Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Bradford, Robert

BRADFORD, Robert, soldier, b. in Plymouth, Mass., in 1750; d. in Belpre, Ohio, in 1823. He served through the revolutionary war, from Bunker Hill to Yorktown, and was present at many important engagements. He held the rank of major and was presented by Lafayette with a sword for gallantry. As a member of the Ohio company he removed to Marietta in 1788, and in the following year with a number of associates settled Belpre. He was a descendant of the sixth generation from Gov. Bradford.