Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTES:
(1) This person is not related to me as far as I'm aware. However, I am interested in all Marion Co., SC families to some extent.
(2) This person is an ancestor of my Aunt Harriette Richardson Nack.
(3) This person is an ancestor of my aunt-in-law Debra Rogers McIntyre.
(4) He was associated with my John Turner in NC in 1769.


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/


!WITNESS-DEED:22 Jul 1769 Halifax Co., NC Deed Book 11, p. 144
Thomas Weathersbee Sr, Planter of Halifax to Patience Turner of same, for £60, one mulatto man named John. Wit: Jonathan Cain, Jesse Bryan, Henry Medford, William Bryan. Pr: Aug Ct 1770.;


!CENSUS:1790 Georgetown Dist., SC Prince George Parish pg 507
Jesse Bryan age 16+ (bef 1774)
1-3-6-0-0;

!CENSUS:1800 Marion Dist., SC pg 452-796
Jesse Brian age 45+ (bef 1755)
01201-42110-0-0;

!CENSUS:1810 x

!CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist., SC pg 55B
Jessy Bryant Sr age 45+ (bef 1775)
000001-01001-0, slaves=0100-1200;

!PROBATE ROLL # 33 Marion Co., SC Jesse Bryant, 1822
... large file ...
Will 24 Feb 1818
dau Smithy
wife Morning
other children -
Elizabeth Martin
William Briant
James Briant
Jesse Briant
Mary Finklea
Sally Perritt
Morning Harrel
Citsey Peritt
Milly Gasque
Smithy Briant
Execs: Son-in-law Aaron Martin and Jesse Briant
S: Jesse Bryan
W: James Crawford, Levi Finklea, Willis Finklea.
Proven 28 Oct 1822.
...
Will contested ... Willis Finklea one of the witnesses is also a legatee ...
...
27 Feb 1830 Petition of Jesse Atkinson for himself and Ebenezer Atkinson and Sarah Atkinson minors under 21, Hugh Atkinson, Jesse Atkinson, W. Bryan, James Bryan, Jesse Bryan, Willis Fincklea and Mary his wife, David Perrit and Sally his wife, Mourning Bryan wife, Needham Perrit and Kitsey his wife, Henry Gasque and Milly his wife, and Mourning Bryan.
...
2 Jan 1832 ... Solomon Huggins also named as heir ...
...;

!WILL:24 Feb 1818 Marion Dist, SC.
Will of Jesse BRYANT
In the name of God, Amen. I Jesse Bryant of Marion District in the State of South Carolina being very weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, Thanks be to God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and testament that is to say my principally and first of all I give and recommend my sole into hands of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent christian burial at the discretion of my Executors Nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give demise and depose of the same in the following manner & form.
First I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter SMITHY one negro Girl named Jin. and the plantation where I now reside on Catfish Creek. Also I give to my well beloved wife MOURNING BRIANT all the remainder part of my Estate real and personal her lifetime and at her death my whole estate to be equally divided among my surviving children vis ELIZABETH MARTIN, WM BRIANT, JAS BRIANT, JESSE BRIANT, MARY FINKLEA, SALLY PERRITT, MOURNING HARRELL, CITSY PERRITT, MILLY GASQUE, SMITHY BRIANT to be equally divided among them share and share alike I likewise constitute make and ordain my son JIM BRIANT and my soninlaw AARON MARTIN sole Executors of this my last will and testament In witnefs whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24th day of February 1818 and in the forty 2nd year of American Independence
Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Jefse Briant to be and contain his last will and testament in the presents of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names.
Jesse Bryant (Seal)
James Crawford
Levi Hays
Willis Finklea
Recorded in Will Book 1, page 204
Original Will missing
Recorded June 15, 1829
Thomas Harllee Ordinary
Roll No. 33

!CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist, SC pg x Jessy BRYANT Sr age 45+ (bef 1775) "000001-01001";

!ESTATE: 5 May 1830 Marion Dist, SC Ordinary's Real Estate Book (1826-1843) pg 103 Jesse BRYAN, decd. Jesse ATKINSON for himself and in behalf of Ebenezer & Sarah Ann ATKINSON, minors and Jesse & Hugh ATKINSON for themselves. Other heirs: Mourning BRYAN, widow. William BRYAN, James BRYAN, Jesse BRYAN, Willis FINKLEA and wife Mayr, David PERRITT and wife Sally, Jonathan HARRELSON & wife Mourning, Needham PERRIT and wife Kitsey, Henry GASQUE and wife Milley;

!PROBATE ROLL # 116 Marion Co., SC Jesse Bryant Sr. 1841
Adm Bond 6 Dec 1841 David Perritt, Asa Godbold, Neal Carmichael.
... 6 Sep 1830 Mourning Bryant from my son William Bryant, planter, 310a ... commissioners voided deed ...
(no date) We, Elizabeth Martin, William Bryant, James Bryant, Jesse Bryant, David Perritt, Needham Perritt, Jonathan Harrell, Henry Gasque and Smithey Huggins wife of Solomon Huggins, legatees ... after death of Mourning Bryant ... agree that the children of decd wife of Jesse Adkinson shall have equal share, viz Hugh Adkinson, Jesse Adkinson, Ebenezer Adkinson, Sarah Ann Goldbold wife of Vincent Godbold, also the children of Mary Finklea, to wit 4 in number (not named).
... Elly Finklea named as heir in list dated 12 Nov 1845 ...
... Ann Adkinson mentioned 1845 ...;


!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 197-198

BRYANT. —Another family may be here noticed. The Bryant family is an old family. Jesse Bryant is said to have been the first of that name in the county ; he came from England, as it is said ; he married a Miss Turbeville, supposed to have been a sister of Rev. William Turbeville, who, according to Bishop Gregg (pp. 70 and 71), came over about 1735, and settled at Sandy Bluff, on the Great Pee Dee, with the colony then and there settled, as their minister. "Several brothers came with him, of whom some descendants are now to be found in Marion." It may be presumed that sisters came too, and that one of them married old Jesse Bryant. Old Jesse had sons, William, Stephen and Jesse. Of these, William married Rebecca Miller ; he lived and died some twenty-five or thirty years ago, on the road just above Ebenezer Church, at the age of eighty-nine. Whether William, Stephen or Jesse was the old- est, is not known. Old Billy Bryant raised a large family, four sons and several daughters. Of the sons, John M. Bryant was the oldest ; he died some years ago, at the age of eightythree; he married a Miss Drew, below Marion, and raised a large family—sons, Eli, Solomon, David, Pinckney and Hugh Bryant ; and daughters, Mrs. David Johnson, Mrs. Hardy Johnson and Mrs. Addison Lane. Eli Bryant went West. Solomon Bryant married a daughter of Rev. David Edwards, first, and then a Miss McDonald. I do not know who David married; he has a son, named Curtis Bryant. Pinckney Bryant married, had a large family and is dead ; I don't know who his wife was. Hugh Bryant married a daughter of the late Rev. David Edwards, and has a family; these are now our fellow- citizens, and are contributing their share towards populating and improving the conditions of the county. John M. Bryant was a solid, number one man, honest, truthful and reliable. Jesse Bryant, son of the first Jesse, went West. Stephen Bry ant was the father or grandfather of F. D. Bryant, Esq., of the Marion bar. One of the daughters of the first Jesse was the wife of the late Charles Taylor. One of the sons of old William Bryant, named William, was a Baptist preacher; he went to Horry, and became the head of a family there. Also, did Stephen, the father of F. D. Bryant. Old man William Bryant was a simpleminded gentleman, honest and straight; he acted for many years as a Constable ; and I heard it related of him that on one occasion, having a Magistrate's execution to levy on the property of another, the old man went to the cowpen of the execution debtor to levy upon a bull yearling therein ; that the old man's idea was, that in order to make the levy, as required by the mandate of the execution, he had to lay the execution upon the back of the yearling. Accordingly, the old man went into the cowpen, armed with the execution, and took after the yearling, and after running him a while caught him by the tail, and he and the old man had it round and round the pen, the yearling bellowing ; at last the old man got him hemmed in a jamb of the fence and held him, till he laid the execution on the yearling's back; when the old man said, "I levy upon this yearling in the name of the State of South Carolina." Another incident showing the simplicity of the old gentleman was, that he used to plant and cultivate two and three stalks of corn in a hill. Some one asked him why he did so, saying to him that one stalk in a hill would make more corn than the two or three. The old gentleman replied, that when he cultivated only one stalk in a hill, he never made com enough to do him ; but when he cultivated two and three stalks, he always made plenty ; that when he fed his' horse, he always gave him ten ears at a bait ; that ten little ears would go as far as ten large ones; that two or three stalks in a hill would make more in number than one stalk. Many of the Bryants of Marion have emigrated to other sections of the country. The writer is not reasonably certain that this account of the Bryant family is correct in every particular— it is, however, in accord with the information obtained. ;

!NOTES:
(1) This person is not related to me as far as I'm aware. However, I am interested in all Marion Co., SC families to some extent.
(2) This person is an ancestor of my Aunt Harriette Richardson Nack.
(3) This person is an ancestor of my aunt-in-law Debra Rogers McIntyre.
(4) This person is an aunt/uncle of my uncle Ben Franklin Meggs.


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/


!NOTES:Sellers stated that Jesse Bryant married a sister of old Rev. William Turbeville. However, documentary evidence shows Jesse's wife to be Mourning Smith. It is possible Miss Turbeville was a first wife, but to be a sister of William Turbeville she would be way older than Jesse. Perhaps she is his mother instead, or Sellers (or his informants) were just mistaken. William Bryant (c1774) ond of Jesse's oldest children referred to Mourning as his mother in more than one instance in the probate records.;

!CENSUS:1790;

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 721 Marion Co., SC John Smith Senr 1802
Will dated 10 Jun 1797 John Smith of Liberty County, Georgetown District
Wife: Mary
eldest son Samuel Smith
son John Smith
son James Smith
dau Ann Berry
dau Elizabeth Watson
dau Mary Buckholts
dau Sarah Tart
dau Martha Fincklea
dau Mourning Bryant
dau Cealey Harralson
Executors: Sons Samuel Smith, John Smith and Enos Tart.
S: John Smith
W: John Finkly, John Deer, Peter Keighly
proven 20 Jan 1802
...;

!CENSUS:1800 Marion Dist, SC pg 452/796 w/Jesse Brian age 26-44 (1755/74);

!CENSUS:1810;

!CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist, SC pg x w/Jessy BRYANT Sr age 45+ (bef 1775);

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 33 Marion Co., SC Jesse Bryant, 1822
... large file ...
Will 24 Feb 1818
dau Smithy
wife Morning
other children -
Elizabeth Martin
William Briant
James Briant
Jesse Briant
Mary Finklea
Sally Perritt
Morning Harrel
Citsey Peritt
Milly Gasque
Smithy Briant
Execs: Son-in-law Aaron Martin and Jesse Briant
S: Jesse Bryan
W: James Crawford, Levi Finklea, Willis Finklea.
Proven 28 Oct 1822.
...
Will contested ... Willis Finklea one of the witnesses is also a legatee ...
...
27 Feb 1830 Petition of Jesse Atkinson for himself and Ebenezer Atkinson and Sarah Atkinson minors under 21, Hugh Atkinson, Jesse Atkinson, W. Bryan, James Bryan, Jesse Bryan, Willis Fincklea and Mary his wife, David Perrit and Sally his wife, Mourning Bryan wife, Needham Perrit and Kitsey his wife, Henry Gasque and Milly his wife, and Mourning Bryan.
...
2 Jan 1832 ... Solomon Huggins also named as heir ...
...;

!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist., SC pg 6
Morning Bryant age 60-69 (1760/70)
1-000000001-0, slaves=311000-201000;

!NAMED: 5 May 1830 Marion Dist, SC Ordinary's Real Estate Book (1826-1843) pg 103 Jesse BRYAN, decd. Jesse ATKINSON for himself and in behalf of Ebenezer & Sarah Ann ATKINSON, minors and Jesse & Hugh ATKINSON for themselves. Other heirs: Mourning BRYAN, widow. William BRYAN, James BRYAN, Jesse BRYAN, Willis FINKLEA and wife Mayr, David PERRITT and wife Sally, Jonathan HARRELSON & wife Mourning, Needham PERRIT and wife Kitsey, Henry GASQUE and wife Milley;

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist., SC pg 161
Mourning Bryant age 80-89 (1750/60)
0-00000000001;

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 116 Marion Co., SC Jesse Bryant Sr. 1841
Adm Bond 6 Dec 1841 David Perritt, Asa Godbold, Neal Carmichael.
... 6 Sep 1830 Mourning Bryant from my son William Bryant, planter, 310a ... commissioners voided deed ...
(no date) We, Elizabeth Martin, William Bryant, James Bryant, Jesse Bryant, David Perritt, Needham Perritt, Jonathan Harrell, Henry Gasque and Smithey Huggins wife of Solomon Huggins, legatees ... after death of Mourning Bryant ... agree that the children of decd wife of Jesse Adkinson shall have equal share, viz Hugh Adkinson, Jesse Adkinson, Ebenezer Adkinson, Sarah Ann Goldbold wife of Vincent Godbold, also the children of Mary Finklea, to wit 4 in number (not named).
... Elly Finklea named as heir in list dated 12 Nov 1845 ...
... Ann Adkinson mentioned 1845 ...;


!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 197-198

BRYANT. -Another family may be here noticed. The Bryant family is an old family. Jesse Bryant is said to have been the first of that name in the county ; he came from England, as it is said ; he married a Miss Turbeville, supposed to have been a sister of Rev. William Turbeville, who, according to Bishop Gregg (pp. 70 and 71), came over about 1735, and settled at Sandy Bluff, on the Great Pee Dee, with the colony then and there settled, as their minister. "Several brothers came with him, of whom some descendants are now to be found in Marion." It may be presumed that sisters came too, and that one of them married old Jesse Bryant. ;

!NOTES:Rev. Turbeville was born ca 1707, so it is unlikely Mrs. Bryant would have been his sister. Daughter perhaps, or neice.;

!NOTES:
(1) This person is not related to me as far as I'm aware. However, I am interested in all Marion Co., SC families to some extent.
(2) This person is an uncle/aunt of my Aunt Harriette Richardson Nack.
(3) This person is an uncle/aunt of my aunt-in-law Debra Rogers McIntyre.


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/


!NOTE:Not named in Estate division of Jesse BRYAN;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 197-198
...
Old Jesse had sons, William, Stephen and Jesse. ;


!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 197-198
...
Stephen Bryant was the father or grandfather of F. D. Bryant, Esq., of the Marion bar. ;

!NOTE:Above it isn't clear whether Sellers was referring to Stephen son of William, or Stephen son of Jesse;