Celia Bradford was born in 1767 in Granville, North Carolina. She married Coleman Reed White on 13 Mar 1786. She died in Mar 1813. [1]
In 1785, Celia Bradford's father left her a bequest in his will:
Item I give to my Daughter Sealey? Bradford one featherbed & furniture, one Iron pot one Negro Girl Named Milley, five Cattle & one bay horse I lately purchased of Edward More & my Chest after the death of her Mother to her & her heirs forever
Research Notes
David Bradford moved to Orange County, N.C., Ephraim moved to Montgomery County, N.C., and Benjamin moved to Mecklenburg County, N.C) Mary Bradford married Richard Lovett. Sealy Bradford married Coleman Reid White on March 13, 1786 in Granville County, N.C. We are deeply grateful to a decendant of this couple, Mrs. Lucy Floyd Bard of Oxford, ancestor, Sealy Bradford, that the lineage was accepted by the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in North Carolina.[2]
Sources
Coleman White North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 Name: Coleman White Sex: Male Spouse's Name: Celah Bradford Spouse's Sex: Female Marriage Date: 13 Mar 1786 Marriage Place: Granville, North Carolina, United States https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9Y-64Y4
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Pruett, Julian P., and Frances P. Limozaine. Ancestral Echoes 1619-1981 Pruett, Griffin, Hamilton, Keenan and related families. 1208 Gloucester Street, Brunswick, GA 31520: Coastal Printing, 1982.
*Granville County North Carolina- Original Wills- Volume 1 1749-1810 FHL - US/CAN 975.6535 P2r., abstracted by Timothy R. Rackley; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
Image of Page 1 of Thomas Bradford's will transcription [3]
Image of Page 2 of Thomas Bradford's will transcription [4] Family Search
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Celia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Celia: