James Joseph Bradley

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46.James Bradley, born 1740 in Lunenburg Co., Va; died 03 Feb 1807 in Bladen Co., NC or Va.He married 47. Margaret Beasley Abt. 1759.

47.Margaret Beasley, born 1742 in Lunenburg Co., Va; died 04 May 1816 in Bladen Co., NC or Va.She was the daughter of 94. Robert Beasley and 95. Mary.

Notes for James Bradley:

Patriot Rev. War Private From Va.

• 1729: James Bradley born.
• 1752: son James Jr. born VA
• 1762: Amelia Co tax list, Nottoway Parish (probably lower part of), John Pryor's list, James Bradley, Harry, George, Dublin, Phebe, Sue - 6 tithes.
• 1764: Amelia Tax List, Nottoway Parish. Thomas Short, James Bradley, Bob, Torey, Charles, Nimmey, Jeffrey, Roger, Prince, Betty, Barberry, Toombo, Judah, & Nan. 14 tithes, 600 acres.
• 1765: Amelia Co, Nottoway Parish: James Bradley listed with Thomas Short & 13 slaves. Also in Nottoway Par. were Ambrose, Richard, & John Beasley. No Crews. ie. Bradley was working for Short
• 1765: daughter Elizabeth born VA.
• 1765, June 13, Lunenburg Co: John Hardy of Nottoway Parish, Amelia Co, to James Bradley of Nottoway Parish, Amelia Co, VA, 200 acres, more or less, land in Lunenburg Co on Dry Creek [which is where Richard Crews lived].
• 1766: James Bradley, Amelia Co tax list, Nottoway Parish, 2 slaves (Ben & Brent), 3 tithes, no land [which makes sense because his land was in Lunenburg County]
• 1767: same 2 James Bradleys on Amelia tax list - [I can't find any - on the 1st Amelia Tax Reel]
• 1767: Nottoway tax list, 1 slave (Ben), 2 tithes, 0 land [2nd reel].
• 1767, Jun 25: witnessed a deed in Amelia County (Amelia DB 9/164) from John and Ann Allen to Frances Hatheway.
• 1767, Nov 21: James Bradley mentioned as a neighbor in a Lunenburg deed involving Dry Branch.
• 1768: Amelia tax list, Nottoway Par - James Bradley, Alexander, Leveston, Ben - 3 tithes, no land.
• 1769: Amelia tax list, Nottoway Parish, James Bradley, James Jr, Ben, 3 tithes, no land. [Just about right for a son b. ca 1752]
• 1770: Amelia Co tax list, Nottoway Parish, James Bradley & son (or sam), 2 tithes. [to me, looked like Lam, although the first 2 letters were not clear. It could have been Sam]
• 1772: A James Bradley of Tryon Co, NC sells land in Halifax Co.
• 1773, Feb 12: the line of James Bradley mentioned in a Lun. deed (Lun DB 12 p 258)
• 1774: daughter Ritter born VA.
• 1776: NOT on Lunenburg Co tax list, or earlier lists. BUT
• 1776: May 12, the line of James Bradley mentioned in a deed (Lun DB 12 p 531).
• 1778: NOT head of household on Amelia personal property lists for Nottoway.
• 1780: daughter Susannah born in VA (Halifax Co, acc to a letter writer)
• 1781, Mar 9. Lunenburg County. Mentioned as a neighbor in a deed (Lun DB 15 p 111)
• 1782, May 8, Lunenburg County: Deed from Peter Crews and wife to James Bradley is certified. (The deed has not been found in Lunenburg Co or Halifax Co).
• 1782, Oct 14, Lunenburg County: from Johnson Monroe to Jesse Bradley, 75A on Dry Cr, bounded by James Bradley, Richard Booker, Charles Ingram. The tract formerly belonged to Walter Owen. Signed by Johnson and Amelia Johnson. David Owen was 1 of the witnesses. (Lun DB 13 p 528).
• 1782 Lunenburg County Land Tax: James Bradley - 275 acres [evidently the deed from Peter Crews was for 75 acres]
• 1782 Lunenburg personal property tax list: 2 polls, 5 slaves, 3 horses, 14 cattle. He is listed with Jessie Bradley and slaves Ben, Jim, Cruse (Creese?), Tom, Esther. (Jessie is listed as head of a household from 1786-88). 1782 Lunenburg Land Tax: 275 acres, 5 shillings tax.
• 1783, Jan 30, Lunenburg: Sally Bradley married Josiah Westbrook.
• 1783 Lunenburg personal property tax list: James Bradley, Ben, James, Tom, Creesa. 2 white males over 21, 4 blacks, 3 horses, 13 cattle.
• 1783, Nov 6, Halifax Co: with Robert Childress, bought 250 acres on Bradley's Creek. [A Robert Childress became his son-in-law in 1796]
• 1784, Jan 9, Lunenburg Co: James Bradley of Lunenburg Co sold to Joseph Townsend, 175 acres Lunenburg Co land bounded by James Hamblett, James Jeffereses, William Hamblett, Richard Chrues, and David Stokes. [Or this could be land that Peter Crews deeded him in 1782]
• 1784, Lunenburg Co taxlist: no James Bradley.
• 1785 Lunenburg Co Land Tax Alteration: 200 acres; tax = 14 shill

DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, Part 1, page 340, died patriot.

More About James Bradley: Military service: Private in Rev. War from Va.

Notes for Margaret Beasley:

• 1810 census, Bladen Co, NC: Margaret Bradley - 00000-00001 and 12 slaves.
• 1814, Nov 8, Bladen Co, NC: Margaret Bradley, widow of the late James Bradley Jr and David Lloyd, executor of the last will and testament of James Bradley. To William Sydnor of Halifax Co, 120 acres of Halifax land.
• 1815, March Court, Halifax Co: Margaret Bradley, widow of James Bradley Jr & David L Loyd, executor of James Bradley, Jr, Dec'd of the one part & William Sydnor, of the other part, proved in County Court of Bladen, State of Tennessee.
• 1816, Bladen Co, NC: will of Margaret Bradley mentions daughter, Patsey Morgan, granddaughters Margaret Ann Morgan, Mary Simpson, grandson John Bradley Morgan. Executors were William Johnson, Margaret Deaughan, David Lloyd. Witnesses were Seth Due, John Singletary.

Child of James Bradley and Margaret Beasley is:

• 23 i. Elizabeth Bradley, born Bet. Oct 1764 - 1768 in Halifax, Va; died 13 Mar 1855 in Stokes Co., NC; married Moses Amos Lawson Bet. 06 Dec 1788 - 10 Nov 1789 in Caswell Co., Va.