| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Fourth Generation49. Thomas C. Bryan Sr.3,4,16,20,42,43,44,45,46. Birth: 1790, Jefferson County, Tennessee.45,46 His birth date is given as 1785 by Elizabeth Cate Manly and William Jackson Bryan. However, he must have been born about 1790 because Peter Bryan is said to have come to Tennessee in 1790, and Thomas Bryan is said to be the second white child born in the confines of what is now Sevier County. Also, he was age 60 in the 1850 census and age 70 in the 1860 census. He served in the military on 6 August 1812. Captain Volunteer Rifle Company attached to 11th regiment. Residence: 1813, Sevier County, Tennessee. He signed a Sevier County petition to the Tennessee General Assembly requesting debt relief. He appeared in the tax list in 1814 in Sevier County, Tennessee. Capt. William's Company, Thomas Bryan, 1 white poll. Residence: 26 March 1818, Sevier County, Tennessee. He appeared on ppage 198-203 of the Jefferson County, Tennessee estate book: Sales of estate of James Laurance, March 26, 1818: Buyers:John Douglas, Jacob Black, John Thomas, Isaac Cantrell, Thomas Cate, Daniel Thorp, John Hays, George Wilkerson, John Douglas, Jacob Fout, Thomas Ireland, John Cate, Jacob Black, David Hill, Adam Carter, Nehemiah Watkins, Pleasant Garrett, Isaac Watkins, John Lawrence, Benjamine Watkins, John Hays, Wm. Elder, Gibson Mainard, Robert M. Newman, John Henderson, Joseph Bell, Chaney Moore, Benj. Allen, George Wilcockson, Thomas Bryan, Wm. Miller, Rec. in open ct. June session 1818: Joseph Hamilton, Clerk. Census: 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee, page 113, line 18, Sevier County, Tennessee, 1830 00-04 1 1 1826-1830 John W. Bryan, Rachel Narsisus Bryan Since Nancy's mother died before 1830, it is very likely that the 70 year old woman was Betty Hubbard Bryan, mother of Thomas. She is said to have died in 1830. Census: 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee, page 185, line 6, Sevier County, Tennessee, 1840 00-04 0 1 1836-1840 Lucy E. Bryan Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee,45,47 12th Eastern Subdivision, Sevier County, Tennessee, 24 Oct 1850; p.455, dwelling number 973, family number 973; Bryan Thomas 60 m w farmer $1500 TN; Nancy 58 f w TN cannot R/W; Elizabeth 26 f w TN; John 21 m w TN attended school; Angeline 19 f w TN attended school; Brown 16 m w TN attended school; Thomas 14 m w TN attended school; Lucy 12 f w TN attended school. Children Ahaz, Peter, and Rachel Keener and families were living next door. Census: 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee,46 Dist. 8, Sevier County, Tennessee, 24 Jun 1860, Henrys X Roads PO; page 347a, dwelling number 328, family number 327; Bryant Thomas 70 m w TN; Nancy 68 f w NC; Elizabeth 35 f w house keeper TN; John 28 m w school teacher TN; Thomas 24 m w farm hand TN; Keener Narsissus 33 female widowed whiteidow TN; John 13 m w TN attended school; Caroline 12 f w TN attended school; Nancy 10 f w TN attended school; George 8 m w TN attended school. Narsissus Keener was his daughter, and the Keener children were his grandchildren. Thomas signed a will on 24 March 1867 in Sevier County, Tennessee. Will Book I, page 109 In the name of God Amen. I Thomas Bryan of the County of Sevier and State of Tennessee being of sound mind and memory and in view of the uncertainty of this Transitary life do There fore make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament that is to say after all my lawful debts are paid The residue of my Estate I give and bequeath and dispose of as follows to wit To my beloved wife my household & kitchen furniture one cow six sheep all the poultry one bed stand during the term of her Natural life and after her death all to be Sold by my executors except the bureau loom & cooking stove which are then to belong to my Daughter Lucy To my son William E. Bryan I will the lands on farm on which he now lives as surveyed to him with thirty acres additional on the south side of my William Bryan entry by his paying to my Estate four hundred Dollars in addition to the one hundred heretofore paid To my Son P W Bryan I will the lands cultivated & possessed by him and surveyed to him containing one hundred & seven acres more or less by him paying to my estate two hundred & twenty five Dollars in addition to the one hundred & twenty five Dollars heretofore paid To my son A W Bryan I will the lands or farm on which he now lives & as surveyed to him containing one hundred & seventeen one one half acres more or less by his paying to my Estate one hundred & seventy five Dollars in addition to the one hundred seventy five Dollars heretofore paid Page 110 To my son R. R. Bryan and his heirs and to my Daughter Lucy & her husband William H. Drennen 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 my Land known as the Back entry adjoining the Lands of Thomas Furgason & others on the following conditions to wit that my self & wife remain in the house & be supported by them as long as each of us may live by my son Robert paying to the two heirs of T. C. Bryan Deceased each one hundred & fifty Dollars on or before they are twenty years of age & that he also pay to Dr. S. Cunningham of Jonesboro one hundred Dollars And that he also pay to my wife if she should need it one hundred dollars & if her necessities should not require him to pay the full amount the balance of the hundred Dollars to be paid to my Estate & William H. Drennen is to pay to my Estate Six hundred Dollars my son Robert has the privalige of selling his interest provided he invests the same in land for his heirs and as heretofore Directed My tract of land known as the hester place with the entry between it and all Bryans tract and all the William Bryan Entry except the thirty acres left to William E. Bryan is to be sold and all my stock goods and effects not heretofore excepted to be sold I will my daughter Mary Newman Eliza J. Wooten Sarah C. Henry and Margaret A. Gaut each three hundred Dollars and to Rachel N. Elder one hundred Dollars and to each of her two Daughters Carline Manard and Nancy Layman fifty Dollars to be paid out of the last payment received on the lands left my sons Page 111 And to George A. Keener I will one hundred Dollars to be paid to him when he is twenty one years old it is my will that my executors pay the remainder of the dues of T C Bryan Decd. then the estate shall be wound up and all my lawful debts paid and aftering paying the amount herein specified should there be still a remainder on hands it is my will that it be equally divided among those of my heirs who have not received land & should the Judgment I have obtained against Allen S. Bryan be collected it is my will that the amount so collected by equally divided among all my heirs Should I die before the present crop is made it is my will that William Drennen be allowed my horse & mule & farming tools to raise the crop with & that he be allowed all the grain & hay Now on hands except one crib of corn one fourth of the ensuing crop after paying the work hands to be mine It is my will that my executors have the graves of my two Decd. sons J. W. & T. C. Bryan marked by tomb stones or otherwise if they deem best Likewise, I make constitute and appoint my said sons P H & R R Bryan to be executors of this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affix my Seal the twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven Thos. Bryan (Seal) Signed in the presence of Perry Cate a true copy from the original W. H. H. Duggan Clerk Death: 30 August 1867, age 77, Sevier County, Tennessee.44 Thomas C. Bryan Sr. and Nancy Cate Marriage: 15 August 1813, Jefferson County, Tennessee.20,45 Jefferson County, Tennessee Marriage Bond #1050, page 105, John Cate bondsman. Edythe Rucker Whitley, "Marriages of Jefferson Co., TN, 1792-1836, 1982, pg. 23, '#1050 Aug 15,1813, Thomas Bryant (sic) to Nancy Cate.' Nancy Cate1,3,4,16,44,45,46,48, daughter of William P. Cate and Mary Enyard,. Birth: March 1792, Jefferson County, Tennessee.45,46 Some sources say that she was born in North Carolina. Other sources say she was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee. But she has older siblings who appear to be born in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Census: 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee, Age 30-39, enumerated Household of her husband Thomas C. Bryan Sr. Census: 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee,45 Age 40-49, enumerated Household of her husband Thomas C. Bryan Sr. Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee, Nancy 58 f w TN cannot R/W, enumerated Household of her husband Thomas C. Bryan Sr. Census: 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee,46 Nancy 68 f w NC, enumerated Household of her husband Thomas C. Bryan Sr. Census: 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee, Bryan Nancy 78 f w unemployed TN cannot W. Death: 4 February 1871, age 78, Sevier County, Tennessee.44 Nancy was the sister of Lucy Cate who married Thomas' brother William. Therefore, the respective children were double first cousins. Will of Thomas Bryan written 3 Mar 1867, to my daughter Lucy & her husband William H. Drinnen 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 may live. William E. is William Enyard Bryan, P.H. is Peter H. Bryan, and A.W. is Ahaz W. Bryan. 1870 Sevier County Tennessee Census, Pg. 23, Family 5, Nancy Bryan age 78, is living with her daughter Lucy and William Drinnen and family. The following is from Elizabeth Cate Manly p.17 "She was b. ca 1790/93, the daughter of William and Mary Enyard Cate, and the granddaughter of John Cate, Sr. and his first wife Catherine. Her sister Lucinda (Lucy) married William Bryan, brother of Thomas, making their children double first cousins." Subsequent research by Roberta Pierson has shown that Nancy's father was William P. Cate who is the son of a John Cate who is not "the" John Cate Sr. So Nancy is the granddaughter of a John Cate who is not "the" John Cate Sr. Thomas C. Bryan Sr.-94 and Nancy Cate-95 had the following children:
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