Reddick O'Bryan: This digital photo copy was given to me by SHawk. He has the only original enhanced creation he made him self. The only photo I had was more of a shadow then a picture. I am proud to be able to see what Reddick looked like. Thanks SHawk!


Son of James Thomas O'Bryan and Sylvania Frances Copeland.

He married Elizabeth Bourland on 18 Feb 1815 in Hopkins County, KY, daughter of John Bourland, Jr. Rev. and Mary Loving.

Application for pension in War of 1812 in file in the National Archives in Washington D.C.


The Richland Baptist Church was formed on February 3, 1837.

During the 1830s the Highland Association of Baptists had become violently opposed to missionary effort and benevolent work, forbidding its member churches to perform any such work and persecuted those which did.

In 1837 four members of the Richland community broke away to form a new church. They were Reddick and Elizabeth O'Bryan and Isham and Sophia Slaton; who with the help of two ministers - John Bourland and Timothy Sisk - wrote the new church constitution.

The first pastor was John Bourland. The first Deacons were Reddick O'Bryan and John Slaton. The first baptisms were Emeline O'Bryan and Juliet Sanders.

In 1838 a tract of land was conveyed to the church on the Richland-Carbondale Road for a building. A second building was constructed in 1862; the third in 1947 on Highway 70.

Children of Reddick O'Bryan and Elizabeth Bourland are:

Florella O'Bryan
Joseph Redick O'Bryan
Slaton R. O'Bryan
Thomas L. O'Bryan
Emaline W. O'Bryan
Mary Lee Polly O'Bryan
Francis Silvany O'Bryan
James C. O'Bryan
John B. O'Bryan
Nancy O'Bryan
Elizabeth Betty O'Bryan
Baylis Irvin G. O'Bryan
Pearl Pernecia O'Bryan
Lucy Ann O'Bryan

This info is from The Bausell Family Kinfolk at Genealogy.com