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William Reuben Bryant 1741 – 1834 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Jun 1741

Birth Location: Frederick, Brunswick County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1834

Death Location: Spartanburg,,South Carolina,USA

Father: William Colonel

Mother: Elizabeth (Bryant)

Spouse(s): Sarah Tolleson, Sarah Briant, Sallie Tolleson, Louisa Tolleson, Elizabeth Moore, Elizabeth Gray, Elizabeth Gray

Children(s): James Bryant, Francis Bryant, Ruth Bryant, William Bryant, Reuben Bryant, Judith Bryant, Judith Briant, Ruth Bryant, Ruth Bryant, James Bryant, James Bryant, Ann Bryant, Ann Bryant, Martha Bryant, Martha Bryant, Isham Bryant, Isham Bryant, Edith Bryant, Sarah Bryant, William Bryant, Johnston Bryant, Johnston Bryant, Eleanor Bryant, Sarah Bryant, Sarah Bryant, Sarah Bryant, Thomas Bryant, Thomas Bryant, Nancy Bryant, William Bryant, Nancy Briant, William Bryant, Nancy Bryant, John Bryant, James Bryant, Jasper Bryan, Sarah Bryant

According to available records, William Reuben Bryant Sr was born in 1741 in Frederick, Brunswick County, Virginia, USA, the child of William Benjamin Bryant, Colonel and Elizabeth Smith (Bryant). Following those early years, William Reuben Bryant Sr married Sarah (Sallie Millie) Tolleson, Sarah Briant, Sallie Tolleson, Louisa Tolleson, Elizabeth Moore, Elizabeth Gray and Elizabeth Gray, and their family grew to include James Richardson Bryant, Francis Bryant, Ruth Bryant, William Reuben Bryant, Reuben Bryant, Judith Bryant, Judith Briant, Ruth Bryant, Ruth Bryant, James Richardson Bryant, James Richardson Bryant, Ann Bryant, Ann Bryant, Martha Bryant, Martha Bryant, Isham Bryant, Isham Bryant, Edith Bryant, Sarah Frances Bryant, William Bryant, Johnston Bryant, Johnston Bryant, Eleanor "Nellie" Bryant, Sarah Frances Bryant, Sarah Frances Bryant, Sarah Frances Bryant, Thomas Bryant, Thomas Bryant, Nancy Polly Bryant, William F Bryant, Nancy "Polly" Briant, William Franklin 'Billie' Bryant, Nancy M Bryant, John Wesley Bryant, James Bryant, Jasper Bryan and Sarah Bryant. In the later years of life, William Reuben Bryant Sr died in 1834 in Spartanburg,,South Carolina,USA.

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Parents

William Colonel
1724 – 1781
Birth Location: Bertie, North Carolina, United States
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Elizabeth (Bryant)
1724 – 1793
Birth Location: Smithfield, Bertie, North Carolina, United States
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Tolleson
1742 – 1836
Birth Location: Pacolet, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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Sarah Briant
1737 – 1836
Birth Location: Pacolet, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States of America
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Sallie Tolleson
1737 – 1834
Birth Location: –
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Louisa Tolleson
1745 – 1830
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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Elizabeth Moore
1752 – 1778
Birth Location: Craven, North Carolina, United States
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Elizabeth Gray
1759 – 1839
Birth Location: Snowfield, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
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Elizabeth Gray
1759 – 1800
Birth Location: Snowfield Plantation, Lewiston Woodville Bertie Co, NC
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Children(s)

James Bryant
1744 – 1858
Birth Location: The Shoals, Anderson, South Carolina
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Francis Bryant
1760 – 1841
Birth Location: South Carolina, USA
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Ruth Bryant
1761 – 1840
Birth Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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William Bryant
1766 – 1863
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Reuben Bryant
1767 – 1863
Birth Location: Virginia
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Judith Bryant
1770 – 1851
Birth Location: Trough Shoals (now Pacolet Mills), South Carolina, USA
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Judith Briant
1770 – 1851
Birth Location: Gary Creek, Spartanburg, South Carolina,
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Ruth Bryant
1772 – 1851
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Ruth Bryant
1772 –
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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James Bryant
1774 – 2019
Birth Location: Trough, South Carolina
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James Bryant
1774 – 1858
Birth Location: Trough Shoals, Whitney, Spartanburg, South Carolina, UA
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Ann Bryant
1776 –
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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Ann Bryant
1776 –
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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Martha Bryant
1778 – 1854
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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Martha Bryant
1778 – 1854
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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Isham Bryant
1781 –
Birth Location: Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
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Isham Bryant
1781 –
Birth Location: Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
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Edith Bryant
1782 – 1851
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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Sarah Bryant
1783 – 1860
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
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William Bryant
1784 – 1830
Birth Location: Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
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Johnston Bryant
1785 – 1873
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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Johnston Bryant
1785 – 1873
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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Eleanor Bryant
1786 – 1876
Birth Location: South Carolina USA
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Sarah Bryant
1786 – 1860
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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Sarah Bryant
1786 – 1860
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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Sarah Bryant
1786 – 1860
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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Thomas Bryant
1788 – 1860
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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Thomas Bryant
1788 – 1818
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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Nancy Bryant
1790 – 1852
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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William Bryant
1790 – 1864
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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Nancy Briant
1790 – 1859
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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William Bryant
1790 – 1864
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
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Nancy Bryant
1790 –
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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John Bryant
1827 – 1862
Birth Location: –
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James Bryant
Birth Location: –
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Jasper Bryan
1800 – 1870
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Bryant
1805 – 1870
Birth Location: Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 17 Jun 1741
    Event Place: Frederick, Brunswick County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1762
    Event Place: Buncombe, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: Abt. 1765
    Event Place: Buncombe, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 20 October 1778
    Event Place: North

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1784
    Event Place: Johnston, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., State Census, 1784-1787

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 2 Aug 1790
    Event Place: Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Spartanburg, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 22; Family History Library Film: 0568151

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1794
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: U.S., Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1811, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784 to 1811

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1800
    Event Place: Spartanburg District, South Carolina
    Record Source: 1800 United States Federal Census, Year: 1800; Census Place: Spartanburg District, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 50; Page: 172; Image: 340; Family History Library Film: 181425

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 6 Aug 1810
    Event Place: Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1810 United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: 61; Page: 409; Image: Scm252_61-0353; FHL Roll: 0181420

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1818-1832
    Event Place: South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872, The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of t

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1820
    Event Place: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1820 United States Federal Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Page: 282; NARA Roll: M33_120; Image: 348

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1830
    Event Place: Davidson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, Year: 1830; Census Place: Davidson, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 174; Page: 257; Family History Library Film: 0024532

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1840
    Event Place: Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: 515; Page: 127; Family History Library Film: 0022511

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Dobbs, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: South Carolina, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1834
    Event Place: Spartanburg,,South Carolina,USA

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