Monroe Bryant (1818)

Born 1818 in South Carolina

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Monroe Bryant. Given Name: Monroe. Surname: Bryant. ^[1]

Born Abt 1818. South Carolina. ^[2]

Census: US Federal. 1850 Fairfield, Highland, Ohio. Note: Monroe Bryant is 32 and living with his wife Catherine, 40. He is a farmer and owns property valued at $11,010. Catherine has no listed occupation. Also living with them are Dorothy Bryant, 18, born abt 1832 in South Carolina (possibly a sister); Clarinda Payton, 8, b. abt 1842 Ohio, mulatto (daughter of Andrew Peyton); Mary Fredericks, 6, b. abt 1844 Kentucky, mulatto and Catherine's mother Elizabeth Hansbrough, 86, b. abt 1764 Virginia, mulatto, cannot read or write. 3 ^[3] US Federal. 1860 Penn, Highland, Ohio. Note: Monroe Bryant is 42 and living with his wife Catherine (indexed as Catharein), 50 and their children James, 9, Joseph, 9 and Thos, 9 (must be triplets). She has no occupation. Monroe is a farmer and owns real property valued at $5,600 and personal property valued at $1,000. Also living with them are Jefferson Frane, 50, b. abt 1810 Virginia, mulatto, farm laborer and Clarinda Peyton, 17, b. abt 1843 Ohio, mulatto (daughter of Andrew Peyton). William and Martha Hansborough are their neighbors. 3 ^[4] US Federal. 1870 Penn, Highland, Ohio. Note: Monroe Bryant is 52 and living with his wife Catherine, 61 and their son James, 19. He is a farmer and owns real property valued at $7,500 and personal property valued at $1,200. Catherine is keeping house. Also living with them is Edward Clark, 21, b. abt 1849 South Carolina, mulatto, attended school, farm laborer. Edward is probably a relative of Monroe.^[5] US Federal. 1880 Penn, Highland, Ohio. Note: Monroe Bryant (indexed as Montro) is 64 and a widower. He is living with his son James, 28. Monroe is a farmer. His parents were born in North Carolina. Also living with them are Eliz Jackson, niece, 29, b. abt 1851 Ohio, parents b. North Carolina, mulatto, single, keeping house; and Walter Jackson, grand nephew, 10, b. abt 1870 Ohio, father b. North Carolina, mother b. Ohio, mulatto. 3 ^[6]

Marriage Husband Monroe Bryant. Wife Catherine Hansborough. Marriage 24 Aug 1840. Highland County, Ohio. ^[7]

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1. ↑ Source: #S3225
2. ↑ Source: #S3279
3. ↑ Source: #S3279
4. ↑ Source: #S3331
5. ↑ Source: #S3332
6. ↑ Source: #S3333
7. ↑ Source: #S3364

• Source: S3225 Media: Book Hansborough Settlement Publication: Copy of pages 20-25 were sent to David Stearns by Beverly A Evans. No source for the pages was given but appears to be from some type of History of Highland County? 5. THE HANSBOROUGH SETTLEMENT A settlement of entirely different origin was located east of Samantha, west of what is now known as Kincaid Road, and north of State Route 138 (Greenfield Pike), including several hundred acres of land. It was a thriving center of people living in log cabins, some two story log houses, and the home of Philip Hansborough part of log construction. There was a school, a church, and a family cemetery on the grounds. Philip F. Hansborough, founder of this settlement, was born in Virginia in 1804, son of William Hansborough, a white slaveholder in Culpeper County, Virginia, and his Negro wife, Elizabeth (Betty Packer) Hansborough. William and Elizabeth had four children: Philip, Mary Garnet (sometimes known as Mary Skipworth), Catherine Bryant, and Eliza Campbell. 34 Although many free Negroes were mulatto children of white slaveholders such a family would not be without social and legal difficulities. Southern states passed laws against giving freedom to those classified as slaves, and the Black Laws of the South placed heavy restrictions on free Negroes who were considered to be a threat to the institution of slavery. As early as 1825 William Hansborough must have been making preparations to settle his children in free territory when he purchased 289 acres of land in Highland County as follows: 132 acres from James and Polly Stafford, and 157 acres from Joshua Woodrow, Jr. and his wife Nancy. 37. Eleven years later, 1836, Philip purchased 291 ½ acres in three parcels from David and Hannah Buntain, James Buntain, and John H. and Margaret Walker. 38. About 1840 Philip brought his wife, Amy Payton, and p.22 son, William H., to Highland County, and other relatives and friends were added to the settlement then or later.* At the death of William Hansborough in Virginia, sometime before July 15, 1845, his property was divided among his four children who all settled in Highland County. Philip went back to Virginia for the sale of his father's personal property and brought ten or twelve slaves and set them free, bringing four of them to his settlement in Ohio and caring for them until they died.39. A portion of the William Hansborough will is recorded in the Highland County Recorder's Office in connection with an adjustment of land ownership in Highland County between "Richard H. Field, Exr. of Wm Hansborough Dec'd" and Philip and his three sisters, dated July 15, 1845. The will states that Philip F. Hansborough is "emancipated by this will, in Ohio or any other state he may choose." The will further provided that if Philip did not have a child or children certain amounts due him would be divided among his sisters, and similar provisions were made concerning the sisters. Catherine (Mrs. Monroe Bryant) and Mary Garnet (Mary Skipworth) both purchased property in Fairfield Township, Hightop area. The mother, Elizabeth "Betsy" Hansborough, was in the home of her daughter, Catherine Bryant, at the time of the 1850 U.S. Census, and she died in 1853, as is recorded on her gravestone in the Hansborough settlement cemetery where she is buried. William Barber, of the Hansborough Settlement, was the first known Highland County Negro to enlist in the Union Army in the Civil War, serving in the 55th Massachusetts Infantry. *The date of the arrival of the Hansborough family is determined by information in the 1850 U.S. Census, Highland County, Liberty Township, with ages of children born in Virginia compared with ages of children born in Ohio. p. 24 Philip Hansborough died in September, 1887. The newspaper memoir states "He was noted among his neighbors and in the community generally, for his upright life and for his many acts of kindness and charity. He was a prominent Republican, and until the last few years, when he was enfeebled by old age, held a prominent place in the councils of the party. He was buried in the family cemetery. A later Philip Hansborough was buried in the Hightop cemetery which testifies to the close relationship of the people of Hightop and the Hansborough Settlement. Elizabeth Evans, of Hightop, taught school in Hansborough. Grant Hurd, now of Hillsboro, who grew up in the Hansborough Settlement, conducted a tour of the grounds and related experiences of the past. The log section of the Philip Hansborough house had been torn down and replaced with more modern construction. The old barn had been changed some. The gravestones of the cemetery that had been raised in recent years had again fallen and were covered with growth. One stone loose enough to be lifted and leaned against a tree proved to be that of the mother, Betsy Hansborough. The school and church were gone. Grant remembered a large tree had fallen and another still growing larger. He pointed out the location where the log cabins and houses had been but are no longer there. Harvey Ames of Hillsboro, grew up in the Hansborough Settlement and later helped dismantle the log cabins and houses. Cecil William Campbell, of Columbus, lived in the Hansborough Settlement. Arnita Burr, of Hillsboro, tells of spending her summer vacations with relatives in Hansborough.
• Source: S3279 Media: Census/Tax 1850 United States Federal Census, Fairfield, Highland, Ohio Publication: Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Fairfield, Highland, Ohio; Roll: M432_694; Page: 116A; Image: 148. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Name Indexed as: Monroe Bryant Age: 32 Estimated birth year: 1818 Birth place: South Carolina Race: Mulatto Gender: Male Occupation: Farmer Home in 1850: Fairfield, Highland, Ohio Dwelling No. 985 Family No: 988 Value of real estate: ,010 Married within the year: No Cannot Read or Write: No Deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict: No Spouse: Spouse indexed as: Catherine Age Spouse: 40 Spouse estimated birth year: 1810 Spouse birthplace: Virginia Spouse Race: Mulatto Spouse Occupation: None Spouse cannot Read or Write: No Spouse deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict: No Children at home: Dorothy Bryant, dau, 18, b. abt 1832 South Carolina, mulatto Other Household Members: Clarinda Payton, 8, b. abt 1842 Ohio, mulatto Mary Fredericks, 6, b. abt 1844 Kentucky, mulatto Elizabeth Hansbrough, [mother of Catherine-Betty Packer], 86, b. abt 1764 Virginia, mulatto, cannot read or write Neighbors: Nathanial Blair Enumeration Date: 24 Aug 1850
• Source: S3331 Media: Census/Tax 1860 United States Federal Census, Penn, Highland, Ohio Publication: Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Penn, Highland, Ohio; Roll: M653_986; Page: 152; Image: 309; Family History Library Film: 803986. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Name Indexed as: Monroe Bryant Age in 1860: 42 Estimated birthdate: abt 1818 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Penn, Highland, Ohio Dwelling No: 2251 Family No: 2225 Race: Mulatto Gender: Male Relation to Head of Household: Head Occupation: Farmer Value of real estate: ,600 Value of personal property: ,000 Married within the year: No Cannot Read or Write: No Deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict: No Spouse: Catherine Spouse indexed as: Catharein Spouse age: 50 Spouse estimated birthdate: 1810 Spouse Birthplace: Virginia Spouse Race: Mulatto Spouse Occupation: None Spouse cannot Read or Write: No Spouse deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict: No Children at home: James Bryant, 9, b. abt 1851 Ohio, mulatto Joseph Bryant, 9, b. abt 1851 Ohio, mulatto Thos Bryant, 9, b. abt 1851 Ohio, mulatto Other Household members: Jefferson Frane, 50, b. abt 1810 Virginia, mulatto, farm laborer Clarinda Peyton, 17, b. abt 1843 Ohio, mulatto Neighbors: William and Martha Hansborough Post Office: Samantha Enumeration date: 12 July 1860
• Source: S3332 Media: Census/Tax 1870 United States Federal Census, Penn, Highland, Ohio Publication: Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Penn, Highland, Ohio; Roll: M593_1222; Page: 298A; Image: 600; Family History Library Film: 552721. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Name Indexed as: Monroe Bryant Age in 1870: abt 1818 Estimated Birth Year: 52 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1870: Penn, Highland, Ohio Dwelling No: 2 Family No: 2 Value Real Estate: ,500 Value Personal Property: ,200 Occupation: Farmer Race: Mulatto Gender: Male Citizen of US: Yes Cannot read or write: No Parents of foreign birth: No Spouse: Catherine Spouse indexed as: Catherine Spouse Age: 61 Spouse estimated Birth Year: 1809 Spouse birthplace: Virginia Spouse Race: Mulatto Spouse parents of foreign birth: No Cannot write: Yes Spouse Occupation: Keeping house Children at home: James Bryant, 19, b. abt 1851 Ohio, mulatto, farm laborer, attended school Other Household Members: Edward Clark, 21, b. abt 1849 South Carolina, mulatto, attended school, farm laborer Significant neighbors: Andrew Peyton Post Office: Samantha Enumeration Date: Jun 1870
• Source: S3333 Media: Census/Tax 1880 United States Federal Census, Penn, Highland, Ohio Publication: Image source: Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Penn, Highland, Ohio; Roll: 1033; Family History Film: 1255033; Page: 488D; Enumeration District: 52; Image: 0357. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Monroe Bryant Name Indexed as: Montro Bryant Home in 1880: Penn, Highland, Ohio Age: 64 Estimated birth year: abt 1816 Birthplace: North Carolina Relationship to head-of-household: Self (Head) Father's birthplace: North Carolina Mother's birthplace: North Carolina Dwelling Number: Not given Family Number: 72 Occupation: Farmer Marital status: Widower Race: Mulatto Gender: Male Cannot read: No Cannot write: No Spouse's name: None Children at home: James Bryant, son, 28, b. abt 1851 Ohio, mulatto, single, helps on farm Other household members: Eliz Jackson, niece, 29, b. abt 1851 Ohio, parents b. North Carolina, mulatto, single, keeping house Walter Jackson, grand nephew, 10, b. abt 1870 Ohio, father b. North Carolina, mother b. Ohio, mulatto, Neighbors: Andrew Paton Enumeration Date: 12 Jun 1880