William and Isaac were sons of Christopher (1785-1860) and Mary Elizabeth Davis Bradshaw. Christopher, a farmer and Presbyterian Minister, was the s/o John and Nancy Agnes Clendennen Bradshaw who lived most of their lives in Jefferson CO, TN. ----- Original Message ----- From: <richardlbradshaw@yahoo.com> To: <BRADSHAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 7:49 AM Subject: [BRADSHAW] Re: Bradshaw Mtns. AZ > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HWF.2ACEB/1254.1 > > Message Board Post: > > The name for Bradshaw Mountains seems to have originated from a mad California Pioneer, William, "Bill", "Bunk", Bradshaw, who pioneered the Bradshaw Trail from Los Angeles to Ehrenburg (do I spell that right ?) in th gold ruch days. He had a brother Isaac Bradshaw who was Marshal around there, and is probably buried nearby. > William and his brothers were fron Buncombe County, North Carolina..hence his nickname "Bunk". > Time line... circa 1845...1855... > There are a number of books available on the Bradshaw Trail...perhaps some info on California touring website... > > > ==== BRADSHAW Mailing List ==== > REMINDER ! ! ! RootsWeb has installed a SmartList hack to block file attachments (including VCARDS), HTML messages and enriched text postings and will return them to the sender. > ======================================================= > >