Peter Bedsaul

     Peter Bedsaul was born May 15, 1826 and was the son of John Bedsaul
b abt 1798, and Delilah Carrico.  John was the son Elisha Bedsaul, Jr. 
b 1775 and Margaret Edwards.  Elisha, JR's parents were John Bedsaul b 
1750 and Sarah Brown.  John was the son of Elisha Bedsaul, Sr. and Mary 
Unknown.
     John Bedsaul and Delilah Carrico had the following other children:
1.) Sarah Bedsaul b 1819
2.) James Bedsaul b abt 1822 
          Married Mahaly Dotson September 10, 1860 in Carroll, Co.,  
          VA.
3.) Peter was the third child.
4.) Mary Bedsaul b abt 1830
5.) Malvina Bedsaul b abt 1831
6.) Elijah Bedsaul b abt 1834  Married Mary Unknown
7.) Martha J. Bedsaul b abt 1838  Married Unknown Fortner
8.) Wilkinson Bedsaul b abt 1840  Married Juliny Unknown

     Peter Bedsaul married Malinda Baker, daughter of Isaac Baker.  
She was born August 12, 1822.  Peter and Malinda had the following 
children:
1.) Mary Jestin Bedsaul b July 31, 1847 in Grayson Co., VA.  
She married Train R. Goodson, son of Leander and Nancy
Brannock Goodson on April 11, 1870 in Allegheny Co., NC.
She resided in Grayson Co., VA and died January 5, 1927.
2.) Malvina or Malinda Bedsaul b February 13, 1850 d bef 1860
3.) Delia Bedsaul b September 20, 1851
4.) Sarah Elizabeth Bedsaul b August 20, 1854.  She married
Joseph R. Dotson and died March 28, 1897 in Carroll Co., VA.
5.) John Matthew Bedsaul b March 14, 1854 in Carroll Co., VA.
He married Alverta Davis on October 25, 1879 in Surry Co., NC.  
He died March 6, 1893 in Carroll County, VA.
6.) Martha L. Bedsaul b April 13, 1859 and married James 
Buchanan Dotson on September 9, 1880.  She died June 15, 1930 in 
Galax, Grayson County, VA.
7.) George Washington Bedsaul b June 17, 1860 in Carroll 
County, VA.  He married Willie Jane Davis March 9, 1882    
and died January 31, 1932.
8.) Margaret N. Bedsaul b abt 1864.

     Peter Bedsaul was a member of Company B, 51st Infantry of Virginia
during the Civil War.  Peter was a woodcutter at the shot tower in 
Wythe County, Virginia.  This shot tower can be seen from Interstate 77
and is the site of a State Park.  Peter was killed March 3, 1863 by a 
falling tree.  It has been passed through generations that Peter did 
not die immediately and when word was sent to his wife, Malinda in near
by Carroll County, she immediately mounted a horse and road to the site
although she was pregnant at the time.
     Malinda applied for pension for his service on September 18, 1888 
and was granted $33.00 per year.  She died in 1911.