Denton County, Texas - Biography: Alexander Hart Robertson Bryant ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Andrea Bryant Ramsay April 6, 2002 ************************************************************************ Alexander Hart Robertson Bryant Alexander Hart Robertson Bryant, born in Kentucky, moved to Indiana, moved to Red River County, Texas, about 1855, lived for a time in Kaufman, and died in Pilot Point March 9, 1980. I believe he is believed buried in the Pilot Point cemetery, probably in the family plot of his son, Solomon H. B. Bryant (S.H.). There appear to be at least two unmarked gravesites, and I believe Alexander and his wife are probably buried there. Alexander was one of the founders of the Pilot Point Horticulture Society. He served in the Mexican American War, as a Lt. in 1845, and in the Civil War, inducted in Red River County in 1860, as a Lieutenant and discharged as a Captain, Co. D, 34th Texas Cavalry, Col. Alexander's Regiment, 2 Partisan Rangers 1861-1864. "Partisan Rangers" were employed to conduct hit and run style operations, intended as guerrilla forces, to annoy and harass the enemy. He was a carpenter/farmer/horticulturist. I have the text of a letter written to him by his father in 1855, praising the benefits of Red River Co., Texas, and telling him there was plenty of carpentry work available. He was in Red River County in the 1860 census. He moved to Pilot Point about 1875. There are two obituaries, one published in the Horticultural Journal. A story about his Civil War service: Marijo Young's notes: "A. H. R. was a captain in the Confederate Army, Co. D, 34th Texas Cavalry, Alexander's Regiment, 2 Partisan Rangers. Joseph R. was a private in the same company. Joseph R. was in charge of the horses, and the men never had enough to eat. So one day a hog was eating the corn that the horses were dropping as they ate, so Joseph R. said, Alex, go to bed and he did. Then he said turn over, turn your back, and he did. So Joseph R. and the other men shot the hog and skinned and dressed it and cut it up right there and cooked it right away but they didn't give A. H. R. any until the next day, so that if it was found out, A. H. R. would be innocent of any knowledge. This story was told to me by Clara Bryant Eason, Joseph R.'s son, William Louis' (Uncle Willie to me) daughter. ...in the Leisure Lodge Nursing Home in Henderson, Texas." Alexander's son, Solomon H.B. Bryant, also buried at Pilot Point, was a saddler in Pilot Point. Alexander also had two brothers in Pilot Point. Claiborne Robertson Bryant (my ancestor) and Joseph Roberts Byant, both of whom served in the Civil War. Claiborne also served in the Mexican American and Civil War. I haven't located any gravesites for him and his wife, but he died at Pilot Point. Claiborne and Joseph are probably both buried at Pilot Point, though only Joseph's grave is marked.