BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

8-124 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESbelieved that Samuel Bryan (3) left for Maury County, Tennessee shortly afterhe sold this land to Martin Forehand. On July 14, 1838, James “Bryant” soldninety-two acres of land to Martin Forehand for $350.00. This land was situatedon waters of Trace Creek, South Harpeth bounded by land owned by ThomasMalloy, the corner of fifty acre tract of land grant to Samuel Bryan, Sr., twentyfive acre tract of land granted to John Davis, James Greene’s corner. Thisninety-two acres was part of a tract of land “issued by the State of NorthCarolina to Thomas Malloy for six hundred and forty acres one issued by theState of Tennessee to Samuel Bryan, Sr. for fifty acres and one to John Davis fortwenty five acres.”It is known that Samuel and Margaret Bryan had a daughter that married JoePinkerton (stated in the 1909 letter by Wash Bryan). It appears that her namewas Elizabeth from a marriage license issued to Elizabeth Bryan and JosephPinkerton in Davidson County, Tennessee on June 5, 1821. This is probably thedaughter listed as “Betsey” in the 1909 letter by Wash Bryan and the sister ofHenry M. Bryan listed in 1851 as Elizabeth “Pinckerton.” There are severallegal transactions of men named Joseph Pinkerton in Davidson County,Tennessee from 1820 to 1849. Three of these Davidson County, Tennesseedocuments are deeds: 1) Joseph Pinkerton to Samuel M. Pinkerton, 228 acres,April 22, 1820; 2) Joseph Pinkerton to Samuel Pinkerton, 100 acres, July 8,1844; 3) Joseph Pinkerton to Samuel Pinkerton, 160 acres, January 1, 1849.According a Pinkerton Family Bible, there is a Joseph Pinkerton that died onJune 21, 1822. Also listed in this Family Bible is the David Pinkerton thatmarried Jane Bryan - therefore, it is probable that Joseph and David werebrothers. Assuming this to be true, then Joseph Pinkerton married ElizabethBryan and died only one year after their marriage. This would imply that Josephand Elizabeth would have had at most one child, if any. However, both the1830 and 1840 census records show a Joseph Pinkerton living in DavidsonCounty, Tennessee. According to Barbara Thompson, the Joseph Pinkerton thatdied in 1822 was the uncle of David Pinkerton (who married Jane Bryan) - notthe brother of the David Pinkerton who married Jane Bryan. In 1787, thisJoseph Pinkerton married Sarah McCutchan who died around 1847.According to a 1844 deed, Joseph Pinkerton conveyed 45 1/2 acres to SamuelPinkerton for “natural love and affection which he hath toward his nephew, thesaid Samuel Pinkerton.” This is probably Samuel Pinkerton (2.9.4) who is theson of David Pinkerton (who married Jane Bryan) This Samuel Pinkerton(2.9.4) married Mary Jones in 1845, just one year after receiving his free landfrom his uncle, Joseph Pinkerton. This deed proves that Joseph Pinkerton (whomarried Elizabeth Bryan) was indeed the brother of David Pinkerton (whomarried Jane Bryan). This deed also suggests that Joseph and ElizabethPinkerton probably did not have any children (giving his property to a nephewinstead of his children, implies no children). Neither Joseph Pinkerton orElizabeth Pinkerton have been found in the 1850 census. On October 27, 1850,Joseph Pinkerton and Elizabeth Pinkerton purchased items from the estate ofElizabeth’s brother, Henry M. Bryan. Joseph purchased one “beaureau” for$4.10 and Elizabeth purchased one lot of coffee for ten cents and meal bag foran unknown amount. It is curious why a married couple would be makingpurchases separately - was there a separation or did a wife purchase a few small