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Exhibit 68-A – Census: 1790 Census of Bertie Co., North Carolina

Exhibit 77 – (Proof of Needham Bryant’s parents comes from his father’s will dated 25 Apr 1794 and proven in May Term of Court in Bertie Co., North Carolina. An abstract of this will tells us.)

Exhibit 77-A - 1800 Census of Bertie Co., North Carolina

Needham Bryan 16-26 (1774-1784) (comparison proves he was born 1774 my gg-grandfather)

female over 45 (Before 1755) This would be mother Olive _______, (my ggg-grandmother.)

Needham was 26 years old and still single and his mother, Olive ________, who is estimated to have been born about 1733, would have been 67 years old when the census was taken. Also, she is thought to have died before the 1810 census as neither she nor Needham appear to be living in Bertie County, although they still owned 143 acres left to them by the father and husband, Michael Bryant.

Exhibit 41 – 9 Aug 1775, Will: "Jesse Bryant 1775

 – Original, Wills 1749-1897, C.R.010.801.2, Bertie Co., North Carolina, Original Records, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Exhibit "41" is the original will of Jesse Bryant ("farmer") executed in August Court 1775. Exhibit 42 is a copy of the will found in the same folder. Following is a verbatim of the Exhibit "G":

"In the name of God Amen, I Jesse Bryant of the County of Bertie in the Province of North Carolina, farmer, being fair in Mind and of a Disposing Understanding but Calling to mind the uncertainty of Life do Make and ordain this to be my Last Will and Testament in form as followeth first I give my soul to God who gives it unto me in hopes that he will Except for the Mediation of Jesus Christ through whose Merits Poor fallen sinners Can be Except, with God therefore in hopes of a happy Resurrection, I rest my soul Content in the hands of Jesus Christ, the Mediator of the new Covenant. And for such good as God has been pleased to give unto me I will and bestow as followeth:

Item First I will and bequeath my manor Plantation to my son William Bryant and his heirs forever, but if the said William Bryant die Leaving no heir then I will that the said Plantation I will unto my Daughter Catherine Bryant and her heirs

"2^nd I will that my beloved wife have free use of the said Pantation during her Widowhood and if she should Marrie to be put to her thirds as the Law directs. I further bequeath to my beloved wife, Elizabeth Bryan one Mair and Colt, the Increase after her Death to be Equally Divide amongst the Three Children, Wm., Mourning & Catherine Bryant. One Grey Mair I give to Mourning Bryant……….

"3^rd I will and Bequeath unto my beloved wife all my Cattle til the three children Comes of age then to be Equally Divid’d between them and her. And as for the household furniture I Give and bequeath unto my beloved wife and her Heirs forever. Lastly I Appoint my beloved wife my Executrix of This my Last Will and Testament made this 9^th day of August in the year of our Lord 1775………….

Witnesses: James Montgomery, James Churchwell JR., Wm. Cole Bertie County Nov Court 177 Proved in due form of Law in Open Court by the oath of James Churchwell, one of the subscribing Witnesses and Carried Owen

Exhibit 8-A, __ Nov 1778, Will Probate: "321 Last will & Testament of Catherine Ellis deceased Proven by Noah Hinton, Shadrack Herrell – Martin Garner, Executor.

In the name of God amen I CATHERINE ELLISS of Bertie Co and State of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory (thanks be to God) but calling to mind the mortality of mankind and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following manner (to wit) I give and bequeath unto my son JOHN BRYAN his heirs and assigns forever one negro man named Tona. I also give may said son JOHN BRYAN one yoke of draguth stears and I lend my said son one fether bed and furniture during his natural lifetime and after his decease I give and bequeath to JOHN BRYAN son of my said JOHN BRYAN his heir and assigns the aforsaid fether bed and furniture.

Item I give and bequeath unto my son GEORGE BRYAN and to his lawfull heirs of his one body forever and ever on negro woman named Judeth and her futer increase and I also give my said son GEORGE BRYAN one looking glass one linen wheale two peegers and one drawing knife.

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter SARAH GARDNER her heirs and assigns forever one negro girl name Barsheaba and one ovel table.

Item I lend to my son WILLIAM BRYAN during his natural lifetime one fether bed and furniture three pewter dishes two dish basons six dish plats one chest one trunk one table four chairs two axes three hogs three sows and piggs and all my stock of cattle that is not afore give two sheep one linin wheale one woolin wheale one iron pott and hook one learge iron kittle one tea kittle.

Item I give and bequeath unto my grand son WILLIAM BRYAN SPIVEY his heirs and assians for ever one pewter dish one bason three plats one iron kittle.

Item I give and bequeath unto my grand daughter MORNING BRYAN SPIVEY her heirs and assigns one iron pott and hooks one pewter dish and bason two plates.

Item I give and bequeath unto my grand daughter CATHRING BRYAN daughter of my son JESSE BRYAN her heirs and assigns forever one feter bed and furniture.

Item I give and bequeath unto my son MICHAEL BRYAN one shilling starling money.

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter CATHERINE MARSH one shilling starling money.

Item I give and bequeath unto my three aforesaid sons JOHN BRYAN, GEORGE BRYAN, WILLIAM BRYAN and to my said daughter SARAH GARDNER all the remainder of my estate that is not before given in legacies and lent to them fore to be equally divided beteen them shair and shair alike.

Item I give and bequeath unto my two grand sons HENRY and HARDY BRYAN sons of my son WILIAM BRYAN thier heirs and assigns forever after the death of their father WILLIAM BRYAN all the house hold furniture and stock I heretofore lent him. Lastly I nominate constitute and appoint NOAH HINTON, MARTIN GARDNER, ROBERT GREGORY executors to this my last will and testament and I doe utterly revoke and disalow all other testaments, wills or bequeths heretofore by me made in witness whereof I the said CATHERINE ELLISS hath hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of Dec one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven.

18 Nov 1778, Land Entry Dispute Papers: Bryan, Freeman, Hinton, Miers

Exhibit 52 contains original papers related to disputes among Michael Bryan, William Freeman, Noah Hinton, and Thomas Miers over land entries. ("Land Entry Disputes – Nov 1778", Land Papers 1736-1819, C.R.010-408.1, Bertie County (NC) Original Records, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.)

Exhibit 53 contains original papers related to disputes among Michael Bryan, William Freeman, Noah Hinton, and Thomas Miers over land entries. The matter was to be taken up at the Feb 1779 Court but carried over. ("Land Entry Disputes – Feb 1779", Land Papers 1736-1819, C.R.010-408.1, Bertie County (NC) Original Records, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.)

>__ May 1779, Land Entry Dispute Papers: Bryan, Freeman, Hinton, Miers

Exhibit 54 contains original papers related to disputes among Michael Bryan, William Freeman, Noah Hinton, and Thomas Miers over land entries. The matter was to be taken up at the May 1779 Court but carried over. ("Land Entry Disputes – May 1779", Land Papers 1736-1819, C.R.010-408.1, Bertie County (NC) Original Records, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.)

1 Sep 1779, Land Grant Warrant: Michael Bryan(t) – File Number 1047

Exhibit 56 shows the warrant for a survey of 143 acres (out of 200 originally requested by Entry Number 32) for Michael Bryan. This warrant summarizes the results of the caveats entered against the original Land Entry and explains Entry Number 18 by Silas Smith. ("Land Grant Warrants – Michael Bryan – File Number 1047", Bertie County (NC) Land Grants 928-1216, S.108.461 (Microfilm) Secretary of State (NC) Land Grant Office Warrants, Plats, etc., North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.)

22 Sep 1779, Agreement: Land Entry Division – Freeman and Hinton

Exhibit 57 contains an agreement by William Freeman to a border between his land and that of Noah Hinton. The agreement is signed by Thomas Pugh, Matthew Turner (by Mark) and William Pugh. (It is not signed by William Freeman and Noah Hinton.) This land is near the head of Roquist Pocoson. ("Land Division Agreement" , Land Papers 1736-1819, C.R.010-408.1, Bertie County (NC) Original Records, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.)

03 Oct 1781, Survey: Michael Bryan

Exhibit 63 is the survey for Michael Bryan’s Land Entry Number 32 (dated 13 May 1778). This land is said to be on the North Side of Allagator Marsh and Pocoson. The survey begins in William Freeman’s Line and adjoins Cyprus Branch, Cylus Smith. "old patent corner standing on Little Roquist Swamp", and William Ruffin. Chain carriers were Jesse Bryan and John Gardner. ("Land Grant Survey – Michael Bryan – File Number 1047", Bertie County (NC) Land Grants 928-1216, S.108.461 (Microfilm) Secretary of State (NC) Land Grant Office Warrants, Plats, etc., North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.)

26 Mar 1784, Will: Martin GARDNER – Bertie County August Term of Court

"Son - John GARDNER - 200 ac where he now lives and one half of a piece of land I lately entered on FREEMAN Marsh, also negro JACK.

Son -Martin GARDNER - 200 ac containing the same patent after the death of my wife, also negro BOB.

Wife - Sarah GARDNER - plantation where we now live and all perishable estate for her lifetime.

Son - Bryan GARDNER - plantation where I now live on the SS of Ready Br, and 80 ac on Roquist adj the said plantation, also negro JIM.

Son - James GARDNER - 150 ac on the NS of Ready Br.

Daughter - Sarah GARDNER - negro NANCE, bed.

Daughter - Anna GARNDER - negro JACOB, bed.

Son - James GARDNER - privilege of my pasture in Roquist.

To my four sons John, Martin, James and Bryan - 400 ac in Roquist Pocosin which Thomas MIERS entered.

My exe'c may have 515 acres adjacent Joseph HOLLAND and John SHOLARS and 200 acres in Roquist adjacent John BOND, these lands to be sold to raise money to purchase negros. I have already given my son John GARDNER all I intend to give him. At my wife's death all remaining estate shall be divided among my children James, Martin, Bryan, Sarah and Anna.

Ex. wife, Sarah GARDNER, son John GARDNER, and Noah HINTON

Wit: Noah HINTON, Sally GARDNER, William B BRYAN

10 May 1784, Attachment: William Bryan

Exhibit 68 is an order attaching the goods, chattels, land & tenements of William Bryan to the amount of twenty pounds specie to satisfy a complaint made by Elisha Bryan. (There may be more information concerning this among the court records.) This paper was filed with a much older William Bryan records in a folder named "William Bryan." (Note: This is William Bryant Sr., father of Michael Bryant.) Action: We need further investigation of this folder named "William Bryan." ("Attachment Order" , Estates Records 1730-1920, C.R.010-508.13, Folder "William Bryant", Original Bertie County (NC) Records, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.)

__ ___ 1790, Census: Lists Michael Bryant as head of Family.

Exhibit 68-A – Census: 1790 Census of Bertie Co., North Carolina

Michael Bryant over 16 years (This is my ggg-grandpa)

free white female no age given This would be wife, Olive _______, (my ggg-grandma)

free white female no age given This would be Martha Bryant (also known as "Patsy".

free white male over 16 years This would be Needham Bryant (my gg-grandpa)

__ May 1794, Will Probate: #231 Bertie Co., North Carolina – Mikel Bryan.

Exhibit 77 – (Proof of Needham Bryant’s parents comes from his father’s will dated 25 Apr 1794 and proven in May Term of Court in Bertie Co., North Carolina. An abstract of this will tells us.)

"In the name of God amen I Mikel BRYAN of the County of Bertie and province of North Carolina being afflicted with bodily pain though sound and perfect mind and memery thanks be given to God by calling ti mine the mortality of mankind and knowing it to appoint this my last will and testament in the following manner to wit:

Item - I tend unto my beloved wife Olive BRYAN all of my plantation, hereon I now live during her natural life. Also I tend to my beloved wife Olive BRYAN one pot and one frying pan and all my pewter. Two cows and calves during her natural life.

Item - I give and bequeath unto my son Neadom BRYAN after the deseas of my beloved wife, all my land and plantation whereon I now live, to him, his heirs and assigns forever.

Item - I tend to my beloved wife Olive BRYAN one mare and colt during her natural life and after the desease of my beloved wife, I do hereby give and bequeath the said mare and colt to my son Neadom BRYAN to him and his heirs and assignees forever.

Item - I tend to my beloved wife two sows and nine pigs during her natural life.

Item - I give unto my son Nedam BRYAN to him his heirs and assignes forever two sows and fourteen pigs and two shoates.

Item - I give unto my daughter Marthew BRYAN one sow and four pigs to her heirs and assignees forever.

Item - I give unto my daughter Marthew one loom, __?____ and after the decease of my beloved wife I give unto my daughter Marthew BRYAN one feather bed and furniture to her heirs and assignees forever.

Item - I give unto my son Neadom BRYAN two __?__ and one pair of iron wedges one graveling hoe and three wedging hoes to him his heirs and assigns forever.

Item - I give unto my daughter Marthew BRYAN one looming and one wooling wheel and one pair of cards and one ___?___ to her and her heirs and assigns forever.

Item - I tend to my beloved wife Olive BRYAN one table and six chairs three washing tubs two pigens and one ans all my Barrells during her natural life.

Item - and after the decease of my beloved wife I do give and devise all of my Estate before mentioned to be equally divided between my two children mentioned, Neadom BRYAN and Marthew BRYAN, to them their heirs and assigns forever ... and likewise a parcel of Earthenware.

Item - I Leave all the remainder part of my Estate to be sold after paying all my debts, the remainder part to be equally divided between my six children, Jesse BRYAN, Elisha BRYAN, Mikel BRYAN, Neadom BRYAN, Sarah HARRELL, and Marthew BRYAN to them and their heirs and assigns forever.

Lastly, I nominate constetute and appoint my friend Bales HOUSE and Henry RUFFIN, executors to this my last will and testament hereby revoking and disannulling all others heretofore by and made in writing whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of April 1794.

__ ___ 1797, Birth: Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant

From the census records, I learned that Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant was born in Georgia in 1797. The marriage records of her children show her maiden name to have been Polly Bryant. Thinking to myself, "I wonder how many Mary "Polly" Ann Bryants in Georgia could have married a Needham Bryant who was much older than her. I found there was only one and that marriage occurred in Jasper Co., Georgia.

__ ___ 1800, Census: Lists Needham Bryan as head of Family.

Exhibit 77-A - 1800 Census of Bertie Co., North Carolina

Needham Bryan 16-26 (1774-1784) (comparison proves he was born 1774 my gg-grandfather)

female over 45 (Before 1755) This would be mother Olive _______, (my ggg-grandmother

Needham was 26 years old and still single and his mother, Olive ________, who is estimated to have been born about 1733, would have been 67 years old when the census was taken. We do not know when she died, nor where. Neither she, nor Needham appear in the next census (1810), although they still owned 143 acres left to them by the father and husband, Michael Bryant. She may have accompanied her son, Needham, into Georgia, where you could get free Lottery Land if lucky.

__ Nov 1800, Year’s Provisions: William Bryan deceased

Exhibit 83 presents the court order that Aaron Spivey, John Pugh, John Hill and Jesse Rhodes allot and layoff to Elizabeth Bryan and children "such part of the crop, stock & provisions" of William Bryan’s estate that will be adequate for their support for one year. It also presents the statement of the year’s provisions supplied by the same men. ("Deed of Gift: Elizabeth Bryan to Elizabeth Adams", Miscellaneous Land Records 1720-1861, C.R.010.408.3, Folder "Deeds of Gift A-W", Original Bertie County (NC) Records, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Note: I’m sure it wasn’t long after his mother’s death that Needham Bryant, along with other neighbors, relatives and friends went down into the Georgia Province. Unfortunately, the 1810 Census for Georgia does not exist. The best source of information during this period comes from the Land Lottery and Tax Lists.

__ ___ 1801, Poll Tax: Needham Bryant, Single Man.

Just when Needham first went to Georgia remains a mystery; however, there is a record of a Needham Bryant who appears in Jefferson Co., Georgia, in 1801, living among a lot of others by that same surname. At that time, he was still a single man and paid a poll tax. He paid poll taxes here for all ensuing years through 1805, all as a single man.

Note: I do not think this is our Needham; however, it is inserted in case the information is needed in the future.

__ ___ 1802, Poll Tax: Needham Bryant, Single Man.

Just when Needham first went to Georgia remains a mystery; however, there is a record of a Needham Bryant who appears in Jefferson Co., Georgia, in 1801, living among a lot of others by that same surname. At that time, he was still a single man and paid a poll tax. He paid poll taxes here for all ensuing years through 1805, all as a single man.

Note: I do not think this is our Needham; however, it is inserted in case the information is needed in the future.

__ ___ 1803, Poll Tax: Needham Bryant, Single Man.

Just when Needham first went to Georgia remains a mystery; however, there is a record of a Needham Bryant who appears in Jefferson Co., Georgia, in 1801, living among a lot of others by that same surname. At that time, he was still a single man and paid a poll tax. He paid poll taxes here for all ensuing years through 1805, all as a single man.

Note: I do not think this is our Needham; however, it is inserted in case the information is needed in the future.

__ ___ 1804, Poll Tax: Needham Bryant, Single Man.

Just when Needham first went to Georgia remains a mystery; however, there is a record of a Needham Bryant who appears in Jefferson Co., Georgia, in 1801, living among a lot of others by that same surname. At that time, he was still a single man and paid a poll tax. He paid poll taxes here for all ensuing years through 1805, all as a single man. Then he disappears for about five years. Needham was a participant of all the Land Lotteries, but was never lucky enough to have his name drawn.

__ ___ 1805, Poll Tax: Needham Bryant, Single Man.

Just when Needham first went to Georgia remains a mystery; however, there is a record of a Needham Bryant who appears in Jefferson Co., Georgia, in 1801, living among a lot of others by that same surname. At that time, he was still a single man and paid a poll tax. He paid poll taxes here for all ensuing years through 1805, all as a single man.

Note: I do not think this is our Needham; however, it is inserted in case the information is needed in the future.

__ ___ 1805, Poll Tax: Needham Bryant, Single Man.

Needham left Jefferson County sometime before 1806 when he paid a poll tax in a newly created Pulaski Co., Georgia. Again, he was among a large group of the same surname. There was even another Needham BRYAN, but a much older man, there, too.

29 Mar 1810, Groom Index: Jasper Co., Georgia – Needham Bryant to Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant.

Exhibit 83-A Needham Bryant married Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant 29 March 1810 as recorded on page 6 of the Groom Index of Jasper Co., Georgia.

Various Dates, Hosea Smith’s Letters to Relatives in North Carolina

Exhibit 83-B "When Hosea Smith left his home in North Carolina and headed for the Northwest Territory, his original goal was to make his way to Ohio. He and his wife Huldah and their children requested a transfer from the Quaker Congregation prior to leaving. Along the way, the decision was made to head into Indiana Territory.

"Hosea Smith wrote to his father-in-law while they were traveling west to let him know that they had decided to travel 8 to 10 days into the Territory after crossing the Ohio River to purchase land if they could find any suitable ground.

"The Smith family arrived in the Indiana Territory on June 5, 1810 and settled what later became Pike County, Indiana.

"Hosea described the area in a letter to his brother, John Smith, on June 14, 1810:

"I have purchased land at this place called White Oak Springs with a considerable improvement with the crop of corn on the ground. I like the land the best that I have ever saw, it is rich with plenty of timber and well watered. The land is as high like as any land about the Cypress Bridge (The family home back in North Carolina), the growth is chiefly of poplar, oak, walnut, ash and sugar (maple) tree. I can assure thee that if thee could see thee land, that thee could undertake to come to it though it is a long journey."

"The improved land Hosea Smith bought when he arrived was the Woolsey Pride Fort and property. Woolsey Pride and his family moved farther up the White River to settle in the Highbanks area.

"Smith built a palisade (stockade of logs stood on end} around the fort which was large enough to include the spring.

"Hosea Smith and White Oak Springs became the center focus of community life. Elections and community meetings were held at his home. The first Post Office in Pike County was located at White Oak Springs with Hosea as the Postmaster. It operated until 1823 when a new one was established in Petersburg.

"Smith’s fort was also the place settlers from the surrounding area came to for protection when the Indians were restless. Few actual accounts of life during this time period are found except from Hosea Smith’s letters to his family back in North Carolina. On June 22, 1812, he wrote:

"We have had in the spring, some time in April, a considerable alarm by the Indians killing a family up the Wabash which caused 12 families of upward 100 to move, the inhabitants thought they were going to war. One man killed about 25 miles up White River from here. That and many false reports caused the inhabitants in our settlement together and build blockhouses.

"Three companies of Rangers are kept constantly out but they say they can’t be found any sign of Indians. It is thought they have moved back or gone to Canada to the English."

"On April 8, 1813, he wrote:

"The Indians on the frontiers have killed several people but none near our settlement. We still live in hopes we are not in danger. Preparations are daily in the making ….. "

"In a letter to his father-in-law, Silas HARRELL, on June 9, 1813, he wrote:

"….. the prospect of danger with the Indians have as yet not been so alarming as might be expected. There was one man killed about 40 miles from this place and some horses stole 20 miles from us. The neighborhood in general appears to be quite satisfied about the danger of the Indians as there are strong stations of Rangers at different places."

"Hosea was a farmer, surveyor and Justice of the Peace. Many of the earlier marriages which occurred in Pike County were officiated by him. As a surveyor, his services were in demand. He surveyed Petersburg as well as Jasper and Portersville. His services were also used in Gibson, Dubois and Knox Counties.

"By standards of his day, Hosea SMITH was a wealthy man. A household listed the following:

"All the cattle and hogs in my mark; all the beds and bed clothing; all the pot metal and kitchen furniture; 3 axes; 1 clock; 1 walnut desk; 2 tables; 1-2 chairs; 2 trunks; 1 loom; gears of harness; all of flax and spinning wheels; all my books; all my deft ware and tin and pewter with knives; and forks and grindstones and tools; bacon and hogs lard and all the crops of corn; and wheat nown in the house and growing; 2 head of horses one called Ball and the other Bonaparte; all the plows and gears and all the hoes."

"On December 2 1, 1816, the General Assembly of Indiana approved an act for the formation of a new county, to be called Pike. Five special commissioners were appointed to select a site for the county seat. Hosea SMITH, in the hopes that his site would be chosen, had already laid out the proposed town of Alexandria. He was so positive that the site would be selected that he advertised it in the Western Sun newspaper in Vincennes. The ad read as follows:

• "This town is laid out in a liberal plan and convenient form as it respects streets, alleys and with a spacious public square. It is most delightfully situated on elevated ground, (at White Oak Springs, Gibson County) on a sandy soil, which is pleasant and agreeable even in wet seasons. It is situated one and a half miles from White River, where is an elegant situation for a warehouse, and 5 miles below the forks of the river (East Fork and West Fork of White River), from Princeton 23 miles, from Vincennes 20 miles, from the Mudholes (Portersville) 20 miles and 50 miles from which place a good road may be had on high ground…"

"The newly elected commissioners, Paul TISLOW, James CAMPBELL and Harrison BLACKGRAVE met at the home of Hosea SMITH on February 10, 1817, to organize the new county. The commissioners decided to select a site for the county seat which later became known as Petersburg. The 112 acres of land for the county seat were donated by by Peter BRENTON, Henry MILEY, Sr., Henry MILEY, Jr., and John COONROD.

"Hosea SMITH was paid $16 per year for the use of his home as the County Courthouse in 1817. His love of the land in the new Territory he made home can be noted in the many letters he wrote to family members as he pleaded for them to join him. He wrote:

"In this neighborhood there is land a plenty not entered, and the richest I ever beheld, and as for stock it is one of the finest places that is to be found. I am in hopes in time to see some from thee’s parts. I am satisfied they might better themselves if they had not one dollar after getting here."

"In June 1845, as he wrote of his wife’s death he stated with pride:

"She lived at White Oak Springs 35 years and 17 days."

"Hosea SMITH was born in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, on November 5, 1773, and died on November 1, 1846. His wife, Huldah (Harrell) SMITH, was born in Nancemond County, Virginia, on April 2, 1774 and died on June 22, 1845. Both Hosea and Huldah are buried on a hill near the site of the old White Oak Springs Fort in the Smith Cemetery (The first recorded burial in Smith Cemetery was 1843; the last was in 1914.) along with many of their descendants and other family members."

01 Sep 1810, Estate: Jasper Co., Georgia – William Hill

Exhibit 83-C In September 1, 1810 Needham Bryant was listed among buyers at the estate sale of William Hill. Other buyers were William Foreman and Isaac Hill. Lydia Hill was administrator of the estate.

6 Feb 1813, Deed: Bryant to Pugh (Verbatim–see Bertie Court Book V p. 820)

Exhibit 83-D This Indenture made on the 6th day of February 1813 between Needham Bryan of Bertie County & State of North Carolina of the one part; & William Pugh of the County & State aforesaid of the other part, Witnesseth that the said Needham Bryan for & in consideration of the sum of four hundred Dollars to him in hand paid. The Receipt whereof is hereby fully acknowledged; hath Granted Bargained & sold to the said William Pugh a certain tract or parcel of Land situate lying & being in Bertie County lying on Rocquist Pocoson, Beginning at a Pine in Silus Smith’s line where sd. Bryan’s Pasture fence runs across his land to Whitmell H. Pugh’s line, thence along sd. cross fence to a White oak & red oak in Whitmell H. Pugh’s lines, thence along his line to Silus Smith’s line, thence along his line to the first station containing Forty Acres more or less.

To have and hold the said tract or parcel of Land to him and his heirs forever; & it is further agreed & covenanted between the parties that the Sd. Needham Bryan & his heirs Shall Warrant & defend the title of sd. Land to the Sd. Wm Pugh & his heirs forever, against the lawful claim of all and every person whatsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto affix my hand & seal this the day & date above written. Needham Bryant (SEAL) (Note: Very pretty handwriting) Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of:

Whit. H. Pugh Augusttin Pugh State of North Carolina Feby Term 1813 Bertie County Court. This Deed from Needham Bryant to William Pugh was proved in open Court by the Oath of Whitmell H. Pugh one of the Subscribing Witnesses thereto – ordered to be registered Teste Sol. Cherry Jun.

Note: Dower Rights were not in effect at this date; therefore, Needham’s wife would not have been required to sign this document.

Also, it is interesting to note that Mrs. Jennet Pugh was the widow of Thomas Whitmell Pugh and before her marriage, Jennet Bryan, daughter of Edward Bryan and wife Martha West, the latter being the daughter of Thomas West and wife, Martha Blount; Jennet Bryan’s first husband had been Hardy Hill. A William Pugh died leaving a will in Bertie in 1809 in which he names sons Thomas, Augustin and Whitmell Hill Pugh and Henry and James Pugh.

Various Dates, Superior Court: Jasper County – Foreman vs. Bryant

Exhibit 83-E Isaac Foreman vs Needham Bryant Jasper County Court

On the face of the document it reads: "Served the defft. with a true Copy from the original

June 7th 1814 Robert Owen, Sheriff

(Note::written at a 90 degree angle, just below the above is as follows:

"We the Jury find for the Plaintiff two hundred Dollars with Cost of Court. ? Luchie???, Foreman)

"To the sheriff of the said County Greetings:

The defendant is hereby required in person or by his attorney to be and appear at the next Superior Court to be held in and aforesad County on the third Monday in August next then and there to answer the demands of the plaintiff in action of Tresspass on the Coiset?? To his damage One thousand dollars as in default thereof the Court will procede thereon as to Justice Shall appertain.

Witness the honorable Stephen W. Harris, Judge of said Court March 9th 1814."

(Note: Next page reads as follows:)

"Georgia Jasper County

Foreman, Isaac vs Needham Bryant

To the Honoable the Superior Court in said County:

This petition of Isaac Foreman Sheweth That Needham Bryant of said County has injured and damaged you petitioner in the sum of one thousand Dollars fot that whereas on the first day of November in the year of Eighteen hundred and twelve Your petitioner had two negroes, towit, one negro man slave named Joe and one negro woman Slave named Alce both the property of your petitioner who run away from the House and plantation of of your petitioner and lay out & kept and continues to lay out as aforesaid until the first day of February in the year Eighteen hundred and thirteen during the whole of which time the said two Negroes Joe and Alce were harbored concealed and supported by the said Needham Bryant he well Knowing at the time he so Harbored the said Negroes that they were run away and were then lying off from home and that they were the property of your petitioner, all which actings & doings of him the said Foreman your petitioner requested him to cease & abstain from, which he refused to do but continued to Harbor, Conceal & Support the said Negroes the aforenamed in ???? length of time Contrary to the law of the laws against the peace and dignity of said State and to the great damage of your petitioner One thousand dollars.

Wherefore he prays process may serve requiring the same Needham Bryant in person or by Attorney to him and appear at the next Superior Court in Jasper County to answer your petitioner in an action of Tresspass on May 7th 1814. Thomas W. Harris, Ptff atty

February Term 1816

Whereupon it is Considered by the Court that the plaintiff do recover of the defendant the sum of Two hundred for his damages and the further Sum of Twelve dollars & fifty Cents for his Cost in this behalf Case out & expended and the Dept in Mercy ??

Thomas W. Harris, Plffs atty

Georgia Jasper County:

Recorded in Clerk’s Office Superior Court in Book D pages 155-627 March of 1816.

John Willson, Clk.

(Note: after reading the above, we can begin to believe that Needham Bryant was a kind and loving person to have placed himself in such risk as to harbor two runaway slaves. It seems reasonable to assume that these two slaves, Joe and Alce, knew Needham Bryant in the past. They probably knew he would give them shelter, too. My first thought is, "Where and how were they acquainted with Needham?"

The answer came to me when I learned the Bryant family had been neighbors to the Foremans for generations. This took me to Bertie Co. and Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, Records.

It appears that Needham released the two slaves 1 Feb 1813 which would be about the time he returned to his former home of Bertie Co., North Carolina. Five days later, he is selling part of his property to William Pugh. It seems doubtful that Needham ever appeared but was probably represented by an attorney as he was already back in Bertie County, North Carolina.

1 Jun 1815, Deed: Bertie Co. Court Book W Page 375 – Bryant to Smith

Exhibit 83-F Probably the last thing Needham Bryant did in Bertie Co., North Carolina was to sell the last remaining part of the land he had inherited from his father, Michael Bryant. This transaction follows:

"State of North Carolina, Bertie County: This Indenture made the first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen between Needham Bryant and Abraham Smith both of the county & State aforesaid; Witnesseth that the said Needham for and in consideration of the Sum of Five hundred eighteen Dollars to him in hand paid by the Said Abraham, doth hereby sell & convey to him the Said Abraham a certain Tract or parcel of Land situate lying and being in Bertie County bounded & butted as follows:

"Beginning at William Pugh’s corner in Silas Smith’s line, thence along Sd. line North forty seven East twenty four pole to a Spring, thence North forty four East forty six pole to a forked white oak, thence North Eighty pole to a pine in or near Smith’s old line, thence along his line North eighty East Eighty-two pole to a pine The old patent corner standing on little Roquist Swamp, thence South thirty East twenty six pole to a gum standing on the East side of said swamp being John Ruffin’s corner, thence along his line being the swamp, South five West Sixty-one pole, thece South twenty five east one hundred and Eighty pole to Ruffin’s other line, thence South Eighty West Sixty six pole to a poplar in Docr. Pugh’s line, thence along his line to a red & chestnut oak being William Pugh’s corner on Sd. line, and from thence along Wm Pugh’s line to the first station, containing One hundred three acres be the same more or less:

"And he the Said Needham doth forever Warrant the title of the said Land to the sd. Abraham his heirs & Asigns against the lawful claim or claims of all and every person or persons whatsoever, fully conveying to him his Heirs & Asigns his whole right, title & Interest to the said tract of Land, bounded & butted as aforesaid. In witness whereof the said Needham hath hereunto placed his hand & seal the (????) & date aforesaid.

Needham Bryant (Seal)

Signed Sealed & delivered in the presence of:

Whitmell H. Pugh, William Hollowell

State of North Carolina Aug Term Bertie County Court: This Deed from Needham Bryant to Abraham Smith was proved in open Court by the Oath of William Hollowell one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be registered.

Teste: Sol. Cherry Jun. Clerk

Note: To help identify people mentioned in the above deed, records show that Silas Smith left a will (1829) and names Thomas Starkey, son of Ebenezer Starkey, and his own son, Abraham Smith and others.

2 Sep 1815, Estate Records: Gibson Co., Indiana – Page Coleman Estate

Exhibit 83-G After selling his property in Bertie Co., North Carolina, 1 Jun 1815, Needham BRYANT, along with other North Carolinians, set out for Indiana Territory. Needham Bryant, a wife and one child arrived in Gibson Co., Indiana Territory by late summer of 1815 when records show him buying some household goods at the estate sale of Page COLEMAN. Needham Bryant bought one pale and six tin cups, chairs, one heifer, and five breeding sows.

Page Coleman, at the time of his death, lived in the "Rocky Ford" area east of Petersburg, where the "Gil Hodges" Memorial Bridge crosses White River. Of course, today, this would be in Pike County, but at the time Needham Bryant attended the sale, it was Gibson Co., Indiana Territory. Appraisers: Ashberry Alexander, James Brenton, James Lindsey, and David Parks.

Buyers: Isaac Alexander, Jacob Beck, Henry Brenton, Peter Brenton, Nedom Bryant, John Chambers, Daniel Coleman, Francis Coleman, John Coleman, Henry Coleman, Page Coleman, William Coleman, William Crayton, George Davidson, George Davison, John Davison, Arthur Harbison, James Harrell, Jeremiah Kinman, Samuel Lane, Thomas Little, Thomas Milburn, Henson Moore, James Poor, Woolsey Pride, John Risley, Paul Tislow, James Walker, Richard White, Samuel N. Wilson, and Walter Wilson.

Let us go back in time and maybe it will help us understand other reasons Needham Bryant chose to bring his young wife and child to Indiana Territory. North Carolinians basically settled this part of the country.

Indiana Territory Organized

"The Territory of Indiana was organized by Act of Congress May 7, 1800. The seat of government was fixed as Vincennes. May 13, 1800, William Henry Harrison, a native of Virginia, was appointed Governor of this new territory, and on the next day John Gibson, a native of Pennsylvania and a distinguished Western pioneer, was appointed Secretary of the Territory.

"Michigan Territory was taken from it in 1805. Then, in 1809 Congress erected the Territory of Illinois which took all of that part of Indiana Territory lying west of the Wabash River and a direct line drawn from the river and Post Vincennes due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada."

Indian Treaties

It was during the next few years that Harrison obtained several treaties with the Shawnee Indian Tribes of the area. When some of the Indians failed to abide by these treaties, war erupted which ended with the Battle of Tippecanoe 7 November 1811. This assured peace for a short while until 18 June 1812 when the United States declared war against Great Britain and joining ranks with the British, the Indians became troublesome, once again.

Gibson Co., Indiana Territory

Gibson County was formed from Knox County, Indiana Territory in 1813. This was the boundary lines as they were two years. later, when Needham Bryant and his family arrived at their new home on the great western frontier.

Indiana Becomes a State

Indiana became a State in 1816. Pike County was taken off Gibson and Warrick Counties 21 Dec 1816 and its effective date of organization was set for 1 Feb 1817. Pike was the first county to be organized after Indiana became a state, being named in honor of General Zebulin Montgomery Pike, who had discovered Pike’s Peak four years, earlier.

On 10 Feb 1817 the first commissioners met at the home of Hosea Smith, and organized the new county. They divided it into four townships: Madison, Washington, Jefferson, and one called Harbinson which included most of what is now Dubois County, a small additional areas now belonging to Martin and Perry Counties.

In Retrospect – White Oak Springs

For a brief span between 1807 and 1814, the most populous and the most important settlement on the Buffalo Trace in Indiana Territory from Louisville to Vincennes was White Oak Springs. This was a fort within a stockade on high ground directly beside the Trace in White River Township of Knox County. It was about one mile west of the present Pike County courthouse at Petersburg, Indiana and about one day’s journey from Vincennes. Because of its accessible location and its safe and commodious arrangements, the fort served as a hostel for travelers to and from the territorial capital.

The White Oak Springs settlement had its beginnings between 1800 and 1807, when a little group of families clustered about the Fort on adjacent quarter sections of land on both sides of the Trace. and continues to this day. The families that comprised the community of White Oak springs before 1810 were: The Tislow, Coonrod, Miley and Coleman families who were German and came more or less directly from Pennsylvania. The Brenton and Arnold families, came from Virginia with stopovers in Kentucky. Woolsey Pride, the owner of the Fort was from North Carolina.

New Leaders on the Way

"New life and new leadership were soon coming from North Carolina, leaving there in April 1810. These were resourceful men of will and disposition to make "the Ohio country," and as it turned out, White Oak Springs, their sphere of future influence and action. Not even such worthies as Woolsey Pride, James Brenton, or Henry Brenton could hope to maintain a monopoly of prestige in the presence of Hosea Smith, Moses Harrell, and Job Chappell.

"For they it was, with families and friends to the number of twenty, who arrived at White Oak Springs in June, 1810, the vanguard of a migration which continued for over a decade, and literally transplanted a population from the piney groves and coastal swamps of the Albemarle Sound to the hardwood forests and productive virgin soils of the White River Valley.

"The company of Messrs. Smith, Harrell, Chappell and others, was thought to be from Perquimans Co., North Carolina, and comprised a representative group of its interrelated families. A list of those who are known to have completed the journey to White Oak Springs follows:

Hosea Smith (b. 1773 in Pasquotank Co., NC)

Mrs. Hosea Smith, (Hulda (Harrell) Wilson, widow of Jonathan Wilson, b. 1774 in Nansemond Co., VA)

Theophila Smith (12 years old, b. Perquimans Co., NC)

Henry Smith (8 years old, b. in Perquimans Co., NC)

Onias Smith (5 years old. b. in Perquimans Co., NC)

Stanton Lamb (8 years old, son of Hosea Smith’s widowed sister, Lovey (Smith) Lamb)

Moses Harrell (unmarried; b. 1789 in Nansemond Co., VA)

Jasons Harrell (unmarried; brother to Mrs. Hosea Smith; d. 1823 at White Oak Springs.)

Joab Chappell (b. 1781 in Perquimans Co., NC)

Mrs. Joab Chappell (Elizabeth Elliott, b. 1787)

Peninah Chappell (1 year old)

Gausby Elliott (did not remain at White Oak Springs.)

Jacob Price (d. 1814 at White Oak Springs)

"Hosea Smith was an earnest believer in divine guidance, and his arrival in 1810 must have confirmed his faith in the wisdom of the Almighty. He felt an affinity for the place from the moment he laid eyes on it. It evoked his pride and devotion as if endowed with personality. He reached his destination 5 Jun 1810 and on 14 June 1810, he wrote to his brother, John Smith:

"I can inform thee now that I have got home… I have purchased Land at this place called the White Oak Springs…. I like the Land the best I ever saw ….."

"Hosea Smith urged his friends and relatives in North Carolina to come, saying:

"...they might better themselves if they had not one Dollar after getting hear"

"Hosea Smith wrote in November 1810:

• "There hath abundance of people moved in this fall. Travellers from all parts seem to be moving daily. some to Plattoker (Patoka River), some over the Wabash on the Donation, some on busroe (Busron) settlement (North of Vincennes), an abundance to the new purchase, and a number over the Mississippi and some to the Misseory to St. Lewis and different parts."

Hosea Smith was a surveyor, and the services of no profession were more needed. Government surveys completed in 1805 were marked by mile posts and blazed bearing the line trees, into sections and quarter sections, but in no smaller tracts. Moreover, "county towns" were to be laid out in the near future, of which Hosea Smith was to lay out at least three, Portersville, Petersburg, and Jasper.

First Settlers South Of the Patoka River

Historians are a bit foggy about the names of the first settlers south of the Patoka River; however, they all agree it was about 1815. This was when the first record of Needham Bryant appears at a sale of Page Coleman’s estate. Personally, I feel, but can’t prove it, that Needham Bryant was an educated man, perhaps a preacher. I further believe he settled in the neighborhood of the "Sugar Ridge Road" north of Winslow. The 1820 Census gives a pretty good idea who those early settlers were.

1820 Federal Census of Jefferson Twp., Pike Co., Indiana

Exhibit 83 H The next record of Needham Bryant and his family so far uncovered in Pike County. The 1820 Federal Census of Jefferson Township., Pike Co., Indiana, shows Needham BRYANT as head of a household as follows:

Needham Bryant over 45 years (born before 1775)

female 16-26 (1794-1804) This would be Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant

female under 10 (1810-1820) This would be Nancy Bryant

male under 10 (1810-1820) This would be Jesse Bryant

male under 10 (1810-1820) This would be James Bryant (g-grandpa)

Note the wide difference in the ages of husband and wife. Needham Bryant remained single longer than the average male of that day, perhaps to assist an ailing mother, who he lived with in 1800 at Bertie Co., North Carolina. I don’t have any idea of his true date of birth; however, the best evidence suggests 1774..

Jefferson Township covered the entire eastern third of Pike County extending from the White River on the north, Washington Township on the west, Dubois County on the east, and to the Warrick County line on the south. At the time, Jefferson Township encompassed all of present Jefferson, Marion, and Lockhart Townships. Some of the nearest neighbors were: William Ballard, Samuel McDill, James B. McGarragh, William Conder, Conrad LeMasters, James Baty, Alexander Slater, Samuel Slater, John Greenway, George Taylor, William Scales, A. Killis Booker, Robert C. Johnson, Philip Coffee, and Eleanor Ashby on one side and William Dedman, Michael Kime, Elijah Dedman, John Wyatt, Henry Coleman, Abraham Spain, James Hedges, Warner Ashby, H. Vaughn, Nicholas Hardin, Samuel Dedman, John Chambers, Thomas Jeffries, George Sawyers, and Philip Likes on the other side.

In 1820 an order was passed by the board of Pike County Commissioners creating a new township to be called Monroe. The commissioners in this case were Moses Horrell, Peter Brenton and Jesse Traylor. The work was to be done by William Black and Henry Coleman. The order said it should be marked by a "line east and west three miles south of the principal (sic) meridian (baseline) to include the whole of the county."

This line was established and crossed the county from east to west at a point about a mile and a half north of Winslow. Everything to the south of that line in 1830 was said to be in Monroe County.

__ ___ 1830, Census: Monroe Township, Pike Co., Indiana

Exhibit 83-J 1830 Federal Census of Monroe Twp., Pike Co., Indiana

It is my assumption here, that Needham Bryant died, either late in 1829, or early in 1830 and by the time the census taker arrived, his widow, "Polly" Bryant was listed as head of the household with eight children. Looking at his past records, Needham BRYANT was not the kind of man to abandon his wife and eight children. That gives me reason to think he died before this census was taken even though no estate records, or property ownership, in Pike County.

During the course of my North Carolina research Cathy Farris called my attention to some "Bastardy Bond Records" kept by the Bertie County Court. There was a record here for a Needham BRYANT shortly after 1830; however, my investigation reveals, in my opinion, this Needham to be a son of Lewis BRYANT.

There is another record in Georgia concerning a will for a Needham BRYANT which might possibly be my Needham. Lea Dowd has promised to check this out for me.

Apparently, Needham was a squatter in Pike County. This was common because good land was so plentiful and unsettled. Most squatters had intentions of buying the land on which they lived; however, it seems Needham never got around to it. His oldest son, Jesse BRYANT, bought the location from the U.S. Government Land Office at Vincennes after Needham's death.

Polly Bryant 30-40 (1790-1800)

female 15-20 (1810-1815) This would be Nancy Bryant

male 10-15 (1815-1820) This would be Jesse Bryant

male 10-15 (1815-1820) This would be James Bryant (my g-grandpa)

male 5-10 (1820-1825) This would be John Bryant

female 5-10 (1820-1825) This would be Elizabeth Bryant

female 5-10 (1820-1825) This would be Mary Ann Bryant

male 0-5 (1825-1830) This would be Harrison Bryant

male 0-5 (1825-1830) This would be William Thomas Bryant

Our story does not end with Needham Bryant’s death. We will follow the life of his widow and my great-great grandma, Mary "Polly" Ann (Bryant) Bryant.

16 Mar 1831, Marriage Records in the courthouse at Petersburg.

Exhibit 83-K reveals than Nancy Bryant, daughter of Needham Bryant and Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant, married Daniel Risley 16 Mar 1831.

18 Jan 1835, Marriage Records in the courthouse at Petersburg.

Exhibit 83-L reveals Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant, widow of Needham Bryant, married (2) Solomon Brewster at Pike Co., Indiana, 18 Jan 1835.

Note: Was Needham dead by this date? Did he abandon his family in Indiana and return to Bertie Co., North Carolina?

Action: Obtain copy of original document and see if "Polly" is called "widow".

08 Feb 1836, Marriage Records in the Warrick Co., Courthouse at Boonville.

Exhibit 83-M reveals that Jesse Bryant, son of Needham Bryant and Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant, married Ellen Scott, daughter of Samuel Scott 8 Feb 1836.

27 Apr 1837, U.S Land Office Records: Vincennes Office.

Exhibit 83-N reveals that Jesse Bryant purchased land located in Township 1 South, Range 8 West Section 25. This land is located on the south side of Sugar Ridge Road and contains the Hedges Cemetery. When I walk in the footsteps of the 1820 Census Taker, this land fits where his father lived in 1820. It appears that Needham Bryant never got around to buying the land on which the family lived upon reaching Indiana Territory in 1815. There may have been a church here in the earliest Pioneer Days which fosters my speculation that Needham Bryant came here as a preacher. In the southernmost part of Patoka Twp., in the present community of Augusta, there was a pioneer church called, "Bryant’s Chapel." The only thing left to mark this location is an old Pioneer Cemetery, now called "Old Augusta Cemetery" where many of the Scott Family members are buried. Thus far, I have never found any records in regards to "Bryant Chapel" other than its location on an 1889 Atlas.

Lea Dowd wrote, "I happened to be in the Muscogee Co., GA Court House killing time before seeing a judge, so I was browsing an old Minute Book.

Minute Book 1838-1861

P. 10 Jan 1839

Martha B. Bryant, Adm. of Needham Bryan, dec'd now Martha B. Ruffin has committed waste and removed w/out the limits of Georgia. Uriah Helms and Fielding Sharp released from sureties."

Note: Is this our Needham? He had a sister named Martha Bryant who married William Ruffin.

Action: Obtain original documents concerning administration of Needham Bryan, deceased.

26 Nov 1839, Marriage Records in the courthouse at Petersburg.

Exhibit 83-P reveals that Elizabeth Briant, daughter of Needham Bryant and Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant married Samuel Chapman in Pike County. They moved and lived in Knox Co., Indiana.

__ ___ 1838, Commissioner: Pike County – Civil Division

Exhibit 83-Q reveals in 1838 the commissioners ordered Patoka Township to be set off from Monroe. The township took its name from the Patoka River that traversed that township.

__ ___ 1840, Census: Monroe Twp., Pike Co., Indiana

Exhibit 83-R reveals Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant living with her new husband on his farm located about a mile north of Winslow, Indiana, where Sugar Ridge Road intersects Hwy, 61. One of her boys and my great grandfather, James Bryant, still unmarried, lived alone on the old Needham Bryant cabin. Brother, Jesse Bryant’s family living next door. Both these homes were within a mile of the Brewster farm.

Jesse Bryant 20-29 (1811-1820)

female 20-29 (1811-1820) This would be Ellen Scott

female 0-5 (1835-1840) Unknown daughter

female 0-5 (1835-1840) Unknown daughter

 

James Bryant 20-29 (1811-1820) (This is my gr-grandpa living alone.)

 

Solomon Brewster 30-40 (1800-1810)

female 40-50 (1790-1800) This would be Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant

male 15-20 (1820-1825) This would be John Bryant

female 10-15 (1825-1830) This would be Mary Ann Bryant

male 10-15 (1825-1830) This would be Harrison Bryant

male 5-10 (1830-1835) This would be William Thomas Bryant

male 0-5 (1835-1840) This would be Willis Brewster

male 0-5 (1835-1840) This would be Albert Brewster

You can see that Solomon Brewster is younger than Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant. This is a big switch after being married to Needham who was much older than she. You can also see a new crop of children coming on.

14 Oct 1840, Marriages: Pike Co., Indiana, Bryant & Farrell

Exhibit 83-S As the Brewster children increased the size of the family, the Bryant children began to leave. For instance, the Pike County marriage records show Mary Ann Bryant, daughter of Needham Bryant and Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant married William Farrell 14 Oct 1840.

21 Jul 1842, Marriages: Pike Co., Indiana, Bryant & Scott

Exhibit 83-T shows that my great grandfather, James Bryant, son of Needham Bryant and Mary "Polly" Ann Bryant, married my great grandmother, Margaret Scott, daughter of Samuel Scott and Ellen Connor 21 July 1742.

22 Jul 1848, Marriages: Pike Co., Indiana, Bryant & Scott

Exhibit 83-U shows another Bryant child, the youngest of Needham Bryant’s children, William Thomas Bryant, married Elizabeth Bee 22 July 1848.

__ ___ 1850, Census: Pike Co., Indiana

Exhibit 83-V 1850 Federal Census of Pike Co., Indiana

Monroe Township

James Bryant born 1818 in Indiana (This is my gr-grandpa)

Margaret Bryant born 1825 in Indiana

Harriet Bryant born 1843 in Indiana

Susan Bryant born 1845 in Indiana

Zachariah Bryant born 1849 in Indiana

By the time, of the 1850 Census, there was only one Bryant child left in the Brewster household.

Jefferson Township

Solomon Brewster born 1809 in Kentucky

Polly Brewster born 1797 in Georgia

Harrison Bryant born 1832 in Indiana (Date is in error – he was born 6 May 1828)

Willis Brewster born 1835 in Indiana

Albert Brewster born 1837 in Indiana

Jason Brewster born 1842 in Indiana

Redman Brewster born 1842 in Indiana

Jesse Bryant and his brother, John Bryant, along with some of the Scott families picked up stakes in Pike County. It is believed they migrated further westward into Iowa. The reason I believe this comes from the fact that James Bryant and his family were in the state of Iowa from late 1852 until just before 1857. It was then, that James Bryant returned to Pike County with his family. One child was born while in Iowa.

__ ___ 1852, Commissioner: Pike County – Civil Division

Exhibit 83-W reveals in 1852 the commissioners ordered Lockhart Township to be set off from Monroe. The township was named in honor of Judge Lockhart.

4 Oct 1854, Land Grant: James Bryant

Exhibit 83-X is a grant issued by the Land Office at Vincennes, Indiana, located in Township 3 South, Range 7 West in Section 22. (This is located in present Lockhart Township in Pike County.)

__ Sep 1857, Commissioner: Pike County – Civil Division

Exhibit 83-Y Marion Township Formed. The commissioners at their September term in 1857 divided Patoka Township in half. The southern half became Marion Township.

__ ___ 1860, Federal Census of Pike Co., Indiana

Exhibit 83-Z shows some (there are others) family members living in Pike Co., Indiana

Patoka Township

James Bryant born 1819 in Indiana (This is my gr-grandpa)

Margaret Bryant born 1824 in Indiana

Harriet Bryant born 1843 in Indiana

Susan Bryant born 1845 in Indiana

Zachariah Bryant born 1849 in Indiana

Henry Bryant born 1851 in Indiana

Matilda Bryant born 1853 in Iowa (My favorite gr-aunt visited often)

Sarah J. Bryant born 1857 in Indiana

Mary A. Bryant born 1860 in Indiana (This is my grandma)

Jefferson Township

Solomon Brewster born 1804 in Kentucky

Mary A. Brewster born 1797 in Georgia

Jason B. Brewster born 1842 in Indiana

Redman R. Brewster born 1842 in Indiana

Josiah B. Chapman born 1852 in Indiana (orphan grandchild – son of Elizabeth Bryant)

__ Apr 1870, Federal Census: Mary Ann Brewster – death

Exhibit 2-A shows that great-great grandma died within the year.

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