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| Birth: | 13 Nov 1841 in Rutherford County,North Carolina |
| Death: | 9 Mar 1938 in Old Fort,McDowell County,North Carolina |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | James Bradley b. 6 Mar 1818 in Rutherford County,North Carolina |
| Mother: | Elizabeth C Painter b. 1 Aug 1819 in Rutherford County,North Carolina |
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| Census: 1880 Old Fort,McDowell County,North Carolina |
| Burial: Ebenezer Church Cementary,Old Fort,McDowell County,North Carolina |
| Changed: 24 Jan 2003 15:09:43 |
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Individual:
George Willis was the oldest child of James and Elizabeth. He taught
school at Mill Creek -- four miles from Old Fort. He was also a shoemaker. In 1884 he bought a two-room log cabin four miles east of OldFort, on US 70. The logs are still encased in the kitchen walls.
GW owned land all the way to the rail road (150 acres). At that time, there was a settlement just across the rail road called Eberman,including a lumber mill and a post office.
His oldest child in 1871 was James William -- called Willie -- and at 13 years old, Willie dug the well for this remodeled house. Later, whenWill was strugling to pay his way through Weaverville College, he, too,taught school at Mill Creek.
Millie Ann's father was a prominent medical doctor in Old Fort -- Dr. William Burgin Noblitt. He and his wife, Adeline, forbade Millia Ann to"go with" George Willis, but love prevailed.They eloped, Millie Annhaving climbed out a window during the night of Jan. 12, 1871, and joinedGW on his donkey.
They set up housekeeping on Jared's Creek in a log cabin. Willie was born on Nov. 24th of that same year, as a huge snow storm raged. Thechimney wall of the cabin collapsed, and GW had to dig around in the snowfor rocks and limbs to rebuild the chimney.
Millie was a devout Christian and yearned for Willie to become a minister. Being strong in math, Willie -- now Will -- decided onbusiness, and traveled to Nashville, Tennessee to attend Business School.However, after a few months, he was so miserable that he returned homeand entered Weaverville College to become a minister. He had only a dimein his pocket when he registered.
Teaching in two-months schools, and doing all kinds of manual labor, four years passed before he graduated from the Junior College, but everythingwas paid for, and Will had fifty cents. He diligently studied thedoctrines and diciplines of all denominations, and came to believe andlove Methodism, although Millie Ann was a strong Presbyterian. (She haddied from pneumonia when Will was eighteen.)
The square honey dish -- cut-log pattern -- is all I have that came from Millie Ann's home. George Willis' fourth wife, Matt, was the onlyGrandmother Bradley whom I knew. She gave the honey dish to my Motherwhen I was a little girl -- so I inherited it. My Grandmothers, Lentzand Bradley, came to mine and John's wedding in 1940. Will honored hisMother all his life.
--Beulah Bradley Cameron (November 20, 1998)
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Death Claims G.W. Bradley in M'Dowell
MARION March 10 -- Funeral servies for George Willis Bradley, 96, who died at his home in the Greenlee section of McDowell county, will beconducted in the Ebenezer Methodist church at 10 o'clock Friday morning.
Mr. Bradley, a native of McDowell county, was one of the four remaining veterans in the county of the War Between the Sates and was perhaps theoldest man in the country.
He was an active member of the Ebenezer church from his boyhood.
He is survied by his wido, Mrs. Martha Snipes Bradley, four children, the Rev J.W. Bradley of Zebulan, George F. Bradley of Forest City, Mrs. A.E.Dobyns of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Vernon Bradley, at home; twobrothers and two sisters, J.W. and Hampton Bradley and Mrs. John Kelly ofOld Fort and Mrs. Jessie Silvers of Cliffside.
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North Carolina Troops
1861-1865
Company K, 60th Regiment
Bradley, George Willis, Private
Resided in McDowell County and enlisted in Buncombe County on May 15, 1862, for the war. Reported sick in hospital in November, 1862-June,1863. Failed to return to duty and was listed as a deserter on August 23,1863. [Was about 20 years of age at the time of enlistment. NorthCarolina pension records indicate that he was wounded slightly in thehand at Murfreesbro, Tennessee, December 24, 1862. May have served lateras Private in Companies B and H, 2nd Regiment North Carolina MountedInfantry (Union)]
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GW's Wifes
m. Millie Ann Noblitt abt. 1865
m2. Susan B. Morgan 21 Dec 1892 d. 12 Mar 1904
m3. Sarah McNair, 1 Nov 1904
m4. Martha Jane Simpson, 19 Mar 1907 d. 23 Oct 1934
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George Willis is buried in Ebenezer Cemetery McDowell Co. N.C. beside Mattie Snipes Bradley b. Jun 1862 d. 23 Oct 1944.
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Soldier's Application For Pension
Act of March 8, 1921
State of North Carolina
County of McDowell
On this third day of July, A.D. 1922, personally appeared before me, W H Hawkin, C.S.C., in and for the State and County aforesaid, G. W. Bradleywho enlised in Co. K, 60 Reg., N.C. State Troops, on or about the 15 dayof Aug 1862, to serve in the armies of the late Confederate States, andthat while in said service at (blank) in the State of Tennessee, on orabout the (blank) day of December 1862, he received a wound or wounds,etc.
(nature and extent of his wounds and disability section was left blank)
He further states that he is, and has been for twelve months immediately preceding this Application for Pension, a bona fide resident of NorthCarolina;
That he hold no office under the United States, or under any State or County, for which he is receiving the sum of three hundred dollars asfees or as salary annually;
That he is not worth in his own right, or the right of his wife, property at its assessed value for taxation to the amount of two thousand dollars,nor has he disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntaryconveyance since the 11th of March, 1885;
And that he is not now receiving any aid from the State of North Carolina or under any other statue providing for the relief of the maimed andblind soldiers of this or any other State.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this third day of July, 1922,
W H Hawkin (Signature of C.S.C.)
G W Bradley (Signature of Applicant)
John M Howck (Signature of Witness)
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- Title: Bradley-Morgan Marriage
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