Life History

Notes

• Some early lists of children of Daniel (Daniel John) and M (maybe Mary) Green listed one son named William Bryant Green.  It seems clear, now, with added information and more records now available and compared, that this was a misunderstanding of Fannie Green's husband, William Bryant.  Fannie was a daughter of Daniel John and M (maybe Mary) Green.  They had a son named William Bryant Green.
  
  An early genealogy reporting a list of the children stated that all the children received $77 as settlement of estate of Daniel Green according to Court records dated 8 Apr 1859, Hall County, Georgia.  This statement was found in an old genealogy that had the children of Daniel and Mary Green, with just this statement in the notes for most of the children.
  
  This is probably the reason William Bryant was mistaken as the first two names of a child of Daniel and Mary.  One of the children was named as William Bryant Green.
  
  We known now that this William Bryant was not William Bryant Green, but the husband of Daniel's daughter Fannie, William Bryant.  This was confirmed for me when I received a message from a descendant of Fannie giving some family details, including the identification of Fannie Green Bryant's son as Hardy Bryant.
  
  Georgia Marriages to 1850
  #759 Hall County, Georgia
  "License of William Bryant and Fanny Green returned solemnized 16th day of October 1832 - Joseph Dunagan, JJC"
  
  Other families reporting this family and the Bryant connection also report that Fannie's husband was one William Bryant.  This is supported by the 1850 and 1860 censuses, on which family researchers have commented on Ancestry.com, further strengthening the identification.  In the 1860 census, next door to William and Fanny is Hardy Bryant and his wife Winney G.  This Hardy Brant is age 26, matching a son of William.  He also had a brother name William Brant.
  
  At this age Hardy would be the oldest child on this census.  This matches the 1850 census, which reported all the children only by their initial.  The oldest child then was H Bryant, age 16.  In 1860, the oldest child still in William and Fanny's household is 22-year-old John.  S Bryant in 1850 is matched by Sanford Bryant, age 60 in 1860, in his own household near his parents and his brother Hardy.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 5 August, District 38, page (scan 338B), Hse/Fam #69
  William Bryant 41 M Farmer $400 Real Estate b SC Cannot read or write
  A Bryant 42 F b SC Cannot read or write
  H Bryant 16 M Laborer b Georgia
  S Bryant 14 F b Georgia
  J Bryant 10 M b Georgia
  M B Bryant 8 M b Georgia
  M Bryant 6 F b Georgia
  W Bryant 2 M b Georgia
  
  1860 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 6 June, District 575, PO Gainesville, page 10, Hse #77, Fam #69
  William Bryant 50 M Farmer $3000 Real Estate $1025 Personal born SC  Cannot read or write[b abt 1810]
  Fanny Bryant 52 F born SC  Cannot read or write[b abt 1808]
  John Bryant 22 M Farmer born Georgia  Cannot read or write[b abt 1838]
  Minor Bryant 20 M Farmer born Georgia  Cannot read or write[b abt 1840]
  Mary Bryant 14 F born GA [b abt 1846]
  William Bryant 10 F born Georgia [b abt 1850]
  Thomas Bryant 7 M born Georgia [b abt 1853]
  
  William and Fanny's two sons Hardy and Sanford are in the next two households on this page of the census.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 6 June, District 575, PO Gainesville, page 10, Hse #77, Fam #70
  Hardy Bryant 26 M Farmer $500 Personal born GA  Cannot read or write[b abt 1834]
  Winney E Bryant 20 F born GA  Cannot read or write[b abt 1840]
  
  1860 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia, 6 June, District 575, PO Gainesville, page 10, Hse #79, Fam #71
  Sanford Bryant 25 M Farmer $300 Personal born GA  Cannot read or write[b abt 1835]
  Jain [sic] Bryant 17 F born GA  Cannot read or write[b abt 1843]

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia
  • 5 August, District 38, page (scan 338B), Hse/Fam #69
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia
  • 6 June, Fork District, PO Gainesville, page 10, Hse #77, Fam #69
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia
  • 12 August, Fork District, PO Gainesville, page 209, Hse #1916, Fam #1784
• 4. Georgia Marriages to 1850
• 5. 1860 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia
  • 6 June, District 575, PO Gainesville, page 10, Hse #77, Fam #70
• 6. 1880 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia
  • 7 June, Fork District, Enumeration District 137, page 24, Hse/Fam #49
• 7. 1860 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia
  • 6 June, District 575, PO Gainesville, page 10, Hse #79, Fam #71
• 8. 1860 Federal Census, Hall County, Georgia
  • 6 June, District 575, PO Gainesville, page 10, Hse/Fam #69
• 9. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 10. 1870 United States Federal Census
  • Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
  • 12 August, Fork District, PO Gainesville, page 209, Hse #1916, Fam #1784