This is in hopes of laying a family myth to rest. In January 1836 James Bradford (b 1815, Halifax Co., NC, d. 1887 Cherokee Co., AL) enlisted as a private in "The Alabama Greys," a unit that became the 4th Company, Georgia Battalion, 1st Regiment, Texas Volunteers. This was part of Fannin's command, and in 1853 James Gillette, Texas's Adjutant General, certified that James Bradford "fell with Fanin." This would have been at Goliad, not the Alamo. Yet several family members have sworn up and down they've seen his name on an Alamo wall. Puzzled, I wrote Dr. Bruce Winders, historian and curator at the Alamo Shrine. His answer is given below along with a couple of other comments from yours truly. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Winders <bwinders@thealamo.org> To: 'Joseph H. Gardner' <jgardner@iglou.com> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 9:58 AM Subject: RE: James Bradford > Hi Joseph, > > The name of your ancestor, James Bradford, is not inscribed on a wall in the > Alamo. The men at Goliad, although some had participated in the December > 1835 Battle of Bexar, are not included in the list of Alamo defenders. I > did find his name on the list of those men killed at Goliad in Kathryn > Stoner O'Connor's book, Presidio La Bahia, page 151. That makes me think > his name would also be on the monument at Goliad. > > Hope this helps, > > Dr. Winders The biggest irony in all this is that James Bradford came down with malaria while training in Mobile and was left behind when the "Alabama Greys" sailed off to Texas and death. He also survived brief service in the Civil War and died in 1887. A smaller irony is that after serving for many years as Judge of the Probate Court in Cherokee Co., AL, he died intestate. Cheers, Joe Gardner