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Nancy Benson died in Payneville, Sumter County, Alabama. She was married on 19 Sep 1821 in St. Clair County, Alabama.

She had the following children:

  M i Thomas Payne was born in 1829.
  M ii Joseph Payne was born in 1832.
  M iii Dennis Payne was born in 1834.
  F iv Mary G. Payne was born in 1836.
  F v Levina B. Payne was born in 1838.
  F vi Harriett Payne was born in 1841.

Lavinia.

She had the following children:

  F i Francis J Payne was born in 1841.

She had the following children:

  F i Jane Blackburn.

Fact #1, sister to Mariah Blackburn.
  F ii Mariah Blackburn.

Edward Bryan [Parents] was born on 2 Oct 1759. He died on 2 Dec 1813 in Jones County, North Carolina. He married Susannah Blackshear in 1784.

He is buried in Jones County, North Carolina. He fought in the Revolutionary War.

Susannah Blackshear [Parents] was born on 27 May 1769 in Jones County, North Carolina. She died on 5 Sep 1834 in Blakely, Early County, Georgia. She married Edward Bryan in 1784.

They had the following children:

  M i John Bryan was born on 6 Feb 1785. He died in Jan 1869.
  M ii Edward Bryan was born on 2 Aug 1789. He died on 30 Mar 1860.
  M iii James Bryan was born about 1791.
  M iv William Bryan was born about 1793. He died in Jul 1837.
  M v Joseph Bryan was born in 1802. He died in 1832.
  F vi Susannah Bryan was born about 1803 in Jones County, North Carolina. She died on 9 Aug 1836 in Early County, Georgia.

Susannah is buried in an unknown grave near the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. She never married.
  F vii Mary Bush Bryan was born on 21 Sep 1804. She died on 25 Mar 1849.
  F viii Elizabeth Penelope (Betsy) Bryan was born on 24 Apr 1808. She died in 1870.

Thomas J. Edwards.Thomas married Eleanor Jane Evans on 29 Dec 1831.

Eleanor Jane Evans [Parents].Eleanor married Thomas J. Edwards on 29 Dec 1831.

Other marriages:
Bryan, Joseph

They had the following children:

  M i John Wesley Edwards.

John A. Evans.John married Priscilla Bordeaux.

Priscilla Bordeaux.Priscilla married John A. Evans.

They had the following children:

  F i Eleanor Jane Evans.
  F ii Margaret Priscilla Bordeaux Evans was born on 8 Feb 1805. She died on 7 Aug 1887.
  F iii Elizabeth Evans.
  M iv Edward Evans.
  M v David Evans died in 1836.
  M vi Daniel Evans.
  M vii Julius H. Evans.
  F viii Sophia Evans died on 6 Jun 1840.
  F ix Martha Evans.

James E. Bryan [Parents] was born in 1823. He died on 12 Apr 1882 in Gordon, (Woodville), Henry County, Alabama. He married Narcissus Hayes on 6 Feb 1856.

Narcissus Hayes.Narcissus married James E. Bryan on 6 Feb 1856.


Francis B. Wakefield.Francis married Susan Penelope Bryan on 25 Apr 1844.

Susan Penelope Bryan [Parents] was born in 1826. She died in 1896. She married Francis B. Wakefield on 25 Apr 1844.

Fact #1, lived in Apalachicola, Florida.


John Hill , Col. R.S. Bryan [Parents] was born in 1734 in North Carolina. He died on 25 May 1801 in James County, North Carolina. He married Rebecca Martin in 1758.

John Bryan was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War.

Rebecca Martin.Rebecca married John Hill , Col. R.S. Bryan in 1758.

They had the following children:

  M i Edward Bryan was born on 2 Oct 1759. He died on 2 Dec 1813.
  M ii John Hill Bryan was born in Sep 1761. He died about 1826.
  F iii Penelope Bryan was born about 1763.
  M iv William Bryan was born about 1765.
  M v Joseph Bryan was born about 1767.
  M vi Frederick Bryan was born about 1770.
  F vii Ann Zilpha Bryan was born on 24 Feb 1775. She died on 2 Mar 1829.

James Blackshear [Parents] was born about 1735 in Kent County, Delaware. He died about 1788 in Jones County, North Carolina. He was married about 1758.

He had the following children:

  M i James Blackshear was born on 30 Aug 1759.

James Blackshear was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He was killed Torries. He never married.
  M ii Edward Blackshear was born on 20 Jan 1762. He died on 3 Sep 1829.
  M iii David Blackshear was born on 31 Jan 1764. He died on 4 Jul 1837.
  F iv Elizabeth Blackshear was born on 16 Sep 1765.
  F v Susannah Blackshear was born on 27 May 1769. She died on 5 Sep 1834.
  M vi Elijah Blackshear was born on 17 Jul 1771. He died in 1821 in Laurens County, Georgia.

Never married.
  F vii Penelope Blackshear was born on 13 Apr 1773. She died in 1839.
  M viii Joseph Blackshear was born on 7 Sep 1775.

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