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Samuel Bradford (1736-1810)
Samuel Bradford, born about 1736, somewhere within The Plymouth Colony of Massachusetts. It is thought he married Sarah Fitzgerald (born 1740, died 1818) around 1763. Those dates have not yet been confirmed.

It is not known why he and his family moved from Mass to MD, perhaps a 500 mile trek, nor the mode of transportation, whether via land or sea. He took his Oath of Allegiance in Worcester Co., MD, in 1778. He was discharged from the Army in 1780.

He is named in the 1790 census of Winchester, MD. Included in that census are one child over 16, eight under the age of 16 and no slaves.

He was approximately 53 years old when George Washington became our first president.

At the time of his passing, in 1810, he lived on a 173-acre farm bordering the Pocomoke River near Snow Hill, Maryland.

Three of his sons, Peter, Adam and James, moved from Maryland to Kentucky, and became quite wealthy as property and business owners.

In 1836, the Centerville, Kentucky, City Council voted to change the town name to Bradfordsville, its present name, and James was appointed to the first board of trustees.

James, his youngest son, died in 1852 and was buried in the Bradfordsville Old Liberty Cemetery.