Marty and Karla Grant

The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.

Abt 1720 - Aft 1790 (> 71 years) Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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Name	William Bryson
Birth	Abt 1720	Antrim Co, Ireland
Gender	Male
Reference Number	532
_UID	92D1888DD2DAD4118AC444455354000087F4
Death	Aft 1790	Pendleton Dist, SC
Person ID	I4099	Marty and Karla Grant
Last Modified	22 Feb 2026

Father	Bryson, b. Antrim Co, Ireland d. Lancaster Co, PA
Mother	?, b. Antrim Co, Ireland d. Lancaster Co, PA
Marriage	Bef 1720	Antrim Co, Ireland
_UID	C282BC40A68EF945AF0BE2DD68571FCFD863
Notes	No proof that William, Daniel, John, Hugh are siblings, tied together due to proximity;
Family ID	F2702	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Isabella Holmes, b. Abt 1720 d. Aft 1790, Pendleton Dist, SC (Age > 71 years)

Marriage Bef 28 Oct 1749 Lancaster Co, PA

_UID C5D040FDA0AD444BBD18A7F64CAF4C82E9B2

Children

	1. James Holmes Bryson, b. 1740/1750, Lancaster Co, PA d. 1830/1840, Macon Co, NC (Age 90 years)
	2. John Bryson, b. Bef 1755, Lancaster Co, PA d. Abt 20 Feb 1824, Pendleton Dist, SC (Age > 69 years)
	3. William M Bryson, b. Abt 1750, Lancaster Co, PA d. 19 Sep 1817, Buncombe Co, NC (now Henderson Co, NC) (Age 67 years)
	4. Andrew Bryson, b. 1752, Lancaster Co, PA d. 5 May 1835, Haywood Co, NC (now Jackson Co, NC) (Age 83 years)
	5. Samuel Bryson, b. 1753/1754, Lancaster Co, PA d. 10 May 1835, Wilson Co, TN (Age 81 years)
	6. Maj Daniel H Bryson, b. Jun 1756, Lancaster Co, PA d. 26 Mar 1844, Macon Co, NC (Age 87 years)

Family ID F2701 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

Notes

!NOTES:Marty Grant's 7th Great Grand Parent.;

!NOTES:You'll find him listed in some trees as a son of William Bryson and Elizabeth Byers. This is incorrect. That couple was a theoretical couple that Lawrence Wood and I speculated about as a possible explanation for some of the family names (Byers as a middle name in some Brysons for example). However, we never had any evidence that such a couple actually existed, or if they did, that they were William Bryson's parents. Please remove them from your trees unless you have some actual evidence for them.

!NAMED:28 Oct 1749 Lancaster Co, PA Will I-197 of James HOMES as "son-in-law William BRISSON";

!TAXLIST:1750 Lancaster Co, PA Hanover Twp ... Robert BRYSON, William BRYSON ...";

!DEED: 2 Oct 1763 Rowan Co, NC 5-370 Alexander OSBORN to William BRISON for 70, 554a Back Creek, adjoining John & James McCULLOH. Witness: Alexander McCULLOH, Adlai OSBORN;

!COURT: 9 Jan 1765 Rowan Co., NC Court Minutes 1753-1767
(Road overseers)
William Brison from Oliphants Mill to Hendersons Branch on the Road Leading to Salisbury;

!DEED:21 Mar 1765 Rowan Co, NC 6-221 William BRYSON and wife Izabel to John BRYSON for 441k8, 300a on Back Creek, purchased 3 Oct 1763 from Alexander OSBORN. S: William Bryson, Isabel (X) Bryson. Wit: George DAVISON, John CLARK;

!TAXLIST:1778 Rowan Co, NC Cpt Davidson's Company, William BRISON, L1124.0.0;

!NAMED:27 Feb 1779 Rowan Co, NC Vacant Land Entries 1778-1789 # 2117 James KERR, 200a Back Creek, and east side Catawba River, adjoining Widow CLARK, William BRISON, James PORTER, & William McREE;

!NAMED: 4 Mar 1779 Rowan Co, NC Vacant Land Entries 1778-1789 # 2115 Jane CLARK, 300a Back Creek, bounded by William BRISON, John MILLER, James KERR;

!DEED:22 Nov 1788 Iredell Co, NC A-99 William BRYSON Sen of Rowan Co, NC to James PORTER, 254a Back Creek of Catawba River;

!CENSUS:1790 Pendleton Dist, SC pg 82 William BRISON age 16+ (bef 1774) "1-0-3-0-0";

!CENSUS:1800;

Marty and Karla Grant

The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.

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