BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY 8-15part of Yadkin County, North Carolina in 1766. In 1766, the western mostboundary of Edgecombe County, North (which was a much larger county then)consisted the western most boundary of present day Nash County, NorthCarolina. These two counties are substantially far apart which further discountsthe validity of this connection.The will indicates that John and Sarah Bryan were the parents of three sons andsix daughters (the following birthdates of the below listed children are roughapproximations derived primarily from marriage dates, land transactions, estatepapers and one tombstone):. . . Samuel Bryan (2), b. mid 1750’s. . . James Bryan (1.2), b. 1760’s. . . John Bryan, Jr. (1.3), b. mid 1750’s. . . Jane Bryan (1.4), b. early 1750’s. . . Jannet Bryan (1.5), b. late 1750’s. . . Elizabeth Bryan (1.6), b. late 1760’s. . . Sarah Bryan (1.7). . . Mary Bryan (1.8), b. early 1760’s. . . Margaret Bryan (1.9), b. ca. 1768The will of John Bryan, a planter, “made while in perfect health on November18, 1797" is the last known date that John Bryan (1) was still living. OnNovember 5, 1800, ”the will of John Bryan is proved by Samuel Casey, JosephOrten and William Law." The Loose Estate papers of James Bryan (son of JohnBryan) state the John Bryan died in 1800 in Rowan County, North Carolina.These two records that John Bryan (1) probably died in 1800 in Rowan County,North Carolina. In 1801, his son, Samuel Bryan, was selling land that heenhirited from from his father, John Bryan, deceased. On May 31, 1805,“William Law and Joseph Orton (as executors of deceased John Bryan wantedcertain land sold) let John Little” have “300 acres on both sides of Bear Creekon the line of the original grant next to Benjamin Gaither and William Williamsfor 287 pounds.” There have been no records of Sarah Bryan located after thedeath of John Bryan (1).