Could I please have a look up in the Granville/Person areas for my earliest known ancestors... I'm hoping that any details concerning Patrick O'Brian(t) might help me in this quest. (Variant spellings found for O'Brien) birth, or parents, etc. Patrick O'Brian(t) b. abt 1740 - d. 1804 Granville Co., NC. He had been married more than once. Married 1794 to the "widow" Elizabeth Stroud, (previously married to David Stroud) Earliest records so far found of Patrick in Granville Co., NC... 1769 Tax list, Patrick O'Brian 1772 Land Deed in Goshen Dist., Patrick O'Brian 1790 Census Granville Co., Patrick O'Brian 1880 Census Granville Co., Patrick O'Briant I'm currently following a lead and awaiting documents from Edgecombe Co., NC referencing... if I understand the time line this part of Edgecombe is now a part of Granville Co., NC. Geraldus O'Bryan b. abt 1742 in Limerick, Ireland (I believe County Cork) - d. 1764 Edgecombe Co., NC, buried: "same" married to Elizabeth Toole b. abt 1744 - d. abt 1811 Edgecombe Co., NC., d/o Lawrence Toole, Sr and Sabra Irvine/Irwin The coincidences between these two lineages these two men are so strong I can't somehow not believe they may possible be brothers or otherwise. The same time frame, places they been found, their children, the names... I've spoken to a few of my elders and the same similar folklore has been told to the families down through the years...that 2 brothers (Patrick and Dennis) come to America to escape the hardships of the time in Ireland, so forth and so on. With the help of several researchers and my O'Briant family I've been fortunate to collect volumes of genealogy referencing a great deal of Patrick's children on down. It's Patrick that has been my weakest link. Patrick O'Brian(t) eldest son.. Dennis b. 1760 Granville Co., NC - d. Feb 1817 Person Co., NC Served in the Rev War but I don't know the specifics. 1790 Census Granville Co., Dennis O'Bryan 1800 Census Granville Co., Dennis O'Briant 1810 Census Granville Co., Dennis O'Bryan Married Aug 05, 1806 Granville Co., NC to Rebecca Harris verified in her husband's (Dennis O'Briant) Will and her father's (John Harris, Sr.) Will. She is also specified in Court Records found dated 1819 in the inventory and sale of the estate of her father John Harris, Sr. Geraldus O'Bryan is mentioned in the Will of his wife's father Lawrence/Laurence Toole as executor. He is also mentioned as Dennis Geraldus O'Bryan, Sr in a book written by Mary Polk Branch based on dairy records and other research done within this family lineage. Geraldus's eldest son was also named... Dennis (Edgecombe County, North Carolina Vital Records, 1720-1880) b. abt 1757 Edgecombe Co., NC, married to Frances maiden name unknown at this time. Two children verified, Anne O'Bryan and Dennis Geraldus O'Briant, Jr. After Dennis death in 1789 Edgecombe Co., NC, his widow later married John Murray. I can easily go further with much research referencing these two lineages but that would take pages. I don't know if I'm signed up on the mailing list for (NCPERSON-L) rootsweb, it's not listed in my email book. Should I re-subscribe? My apologizes in advance for my ramblings. Thank you, Catherine

I don't know if you have these but here goes: Tax Payers of Granville Co. 1788 - PATRICK OBRIAN - Goshen District 0 White Polls, 4 Black Polls, 800 Acres (he probably not polled because of he was elderly?) DENNIS OBRYAN - Tar River District 1 White Poll, 0 Black Poll, 430 Acres "Edgecombe County,North Carolina,Abstracts of Wills, 1732-1792": 161) RICHARD GORE - 12 Apr 1779 - May Ct 1779 - B/16 "...being weak in body..." Executors are to sell my perishable estate and buy "likely you Negroes" to go with the Negroes I already own to maintain my children. As soon as my youngest child is sixteen my property is to be divided. My plantation where I now live is to be leased out with the mill for thirteen years. EX: H. IRWIN TOOLE, BARTHOLOMEW KELLY Wit: DAN. SUTHERLAND, DENNIS O'BRYAN, MARTHA JONES 184) MICHAEL HEARN - 15 Nov 1787 Jan Ct 1788 - C/59 "being of weak body..." My wife MARY HEARN may dispose of sich part of my land as necessary. Lend to wife Negroes Isaac, Hannah, Harriett and Valentine, and at her death to be divided amongh my children. Lend my wife my horses, and at her death to be divided between my sons MICHAEL HEARN and LAURENCE HENRY HEARN. My remaining Negroes, namely Duck (Tuck?), Orange, Sampson, Debford, Jasper, Jack, Haruclous, Pompey, dinah, Vina, Dye, Eady, Benia, Mimia and Jude, are to be divided among my children as they come of age or marry. After my wife has her full dower, my lands are to rented out to support my wife and the children. Ex: wife Wit: AMOS JOHNSTON, NOAH SUGG, SAMUEL A. BRYAN, (or SAMUEL O'BRYAN) 206) HENRY IRWIN - 3 March 1773 - Aug Ct 1778 - B/3 If I should die in Tarborough, I wish to be buried in the garden beside my dear BETEY. Son HENRY - Negroes Jean and her child Judy, Bet and her child Peter, also the saw mill adn land I bought of JAMES DUNLAP, being part of RICHARD GORE's land and containing 103 acres, also the Old Mill Survey, all of which he is to have when he comes of age. Son LEWIS - Negroes Jack, Harry, Nan and Lucinder, also the Old Plantation containing 300 acres, land called COWELL's survey, also 50 acres. So JOHN ALEXANDER - Negroes Roger, Job and Ben, also the tract I bought of BENJAMIN BARNES and the house and lot I bought of PATRICK McDOWELL. Daughter ELIZABETH - Negroes Quinney, Anake and Gloscow, also the house and lot I bought of COTTON where MR. STOCKDAILE now lives. Daughter POLLY - Negro Lucy and her child Latily, also Negroes Sary, Lettice and Davey. If any of my children should die underage the others will inherit his or her share. My boys are to have good learning, and at the age of sixteen they are to be bound out. Ex: RICHARD LAKEY, HENRY IRWIN TOOLE, ELIAS FOORT Wit: JOHN WEBB, DENNIS O'BRYAN, CHRISTOPHER LAKEY, MARY TOOLE, JENEY TOOLE Codicil (undated) My cousin POLLY TOOLE is to have ten pounds and she is to keep house for my children 411) LAURENCE TOOLE - undated - Dec Ct 1761 - A/82 "...being sick of body..." Wife SABRA TOOLE - lend life estate in the plantation where I now live, also the labor of Negroes Catoe, Serina and Ben. Son LAURENCE TOOLE - Negroes Ireland and the plantation where I now live, after my wife's death. Son HENRY IRWIN TOOLE - plantation I bought of RICHASON and Negroes London and Cesar. Son GERALDUS TOOLE - plantation I bought of PETTYPOOL and Negroes Pollydore and Hampton. Daughter ELIZABETH O'BRYAN - the money Negro Daniel sold for, also the money owed me by MACKMANUS. Daughter ANN TOOLE - Negro Mirlitta (Mirtilla?). Daughter MARY TOOLE - Negro Hanah. Daughter SABRA TOOLE - Negro Phillis. Daughter JENNY - Negro Venus. Son LAURENCE - all household goods at my wifee's death. Ex: wife, son LAURENCE, GERALDUS O'BRYAN Wit: HENRY HART, WILLIAM BRACEWELL, PRISCILLA HART "Edgecombe County,North Carolina Deeds, 1759-1768", Dr. Stephen E. Bradley Jr.: Deed Book 1 #323-(212) JAMES MOIR, ELISHA BATTLE, AQUILLA SUGG, ALEXR McCULLOCH & BLAKE BAKER, as trustees & commissioners of Tarborough to DANIEL GARDNER of Edgecomb Co. 25 Sep 1761. 40s proclamation. Lot 19 on St Patricks & St Johns streets. Also signed by AQUILLA SUGG. Wit: JAMES ANDERSON, JOS MOORE. Mar Ct 1762. JAMES HALL DCC, 22 Mar 1762. DANIEL GARDNER assigns his right to sd lot 19 to THOMAS PALMER for 5 pounds procla-mation. Wit: GERALDUS O'BRYAN, WILLIAM STANDARD. Mar Ct 1762. JAMES HALL DCC #363-(275) JOHN GUNTER of Halifax Co to WILLIAM PENNEL [PINNEL] of Edgecombe Co 22 Jun 1762, 5 pounds proclamation. Lot 89 in Tarborough. Wit: JAMES ANDERSON, GERALDUS O'BRYAN. June Ct 1762. JAS. HALL DCC "Person County North Carolina Compilations, Land Grants 1794,1805, 1823 Tax Lists Record Books Abstracts 1792-1820, Letters of Attorney" Katharine Kerr Kendall: Pg.30-(Letters of Attorney) RANDOLPH O'BRIANT and PRUDENCE O'BRIANT of Attala County, Miss. to ELIJAH O'BRIANT to receive from will of JOHN HALLIBURTON. 5 Nov. 1845 Pg.47 -December 1795 #218 - Sale of estate of JOHN NEAL, dec. (one of people listed) WM. O'BRION Pg.49 - September Court 1796 #227 - Acout of sale of property of THOMAS GUNN, dec., by DANL. GUNN, exec. Sales to: WM. O'BRYANT pg. 71 - Taxables for 1805 - Captain Street's Company JOSEPH OBRYANT - 250 ACRES - 1 White Poll -3 Black Polls Pg. 94 - Taxable Property 1814 - Capt. Bradsher's List DENNIS OBRYANT Pg.97 - Taxable Property 1814- Capt. Webb's Dist JOSEPH OBRYANT Pg. 101 - Person Co. Record Books, book 7 May Court 1816 #126: FRANCIS DAY - Will - dated 18 Feb 1816, Wife: JAN; Sons SAMUEL, NATHANIEL, ISAAC, FRANCIS, WILLIAM, JOHN, ARCHIBALD; daughters MARY, BEELATTA, CASSANDRA; Exec: JOHN DAY,JUN. and wife JANE. Wit: PHILLIP OBRIANT and THOS. CLAYTON (mentions my 9 children, but appears 10 are named) Pg.102 #171- Deed of Trust: JOHN WASHINGTON of Granville County to DENIS O'BRYANT. Pg.104 -February Court 1817 #265 - DENNIS OBRYANT indebted to WILLIAMSON and LEA, merchants and partners in Roxbrough, deed of trust to WILLIAM McKISSOCK of Roxbrough. 21 Jan 1817. ROBERT WADE, Jurat. #267 - DENNIS OBRIANT of Granville Co - Will - dated 7 Aug. 1790. Wife REBECKER; my children. Exec: PATRICK OBRIANT, JOHN HARRIS SEN., ROBERT HARRIS, JOHN KENNON. Test: J. KENNON, JOHN HARRIS JUN. Inv. property DENNIS OBRIANT SEN., decd, taken 11 Feb 1817. Pg 105 - May Court 1817 #299 - Sale estate of DENNIS OBRIANT SEN. Pg. 114 - Person Co. 1823 tax list Capt. Williams Company SOLOMON G. CLAYTON - 50 Acres- 1 white poll " for REBECCA OBRIANT - 50 Acres Pg 115 Capt. Vanhooks Company DENNIS OBRYANT -0 Acres - 1 poll ELIJAH OBRYANT - 0 Acres -1 poll CD- Early North Carolina Settlers 1700s - 1900, Historical Sketches Of North Carolina, Vol.II, Edgecombe County, by James R.B.Hathaway: Pg. 146 Members of North Carolina House of Common- LAWRENCE O'BRYAN - 1799 Same CD , Marriage & Death Notices 1799-1825-Deaths MRS. OBRIEN, Feb. 17, Tarborough.. Raleigh Register Feb. 21, 1811 LAWRENCE O'BRYAN of Tarborough. March. Sneedsboro, Anson County. Raleigh Register, March 28, 1811 Deaths 1826-1845 CALEDONIA O'BRYAN, July 4, Warren County. Raleigh Register, July 19, 1836 TILLOTSON O'BRYAN, July 11, Richmond County. Raleigh Register, Aug. 4, 1840 DENNIS GIRALDUS O'BRYAN, Nov.13, Warren County, Raleigh Register, Dec. 1, 1843 There is also a family history of the HENRY IRWIN TOOLE family. Let me know if you want that, and I will scan copies of the pages and send them to you via email. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine O'Briant" <cherokeecatz@cox.net> To: <NCGRANVI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:30 AM Subject: [NCGRANVI] O'Brian(t) of Granville and Person Counties > > > > > Could I please have a look up in the Granville/Person areas for my > earliest > known ancestors... I'm hoping that any details concerning Patrick > O'Brian(t) > might help me in this quest. (Variant spellings found for O'Brien) birth, > or > parents, etc. > > Patrick O'Brian(t) b. abt 1740 - d. 1804 Granville Co., NC. He had been > married more than once. Married 1794 to the "widow" Elizabeth Stroud, > (previously married to David Stroud) > > Earliest records so far found of Patrick in Granville Co., NC... > 1769 Tax list, Patrick O'Brian > 1772 Land Deed in Goshen Dist., Patrick O'Brian > 1790 Census Granville Co., Patrick O'Brian > 1880 Census Granville Co., Patrick O'Briant > > I'm currently following a lead and awaiting documents from Edgecombe Co., > NC > referencing... if I understand the time line this part of Edgecombe is now > a > part of Granville Co., NC. > > Geraldus O'Bryan b. abt 1742 in Limerick, Ireland (I believe County > Cork) - > d. 1764 Edgecombe Co., NC, buried: "same" married to Elizabeth Toole b. > abt > 1744 - d. abt 1811 Edgecombe Co., NC., d/o Lawrence Toole, Sr and Sabra > Irvine/Irwin > > The coincidences between these two lineages these two men are so strong I > can't somehow not believe they may possible be brothers or otherwise. The > same time frame, places they been found, their children, the names... > > I've spoken to a few of my elders and the same similar folklore has been > told to the families down through the years...that 2 brothers (Patrick and > Dennis) come to America to escape the hardships of the time in Ireland, so > forth and so on. > > With the help of several researchers and my O'Briant family I've been > fortunate to collect volumes of genealogy referencing a great deal of > Patrick's children on down. It's Patrick that has been my weakest link. > > Patrick O'Brian(t) eldest son.. > > Dennis b. 1760 Granville Co., NC - d. Feb 1817 Person Co., NC > Served in the Rev War but I don't know the specifics. > 1790 Census Granville Co., Dennis O'Bryan > 1800 Census Granville Co., Dennis O'Briant > 1810 Census Granville Co., Dennis O'Bryan > > Married Aug 05, 1806 Granville Co., NC to Rebecca Harris verified in her > husband's (Dennis O'Briant) Will and her father's (John Harris, Sr.) Will. > She is also specified in Court Records found dated 1819 in the inventory > and > sale of the estate of her father John Harris, Sr. > > Geraldus O'Bryan is mentioned in the Will of his wife's father > Lawrence/Laurence Toole as executor. He is also mentioned as Dennis > Geraldus O'Bryan, Sr in a book written by Mary Polk Branch based on dairy > records and other research done within this family lineage. > > Geraldus's eldest son was also named... > > Dennis (Edgecombe County, North Carolina Vital Records, 1720-1880) b. abt > 1757 Edgecombe Co., NC, married to Frances maiden name unknown at this > time. > Two children verified, Anne O'Bryan and Dennis Geraldus O'Briant, Jr. > > After Dennis death in 1789 Edgecombe Co., NC, his widow later married John > Murray. > > I can easily go further with much research referencing these two lineages > but that would take pages. > > I don't know if I'm signed up on the mailing list for (NCPERSON-L) > rootsweb, > it's not listed in my email book. Should I re-subscribe? > > My apologizes in advance for my ramblings. > Thank you, > Catherine > > > > ==== NCGRANVI Mailing List ==== > Granville County List Administrator > Debra McCann - chenae@ap.net > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >