Philemon Bradford Jr (abt. 1733 - 1800)

Born about 1733 in Westover, Charles City, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Booker) Bradford — married 1757 in Granville, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1800 at about age 67 in Granville, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Philemon Bradford was born in 1733 in Westover, Charles City County, Virginia. He lived in Granville County, North Carolina, United States in 1755. He owned a grant of land received by The Earl Granville on 1 August 1762 in Granville County, North Carolina, . Parents: Philemon Bradford and Mary Byrd.

He married Elizabeth Booker in 1757 North Carolina, Unites. They lived in Granville County, North Carolina, in 1769. They lived in Granville County, North Carolina, United States in 1790. Elizabeth and Philemon lived in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, United States in 1800. Their children were: Massey Bradford, Elizabeth Bradford, Fanny Bradford, Bird Booker Bradford, Sarah Bradford, Harris Bradford, Polly Bradford, Jemima Bradford.

In 1769, Philemon's father Philemon Bradford, Sr. died. His will left a nominal bequest to his son Philemon (Jr.) and named him co-executor of the estate with Philemon, Jr.'s brother, Thomas Bradford

There are several "Philemon Bradford"s named in 1750-1787 Granville deeds ^[1] and family researchers can use the Granville County, North Carolina GenWeb site to determine which, if any, belong to this profile.

Philemon was a Lieutenant in the Granville county Militia, serving in Captain Sol. (Solomon?) Alston's Company in 1771.

In 1778, Philemon took the oath of allegience to the State of North Carolina -- against King George III. Taking the oath alongside him were his brothers, Thomas and Richard Bradford and his nephews, Philemon (Jr.) and Thomas, Jr. He is in the Daughters of the American Revolution database as rendering patriotic service

Philemon died on 23 June 1800 at the age of 67 in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. He was buried after 23 June 1800 in Granville County, North Carolina, United States.

Multiple Philemon Bradfords

There are three Philemon Bradfords overlapping in Granville County, North Carolina in the mid to late eighteenth century.:

• Philemon Bradford (1733-1800) -- this Philemon
• Philemon Bradford, Sr., 1703-1769 -- father of this Philemon
• Philemon Bradford, Jr, 1757-1824 -- nephew of this Philemon, son of Thomas Bradford

Philemon Bradford Jr.

Philemon Bradford Junior, however, left a few more footprints than some of John I’s other siblings. Philemon Jr. was listed as one of the nine justices of the Granville County court when that group convened in August, 1793. He was also a co-executor of William Buchanan’s will in 1788 and brother Thomas’s will in 1786. 237

Philemon Jr. probably died in 1804. His will, which was dated June 23, 1800, was proven in the Granville County court in May, 1804. Philemon’s will mentions his wife Elizabeth (some speculate that her last name was Booker) and his nine children: daughters Mary Bradford, Nancy Bradford, Massy Fuller, Elizabeth Hooker, Sarah Tuggle and Jemima Bridges; son in law Jonathon Moore (who was the surviving spouse of Philemon Jr.’s deceased daughter Fanny); and sons Booker Bradford and Harris Bradford. 238

Several of Philemon Jr.’s children married in Granville County: Fanny married John Moore in 1782; Sarah married John Tuggle in 1784; Booker married Fanny Mann in 1788; Harris married Mary Pruett (or Prewitt) in 1790; Jemima married Joseph Bridges in 1796; Elizabeth married John Hooker (although I am not sure where or when the marriage occurred, a Granville County record reflects that John Hooker died on May 13, 1800 and left all of his estate to his wife Elizabeth); Nancy married Simpson Mangum in 1814; and Mary (also called Polly) married John Finch in 1815. 239 I am not certain which Fuller married Massy, but I suspect that it was the Joseph Fuller who joined Massy Fuller and Mary Bradford in proving John Hooker’s will in Granville County in 1800. 240 Descendants of several of those children of Philemon Jr. are active family genealogists and have much information about that branch of the family’s line. 241

A number of Philemon Junior’s descendants, including members of the Bradford, Tuggle, Moore, Bridges and other related families moved to Smith County, Tennessee, between 1798 and the 1820s. Included in that group was, among others: Booker Bird Bradford (with his wife Fanny and children, Joseph, Agnes, Nancy, Polly and Elizabeth); Jesse and Isham Fuller (sons of Joseph and Massey Fuller); and John Tuggle and Sarah Bradford Tuggle, who died and were buried in Smith County). A fuller discussion of those and other descendants of Philemon Bradford Sr. is in The History of Smith County Tennessee, a work sponsored by the Smith County Homecoming ’86, Heritage Committee. 242 Harris Bradford and his wife Mary moved to the eastern part of Sumner County, Tennessee (in an area east of Nashville that later split off and became Smith County) and then, in about 1822, they moved to Gibson County, which is located near the western end of Tennessee. Harris lived on a small hill northwest of Humboldt which overlooks the present Forked Deer River bottom and, 170 years later, his ancestors still live there. Harris, who died in 1836, left ten children. Much information about his descendants is set forth in Families and History of Gibson County, Tennessee to 1989. 243^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Bradford Deeds, Granville County
2. ↑ [1] David Thomas Bradford, The Bradfords of Charles City County, Virginia, and Some of Their Descendants, 1653-1993

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Birth, Marriage & Death Name Philemon Bradford Spouse Elizabeth Birth 1733 - NC

• North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Census & Voter Lists Name Philemon Jr. Bradford Residence 1755 - No Township Listed, Granville County, NC

• 1800 United States Federal Census Census & Voter Lists Name Philemon Bradford Residence Hillsboro, Granville, North Carolina

• 1790 United States Federal Census Census & Voter Lists Name Philemon Bradford Residence Granville, North Carolina, United States

• North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Census & Voter Lists Name Philemon Bradford Residence 1769 - No Township Listed, Granville County, NC

• North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Census & Voter Lists Name Philemon Bradford Residence 1755 - No Township Listed, Granville County, NC

• Will of Philemon Bradford (Sr.), 25 Aug 1769, Granville County Loose Wills 1749-1771 1769, Early Granville County Wills, Transcribed by Deloris Williams. Granville County, North Carolina GenWeb [2] accessed 23 Jun 2018, © 2012 by Deloris Williams for the NCGenWeb Project and/or individual contributors. No portion of any document appearing on this site is to be used for other than personal research. Any republication or reposting is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the owner. Last updated 11/19/2013

Bequest to son Philemon Bradford, names him co-executor.

• Bradford Deeds, Granville county, (1750-1781) Granville County, North Carolina GenWeb [3] accessed 23 Jun 2018. ©2002, 2003, 2007 by Nola Duffy, Deloris Williams, Tina Tarlton Smith, and/or individual contributors. No portion of any document appearing on this site is to be used for other than personal research. Any republication or reposting is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the owner. Last updated 08/08/2012

• Muster roll for the Granville County Militia,1771; Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, [4] accessed 23 Jun 2018. Citing Volume 22, Pages 160-167

Company of Captain Sol. Alston, Dec’d., (pg 161)

Philemon Bradford, Lieut.

comment: In 1771 Philemon's father, Philemon, Sr., was already dead and his nephew, born abt 1757 was too young to be a Lieutenant.

• List of inhabitants of Granville County who took the oath of allegiance to North Carolina, including oaths; May 22, 1778 - August 02, 1778; Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, [5] accessed 23 Jun 2018. Citing Volume 22, Pages 168-179

pg 173, County of Granville, District of Bever (Beaver) Dam

Thos. Bradford, Sr. -- also --

Thos. Bradford, Jr.

Richard Bradford

Philemon Bradford, Sr. (district list continues on pg 174)

Philemon Bradford, Jr.

• Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Genealogical Research Databases [6] accessed 22 Jun 2018.

Name: BRADFORD, PHILEMON Ancestor #: 209877

Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE

Birth: CIRCA 1734

Death: ANTE 5/1804 GRANVILLE CO NORTH CAROLINA

Service Source: CLARK, STATE RECS OF NC, VOL 22, P 173-174

Service Description: 1) SIGNER OF OATH OF ALLEGIANCE

RESIDENCE: 1) County: GRANVILLE CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA

SPOUSE 1) ELIZABETH X