Ted, Black Dutch is a common term for people of Indian blood who did not want their Indian blood to be known. So is Black Irish. There are several lines of Bryants who were Cherokee. The one I'm searching for is one of them. None of your names sound familiar but I am for sure going to add them to my files. Mashane ----- Original Message ----- From: Ted Haase <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 12:58 PM Subject: [BRYANT] Bryant and Black Dutch > > Mary Bryant is my gg grandmother, b. in N.C. about 1825/1826, d. 1865, and > married my gg grandfather John H. Carr in 1844. Her parents were Garret > Neal Bryant and Sarah[Polly] or Sally Frances Stanton. They moved from NC > to TN about 1820. My grandmother, Dora Carr, always told us she was Black > Dutch. > > I would appreciate any info concerning the Bryant ancestry that would > connect with my line and any possible Black Dutch explanation. > > Ted Haase