My mothers gr. uncle by marriage Edward O. Bryan married Emma Jane Colson. He was a mayor of Thunderbolt and had a general store there. Is it possible he is related? He was raised at the Bethesda Boys Home along with my mothers gr. father James Henry Lee(he married Sarah Mozelle Colson). I would love info on either one of these men. James was born between SC and GA coming over from Ireland and his father died at sea. His mother Mary gave him to nuns around Macon to raise until at age 12 he went to Bethesda. Mary later married a Murray and or a Hanlon and maybe moved to Coffee County, GA. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Barbara -----Original Message----- From: AslanJ@aol.com <AslanJ@aol.com> To: GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, February 13, 2000 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] Re: GASCREVE-D Digest V00 #12 >In a message dated 1/22/00 11:03:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, >Scotti3275@aol.com writes: > ><< Subj: Re: [GASCREVE] Re: GASCREVE-D Digest V00 #12 > Date: 1/22/00 11:03:36 AM Eastern Standard Time > From: Scotti3275@aol.com > Reply-to: GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com > To: GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com > > Judy, > > No, I don't have any info on the Minors (i.e. Riedelsperger), but I've > often wondered about the connection that my g-g-grandfather (Hope Brigdon > Scott) had with Captain Louis "Martin" Luther Bryan, and this could be the > key. I know that Martin Bryan was married to a Brannen descendant, but that > seemed to be very far off. Anyway, I hope that this helps. Please keep in > touch. > > Scottie > > >> > >Scottie - so sorry to take such a long time to answer, but I have been about >300 emails behind for over a month. I sometimes go to the bottom and start >up, and sometimes from the top, down, but still behind. > >Lewis Martin Luther BRYAN was my husband's great-great grandfather. He was >also the ancestor of Donny MALLARD, who is on this list. I have done a book >on our line of BRYANs who came to Barnwell Dist, SC in 1774 from Craven Co >NC. Our Rev War ancestor was William BRYAN b ca 1746-7 in NC and married >Elizabeth MOORE, dau of Thomas MOORE, Jr also of NC. Their son, Joseph >BRYAN, b 1776, married Rebecca Dewees, daughter of Cornelius Dewees, who was >b in PA and moved to Charleston. Cornelius's second wife and mother of his >dau Rebecca, was Mrs Sarah MINORS, who was the widow of Charles MINORS, Sr, >and had two children by Minors. > >There was a family story, handed down in several of the lines, that there was >a John BRYAN who married Sarah Rhedelspurger (spelled dozens of ways - Riedels >perger, etc). I did find a John BRYAN, who is likely the brother of our >William BRYAN. However, I never found any proof of a marriage for him. He >appears in SC during the Rev War, and disappears after the Rev War, so I >don't know if he died or if he went back to NC. I have much, much >circumstantial evidence to prove that our William BRYAN is a grandson of >Lewis BRYAN, Sr. who was one of the original BRYANs who settled in eastern >NC. We have good reason to believe that he was a brother of Edward BRYAN, >Sr. (land documents, etc), but since he lived in a county that burned soon >after his death, we have very little to find on Lewis Sr's family, other than >headrights and later documents of those who were his children and >grandchildren. We suspect that William is a son of Lewis BRYAN, Jr, who may >or may not have been the Lewis BRYAN who showed up in Barnwell Dist, SC at >the same time frame of William, Simon, John, and other BRYANS. Our research >group has been hard at work for over 3 years, now, and we originally thought >that it would take about 2 years to find the answer. Some of the other >people on our research team have corrected many of the other BRYAN lines >which were published, and we are now finding more to challenge the old tale >of Needham BRYAN's family (his mother was not Alice NEEDHAM, dau of a royal >line. She was Alice MACLAND, dau of John MACLAND, by his will.). Someday we >will be ready to release our findings, but we are still working hard, and >finding more and more on every line. We use only documents, and no >genealogies - which are full of errors. > >I got off on a tangent there, didn't I? ha ha ;-) > >I am of the belief that the Rhedelspurger (et al) connection is through the >DEWEES line, and would love to have time to go look at those >Rhedelspurger/Reidelsburger, etc, documents in SC, and maybe will, some day. > >If I can help in any other way, please do let me know. > >Judy Canant > >