Orange County Indexed
The Bryant surname
The Bryant name in Orange County Indexed: 68 historical records, 10 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1763 to 1866
most named in the 1780s
- Deeds 1763–1840
- Wills 1768–1821
- Tax lists 1779
- Court minutes 1780–1811
- Records of enslaved people 1789
- Marriages 1794–1866
- In the chronology
- 1894 to 1993 10 people in 25 entries, most in the 1990s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1862
- Places in its deeds and wills
- New Hope Creek (3), Quarrel Creek (2), Back Creek (1), Second Creek (1), Little River (1), Bakers Creek (1), Haw River (1), Great Road (1)
- Married into
- Pickett 2, Scott 1, White 1, Holloway 1, Izzard 1, Hayes 1, Evans 1, Palmer 1, Cook 1, Shepperd 1, Copley 1, Crisp 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Trice 6, Robinson 2, Roney 2, Cawthorn 2, Thompson 2, King 2, Gold 2, McDaniel 2, Brooks 2
- People with a page here
- Dixie Lee Bryant, Victor Silas Bryant
- Spellings to try
- Bryan, Briant, Bryans
- Search beyond these records
- Bryant in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Bryant there)
- Bryant in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 10 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
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Bryant, Angela 6 entries, 1981–1993
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- about 1981: UNC's first Black Alumni Reunion is held
- July 14, 1991: Angela Bryant joins the UNC Board of Trustees
- February 15-16, 1992: The Orange County League of Women Voters marks its 46th anniversary with a symposium on women in politics
- September 24, 1993: UNC trustees refuse to reconsider the Coker Woods site for the Stone Center
- 1993–1994: Twenty-four-hour visitation at UNC, 1993–1994
- November 19, 1993: UNC trustees revoke the 24-hour visitation pilot program
- Bryant, Dixie Lee 3 entries, 1894–1897
- Bryant, Dixie Lee 1 entry, 1894
- Bryant, Donna 1 entry, 1990
- Bryant, Mrs. L. B. 1 entry, 1957
- Bryant, Paul 1 entry, 1944
- Bryant, Paul W. 1 entry, 1945
- Bryant, Victor 3 entries, 1935–1953
- Bryant, Victor S. 2 entries, 1949–1971
- Bryant, Victor Silas 6 entries, 1894–1919
In books and archives 1 heading
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Bryant, Dixie Lee, 1862-1949 1 work
In the historical records 68 records
13 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 14 marriages, 31 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 6 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Bryant marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1770s
- 1771DeedsJohn Bryant to Thomas Kimbro, 23 December 1771
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Bryant John
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Bryant Simeon
1780s
- 1780Court minutesJohn Bryant surrendered Joshua Horn, for whom he was surety, on a charge of treason against the state.
- 1782Court minutesEli McDaniel and James Elliott, sureties for John Bryant’s administration of Thos. Bryant, were ordered to take possession of unspecified…
- 1782Court minutesPhyllis McVey proved Thomas Bryant’s estate inventory.
- 1784DeedsJames Bryant to Sabbeus Whitney, July 1784
- 1784Court minutesMathew McCauley returned St. Thomas’s 1783 insolvency account totaling £13 1s. 1d., naming six taxpayers.
- 1787DeedsJohn Bryant to Edward Trice, 19 April 1787
- 1788Court minutesThe court appointed Tho Scarlet to oversee the Rhodes–Weams road and assigned named workers and the widow Patterson’s laborers.
- 1789DeedsJohn Bryant & Mary Bryant to William Trice, 25 February 1789
- 1789Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Bryant to John Moore, 13 June 1789
1790s
- 1794DeedsTerry Figh by Sheriff to William Bryant, 27 May 1794
- 1794MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Scott and Nancy Bryant
- 1797WillsWill of William (x) Rodgers
- 1799MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph White and Hannah Bryant
1800s
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed William Armstrong as road overseer.
- 1812WillsWill of Andrew Brooks
- 1815MarriagesMarriage bond: Walker Pickett and Jeany Bryant
- 1815WillsWill of John (x) Nealy or Neeley
- 1816WillsWill of Mildred (x) Garrard
- 1819MarriagesMarriage bond: Anderson Izzard and Nancy Bryant
1820s
- 1821DeedsJames Bryant & Catherine Bryant to Alexander Robinson, 31 May 1821
- 1821DeedsJames Bryant & Catherine Bryant to Alexander Robinson, 31 May 1821
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: John Hayes and Wiltha Anne Bryant
- 1821WillsWill of James Lapslie
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: William Evans and Cynthia Bryant
- 1826MarriagesMarriage bond: Nathaniel Jones Palmer and Lavinia Bryant
- 1827DeedsJames Roney to Katherine Bryant, 6 February 1827
1830s
- 1835MarriagesMarriage bond: Benjamin Bryant and Mary Cook
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: William Bryant and Nancy Shepperd
- 1837MarriagesMarriage bond: John Pickett and Polly Bryant
- 1838MarriagesMarriage bond: John Copley and Mary Bryant
1840s
1860s
- 1866MarriagesMarriage bond: David Crisp and Margaret Bryant
Undated
- DeedsE S Thompson & C W Bryant & Martha W Bryant & P Cawthorn & Altelia N Cawthorn to Leroy P Thompson
- Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): E S Thompson, C W Bryant, Martha W Bryant, P Cawthorn, Altelia N Cawthorn to Leroy P Thompson
- MarriagesMarriage bond: Mark Picket and Mary Bryant
- Court minutesJoseph King, Edward Smith, Henry Gold, John Bryant and Hosea Tapley’s hands were assigned roadwork under John Cate Junior.
- Court minutesReason Ricketts brought a debt claim against Needham Bryant.
- Court minutesJohn Graves petitioned for a Wolf Island mill; fifteen named men were appointed to examine the site’s suitability.
- Court minutesFourteen jurors were appointed to lay out the previously petitioned road and report at the next court.
- Court minutesSimon Brygil(?) was appointed overseer from Thos. Cappers to his house, with six named workers.
- Court minutesNine named workers were assigned to Thos. Trice on the new road ordered at the previous court.
- Court minutesJohn Bryant and Jas. Freeland were allowed £5 each for notifying Orange and St. Marks inhabitants to submit taxable-property lists.
- Court minutesWorkers belonging to Richard Lee(?), Patterson Daniel and Vicent Bryant were assigned to overseer Thomas Trice.
- Court minutesJohn Bryant qualified as deputy sheriff.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Paul Castlebury granted to Susannah Castlebury; sureties Edw. Trice and Jno. bryant.
- Court minutesEli McDaniel was appointed guardian of six named orphans of Thomas Bryant.
- Court minutesThe listed people were ordered summoned as jurors for next county court.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Esther Shepherd granted to Edw. Trice; sureties Jno. Bryant and Jno. Dannell.
- Court minutesA jury was sworn in Jno. Collins’s case against administrator Arch’d. Boreland.
- Court minutesA jury was sworn in Thos. Holden’s case against Wm. Picket for John Campbell.
- Court minutesThe record listed seven remaining jurors from the original panel.
- Court minutesDeed, John Bryant to Edward Trice, proved by Mark Patterson.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of John Patterson granted to Mark Patterson and Jno G Rencher; sureties John Bryant, Jno Barbee, Joseph Tayl…
- Court minutesThe court appointed James Wilson as road overseer, replacing Mark Picket,.
- Court minutesJoseph Taylor won covenant damages and costs against David Dickey.
- Court minutesDen won ejectment damages against Fen and Thomas Howard on C Christmas’s demise.
- Court minutesRobert Carson, charged as reputed father, was ordered to pay Sally Bryant immediate and later support for her child.
- Court minutesBenjamin Roney became guardian of Jane Bryant.