Richard Ammon Bradshaw (1788 - 1872)

Born 15 Jan 1788 in Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States

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Died 3 Oct 1872 at age 84 in Mt Horeb, Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Richard Bradshaw was a Tennessean.

Richard Ammon Bradshaw was born on 15 Jan 1788 in Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States, son of John Bradshaw and Nancy Agnes Clendennin.^[1]

He married Lydia Prigmore.^[2] Their children were:

1. John P Bradshaw
2. Joseph Caldwell Bradshaw
3. Rev Thomas Rankin Bradshaw
4. Richard Harden Bradshaw
5. Nancy Ann Bradshaw.

He was a veteran of the War of 1812 serving in Captain Thomas McCuiston's Company of the Tennessee Militia. ^[3]

He died on 3 Oct 1872 in Mt Horeb, Jefferson County, Tennessee aged 84. He is buried in Mount Horeb Cemetery, Jefferson County.^[4]

Notes

The Bible transcript gives the year of birth as 1778 in one place and 1788 in another. Marker on grave says 1788.

Sources

1. ↑ http://jefferson.tngenealogy.net/research-aids/81-families/family-bible-records/147-bible-of-old-bradshaw-family
2. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YN-KYR : 21 December 2016), Richard Bradshaw and Lydia Prigmore, 04 Aug 1809; citing , Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 968,301.
3. ↑ "United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8CX-WJ5 : 11 March 2018), Lydia Prigmoro in entry for Richard Bradshaw, ; citing military unit Pvt Capt Thomas McCuistons Co Tenn Mil, NARA microfilm publication M313 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 840,440.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #68433438

• Transcript of Cawood Bradshaw Bible Record, WPA Project. This is an old family record that was copied by hand many times and may contain errors from the transcribing process.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD2-S1H : 12 April 2016), Lidia Bradshaw in household of Richard Bradshaw, Jefferson county, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 557, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Richard Bradshaw Male 63 Tennessee

Lidia Bradshaw Female 73 Pennsylvania

Richard H Bradshaw Male 35 Tennessee

Nancy A Bradshaw Female 32 Tennessee

Jane P Bradshaw Female 32 Tennessee

Nancy D Bradshaw Female 12 Tennessee

Martha Bradshaw Female 11 Tennessee

Harriet Bradshaw Female 7 Tennessee

Lidia T Bradshaw Female 6 Tennessee

Sarah E Bradshaw Female 4 Tennessee

John W M Bradshaw Male 0 Tennessee

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Y9-BF6 : 12 December 2017), R Bradshaw, 1860. Jefferson, TN.

R Bradshaw Male 72 Tennessee

N A Alexander Female 43 Tennessee

M Bradshaw Female 50 Tennessee

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDC-M9V : 14 June 2019), Richard Bradshaw in entry for John P Bradshaw, 1870. Jefferson, TN. Richard is 82 living with son John P. and family.
• Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.