David Bradford Esq (1762 - 1808)

Born 1762 in Cecil, Maryland

Husband of Elizabeth (Porter) Bradford — married 1785 in Washington, PA, USA

Descendants

Died 1808 at about age 46 in Saint Francisville, West Feliciana, Louisiana, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Doug Lockwood [send private message]

Biography

David Bradford Esq is Notable.

David Bradford (1762–1808) was a successful lawyer and deputy attorney-general for Washington County, Pennsylvania in the late 18th century. He was infamous for his association with the Whiskey Rebellion, and his fictionalized escape to the Spanish-owned territory of West Florida (modern-day Louisiana) with soldiers at his tail. He was later pardoned by President John Adams for his actions. Today, his family's home in Washington, Pennsylvania is a national landmark and museum.^[1]

One of his sisters, Agnes, had married John McDowell, a prominent local attorney; another sister, Jane, had married Col. James Allison, a lawyer who had settled in the Chartiers Valley in 1774.

The drama of The Myrtles Plantation began in 1796 when General David Bradford, also known as “Whiskey Dave” of the Whiskey Rebellion, fled the United States to avoid arrest and imprisonment. Bradford arrived at Bayou Sara, then a Spanish Colony, and obtained a land grant of 650 acres from the Baron de Corondelet to begin a new life. In 1820 The Myrtles was sold to his son-in-law, Judge Clarke Woodruff, who remodeled the mansion.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bradford_%28lawyer%29
2. ↑ http://myrtlesplantation.com/history.php

• https://www.geni.com/people/David-Bradford/6000000033011423205
• Pennsylvania, Land Warrants, 1733-1987 3 citations provide evidence for Name, Custom Event
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s 2 citations provide evidence for Name, Arrival