Jonathan Bryan

Born in Pocotaligo, SC, Jonathan Bryan accompanied James Oglethorpe on his initial visit to Yamacraw Bluff in 1733. One of Georgia’s largest landholders, Bryan was a supporter of evangelist George Whitefield and encouraged religious services for his slaves, including minister Andrew Bryan. Jonathan Bryan supported independence during the Revolutionary War, serving on the Council of Safety and personally financing Continental troops in Georgia. In 1779 he was captured and held for two years on British prison ships. Savannah’s Bryan Street recognizes his family’s role in the founding of the Georgia colony. In 1793 St. Phillip Parrish was renamed Bryan County in his honor.

BRYAN, JONATHAN Ancestor #: A016260

• Service: GEORGIA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: 9-12-1708 SOUTH CAROLINA
• Death: 3-8-1788 BRAMPTON PLANTATION CHATHAM CO GEORGIA
• Service Source: CANDLER, REV RECS OF GA, VOL 1, PP 127, 128, VOL 2, P 382; SHOLES, CHRONOLOGICAL HIST OF SAVANNAH GA, P 54
• Service Description: 1) MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, COUNCIL OF SAFETY, AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL; JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

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