Bledsoe Gore
Early Constable
Notes:
• There may be several spellings for both his first and last names. We saw Bledso Gore, Bledsoe Goor, Blidson Goen, Gledso Gow, Bleadsaw Gore. - Editor's Note
• Constable 1812
"The office of Constable apparently dates back to the 10th Century when, as a 1675 book states, "upon the increase of the people, the Sheriff alone could not take sufficient care of the Peace of the Country, but it was divided into hundreds, and a high constable was appointed over each hundred to preserve the peace. Neither the Sheriff together with the high constable could in after-times take due care of the peace in the County and hundreds over which they presided, and therefore Petty Constables were appointed for that purpose in each town, village, tithing, and parish of every hundred." The Constable of a town was sometimes also known as the Head-Borough. The 1285 statute of Winchester set forth the basic concept of Constable, as brought to America. In America a Constable was established in a 1645 Virginia legislative act.
Following establishment of the Mississippi Territory in 1798, the Governor and Territorial Judges passed an act on April 3, 1799 establishing, in the field of law enforcement, the office of Coroner and Justices of the Peace in each County, with the Justices to appoint annually in each township one or more Constables. An act of the Mississippi Territory legislature of February 1, 1805, set out that the Governor could appoint one or two Constables in each Captains district, while an act of February 11, 1805-repealed July 20, 1805- required the Justices of the County Court to appoint two Constables in each Captains district. The law giving the Governor authority to appoint the Constables was reenacted in 1807 and the specific duties of the Constable set out." - Record
• "War of 1812 (1812-1815)
16th Rgt. (Burrus'), Madison Co., MS Territory Militia
Bledsoe Goor, corporal
Wooten's Detachment, GA Militia (ties to Baldwin Co.)
Blidson Goen" - VoyForums
• Married Margaret Wa-Kee Downing - VoyForums
• 1810 Census for Pendleton District, SC became Anderson and Pickens Co., SC
1820 Census Haywood Co., GA - VoyForums
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Notes:
• There may be several spellings for both his first and last names. We saw Bledso Gore, Bledsoe Goor, Blidson Goen, Gledso Gow, Bleadsaw Gore. - Editor's Note
• Constable 1812
"The office of Constable apparently dates back to the 10th Century when, as a 1675 book states, "upon the increase of the people, the Sheriff alone could not take sufficient care of the Peace of the Country, but it was divided into hundreds, and a high constable was appointed over each hundred to preserve the peace. Neither the Sheriff together with the high constable could in after-times take due care of the peace in the County and hundreds over which they presided, and therefore Petty Constables were appointed for that purpose in each town, village, tithing, and parish of every hundred." The Constable of a town was sometimes also known as the Head-Borough. The 1285 statute of Winchester set forth the basic concept of Constable, as brought to America. In America a Constable was established in a 1645 Virginia legislative act.
Following establishment of the Mississippi Territory in 1798, the Governor and Territorial Judges passed an act on April 3, 1799 establishing, in the field of law enforcement, the office of Coroner and Justices of the Peace in each County, with the Justices to appoint annually in each township one or more Constables. An act of the Mississippi Territory legislature of February 1, 1805, set out that the Governor could appoint one or two Constables in each Captains district, while an act of February 11, 1805-repealed July 20, 1805- required the Justices of the County Court to appoint two Constables in each Captains district. The law giving the Governor authority to appoint the Constables was reenacted in 1807 and the specific duties of the Constable set out." - Record
• "War of 1812 (1812-1815)
16th Rgt. (Burrus'), Madison Co., MS Territory Militia
Bledsoe Goor, corporal
Wooten's Detachment, GA Militia (ties to Baldwin Co.)
Blidson Goen" - VoyForums
• Married Margaret Wa-Kee Downing - VoyForums
• 1810 Census for Pendleton District, SC became Anderson and Pickens Co., SC
1820 Census Haywood Co., GA - VoyForums
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• Record - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentially of Alabama and the United States, Volume I, by James Record, 1970, page 218.
• VoyForums - Genealogical and Biographical Information
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