Jemima Bridges was the oldest child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges. She was born on October 12, 1795 on the plantation owned by Drury in the Tyancoca Swamp community in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. In 1804 when Jemima was nine years old, she along with her younger siblings, six-year old twins Selethia and Piety and younger brother, three-year old William migrated from North Carolina to Kentucky. The family settled down on a tract of land on Beechy Fork Creek in what is now Trigg County, Kentucky. The family built a log cabin on the north side of the creek and two more children, Elizabeth and Mary, were born there.
On October 20, 1812, at the age of 17, Jemima married Allen Thomas Sholar; Allen was born in Bertie County, North Carolina on May 26, 1793. Allen had also migrated to Kentucky in 1806 along with his cousin, Joshua Sholar and had settled in the eastern end of the Donaldson Creek valley. Allen was the son of Benjamin Sholar and Laodicea “Dicey” Thomas Sholar. Laodicea was the sister of James Thomas who migrated to Kentucky in 1806. Benjamin and Laodicea were the parents of two other children in addition to Allen--Benjamin, Jr. and Sallie. Laodicea was also called Uredica in several recordings of the Sholar family history.
Jemima and Allen were the parents of eleven children who were the ancestors of the rather large Sholar family. The children were: David or Davie Sholar, born in 1813; Polly Sholar, born in 1815; Sarah or Sallie Sholar, born in 1817; William Bridges Sholar, born in 1819; Elizabeth Sholar, born in 1821; Allen Thomas Sholar, Jr., born in 1823; Thomas J. Sholar, born in 1825; Emily Sholar, born in 1827; Alpha Gemima Sholar, born in 1829; Drewry Bridges Sholar, born in 1831 and Peyton Sholar, born in 1834.
All eleven children grew to adulthood and all but three of them married and had numerous descendants. Three of the siblings married into the Lawrence family. No record has been found that Sarah, Allen, Jr., and Emily were ever married.
Jemima died on July 22, 1877 in Trigg County, Kentucky. She was buried in the James Thomas Cemetery located about 50 yards west of the original site of the Cullen Thomas home site on the south side of Donaldson Creek. Her husband, Allen had died on January 29, 1853 in Trigg County and was also buried in the James Thomas Cemetery.
Tombstone of Jemima Bridges Sholar
LINEAGE: (Jemima Bridges was the first child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)
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