If interested I have a copy of the original pardon that John Franklin Brashaw received when he was released from Point Lookout as a prisoner during the Civil War. My father has the original copy that came down through his family by John's daughter Aunt Sis who lived with my father's family until her death. I also have a plot of the original 181.25 acres that John bought when the property was sold and a copy of the 1.03 acres that is now the Bradshaw Cemetery in Lincoln Co. Also other original wills and deeds belonging in this family. If you are interested please contact me and I will try to help. [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: BJ [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 18, 1999 6:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BRADSHAW-L] Descendants of John Bradshaw Continued from The History of Lincoln Co. page 28. The First Four Generations of Bradshaws in Lincoln County North Carolina The Descendants of John Franklin Bradshaw: John Franklin Bradshaw was a Private in Company E, of the 11th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, that was called the Bethel Regiment of the Confederate States Army. John was captured 25 march 1865, near Petersburg, Va., confined at point Lookout, Maryland. He was a prisoner of War until 23 June 1865. Described in his Confederate records as having a fair complexion, brown hair and blue eyes. and was 6 ft.,1 in. John enlisted in Company E, 11 Regiment North Carolina Infantry, 1 Oct. 1864, at Camp Holmes, near Raleigh, North Carolina. Released on an Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America on 23 June 1865,returned to Lincoln Co. and his home. John names his son Bartlet Ship Bradshaw, after a friend that served with him in the Confederate Army. After John returned home he continued to farm and worked the " coal Fields" Mary Ann Rebecca Miller Bradshaw attended Salem Academy and later taught school. She was described as a petite woman standing beside th tall stately built John. John and Rebecca raised their seven children in a four room log house. It had two room upstairs with a small window and two rooms downstairs that also had a small window, with a front and rear porch. The kitchen was detached from the house. It stood near John Franklin's father's home. The farm had a spring house, cotton, house, corn crib, mule barncow barn, smokehouse, and a outhouse. They raised grapevines, peach, and had a large apple orchard. The house sat close to the road that led to Iron Station and Mount Zion Baptist Church.They owned about 640 acres at the time of John's death. A Bill of Complaint was filed in the Court of Equity after his father's death against his half brothers, Jonas and Josiah, on behalf of his mother, Anna, and his brother and sister, Pride and Eva, and his half sister's Matilda, Elizabeth, and Mary, and three of his father's grandchildren, Wesley Hovis, Lucretia Hovis, and Martha Dellinger. The Bill of Complaint requested the Court to issue a writ of subpoena commanding the defendants, Jonas bradshaw and Josiah bradshaw, to appear at the next session of the Superior Cout of Law & Equity at thr Limncoln County Court House in Lincolnnton in August 1859 to answer the Complaint that they took possession of their father's estate through a conveyanve of 250 acres of land and all his personal property a few weeks prior to his death. The complaint contended that John bradshaw was not able to underdstand the nature, meaning and effect of the complicted transactions because of his health and mental state. This conveyance deprived Anna of her dower and widow's rights against her consent and fraudulently.This Court set aside the deed and ordered a sale of the property at public auction. John Franklin purchased 181.25 acres on 1 December 1860. The seven children of John Franklin and Mary Rebecca Miller Bradshaw were: a. John Benjamin Bradshaw, born 9 December 1845, Lincoln Co. NC., died 1924, Catawba County, NC., married Belssy "Belzie" Sigmon. b. William Robert "W.R." Bradshaw, born 9 June1847, Lincoln Co., died 4 Feb. 1924, Lincoln Co., married Barbara Ann "Anna" Carter William is buried at Mount Zion Church Cemetery, Lincoln Co. c. Adoplhus A. "D.A." "Dolph" "Dolphus" Bradhaw, born 29 Jan. 1850 Lincoln Co.,married 5 June 1880, Lincoln Co., Nancy Jane "Manny" "Dulcenis "Cenie" Keever, born 25 April 1905, Lincoln Co., Adolphus and his wife, Nancy are buried in the Bradshaw Cemetery Lincoln Co. NC. d. Ann Elizabeth "Aunt Sis" Aunt Ann" Bradshaw, born 1 Oct. 1851, Lincoln Co.,died 5 Nov. 1937, Lincoln Co., Ann is buried in the Bradshaw Cemetery, Lincoln Co. Ann Elizabeth never married. e. Charles "Charlie" Stevin Bradshaw, born 8 Nov. 1854, Lincoln Co., died 25 July 1896, married Vina "Vinny" Abernethy,born 1 March 1858 and died 20 May 1927.Both are buried in Hickory Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Gaston, Co. NC. f. Bartlett "Bartley' "Uncle Bart" Ship Bradshaw, born 21 May 1856, Lincoln Co., died 31 December 1929, Lincoln Co., married 20 Nov. 1885, Lincoln Co.,Martha "Martie" Ann Queen, born 28 August 1862, died 4 Dec. 1927,Lincoln Co. both are buried in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Lincoln Co. g. Franklin R. " Uncle Frank" "F.R." Bradshaw, born 27 May 1861, Lincoln Co.,died 7 Feb. 1906, Lincoln Co. Franklin is buried in the Bradshaw Cemetery, Lincoln Co.NC. Died from injuries received in an accident while operating a mule drawn mowing machine. On August 8 1896 john Franklin died,not knowing that his son Charles had died on 25 July 1896 in Gaston County , Hickory Grove community located about 12 or so miles from Iron Station. To be continued ==== BRADSHAW Mailing List ==== RootsWeb's source of operating income is from voluntary user CONTRIBUTIONS through their RootsWeb Member, Sponsor and Donor subscriptions. To voluntarily contribute to RootsWeb, home of the BRADSHAW list and many other genealogy lists and resources, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/ =======================================================