... the first one of the Bedford name came
to Kentucky was Benjamin, who was born Dec. 23, 1762, and emigrated first
to Madison County about 1787, and raised one crop; came to this county in
1789, and located in the southern part of Paris Precinct; his wife was
Tabitha Clay, born Nov. 15, 1761; the father of the above was Littleberry
Bedford,
... Benjamin F., Sr., was born May 1799, on the farm now owned by Mrs. Sallie Cunningham on the Winchester Pike. He was a son of Benjamin, a native of Virginia, who came to Kentucky about the year 1787. ...