Bradley Meredith (abt. 1803 - abt. 1875)

Born about 1803 in Green County, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Son of Charles Wallace Meredith and Sarah (Wells) Meredith

Husband of Jemima (Sanders) Meredith — married 31 Jan 1826 in Barren County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died about 1875 at about age 72 in Bee Spring, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

This profile is part of the Meredith Name Study.

Birth

1803-1804, Green County, Kentucky

Marriage

Bradley married on 31 Jan 1826 in Barren County, Kentucky to Jemima Sanders.^[1]

US Census

1850: Edmonson County, Kentucky^[2]

Bradley Meredith, 46, KY, Farmer, 600

Gemima, 45, KY

Charles, 21, KY, School Teacher

Federick, 20, KY

Bradley, 17, KY

Woodford, 15, KY

Washington, 13, KY

Sarah, 11, KY

Elizabeth, 9, KY

Nancy, 2, KY

Mahala Saunders, 13, KY

Land Records

Bradley is recorded in many deeds and land records in Edmonson County, Kentucky.^[3]. A few of these are listed below:

• 1832: Deed from James & Mary Lindsey, 150 acres^[4]
• 1833: Deed from James Lindsey, 150 acres^[5]
• 1836: Deed from John Rhodes, 100 acres^[6]
• 1866: Land Grant to Bradley and Miles Meredith, 273 acres, Nolin River^[7]
• 1872: Deed from Bradley & Jacob Meredith to Jacob Meredith, 56 acres^[8]
• 1874: Deed from Bradley & Jacob Meredith to Hiram T. Rich, 95 acres^[9]
• 1876: Commissioner's Deed; order from Edmonson County Court of Nov 1876, for Heirs of Bradley Meredith, executed on 1 Jan 1877.^[10]

Death and Burial

Bradley died between 1874 and 1875. Bradley last deed was personally executed in 1874. The estate for Bradley Meredith, deceased, was probated on 6 Feb 1875, with Frederick Meredith appointed as administrator. In Nov 1876, the Edmonson County Court acted on a petition by Rosanna Meredith on behalf of the heirs of Bradley Meredith. A resultant Commissioner's Deed was executed on 1 Jan 1877.^[10]

Burial: Bee Spring, Edmonson County, Kentucky

Locals report that Bradley and Jemima were buried on their farm, which was owned by Ben Harrison in the early 1900's. Their graves were marked with large field stones. A later owner of the farm removed the stones, not recognizing their significance. We only know the general burial location.

Ceremonial Biography

Address by Charles Whittle^[11]

We are here tonight because while this was yet an untenanted wildwood, a hardy Virginia pioneer, having sojourned for a time on the headwaters of Green River, mounted his horse, laid his old, big-bore rifle across his saddle, and rode off down through the unbroken woods to the hills of Nolin and fell in love with the wilderness here. Those were the days when the bear stole out from his cavernous retreat, when the deer sped across the hill and valley, when the wolf and the wildcat at night fared forth for food, when the eagle and the turkey perched upon the craigs and in the treetops,----and this old pioneer was a hunter. His name was Joseph Meredith, and as early as 1809 he settled on Rock Creek near where it flows into Nolin from the west. Here he spent the rest of his life and with his good old spouse was laid to rest in death.

It is significant that he built a water-mill, (probably the first one in this immediate part of Kentucky,) to which his neighbors might repair with their breadstuff. It is also significant that he reared ten sons and a number of daughters to perpetuate the family traits of honesty, industry, neighborliness and love of the rifle and the wooded frontier.

For a hundred and twenty-five years his descendants have peopled these hills, and but few have strayed afar.

One of his sons, Charles, (generally known as Charles Wallace Meredith,) crossed Nolin and squatted a few miles down-stream on what is now known as the Old Jimmie Thompson place in the Fork.

One of Charles' sons, Bradley, moved on down into Piney, then across Nolin onto Dismal Creek, and lived for a time near Bee Spring before his death in 1872.

They loved these hills, and they were hunters,---these Merediths ..., descendants of the old pioneer immigrant. In the courthouse here is a bundle of wildcat bounty certificates dated 1847 to 1856. Of the one hundred and fifty-five in all, at least forty of them were issued to direct descendants of Joseph Meredith.

Research Note

This man's name makes me think these Merediths might be related to Bradley Meredith of Henry County, Virginia. ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Record in Barren County, Kentucky
2. ↑ 1850 US Census: Edmonson County, Kentucky
3. ↑ Deeds found in Edmonson County, Kentucky, Office of the County Court Clerk
4. ↑ Edmonson County, Kentucky, Deed Book C, Page 101; Date: 12 Jan 1832
5. ↑ Edmonson County, Kentucky, Deed Book C, Page 181; Date: 6 Apr 1833
6. ↑ Edmonson County, Kentucky, Deed Book C, Page 370; Date: 2 May 1836
7. ↑ Kentucky Land Grants, 1782-1924, Book Number 69, Bradley and Miles Meredith, 273 acres; Survey Date: 10 Feb 1866, Nolin River, Edmonson County. Kentucky
8. ↑ Edmonson County, Kentucky, Deed Book J, Page 499; Date: 30 Dec 1872
9. ↑ Edmonson County, Kentucky, Deed Book J, Page 618-619; Date: 29 May 1874
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Edmonson County, Kentucky, Deed Book L, Page 191-192; Date: 1 Jan 1877
11. ↑ Public address delivered at Washington Meredith Masonic Lodge No. 355 F. & A. M. on 3 Mar 1934, in commemoration the birthday of Washington Meredith and of George Washington.
12. ↑ Research Note by Katherine Patterson.

• 1860 US Census: Edmonson County, Kentucky
• 1870 US Census: Edmonson County, Kentucky
• 1880 US Census: Bee Spring, Edmonson County, Kentucky; Jamima Meredith, 75, listed as a widow.

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Glenn Meredith GEDmatch T897682, Sonseeahray Irene (Allen) Lapee, GEDmatch A276420, and Oma Lee (Salings) Baker, GEDmatch A688882, sharing a 10.0 cM segment on chromosome 2 from 8488590 to 12178821.
• Parental relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Glenn Meredith GEDmatch T897682, Lisa Dawn Cox GEDmatch A894974, and Barton Music GEDmatch T951297, sharing a 6.0 cM segment on chromosome 2 from 127149468 to 132059809 and a 11.3 cM segment on chromosome 15 from 23738934 - 27229949.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 7.5 cM segment on chromosome 17, consisting of Margie Elkins, GEDmatch kit # JH3304066, and Patty (Clark) Basham, her 6th cousin, GEDmatch kit # BH8139402, and LaDonna (Vincent) Estes, her 6th cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # CF7561235. (Patty and LaDonna are 4th cousins 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are Bradley Meredith and Dorothy Unknown, the 5x great grandparents of both Margie Elkins and Patty (Clark) Basham and 6x great grandparents of LaDonna (Vincent) Estes.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch consisting of Barton Musick, Jimmy Sanders, and Lynda Evans, who share a 17.6 cM segment on chromosome 9. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are Philip Wells and Elizabeth Unknown.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.
• This person was created through the import of Harpers of Hart Co KY 9 sans mine.ged on 07 February 20110