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Message:: [QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 6197590, member: 10613"]I spent considerable time looking up family history in Tennesse and I am mainly interested in my ancestors that served in the military. My grandfather was descended from the Bradleys. I started with Richard Bradley, my 5th great grandfather. Richard Bradley was born in Duplin County, NC in 1758 and died in Sumner County, TN in August of 1827.  Richard  joined the Continental Army, and the quote below is from his pension application.     "Richard Bradley, while a resident of Duplin County, North Carolina, enlisted August 9, 1777, served as a corporal and sergeant in Captain Henry Dawson's and James Read's companies, Colonel Thomas Clark's North Carolina Regiment, wintered at Valley Forge, was in the Battle of Monmouth, went south, was in the siege of Charleston, South Carolina, and, on May 12, 1780, was taken prisoner and remained such for two years and three months, made his escape, and was discharged in the Fall of 1782, near Charleston. He served a tour of two or three months against the Tories in North Carolina, assisted in taking prisoners and in shooting one Tory, and was discharged in November or December 1783, officers’ names not stated." This guy was a Revolutionary Rambo. During his time in the military, Richard married Catherine Taylor ( b. 1763 Duplin County, d. Aug. 1839 Sumner County) on 24 July 1783. They lived in Duplin County, North Carolina. Richard Bradley is listed in the 1790 census from Duplin County. The family eventually moved to Sumner County, TN. The earliest record of Richard in Sumner County appears to be a land grant from Tennessee dated 1803 for thirty six acres. He was granted land on Drakes Creek, and according to the 1820 tax records, he had 194 acres. Here is a copy of his will from 1827. He left his property to his wife and other children, one of which was Abraham, or Abram for short. This is Abram Bradley [ATTACH=full]1245801[/ATTACH]   Abraham Bradley ( 13 Feb 1792- 25 Dec 1866) was born in Caswell County N. C. The earliest record of Abram is a land grant from Sumner County dated from 1813 for 46 six acres of land at Drakes Creek, near his father.  Abraham fought in the War of 1812. He served under Colonel Thomas Williamson in the 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen. This unit served from September 1814 - April 1815. According to the regimental histories, "they helped Jackson take the port of Pensacola from the Spanish on 7 November 1814. Williamson's men then participated in all of the engagements at New Orleans, where they were part of the left line of Jackson's breastworks. In March 1815 they returned to Tennessee via the Natchez Trace." Below is a copy of Abram's discharge from his service record. [ATTACH=full]1245806[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1245826[/ATTACH] Abram married <a href="http://awbradley.com/Zilphia.jpeg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://awbradley.com/Zilphia.jpeg" rel="nofollow">Zelpha</a> Dorris ( Oct 1795- 20 Sept 1864) on the 27th of June, 1818 in Sumner County. The father of Zelpha was also a Revolutionary War veteran. Abram was appointed <a href="http://awbradley.com/postmaster.jpeg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://awbradley.com/postmaster.jpeg" rel="nofollow">postmaster</a> of Fountain Head TN in 1839. Maybe his military service helped him get a job at the post office!  Abram and Zelpha had four children-- Alexander (1819- 1872), Abigail (1822- 1855), Richard (1825- 1908) and on 22 July 1834, Abram and Zelpha had another child-- A.W. Their son, A. W., joined the 30th regiment when he was 27 years old. Zelpha passed away while A. W. was fighting, and Abram died about two years later [ATTACH=full]1245827[/ATTACH]      AW Bradley Here is a link that includes the combat seen by the <a href="http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csa30.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csa30.html" rel="nofollow">30th Tennessee Infantry</a> regiment. This is a list that I compiled that gives significant dates for the 30th Battles for the 30th 11- 16 Feb 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson TN POW Feb- Sept 1862 Camp Butler ILlots of deaths in POW camp cousins and uncles and two great grandfathers [ATTACH=full]1245811[/ATTACH] Thomans Empson died of cholera at Camp Butler as a POW Trans-Mississippi 22 Nov 1862 Tippah Ford, MS (Abbeville) 3 Dec 1862 Springdale, MS 29 Dec 1862 Chickasaw Bayou near Vicksburg March 1863 Port Hudson, LA 3 July 1863 Edward's Station, MS 12 May 1863 Battle of Raymond MS [ATTACH=full]1245821[/ATTACH] Cousin Empson killed at Battle of Raymond...still buried there 13 July 1863 Yazoo City, MS 10- 17 July 1863 Siege of Jackson MS Army of Tennessee 19- 20 Sept 1863 Chickamauga GA 25 Nov 1863 Missionary Ridge, TN Atlanta Campaign 7-13 May 1864 Battle of Rocky Face Ridge 13-15 May Resaca, GA 9 Jun 1864 Pine Mountain, GA 27 Jun 1864 Kennesaw Mountain, GA 20 July 1864 Peach Tree Creek 22 July 1864 Atlanta, GA 31 Aug- 1 Sept 1864 Jonesboro, GA Oct 1864 Big Shanty, GA Invasion of Tennessee 26- 29 Oct 1864 Decatur, AL 30 Nov 1864 Battle of Franklin, TN AW leaves on medical discharge-------- spent in Mobile AL 5-6 Dec 1864 Murfreesboro, TN 16 Dec 1864 Battle of Nashville, TN The Last Battles 2 Apr 1865 Hazel Run, NC 21 Apr 1865 Battle of Bentonville NC the war is over discharge paperwork [ATTACH=full]1245824[/ATTACH] conduct of safe passage [ATTACH=full]1245825[/ATTACH] after the war, AW married Frances Empson, sisiter of two men he had served with. [ATTACH=full]1245828[/ATTACH] I still have a fifty from them [ATTACH=full]1245829[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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