Captain John Bradford and Elizabeth Blakwell Bradford

Bradford, John, Captain

Bradford, Elizabeth Blackwell

Section 28.2

ID # 280950

A Revolutionary Soldier of 1776

Sacred

To the Memory of

Captain John Bradford

Born May 14^th AD 1762

And departed this life

Jan. 27^th 1827

Mark the perfect man and behold the

Upright for the end of that man is peace

Under this slab also

The remains of

Elizabeth Blackwell

Wife of

John Bradford

Born June 27, 1767

Died April 24, 1837

Parents of Mrs. Alfred Hume

Children:

Ann born 1786

Elizabeth born 1788

Armistead Blackwell born 1789

John Alexander born 1791

Hiram born 1793

Judith born 1795

Robert born 1797

William Ashton born 1800

Edward born 1802

Frederick born 1805

Evalina Matilda born 1807

Louise Horner born 1811

Mary Margaret born 1813

Recorded 2005

Documentation
The Bradford family marker was placed on the Hume Lot after 1908. The inscription appeared in Mrs. Acklen’s 1933 listing of tombstones. One of the Bradford children, Louisa Horner Bradford married Alfred Hume. She and her husband are buried on the Hume Lot.
Update Report. 1-5-2010.

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Bradford, John

American Revolution Soldier buried at City Cemetery

Roster Of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee (1974)
Compiled by Lucy Womack Bates, Chairman
Revised 1979, by Helen Crawford Marsh
Published by Tennessee Society, NSDAR

Bradford, John (b 1762/d 1857 Davidson Co.) Buried near old Glendale Park, Nashville, TN: S.G.; Acklen says buried Old City Cemetery Grave SAR marked 1924. Lived on farm 4 miles south of Nashville on Granny White Pike. Lived Fauquier County, VA during Revolution. Capt, no service given. M 4-1-1785 to Elizabeth _______b 1767/d1837. Children Ann b 8-29-1786 m James Cowden; Elizabeth b 4-30-1788; Armistead Blackell b 12-3-1789 m 11-25-1824 Mary Jane Hopkins; John Alexander b 12-10-1791; Hiram b 11-4-1793; Judith b 11-3-1795; Robert b 8-5-1797 m 6-30-1836 Eliza T. Hart; William Ashton b 1-4-1800; Edward b 7-16-1802 m 4-1-1835 Virginia Campbell; Frederick b 2-23-1805 m 1-7-1840 Virginia N. DeMoss; Evelina Matilda b 7-22-1807 m 1-2-1839 John Nichol; Louisa Harner b 8-26-1811 m 8-12-1834 Prof Alfred Hume; Mary Margret b 11-27-1813. Ref: A scrapbook in Archives, not S.G.; A vol p 7; N.M.

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