Thomas Bradley (abt. 1735 - aft. 1800)

Born about 1735 in Caroline, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Died after 1800 after about age 65 in Augusta, Columbia, Georgia, United States

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Biography

He is the son of John Bradley and Diane Unknown. ^[1]

Thomas was born in Virginia in 1735, probably in Caroline County. He moved with his family from Virginia about 1738, first to Bute County, then later to Old Tryon County, where he lived until after his father passed away. He along with his father, and four of his brothers served in the Revolutionary War. Sometime after 1780, he moved his family to the Augusta, Georgia area, where lived out the remainder of his days. He died sometime after 1800, but before 1810.

Thomas first appears in the records of Bute County, North Carolina in 1765, when he paid taxes. He appears again in the records of Bute County, North Carolina in 1770 when he served on a Jury. The Bute County records for 1771 reflect that he took responsibility for a six year old child, tabatha McGee to raise until she reached the age of eighteen, to ensure that she learned to read and write and all the requirements for being a homemaker.

On February 12, 1772, Thomas was summoned to court for a civil matter, and then is mentioned in another court hearing later that same year on May 14th. Thomas served in the North Carolina Militia from Bute County, during the Revolutionary War. Thomas, as well as his father, and four brothers served.

Thomas relocated to Rutherford County after the revolutionary war, and resided there until about 1790. The Rutherford County Public Road Records list him as a Road Overseer for 1789. Thomas was replaced as overseer of the road by his brother Richard, in 1791, as he had moved to Augusta, Georgia. He is listed there on the 1800 Census. He was not found in the 1810 Census, indicating that he had died sometime between 1800 and 1810.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Joyce Serna, Sep 3, 2012

• Joyce Serna, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Joyce and others.

Sources for Birth and Death Information.

See Bradley - 2074 Will included in Biography Section.

“Smokey Mountain Clans, Vol 2, Shultz, McCarter, Trentham, Bradley, Watson, Conner, Swearingen, Oakley and Clabaugh Families” By Donald B. Reagan Published: October 1, 1983

“Bradleys of Virginia and the South” By Wendell H. Bradley Published in 1994, On Microfilm at the Family History Library 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake, Utah 84150

Sources for 1765 Tax Payment in Bute County, NC

BUTE COUNTY RECORD BOOK A 1764-1774 96 JULIUS NICHOLS, late Sheriff. Taxes received but not listed. 1765: 1 each for GEORGE ROSE, HUMPHRY BEARDIN, JONATHAN MAYFIELD, PETER SMART, JOHN BAUGH, and THOMAS BRADLEY. 1766: 5 polls listed for WILLIAM POWELL. 1767: 4 polls for JOHN HARRIS: 8 for LAWRENCE LANCASTER.

Sources for Bute County, NC Court listings

1770 Jury List Wm Massey, Joseph Farr, Abraham Ellis, Moses Myrick, John Jones, Sam'l Walker, Tho's Goodwin, Francis Mabry, John Brown, Ephraim Hill, Nicholas Murphy, Tho's Bradley. Source: Bute County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1767-1779, Dated 17 August 1770

1771 Ordered that Tabitha McGee a base begotten Child born of the body of Peggy McGee aged about Six years, be bound to Thomas Bradley until she attain to the age of Eighteen years, the said Thomas to learn the said Tabitha to read & Write and housewifery. Source: Bute County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1767-1779, Dated 13 February 1771

1772 John Laughter special bail for Thomas Bradley at the suit of William Shearin brought into Court the said Thomas Bradley and delivered him up in Discharge of his Suretiship, whereupon George Walker came into Court and Entered himself special bail for the said Thomas, which was approved of &c. Source: Bute County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1767-1779, Dated 12 February 1772

1772 Nath'l Baxter made oath to his account for attendance as a witness for Thomas Bradley at the suit of William Shearin amount'g to £1.16.8 proc. Source: Bute County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1767-1779, Dated 14 May 1772

Source For Rutherford County Road Overseer in 1789

1789 Rutherford County Road Records -July 1789- "The court appointed Thomas Bradley overseer of the public road from Alexander McDonalds folly to the old muster ground and that all the hands be liable by law the dividing ridge between Cedar Creek and Turkey down to the said road are ordered to work on the same." In April of 1788, the court had ordered a group of twelve men in addition to Thos. Bradley to lay off a road from McDonald's lower field on Cove Creek from thence to Jones Williams and from thence up Young's Creek to the old Muster Ground making the road towards Moses Wrights..." Geo. Ledbetter was responsible for their qualifying as to the charges that would be made for marking and laying off the road. I assume this is the same road mentioned above. In October 1791 Richard Bradley was appointed overseer in place of Thomas Bradley who had moved away. This is all I have on the muster ground, but seeing the above information in the August Bulletin of the Old Tryon Genealogical Society made me curious. Source: This came from a post made by Chivous Bradley in the Rutherford County NC genealogy forum from Genealogy.com http://genforum.genealogy.com/nc/rutherford/messages/1374.html