John Guerrant Bryant (abt. 1760 - 1833)

Born about 1 Jan 1760 in Cumberland, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Owsley) Bryant — married 15 May 1786 in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1833 at about age 73 in Garrard, Kentucky, United States

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Caution! Many John Bryants

There are a great number of contemporaneous John Bryants, often confused. This is not the John Bryant of Albemarle/Buckingham Counties, Virginia, nor the John Bryant of Adair County, Kentucky.

Biography

John Bryant was a Virginia colonist.

John Bryant lived in Appalachia, in Kentucky.

John Guerrant Bryant, b Jan. 1, 1760 in Cumberland County, Virginia and died 1833 in Garrard County, Kentucky, married Mary Owsley in Lincoln Co., KY, on May 25, 1786. Mary died 1848. John was the son of James and Jane (Guerrant) Bryant & removed to KY in 1783.^[1]

John Bryant, a private in the Revolutionary War, served Garrard County as high sheriff "and several times a member of the Kentucky Legislature." (testimony by Simeon H. Anderson & Benjamin Letcher in John Bryant's pension application).

John was living May 20, 1833,^[2] but died July 4, 1833 (reported by his widow, Mary, as noted in his pension application; the file also contains a copy of the marriage record from Lincoln County, Kentucky: "I hereby certify that John Bryant and Mary Owsley was married by me May 25th, 1786. Joseph Bledsoe." Mary's statement says she married John May 18.)

"William Forsee S31038 stated that he served several tours with John Bryant."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ from Wulfeck's Marriages of Some Virginia Residents..., citing "DAR 79 963; 83 845" and "Huguenot 6:142." In the same reference (see Vol 1, p 213 online courtesy of FamilySearch) are two references to a marriage of James & Jane Guerrant:
   • citing Hinshaw 6:142: James Jr., b 1720, son of James and Elizabeth LeFevre; m. (1) Jane Guerrant; m. (2) Jane Forsee.
   • citing Douglas Reg., James m. 11 June 1758, Jane Guerrant, both in Manikentown.
2. ↑ he appeared in court in re: his pension application on that date
3. ↑ John's pension application. John's father James Bryant, born 1720, married (2) Jane Forsee (see Wulfeck).

• Revolutionary War Widow's Pension Application of Mary (Owsley) Bryant 1840, referencing Revolutionary War Pension Application of John Bryant 1833, Garrard County, Kentucky. (W8390, transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris, online courtesy of Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters).
• Genealogies of Virginia Families, from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. IV: Healy - Pryor.
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 27, 2016), "Record of Private John Bryant", Ancestor # A016332..
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147233316/john-guerrant-bryant: accessed 25 September 2022), memorial page for SGT John Guerrant Bryant (1 Jan 1760–4 Jul 1833), Find a Grave Memorial ID 147233316, citing Bryant Family Cemetery, Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Lois Baker (contributor 46507660) Find A Grave: Memorial #147233316.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Nae X for starting this profile.
• This person was created through the import of Holler 14 Feb 2010.ged on 26 April 2010.