For additional information about the property and for
driving directions to the property, see these videos:
For additional information about the property and for
driving directions to the property, see these videos:
The house is still standing, and images of the house appear in the last video. Also, a thumbnail of the house may be seen to the right. Click the thumbnail to see the photo full size.
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Book R, page 175 State of Tennessee | We Peter H. Bryan and wife Mary Sevier County | A. Bryan have bargained and sold | and do hereby transfer and convey unto William A. Bryan and his heirs or assigns forever for the consideration of Four hundred dollars to us paid for a trace of land in the state of Tennessee Sevier County and in district No 8 containing by estimation Sixty Six Acres be the Same more or less and is bounded as follows: Beginning at a large cedar by the Road and runs N 8 1/2 W 17 1/2 poles to the stake A. W. Bryan line with his line S 74 3/4 W 42 poles to a Spanish Oak by the big road W 62 1/2 poles to a Black Oak N 2 1/2 E 23 3/5 poles to a pine Knot on said line and corner to Ira Cate with his S 61 1/2 W 49 poles to a Pine Knot South 80 poles to a Stake on Sam Mounts line with his S 87 E 73 4/5 poles to a Pine old corner with Saml Baker S 2 W 52 poles to a Stake & Pointers corner to Inard (sic) Bryan with his West 40 poles to a Stake in a road N 23 3/4 W 42 poles to a stake and Pointers N 66 1/2 W 17 poles to a Jack by the big road N 30 E 12 poles to Post Oak by said road with the road N 16 E 67 1/5 poles to a Stake at the forks of the road then with the East fork said road N 82 3/4 E 46 3/5 poles to Beginning. To have and to hold the same to the said W. A. Bryan his heirs or assigns and we do furthermore covenant with the said Wm. A. Bryan that we are lawfully Seized of said lands have a good right to convey the same. We do further more covenant and bind ourselves our heirs and representatives tool to warrant and forever defend the title to the said lands in every part thereof to the said Wm. A. Bryan his heirs or assigns against the lawful claimes (sic) of all persons whatsoever in fee Simple. This the 27th day of October 1886 Signed in presence of us witnesses | Peter H. Bryan W. H. Drinnan | Mary A. (her mark) Bryan T. L. Bryan | Book R, page 176 State of Tennessee ) Personally appeared before me Sevier County ) J. J. Ellis clerk of the county court of said county the within named Peter H. Bryan the bargainer with whom I am personally acquainted and acknowledged that he executed the within Instrument for the purposes therein expressed, and Mary A. Bryan wife of the said Peter H. Bryan having personally appeared before me privately and apart from her husband the said Peter H. Bryan acknowledged the execution of the said instrument to have been done by her freely voluntarily and understandingly without compul- sion or constraint from her said husband and for the purpose therein expressed. Witness my hand at office in Sevierville this 17 day of Nov 1887. (signed) J. J. Ellis Clerk Received the foregoing deed into office for Registration Nov 18 1887 at 10 o'clock a.m. and Registered same day. (signed) Miller Jett Reg. |
My third great grandparents Peter Hubbard Bryan and Mary Ann (Polly Ann) Cate sold 66 acres to their son William Allen (Will) Bryan. Will Bryan was my second great grandfather. He married my second great grandmother Malissa E. Underwood in 1872 and they purchased this land in 1886.. I do not know where Will and Malissa lived prior to purchasing this land. I have been able to identify the exact location of the land on a modern map. Will died in 1928 and Malissa continued to live on the property until her death in 1946. The house is still in good condition and is occupied by the present owner. My father remembers the house very well. The original 66 acres now consists of four large parcels of about 15 acres each, plus several smaller parcels of 1 or 2 acres. The house is on one of the larger 15 acre parcels. There was an additional house on the property, but the additional house is no longer there and I don't know exactly where it was. The additional house was the home of Will Bryan's son William Harley (Harley) Bryan and Harley's wife Nancy Virginia (Nannie) Harrison. Harley and Nannie were my great grandparents, and this same farm is therefore where my grandfather Emmert Oral Bryan and his three younger sisters were raised. |
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This page last edited on 02 Jul 2019.