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From: "KILBOURN, MAX B. (JSC-EA) (NASA)" <>
Subject: [BRADFORD-L] T.J.Bradford
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 15:44:15 -0600


Do you have any information on the ancestry of my ggrandfather Thomas
> > Jefferson Bradford, who's father Thomas Bradford is described below?
> >
> > Information from Ann Bradford research shows:
> > Descendants of Thomas Bradford (Great-great-grandfather)
> >
> >
> > Generation No. 1
> >
> >
> > 1. THOMAS1 BRADFORD was born c 1785 in NC, and died Bef. Dec 26, 1861 in
> > DeKalb Co TN. He married (1) NANCY MCDOWELL c 1813 in TN/NC, daughter of
> > MICHAEL MCDOWELL and UNKNOWN. She was born c 1795 in Wilkes Co NC, and
> died
> > Bet. 1850 - 1860 in DeKalb Co TN. He married (2) SARAH REEVES Dec 02,
1860
> > in DeKalb Co TN. She died Aft. May 1862.
> >
> > Notes for THOMAS BRADFORD:
> >
> > Thomas Bradford is currently the earliest known ancestor of our Bradford
> > family. The census records give his birth state as NC but his parents,
> exact
> > birth date and place are not currently known.
> >
> > The 1830 census lists a Thomas Bradford in Smith Co TN, but the ages of
> both
> > Thomas and his wife were incorrectly marked. Their household included 5
> > children under age 20
> >
> > Information from the Wilkins-Dittrich Family Tree:
> >
> > Shows a Thomas J. Bradford, born 1805, who also has as father a Wm
Thomas
> > Bradford b in Granville, NC 1761, died 1849 in White CO, TN. Married
> Martha
> > Garrison (b. 1782) in 2/13/1804. His father: Thomas Bradford, b. abt
1730
> in
> > Westover, Charles City, VA and died 1786 in Granville, NC. Married Mary
> > White Holmes. His father: Philemon Bradford, b. 1703 in Charles City,
VA,
> > died 1770 in Granville, NC. Married Mary Byrd/Bird about 1715.
> >
> > I haven't been able to determine if the Thomas J. Bradford (1805) is the
> > Thomas Bradford who is my ggrandfather (father of my ggrandfather Thomas
> > Jefferson Bradford (1836-1902). The Wilkins-Dittrich Family Tree shows
> him
> > as married to a Martha Dickerson, whereas my ancestor (according to my
> > records) is married to a Nancy McDowell.
> >
> > Thanks for your help on this.
> >
> > Max Bradford Kilbourn, Texas

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