[Research by Gene Bryant, who is a 3rd-great grandson of Tarlton Bryant, father of William Carson Bryant.]
William Carson Bryant died in Texas 22 years before I was born in 1941 near his birthplace in Tennessee. As a young boy in the 1940s, I remember his old homeplace along English Creek in Cocke County, owned at that time by Harmon and Maxie (Roberts) Fancher.
[Currently (in 2013) that property is owned by Maxie's grandson Mike Jarnigan. Maxie's great-great grandmother, Eve (Bryant) Hickey, was William Carson Bryant's half-sister. So, apparently, this land, as well as several adjoining properties, has remained with Bryant descendants since William and Eve's father settled there more than 2 centuries ago.]
William's parents were Tarlton Bryant and "Miss Allen" (full identify unknown). Tarlton married Miss Allen after his first wife, Jane Henry, died at an early age. What became of Miss Allen is unclear, as Tarlton raised William, their only child, as a single parent. William was a half-brother to 6 older siblings, one also named William (William Morris Bryant).
In 1859, William married Elizabeth Sisk (sister of my great-grandmother Sarah Sisk Bryant). All of their 8 children were born in Cocke County before the family moved to Collin County, Texas. William and his children, two of whom became medical doctors and another a dentist, and their offspring were/are prominent citizens in the McKinney-Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Soon after his marriage, William became a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. He was captured and imprisoned for 2 years in a Union camp in Indiana.
When William returned home in Tennessee after the war, he began a campaign to establish a tax-supported public school in the English Creek Community. Up until that time, William and other boys in the community were taught basic literacy and religion at a church school. William donated land to build Sardis School, a public school school my parents attended 6 decades later. The school burned in the 1930s and was replaced with English Creek Elementary School, which I attended (1947-55).
William's obituary, which I obtained in 2021, indicates that he served 12 years as an elected school board chairman.
1880 census data indicate at that time the Bryant's home was located at English Creek, Cocke Co., Tenn. William was 48; Elizabeth, 44; Austin, 20; William C., 17; Allen, 14; Sallie, 12; James L., 10; Laura, 8; Tilmon, 6, and Ida, 4. Bartlett, their youngest son, was born in 1880 after that year's census count.
By the turn of the century, most of William and Elizabeth's children and grandchildren were living in Collin County, Texas. Sometime after the turn of the century, William and Elizabeth moved to Texas.
William's half-brother Aaron and his family had moved to Texas soon after the Civil War. There has been much speculation as to why these Bryants and other Cocke County families moved to Texas. I tend to think it was because other Cocke countians who had gone west had obtained land with relative ease and were experiencing success with ranching and various business enterprises. There may have been another factor. I recall some of the older Bryants still around when I was a child talking about post-Civil War friction among English Creek families. Many of the Bryants and Allens had supported the Confederacy. Many Finchums and Clevengers had sided with the Union. It took several decades for animosity to subside.
[Aaron Bryant (spelled "Aron" on his gravestone), William's half-brother, married Elizabeth Mantooth in Cocke County in 1839. Before they were married, Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter, Mary Emaline, whose biological father was William Vinson, but who carried the name "Bryant." Mary Emaline probably is buried in Texas, but there is no Find-A-Grave memorial for her. However, an online posting carries family data. There is a memorial for Mary Emaline's daughter Lucinda and an online posting of her obituary. (For a photo of Lucinda McMahan's family, click here.) Also, there are an online obituary and other data for Aaron Bryant Jr. Aaron Sr. and Elizabeth's oldest daughter, Jane, married Samuel Baxter and remained in Cocke County where dozens of their offspring still reside.]
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William C. Bryant Sr. and his brother Aaron/Aron moved with their families to Collin Co., TX from Cocke Co., TN; Aaron soon after the Civil War and William almost 15 years later. Both the county of Collin and city of McKinney are named after Collin McKinney, one of the 5 men who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence.
William C. Bryant Jr.'s wife was a descendant of Collin McKinney. Their son Joe has a public school in Anna, a town just north of McKinney, named after him. The dedication plaque explains the family connections:
THIS SCHOOL IS NAMED
IN HONOR OF
JOSIAH KELLY BRYANT
March 28, 1915 - April 4, 1989
Joe K. Bryant was the son of Nannie Laura Greer Bryant and Dr. William Carson Bryant. Joe's great grandmother, Emily Jane McKinney Kelly, was Collin McKinney's granddaughter.
Joe and his wife Annabelle lived on this land which is now Joe K. Bryant Elementary. The school is located on the McKinney family farm, which was part of a large land grant received from the Republic of Mexico in 1830.
William Carson Bryant died in Texas 22 years before I was born in 1941 near his birthplace in Tennessee. As a young boy in the 1940s, I remember his old homeplace along English Creek in Cocke County, owned at that time by Harmon and Maxie (Roberts) Fancher.
[Currently (in 2013) that property is owned by Maxie's grandson Mike Jarnigan. Maxie's great-great grandmother, Eve (Bryant) Hickey, was William Carson Bryant's half-sister. So, apparently, this land, as well as several adjoining properties, has remained with Bryant descendants since William and Eve's father settled there more than 2 centuries ago.]
William's parents were Tarlton Bryant and "Miss Allen" (full identify unknown). Tarlton married Miss Allen after his first wife, Jane Henry, died at an early age. What became of Miss Allen is unclear, as Tarlton raised William, their only child, as a single parent. William was a half-brother to 6 older siblings, one also named William (William Morris Bryant).
In 1859, William married Elizabeth Sisk (sister of my great-grandmother Sarah Sisk Bryant). All of their 8 children were born in Cocke County before the family moved to Collin County, Texas. William and his children, two of whom became medical doctors and another a dentist, and their offspring were/are prominent citizens in the McKinney-Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Soon after his marriage, William became a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. He was captured and imprisoned for 2 years in a Union camp in Indiana.
When William returned home in Tennessee after the war, he began a campaign to establish a tax-supported public school in the English Creek Community. Up until that time, William and other boys in the community were taught basic literacy and religion at a church school. William donated land to build Sardis School, a public school school my parents attended 6 decades later. The school burned in the 1930s and was replaced with English Creek Elementary School, which I attended (1947-55).
William's obituary, which I obtained in 2021, indicates that he served 12 years as an elected school board chairman.
1880 census data indicate at that time the Bryant's home was located at English Creek, Cocke Co., Tenn. William was 48; Elizabeth, 44; Austin, 20; William C., 17; Allen, 14; Sallie, 12; James L., 10; Laura, 8; Tilmon, 6, and Ida, 4. Bartlett, their youngest son, was born in 1880 after that year's census count.
By the turn of the century, most of William and Elizabeth's children and grandchildren were living in Collin County, Texas. Sometime after the turn of the century, William and Elizabeth moved to Texas.
William's half-brother Aaron and his family had moved to Texas soon after the Civil War. There has been much speculation as to why these Bryants and other Cocke County families moved to Texas. I tend to think it was because other Cocke countians who had gone west had obtained land with relative ease and were experiencing success with ranching and various business enterprises. There may have been another factor. I recall some of the older Bryants still around when I was a child talking about post-Civil War friction among English Creek families. Many of the Bryants and Allens had supported the Confederacy. Many Finchums and Clevengers had sided with the Union. It took several decades for animosity to subside.
[Aaron Bryant (spelled "Aron" on his gravestone), William's half-brother, married Elizabeth Mantooth in Cocke County in 1839. Before they were married, Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter, Mary Emaline, whose biological father was William Vinson, but who carried the name "Bryant." Mary Emaline probably is buried in Texas, but there is no Find-A-Grave memorial for her. However, an online posting carries family data. There is a memorial for Mary Emaline's daughter Lucinda and an online posting of her obituary. (For a photo of Lucinda McMahan's family, click here.) Also, there are an online obituary and other data for Aaron Bryant Jr. Aaron Sr. and Elizabeth's oldest daughter, Jane, married Samuel Baxter and remained in Cocke County where dozens of their offspring still reside.]
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William C. Bryant Sr. and his brother Aaron/Aron moved with their families to Collin Co., TX from Cocke Co., TN; Aaron soon after the Civil War and William almost 15 years later. Both the county of Collin and city of McKinney are named after Collin McKinney, one of the 5 men who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence.
William C. Bryant Jr.'s wife was a descendant of Collin McKinney. Their son Joe has a public school in Anna, a town just north of McKinney, named after him. The dedication plaque explains the family connections:
THIS SCHOOL IS NAMED
IN HONOR OF
JOSIAH KELLY BRYANT
March 28, 1915 - April 4, 1989
Joe K. Bryant was the son of Nannie Laura Greer Bryant and Dr. William Carson Bryant. Joe's great grandmother, Emily Jane McKinney Kelly, was Collin McKinney's granddaughter.
Joe and his wife Annabelle lived on this land which is now Joe K. Bryant Elementary. The school is located on the McKinney family farm, which was part of a large land grant received from the Republic of Mexico in 1830.
[Research by Gene Bryant, who is a 3rd-great grandson of Tarlton Bryant, father of William Carson Bryant.]
William Carson Bryant died in Texas 22 years before I was born in 1941 near his birthplace in Tennessee. As a young boy in the 1940s, I remember his old homeplace along English Creek in Cocke County, owned at that time by Harmon and Maxie (Roberts) Fancher.
[Currently (in 2013) that property is owned by Maxie's grandson Mike Jarnigan. Maxie's great-great grandmother, Eve (Bryant) Hickey, was William Carson Bryant's half-sister. So, apparently, this land, as well as several adjoining properties, has remained with Bryant descendants since William and Eve's father settled there more than 2 centuries ago.]
William's parents were Tarlton Bryant and "Miss Allen" (full identify unknown). Tarlton married Miss Allen after his first wife, Jane Henry, died at an early age. What became of Miss Allen is unclear, as Tarlton raised William, their only child, as a single parent. William was a half-brother to 6 older siblings, one also named William (William Morris Bryant).
In 1859, William married Elizabeth Sisk (sister of my great-grandmother Sarah Sisk Bryant). All of their 8 children were born in Cocke County before the family moved to Collin County, Texas. William and his children, two of whom became medical doctors and another a dentist, and their offspring were/are prominent citizens in the McKinney-Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Soon after his marriage, William became a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. He was captured and imprisoned for 2 years in a Union camp in Indiana.
When William returned home in Tennessee after the war, he began a campaign to establish a tax-supported public school in the English Creek Community. Up until that time, William and other boys in the community were taught basic literacy and religion at a church school. William donated land to build Sardis School, a public school school my parents attended 6 decades later. The school burned in the 1930s and was replaced with English Creek Elementary School, which I attended (1947-55).
William's obituary, which I obtained in 2021, indicates that he served 12 years as an elected school board chairman.
1880 census data indicate at that time the Bryant's home was located at English Creek, Cocke Co., Tenn. William was 48; Elizabeth, 44; Austin, 20; William C., 17; Allen, 14; Sallie, 12; James L., 10; Laura, 8; Tilmon, 6, and Ida, 4. Bartlett, their youngest son, was born in 1880 after that year's census count.
By the turn of the century, most of William and Elizabeth's children and grandchildren were living in Collin County, Texas. Sometime after the turn of the century, William and Elizabeth moved to Texas.
William's half-brother Aaron and his family had moved to Texas soon after the Civil War. There has been much speculation as to why these Bryants and other Cocke County families moved to Texas. I tend to think it was because other Cocke countians who had gone west had obtained land with relative ease and were experiencing success with ranching and various business enterprises. There may have been another factor. I recall some of the older Bryants still around when I was a child talking about post-Civil War friction among English Creek families. Many of the Bryants and Allens had supported the Confederacy. Many Finchums and Clevengers had sided with the Union. It took several decades for animosity to subside.
[Aaron Bryant (spelled "Aron" on his gravestone), William's half-brother, married Elizabeth Mantooth in Cocke County in 1839. Before they were married, Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter, Mary Emaline, whose biological father was William Vinson, but who carried the name "Bryant." Mary Emaline probably is buried in Texas, but there is no Find-A-Grave memorial for her. However, an online posting carries family data. There is a memorial for Mary Emaline's daughter Lucinda and an online posting of her obituary. (For a photo of Lucinda McMahan's family, click here.) Also, there are an online obituary and other data for Aaron Bryant Jr. Aaron Sr. and Elizabeth's oldest daughter, Jane, married Samuel Baxter and remained in Cocke County where dozens of their offspring still reside.]
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William C. Bryant Sr. and his brother Aaron/Aron moved with their families to Collin Co., TX from Cocke Co., TN; Aaron soon after the Civil War and William almost 15 years later. Both the county of Collin and city of McKinney are named after Collin McKinney, one of the 5 men who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence.
William C. Bryant Jr.'s wife was a descendant of Collin McKinney. Their son Joe has a public school in Anna, a town just north of McKinney, named after him. The dedication plaque explains the family connections:
THIS SCHOOL IS NAMED
IN HONOR OF
JOSIAH KELLY BRYANT
March 28, 1915 - April 4, 1989
Joe K. Bryant was the son of Nannie Laura Greer Bryant and Dr. William Carson Bryant. Joe's great grandmother, Emily Jane McKinney Kelly, was Collin McKinney's granddaughter.
Joe and his wife Annabelle lived on this land which is now Joe K. Bryant Elementary. The school is located on the McKinney family farm, which was part of a large land grant received from the Republic of Mexico in 1830.
William Carson Bryant died in Texas 22 years before I was born in 1941 near his birthplace in Tennessee. As a young boy in the 1940s, I remember his old homeplace along English Creek in Cocke County, owned at that time by Harmon and Maxie (Roberts) Fancher.
[Currently (in 2013) that property is owned by Maxie's grandson Mike Jarnigan. Maxie's great-great grandmother, Eve (Bryant) Hickey, was William Carson Bryant's half-sister. So, apparently, this land, as well as several adjoining properties, has remained with Bryant descendants since William and Eve's father settled there more than 2 centuries ago.]
William's parents were Tarlton Bryant and "Miss Allen" (full identify unknown). Tarlton married Miss Allen after his first wife, Jane Henry, died at an early age. What became of Miss Allen is unclear, as Tarlton raised William, their only child, as a single parent. William was a half-brother to 6 older siblings, one also named William (William Morris Bryant).
In 1859, William married Elizabeth Sisk (sister of my great-grandmother Sarah Sisk Bryant). All of their 8 children were born in Cocke County before the family moved to Collin County, Texas. William and his children, two of whom became medical doctors and another a dentist, and their offspring were/are prominent citizens in the McKinney-Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Soon after his marriage, William became a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. He was captured and imprisoned for 2 years in a Union camp in Indiana.
When William returned home in Tennessee after the war, he began a campaign to establish a tax-supported public school in the English Creek Community. Up until that time, William and other boys in the community were taught basic literacy and religion at a church school. William donated land to build Sardis School, a public school school my parents attended 6 decades later. The school burned in the 1930s and was replaced with English Creek Elementary School, which I attended (1947-55).
William's obituary, which I obtained in 2021, indicates that he served 12 years as an elected school board chairman.
1880 census data indicate at that time the Bryant's home was located at English Creek, Cocke Co., Tenn. William was 48; Elizabeth, 44; Austin, 20; William C., 17; Allen, 14; Sallie, 12; James L., 10; Laura, 8; Tilmon, 6, and Ida, 4. Bartlett, their youngest son, was born in 1880 after that year's census count.
By the turn of the century, most of William and Elizabeth's children and grandchildren were living in Collin County, Texas. Sometime after the turn of the century, William and Elizabeth moved to Texas.
William's half-brother Aaron and his family had moved to Texas soon after the Civil War. There has been much speculation as to why these Bryants and other Cocke County families moved to Texas. I tend to think it was because other Cocke countians who had gone west had obtained land with relative ease and were experiencing success with ranching and various business enterprises. There may have been another factor. I recall some of the older Bryants still around when I was a child talking about post-Civil War friction among English Creek families. Many of the Bryants and Allens had supported the Confederacy. Many Finchums and Clevengers had sided with the Union. It took several decades for animosity to subside.
[Aaron Bryant (spelled "Aron" on his gravestone), William's half-brother, married Elizabeth Mantooth in Cocke County in 1839. Before they were married, Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter, Mary Emaline, whose biological father was William Vinson, but who carried the name "Bryant." Mary Emaline probably is buried in Texas, but there is no Find-A-Grave memorial for her. However, an online posting carries family data. There is a memorial for Mary Emaline's daughter Lucinda and an online posting of her obituary. (For a photo of Lucinda McMahan's family, click here.) Also, there are an online obituary and other data for Aaron Bryant Jr. Aaron Sr. and Elizabeth's oldest daughter, Jane, married Samuel Baxter and remained in Cocke County where dozens of their offspring still reside.]
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William C. Bryant Sr. and his brother Aaron/Aron moved with their families to Collin Co., TX from Cocke Co., TN; Aaron soon after the Civil War and William almost 15 years later. Both the county of Collin and city of McKinney are named after Collin McKinney, one of the 5 men who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence.
William C. Bryant Jr.'s wife was a descendant of Collin McKinney. Their son Joe has a public school in Anna, a town just north of McKinney, named after him. The dedication plaque explains the family connections:
THIS SCHOOL IS NAMED
IN HONOR OF
JOSIAH KELLY BRYANT
March 28, 1915 - April 4, 1989
Joe K. Bryant was the son of Nannie Laura Greer Bryant and Dr. William Carson Bryant. Joe's great grandmother, Emily Jane McKinney Kelly, was Collin McKinney's granddaughter.
Joe and his wife Annabelle lived on this land which is now Joe K. Bryant Elementary. The school is located on the McKinney family farm, which was part of a large land grant received from the Republic of Mexico in 1830.
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