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Descendants of Thomas Bradford, R.S.

Generation No. 2

2. NANCY² BRADFORD (THOMAS¹) was born 1798 in Montgomery Co., GA, and died 1863 in Lowndes Co., GA. She married SHADRACK GRIFFIN January 27, 1814 in Montgomery County, GA, son of JAMES GRIFFIN and SARAH LODGE.

Notes for SHADRACK GRIFFIN:
Shadrack was Justice of Peace in the 432nd district of Irwin Co. in 1822, and 1825 and in the 518th district of Irwin 1835-39. The latter district was formed out of the 432nd. He was justice of Peace of the 658th district of Lowndes Co. 1841-1842, and in the 1020th district, same county 1848-1853. He became the first State Senator from Brooks Co., serving 1859-1860.

Shadrack and Nancy are buried in an old cemetery near Hahira.

More About SHADRACK GRIFFIN:
Census: 1820, Irwin Co., GA

Children of NANCY BRADFORD and SHADRACK GRIFFIN are:

	i.		THOMAS B.³ GRIFFIN, b. 1816; m. JANE MOORE.
	ii.		REBECCA GRIFFIN, b. 1818; m. JOEL SWAIN.
	iii.		JOSHUA GRIFFIN, b. 1822; m. MARY FUTCH.
	iv.		WILLIAM D. GRIFFIN, b. 1824; m. NANCY BELOTE.
	v.		ELISHA GRIFFIN, b. 1826; m. MARY DUFF WRIGHT, February 22, 1857.
	vi.		JAMES H. GRIFFIN, b. 1829; m. SARAH MOORE.
	vii.		SEABORN GRIFFIN, b. 1830; m. AGNES MILEY.
	viii.		EMILY E. GRIFFIN, b. 1833; m. DAVID R. STEPHENS, April 02, 1857.
	ix.		ARTHA V. GRIFFIN, b. 1834.

Notes for ARTHA V. GRIFFIN:
Artha apparently died young. There is no record of her at all.

3. WILLIAM² BRADFORD (THOMAS¹) was born 1799 in Montgomery County, GA, and died January 15, 1890 in Lowndes Co., Ga. He married ELIZABETH GRIFFIN March 28, 1819 in Montgomery County, GA, daughter of JAMES GRIFFIN and SARAH LODGE.

Notes for WILLIAM BRADFORD:
One of the first settlers of Irwin Co. The first term of Irwin Superior Court was held at his home near Dorminy's Mills, in 1820 according to descendants. In 1838, he sold out and moved to Lowndes Co and settled seven miles south of the present town of Hahira and lived there until he died.

Most of his life was crippled due to rheumatism, notwithstanding his handicap reared a large family: a newspaper article in 1878 said he had twelve children, sixty-four grandchildren and fifty-four great-grandchildren at that time.

He was a Justice of the Inferior Court of Irwin Co. 1825-1837: and served as Tax-collector of Lowndes Co., 1845-1857 and again 1860-1871.

He was a Methodist and belonged to Shiloh Church near Hahira. For many years William was a class leader in his church and as such exercised a great influence for good in his community and county, being a man of great spiritual power.

More About WILLIAM BRADFORD:
Census: 1820, Irwin Co., GA

Children of WILLIAM BRADFORD and ELIZABETH GRIFFIN are:

	i.		MAHULDA³ BRADFORD, b. 1819; m. (1) MATTHEW MARSHALL; m. (2) BERRY MARSH.
	ii.		JOHN BRADFORD, b. 1820; m. (1) ELIZABETH ?; m. (2) NELLIE JONES, January 13, 1858.

Notes for JOHN BRADFORD:
Private volunteered March 4, 1862. Co. D 50th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry Army of Northern Virginia C.S.A. Lowndes Co GA Valdosta Guards.
Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. Oct. 19, 1864.

7.	iii.	SHADRACK BRADFORD, b. 1822.
	iv.	MALINDA BRADFORD, b. 1826; m. HENRY VICKERS.
	v.	RHODA BRADFORD, b. 1828; m. HENRY MARSH.
	vi.	AMANDA BRADFORD, b. 1829; m. MATTHEW VICKERS.
	vii.	BLANSETT BRADFORD, b. 1833; m. ? TUCKER.
	viii.	WILLIAM BRADFORD, b. January 09, 1834, Lowndes Co. GA; m. (1) ELIZABETH DASHER STRICKLAND; m. (2) ELIZA M. HODGES, January 25, 1857.

Notes for WILLIAM BRADFORD:
Private volunteered May 11, 1862. Detailed nurse at Macon, Ga. Dec. 1862. Pension records show he was at home on sick furlough close of war.

	ix.		JANE BRADFORD, b. 1837; m. ALONZO WRIGHT.
	x.		FRANKLIN BRADFORD, b. 1840; d. October 13, 1862, Leesburg, VA C.S.A.; m. ELIZA ?.

Notes for FRANKLIN BRADFORD:
Franklin was 2d Sergeant, volunteered March 4, 1862. Co. D 50th Reg. Georgia Volunteer Infantry Army of Northern Virginia C.S.A. Lowndes County, Georgia Valdosta Guards. Died in Leesburg, VA in C.S.A

xi.

RACHEL BRADFORD, b. 1845.

Notes for RACHEL BRADFORD:
Rachel probably died single.

4. ELIZABETH² BRADFORD (THOMAS¹) was born 1805 in Edgecombe Co. NC, and died Aft. 1850 in Lowndes Co., GA. She married JOSHUA GRIFFIN March 21, 1820 in Montgomery County, GA, son of JAMES GRIFFIN and SARAH LODGE.

Children of ELIZABETH BRADFORD and JOSHUA GRIFFIN are:

	i.	THOMAS³ GRIFFIN, b. 1821.
	ii.	REBECCA GRIFFIN, b. 1823.
8.	iii.	SCOTT GRIFFIN, b. August 03, 1825, Irwin Co. GA.
	iv.	SUSAN GRIFFIN, b. 1828.
	v.	SARAH GRIFFIN, b. 1830.
	vi.	JACOB B. GRIFFIN, b. 1832.
	vii.	LEWIS L. GRIFFIN, b. 1833.
	viii.	LUCY GRIFFIN, b. 1833.

5. SEABORN J.² BRADFORD (THOMAS¹) was born February 14, 1807 in Montgomery County, GA, and died March 26, 1884 in Clinch County, GA. He married PRISCILLA GRIFFIN February 04, 1830 in Clinch County, GA, daughter of THOMAS GRIFFIN and NANCY HALL.

Notes for SEABORN J. BRADFORD:
Extract from the Valdosta Times of June 7, 1884:

"It is with a feeling of sadness that we notice the death of Seaborn J. Bradford, one of Clinch County's oldest and most respected citizens. Mr. Bradford has been confined to his bed with a lingering illness of three months, during which he bore it with Christian resignation...It may be truly said there has departed a good and honest man, occasioning a vacancy that will long be felt in the community where he lived. He died in his 67th year, leaving behind the rich inheritance of a well spent life and a character of jewel brightness and diamond hardness."

Seaborn Bradford was the first surveyor of Berrien Co. Georgia. He served on the first Grand Jury in Berrien Co. in 1856.

Buried Fender cmt., Lanier Co., GA

Notes for PRISCILLA GRIFFIN:
Buried in the Fender Cemetery in Lanier Co.

Children of SEABORN BRADFORD and PRISCILLA GRIFFIN are:

	i.		JANE³ BRADFORD, b. December 29, 1830; m. ELBERT CAMERON.
	ii.		RICHARD BRADFORD, b. March 26, 1832, Berrien County, GA; d. July 08, 1864, C.S.A..

Notes for RICHARD BRADFORD:
Richard Bradford, enlisted as a private in Co. "E", 54th Georgia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., May 6, 1862. He transferred to Co. "G", 29th Georgia Regiment, January 1, 1863. The company roll shows "No further record". The old Family Bible of his parents shows he died in the service July 8, 1864.

9.	iii.	JAMES CLINTON BRADFORD, b. June 27, 1834, Irwin Co. GA; d. April 21, 1880, Clinch County, GA.
10.	iv.	BERRY BRADFORD, b. April 22, 1836, Berrien County, GA.
	v.	EMILY BRADFORD, b. March 06, 1838; d. July 29, 1927.

Notes for EMILY BRADFORD:
Emily never married.

	vi.		WILLIAM BRINSON BRADFORD, b. April 20, 1840, Berrien County, GA; m. GEORGIA DAMPIER.
	vii.		ELIZABETH BRADFORD, b. March 25, 1842; d. August 20, 1881; m. JOHN NORRIS.
	viii.		THOMAS G. BRADFORD, b. June 10, 1844, Berrien County, GA; d. March 08, 1862, C.S.A..

Notes for THOMAS G. BRADFORD:
Thomas died single in C.S.A on March 8, 1862.

ix.

REBECCA BRADFORD, b. October 25, 1846; d. February 06, 1908.

Notes for REBECCA BRADFORD:
Died single.

	x.		JOHN W. BRADFORD, b. December 28, 1849; d. September 19, 1878; m. SARAH JEFFCOAT.
	xi.		FRANCIS MARION BRADFORD, b. September 08, 1851; m. (1) SARAH M. ANDERSON; m. (2) MARY IDA WILSON.

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