William Bradfield was born April 15th 1813.
He married Ann Elizabeth Talley in Georgia on December 24th 1840.
She was born in Green County, Georgia on July 4th 1822. William emigrated to Georgia from North Carolina about 1835 and settled at LaGrange, Troup County.
In December 1853 William Bradfield moved with his family from LaGrange, Georgia to Texas and settled at Marshall in Harrison County.
He established a line of stage coaches running from Shreveport, Louisiana to Navasota, Texas and for several years carried on an extremely profitable business transporting mail and passengers.
He also engaged in merchandising and cotton planting.
He owned many slaves, horses and coaches, and a large plantation fourteen miles east of Marshall.
When the War Between the States began in 1861, he was perhaps the wealthiest man in his county.
He was Quartermaster of the Seventh Texas Regiment, C.S.A. until the fall of Fort Donelson, and was afterwards Provost Marshal at Marshall, Texas, with the rank of Major.
He was a member of the order of Freemasons and later in life was also a member of the Methodist Church.
Before the War he was affiliated with the Whig party, but after the War he became a Democrat.
At one time he was a director of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company.
About 1876 he returned to Madison, North Carolina with his wife and younger children.
He died there May 26th 1899.
His wife had died there November 7th 1893.
Both were buried in the old Presbyterian Cemetery.
They had 10 children.
(source:Marnie Boyers)
He married Ann Elizabeth Talley in Georgia on December 24th 1840.
She was born in Green County, Georgia on July 4th 1822. William emigrated to Georgia from North Carolina about 1835 and settled at LaGrange, Troup County.
In December 1853 William Bradfield moved with his family from LaGrange, Georgia to Texas and settled at Marshall in Harrison County.
He established a line of stage coaches running from Shreveport, Louisiana to Navasota, Texas and for several years carried on an extremely profitable business transporting mail and passengers.
He also engaged in merchandising and cotton planting.
He owned many slaves, horses and coaches, and a large plantation fourteen miles east of Marshall.
When the War Between the States began in 1861, he was perhaps the wealthiest man in his county.
He was Quartermaster of the Seventh Texas Regiment, C.S.A. until the fall of Fort Donelson, and was afterwards Provost Marshal at Marshall, Texas, with the rank of Major.
He was a member of the order of Freemasons and later in life was also a member of the Methodist Church.
Before the War he was affiliated with the Whig party, but after the War he became a Democrat.
At one time he was a director of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company.
About 1876 he returned to Madison, North Carolina with his wife and younger children.
He died there May 26th 1899.
His wife had died there November 7th 1893.
Both were buried in the old Presbyterian Cemetery.
They had 10 children.
(source:Marnie Boyers)
William Bradfield was born April 15th 1813.
He married Ann Elizabeth Talley in Georgia on December 24th 1840.
She was born in Green County, Georgia on July 4th 1822. William emigrated to Georgia from North Carolina about 1835 and settled at LaGrange, Troup County.
In December 1853 William Bradfield moved with his family from LaGrange, Georgia to Texas and settled at Marshall in Harrison County.
He established a line of stage coaches running from Shreveport, Louisiana to Navasota, Texas and for several years carried on an extremely profitable business transporting mail and passengers.
He also engaged in merchandising and cotton planting.
He owned many slaves, horses and coaches, and a large plantation fourteen miles east of Marshall.
When the War Between the States began in 1861, he was perhaps the wealthiest man in his county.
He was Quartermaster of the Seventh Texas Regiment, C.S.A. until the fall of Fort Donelson, and was afterwards Provost Marshal at Marshall, Texas, with the rank of Major.
He was a member of the order of Freemasons and later in life was also a member of the Methodist Church.
Before the War he was affiliated with the Whig party, but after the War he became a Democrat.
At one time he was a director of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company.
About 1876 he returned to Madison, North Carolina with his wife and younger children.
He died there May 26th 1899.
His wife had died there November 7th 1893.
Both were buried in the old Presbyterian Cemetery.
They had 10 children.
(source:Marnie Boyers)
He married Ann Elizabeth Talley in Georgia on December 24th 1840.
She was born in Green County, Georgia on July 4th 1822. William emigrated to Georgia from North Carolina about 1835 and settled at LaGrange, Troup County.
In December 1853 William Bradfield moved with his family from LaGrange, Georgia to Texas and settled at Marshall in Harrison County.
He established a line of stage coaches running from Shreveport, Louisiana to Navasota, Texas and for several years carried on an extremely profitable business transporting mail and passengers.
He also engaged in merchandising and cotton planting.
He owned many slaves, horses and coaches, and a large plantation fourteen miles east of Marshall.
When the War Between the States began in 1861, he was perhaps the wealthiest man in his county.
He was Quartermaster of the Seventh Texas Regiment, C.S.A. until the fall of Fort Donelson, and was afterwards Provost Marshal at Marshall, Texas, with the rank of Major.
He was a member of the order of Freemasons and later in life was also a member of the Methodist Church.
Before the War he was affiliated with the Whig party, but after the War he became a Democrat.
At one time he was a director of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company.
About 1876 he returned to Madison, North Carolina with his wife and younger children.
He died there May 26th 1899.
His wife had died there November 7th 1893.
Both were buried in the old Presbyterian Cemetery.
They had 10 children.
(source:Marnie Boyers)
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