Edward Bradley
Edward Bradley
Historical marker for cemetery
The old Bradley Cemetery, unused for more than a hundred years, lies just inside the south line of the Edward Bradley survey in McKinney, Texas, on a gently sloping hillside.
The land was originally patented in the Peters Colony by Edward Bradley who came to this part of Texas from Logan County, Kentucky, in 1842.
His daughter, Mary Ann Bradley Howell, (Mrs. Daniel Howell) received the 27 acre tract as her part of her father’s estate after his death in 1855.
The will of Daniel Howell, written May 6, 1878, includes the following bequest: “to my beloved son, George R. Howell, I give and bequeath my interest in and to a tract of land twenty seven acres out of the Edward Bradley survey as set apart by the Probate Court of Collin County and known as the ‘grave yard tract.’”
EDWARD BRADLEY
1787 - 1855
Family history.
Edward Bradley was born in North Carolina on January 21, 1787. Little is known of his early years but it is assumed that he came with his family when they out of North Carolina into Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap. Edward was married in Warren County Kentucky January 27, 1814 to Nancy Shelton (1792ù1883), the daughter of Nelson Shelton. Nancy was attended at the wedding by her sister, Sarah. She and her husband John Fitzhugh later migrated with the Bradleys into Peter’s Colony.
Edward and his bride were among the first to settle at the present site of Russellville, Kentucky, just north of the Tennessee State line. Before 1820 the young couple moved westward into Missouri, stopping to settle where Booneville now stands. Here were born the five children; Mary Ann (1820-1873), Thomas (1824-1881), Sarah W. (1828), James S. (1829-1866), and Daniel S. (1833-1862).
Edward Bradley settled in Texas about 1842 and received his land certificate (Fannin Third Class No. 1039) in the colony from Thomas William Ward in 1850 and patented 640 acres in Collin County in two 320 acre tracts. These tracts were about two miles apart along the Old Denton and McKinney Road. At that time the Edward Bradley Survey adjoined the town of McKinney, now it lies inside the town, including Finch Park.
Edward Bradley’s house no longer stands but older members of the family recall it as a log house which stood on the east side of the Hill well.
The family cemetery was on a hill adjoining the Samuel McFarland 640 survey to the south. This cemetery tract was included in a portion of the Edward Bradley Survey that was willed to his daughter, Mary Ann Howell, and later was sold to E. W. Kirkpatrick.
Edward Bradley served in the Mexican War, enlisting at Buckner on July 24, 1846. He served in Captain Andrew Stapp’s Company in the Regiment of Mounted Volunteers under Col. Bell. This was the only company from Collin County to serve in the Mexican War. They served on the frontier protecting settlements against Indians who were causing great misery to both settlers and travellers. For this service Bradley was given a bounty land grant of 40 acres in 1850.
Bradley died September 24, 1855 and was buried in Bradley Cemetery, his grave is the oldest on record there and is marked by two large stones.
Historical marker for cemetery
The old Bradley Cemetery, unused for more than a hundred years, lies just inside the south line of the Edward Bradley survey in McKinney, Texas, on a gently sloping hillside.
The land was originally patented in the Peters Colony by Edward Bradley who came to this part of Texas from Logan County, Kentucky, in 1842.
His daughter, Mary Ann Bradley Howell, (Mrs. Daniel Howell) received the 27 acre tract as her part of her father’s estate after his death in 1855.
The will of Daniel Howell, written May 6, 1878, includes the following bequest: “to my beloved son, George R. Howell, I give and bequeath my interest in and to a tract of land twenty seven acres out of the Edward Bradley survey as set apart by the Probate Court of Collin County and known as the ‘grave yard tract.’”
EDWARD BRADLEY
1787 - 1855
Family history.
Edward Bradley was born in North Carolina on January 21, 1787. Little is known of his early years but it is assumed that he came with his family when they out of North Carolina into Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap. Edward was married in Warren County Kentucky January 27, 1814 to Nancy Shelton (1792ù1883), the daughter of Nelson Shelton. Nancy was attended at the wedding by her sister, Sarah. She and her husband John Fitzhugh later migrated with the Bradleys into Peter’s Colony.
Edward and his bride were among the first to settle at the present site of Russellville, Kentucky, just north of the Tennessee State line. Before 1820 the young couple moved westward into Missouri, stopping to settle where Booneville now stands. Here were born the five children; Mary Ann (1820-1873), Thomas (1824-1881), Sarah W. (1828), James S. (1829-1866), and Daniel S. (1833-1862).
Edward Bradley settled in Texas about 1842 and received his land certificate (Fannin Third Class No. 1039) in the colony from Thomas William Ward in 1850 and patented 640 acres in Collin County in two 320 acre tracts. These tracts were about two miles apart along the Old Denton and McKinney Road. At that time the Edward Bradley Survey adjoined the town of McKinney, now it lies inside the town, including Finch Park.
Edward Bradley’s house no longer stands but older members of the family recall it as a log house which stood on the east side of the Hill well.
The family cemetery was on a hill adjoining the Samuel McFarland 640 survey to the south. This cemetery tract was included in a portion of the Edward Bradley Survey that was willed to his daughter, Mary Ann Howell, and later was sold to E. W. Kirkpatrick.
Edward Bradley served in the Mexican War, enlisting at Buckner on July 24, 1846. He served in Captain Andrew Stapp’s Company in the Regiment of Mounted Volunteers under Col. Bell. This was the only company from Collin County to serve in the Mexican War. They served on the frontier protecting settlements against Indians who were causing great misery to both settlers and travellers. For this service Bradley was given a bounty land grant of 40 acres in 1850.
Bradley died September 24, 1855 and was buried in Bradley Cemetery, his grave is the oldest on record there and is marked by two large stones.
