--=======2F605A72======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-4B033CD8; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I don't promise that everything I have is absolutely correct, but here is what I have on the Leftwich line: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=leftwich You will have to cut and paste this into your URL location bar. -Sherry At 07:52 PM 11/9/2003 EST, you wrote: > >I am trying to write an article for inclusion in the Moore County Heritage >book (I just found out about the book and the deadline - I may not make it). >Before I commit to posterity, my article, I thought I would run my family names >by these groups (Chestnut Ridge, Lincoln County and Moore County) in hopes >someone may be able to expand on my limited knowledge (or lack thereof) of these >ancestors. Perhaps I will also be lucky to find a long lost relative. > >This is what I believe about this side of my family. > >I believe my earliest known ancestors to be John BRYANT (born bet. 1790/1800 >- bef. 22 Mar 1839) and, his wife, Frances Hopkins LEFTWICH (16 Aug 1810 - 19 >Aug 1839). I believe that this couple lived in the Charity community (then >Lincoln County, now Moore County). Frances is buried, and has a marker, at the >Charity Cemetery in Moore County. John Bryant is probably buried there as >well in an unmarked grave. > >John and Frances had at least 2 children before their very early deaths: > >1. Reubin G. BRYANT (abt. Dec. 1826 - ?) who married Jane LOGAN on 22 Sep >1850; and >2. William Newell BRYANT (15 Nov. 1827 - 23 Jun 1892) who married Mary Polly >CONWELL on 3 Aug 1846. > >This line of the Bryant's appears to have been closely aligned to the >LEFTWICH family, to wit: > >In Early Unpublished Court Records of Lincoln County (Marsh, 1993), Jack >(also John) H. LEFTWICH was appointed guardian for Reubin and William N. Bryant, >heirs of John Bryant, minors (22 Mar 1839). I believe that Jack LEFTWICH was >their grandfather. > >Frances Hopkins LEFTWICH was a daughter of John (Jack) Hopkins LEFTWICH (08 >May 1787 - 13 June 1847) and Jane Stevens GILL (16 June 1792 VA - 30 Jan 1881). > John H. Lefwich is buried in the Charity Cemetery. > >Frances' sister, Finetty Boon LEFTWICH also married a BRYANT-- Jesse Lewis >BRYANT, on 21 Aug 1845 in Charity. Finetty was born 01 Aug. 1830 and died 11 >Oct. 1910. Jesse BRYANT was born 25 Sep 1824 and died 5 Apr 1883. It is not >known how Jesse relates to Reubin or William Newell, but it is probably a close >relationship, perhaps first cousins. Jesse was not named as an "heir of John >Bryant", so the possibility that he was a brother to Reubin G. & William >Newell has been eliminated. > >To further complicate and confuse matters, another Bryant father died. In >Early Unpublished court Records of Lincoln County, Alvin C. Oliver was appointed >guardian for Newton Perry BRYANT. Newton may be one of the younger children >of Jeremiah BRYAN(T) and Roxanah ?. Jeremiah and Roxanah were born between >1770-80 and both may have died around the same time as John & Frances. >Jeremiah could have been either a father, or a brother to John. > >While nothing else is know about Reubin G. Bryant and Jane Logan, I do know >quite a bit about my g-g grandfather, William Newell Bryant. > >William Newell BRYANT and Mary Polly CONWELL were married 3 Aug 1836 in >Lincoln County, Tennessee. Mary was the daughter of Thomas Ela Conwell and >Elizabeth Robertson. I believe William and Mary Polly lived their entire lives in >the Charity community. > >William and Mary had 7 children: > >1. Frances J. BRYANT (Feb. 1850 - ?). Frances married Marion MCNATT. >2. John C. BRYANT (11 Feb 1853 - 9 May 1917). John married Mary Henrietta >WILLIAMSON. John is buried at Charity Cemetery. >3. Thomas Benton BRYANT (7 Oct. 1855 - 14 April 1942). Thomas married #1, >Margaret A. MARTIN and #2, Mary Jane THOMAS. Thomas Benton and Mary Jane >(Thomas) BRYANT are my great grandparents. >4. William E. BRYANT (1858-1937). William married Gertrude C. CASTLEMAN. >5. Peyton Lee BRYANT (7 Apr 1863-25 Dec. 1953). Peyton married #1, Virginia >RUNNELS and #2, Margaret SULLIVAN. >6. James A. BRYANT (1866-?). James married Eva Arnold EARTHMAN. >7. Unknown female daughter who married a PURDOM > >Both my mother and my aunt remember being told that their grandparents were >buried at Charity. No stones have ever been found for William Newell and Mary >Polly (Conwell) BRYANT. > >There were many, many Bryant's in early Tennessee. It is a very confusing >family, especially for the area of Charity where family members could have >easily have been recorded in Bedford, Lincoln, Franklin or Moore counties. > >In my own family, I have two lines (we think) of Bryant's. And both, are on >my maternal side. My g-g-g grandparents, Robertson BRYANT and Mary AMIS were >early settlers to Maury County. They raised a large family. > >If anyone can help me sort out any of these families, I would most appreciate >any help. Also, any advice as to whether this family belongs as a submission >under Moore County, or under Lincoln County. > >Thanks, >Lucy Bryant Dunaway Zeier, email: LooswhL@aoL.com > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.530 / Virus Database: 325 - Release Date: 10/22/03 > Jesus is my rock! 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