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New
Bradford Cemetery of 19W Spivey Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee Surveyed and documented by Beth
Bradford-Pytel
Updated on
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 New Bradford Cemetery is
located on Bradford Lane off 19W (also called Spivey Mountain Rd.) at
the summit of Spivey Mountain in Unicoi Co. The family cemetery was
established in 1962 with the death of Howell Hensley [s/o
Silas Hensley and
Sarah Hensley]. The property upon which the cemetery resides originally
belonged to William A. Hensley and Lucinda Higgins which they
acquired about 1000 acres in 1843 after the
removal of the Cherokee natives
in 1838 for this area. Over time, the land has been
dispersed among the descendants of William A. Hensley and Lucinda Higgins [buried
Old Hensley Cemetery #3 on the other side of 19W].
Take 19W towards Burnsville, NC heading towards the summit of
Spivey. At the
summit, passing the Mountain Dale Freewill Baptist Church on the right, make the
next right onto Bradford Ln. that crosses Spivey Creek. This is a private drive; visitors should seek permission
before proceeding.
NOTE: Macro view of Bradford Cemetery
taken April 2005 --bbpytel
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SURNAMES: BRADFORD, HENSLEY
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  1a. BRADFORD,
Andy Roscoe
b. March 12, 1907 - d. Dec. 20, 1974
[s/o Samuel L.
Bradford and Ruhamia Hensley buried
Bradford
Cem. Little Creek, Yancey Co., NC]
NOTE: Born in Little Creek,
Yancey Co., NC, worked as a lumberjack, tobacco farmer and
lineman for Erwin Electric and Power Co. [TVA]
Photo
link - brothers
Arthur-Lyde-Andy 1964
--photos by bbpytel
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 1b.
BRADFORD,
Pearl Lee [HENSLEY]
b. July
12. 1913 - d. June 11, 1994
[d/o Howell Hensley #2 and Maggie Ibbie Foster
Foster Cem #3;
w/o Andy Roscoe - married May 11, 1935; they had
6 children]
NOTE: 1931 Unicoi Co. High School senior
photo; mother of 6, Teacher, farmer/raised tobacco;
received 2-yr. teacher's certificate from East Tennessee State Teacher's College
[ETSU] - photo -bbpytel
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  2. HENSLEY,
Howell
b. Jan. 22, 1875 - d. March 24, 1962
"His Soul in Bliss is Now Above"
[s/o Silas
and Sarah "Sally" Hensley buried
Old Hensley Cem #3]; wife Maggie Foster
buried
Foster Cem #3;
child: Pearl L. Hensley]
NOTE: Served as Brownlow Postmaster
along with his brothers Allison and Burgess;
shoemaker, farmer, and teacher. His wife,
Maggie, died early in life due
to peritonitis from a ruptured Appendix. She is buried
next to her parents at the
Foster Cem. Howell never remarried
and spent much time educating and fathering his only child Pearl.
He highly valued education and became a teacher for a period of time in
the early 1900's for the
Mountain Dale
School of Spivey. Photo of
Howell taken about 1905.
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  3.
BRADFORD, Douglas
b. September 26, 1941 - d.
May 24, 2009
[s/o Andy R. Bradford and
Pearl Lee Hensley]
NOTE: Lost his courageous battle
with multiple myeloma. Born and raised on Spivey
to age 20; after which time he left for Maryland in search of an
opportunity; served 20 years for the U.S.
Secret Service Uniformed Div. Wash., D.C. See
OBITUARY
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  4. BRADFORD,
Woodroe W.
b. May 3, 1912 - d. Nov. 1973
Tech 5, US Army WW II
[brother of Andy Roscoe #1; s/o
Samuel
Bradford and Ruhamia Hensley buried
Bradford
Cem. Little Creek]
NOTE: after military service he moved to Detroit, Michigan
to work in the auto factory; never married / no children. Military photo courtesy of Kim Barlow Sexton
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  5.
BRADFORD, Terry Keith
b. June 13,
1952 - d. January 5, 2012
[s/o Andy R. Bradford and
Pearl Lee Hensley]
NOTE: He was high school /
vocational teacher of the Unicoi County School system for 32 years.
He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of Masonic Lodge 461 F&AM;
he served in US Army Reserves and was a long time member of Mountain
Dale Freewill Baptist Church of Spivey where he served as deacon and
taught the men's Sunday School Class.
OBITUARY
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 5. BRADFORD, Nolan
Shaun
b. December 26, 1979 - d. May 17, 1992
"Forever in Our
Hearts"
[s/o Terry K.
Bradford and private]
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Photo triptych: "Bradford
Farm" by Kevin Hinsdill, May 2009
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