Bledsoe County, was named in honor of Abraham Bledsoe and was created out of Roane County by an Act of the Tennessee Legislature on November 30, 1807. The original county seat was known as Old Madison, six miles from Dunlap and fifteen miles from Pikeville, the present county seat. Ms. Robnett, a long time high school teacher of history, has taken the history from the early Cherokees into the 20th century. Special chapters on agriculture, education, military service, and churches are included. An appendix is added to contains longer lists and additional information. Bledsoe County was one of those important areas in the migration of the early settlers as they traveled up and down the Sequatchie Valley into Alabama and all points west. Bledsoe is located at the head of the Valley which makes a natural funnel for travelers.

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