Individual Details
John I. Bradford
(1745 - 1820)
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, near Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio
Occupations: Worked in silk mill as child. 1766-1773 sea captain then farmer in Loudoun Co., Virginia. Hampshire Co., Virginia. 5 May 1788 bought 133 acres on south fork of Patterson Creek.
Military: Revolutionary War soldier, Captain Thomas Berry's Company, Virginia 8th regiment 1776-77(Enlisted December 15, 1776, discharged September 16, 1777). McDonald's regiment in Lord Dunmore's War 1774-75.
Residences: Came to America about 1773. Hampshire Co., Virginia (later Hardy Co., then Grant Co., West Virginia) Owned 230 acres on Patterson Creek, Hardy Co., Virginia, later Grant County, West Virginia (southeast of Lahmansville, West Virginia). John took younger males to White Women, Coshocton Co., Ohio in 1807 (in 1811 poll tax list of New Castle Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio), and then Highland Twp. (just west of Bloomfield), Muskingum, Ohio in 1815 where four older sons had already settled. 1820 in Highland Twp., Muskingum, Ohio (listed as John, Jr. in 1820 census)(also listed as age 26-45 instead of 45 plus).
Documentation: Past and Present of the City of Zanesville and Muskingum County, Ohio by J. Hope Sutor.
Heads of Families Virginia 1782
Virginia Tax Survey 1782-87 and land survey May 5, 1788
Baptism: St. Peter's Church
Occupations: Worked in silk mill as child. 1766-1773 sea captain then farmer in Loudoun Co., Virginia. Hampshire Co., Virginia. 5 May 1788 bought 133 acres on south fork of Patterson Creek.
Military: Revolutionary War soldier, Captain Thomas Berry's Company, Virginia 8th regiment 1776-77(Enlisted December 15, 1776, discharged September 16, 1777). McDonald's regiment in Lord Dunmore's War 1774-75.
Residences: Came to America about 1773. Hampshire Co., Virginia (later Hardy Co., then Grant Co., West Virginia) Owned 230 acres on Patterson Creek, Hardy Co., Virginia, later Grant County, West Virginia (southeast of Lahmansville, West Virginia). John took younger males to White Women, Coshocton Co., Ohio in 1807 (in 1811 poll tax list of New Castle Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio), and then Highland Twp. (just west of Bloomfield), Muskingum, Ohio in 1815 where four older sons had already settled. 1820 in Highland Twp., Muskingum, Ohio (listed as John, Jr. in 1820 census)(also listed as age 26-45 instead of 45 plus).
Documentation: Past and Present of the City of Zanesville and Muskingum County, Ohio by J. Hope Sutor.
Heads of Families Virginia 1782
Virginia Tax Survey 1782-87 and land survey May 5, 1788
Baptism: St. Peter's Church
Events
| Birth | 1745 | Leeds, Yorkshire, England |  | ||
| Baptism | 22 Mar 1745 | Leeds, Yorkshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 1778 | Hampshire County, VA - Johanna Regina "Hannah" Shrout | |||
| Death | 1820 | Highland, Muskingum, Ohio | |||
| Burial | Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Highland Twp., Muskingum, Ohio | |
Families
| Spouse | Johanna Regina "Hannah" Shrout (1762 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Bradford (1779 - ) |
| Child | Nancy Bradford (1781 - 1872) |
| Child | George Washington Bradford (1783 - 1855) |
| Child | Peter Bradford (1786 - 1842) |
| Child | John Bradford Jr. (1788 - 1866) |
| Child | Elizabeth Bradford (1791 - 1860) |
| Child | William Bradford (1794 - ) |
| Child | Hannah Bradford (1797 - 1848) |
| Child | Gasper Bradford (1799 - 1884) |
| Child | James B. Bradford (1801 - 1875) |
| Child | Mary Ann "Polly" Bradford (1804 - ) |
| Father | Thomas Bradford (1722 - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Fielding ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Bradford (1748 - 1749) |
| Sibling | Elisabeth Bradford (1749 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Bradford (1751 - ) |
| Sibling | Ann Bradford (1754 - ) |
| Sibling | Phebe Bradford (1756 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Bradford Family History Newsletter #2.
2. Russell Bradford, Bradford Family History Newsletter #3.