1838 Founder-Bryant Station
1840 Indian Agent-Little River
1841-1845 Texas Ranger
1848 Milam County Commissioner
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRYANT (1800-1857), early settler and participant in the battle of San Jacinto, was born in Georgia on March 15, 1800. He married Roxana Price on December 20, 1820 in South Carolina. In 1829 Benjamin petitioned the state of Georgia to legitimize his son William Parker (son of Benjamin Bryant and Rebecca Parker). In 1831 while living in Georgia he and Rebecca were accused of adultery. He moved both families (Roxana and Rebecca along with their children) to Texas in 1834 and settled on Palo Gaucho Bayou in Sabine County.
In March 1836 he recruited and was elected captain of a company of volunteers that joined the main Texas army at Bernardo on March 29, 1836. After participating in the battle of San Jacinto, Bryant built a fort called Bryant Station on Little River, where he spent his life protecting the frontier from the Indians. In 1845 he built a home near the fort; in it he and his wife, Roxana (Price), lived the remainder of their lives. Bryant died on March 4, 1857. He and Roxana were originally buried in the rose garden near their home but their bodies were reinterred in the State Cemetery at Austin in 1931. Rebecca Parker is buried at an unknown location.
Children of Benjamin and Roxana Price: Jesse Bryant, Mary Frances Bryant Murray Raney, Barney Strickland “Bud” Bryant, Jane Elizabeth Bryant McKay, Susan Evelyn Bryant Blankenship, and Louisa Melvina Bryant Early Miers.
Children of Benjamin and Rebecca Parker: William Bryant, Napoleon Lafayette Bryant, Susan Bryant (died about age 10), Amanda Anna Bryant Bryant Fetterly, Eliza Ann Bryant Blankenship, Samuel Houston Bryant, and Rebecca Bryant Peters.
1838 Founder-Bryant Station
1840 Indian Agent-Little River
1841-1845 Texas Ranger
1848 Milam County Commissioner
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRYANT (1800-1857), early settler and participant in the battle of San Jacinto, was born in Georgia on March 15, 1800. He married Roxana Price on December 20, 1820 in South Carolina. In 1829 Benjamin petitioned the state of Georgia to legitimize his son William Parker (son of Benjamin Bryant and Rebecca Parker). In 1831 while living in Georgia he and Rebecca were accused of adultery. He moved both families (Roxana and Rebecca along with their children) to Texas in 1834 and settled on Palo Gaucho Bayou in Sabine County.
In March 1836 he recruited and was elected captain of a company of volunteers that joined the main Texas army at Bernardo on March 29, 1836. After participating in the battle of San Jacinto, Bryant built a fort called Bryant Station on Little River, where he spent his life protecting the frontier from the Indians. In 1845 he built a home near the fort; in it he and his wife, Roxana (Price), lived the remainder of their lives. Bryant died on March 4, 1857. He and Roxana were originally buried in the rose garden near their home but their bodies were reinterred in the State Cemetery at Austin in 1931. Rebecca Parker is buried at an unknown location.
Children of Benjamin and Roxana Price: Jesse Bryant, Mary Frances Bryant Murray Raney, Barney Strickland “Bud” Bryant, Jane Elizabeth Bryant McKay, Susan Evelyn Bryant Blankenship, and Louisa Melvina Bryant Early Miers.
Children of Benjamin and Rebecca Parker: William Bryant, Napoleon Lafayette Bryant, Susan Bryant (died about age 10), Amanda Anna Bryant Bryant Fetterly, Eliza Ann Bryant Blankenship, Samuel Houston Bryant, and Rebecca Bryant Peters.
Family Members
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Jesse Bryant
1821–1904
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Mary Frances Bryant Raney
1824–1882
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Barnett Strickland "Barney/Bud" Bryant
1830–1908
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Napoleon Lafayette Bryant
1831–1863
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Jane Elizabeth Bryant McKAY
1831–1896
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Amanda Bryant Fetterly
1835–1934
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Susan Evelyn Bryant Blankenship
1839–1915
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Eliza A Bryant Blankinship
1840–1900
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Louisa Melvina Bryant Miers
1842–1907
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Samuel Houston Bryant Sr
1842–1937
