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Bryan County, Georgia
Jean Carter2 Feb 2001
Searching for information on my WRIGHT Family History. James Washington WRIGHT b July 4 1850 d December 24 1928. md Emma WILLIAMS b1854 d 1929.Son: (My grandfather) James Clarence WRIGHT b February 13,1899 d March 1970 Chatham Cty, Ga. (Savannah). md Lorena HARVEY b July 10 1896 Bryan County,Ga. d March 1968.
SHIRLEY TURNER SHIVER Sun, 07 Mar 1999
Looking for any information on family and/or siblings of Richard T. HARVEY of VA who settled in Effingham County, GA./Bryan County Georgia after Rev. War on bounty land. Specifically need data on his son, John M. HARVEY and his spouse Mary ALEXANDER; and their son, Andrew J HARVEY (B abt 1829 in Bryan Co) who married Achsah Ann GREEK and moved to Baker Co FL.
Jean West 09 Mar 1999 I am seeking information on Elijah GREEK and his wife Cassandra. She was from Bryan County and moved to Baker county Fla.. They had one daughter Martha A C Greek who was born in Ga or Penn. They may have married in Bryan county.



BEN WILLIAMS 07 Mar 1999
Seeking information on John or Jack Lee BLACKMON born Feb 8,1845 in Bryan Co. Ga. Anyone having info on this individual please contact me.


DARYLYNN J. ROGERS 31 Jan 1999
I am looking for anyone related or anyone who knows someone related to my great-grandmother and my great-grandfather. Their names are Frances SHUMAN and March SCRIVEN. Both were Richmond Hill.


Dan and Alecia Barksdale10 Jan 2000
I am looking for info on Nathaniel MILTON b 1826 d 1876 and Caroline R. DOWNS b 1836 d 1910. She is from Bryan county and I believe they were married there also. I am looking for the date of marriage and final resting places.
harry weeks 21 Jan 1999
WEEKS, Nash was Anderson WEEKS' eldest brother.He married Lollie DOWNS, they had three kids Henry Pascal, Olin and Alice. Henry was my dad he had 9 children of which I am the youngest. Olin and Alice had no childern.We've been looking for this man's last resting place for many a year.They say that he's buried in Guyton? With no marker it's almost a bust.I feel that if we can connect to the family in N.C. life would be good.


WILLIAM SCOTT JR 13 Feb 2000
I'm looking for anything on a Thomas J. SCOTT who lived in the Ellabelle area. His father was Andrew SCOTT and Martha HILTON SCOTT of Bulloch County. Thomas married first a Ms. BIRD, then Maggie (or Mary) BOWEN in 1899, and finally to Virginia CANADY of Bryan County in 1903.
WILLIAM SCOTT JR 20 Jan 2000
Looking for information on the following people and ancestors/descendants: Thomas CANADY (1802-1886)and wife Sarah Jane DELEGAL (1810-1906), or son Henry CANADY (1837-1897) and wife Fannie SHEFFIELD (1861-1953), daughter of William SHEFFIELD (1840?-1862?), from either Bryan or Bulloch, who married Virginia Iler. Also, Delilah SHEFFIELD who married John BURNSIDE. John BURNSIDE who married Elizabeth SHUMAN.
LAURA HARRISON 19 APR 1999
Looking for information on John Burnside b.1789 and Elizabeth Shuman b. 1792. I would like to know who their children are.I have reason to believe that my ggg-grandfather James M. Burnsed b.1817 in Bryan County was one of them. Anyone with information please let me know.


John Culbertson Thu, 3 Jun 1999 Looking for info on Lucretia Elvira LAWTON. Info from LDS (Mormon) church indicates she may have been in Savannah/Bryan Co. abt 1827 (Probably 1816-1834). Her parents were Joseph James LAWTON and Phoebe J. MOSSE. Any help appreciated. Thank you.


Nancy Nilsen Oct 8, 1999 Looking for information on James LEWIS b 1827, GA, listed in the 1850-1880 Bryan Co census. His wife was Lurane ? b 1827. children: James Irvin 1849; Charity A. 1852; Theodosius1854; Riley M 1856; John S.(or ?Claudius) 1857 and Luginia 1860. Could James LEWIS be the s/o Stephen & Sarah A. LEWIS living nearby? In the 1880 census a granddaughter Dorinda is living with James...whose child is she? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Nancy Nilsen Sat, 22 May 1999 Could the Sebron LEWIS 30 yr in the 1850 Bryan Co census with young son Alfred 1 yr old be the s/o my Stephen & Sarah Ann DENNISON of Tattnall & Bryan Co? Was Sebron married to Charity, who died Jan 1850, Bryan Co mortality sched? Did he move to St Johns Co, FL and is listed there in the 1860 census with possibly a new wife named Rebecca (40 yr) and children Alfred 8 yr and Charity 5 yr? They are listed in the 1870 Nassau Co, FL census and the 1880 St. Johns Co, FL census. Would love to correspond with interested researchers.


Desina Van Mon, 26 Jul 1999 Researching the surname: Van or Vann (I have been told both were used) Our family is from Ellabell, Which I believe is in Bryan County. I would love any information about my family, or to hear from someone from the family.



WILLIAM SCOTT JR 13 Feb 2000
I'm looking for anything on a Thomas J. SCOTT who lived in the Ellabelle area. His father was Andrew SCOTT and Martha HILTON SCOTT of Bulloch County. Thomas married first a Ms. BIRD, then Maggie (or Mary) BOWEN in 1899, and finally to Virginia CANADY of Bryan County in 1903.
Maureen McCarthy27 Dec 1999
I'm interested in corresponding with anyone who is familiar with the BIRD family of Upper Bryan Co.! I am looking for additional proof that I am a direct descendant of Israel Robeson BIRD and his wife Ann STAFFORD BIRD. Israel is the brother of Sylvanus BIRD who lived in Bryan Co.. Israel BIRD and his father Burgund BIRD are reportedly buried at Black Creek Cemetery. In Oct. when I went home (Chatahm Co.) I tried to locate the Black Creek Cemetery where the BIRD family is buried, but I was unsuccessful. Other BIRD family members who lived in Upper Bryan Co. were Sylvanus BIRD (1741-1780) and his wife, Dinah STAFFORD BIRD (1747-1809), Andrew BIRD, Sr. (born 1772) and Eleanor GILES BIRD married in the 1790s. . . . . .Other members of the family who settle in upper Bryan were Abraham Bird (born 1770) and Alexander Bird (1774-1837). I am willing to share information on the BIRD family.
Margaret Carr Hamble17 Jul 1999 I am looking for information on James Bird, RS. He was listed in Pioneers of Bryan Co., GA.


C Dyess 25 Aug 1999 Seeking information on Isaac DYESS (or DIAS), he married Cynthia Ann GEIGER in Bryan Co Jul 5, 1841. I have information on Cynthia but nothing on old Isaac.


Yvonne White04 Aug 1999
We are searching for ggggrandfather Harvey ROBINSON\ROBERTSON\ROBERSON, name spelling was changed about this time, he married Fannie WOODS and had 5 sons and 1 daughter. He was an only child and appears on the 1850 census in Bryan County.


Brenda Waldron26 Aug 1999
Trying to find information on parents of Oliver WALDRON/WALDEN born about 1787. Married to Ann SYLVESTER in Bryan County, GA, about 1806.
Eleanor Howard Richardson2 Oct 2002
Seek infor on JOHN AND HANNAH WALDRON/WALDEN, about 1787 in Bryan County GA, USA. Also, OLIVER WALDRON b. 1787 Bryan Co., GA., ANN SYLVESTER.


Margie HENDRIX BARDEN20 Oct 1999
Looking for information on S F DAVIS who appears in 1830 census with 84 slaves. I believe he was an overseer. His son Joe dies @1902 and should be buried in Bryan.


DWride2 Aug 2001
Interested in sharing info for surnames of CARTER, PHILLIPS, BASHLOR from Bryan County Georgia.
Bob Carter8 Mar 2000
Am interested in the LIGHTSEY line that was found in the 1860 Bryan County Georgia Census as follows: ·#140: Isaac LIGHTSEY 29 S.C. (1831), children: Caroline 23 Ga., Josephine 4 Ga., Franklin 2 Ga., Mary J. 1 Ga. Josephine married my great-great-grandfather, Robert CARTER, and I'm trying to find information on both of them. They are buried at Brickyard Cemetery, which I understand is in Bulloch County and not Liberty or Bryan.
Robert Buckner25 Nov 1999
Researching David GEIGER(b 1795) who had son Joshua David GEIGER (b 1826) that married Frances CARTER and moved to Alachua Co Fl. Was from Bryan Co Ga.
Bob Carter21 Oct 1999
Am looking for information on the CARTER family that may have lived in the Bryan County area. The names sought are: My grandfather was Robert Franklin (Frank) Carter (b. 02-27-1879, d. 03-20-1933) and he married Lula Elizabeth Wells, both supposedly from Bryan, Liberty, or Chatham County, GA. Robert Franklin (Frank) Carter supposedly lived near Kings Ferry south of Savannah. His father's name was supposedly also Robert & his mother's name was Elizabeth. Robert Frank Carter also had brothers and sisters named: Ishmael, Carrie, Mamie, Mallie, Rozella, Levi, Daniel, Josephine, & Edward. The father of Lula Elizabeth Wells Carter was Columbus Wells (no DOB DOD) and her mother was Mary Ann Groover (1850-1892, also some spelling is Gruber), both were supposedly from Liberty County or Bryan County, GA also. They were married on 11-29-1877, and had children Lula Elizabeth, Beulah, Janie, & Leila. Sister says they may have lived near Gum Branch community near Hinesville. Lula Wells Carter supposedly had 2 children prior to her marriage to Robert Frank Carter (unknown if thru marriage). Had a girl named Mabel (deceased) & a boy named Julian also deceased. Mabel mothered children who reside in Savannah.
also: In the Monday, March 6, 1933 edition of the Savannah Morning News, Ishmael CARTER (son of Robert CARTER and Josephine LIGHTSEY) is reported sot and killed at King's Ferry on the Ogeechee River. His nephew, Isaiah CARTER, was bound over in the Bryan County jail, pleading self-defense. Ishmael CARTER was survived by brothers Robert Franklin CARTER, Maney CARTER, and Levi J. CARTER of Savannah and E. J. CARTER of Ways Station, Ga. Also four sisters Mrs. H. L. Conway, Mrs. S. J. Dickerson, Mrs. J. M. Farr, and Mrs. J. H. Allen, all of Savannah.


Muriel K. Jackson21 Apr 2001

Seek date and place of marriage for Margaret A. GAY and Stanley Howard ROGERS. His parents lived in Atlanta, GA, but there is no record of their marriage in Fulton County records leading me to believe they were married in or near Lanier, Bryan County, GA, where Margaret was born in 1906. He was born April 11, 1904. They both attended the Georgia Academy for the Blind when it was located in Atlanta, GA. and married by 1939.
Margaret Martin14 Nov 1999
Seek info on Amos COOK or any other COOK families from Bryan in early 1800s.
Columbus Cox6 Apr 2002
Seek infor on COX and related families in Effingham/Bryan Co. Anything that you may have would be helpful! Spencer COX b. ? married Mary RYALL/ROYAL b. 1773; Asa COX (son of Spencer/Mary) b. 1805 married Louisa SIMS b. 1816; Leonard Franklin COX (son of Asa/Louisa) b. 1842 married Martha Elizabeth DUGGAR b. 1847; Wade Hampton COX (son of Leonard/Martha) b. 1866 married Sallie J. COOK b. 1874. Wade Hampton COX moved to Yonges Island, SC around 1900 with his brother Barnard L. COX b. 1872 who married Mamie/Mary Ann Estelle GAY b. 1878
Mike Solomons28 Feb 2000
My great grandmother, Mrs. Mary Jane DUGGAR SOLOMONS, had family in Bryan County, particularly in the area of Pembroke. She married Moses A. SOLOMONS and had 3 boys Jasper A. SOLOMONS, Solie S. SOLOMONS, and M. J. SOLOMONS, Sr. (my grandfather). She also had a daughter, Mrs. Katie SOLOMONS ESCH. Four sisters were also named in the obituary that I have; Mrs. U. M. BRANNEN and Miss Alice DUGGAR of Pembroke, Mrs. Laura MOORE, Manassas, and Mrs. A. R. ZITTRAUER, Marlow; and three brothers, W. W. DUGGAR, J. W. DUGGAR, and G. W. DUGGAR, all of Pembroke. She is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.


Jackie26 Feb 2000
I am researching the BRYAN surname. My Needham BRYAN came into GA from SC and I hope there is a connection to the Jonathan BRYAN for whom Bryan Co was named.
Laurie Bryan20 May 1998
I am looking for information on Jonathan BRYAN's family.
















Kris Richard30 Aug 1999
I am looking for information on Daisy Belle HAYMAN, born in Meldrum and Remer Cornelius GARNER born in Blitchton. Daisy was born in 1900 and Remer was born in 1896.


Sherrill Napier11 Jul 2003
 Any information, including parents of Ann BURNEY, m. 1st, John BURNEY and 2nd, John VAN BRACKLE (1752 NJ-1831 Bryan Co. GA), all residents of Bryan Co. An 1805 Bryan Co. deed to her children, Margaret and John BURNEY in Bryan Co. Courthouse by Ann and John VAN BRACKLE. Possibly mother of Wm. Henry VAN BRACKLE (1802 Bryan Co.-1877 Bryan Co.).
Virgil Knight21 May 2000
Looking for information and families of Thomas Matthew MORGAN, b: 1870 in Bryan Co., GA, d: 1926, and his wife, Nellie Florence VAN BRACKLE, b: 1884 in Bryan Co., GA, d: 1986. Father of Thomas was Fannin Adkin MORGAN. Father of Nellie was Henry Dawson VAN BRACKLE.


Sheila Collins1 Aug 2000
My grandmother's name was Viola Murchison COLLINS. She also married Roger GAINES. Her mother's name is Sally MURCHISON. My grandfather was Thomas COLLINS and his mother's name was Steller BRONSON.


HERBERT GARRICK 15 Apr 1998
Seeking info on Jacob Cornelius GARRICK residing in Bryan County 1906-1926 with 3 sons in Bryan County schools.


Mary Exley 14 Sep 2000
A few years ago I researched the history of Morgan's Bridge, but have misplaced my file. I am trying to answer a query from another site about the early history of MORGAN'S BRIDGE but cannot for the life of me remember who the owner of the ferry was. Seems to me like the Shuman family were among the early owners.


Monique Loving15 May 1998
 Query=RILEY,John want to know if he was a slave in this county. In 1870 was 23years old any children, married. Slave owner's name


jan marie 18 Feb 2002
I have a letter written to my gfather Zelotti Arden GEIGER her name (Ruth ROBERTS) she was living in pembroke 1917 eleven months before my dad was born in 1918. I'm assuming she and my gfather got married some time between then and my dad was born, my dad supposed to have been born somewhere in Ga.
Darrell Roberts17 Apr 2001
 Need marriage info on David Montgomery ROBERTS (6-15-1837) who married Ursula EDWARDS December 22, 1875 in Bryan (Tattnall) County. Ursula was the daughter of William EDWARDS Jr., and Eliza BALL.


cricketjean10 Sep 2002
 I was trying to start my search with my grandfather, Carson NEWMAN, who passed away in the early 80's. He married Pauline CROSBY who is still living in Blitchton. Unfortunately I am starting out with limited knowledge and any help you can provide is greatly appreciated. I just want to know my roots beyond just my father and grandfather.
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