Collin County Texas Archives Cemeteries.....Bradley Cemetery - Complete Survey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Elaine Bay ebay48@verizon.net October 20, 2008, 9:15 pm Abstracted By: Elaine Nall Bay & Patricia Nall From Hwy 75 at McKinney, Collin Co., Texas, take Hwy 5N exit; Hwy 5 will become McDonald St. Travel approximately 2 miles from Hwy 75 on Hwy 5/McDonald St. to Elm St. Turn west onto Elm St. After crossing Tennessee St., travel 0.5 miles. Bradley Cemetery is located on the north side of the street between residential houses and The Salvation Army church building. The small cemetery is enclosed in a fence and the gate is locked. The marker on the other side of the street for Old Settlers Cemetery designates the slave portion of the cemetery that used to have markers and be a part of the Bradley Cemetery, although it hasn't been called Bradley Cemetery but for about 20 years. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avera A. M. Feb 15 1829 Apr 10 1829 Bradley Edward Sept 1855 Bradley Elizabeth Snider 1832 1865 Bradley James S. 1829 1866 Bradley Nancy Shelton 1792 1883 Bradley Thomas T. 1824 1881 Bullion Madison B. Oct 16 1862 May 1 1863 aged 6 months, 12 days Cooper Charlotte Feb 1 1798 May 13 1871 Aged 73 yrs, 3 months, 12 days Cooper Milton Dec 1855 Aged 52 yrs, 6 months, 11 days Dews Samuel H. Aug 26 1820 Nov 186? Born Nelson Co., KY Howell Mary Ellis 1840 1856 Maclay David Aug 1853 aged 33 years Additional Comments: Historical Marker: Edward Bradley, his wife Nancy, and their family came to this area from Kentucky in the 1840s as members of the Peters Colony. They built a log home on a branch of Wilson's Creek in the southwest part of present McKinney. A hillside near the Bradley home became the site of a family graveyard. The original cemetery covered about an acre of land. Though begun as a family cemetery, other members of the small community were eventually interred here. Eleven original headstones remain in the cemetery. There are believed to be a number of unmarked graves, as well as, south of this plot, a slave cemetery was located in a wooded area. The graves were marked with bois d'arc wood markers. The oldest documented grave is that of Edward Bradley (1787-1855), Nancy Bradley (died 1880), and their son and daughter-in-law, Thomas T. (died 1880) and Sarah J. (died 1876) Bradley are also buried here. Others interred in the cemetery include Dr. David McClay (died 1859), six-month old William B. Pulliam (died 1863), and Susan K. Parrish and her child, who died within months of each other in 1861. The historic Bradley Cemetery serves as a reminder to Collin County residents of their area's heritage. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/collin/cemeteries/bradleyc71gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/txfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb