Sarah (Betts) Bradberry (1799 - aft. 1870)

Born 6 Dec 1799 in Jackson, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Bradbury — married 22 Aug 1816 in Jackson, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died after 1870 after age 70 in Georgia, United States

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1799. She was the daughter of Samuel Betts and Isabel Jones. She passed away after 1870.

In 1850, Sarah, 54 and a widow, is living in Ben Smith District, Gwinnett Co, with three children, Jacob, 21, Martha, 12, and Joshua, 9. James had died after 1850. Jacob was a farmer. Sarah and Jacob could not read or write. The two younger children were in school. Sarah's loss of her husband was one of many sorrows. Sarah has no real estate value listed in the 1850 census. Had she lost her land also?

Sarah, 64, is living in 316th District; Gwinnett Co. Jacob Bradberry is living next door. He was a farmer living with his wife, Sarah Mobley, 32, and his daughters, Nancy, 8, and Sarah, 3, His sister, Martha, 21, her husband, Epharim B. Mobley, 24, and children, Sarah, 3, and James, 1, are living beside Jacob.

Then the War Between the States. Joshua Bradberry and his cousin, Ira H Betts, enlisted as privates in Company I, 16th Georgia Infantry, The Hutchins Guards, before 6 Mar 1861, a full month before the war began. The company was in Richmond Virginia 23 Jul 1861. Joshua, 20, died of disease at Richmond 14 Sep 1861.

His older brother, Jacob left his family and took up the cause. He enlisted as a private in Company H, 43rd Infantry Regiment Georgia on 10 Mar 1862. He was a POW in Vicksburg, MS 4-7 Jul 1863. He was soon released and returned to the battle. He died of disease 27 Nov 1863, probably in Chattanooga, TN. He was honored with Distinguished Service. One can only imagine the pain Sarah experienced at the loss of her sons.

In 1870, Sarah, 76, was living in Gwinnett Co, Subdivision 160, Auburn P O. She was living next to Jacob's widow, Sarah J, 36, and her children, Sarah, 12 and Henry, 9. Martha Bradberry Mobley and her family had moved to Jackson Co. Sarah died after 1870 probably in Gwinnett County.

Sources

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Ben Smiths, Gwinnett, Georgia; Roll: 71; Page: 210a
• Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), www.ancestry.com, Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860.M653, 1,438 rolls. District 316, Gwinnett, Georgia, post office Auborn, roll M653_125, page 684, image 235.