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From: "Collectors Mall" <>
Subject: [BRADFORD-L] Re: Bradford - South Carolina, Georgia, Texas
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 12:52:28 -0600




> I am posting my Bradford line in hopes that someone will find a connection
and I can find the parents of my John M. Bradford.
>
> I do not know where the family came from before South Carolina. (Probably
N.C.?)
>
> (1) John M. Bradford was b. 24 Mar 1817 in S. C. He married Sarah Jones
16 Aug 1836 in Jackson Co., Georgia.
>
> 1850 Coweta Co., GA census:
> Household #1010
> BRADFORD
> John M. 31, farmer, b. S.C.
> Sarah 27 b. S.C.
> Jessie O. (Oliver, my g grandfather) 11, b. GA
> Robert H. 10
> Maranda C. 8
> Frances E. 7
> Arabella J. 6
> Bernice J. 3
>
> J.M. Bradford filed for a Confederate pension from Elbert Co., Ga. he was
in Co. C, 7th Cav. I don't know if this is our same John M. Bradford?
>
> No Bradford's are listed in the 1840 Jackson Co., census.
>
> (2) JESSIE OLIVER BRADFORD=20
>
> Jessie was b. Sep 1839 in Franklin, Heard, Georgia. He died 1883 in
Rotan, Fisher, Texas. His parents were John M. and Sarah Bradford (listed
above).
>
> Jessie married Nancy Ann (Annie ) Smith on 17 Sep 1857 in La Grange,
Troup, Georgia. They were listed in the Vital Records from Troup, Georgia
as Jessee A. Bradford and Nancy M. Smith.
>
> Nancy Ann Smith's parents were Nanthan N. Smith born in 1799 in North
Carolina and married Eliza S. born about 1807 in GA. They were married in
GA about 1835.
>
> Jessie and Annie were starting their family in GA before the Civil War.
> On 4 Mar 1862 Jessie became a private in the 41st GA Regiment, Infantry,
also known as the "Heard Co. Rangers". He fought at Vicksburg. He was
captured, parolled and released in 1863. He was about 24 yrs. old.
>
> Jessie and Annie moved from Georgia to Eastland, Tx in 1871. In Texas,
they had 4 more children. The last of their children was my grandmother
Katherine. She was born in 1881 in Desdemna, Eastland, Texas.
>
> Children:
> John R. b. 1860 GA
> Martha A. (Caroline) b. 1862 Heard, GA "Aunt Sis"
> Henry Franklin b. 1867 Troup, GA
> Sarah P. b. 1868 Heard, GA
> Reancy O. (Rancie) b. 1869 Heard, GA
> Zeporah Mandora (Dora) b, 1872 Eastland, TX
> Oma b. 1874 Eastland, TX
> Edward S. b, 1877 Eastland, TX
> Katherine E. b. 1881, Eastland, TX
>
> Jessie Oliver died in 1883 (age 44). It is thought he was killed by
Comanche Indians somewhere in Eastland, Erath, or Comanche counties, TX.
(He is listed on my grandmother's death certificate as John. However, this
is a mistake made by a family member.)
>
> Annie Smith remarried after 1900 to a Mr. Hooper. She died in 1912 in
Fisher, Tx.
>
> My grandmother often said they were related to William Bradford of the
Mayflower, but this may be wishful thinking?
>
> If anyone has any information on this line, it would be greatly
appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Judy Fillerup
>



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