Bridgforth is the original Scottish Immigrant who received a grant of 400 acres in King and Queen County VA 2-20-1719.
Generations:
1st James Bridgforth
2nd Henry Bridgforth (1690 - ?)
3rd John Beverly Bridgforth(1710- 1760)
4th Benjamin Bridgforth (1728-1804)
5th James Bridgforth(1765-1795)
6th David Daniel Bridgforth (1793-1840)
The Heritage of Limestone County, Vol. 42
(A few additions in parenthesis were made based upon additional research)
BRIDGFORTH FAMILY
David Daniel Bridgforth was the son of James Bridgforth ((born 1765 died 1795) Amelia Co, VA) and Elizabeth Ward Greenhill (born circa 1770 Nottoway Co., VA) who married in Amelia County VA in 1788. (James died very young leaving 6 children, Benjamin, Robert Fargason, Ann Traylor, David , Philadelphia Fargason, and Elizabeth.)
David Daniel married Maria Dandridge Hobbs in Nottaway County, VA. They came to Giles County, TN from Amelia County, VA and settled on the south side of the Elk River near the Alabama State Line.
David was a Corporal in the War of 1812 . He was in the light Infantry ,49th Regt VA Malitia under General John Cocke for six months service. This was the war with Great Britain. He was discharged at Camp Carters on Febuary 20, 1815.
Robert Green sold to David Bridgforth land on Ragsdale Creek of Elk River.
Limestone Legacy, Volume 45, Number 4, July 2023
by: Latin Boyd: Bridgforth Family
In Lemuel Hyde's 1893 "Old Sixty" article published in the Alabama Courier, he states that David Bridgforth and his wife , Mariah Hobbs , were both natives of Virginia, and that they came first to Franklin, Tennessee, where they remained for two years. In the 1820's they moved to Giles County settling near Elk River and Ragsdale Creek, just across the Tennessee state line, a few miles from Pettusville , Limestone County, Alabama Soon David Bridgforth acquired extensive land holdings in both Giles and Limestone Counties.
David Daniel Bridgforth was born March 30, 1793 in Nottaway County, Virginia, and died on February 14, 1841, in Giles County, Tennessee. He married Mariah Dandridge Hobbs about 1816 in Virginia. She was born on August 10, 1797, in Dinwiddle County, Virginia, and died on January 26, 1848, in Giles County, Tennessee.
DAVID DANIEL BRIDGFORTH WILL 12/14/1840
In the name of God, Amen, I David Bridgforth of the County of Giles and State of Tennessee do make and publish this my last will & testament in manner and form following.
ITEM #1. That the track of land purchased of Capt. Thomas Philips on which my grist mill and distillery is situated be sold and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of my just debts if in the opinion or judgement of my Executrix & Executor it will be for the best interest of the legatees here herein afterwards named. After the payment of my just debts the balance of my property of every description to be kept together during my wife's lifetime as widower for the purpose of raising and educating my small children except so much as may be herein, afterwards bequeathed and divided (to with).
ITEM #2. It is my wish that my Executrix & Executor, give out of my Estate to those of my children herein named (to with) Robert S. Bridgforth, Thomas O. Bridgforth, Henry C. Bridgforth, Martha M. Bridgforth, Minerva D. Bridgforth, Elizabeth M. Bridgforth and Mariah H. Bridgforth each and every one when they become of age or marry, one horse, bridle and saddle, one bed and furniture, and fifteen hundred dollars in money or property so as to make them equal to James M. Bridgforth, Mary A.E. Philips and John B. Bridgforth.
ITEM #3. It is my will that all the property I loaned to my daughter Mary A. E. Philips in her lifetime, now deceased, a part of which is now in my possession to be given to my grandson Thomas D. Philips if he should live to become of age, or the heirs of his body , but if he should die before he becomes of age without heirs, then said property is to be equally divided among the balance of my children or the heirs of my children that may then be living.
ITEM #4. I give and bequeath to my son-in-law William W. Philips five dollars.
ITEM #5. This is my will, if any of my children named in 2nd ITEM of this my will and testament shall die without heirs, then the property hereby divided to them is to be equally divided among the balance of my children named in said ITEM #2 or the heirs of their bodies.
ITEM #6. It is my will at the death or marrige of my wife Mariah D. Bridgforth , that the balance of my property shall be equally divided between all of my children or their heirs, after first paying all the legacies explained in the 2nd ITEM of this my last will and testament.
ITEM #7. I hereby appoint my wife Mariah D. Bridgforth and son James W. Bridgforth, Executrix And Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills made by me. In testimony where of I have here unto, signed my hand and affixed my seal this 14th day December in the year of of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred forty.
David D. Bridgforth
Acknowledges as the Last
Will and Testament of the
Subscribers in the Presence.
M Motter
Ephraim Evans
Contributor: David Gordon Hanserd (Born: 1951)
Being the Great-great grandson of David Daniel Bridgforth, I heard from my Hanserd family members the location of the Old David Daniel Bridgforth Home Place. It is on Tennessee County Line Road . In the late 1980's , I requested permission from the current land owner to visit the plantation. The old house was in tact. Later documentation says it has been demolished.
Directions to the Old David Daniel Bridgforth Home Place:
Take Interstate 65 to the Elkmont Alabama Exit 361;
Travel Sandlin Road West 2.6 miles;
Turn right on Hays Mill Road Travel 1,1 miles;
Cross over onto Pettusville County Road 55;
Tavel to Y and stay right past Pettusville Methodist Church;
continue and Turn left on State Line Road;
Travel about 1.0 mile to top of hill;
Plantation and Graves are on right hand side across pasture to edge of pine trees approximately 200 yards off the road.
The Limestone Legacy Bridgforth Family says the frame house with its five-bay plan was constructed near the end of the Federal period of architecture and displayed the characteristics of that period as they were transplanted to the area by Virginia
To see additional photos of the David Daniel Bridgforth Old Home Place visit his wife Mariah Dandridge Hobbs Bridgforth's memorial page.
While I have not confirmed this information sent from Stewart Bridgforth, Jr. of Jackson Mississippi in 1989, it may be that a James Bridgforth is the original Scottish Immigrant who received a grant of 400 acres in King and Queen County VA 2-20-1719.
Generations:
1st James Bridgforth
2nd Henry Bridgforth (1690 - ?)
3rd John Beverly Bridgforth(1710- 1760)
4th Benjamin Bridgforth (1728-1804)
5th James Bridgforth(1765-1795)
6th David Daniel Bridgforth (1793-1840)
The Heritage of Limestone County, Vol. 42
(A few additions in parenthesis were made based upon additional research)
BRIDGFORTH FAMILY
David Daniel Bridgforth was the son of James Bridgforth ((born 1765 died 1795) Amelia Co, VA) and Elizabeth Ward Greenhill (born circa 1770 Nottoway Co., VA) who married in Amelia County VA in 1788. (James died very young leaving 6 children, Benjamin, Robert Fargason, Ann Traylor, David , Philadelphia Fargason, and Elizabeth.)
David Daniel married Maria Dandridge Hobbs in Nottaway County, VA. They came to Giles County, TN from Amelia County, VA and settled on the south side of the Elk River near the Alabama State Line.
David was a Corporal in the War of 1812 . He was in the light Infantry ,49th Regt VA Malitia under General John Cocke for six months service. This was the war with Great Britain. He was discharged at Camp Carters on Febuary 20, 1815.
Robert Green sold to David Bridgforth land on Ragsdale Creek of Elk River.
by: Latin Boyd: Bridgforth Family
In Lemuel Hyde's 1893 "Old Sixty" article published in the Alabama Courier, he states that David Bridgforth and his wife , Mariah Hobbs , were both natives of Virginia, and that they came first to Franklin, Tennessee, where they remained for two years. In the 1820's they moved to Giles County settling near Elk River and Ragsdale Creek, just across the Tennessee state line, a few miles from Pettusville , Limestone County, Alabama Soon David Bridgforth acquired extensive land holdings in both Giles and Limestone Counties.
David Daniel Bridgforth was born March 30, 1793 in Nottaway County, Virginia, and died on February 14, 1841, in Giles County, Tennessee. He married Mariah Dandridge Hobbs about 1816 in Virginia. She was born on August 10, 1797, in Dinwiddle County, Virginia, and died on January 26, 1848, in Giles County, Tennessee.
DAVID DANIEL BRIDGFORTH WILL 12/14/1840
In the name of God, Amen, I David Bridgforth of the County of Giles and State of Tennessee do make and publish this my last will & testament in manner and form following.
ITEM #1. That the track of land purchased of Capt. Thomas Philips on which my grist mill and distillery is situated be sold and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of my just debts if in the opinion or judgement of my Executrix & Executor it will be for the best interest of the legatees here herein afterwards named. After the payment of my just debts the balance of my property of every description to be kept together during my wife's lifetime as widower for the purpose of raising and educating my small children except so much as may be herein, afterwards bequeathed and divided (to with).
ITEM #2. It is my wish that my Executrix & Executor, give out of my Estate to those of my children herein named (to with) Robert S. Bridgforth, Thomas O. Bridgforth, Henry C. Bridgforth, Martha M. Bridgforth, Minerva D. Bridgforth, Elizabeth M. Bridgforth and Mariah H. Bridgforth each and every one when they become of age or marry, one horse, bridle and saddle, one bed and furniture, and fifteen hundred dollars in money or property so as to make them equal to James M. Bridgforth, Mary A.E. Philips and John B. Bridgforth.
ITEM #3. It is my will that all the property I loaned to my daughter Mary A. E. Philips in her lifetime, now deceased, a part of which is now in my possession to be given to my grandson Thomas D. Philips if he should live to become of age, or the heirs of his body , but if he should die before he becomes of age without heirs, then said property is to be equally divided among the balance of my children or the heirs of my children that may then be living.
ITEM #4. I give and bequeath to my son-in-law William W. Philips five dollars.
ITEM #5. This is my will, if any of my children named in 2nd ITEM of this my will and testament shall die without heirs, then the property hereby divided to them is to be equally divided among the balance of my children named in said ITEM #2 or the heirs of their bodies.
ITEM #6. It is my will at the death or marrige of my wife Mariah D. Bridgforth , that the balance of my property shall be equally divided between all of my children or their heirs, after first paying all the legacies explained in the 2nd ITEM of this my last will and testament.
ITEM #7. I hereby appoint my wife Mariah D. Bridgforth and son James W. Bridgforth, Executrix And Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills made by me. In testimony where of I have here unto, signed my hand and affixed my seal this 14th day December in the year of of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred forty.
David D. Bridgforth
Acknowledges as the Last
Will and Testament of the
Subscribers in the Presence.
M Motter
Ephraim Evans
Contributor: David Gordon Hanserd (Born: 1951)
Being the Great-great grandson of David Daniel Bridgforth, I heard from my Hanserd family members the location of the Old David Daniel Bridgforth Home Place. It is on Tennessee County Line Road . In the late 1980's , I requested permission from the current land owner to visit the plantation. The old house was in tact. Later documentation says it has been demolished.
Directions to the Old David Daniel Bridgforth Home Place:
Take Interstate 65 to the Elkmont Alabama Exit 361;
Travel Sandlin Road West 2.6 miles;
Turn right on Hays Mill Road Travel 1,1 miles;
Cross over onto Pettusville County Road 55;
Tavel to Y and stay right past Pettusville Methodist Church;
continue and Turn left on State Line Road;
Travel about 1.0 mile to top of hill;
Plantation and Graves are on right hand side across pasture to edge of pine trees approximately 200 yards off the road.
The Limestone Legacy Bridgforth Family says the frame house with its five-bay plan was constructed near the end of the Federal period of architecture and displayed the characteristics of that period as they were transplanted to the area by Virginia
To see additional photos of the David Daniel Bridgforth Old Home Place visit his wife Mariah Dandridge Hobbs Bridgforth's memorial page.
While I have not confirmed this information sent from Stewart Bridgforth, Jr. of Jackson Mississippi in 1989, it may be that a James Bridgforth is the original Scottish Immigrant who received a grant of 400 acres in King and Queen County VA 2-20-1719.
Generations:
1st James Bridgforth
2nd Henry Bridgforth (1690 - ?)
3rd John Beverly Bridgforth(1710- 1760)
4th Benjamin Bridgforth (1728-1804)
5th James Bridgforth(1765-1795)
6th David Daniel Bridgforth (1793-1840)
The Heritage of Limestone County, Vol. 42
(A few additions in parenthesis were made based upon additional research)
BRIDGFORTH FAMILY
David Daniel Bridgforth was the son of James Bridgforth ((born 1765 died 1795) Amelia Co, VA) and Elizabeth Ward Greenhill (born circa 1770 Nottoway Co., VA) who married in Amelia County VA in 1788. (James died very young leaving 6 children, Benjamin, Robert Fargason, Ann Traylor, David , Philadelphia Fargason, and Elizabeth.)
David Daniel married Maria Dandridge Hobbs in Nottaway County, VA. They came to Giles County, TN from Amelia County, VA and settled on the south side of the Elk River near the Alabama State Line.
David was a Corporal in the War of 1812 . He was in the light Infantry ,49th Regt VA Malitia under General John Cocke for six months service. This was the war with Great Britain. He was discharged at Camp Carters on Febuary 20, 1815.
Robert Green sold to David Bridgforth land on Ragsdale Creek of Elk River.
Family Members
Children
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James William Bridgforth
1817–1896
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John Beverly Bridgforth
1819–1852
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Mary Elizabeth Bridgforth Phillips
1821–1840
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Robert Lamar Bridgforth
1824–1874
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Thomas Oliver Bridgforth
1826–1910
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Henry C Bridgforth
1829–1847
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Martha Mariah "Marthy" Bridgforth Hanserd
1831–1909
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Minerva Dandridge Bridgforth Gray
1833–1854
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Mariah Hobbs Bridgforth Bouldin
1837–1860
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Elizabeth M Bridgforth Bowers
1837–1880
