Hi Michelle, My Bryant's are in Blount Co., Tenn. during the early part of the 1800's. Actually, they continue on there as well. Most of my Bryant family came NC and before that, Virginia. Can you give us dates and places for the James and David you are referring to? .................................................................. Yes, that probably would help <g>. David Washington Bryant was born March 15, 1825 in Macon, GA - died August 20, 1898 in Leon, TX. James Bryan Bryant (the one that is showing up in all of the databases as DW Bryant's father) was supposedly born in 1744 - which makes him quite old when DW Bryant was born; however, there is another James Bryan, born 1773 in Marion SC - died 1858, location unknown (by me). His father seems to be Jesse Bryan, born 1750 Georgetown District, Craven SC. According to the various trees on Rootsweb and Ancestry.com, the line just keeps going back with ease, but I need to stop at DW Bryant until some reference is found of his parentage. So far, I cannot find David Washington Bryant listed as a son of anyone, yet, I'm fairly certain he was <g>. Michelle Bonnie -----Original Message----- From: Phoenix [mailto:phoenix@nova1.net] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 12:20 AM To: BRYANT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRYANT] David W Bryant/James Bryan Bryant Hello, My name is S. Michelle Patterson (Fogarty-Whitehead) and I am new to the list. I have been researching the Bryant line for several months, not only because I am a descendent, but because the proposed link between David Washington Bryant and James Bryan Bryant as father and son makes me 5th cousin of my deceased husband, whom I have a child by. Needless to say, I wanted to make sure this information was accurate. David Washington Bryant is my g-grandfather. This has been confirmed. What I cannot confirm is the relationship between James Bryan Bryant and David W. As I pour through all the records (census, et al), I do not find David being listed as a son of James (I also find a couple of generations of "James" have been skipped over...but this could be my mis-reading of the dates). Going further, David W Bryant states that his father was born in GA in the 1880 census. I believe James Bryan Bryant is recorded as being born in NC. Yes, it could be that David thought his father was born in GA. I have been to Rootsweb and Ancestry.com to check these branches out, but they do use the same databases, so I thought I would come here and see if anyone could shed further light on the apparent conflict of evidence. Does anyone here know of solid information that records James Bryan Bryant as David Washington Bryant's father? Michelle ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx