General Notes

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Killed in a Hunting accident. James had at least two children.  Accident
happened when several men went hunting and during the course of hunting
trip, dogs got into a fight and a young man of 14 years swung shotgun at
dogs and the gun went off and hit James. This was reported in a local
newspaper. One source by Ray Spradley says the article was in the
Charleston Gazette.
August 13, 1808.  James Spradley, deceased Ten miles from Camden.  Left
wife and six small children. Reported in City Gazette & Daily Adventure
per SC Historical Magazine Vol. 32 Page 70. 1931.
Aug. 8, 1808 Kershaw County, South Carolina, Camden. Apt. 65, Pack 2291
Mary
Spradley applied for letters of administration for James Spradley,
deceased in the town of Camden.  Securities: John Marsh and Samuel
Nettles.  Inventory by Samuel Nettles totalled $919.25 including one
slave @@ $400.
James Spradley died August 8, 1808 in Camden area, Kershaw Co., SC.  His
death was written up in the Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol.
32, p 70,   " A horrid accident on the 13th inst, a party of huntsmen
went about ten miles from Camden, for the purpose of driving for deer and
wolves; they started a deer which was killed, over which the dogs began
fighting.  One of the company, a lad about fourteen years of age, in
attempting to part the dogs struck one of them with the butt of his gun,
which went off.  Mr. James Spradley, who being immediately behind the
young man, received the load of buckshot in his head just over his right
eye.  Mr. Spradley fell lifeless to the ground.  With but a struggle he
expired.  He left a widow with six small children."
James and wife Mary Spradley were expecting their 7th child within a
few months.  The little girl born was named Anna Lou.
James evidently had a lot of land, plus real property for court
records show him being involved in transaction of Revolutionary Land
Plats and several sales of property from his estate were filed. Evidently
he didn't learn any thing from his brother, Dillard about not making a
will, for James too died intestate and his wife, Mary was named
Administratrix of the the Estate.
Subsequently Mary married Samuel Bradley on October 9, 1813 and was
released as Administratrix  of the Estate.  They later moved to Alabama
and were in the 1850 census living in Montgomery County.
Buyers at the sale of the estate of James Spradley were Mary Spradley,
his widow, Caleb Berry, Gilden Seymon, John Spradley, Joseph Payne, James
Shivers, Samuel Nettles, and Francis Robinson.
Bondsmen asked for release of Bond on James Spradley Estate, claiming it
was being mishandled after her marriage to Samuel Bradley on 9 October
1813.  Mary Bradley (Previous Mary Spradley) was removed from the
Administration of the estate of James Spradley her deceased husband.
Camden, Kershaw Co., SC Apartment 65, paackage 2291, 1808.
Based on the 1800 census James Spradley, Sr. was estimated to be born
about 1767 and Mary's age was given in the Montgomery Co., AL census of
1850 as 80 years old, born 1770.
James Spradley was involved in several land transactions over time.
From the S.C. Archives Revolutionary  land plats in Columbia.  50 acre
Survey made to William Nettles 20 Dec. 1785.  It was certified to James
Spradley in whose name the grant was issued.  Camden District on Swift
Creek, Record #171, 179.  His second issue file Vol. 171, p179 dated 6
Nov. 1786 for 640 acres, Camden District, Swift Creek West.  (Grant Book
2, 2, 2, 2, page 6.).   Land Grants 1790-1800 SC Legislative Acts of S.C.
passed 19 Feb. 1791:  James Spradley, 50 acres, Camden, Swift Creek, 3
September 1798.  Vol. 44, p. 210.
Account of the sales of the personal estate of James Spradley sold
October 21, 1808: totaled $1,057 with buyers: Mary Spradley, Francis
Robinson, Gideon Seymore, Jacob Shriver, L. Payne, Caleb Berry, Samuel
Nettles, and Joseph Payne.