John Walker Bryan (1797 - 1851)

Born 17 Mar 1797 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Price) Bryan — married about 1814 (to before 1829) in North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1851 at age 54 in Clayhatchee, Dale, Alabama, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Bryan Name Study.

John Walker Bryan was born in 1797. He was the son of Nathan Bryan and Rebecca Little. He passed away in 1851.

The Genealogy of one Smith Family including Smiths, Coxes, Mizells, Loves, Bryans, Crittendens, Mahones, Flournoys, Marshalls ^[1]

Listed below are the children listed on FamilySearch and the Genealogy document. He married first Rebecca Price (1795-1829)

1. William P. Bryan (15 Dec 1815 GA - 1872); md bef 1834 to UNK; md 2nd bef 1848 to Temperance — 1809 GA-?;
2. Mary Bryan (2 Jan 1817 GA - 1881 TX); md on 7 Feb 1834 Houston Co GA to Amos Love MIZELL (1808 GA - ? TX)
3. Martha Cherry Bryan (27 Feb 1819 NC - 8 May 1869/70); md on 7 Jan 1836 Houston Co GA to Jonas P. BELL (1809 NC -)
4. Elizabeth Mansfield Bryan (9 Nov 1821 - d?1821)
5. Mary Felishia Bryan (23 Oct 1822 - 14 October 1825)
6. James Luther Bryan (1823–1909) (Not mentioned in "The Genealogy of one Smith Family"^[1])
7. Hardy Bush Bryan (20 Mar 1824 GA - 31 Jan 1850); md on 26 May 1844 in Thomas Co GA to Angeline (BRYAN?); md 2nd Mollie MOSELY?
8. John William Bryan (1825–1863) (Not mentioned in "The Genealogy of one Smith Family"^[1])
9. Amanda Caroline Bryan /(17 Oct 1826 GA - 4 Dec 1829 Monroe Co Ga)

He married second Martha Knight (1795–1871)

1. John Walker Bryan (11 Aug 1830 Monroe Co GA - 1895 Palestine TX)
2. James Hammond Colbert Bryan (27 Dec 1831 GA - d 15 Jan 1895 in Eeiuahitchka FL); md on 5 Apr 1866 in Tarboro NC to Wallie STATON (1831–1895)
3. M Hammond Mansfield Bryan 1833–
4. Edward/Edwin Sneed Edgeworth Bryan (31 Dec 1834 Macon County GA - 7 Jan 1907/9 Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co NC); md 3 May in Halifax Co Nc to Annie Eliza Howell (1842-1919). Physician; served Civil War w/ many of his brothers & half brothers.
5. Lucy Ann Bryan (1836–1838)
6. Alexander Cornelius Augustus Bryan (1 Nov 1833/9 GA–1892); m Mary Lett McGriff; m 2nd on 14 Jan 1867 Barbour Co AL to Sarah W Worrells.
7. Milton Whitfield Bryan (14 Jan 1842– 31 May1862 in Battle of Seven Pines near Richmond, VA); body recovered by friends and sent home for burial.

Life Events

• John married Martha Davis on 7 October 1829 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.^[2]

• In the 1830 census John was in Martin, North Carolina, United States.^[3]

• Expected names in the 1830 census, there is an unknown male 20-30.

• In the 1850 census John (age 52) was in Dale, Alabama, United States.^[4]

• John was mentioned on a memorial in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Clayhatchee, Dale County, Alabama, United States with a death date of 15 June 1851.^[5]

Research Notes

• John's second wife Martha was born to a Walker and Elizabeth Knight. On Family search it shows she married a Hardy Brown Price on 18 April 1813 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States. ^[6]She married John Walker Bryan in 1829. Not sure how she obtained the last name Davis unless she married a Davis sometime between the two.
  • There is no source record showing she actually married Hardy Price, nor is there an explanation in record entry.
  • In the will listing for Hardy Brown Price, it also lists a Rebecca Price, could this be John's first wife? ^[7]
    • one fifth to Rebecca Bryan children
    • and the children of my daughter Rebecca

• Is James Luther Bryan really his son? There is nothing in the Smith Genealogy^[1] document that mention him.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The Genealogy of one Smith Family p20-22 (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/112392-the-genealogy-of-one-smith-family-including-smiths-coxes-mizells-loves-bryans-crittendens-mahones-flournoys-marshalls)
2. ↑ Marriage: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979"
   citing Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm
   FamilySearch Record: QPSM-MGVZ (accessed 26 August 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSHV-QWFL Image number 01300
   John Bryan marriage to Martha Davis on 7 Oct 1829 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.
3. ↑ 1830 Census: "United States Census, 1830"
   citing Page: 396; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M19; Digital film/folder number: 005155944; FHL microfilm: 0018088; Image number: 771
   FamilySearch Record: XHGR-WZT (accessed 26 August 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBQ-9HT1
   John Bryan in Martin, North Carolina, United States.
4. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
   citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 18; Digital film/folder number: 004187294_003_M9C4-VYC; FHL microfilm: 2346; Image number: 18; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01174-7
   FamilySearch Record: MHPB-XLQ (accessed 26 August 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-679S-76R
   John Bryan (52) in Dale, Alabama, United States. Born in Georgia.
5. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #107957095 (accessed 26 August 2023)
   Memorial page for John Walker Bryan (16 Mar 1797-15 Jun 1851), citing Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Clayhatchee, Dale County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Charles Olson (contributor 48094801).
6. ↑ >Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MY6H-FSN
7. ↑ Wills: "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970"
   Catalog: Wills Wills
   Image path: North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970 > Martin > Wills, 1810-1867, Vol. 02 > image 183 of 296
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-VKS7-SS (accessed 24 September 2023)

• 1840 Census
• Family notes of Katina Lusby
• Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KFP8-D3G