Talbot County GaArchives Biographies.....Bryan, Mary Catherine Holmes  March 18, 1800 - 1862
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Author: Paul W. Holmes

March 12, 2018

Mary Catherine Holmes Bryan		

Mary Catherine Holmes Bryan, born in 1800 in South Carolina, was the only 
daughter in the family.  She married David Bryan of Georgia in 1817 in 
Columbia, South Carolina.  She and her husband settled in Talbot County,  
Georgia around 1830 where he farmed.  As pioneer settlers of Talbot County, 
David and Mary prospered.  In 1845, they built a mansion on the plantation land 
that was on land that adjoined the plantation of William Thomas Holmes, brother 
of Mary Catherine.  David and Mary reared eight children, five are buried in 
Georgia - John Hardy Bryan MD (b. 1818, d. 1886), William Thomas Bryan (b. 
1834, d. 1853), James "Jimmie" Hamilton Bryan MD (b. 1836, d. 1898), Preston 
Holmes Bryan (b. 1839, d. 1859), Henry Monroe Bryan (b. 1842, d. 1916) and 
three in Texas - David Finley Bryan  (b. 1820, d. 1897),  Jane Elizabeth Bryan 
Goulding (b. 1829, d. 1892), and  Robert Sylvanius Bryan  (b. 1831, d. 1896).
					
									
		
Mary Catherine died in 1862 and David followed in 1864.  At the time of his 
death, he had accumulated about 1,700 acres of land.  The family owned 101 
slaves, and the total estate was appraised at $409,830. Mary Catherine and 
David are buried in the Ephesus Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Woodland, Talbot 
County, Georgia, with five of their children.

References
	
Davidson, W. H. (1983).  A rockaway in Talbot: travels in an old Georgia 
county, Vol 1, 2, 3, and 4. West Point, GA.: Hester Printing.  

Will of David W. Bryan, 1855. 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/talbot/wills/bryan.txt.

1830 U.S. Federal Census,  Talbot County GA - line 21 "David Bryan" - Free 
White Persons (FWP) - Males - 5 thru 9: 1, (FWP) - Males - 10 thru 14: 1, 
(FWP) - Males - 30 thru 39: 1, (FWP) - Females - Under 5: 1, (FWP) - Females - 
30 thru 39: 1, (FWP) - Females - 60 thru 69: 1, Slaves: 22  -  next to Robert 
Holmes, brother to Mary Catherine Holmes Bryan.

1840 U.S. Federal Census,  Talbot County GA - line 14 "David Bryant [sic]" - 
Free White Persons (FWP) - Males - Under 5: 2, (FWP) - Males - 5 thru 9: 2, 
(FWP) - Males - 15 thru 19: 1, (FWP) - Males - 20 thru 29: 1, (FWP) - Males - 
40 thru 49: 1, (FWP) - Females - 10 thru 14: 1, (FWP) - Females - 20 thru 29: 
1, (FWP) - Females - 30 thru 39: 1, Slaves: 50.
		
1850 U.S. Federal Census, Talbot County GA - line 12  "Catherine Bryant 
[sic]".    

1860 U.S. Federal Census, Talbot County GA - line 14  "Catherine Bryan".    


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