BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

8-6 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESINTRODUCTIONThis publication focuses on the descendants of the author’s oldest proven Bryanancestor, John Bryan (1) of Rowan County, North Carolina. It is believed bythis author that there is a high probability that John is the son of Morgan Bryanand Martha (Strode) Bryan. However, definitive proof is still lacking andinclusion the children of Morgan Bryan is beyond the scope on this publication.This publication is heavily concentrated on nine grandchildren of John and SarahBryan and it is believed that over 90 percent of the descendants included aredescendants of these nine grandchildren. Around one-third of this publicationconcentrates on the Samuel Bryan, Jr., son of Samuel Bryan, grandson of JohnBryan. Another one-fourth of this publication concentrates on the descendantsof two other grandsons of John Bryan that are sons of Samuel Bryan (2),William Park Bryan and James Thomas Bryan.The author of this publication, “Bryan Family History,” is an experiencedgenealogist and has previously published four family histories. Robert Caseyand his father, Harold Casey, published “Casey Family History” in 1980. Robertand his mother, Bernice (Brooks) Casey, published “Brooks Family History” in1982. Robert Casey and his father, Harold Casey, published “Shelton, Winingerand Pace Families” in 1988. Robert Casey and his mother, Bernice (Brooks)Casey, published “Olliff Family Hisory” in 1992. Since their originalpublications, Robert and his parents have also greatly expanded these printedpublications and have serveral publications that have not been published to date(text versions of these publications are available at the author’s web site).Robert Casey and his wife, Diane (Thede) Casey, have also written a manuscripton Diane’s Thede, Aubil, Garver, Steeby and Schmutz lines. To date, it isestimated that over 60,000 relatives are documented in these books andelectronic publications. It is estimated that over 7,500 descendants of John andSarah Bryan and related lines (Revier and Morrow) have been documented todate.