Jackson Co., GA - Military - JOHN BRADLEY *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Lu Johnson Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************************************** REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT BRADLEY, JOHN, RWS NC #S31575 State of Georgia, Jackson County On this third day of June 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before us Edward Adam, Nathaniel C. Jarrett & Samuel Byrnes presiding Judges of the Inferior Court of said County now stating as a Court of Ordinary & being a court of record, John Bradley a resident of the state & County aforesaid, aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th a832. That he entered the service of the United States as a private volunteer and served as herein stated, in the Militia line in the month of February 1776 he being then a resident of Rutherford County in the State of North Carolina, under Capt McFadden & marched to Cross Creek under Colonel William Greyham against the Scotch; & was in the service 40 Days. He further states that in the month of June in the same year he volunteered & served as a private under the same officer a three months Tour against the Indians, that the duty here performed was guarding McFadden Fort in the County of Rutherford - He further states that he volunteered as a private & served a three months tour as one of the Rangers under Captain Cook, which tour ended in 1777, which service was performed on the frontiers of North Carolina - He further states that in the year 1777 or 1778 he volunteered as a private for, & served a three months tour under Capt John Potts & was occupied in building Fort Hampton on the frontiers of North Carolina. That some time after (the precise date not recollected) he volunteered under Capt. James Witherow as a private & served a tour of three months as a private & a volunteer under Captain William Whitesides in the year 1779 or 1780 was engaged as a Ranger after the Indians & tories. He further states that he was in two skirmishes, to wit, one at Edward Hamptons, & the other at Camp Creek. He further states that just before Furgersons defeat at Kings Mountain (year not recollected) he enlisted as a private for six months under Capt James Miller & were after the tories during said service & that our operations were principally in South Carolina, on ?Inoice & Tigar Rivers. He further declares that he served as a private in a short Tour after the Indians under Capt James Grey[?ham - smear], & Maj Singleton, that during this Scout we killed five Indians. He further declares that he has no documentary proof & knows of no other way by which he can establish his services but by his own Oath, and that he verily believes that the whole time of his Services during the Revolutionary War was not less than Twenty-three months. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. William Pentecost, Clergyman residing in Jackson County & Daniel McDDonnal, residing in the same county, made affidavit to character. William Pentecost signed hisown name, Daniel (his X mark) McDonnal. s/s John Bradley Typed recap of service record states about five years after the Revolution, John Bradley moved to Franklin County, Georgia and from there to Jackson County Georgia; that he was allowed pension on his application executed June 3, 1833, then a resident of Jackson County, Georgia. Further that there was no data on soldier's family in file. Certificate of Pension was issued 13 Sept 1834 and sent to A. S. Clayton, Athens, GA. Semi-annual pension of $20.00 ($40 year). Requests for information on pension in file: Mr. Franklin M. Garrett, 811 Penn Av, AT, GA on 3/30/1932. Mrs. Dave Funk, Ft. Morgan, CO on 6/28/1935 inquired as to service of John Bradley of NC and Richard T. Bradley from Georgia.