Hi Bonnie, I just got some of the Stub Entries to Indents Issued in Payment of Claims Against South Carolina Growing Out of the Revolution by A. S. Salley, Jr. and have found a few very interesting entries. My Bryant family is the Jesse Bryant who married Mourning Smith. Recently I was going through some old pieces of paper in one of my many 'piles' and found one instance where someone (and don't ask me who [cause I don't have it right in front of me] or where they came up with this) stated that my Jesse was the son of Needham Bryant. Of course, I can't find that anywhere else. So, do any of ya'll have a Needham who has a son named Jesse with a wife who's a Smith? Actually that's not why I was writing ya'll. It just came to mind and I thought I'd ask. What I really was writing about was the fact that while I was looking through Book U of the Stub Entries to Indents, I came across something I've never seen before. There are 2 entries (that I've found so far) which show that a Jesse Obriant served in the Revolution in, from, or for SC. The actual entries read: "Issued the 12th July 1785 To Jesse Obriant for five pound one Shillsg and five pence for Militia duty 71 days in 1782 Per accot. audited Principal 5,,1,,5 Annual Interest 0,,9,,1" "Issued the 12th July 1785 To Jesse Obriant for Seven pound two Shills.g and ten pence for 100 Days duty as private in the Militia Per account Audited Principal 7,,2,,10 1/4 Annual Interest 0,,9,,11" Has anyone found any other Obriant's in SC or NC that this Jesse could have come from? I have verification that John Smith, the father of Jesse Bryant's wife Mourning Smith, served in the Revolutionary War. However, I was never able to find any evidence that Jesse, who should have been old enough to serve, had ever actually done so. I did find one instance in the DAR basement records where another individual who was submitting papers had included a statement on her application substantiation that she had wanted to join the DAR on the Bryant line but had had to settle for joining on John Smith's line because she had found that the Bryant's had been on the Tory side. (I, of course, have never been able to find that information anywhere else either.) Now with this new information on Jesse Obriant, I'm beginning to think that maybe my Jesse did serve after all. In addition to Jesse Obriant, there is also a stub entry which reads: "Issued the 12th July 1785 To George Obrian for two pound Seventeen Shillings and one penny 1/2 for Militia duty forty Days Per account audited Principal 2,,17,,1 3/4 Annual Interest 0,,3,,11" I don't know if very many of ya'll are interested in knowing this but just wondered if anyone knew anything about these Obriant's. Any help would be appreciated. Dianne