| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Fifth Generation121. Lucy E. Bryan3,4,16,44,47,144,156,157. Birth: 1 December 1838, Dumplin Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee.47 Census: 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee, Age 00-04, enumerated Household of her father Thomas C. Bryan Sr. Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee,47 Lucy 12 f w TN attended school, enumerated Household of her father Thomas C. Bryan Sr. Census: 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee, Lucy E. 31 f w keeping house TN. Death: 2 September 1872, age 33, [Sevier County], [Tennessee].44 The family bible lists her date of death as 3 Nov 1872. Burial: at Bryan-Drinnen-Cate Cemetery Kodak, Sevier County, Tennessee. SOURCE: "Bryans, Hortons & Allied Families", by Elizabeth Cate Manly, 1978, Pg. 25. 1860 Sevier County Tennessee Census, NA 652-1270, Pg. 346 & 347, Family 324, Wm. Drinnen 28, Lucy 21, and Henry Moore 15, Farm hand. Will of Thomas Bryan, written 4 March 1867, To my son R. R. Bryan and his heirs & to my daughter Lucy & her husband William H. Drennin I will the home Sted embracing all of Said tract not included in the Surveys of William E., P. H. & A. W. Bryan and also all land known as the back entry adjoining the lands of Thomas Furgason on the following conditions to wit that my self & wife remain in the house & be supported by them as long as each of us live. William H. Drinnen is to pay to my estate $600 my son Robert has the prevalige of selling his intres provided he invests the same in land for his heirs and as heretofore directed. 1870 Sevier County Tennessee Census, Dist. 8, 14 Sep. 1870, Pg.423, Family 155, William 1880 Sevier County Tennessee Census, NA T9-1278, Dist. 8, 11 June, Pg. 413, family Elizabeth Cate Manly and William Jackson Bryan give Lucy E. Bryan's birth date as 1 December 1831. Roberta Pierson gives the birth date as 1838. The 1838 date corresponds to the census data. I am taking the liberty of listing the birth date as 1 December 1838 pending further research. The December birth date indicates that Lucy's birthday would not yet have occurred when the census was taken in 1860 and 1870, which is why the birth year is 1838 rather than 1839. Further evidence that the birth year is 1838 is that Lucy was 12 years old at the 1850 census. (RGB) Lucy E. Bryan and William Harrison Drinnen Marriage: 7 February 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee.158 William Harrison Drinnen3,16,144,156,157,159,160, son of John Drinnen and Elizabeth Mills,. Birth: 21 December 1831, Leadvale, Washington County, Tennessee.160 There is conflicting data about his name, and it might have been William Henry Drinnen rather than William Harrison Drinnen. Census: 1850, Jefferson County, Tennessee, Wm. 18 m w farmer TN attended school. Census: 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee, Dist. 8, Sevier County, Tennessee, 14 Sep 1870, Fair Garden PO; p.423a, dwelling number 155, family number 155; Drinnen Wm. H. 36 m w farmer $2500/$1837 TN; Lucy E. 31 f w keeping house TN; Sandford L. 9 m w TN; Robert W. 7 m w TN; J. W. 4 m w TN; Nancy E. 2 f w TN; Susan C. 9/12 f w TN; Bryan Nancy 78 f w unemployed TN cannot W; Randolph J. H. 18 m w farm laborer TN. Death: 2 December 1909, age 77, [Sevier County], [Tennessee]. Burial: about 3 December 1909, at Bryan-Drinnen-Cate Cemetery Kodak, Sevier County, Tennessee. The following is from Fred Wyrick. William joined Co. G, 43rd Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Mounted CSA. Co. G mustered in @ Mossy Creek on 10/19/1861. His commanding Officer was a Col. J. W. Gillespie. His rank was "private". William was captured @ Vicksburg, Mississippi June 1863. Paroled he came home promising not to fight anymore. William re-enlisted @ Rogersville, Tennessee in 1864. He was wounded @ Wythville, Virginia in the early Spring of 1865. His unit was @ Blacksburg, Virginia when General Lee surrendered @ Appomattox, Virginia in April 1865. His Unit was ordered to Knoxville and was there administered the Oath of Allegiance by Col. James Carter. William's brother Thomas Drinnen also joined the 43rd Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Mounted CSA. He was in Co. A. We don't know if they joined together in 1861 or if Thomas joined later. We also don't know if Thomas was captured @ Vicksburg and paroled and did not fight further or not, or if he fought to the end of the war. Thomas also survived the war and returned home. William's sister Mary Jane Drinnen married Elisha Porter Cate on 9/15/1857. Elisha P. Cate also served in the Confederate Army. I have been unable to obtain more information other than the TNGenWeb.org Web Site that lists him as a Confederate Veteran. All are buried in the Bryan/Drinnen/Cate Cemetery off of East Dumplin Valley Road in Sevier County. Lucy E. Bryan-537 and William Harrison Drinnen-542 had the following children: |