This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: millard82 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.obriant/133/mb.ashx Message Board Post: ELIJAH O'BRIANT FAMILY ELIJAH O'BRIANT (FAG# 92629120) was born in UNKNOWN DATE 1795 in Bushy Fork, Person County, North Carolina. He was the son of Revolutionary War Militia Soldier Dennis O'Briant (1760-1817) and Rebecca Harris (1765-1836). He married first ATHENA TABITHA "TABBY" CANADY (FAG# 92629330) (born, UNKNOWN DATE 1797, Person County, North Carolina - died, UNKNOWN DATE 1858, Person County, North Carolina), she was the daughter of John Watson "Linney" Canady and UNKNOWN MOTHER. Elijah and Tabby were married on 12 Mar 1814 in Person County, North Carolina. Following the death of his first wife, Elijah married BARBARA STANFIELD (FAG# UNKNOWN PLACE OF BURIAL) (born, UNKNOWN DATE 1820, Person County, North Carolina - died, UNKNOWN DATE Dec 1886, Person County, North Carolina), she was the daughter of John Washington Stanfield and Jane Green. Elijah and Barbara were married on 21 Jun 1859 in Person County, North Carolina. Elijah was noted to be on the muster rolls of the soldiers of the War o! f 1812; detached from the Militia of North Carolina in 1812 and 1814 (pg. 106). Elijah O'Briant was just 22 years old when his father Dennis O'Briant died. Neither he nor any of the sons of Dennis O'Briant, with the exception of Dennis O'Briant Jr. are mentioned in Dennis O'Briant's will by name. However, the estate record of Dennis O'Briant [an accounting of his possessions and how they were dispersed at his death] does name Elijah O'Briant. [Person County Loose Estate Records, Original un-filmed material, North Carolina Archives, C.R.078.508.50.] February Term 1817 the inventory of Dennis O'Briant's estate was duly returned to court by the executor and ordered to be recorded. [Inventory of Estate of Dennis O'Briant, Dec'd-Recorded in Record Docket No.7, pages 267-268.] Account of the sale of the property of Dennis O'Briant Sr. Dec'd, March 10, 1818 [Recorded in Book 8, page 86.] Elijah was noted as a son of Dennis O'Briant he were present at the sale, To Elijah O'Briant, ! one Negro man Tom, one Negro boy Joe, case and bottles. At the time of Elijah's father's death he owed the estate $29.00. Elijah died on 7 Mar 1878 in Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina. Elijah and Tabby had ten children, and Elijah and Barbara had one son. Person and Granville County, North Carolina Probate Records November 12, 1877 Person County, North Carolina Will of Elijah O'Briant Know all men by thee presents that I Elijah O'Briant of the State of North Carolina, County of Person in my right mind do make the following will to wit: That my son David O'Briant shall have out of my estate (personal property) one horse, one saddle, one bridle, one cow and calf, one bed and furniture. This is to make him equal with my other children I having given each of them the same heretofore. [Signed] Elijah O'Briant, in the presence of James M. Buron on November 12, 1877. [Person County Will Book 19:76.] 1. SIDNEY O'BRIANT (FAG# 42358362), was born in UNKNOWN DATE March 1813 in Person County, North Carolina. He married MARY J. HORTON (FAG# 43202952) (born, UNKNOWN DATE Nov 1809, Person County, North Carolina - died, 15 Feb 1885, Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina), she is the daughter of Willis Horton and Elizabeth Nichols. They were married 3 Sep 1835 in Person County, North Carolina. Sidney died on 22 Jan 1896 in Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina. Sidney and Mary had three children, one son dying for the Confederacy in the defense of Richmond in 1862. 2. PARTHENIA O'BRIANT (FAG# UNKNOWN PLACE OF BURIAL), was born in 1817 in Person County, North Carolina. She married THOMAS M. HORTON (FAG# UNKNOWN PLACE OF BURIAL) (born, UNKNOWN DATE 1820, Person County, North Carolina - died, UNKNOWN DATE, after 1870, Person County, North Carolina), he was the brother of Mary J Horton, and the son of Willis Horton and Elizabeth Nichols. They were married on 26 Oct 1839 in Person County, North Carolina. She died at home, near Roseville, Person County, North Carolina, after a lingering illness on Wednesday, 1 Jun 1892. Her obituary in the Roxboro Courier dated 2 Jun 1892, states that she was 75 years old, and leaves several brothers to mourn their loss. Parthenia and Thomas had twelve children. 3. RANSOM O'BRIANT, (FAG# 138374839) was born in 1819 in Person County, North Carolina. He was the grandson of Revolutionary War Militia Soldier Dennis O'Briant (1760-1817) and Rebecca Harris (1765-1836), and the son of Elijah O'Briant (1795-1878) and Tabatha Canady (1797-1858). He married LEAH LONG (FAG# 138375372) (born, 1816, Person County, North Carolina - died, UNKNOWN DATE, about 1888, Cedar Fork Township, Durham County, North Carolina); she was the daughter of Reuben Long and Martha Parrish. They were married on 30 Sep 1839 in Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina. The 1840 US Census has the couple living in the Roxboro District of Person County. Ransom was a farmer with a real estate value of $200.00 in 1850, living in Bushy Fork Township, Person County. Prior to the Civil war, Ransom's personal wealth in Bushy Fork Township was $1600.00 and his real estate value was $1000.00. By 1860, Ransom is first noted as having acquired an 8 year old male slave to assist Leah! . During the time leading up to the Civil War, Ransom was very active in Democratic politics; being a delegate to the Democratic State Convention every two years from 1852 to 1860. He also served as a Justice of the Peace, performing several marriages as well a Magistrate presiding over court cases. Ransom did not go off to fight in the War, but he and his father are noted having served the Confederacy. Following the War, Ransom was forced to sell off all of his Person County property. In 1868, like so many of his fellow Reconstruction-era farmers, Ransom O'Briant was "adjudged" bankrupt. [In 1867, largely as a response to the severe adverse financial conditions of so many southerners after the Civil War, an act was passed by Congress that was entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States."] All his real and personal estate was assigned to H. L. Bumpass, apparently a county officer, except some exempted property which was not listed. If the law was anything like it is today, Ransom's clothing and necessary possessions would be exempt, as might be the piece of property upon which he lived. He is later found in the 1870 Census living in Patterson Township, Orange County, next to his eldest son William. Ransom continued to be active in politics even after moving out of Person County. He was appointed a Wake County Magistrate in 1877 for the township of Cedar Fork. When Durham County was formed in 1881 from parts of Orange and Wake counties and took its name from the principal town and county-seat, formerly known as "Durham Depot," on the North Carolina Rail Road, and which took its name from the Durham Family residing at that place. Cedar Fork was absorbed into Durham County, and Ransom remained the Magistrate at that time. In March of 1881 he was appointed as an election Register for the new county of Durham, and May of 1881, Ransom was elected as a Tax Assessor for Cedar Fork. By March of 1882, he is noted as the Justice of the Peace of Cedar Fork. He was noted as a Democrat prior to the Civil War, but when Ransom ran for Durham County Coroner in 1884 he was endorsed by the Republican Party. Ransom owned a large farm at the time of his death off Lynn Road and Raleigh Road! (today's Miami Blvd) He died during the evening of Tuesday, 1 September 1896 and was laid in the family cemetery located off of Raleigh Road next to his wife. The site is marked by field stones. Ransom and Leah had nine children. 4. MARTHA JANE O'BRIANT (FAG# UNKNOWN PLACE OF BURIAL) was born in 1821 in Person County, North Carolina. She married MADISON BOWDEN (FAG# UNKNOWN PLACE OF BURIAL) (born, in 1819, UNKNOWN PLACE, North Carolina - died, UNKNOWN DATE, UNKNOWN PLACE); he is the son of UNKNOWN PARENTS. They were married on 7 Jan 1841, in Person County, North Carolina. Madison served with Martha's brother Albert and nephews William and Henry in A Company, 50th Infantry CSA. Madison is last seen in the 1880 US Federal Census. Martha died in UNKNOWN DATE about 1865 (last seen in the 1860 US Federal Census), in Person County, North Carolina. Martha and Madison were known to have had seven children. 5. ROZILLA O'BRIANT (FAG# UNKNOWN PLACE OF BURIAL), was born on UNKNOWN DATE Feb 1825 in Person County, North Carolina. Roselea married LEWIS STEPHEN MORTON (FAG# UNKNOWN PLACE OF BURIAL) (born UNKNOWN DATE 1816, UNKNOWN PLACE North Carolina - died, UNKNOWN DATE, UNKNOWN PLACE), he is the son of UNKNOWN PARENTS. They were married on 18 Nov 1841 in Person County, North Carolina. Lewis was last seen in the 1880 US Federal Census. She died UNKNOWN DATE after 1900 in Person County, North Carolina (she is last noted in the 1900 US Federal Census). Roselea and Lewis had six children. 6. ALEXANDER O'BRIANT (FAG# 38758211), was born on 29 Apr 1828 in Person County, North Carolina. He married EMILY MARY WHITEFIELD (FAG# 38758218) (born, 16 Feb 1831, Person County, North Carolina - died, 15 Jan 1881, Person County, North Carolina), the daughter of William Whitefield, and Rozilla Moore. They were married on 24 Sep 1846 in Person County, North Carolina. Alexander enlisted into Company A, 50th Infantry Regiment as a private, but was promoted to full Ordnance Sergeant by the end of the War. During the war, he endured the loss of his younger brother Parham. At the NC State Archives, there is seventy pages of Alexander's estate papers that offer a glimpse of this family's lives during and after the war. Alexander died on 27 Oct 1898 in Person County, North Carolina. Alexander and Emily had thirteen children. 7. CALVIN O'BRIANT (FAG# 9421337), was born on 23 Sep 1832 in Person County, North Carolina. He first married ANN EVA DIXON (FAG# UNKNOWN PLACE OF BURIAL) (born, UNKNOWN DATE 1829, Person County, North Carolina - died, UNKNOWN DATE, Nov 1869, Durham, Orange County, North Carolina), she was the daughter of Abner A Dickson and Jean Woody. Calvin and Ann were married on 6 Nov 1855 in Person County, North Carolina. Following Ann's death, Calvin married ELIZABETH ANN MARKHAM (FAG# 9421978) (born, 10 Feb 1843, Orange County, North Carolina - died, 4 Jan 1894, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina), she was the daughter of Benjamin A Markham and Rhoda Pritchard. They were married on 2 Feb 1871 in Durham Township, Orange County, North Carolina. Calvin married EMMA MANLEY (FAG# 54397243) (born, 15 Oct 1856, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina - died, 6 Jun 1912, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina), she was the daughter of UNKNOWN PARENTS. They were married on UNKNOW! N DATE in 1897 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. Calvin was known to get himself in trouble with his temper, it was reported in "The Raleigh Signal" on 10 Feb 1887 it was reported that he assaulted the ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. John M. Moring. He used a stick and struck him over the head due a law suit. Calvin O'Briant built a two-story, one-room-deep house in 1865 on the property that today is 717 Holloway St, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. O'Briant owned a large tract of land that extended all the way to Park Ave. In addition to farming much of this land, O'Briant operated a brickyard close to his house. Calvin also owned a tavern at the Durham Depot following the war, and he is noted in the Durham County history books. Calvin died suddenly on 11 Feb 1905 due to heart trouble and apoplexy. He was 71 years of age at the time of his death, leaving ten children and his third wife ("The Morning Post", Raleigh, NC; 12 Feb 1905, Sun). Calvi! n and Ann had six children, Calvin and Elizabeth had seven children (t hree failed to reach adulthood) 8. ALBERT O'BRIANT (FAG# 38521853), was born on 11 Mar 1833 in Person County, North Carolina. He married MARY ANNE BROOKS (FAG# 38521989) (born, 13 Nov 1838, Person County, North Carolina - died, 28 May 1916, Person County, North Carolina), she was the daughter of William M. Brooks and Sarah Elmyra Brooks (2nd cousins). Albert served in the Confederate Army during the War Between the States. The records show that Albert was a 1st Sergeant and 2nd Lieutenant of Company A. 50th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army. He enlisted on 10 Mar 1862 at Person County, North Carolina at the age of 29, his occupation was farmer and he was 5 feet 8 inches tall. He served throughout the war and his name appears on the Roll of Prisoners of War being paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina on 9 May 1865. They were married on 11 Dec 1834 in Person County, North Carolina. Albert died on 29 Jun 1912 in Person County, North Carolina. Albert and his wife are buried at the fa! mily farm off the highway between Bushy Fork and Roxboro. Albert and Mary Anne had thirteen children. 9. PARHAM O'BRIANT (FAG# UNKNOWN PLACE OF BURIAL), was born in UNKNOWN DATE 1837 in Person County, North Carolina. Parham died during the War Between the States on 1 Jul 1862 at Malvern Hills, Virginia, fighting below Richmond. Parham died during a Regimental charge against the enemy's batteries. Parham enlisted into Company A, 24th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army on 5 May 1861 as a corporal. 10. JOHN O'BRIANT (FAG# 9035531), was born on 28 Mar 1840 in Person County, North Carolina. He married NANCY HARGIS CLAYTON (FAG# 9035562) (born, 1 Aug 1840, Person County, North Carolina - died, 3 May 1906, Person County, North Carolina), she was the daughter of Martin William Clayton and Nancy Hudgins. They were married on 24 Sep 1860 in Person County, North Carolina. John enlisted into Company A, 50th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army on 1 May 1862 as a private. John died on 26 Jun 1904 in Person County, North Carolina. 11. DAVID ARCHIE O'BRIANT SR., (FAG# 85757483), the son of Elijah O'Briant and Barbara Stanfield, and half-brother to his ten siblings. was born on 20 Jan 1862 in Bushy Fork, Person County, North Carolina. He first married LUCY JANE PENTECOST (FAG# 85757946) (born, 10 Oct 1863, Charlotte County, Virginia - died, 27 Dec 1905, Rockingham County, North Carolina), she was the daughter of Joel Henry Pentecost and Emma Constance Smith. They were married on 23 Oct 1883 in Charlotte County, Virginia. Following Lucy's death, David married her sister NANNIE IDA PENTECOST (FAG# 85757661) (born, 18 Aug 1880, Person County, North Carolina - died, 31 Jul 1963, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina), they were married on 30 Jan 1907 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. David died on 20 Apr 1937 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. He is buried in the Hillsdale Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, in Guilford County, North Carolina. David and Lucy had eleven children, Lucy died dur! ing childbirth along with her last child; nine children survived Lucy. David and Nannie had three children, one daughter died in 1929. ELIJAH O'BRIANT FAMILY SEARCH PERIMETERS 1. Date and Place of birth of Elijah O'Briant 2. Date and Place of birth of Athena Tabitha "Tabby" Canada O'Briant 3. Mother of Athena Tabitha "Tabby" Canada O'Briant 4. Date and Place of birth of Barbara Stanfield O'Briant 5. Date and Place of burial of Barbara Stanfield O'Briant 6. Date and Place of birth of Sidney O'Briant 7. Date and Place of birth of Mary J. Horton O'Briant 8. Date and Place of birth of Parthenia O'Briant Horton 9. Place of burial of Parthenia O'Briant Horton 10. Date and Place of birth of Thomas M. Horton 11. Date and Place of death of Thomas M. Horton 12. Date of burial of Thomas M. Horton 13. Date and Place of birth of Ransom O'Briant 14. Date and Place of birth of Leah Long O'Briant 15. Date and Place of death of Leah Long O'Briant 16. Date and Place of birth of Martha Jane O'Briant Bowden 17. Date and Place of death of Martha Jane O'Briant Bowden 18. Place of burial of Martha Jane O'Briant Bowden 19. Date and Place of birth of Madison Bowden 20. Date and Place of death of Madison Bowden 21. Parents of Madison Bowden 22. Place of burial of Madison Bowden 23. Date and Place of birth of Rozilla O'Briant Morton 24. Date and Place of death of Rozilla O'Briant Morton 25. Place of burial of Rozilla O'Briant Morton 26. Date and Place of birth of Lewis Stephen Morton 27. Date and Place of death of Lewis Stephen Morton 28. Parents of Lewis Stephen Morton 29. Place of burial of Lewis Stephen Morton 30. Date and Place of birth of Ann Eva Dixon O'Briant 31. Date and Place of death of Ann Eva Dixon O'Briant 32. Place of burial of Ann Eva Dixon O'Briant 33. Date and Place of marriage of Calvin O'Briant and Elizabeth Ann Markham FOUND 34. Date and Place of marriage of Calvin O'Briant and Emma Manley 35. Parents of Emma Manley O'Briant 36. Date and Place of birth of Parham O'Briant 37. Place of burial of Parham O'Briant Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>