My husband's mother was Pearl Bryant - probably born in southern Indiana - or closer to Indianapolis. She died 1931/2(?). She married James E. Hopper. Does anyone know which family of Bryants she was from? ----- Original Message ----- From: <bryant-request@rootsweb.com> To: <bryant@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 7:24 PM Subject: BRYANT Digest, Vol 2, Issue 11 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 > (Ljmareed@aol.com) > 2. Re: John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 > (Marsha Buck) > 3. Re: John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 > (rlbtwo@suddenlink.net) > 4. Re: John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 > (Marilyn Burgess) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:57:27 EST > From: Ljmareed@aol.com > Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. > KY/1800-1804 > To: bryant@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <c3f.fa57c9d.3305a4a7@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Ok I am going to do this one more time as I have been at a brick wall for > far > toooo long. My great great grandfather was david demoss bryant/briant was > born 1834 in indiana to sarah demoss and george briant/bryant...they had > at least > 6 children one of which was nancy who married a bain and moved to > cainsville > missouri where she and a whole group of the family is buried. David demoss > was > married to ruth hensen near terra haute indiana before moving to > cainsville > also. david had at least 6 children. > charles,john,sarah,deliah,mary,nancy,margaret...ruth died in1874 and > grandmother sarah demoss briant came and helped > raise them..till her death 1878 in cainsville, missouri. beyond that i > know > nothing..my dad knows some of the his aunts which are john terrill bryants > kid's > but never meet any of david demoss briant family except his grandfather > john > terrell...anyone know anything about a george briant/bryant and sarah > demoss > family let me know...i can't even find my dad's granfathers > siblings...please > help...mindy reed bryant > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:02:41 -0700 > From: "Marsha Buck" <DeepRoots@sisna.com> > Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. > KY/1800-1804 > To: <bryant@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <001e01c7512b$7e19eba0$0400a8c0@morgande> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > What part of Indiana was David Demoss Bryant born? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Ljmareed@aol.com> > To: <bryant@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 4:57 AM > Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 > > >> Ok I am going to do this one more time as I have been at a brick wall for >> far >> toooo long. My great great grandfather was david demoss bryant/briant was >> born 1834 in indiana to sarah demoss and george briant/bryant...they had >> at least >> 6 children one of which was nancy who married a bain and moved to >> cainsville >> missouri where she and a whole group of the family is buried. David >> demoss >> was >> married to ruth hensen near terra haute indiana before moving to >> cainsville >> also. david had at least 6 children. >> charles,john,sarah,deliah,mary,nancy,margaret...ruth died in1874 and >> grandmother sarah demoss briant came and helped >> raise them..till her death 1878 in cainsville, missouri. beyond that i >> know >> nothing..my dad knows some of the his aunts which are john terrill >> bryants >> kid's >> but never meet any of david demoss briant family except his grandfather >> john >> terrell...anyone know anything about a george briant/bryant and sarah >> demoss >> family let me know...i can't even find my dad's granfathers >> siblings...please >> help...mindy reed bryant > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:34:36 -0600 > From: <rlbtwo@suddenlink.net> > Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. > KY/1800-1804 > To: <bryant@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <00a101c75151$793c8a40$b7fdc14a@S1099846455> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Marilyn - I've been following with interest your running commentary on DNA > testing. as you seem to have some first hand experience with the process. > > I have been reluctant (even at the urging of a cousin who is also > researching my line of Bryants) to do the DNA because I'm not convinced > with > the meager information we have, and the fact that we have hit a brick wall > after my g-g-g-father, that I can really accomplish a great deal if > anything > at all. I do not have the names, locations, or any data what so ever, on > any > of the line prior to my GGG father Thomas Jefferson Bryant in Alabama in > the > 1850's-70 and the census record that states he was born in GA. Birthplace > unknown. > > One item that caught my eye was your comment in the last paragraph of your > email (included) that you should have at least a few generations to > compare. > > With only three generations (my father, grandfather and g-g-father) then > nothing - what is your opinion? > > Thank you for your thoughts > > Robert Bryant > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilyn Burgess" <stocker7@fairpoint.net> > To: <bryant@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 4:32 PM > Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 > > >> This site will answer a lot of your questions. The easiest and most >> useful >> DNA is y DNA and you must have an unbroken male line to actually connect >> to >> others many years back. I was able to connect to a common Bryant >> immigrant >> in Plymouth in 1643. It costs about $169. dollars for the 25 marker and >> one >> should really get that or the 37 marker if you can afford it. I don't >> even >> contact anyone in the twelve marker group unless the name is Bryan or >> Bryant. They send a kit and you just swab the inside of your cheek and >> send >> it back. >> >> Then they contact you every time they do a match and you can contact the >> person to exchange histories. You really have to have at least a few >> generations of history to compare. I'd be happy to answer any questions >> you >> might have. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "T'Lene" <tlene@optilink.us> >> To: <bryant@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 >> >> >>>I think I missed the thread re the DNA testing. I, too, would be >>>interested in having the DNA done in order to assist me in my Bryant >>>ancestry. >>> >>> My great great grandfather, John "Jack" Bryant appears to have been >>> married twice (maybe at the same times) with families in different >>> locations and not knowing about each other until his death about 1890. >>> >>> My gggmother, John/Jack's wife was Ellender Allen. They resided in Long >>> Island (now named Bryant), Jackson County, Alabama. Their families can >>> be >>> found on the Marion County, TN and Jackson Co, AL censuses. Most of my >>> ancestors were within three counties & states from 1850. This area is >>> located where the states of TN, GA and AL connect - the counties being, >>> Marion Co. TN, Dade County, GA and Jackson Co, AL. >>> >>> My ggftr (son of John & Ellender) was George Washington Bryant (b 1850 d >>> 1910 Jefferson Co AL). He married Emily Sims. >>> >>> My grandfather, Standifer Bryant married Amanda Boatner. They died 1948 >>> and 1952 respectively and are buried in Ebenezer Cemetery atop Sand Mtn >>> in >>> Bryant, Alabama. >>> >>> Any help re DNA testing would be appreciated. >>> >>> T'Lene >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Marilyn Burgess >>> To: bryant@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:27 PM >>> Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 >>> >>> >>> My brother has also had DNA done with family tree DNA. Our family came >>> from >>> Maine and Massachusetts but we have made connections in Oklahoma to one >>> common ancestor. >>> He joined the Bryan group because that was the only one available but >>> we >>> have had some close matches with Bryans as well. In Maine it was >>> spelled >>> either Briant or Bryant, but there was a brother in Plymouth, Mass who >>> spelled it Bryan in the early 1600's. Unfortunately we have not been >>> able >>> to find what happened to him. Marilyn >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Joel & Janiece Bryant" <janiecebryant@cfl.rr.com> >>> To: "Marsha Buck" <DeepRoots@sisna.com>; <bryant@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:08 PM >>> Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 >>> >>> >>> > Marsha, >>> > >>> > I am interested in the DNA testing that has been done on the >>> Bryant's. >>> I >>> > have hit the proverbial brick wall and feel that my only hope of >>> extending >>> > my ancestery back any further is to find a DNA match. You indicated >>> that >>> > there has been DNA testing on your Bryants. Were those test done by >>> > rootsweb, or were the results reported to roots web? >>> > >>> > Joel >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "Marsha Buck" <DeepRoots@sisna.com> >>> > To: <janemce@sbcglobal.net>; <bryant@rootsweb.com> >>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:27 AM >>> > Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. >>> KY/1800-1804 >>> > >>> > >>> >> Jane, >>> >> >>> >> We have corresponded before about Charlotte. Our research group has >>> your >>> >> information and we are trying to determine if you fit into our >>> family >>> or >>> >> not. >>> >> >>> >> Both Morgan and Wolfe counties contain part of what was originally >>> >> Montgomery Co., KY. My ancestor is Josiah Bryant and I believe he >>> is >>> the >>> >> one on the 1810 census in Montgomery Co., as well as on tax lists >>> there >>> >> in >>> >> 1803, 1810 and 1812. >>> >> >>> >> Josiah had sons named Ambrose, Josiah, Gabriel, William and John. >>> I'm >>> >> trying to determine if the William and John on the Montgomery Co. >>> tax >>> >> lists >>> >> are his sons or not. >>> >> >>> >> On the 1810 census for Montgomery Co. Josiah is listed with two >>> young >>> >> children who would appear to be his grandchildren. We're not sure >>> whose >>> >> children they are. On the 1810 tax list there are two adult males >>> in >>> >> Josiah's household but only one - Josiah - is on the census. I'd >>> like >>> to >>> >> know who the other one is and whether or not he is the parent of >>> these >>> >> two >>> >> children. One of the children is male, the other is female and they >>> are >>> >> both under age 10. >>> >> >>> >> In 1820 Josiah and Gabriel are listed on the census in Floyd Co., >>> KY. >>> >> Parts >>> >> of Floyd Co. also used to be in Montgomery Co. From what we've been >>> able >>> >> to >>> >> put together - and what we're trying to verify - is that our Josiah >>> left >>> >> Floyd Co., VA sometime after mid-1800 and moved to Montgomery Co., >>> KY. >>> >> His >>> >> wife, Lydia, apparently died there after the 1810 census was taken >>> and >>> >> before 1818. By 1818 the part of Montgomery Co. where Josiah lived >>> had >>> >> become part of Floyd Co. because Josiah signed for the marriage of >>> his >>> >> daughter, Elizabeth, in Floyd Co. in 1818 to George Holland. In >>> 1819 >>> >> Josiah >>> >> married the widow Elizabeth O'Hair in Floyd Co. and moved to her >>> house >>> >> and >>> >> land. The children listed with him in 1820 are her children from >>> her >>> >> marriage to Michael O'Hair. In 1822 Elizabeth divorced Josiah, sold >>> her >>> >> land and moved to Indiana with her children. Josiah returned to >>> Laurel >>> >> Hill, which is now part of Wolfe Co., KY. George & Elizabeth >>> Holland >>> (or >>> >> Hollon) lived in the Lacy Creek area and raised their children >>> there. >>> >> >>> >> George Holland's brother also lived in Montgomery Co. KY and is >>> later >>> >> found >>> >> in Wolfe Co. >>> >> >>> >> We have pretty well established what happened to William, Gabriel & >>> >> Josiah >>> >> Jr. They all ended up in Indiana. Our big mystery is John - and to >>> some >>> >> extent Ambrose. >>> >> >>> >> There are several other Bryants in Montgomery Co. - both on the >>> census >>> >> and >>> >> tax lists that we can't identify either. At this point we have no >>> idea >>> >> if >>> >> they are related to Josiah or if they are a whole other group of >>> Bryants. >>> >> The only thing we know for sure is that our Bryant family is not >>> related >>> >> to >>> >> the Bryants in Green Co. KY and they are not part of the Bryans who >>> >> married >>> >> into the Boone family. This has been established through DNA >>> testing. >>> >> It >>> >> would be great if we could find direct male descendants of other >>> Kentucky >>> >> & >>> >> Virginia Bryants who would be willing to be tested so we could >>> separate >>> >> out >>> >> the families more clearly. >>> >> >>> >> Marsha >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >> From: "Jane McEndree" <janemce@sbcglobal.net> >>> >> To: <rlbtwo@suddenlink.net>; <bryant@rootsweb.com> >>> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:19 AM >>> >> Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. >>> KY/1800-1804 >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>> Marsha, >>> >>> I have Bryants from Kentucky. I have not been able to go beyond >>> my >>> GGG >>> >>> Grandmother, Charlotte [ Lottie] Bryant Little though. All I know >>> about >>> >>> her >>> >>> is that she was born in Kentucky. She and her husband, the Rev. >>> Charles >>> >>> Little lived in or around Morgan and Wolfe Co, Kentucky and >>> together >>> had >>> >>> 21 >>> >>> children. I have been able to do a lot of work on the Little family >>> but >>> >>> not >>> >>> on the Bryants. I too, am interested in Bryant's from Kentukcy. >>> Wolfe >>> >>> County >>> >>> is in the eastern part of Kentucky. Where is Montgomery County? I'd >>> like >>> >>> to >>> >>> know more about your Kentucky Bryant's. My GG Grandmother, >>> Charlotte >>> >>> Bryant >>> >>> Little was born on December 25, 1809 in Kentucky and married >>> Charles >>> >>> Little >>> >>> on May 31, 1824 in Morgan Co, Ky. and she died on July 4, 1887 in >>> Morgan >>> >>> County, Ky. at a place called Lacy Creek where they had lived. >>> >>> Jane Little McEndree >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> ------------------------------- >>> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> >> BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> >> quotes >>> >> in the subject and the body of the message >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> > BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> > in the subject and the body of the message >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:24:15 -0500 > From: "Marilyn Burgess" <stocker7@fairpoint.net> > Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. > KY/1800-1804 > To: <rlbtwo@suddenlink.net>, <bryant@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <002001c75160$cb366b40$4001a8c0@D9SWQL41> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Have you done an exhaustive search online with something like > Ancestry.com? > Sometimes if you are patient, you can work your line back with census > records, of course the earliest census records you can get in the United > States is 1790. > My experience was that once I worked back even three or four generations, > I > could often connect with someone else's work. Ancestry.com has a section > called One World Tree which is a posting of others who have researched > similar lines. Ancestry.com is fairly expensive but even a short > subscription can be very productive. If you have any specific information > on TJ Bryant, such as spouse, birth date and death date, I can do a quick > search, but sometimes there are so many that it takes a long time to > locate > the one you need. There were more Bryant families in Georgia in 1880 than > any other state 3402. > > Certainly if you get a close match on DNA, you might get some help from > some > others who can fill in the blanks for you. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <rlbtwo@suddenlink.net> > To: <bryant@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 5:34 PM > Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 > > >> Marilyn - I've been following with interest your running commentary on >> DNA >> testing. as you seem to have some first hand experience with the process. >> >> I have been reluctant (even at the urging of a cousin who is also >> researching my line of Bryants) to do the DNA because I'm not convinced >> with >> the meager information we have, and the fact that we have hit a brick >> wall >> after my g-g-g-father, that I can really accomplish a great deal if >> anything >> at all. I do not have the names, locations, or any data what so ever, on >> any >> of the line prior to my GGG father Thomas Jefferson Bryant in Alabama in >> the >> 1850's-70 and the census record that states he was born in GA. Birthplace >> unknown. >> >> One item that caught my eye was your comment in the last paragraph of >> your >> email (included) that you should have at least a few generations to >> compare. >> >> With only three generations (my father, grandfather and g-g-father) then >> nothing - what is your opinion? >> >> Thank you for your thoughts >> >> Robert Bryant >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Marilyn Burgess" <stocker7@fairpoint.net> >> To: <bryant@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 4:32 PM >> Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 >> >> >>> This site will answer a lot of your questions. The easiest and most >>> useful >>> DNA is y DNA and you must have an unbroken male line to actually connect >>> to >>> others many years back. I was able to connect to a common Bryant >>> immigrant >>> in Plymouth in 1643. It costs about $169. dollars for the 25 marker and >>> one >>> should really get that or the 37 marker if you can afford it. I don't >>> even >>> contact anyone in the twelve marker group unless the name is Bryan or >>> Bryant. They send a kit and you just swab the inside of your cheek and >>> send >>> it back. >>> >>> Then they contact you every time they do a match and you can contact the >>> person to exchange histories. You really have to have at least a few >>> generations of history to compare. I'd be happy to answer any questions >>> you >>> might have. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "T'Lene" <tlene@optilink.us> >>> To: <bryant@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:54 PM >>> Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 >>> >>> >>>>I think I missed the thread re the DNA testing. I, too, would be >>>>interested in having the DNA done in order to assist me in my Bryant >>>>ancestry. >>>> >>>> My great great grandfather, John "Jack" Bryant appears to have been >>>> married twice (maybe at the same times) with families in different >>>> locations and not knowing about each other until his death about 1890. >>>> >>>> My gggmother, John/Jack's wife was Ellender Allen. They resided in >>>> Long >>>> Island (now named Bryant), Jackson County, Alabama. Their families can >>>> be >>>> found on the Marion County, TN and Jackson Co, AL censuses. Most of my >>>> ancestors were within three counties & states from 1850. This area is >>>> located where the states of TN, GA and AL connect - the counties being, >>>> Marion Co. TN, Dade County, GA and Jackson Co, AL. >>>> >>>> My ggftr (son of John & Ellender) was George Washington Bryant (b 1850 >>>> d >>>> 1910 Jefferson Co AL). He married Emily Sims. >>>> >>>> My grandfather, Standifer Bryant married Amanda Boatner. They died >>>> 1948 >>>> and 1952 respectively and are buried in Ebenezer Cemetery atop Sand Mtn >>>> in >>>> Bryant, Alabama. >>>> >>>> Any help re DNA testing would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> T'Lene >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Marilyn Burgess >>>> To: bryant@rootsweb.com >>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:27 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. >>>> KY/1800-1804 >>>> >>>> >>>> My brother has also had DNA done with family tree DNA. Our family >>>> came >>>> from >>>> Maine and Massachusetts but we have made connections in Oklahoma to >>>> one >>>> common ancestor. >>>> He joined the Bryan group because that was the only one available but >>>> we >>>> have had some close matches with Bryans as well. In Maine it was >>>> spelled >>>> either Briant or Bryant, but there was a brother in Plymouth, Mass who >>>> spelled it Bryan in the early 1600's. Unfortunately we have not been >>>> able >>>> to find what happened to him. Marilyn >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Joel & Janiece Bryant" <janiecebryant@cfl.rr.com> >>>> To: "Marsha Buck" <DeepRoots@sisna.com>; <bryant@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:08 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. >>>> KY/1800-1804 >>>> >>>> >>>> > Marsha, >>>> > >>>> > I am interested in the DNA testing that has been done on the >>>> Bryant's. >>>> I >>>> > have hit the proverbial brick wall and feel that my only hope of >>>> extending >>>> > my ancestery back any further is to find a DNA match. You indicated >>>> that >>>> > there has been DNA testing on your Bryants. Were those test done by >>>> > rootsweb, or were the results reported to roots web? >>>> > >>>> > Joel >>>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>>> > From: "Marsha Buck" <DeepRoots@sisna.com> >>>> > To: <janemce@sbcglobal.net>; <bryant@rootsweb.com> >>>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:27 AM >>>> > Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. >>>> KY/1800-1804 >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >> Jane, >>>> >> >>>> >> We have corresponded before about Charlotte. Our research group >>>> has >>>> your >>>> >> information and we are trying to determine if you fit into our >>>> family >>>> or >>>> >> not. >>>> >> >>>> >> Both Morgan and Wolfe counties contain part of what was originally >>>> >> Montgomery Co., KY. My ancestor is Josiah Bryant and I believe he >>>> is >>>> the >>>> >> one on the 1810 census in Montgomery Co., as well as on tax lists >>>> there >>>> >> in >>>> >> 1803, 1810 and 1812. >>>> >> >>>> >> Josiah had sons named Ambrose, Josiah, Gabriel, William and John. >>>> I'm >>>> >> trying to determine if the William and John on the Montgomery Co. >>>> tax >>>> >> lists >>>> >> are his sons or not. >>>> >> >>>> >> On the 1810 census for Montgomery Co. Josiah is listed with two >>>> young >>>> >> children who would appear to be his grandchildren. We're not sure >>>> whose >>>> >> children they are. On the 1810 tax list there are two adult males >>>> in >>>> >> Josiah's household but only one - Josiah - is on the census. I'd >>>> like >>>> to >>>> >> know who the other one is and whether or not he is the parent of >>>> these >>>> >> two >>>> >> children. One of the children is male, the other is female and >>>> they >>>> are >>>> >> both under age 10. >>>> >> >>>> >> In 1820 Josiah and Gabriel are listed on the census in Floyd Co., >>>> KY. >>>> >> Parts >>>> >> of Floyd Co. also used to be in Montgomery Co. From what we've >>>> been >>>> able >>>> >> to >>>> >> put together - and what we're trying to verify - is that our Josiah >>>> left >>>> >> Floyd Co., VA sometime after mid-1800 and moved to Montgomery Co., >>>> KY. >>>> >> His >>>> >> wife, Lydia, apparently died there after the 1810 census was taken >>>> and >>>> >> before 1818. By 1818 the part of Montgomery Co. where Josiah lived >>>> had >>>> >> become part of Floyd Co. because Josiah signed for the marriage of >>>> his >>>> >> daughter, Elizabeth, in Floyd Co. in 1818 to George Holland. In >>>> 1819 >>>> >> Josiah >>>> >> married the widow Elizabeth O'Hair in Floyd Co. and moved to her >>>> house >>>> >> and >>>> >> land. The children listed with him in 1820 are her children from >>>> her >>>> >> marriage to Michael O'Hair. In 1822 Elizabeth divorced Josiah, >>>> sold >>>> her >>>> >> land and moved to Indiana with her children. Josiah returned to >>>> Laurel >>>> >> Hill, which is now part of Wolfe Co., KY. George & Elizabeth >>>> Holland >>>> (or >>>> >> Hollon) lived in the Lacy Creek area and raised their children >>>> there. >>>> >> >>>> >> George Holland's brother also lived in Montgomery Co. KY and is >>>> later >>>> >> found >>>> >> in Wolfe Co. >>>> >> >>>> >> We have pretty well established what happened to William, Gabriel & >>>> >> Josiah >>>> >> Jr. They all ended up in Indiana. Our big mystery is John - and >>>> to >>>> some >>>> >> extent Ambrose. >>>> >> >>>> >> There are several other Bryants in Montgomery Co. - both on the >>>> census >>>> >> and >>>> >> tax lists that we can't identify either. At this point we have no >>>> idea >>>> >> if >>>> >> they are related to Josiah or if they are a whole other group of >>>> Bryants. >>>> >> The only thing we know for sure is that our Bryant family is not >>>> related >>>> >> to >>>> >> the Bryants in Green Co. KY and they are not part of the Bryans who >>>> >> married >>>> >> into the Boone family. This has been established through DNA >>>> testing. >>>> >> It >>>> >> would be great if we could find direct male descendants of other >>>> Kentucky >>>> >> & >>>> >> Virginia Bryants who would be willing to be tested so we could >>>> separate >>>> >> out >>>> >> the families more clearly. >>>> >> >>>> >> Marsha >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> >> From: "Jane McEndree" <janemce@sbcglobal.net> >>>> >> To: <rlbtwo@suddenlink.net>; <bryant@rootsweb.com> >>>> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:19 AM >>>> >> Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. >>>> KY/1800-1804 >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >>> Marsha, >>>> >>> I have Bryants from Kentucky. I have not been able to go beyond >>>> my >>>> GGG >>>> >>> Grandmother, Charlotte [ Lottie] Bryant Little though. All I know >>>> about >>>> >>> her >>>> >>> is that she was born in Kentucky. She and her husband, the Rev. >>>> Charles >>>> >>> Little lived in or around Morgan and Wolfe Co, Kentucky and >>>> together >>>> had >>>> >>> 21 >>>> >>> children. I have been able to do a lot of work on the Little >>>> family >>>> but >>>> >>> not >>>> >>> on the Bryants. I too, am interested in Bryant's from Kentukcy. >>>> Wolfe >>>> >>> County >>>> >>> is in the eastern part of Kentucky. Where is Montgomery County? >>>> I'd >>>> like >>>> >>> to >>>> >>> know more about your Kentucky Bryant's. My GG Grandmother, >>>> Charlotte >>>> >>> Bryant >>>> >>> Little was born on December 25, 1809 in Kentucky and married >>>> Charles >>>> >>> Little >>>> >>> on May 31, 1824 in Morgan Co, Ky. and she died on July 4, 1887 in >>>> Morgan >>>> >>> County, Ky. at a place called Lacy Creek where they had lived. >>>> >>> Jane Little McEndree >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> ------------------------------- >>>> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> >> BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> >> quotes >>>> >> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ------------------------------- >>>> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> > BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes >>>> > in the subject and the body of the message >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the BRYANT list administrator, send an email to > BRYANT-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the BRYANT mailing list, send an email to > BRYANT@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of BRYANT Digest, Vol 2, Issue 11 > ************************************* > >