Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,126, Enoch Bradford, Va.
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Virginia

Bradford, Enoch
Mary

R. 1,126
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Mary Bradford
Power Attorney

Ellis
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Know all men by these presents, That I Mary Bradford a party interested in the claim herein mentioned, do hereby constitute and appoint Vespasian Ellis of Washington City, my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of myself as the widow of Enoch Bradford for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of pension that may be due ; and I hereby authorize my said agent and attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere ; to file additional evidence or arguments ; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present, hereby ratifying and conforming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.

Witness my hand and Seal this 31st day of March A. D. 1852
            Mary Bradford (seal)

L. Bibichison Clerk of the County and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that B W Farrell before whom the foregoing paper was executed, was at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in an for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and that the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 19th day of April A. D. 185

L. B Dickerson clerk 
by J. C. Applegate Dy
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No 13796

Mary Bradford
of Enoch

Revolutionary

Acts July 1838
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State of Kentucky
Scott County

Bet it known that on this 13th day of February 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned as Justice of the Peace and for said county and state above mentioned duly commissioned and qualified according to law and by law authorized to administer oaths. Fielding Bradford aged eighty two years past a resident of said county of Scott and state of Kentucky and after being duly sworn according to law doth make oath to the following declaration.

Viz that he had a brother named Enoch Bradford who served the space of six months under one engagement as a private soldier during the Revolutionary War. That declarants Father and family resided in the county of Fanquire in the State of Virginia at the time the said brother Enoch engaged in the service above mentioned.

That to his recollection the said Enoch Bradford engaged and service as a private soldier a second time and was in the service of the United States at the taking of Cornwallis and his command but how long he served at that time or engagement declarant isnot positive but believes it was six months that he is not certain unto the month or years that the said brother at the time above mentioned entered the service or as to the timehe left it but believes it was in the fall or winter of the year of 1778 when he first entered the service as a volunteer in 1781 he went as a substitute for Benjamin Little. Enoch Bradford was to receive for his service the government pay as a private soldier declarant does not recollect the name positively of the captain but believes it was William Greene which the said Enoch was a member
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of either time os serving or any of the officers at allor the regiment to which either company was attached but that he went from Virginia and served at nine or twelve months he is very confident that said brother Enoch died in Scott Kentucky on the twentieth day of July in the year of 1823 leaving a widow whose name is Mary Bradford who has remained a widow ever since and whose name was Mary Chinn before her marriage with the said Enoch Bradford which marriage was solemnized in the county of Fayett state of Kentucky on the 1st day of April 1788 at the house and residence of John Randell the brother in law of said Mary Bradford. Declarant will recollects of being at said marriage that declarant has resided int he state of Kentucky 61 years past fifty two years of which time he has resided in Scott county in said state and all said tme within one half mile of the residence of said widow Mary Bradford.

Declarant states he believes from his best recollection his brother Enoch one of the engagements or terms of service he was mustered in the service. Per courthouse believes it was spring or early in summer declarant states that Ambrose Dudley a minister of the gospel of the Baptist church duly authorized by law to solemnize the rights of matrimony, married his brother Enoch Bradford Mary Chinn at the time stated aforesaid.

Witness Violetta Chambers
Benjamin M. Chambers
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Commonwealth of Kentucky
Scott Courts
     The foregoing declaration of Fielding Bradford [illegible] and subscribe the day and year above mentioned before me, one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for [illegible] County and the State aforesaid hereby commissioned and thereby according to Law [illegible] authorize to administer oaths given under my hand and seal the [illegible]
      Justice of the peace in and for 
      Scott County Kentucky
State of Kentucky}
Scott County }  John T Johnson Clerk of the County court in and for the above named county and State do hereby certify that Dan Bradford is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and [illegible] according to law and by law authorized to administer oaths that said court is a court of record by virtue of the Laws of said state. That the above certificate is according to Law and the Signature of the [illegible] Justice [illegible] subscribe [illegible] to me to be genuine given under my hand and seal of [illegible] County as Clerk of aforesaid this 24th day of February 1849 year of the Commonwealth.
John T Johnson Clerk
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State of Kentucky
Scott County SS
Be it know that on this 14th day of February 1847 Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for Said County and Sate above mentioned duly commissioned and Qualified according to law and by law Authorized to administer Oaths Danl Bradford a resident of Said County of Scott and State of Kentucky and after being duly sworn according to Law Doth make Oath to the following Declaration Viz That he is the son of Enoch Bradford Deceased Who Died in the county of Scott and State of Kentucky on July 20th In the year 1823. That he has from an early age believed his Father The Said Enoch Bradford Deceased was a private Soldier during the war of the Revolution - that the said service in the army of the Revolution rendered by his said Father is a tradition in the Family reputed and believed as being true as every fact held by tradition and as firmly believed as there was an american Revolution That the said Enoch Bradford intermarried Married with Mary Chinn in Fey the County Kentucky On the 1st day of April 1788 as recorded in the old Family Bible of his sd Father Enoch Bradford Decd of the truth and correctness of said record has not a single doubt and that he died as aforesaid leaving Mary Bradford his Widow Who has remained a widow ever Since -  That for many years past Declarant has desired his Mother the sd Mary Bradford to claim the benefit of the pension Law in favor of Widows of Officers & Soldiers Who served in the War of the Revolution Which he has at all times considered her entitled to and which Claim has been delayed more through indiference or neutrality (on her part) than for any good reason to doubt her right to a pension (even if hard to establish) Declarant recollects Divers Conversations with Lewis Corbin Who Declarant believes knew all about his fathers Services who was in the Army with him and sd Corbin
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has many years past urged Declarant to apply for a pension for Declarants Mother and gave many accounts of the services in the Revolution of him & Enoch Bradford the Father of Declarant and that the said Lewis Corbin applyed for and was allowed a pension (under the Act of June 7th 1832) and was placed on the Pension list Roll of the Kentucky agency about - years Since if he is mistake - Declarant believes and is fully satisfied that his father the said Enoch Bradford Served Six months as a private Soldier in the Winter 1779 & Spring 1780 Declarant Paid great attention and was delighted to hear his father relate incidents of the American Revolution and his services when present with other Old Soldiers Declarant is satisfied his Father Enoch Bradford served a second time or engagement in the fall of 1781 and was mustered in the service in culpeper for a term of Six months and was at the Capture of Cornwallis' Army he has heard his father Enoch Bradford relate many incidents of his last engagement and recollects of his relating many things happening at culpeper courthouse Declarant does not know or recollect the names of any of the Company officers or Regimental officers under whom the Said Enoch Bradford served or where or when served or was discharged, but he resided in the County of Fauquier in the State of Virginia when he entered the service as a soldier as above mentioned
Danl Bradford

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me of the truth of which foregoing statements I am fully satisfied being personally [illegible] to me to be entitled to Credit given under my hand this day & year before written
Bat T. Thompson J.P in & for
Scott County
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Kentucky, Scott County Sct
I John T Johnson Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do Certify that Bat T. Thompson whose name is attached to the foregoing certificate was at the time thereof and is now an acting justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified, & that his foregoing attestation is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Office in this Town of [illegible] this 24th day of February 1849 & 57th Year of the Commonwealth
John T. Johnson Clk
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Ex'r. IVALID.
REJETED
1126

P.O. Mary Bradford
vice:
sted: _________, 18
charged: __________, 18
lication filed: _________, 18
ges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
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No 13796
Mary Bradford
Ky
St. to Hon T. Metcalf
April 11 1849
1126
Act 7 July 1838
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J L Edwards E
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US Senate 1st March 1849
J L Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
Sir
I have Just now recd. the accompanying Papers, having for their abrupt to obtain a Pension for Mary Bradford the aged widow of Enoch Bradford Decd, on the ground of services having been rendered by the said Enoch Bradford during the Revolutionary War. Apprehending that the chief Difficulty in allowing the Pension will be on account of the absence of proof positive as to the Regt. Company or in the services were rendered, I would respectfully enquire whether there are no papers to be found in the Pension Dept. corroborative of the testimony herewith presented - testim all of which, I believe, and a part of which I know myself to be true. I am one of the
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US Senate 1st March 1849
J L Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
Sir
I have Just now recd. the accompanying Papers, having for their abrupt to obtain a Pension for Mary Bradford the aged widow of Enoch Bradford Decd, on the ground of services having been rendered by the said Enoch Bradford during the Revolutionary War. Apprehending that the chief Difficulty in allowing the Pension will be on account of the absence of proof positive as to the Regt. Company or in the services were rendered, I would respectfully enquire whether there are no papers to be found in the Pension Dept. corroborative of the testimony herewith presented - testim all of which, I believe, and a part of which I know myself to be true. I am one of the
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to the marriage of E Bradford and Mary Chinn at the time & place stated by his brother Fielding Bradford and others, when I was but 8 years old. - the said Mary being my half sister. Enoch Bradford was one of the brothers of the late John Bradford of Lexington Ky, who was the first Editor of a newspaper in that State. There never lived a man of more truth & honor than E Bradford, and I too have often heard him & his companions of that day speak of his services during the revolutionary war. Fielding Bradford I also know to be a man of sterling merit - formerly one of the Reps of Scott County Upon the whole I have no doubt, of the Justice of the claim and if there remains, anything to be done to further comply with the requisitions of the law, I will be thankful for such information as will [illegible] the aged woman to receive Respectfully T Metcalfe
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State of Kentucky SS
Scott County
Be it Known that on this 19th day of February 1849 Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County and State above mentioned duly Commissioned and Qualified according to law and by Law authorized to Administer Oaths, Bat. T Thompson Thos. T Shepard Samuel Elgin residents of said county of Scott and State of Kentucky and after being duly Sworn according to law doth make Oath That they have personally Known and been Acquainted with Fielding Bradford of Scott County Kentucky for the span of Twenty Years past during which time he has to our knowledge maintained a good moral character and for Strict veracity truth and Integrity equal to any Person in the Said County
Bat T. Thompson
Thos Shepard
Samuel Elgin
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me Of the truth of which foregoing statements I am fully satisfied being personally known to me to be entitled to Credit Given under my hand this day and year before written
Danl Bradford Justice of the Peace for Scott County

State of Kentucky SS
Scott County} I John T. Johnson Clerk of the County court for the county aforesaid do certify that Danl Bradford whose name is attached to the foregoing certificate was at the time thereof and is now an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and Qualified and that his foregoing attestation is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
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Set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Georgetown this 24th day of February 1849 & 57th Year of the Commonwealth
John T. Johnson Clk
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State of Kentucky SS
Scott County
Be it known that on the February in the year 1849 Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State above mentioned duly commissioned and Qualified according to Law and by law authorized to administer Oaths William Wigginton
A resident of Scott County and State of Kentucky and after being duly Sworn according to Law doth make Oath to the following declaration Viz That he was acquainted Personally with Lewis Corbin for near Forty years and married the daughter of Said Lewis Corbin who was in the war of the revolution as a private Soldier and received a pension and was in the roll of Pensioners in the Kentucky district and drawed his Pension during his lifetime Declarant has heard his father in Law Lewis Corbin State frequently that Enoch Bradford was in the revolutionary army with him in the Same Company Declarant has heard them on divers occassions tell over their Fatigues hardships hunger nakedness & Cold [illegible] Declarant has not a single doubt but the said Enoch Bradford served in the war of the revolution as a Private soldier served tours all of his relatives and acquaintances firmly believe he the said Enoch Bradford was a private Soldier in the said war of the revolution Declarant was well Acquainted with Enoch Bradford who lived in Scott County, Ky upwards of twenty years since and left a widow who has been his widow ever since her name is Mary Bradford she has been living my near neighbor a great many years. Declarant is well acquainted with Fieldling Bradford the Brother of Enoch Bradford Deceased he is entitled to as much credit in any Statement he makes as any man in the State of Kentucky or any where else for truth and integrity he has no Superior Declarant States the foregoing statement is true
William Wigginton
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me of the truth of which foregoing statement I am fully Satisfied Being Personally Known to me to be entitled to credit given under my Hand this day first above Written
Danl Bradford
Justice of the Peace in and for Scott County Kentucky

Kentucky, Scott County Sct
I John T. Johnson Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do Certify that Daniel Bradford whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate was at the time thereof and is now an acting justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified & that his foregoing attestation is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Georgetown this 24 February 1849 & 57 Year of the Commonwealth
John T. Johnson Clk
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State of Kentucky SS
Scott County
Be it known that on the 19th day of February 1849 Personally Appeared before the Undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County and State above mentioned duly Qualified and Commissioned according to Law and by law authorized to administer Oaths James H Mahoney a resident of said County of Scott and State of Kentucky and after being duly Sworn according to law doth make Oath to the following Declaration Viz
That he was well acquainted with Enoch Bradford who Died in Scott County State of Kentucky for near Thirty years and he was a man of Sterling integrity truth and veracity as any man in the State or any where to be found - Declarant States he has heard him frequently State and other old revolutionary soldiers that he was in the war of the revolution and at the capturing of Cornwallis and his Command
Declarant has no doubt he served in said revolutionary war and have heard him say so frequently
Declarant has lived in Scott County 51 years Past and lived upwards of twenty in three miles of sd Enoch Bradford
James H Mahoney
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned before Me. of the truth of which foregoing statement I am fully satisfied being personally known to me to be entitled to Credit 
Given under my hand this day and year before written
Dan Bradford Justice of the Peace for Scott County Ky

Kentucky, Scott County Sct
I John T. Johnson Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do Certify that Daniel Bradford whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate was at the time thereof and is now an acting justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified &
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and that his foregoing attestation is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of
Said Court at Office in Georgetown
this 24th February 1849 & 57th Year
of the Commonwealth
John T. Johnson Clk
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State of Kentucky SS
Scott County
Be it known that on this 21st day of February 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State above mentioned duly commissioned and Qualified according to law and by law Authorized to administer oaths Col John Miller a resident of Said County of Scott and State of Kentucky and after being duly Sworn according to law doth make oath to the following declarations to wit That he has resided in the County of Scott and State of Kentucky ever Since the year 1793 = a bout that time he became acquainted with Enoch Bradford a resident of Said County and was on intimate terms with him up to the time of his death = I have heard him speak frequently of his serving as a soldier in the Revolutionary war - I have no recollection of hearing the names of the officers or the length of time he served - he was a man of undoubted veracity and any Statement he made could be relied on And I have no doubt of his serving in the Revolutionary war = he was much older man than myself and I am a Revolutionary Soldier and Pentioner
John Miller
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me - of the truth of which foregoing statement I am fully satisfied being Personally Known to me to be entitled to Credit - Given under my hand this 21st day of Feb. 1849 -
Hiram Wood
Justice of the Peace in & for Scott County Ky -
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State of Kentucky SS
Scott County
I John T Johnson Clerk of the County court for the county aforesaid do certify that Hiram Wood whose name is attached to the foregoing certificate was at the time thereof and is now an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and Qualified and that his foregoing attestation is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of
said Court at Office in Georgetown
this 24th day of February 1849
& 57th Year of the Commonwealth
John T. Johnson Clk