Hi I am interested in learning more about my BRYANT and HICKS relatives in Putnam Co. The name usually seems to have been spelled Briant or Bryant by my great grandmother spelled it Bryan in her Bible record. Her brother Richard H. served in Co. C 10th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Union from Putnam Co. and his military and pension files use the Bryant spelling. One brother John BRYANT used the name John Washington HICKS after he grew up. Here is much of what I know about the family: Here is the second Bryan/Bryant family that I am trying to trace. The family is generally listed with the Briant or Bryant spelling in records from the previous century and as Bryan in this century: FAMILY GROUP Husband's Full Name: William BRYAN(T) Birth: 20 Aug 1811 South Carolina Marr.: 26 Jan 1837 Death: 4 May 1874 Places of residence: McMinn Co, TN; Putnam Co., TN Occupations: Farmer, Blacksmith Wife's Full Name: Mary Birth: 18 Aug 1818 South Carolina Children: 1. John "BRYANT" = John Washington HICKS born 9 Mar 1837 Tennessee mar. 23 Dec 1858 [Putnam?} Tennessee to: Nancy Jane JACKSON died 19 Jan 1908 2. Samuel H. BRYAN born 7 Feb 1839 Tennessee mar. 15 Aug 1860 Putnam Tennessee to: Nancy HENRY (daughter of John and Susannah) died 21 Jul 1864 killed [in the war?] his wife and son George are buried at Henry Cem. in Calf Killer, TN 3. Mary Ann BRYAN born 10 Jun 1842 Tennessee mar. 18 Dec 1856 to: BREWINGTON died 3 Sep 1873 ?? we have from the family Bible Mary Bruington - born 18 Nov 1863 - died 16 Feb 1874; T. B. Bruington - died 13 Nov 1868 (her husband?) 4. Arminda BRYAN born 7 Nov 1844 Tennessee mar. 7 Feb 1863 to: ? 5. Richard H. BRYAN born 1 Jun 1845 Tennessee mar. 15 Jun 1865 Barren Kentucky to: Amanda E. ALEXANDER died 8 Sep 1878 Pageville Warren Kentucky 6. James Marion BRYAN born 8 Nov 1848 [McMinn?] Tennessee died 7 Dec 1870 *7. Sarah Jane BRYAN (my great grandmother) born 28 Feb 1851 [McMinn] Tennessee mar. 18 Apr 1872 to: Oliver Hazard Commodore Perry STOUT died 31 May 1909 Mullinville Kiowa Kansas buried at the Mullinville Cemetery 8. Nancy Adaline (Add) BRYAN born 6 Sep 1853 [Alabama or TN] mar. 28 Mar 1870 Johnson Illinois to: Peter USSERY (They lived at Tunnel Hill, Illinois and had a daughter Leona.) 9. William J. BRYAN born 28 Feb 1856 died 11 May 1856 10. Alexander BRYAN born 26 Apr 1857 Illinois 11. George Thomas BRYAN born 9 Jul 1864 [Putnam?] Tennessee mar. [Putnam?] Tennessee to: Dicey Elizabeth JACKSON One of the above sons had a son named Charlie Bryan(t) living in Denver until some time in the 60s or 70s. Richard served in the 10th Regiment Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Union. This family was said to be Cherokee, but I have found no proof other than pictures and my grandfather knew Cherokee medicine and how to make his own bow and arrows. Ted Stout [email protected]