RICHARD SAMUEL BRYARLY was born on 24 August 1820 in Jefferson, Powhatan County, Virginia to Richard Samuel Bryarly and Susannah Conway Fitzhugh-Bryarly.

Richard married Harriet Taylor McCormick on 24 January 1848 in Clarke County, Virginia and they had NINE children:

Rowland T. Bryarly (1848-1881),
Eliza McCormick Bryarly (1850-1864),
William Bryarly (After 1850-1857),
Mary Louisa Bryarly-Chrisman(1852-1928),
Susan Fitzhugh Bryarly (1854-1909),
George Bryarly (1856-?),
John Elliott Bryarly (1861-1908),
Hattie Lee Bryarly-Shane (1864-1891), and
Richard Samuel Bryarly (1868-1940).

Richard passed away on 22 November 1887 in Virginia, and was buried at the Bryarly Family Cemetery.

REFERENCES:

1. Transcribed Copy of R. Samuel Bryarly's Will, Received from Howard D. Moore on 26 January 2006:

R. Samuel Bryarly Will Book B - Page 401, dated 01 February 1844; Codicil dated 4 January 1846; proven 27 May 1850; Qualified 25 August 1850; Clarke County Clerk's Office, Berryville, Virginia.

2. Named as a Son of Samuel Bryarly. Certified Copy of Original Will from Clarke County Circuit Court, Berryville, Virginia. Certified by Clarke County Clerk, Helen Butts.

Will Book B - Pages 401-402, dated 01 February 1844; Codicil dated 4 January 1846; Settlement of Accounts dated 25 Jan 1850; Proven 27 May 1850; Qualified 25 August 1850.

3. 19 July 1850 13th District, Clarke County, Virginia Census, (Stamped 174B, Family #72, Line 36), Head of Household, Richard S. Bryarly.

4. 17 July 1860 Millwood Post Office, Clarke County, Virginia Census, (Stamped 668, Sheet 72, Family #494, Line 30), Head of Household, Richard Bryarly.

5. 1 June 1870 Greenway Township, White Post Post Office, Clarke County, Virginia Census, (Stamped 478B, Sheet 6, Family #35, Line 5), Head of Household, Richard S. "Briarly" -- (Note: Surname misspelled; Also, Hannah Bonham age 20 is living in the Household).

6. Brown, Stuart E. Jr. (1983), "Annals of Clarke County Virginia," Virginia Book Company, Berryville, Virginia, Vol 1, pp. 226-236.

7. The Library of Virginia Holdings, Chrisman Family Bible, image #1, Bible Record Image:
http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/Bible/24197b/index.html

8. Vogt, John & Kethley, T. William, Jr., (1983), "Virginia Historic Marriage Records: Clarke County Marriages, 1836-1850," Iberian Press, Athens, Georgia, p. 10. (Bondsman, Levi F. Glasscock).