Melba and Barbara, Since the inquiry was for burials about 1860 to 1873, prior to Cullman county coming into existence, and the assumption was for "old Blount co.", such burials in Blount county would never have been in Walker county, and at 1873 the involved county boundaries hadn't changed, and remained so until the formation of Cullman county. So only at 1887 did Cullman county extend south into what had been Walker county at Cullman county's formation date. And had they been Blount county burials of those dates proposed, they could never have been Walker county located, since, as above, Blount county's borders involved had stayed stagnant from 1822 to 1877. Cullman's present day borders are only of academic interest in this matter otherwise. >>>>Barbara Buettner wrote: >>>> >>>>Would anyone have knowledge or a guess as to where the following folks >>>> >>>> >are buried???: > > >>>>>1)John and Catie McSwain BRADFORD (b. SC d. 1869 & 1873) 2) Darnel and >>>>>Sarah BRADFORD (b. SC & d. ca 1860). Have reason to believe they lie in >>>>>Western division of old Blount Co., now Southwestern part of Cullman >>>>> >>>>> >Co. > > >>>An answer or a guess would be appreciated. Thanx, Barbara >>> >>> -- Richard Brock
----------from Barbara's original message------------ >>Have reason to believe they lie in Western division of old Blount Co., **now** Southwestern part of Cullman Co.>> [* the *'s around the word "now" are mine] The above portion of Barbara's inquiry led me to believe that she was speaking of that SW portion of Cullman Co which was gained by Cullman from Blount Co. in 1887 [gained previously by Blount from Walker]. There are two BRADFORD families listed on the Blount Co census for 1850 which might shed light on this. One is for John [60], Catherine [56] and William [21]. The other one is for Daniel [75] and Sarah Bradford [86]. ----------Barbara's original message--------- >>>>>1)John and Catie McSwain BRADFORD (b. SC d. 1869 & 1873) 2) Darnel and Sarah BRADFORD (b. SC & d. ca 1860). > >>>>> Since these names are similar to the names of those for whose graves she is searching, perhaps they were in that area when they died. Melba ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT-L] BRADFORD GRAVESITES > Melba and Barbara, > > Since the inquiry was for burials about 1860 to 1873, prior to Cullman > county coming into existence, and the assumption was for "old Blount > co.", such burials in Blount county would never have been in Walker > county, and at 1873 the involved county boundaries hadn't changed, and > remained so until the formation of Cullman county. So only at 1887 did > Cullman county extend south into what had been Walker county at Cullman > county's formation date. And had they been Blount county burials of > those dates proposed, they could never have been Walker county located, > since, as above, Blount county's borders involved had stayed stagnant > from 1822 to 1877. > > Cullman's present day borders are only of academic interest in this > matter otherwise. > > >>>>Barbara Buettner wrote: > >>>> > >>>>Would anyone have knowledge or a guess as to where the following folks > >>>> > >>>> > >are buried???: > > > > > >>>>>1)John and Catie McSwain BRADFORD (b. SC d. 1869 & 1873) 2) Darnel and > >>>>>Sarah BRADFORD (b. SC & d. ca 1860). Have reason to believe they lie in > >>>>>Western division of old Blount Co., now Southwestern part of Cullman > >>>>> > >>>>> > >Co. > > > > > >>>An answer or a guess would be appreciated. Thanx, Barbara > >>> > >>> > -- > Richard Brock > > >