Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1054/1059
John Bryant 45 Farmer $2000 Marion
Jane 42
# 1055/1060
Solomon Bryant 21 Labourer $- "
Mary 17
Pinkney 14
Telatha 12
Cherry 9
David 7
Hugh 6;
AND
!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1031/1036
David Johnson 25 Farmer $500 Marion
Sarah 23
Solomon Bryant 22 Labourer;

!CENSUS:1860;

!CENSUS:1870;

!CENSUS:1880 * Marion;

!CENSUS:1900 * Marion;

!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. 185-189
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Alice married Solomon Bryant, and is dead—died in the Asylum. Emaline married Hugh Bryant, and is dead ; she also died in the Asylum in Columbia. Alice and Emaline both left families, who are now among us. ;


!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
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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. ;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1016/1021
David S. Edwards 50 Farmer $2500 Marion
Martha 45
Andrew 23
Elizabeth 21
Richard 19
David 17
Martha 14
Ann 13
Robert 11
Mary 9
William 7
Alice 4;

CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC Marion Twp # 1186 Alice EDWARDS, 15 (1844/45) born
SC;
CENSUS:1870;

!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. 185-189
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Rev. David Edwards, second son of "Gold-headed Dick," a capital man, married into the extensive family of the Rogers his wife was a sister of "Captain Tarleton" and of Dew Rogers, both of them before spoken of herein ; by his marriage he had and raised fourteen children, six sons and eight daughters; the sons were Carey, Andrew, David, Richard, Robert and William; the daughters were Harriet, Elizabeth, Sallie, Martha, Nancy, Alice, Emaline and Mary. Of the sons, Andrew, Richard and Robert are dead ; of the daughters, Sallie, Martha, Alice and Emaline are dead ; the dead ones, however, all married and left families.
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Alice married Solomon Bryant, and is dead—died in the Asylum. Emaline married Hugh Bryant, and is dead ; she also died in the Asylum in Columbia. Alice and Emaline both left families, who are now among us. ;

!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
...
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. ;