Nancy J. Bryan

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JOSEPH BRYAN16 JR. (JOSEPH15BRYAN, MORGAN14, FRANCIS13, WILLIAM SMITH12, FRANCIS11, FRANCIS KNIGHT CHEVALIER BARONET10, THOMAS KG9, THOMAS8, EDMOND7, THOMAS6, WILLIAM5DE BRYAN, CHEVALIER GUY KG4DE BRIAN, GUY IV BARON OF CHASTEL WALWYN3, GUY2, GUY1) was born 1752 in Augusta Co. VA, and died March 1844 in Monroe Co. MO.He married SUSAN CALLAWAY. Notes for JOSEPH BRYAN JR.: Joseph was from Joseph Sr. first wife, name unknown.

Children of JOSEPH JR. and SUSAN CALLAWAY are:

	i.	 	NANCY17 BRYAN.

	ii.	 	SAMUEL BRYAN, b. 1784.

	iii.	 	ALICE BRYAN, b. 1787. 25.	iv.	 	SARAH BRYAN, b. 1789, Rowan Co., NC; d. Abt. 1829, Oldham Co. KY.

	v.	 	MARY BRYAN, b. 1798; d. 1883; m. MARTIN GROVE.

	vi.	 	SUSAN BRYAN, b. 1801; m. ALFRED BOULWARE.

	vii.	 	MINIRVA BRYAN, b. 1805; d. 1889; m. JAMES BROWN.

14.JOHN16 BRYAN (JOSEPH15, MORGAN14, FRANCIS13, WILLIAM SMITH12, FRANCIS11, FRANCIS KNIGHT CHEVALIER BARONET10, THOMAS KG9, THOMAS8, EDMOND7, THOMAS6, WILLIAM5DE BRYAN, CHEVALIER GUY KG4DE BRIAN, GUY IV BARON OF CHASTEL WALWYN3, GUY2, GUY1)7 was born 1760 in GA, and died October 20, 1837 in Franklin Co., GA.He married NACY MAYES November 27, 1782 in Possibly in Franklin County, Georgia, daughter of JOHN MAYES. Notes for JOHN BRYAN: JOHN BRYAN 1765-1837 John Bryan born about 1765-1770 (by using the 1880 census) in Georgia, and died 1837 in Franklin Co., Georgia. He was married to Nancy Mayes, possibly in Franklin County, Georgia. John enlisted in the Revolutionary War while living in Franklin County. For service in the war he received a land grant in Lee County, now Sumter County, Georgia. John was the father of eight children by reading his will and land deeds. Illar (Ilia, Illac, Ilias?) and a Thomas Bryan were the only names listed in John Bryan's will of October 20th, 1825 in Franklin County. The name of Tarrance Bryan is from the land deeds from himself to our James Bryan, who was born in 1791(his obit lists his birthplace of Sumter County, but when he was born that county was not yet created) in Georgia. On that land deed also was a Callaway Bryan that was a witness to the transfer, he may possibly be one of the eight children of John Bryan. John Bryan resided in counties of Sumter, Franklin, Gwinnett, Habersham and Lumpkin by using all documents that we base our belief in. Also in the book "Whites among the Cherokees", a John Bryan (From land relinquished in Habersham County there is a younger John Bryan so this one with 7 children may be the son of John Bryan Sr.) is listed as having applied for a license to reside in the Cherokee Nation in 1831 with seven children. This may or may not be our John Bryan that we base our belief in but our belief is that a John Bryan was the father of our James Bryan by the info below. We realize that it is somewhat circumstantial but if you read and follow in order it seems to show that our James is the son of John Bryan. A John Bryan received a Georgia Land Lottery in 1805, being granted a parcel of land in Franklin County, Georgia. (I have included the documentation showing this information, but I don't know for sure that this is our John Bryan) A John Bryan received a grant in Franklin County, Georgia, in 1814, shown as being 72 acres listed in Georgia Grant Book K.5, page 26. (I do not have any further information on this grant, but we should be able to somehow locate this Grant Book for a copy of his grant, and it might perhaps contain additional helpful information; again, I have no idea if this is our John Bryan, but I suspect that it is.) We know that our James Bryan was married in Franklin County, Georgia. His Pension file for his service in the War of 1812 contains the following information: James Bryan "...declares that he is married; that his wife's name was Elizabeth Cain, to whom he was married at Franklin County, Georgia, on or about the 1st day of October, 1818". So this would show that our Bryan family had at least some connection to Franklin County, which was settled before Lumpkin County a will for a John Bryan was signed by him on October 20, 1825, and was subsequently registered in the Probate Court of Franklin County, Georgia, on November 29, 1825. No further information pertaining to this will has been uncovered, and it was apparently never probated when John died, or at least no record has been found of its probate. This will appears to have been made in the later years of John Bryan's life, but I have no idea when he died. From a land deed of James Bryan and John Keadle we find mention of John Bryan, deceased - deed dated Nov. 13, 1837. Now, getting down to the particular tract of land on which I base my assumption that this John was the father of our James Bryan, the Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia shows that a John Bryan, then living in Franklin County, Georgia, drew a lottery of land in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery, though that roster gives no further information on either the John Bryan or on the land he received, though we know by this record that the John Bryan was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. " The next listing, taken from a book entitled "1827 Georgia Land Lottery" shows that a successful drawer was a John Bryan, R. S., from Franklin County, Georgia. The R. S. stands for "Revolutionary Soldier". His fortunate draw in the lottery was parcel No. 175, in District 25, Section 1, in what was then Lee County, Georgia, later Sumter County, Georgia. I have included a photocopy of the actual grant for this parcel of land, which was originally recorded in Lee County. The land grant deed shows that this John Bryan was living in the Stephens District of Franklin County, Georgia; at the time this grant was drawn. The grant again lists his name as John Bryan, R. S. The next document is a photocopy of a deed from a Tarrance Bryan, conveying his interest in this same property to James Bryan. I have also enclosed a typed copy of this deed since the original is difficult to read. Important information contained in this deed from Tarrance to James Bryan reads as follows: "Tarrance Bryan… has granted unto the said James Bryan his heirs and assigns the one undivided eighth part of all that tract, lot, or parcel of land situated, lying and being in the twenty seventh district (27th) of originally Lee, now Sumter County, in said State of Georgia, known and distinguished in the plan and original survey of said district by the number one hundred & seventy-five (175)." The lot and section reference are obviously the same property conveyed to John Bryan by the original land grant. I neglected to mention it when I spoke to you on the phone last night since I have not read this Tarrance Bryan deed in several years, but the underlined portion above indicated that John Bryan left eight heirs to this property upon his death, and that Tarrance is conveying his one-eight share to our James Bryan. The date of the original grant to John Bryan is April 17, 1835. The deed from Tarrance to James Bryan is dated April 15, 1837. The next deed, from James Bryan to a John Keadle is dated November 13, 1837. For some reason this deed from James was signed in Baldwin County, Georgia. The deed from James Bryan to Keadle is, again, the same property originally conveyed to John Bryan. James Bryan's deed contains the following information: "James Bryan conveys to the said John W. (?) Keadle… all that tract or parcel of land situate in the Twenty-Seventh district of formerly Lee, now Sumter County the undivided fourth part of lot number one hundred seventy-five in said district, drawn by John Bryan of Franklin County, it being the interest of two legatees of said John Bryan, deceased." The underlined portion above shows by name that this is the same and exact property originally granted to John Bryan of Franklin County and that our James Bryan now owns a fourth interest, being the interest of two legatees (his and that of Tarrance Bryan). I might add that there was no other James Bryan living in Lumpkin County at the time of this conveyance, so it has to be our James Bryan. The deed from James Bryan to Keadle tells us that John Bryan is then 'Deceased and, most importantly, that James is a 'legatees of the said John Bryan. I know it's circumstantial to some degree, but it seems pretty evident to me that our James was a brother to Tarrance Bryan, that they were both sons of this John Bryan, and that John Bryan had six other children then living, since the deeds from James and Tarrance show that they each owned a one-eighth interest in the said property. Somewhere there will be other deeds to this same property, which should show us who the other six "legatees" of this John Bryan were. If we ever locate these deeds, I believe we will then have all the siblings of our James Bryan. This assumption was written by Carroll L. Ross to me.( Carroll is a Bryan researcher) JOHN BRYAN: Time line 1784: Franklin County, Ga., formed from Cherokee Indian Lands. 1791: John Bryan possibly placed in Franklin County. John's son James Bryan was born in Georgia from census records. 1793: John Bryan was grantee of land in Franklin County, Ga. in 1793. (Source: Some Ga. Records by Lucas, Vol. 7, pg. 280) 1805: John Bryan of Franklin County, Ga. was entitled to 2 draws in Lottery. He drew 2 blanks. 1818: Habersham County, Ga. was formed from Cherokee Indian Land and Franklin County, Ga. 1820: John Bryan listed in the Habersham County, Ga. census. 1821: John Bryan is sworn in as a Justice of the Peace in Habersham County, Ga. (Source: The Early History of Habersham County, pg. 11) 1827: John Bryan, R. S., of Habersham County, Ga. drew land in Carroll County, Ga. in land lottery. 1830: John Bryan with wife and 9 children listed in the Cherokee Nation. He was listed as having a license for residence in the Cherokee nation. 1831: John Bryan with 7 children in the Cherokee nation 1832: Lumpkin County, Ga. was formed. Notes for NACY MAYES: SOURCE: NAME LISTED FROM USING WILL OF JOHN BRYAN. / LAST NAME MAY POSSIBLY BE MAYSE, SOURCES LEADING TO THIS ARE, FROM A QUERY IN FAMILY PUZZLERS ON MAR. 6, 1980 NO. 646 PG.18. FROM A PERSON LOOKING FOR PARENTS OF A NANCY MAYES MAR. TO A JOHN BRYAN. ALSO IN FRANKLIN CO. DEED RECORD BOOK A WITNESS NAMED POLLY MAYES AS A WITNESS ON A TRANSACTION OF A DEED OF JOHN BRYAN'S. Marriage date from Maria Weston / Notes on Nancy Mayes Bryan: From Maria Weston - Aug 27, 1998: Maria notes that Nancy may have a sister or sister-in-law by the name of Polly Mayes/ Family is from the Lumpkin Co., area of Ga. .

Children of JOHN BRYAN and NACY MAYES are:

	i.	 	JOHN17 BRYAN.

ii. ILLAI ( ILLAR ILLAAC BRYAN.
iii. ELIZABETH BRYAN, b. 1787; d. 1886; m. RANSOM J. CAIN SR., FRANKLIN CO., GA.; b. 1797; d. July 03, 1873.
Notes for ELIZABETH BRYAN: SOURCE: Name listed from land deeds -she states her father, John Bryan, deceased. We possibly believe her to be in this family. / ROSCOE LANGFORD - LINES OF FREE AND BRYAN /
26. iv. JAMES BRYAN, b. December 24, 1791, Sumter County, Ga. ( Indian lands); d. March 12, 1885, Hall County ,Ga..

27. v. TARRENCE BRYAN, b. Abt. 1792, GA; d. February 26, 1885, COVE, POLK CO., ARKANSAS.

	vi.	 	THOMAS BRYAN, b. Abt. 1797.

vii. JOEL M. BRYAN, b. October 22, 1809; d. August 07, 1899; m. REBECCA WRIGHT; b. January 14, 1814; d. April 05, 1882.
Notes for JOEL M. BRYAN:
SOURCE: We believe him to also be a brother from the land deeds in Habersham County, Ga. where he states, my father John Bryan/ Birth and Death dates from History of the Cherokee Indian, PG. 338 /

Jeanne Bryan Insalaco 51 Glenview Terrace New Haven, Ct. 06515 203-397-2817 / Jinsalaco@prodigy.net

References

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Aug 21 2017, 4:26:55 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mayes-1522