FAMILY ORGANIZATION

OUR  HISTORY

In the year of 1735, John Bazemore came to the Colony Carolina from Scotland. In the year 1738, he purchased land in Bertie. In 1741, he received a land grant from King George II, signed by Thomas Child, Secretary to the Colony. The word Bazemore is a derivative of the French word (Bazeme) .In the l2th and 13th century, it was the family name very prominent during the reigns of the French Kings.

This was the beginning of the John Bazemore family in America. From John Bazemore came Jesse Bazemore. From Jesse came Redden Bazemore. From Redden Bazemore, came John Redden Bazemore.

John Redden Bazemore's mother was Morning Bunch. There were eight other children in the family, two brothers and six sisters. They were Henry and Alfred, Mary, Alvania, Louisa, Pennie, Linda and Lucy.

John Redding was one half Scottish and one half Negro. He was his father's farm supervisor. After leaving his father, he continued to be engaged in farming, because he was a man who loved the land.

John Redden courted and married Pennie Chappell according to slave custom in the year 1852. This was fourteen years before the close of the Civil War. On September 1, 1886, John and Pennie went before the Clerk of Court, William Gurley, at Windsor, N.C. and were remarried according to the State Law and to the doctrine of the Christian Church.

Then in the course of time, God blessed John Redding and Pennie with nine children. They were Joe, Whit, Oscar, Henry, Johnnie, Laura, Sarah Winnie, Wyland and Harriett.

Before all of John Redden and Pennie's children reached adulthood, the Lord took Pennie. The record does not state the date of her death.

September 28, 1882, John Redden married Celia E. Cherry. The marriage took place at the home of Rev. Britton Mitchell, who lived in the same community near Republican, N.C. The witnesses for the ceremony were John Todd, brother of the bride, Fred Parker and Nelson Cherry. Celia had four children by her first husband. They were Laura, Mary Jane, Louise and Susanna. With his children by his first wife, Pennie, and the children of his second wife, Celia, it was just one big happy family.

God blessed John and Celia with six children. They were William Penn, Benjamin, Dorsey, Fred, Amielissa and Martha. One remarkable thing about this marriage was that John was 65 when he married Celia, and he became the father of five children. This ends the family organization.