> Looking for info on the ancestry of my gg grandfather George Washington > BRYANT, b. 8 Sept 1840 somewhere in Georgia, and who died in 1908 in > Stoddard Co., MO. > > He is enumerated in 1850 in Union Co., IL, with his mother Nancy (b. @ > 1795 in South Carolina) and siblings Joseph, b. 1829; Mary Ann, b. 1833; > Lewis, b. 1834; Emiline, b. 1835; and Catherine, b. 1839. All children > were born in GA. Presumably the father was dead or perhaps the mother had > never been married. > > The interesting thing to note is that the family is marked as "mulatto." > The fmaily later claimed French blood. On later censuses my gg > grandfather is enumerated as white, but his sister Mary Ann, who married > Theophilus TURNER in 1853, is listed in 1860 as white and in 1880 (in > White Co., IL) as "mulatto." > > Photographs of family members suggest very strongly Native American blood > (though I certainly am not ruling out African American.) I don't believe, > however, that "French" is on the up and up. In 1900, my gg grandfather > claims his father was born in France on the census. Before then, in 1880, > it was GA. His sister Mary Ann claims in 1880 GA. There is also a very > telling story of one of my gg grandfather's brothers being "run out of > town" because he was considered not white. > > It's a mystery; HELP! > > Thanks, > Doug Powers > > > >