Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! I am still not positive that this is the family I am descended from. The family story is that my great-grandmother's mother was a MORRIS and she was disinherited when she married Joseph W. Brady. But after finding the marriage record in Houston County showing her last name was Bryan, it confused me. I immediately went to the Houston County section of the State Archives and looked through the books there....particularly your books of the guardian bonds. They are certainly well done and were a great reference to me. I am just in the earliest stages of my research. I've still got to dig into wills, estate records and such. Watching the family mystery unfold is really fun....just the type of thing that keeps us all going I suppose. Does the Washington Memorial Library in Macon have Houston County estate records on microfilm? I've only been there twice researching other lines. Thanks again for sharing the Bryan homestead and family information, I am sure it will help. Yvette Taylor Stewart Stockbridge, GA