This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Badford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3YF.2ACIB/1612.1 Message Board Post: I had a great grandpa,Name Solomon Bradford the census stated he was from south caroline His wife was Mahala ?? from Georgia, He was born in late, 1840's, died in Lamar county in 1889, He was my grand dad's , daddy, I have picture of him a very handsome man. but have had problems finding them outside of Al. before 1860. I wish this would be mine , I have been looking now for 7 years