Johnston County NcArchives Military Records.....Bryan, William 1845
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension
Revolutionary Soldier WILLIAM BRYAN of Johnston County, N.C. was drafted in 
1778 and served five months in Capt. John Whitley's Company under command of 
Col. Arthur Bryan on the North Carolina line. He was at the Battle of Briar 
Creek  but did not participate.  In 1780 he served as acting orderly sergeant 
during a second  term in the Militia under Capt. Edmond Griffin . He often 
served on scouting missions and as intelligence gatherer. He was marched to 
Wilmington, N.C. where he became ill with a severe case of smallpox and nearly 
died. He spent much of the three months  confined in a hospital. 

WILLIAM BRYAN was one of three brothers, all sons of LEWIS BRYAN, who "fought 
on behalf of freedom." His family lived in the southernmost portion of Johnson 
County and was known as the Bryans of Milk Creek to distinguish them from 
another family of Bryans who lived to the north on Swift Creek. His brothers, 
were ASA BRYAN (born in 1750) a Captain, and JOHN, born 1753. John died in 
Georgia. William Bryan was born on Aug. 3, 1760.

He was 85 years old when he appeared on April 25, 1845 to petition for 
pension. In testimony he said his brother, Asa Bryant had died about 1825 
and that John Bryant died about 1815. Asa Bryan 's widow lived in Cumberland 
in 1845. 

The name of  William Bryan's wife was not known but the children who survived 
him were named: 1) H. Bryan 2) Janet Bryan 3) Joseph Bryan 4) Eliza Bryan 5) 
Joanna Thornton. William Bryan died 11 Feb. 1845.

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