Posted on: Pike County, Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Pike/1752 Surname: Bradley ------------------------- Re: Bradley's in Pike,Co Troy,Al I saw the message mentioning Bradley's and also that your G-Grandfather was A. L. Bradley. I don't know if there is any connection and especially because I don't have a date for my A. (Andrew) Bradley, but I'll share what i have in hopes we may be able to help the other. My ancestor is Mary Bradley, born between 1800 and 1801 in South Carolina or perhaps Ireland. According to the 1850 census there is an indication that she was born in Ireland. She died between 1874 and 1880 in Pike County, Alabama. She married Waller Sims in 1810. Waller Sims died between 1866 and 1870. It is not known exactly when he died or where he was buried. By 1870, the widow Mary Sims had moved herself and her household of four unmarried daughters (Martha, Caroline, Francis, and Weston), ages forty-three to twenty-eight, to Pike County to rent property. She took up residence next to Henry M. Bradley, either her younger brother or nephew, in southwestern Pike County near Henderson. To support herself and her daughters, Mary Sims sold 120 acres of her property near Honoraville for the sum of $180 to P.W. Roper and A.L. Sims on January 12, 1871. No doubt struggling to support her family, Mary Sims sold the other eighty acres in 1874. After 1871 she did receive a small pension as the widow of a War of 1812 veteran. Mary Sims died, apparently between 1874 and 1880 while living in Pike County. The exact date of her death and place of burial are unknown. The four Sims spinsters went to live with their brother John W. Sims. If anything sounds familiar, please contact me at djsevert@ionet.net. Sincerely, Joyce Sims Severt