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From: Terrance Fregly <>
Subject: [BRADFORD-L] Re: Bradford/Singleton/Brown
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 17:11:56 -0500

Thanks I am convinced, but not proved yet that Thomas , JR. b 1757 was the same
man who owner Bradford Springs and was probably Bro. of Nathaniel Bradford who
ended up with it and sold it later . I beleive that mainly because of the Sumter
Bradfords Nathaniel was the only one who could not read and write, neither could
Thomas Bn 1757 wife mary Hargraves M 1782 in Granville. The father Thomas Sr I
beleive is the one who sold out in NC in 1768 and might have passed through SC ,
but is the one with wife Sarah who died in 1811 in Hancock Co, GA. He is in
Wilkes co, GA by 1784 so unlikely to be the same Bradford Springs Thomas or to
have served in the revolution as he was bn in 1730+-. I have no proof these two
Thomas Bradfords are connected , other than being near each other on the 1808 tax
list for Hancock Co and seeming to have the same neighbors and associates.
Neither could read and write, and the Charleston, siege 1780 prisoner, I beleive
did not sign his name but that a scribe for the British did when they paroled the
prisoners. As to the Tory, all the parolees were required to sign a loyalty oath
to the crown as condition of the release , most high tailed it.

I have most of the original source material for the Charleston yearbook for 1897
that published the details of a collection at the NYC public library and I have
been there to examine the originals and they are the same as the yearbook.

I now want to see how many of the Sumter folks were captured at Charleston and
intend to compare the list of prisoners to the census and Jury lists for
1770-1810. I know the Singleton bros. were there and a Ruben Long who is a
witness to a deed with the Bradfords. The jockey club of Bradford springs (
hills of the high santee) is where it was and run by John Singleton is a who's
who of the Sumter area . The reason I beleive that Thomas Bradford is not there
is

A. he went to GA by then , and was Thomas SR. the list is for 1786 and Thomas was
in Ga by then, but I beleive Thomas to be Jr.

or B. he was of a lower social group, the others listed signed their names and he
could not read and write.

c. He didn't like to race horses

Or who knows
T
Elizabeth Girardeau wrote:

> Hello Terry - I mailed you a pkg yesterday. I could not send e-mail cause
> we had storms. My computer has been hit before.
> Do you believe that your Thomas is the s/o Thomas that Sandlund has listed
> as born c1693 & dc1762?? That will is listed with Brunswick Co. Deeds on
> GenWeb. He has my Richard as the s/o that Thomas. I am not sure.
> An old "Hist.of the Vaughan family" undated & unsigned but probably written
> around 1890 stated "Henry Vaughan with his wife [Frances Elizabeth
> Bradford] and an only brother of hers, Richard Bradford, emigrated to SC
> some years previous to the Revolution of '75 and settled on Green Swamp....."
> JEREMIAH BROWN:
> A JB was listed in 1775 Militia - Capt. James Jones. The people listed with
> him did not seem to be of later Sumter area so I do not believe it my "my"
> JB. Two accounts of a JB with claims for supplies, etc in 1780, 81, 82.
> Could be "my" JB -
> 1780 petition of the militia at fall of Charleston - JB, Thomas Bradford,
> ETC.. seem to be folks from our area...
> BUT - a Thomas Bradford & a JB listed in Charleston in 1790 census & my JB
> was deceased.
> A Thomas Bradford served in militia 53 days during 1782 - audited account.
> I have been told that a Thomas Bradford is on the list of privates in the
> Camden Dist TORY militia after fall of Chas!!
> I have Von Hacke's list of Bradfords in Sumter Area. He has 1769 for the
> first land for Thomas- 400 acres on down to the last notice - 1800 census.
> Really not much if you would like that.
> SINGLETON: You will lose your mind trying to get them straight the Richard
> at the Fall of Charleston was the s/o "my" Robert Singleton whose dau
> married Richard Bradford. Or most believe that. The Matthew at the fall of
> Charleston was said to have been born in 1730 in Va. In 1742 in Carolina
> Co, Va.: Matthew & Elizabeth Singleton, orphans of Robert Singleton, chose
> Robert Singleton to be their guardian. Was that "my" Robert & was he an
> older brother of Matthew? I don't know. Many in Sumter think that Robert &
> Matthew were sons of Christopher but that is not so. That Robert lived in
> Kentucky. In 1751 Matthew Singleton was old enough that a Christopher
> Singleton chose him as his guardian in Caroline Co.
> Enough for now! Let me know if you want the VH list. Bet

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