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I am researching descendants of Benjamin K.Bryant and Atlantic Ocean Jordon.
Benjamin K. Bryant came from Franklin County,Georgia. Several family trees, on the web, have Royal Bryan/Bryant as Benjamin's father. I have recently seen a will of Royal David Bryan that list Benjamin K. Bryan as a heir. Royal left Benjamin one dollar in his will. This may be the reason for the name change.
Benjamin married Atlantic Ocean Jordon in Franklin County, Georgia, in 1841. I found their marriage record using a web search. It was easy to track Atlantic because of her unusual name. The marriage record had a Benjamin K. Bryan (not Bryant) married to Atlantic Ocean Jordan Feb 21, 1841. It is believed that Benjamin changed his name to Bryant when he came to Alabama. Why? I do not know.
Based on the chronology of births, Benjamin and Atlantic must have moved to Alabama between 1841 and 1846. If Josie was born in Alabama as reported in "The Heritage of Morgan County Alabama Vol. 54",p.166 then Benjamin and Atlantic may have been in Alabama as early as 1840. The only land record found was one land purchased in 1875, for 79 Ac. in Morgan County, Alabama.
The 1850 Census shows Benjamin to be age 37 and Atlantic to be age 38. When the 1850 Census was taken, they were living in Marshall County, Alabama, Census District 22. It is unknown if they owned land in Marshall County. At the time of the census, 5 children were at home: Asberry(Asbury) age 16, Joanna age 14, Melissia age 3, Alpha age 10 months and a Jim R. age 6. This is the first time Jim R's name has come up as a possible offspring of Benjamin and Atlantic. Jim R. does not appear on further census.
I do not know if Benjamin was Asberry Bryant's father. Based on the 1850 census, Asberry was 16 years old. This means in 1841 when Benjamin and Atlantic were Married, Asberry would have been 6 years old. Asberry had other siblings' borne before Benjamin and Atlantic were married. The 1840 Census in Franklin County GA. shows Atlantic O Jordan being the head of household with three children at home (two boys and one girl).
The 1870 Census shows Benjamin to be 60 and Atlantic to be 58. It also has Benjamin C. age 18 and Malicy age 25 listed as insane. Malicy is probably Melissa. The 1870 Census has a 3-year-old boy named Albert at Benjamin's house. I do not think this Albert was Benjamin K.'s and Atlantic's child. She would have been 55 years old when the child was borne. The child may been Asberry's son. On the same census Asberry has a 6-year- old boy named Albert.
The 1880 Census shows only Malissa age 34 and Benjamin C. age 38 living with Benjamin and Atlantic. Albert was not listed. In 1880, Benjamin was 70 and Atlantic was 68. I have found no further information about Benjamin or Atlantic after 1880. One descendant thinks both are buried at the Pleasant View Cemetery in Morgan County, Alabama. I do not know what happened to Benjamin C. or Melissa. I do not know what happened to Benjamin's land when he died.
Childern of Benjamin Bryant and Atlantic are:
i. Thomas Freeman Bryant, b.1833 in Georgia
ii. Asberry Banks Bryant, b. 1835 in Georgia
iii. Joanna Josie Bryant, b. Jan. 31, 1836 in Georgia or Alabama
iv. William Bryant, b. 1841 in Georgia
v. Melissa A. Bryant, b. 1846 in Alabama
vi. Alpha Melinda Bryant b. July 19,1849 in Alabama
vii. Benjamin C. Bryant b. 1852 in Alabama
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James A Bryant
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- Albert Price Bryant (53 KB)
Son of Alvie Oscar Bryant and grandson of Asbury Bryant. Photo was provided by Jerry D. Bryant
- Albert Bryant 1865-1929 (76 KB)
Albert Bryant is the son of Asberry Banks Bryant and the Grandson of Benjamin Bryant. Photo provided by Janie Bryant
- James Benjamin Bryant 's Store (72 KB)
Jim Bryant operated a store located on the Moulton road between Decatur and Moulton AL. Asbury Bryant is standing to the left of center in the picture.
- Cobb Corneluis (42 KB)
The man with the long beard was know as Uncle Cobb. The other people in the photo are unknown. Uncle Cobb was a brother of Rose Lee Cornelius who married Albert Bryant. Photo was provided by Jerry D. Bryant
- The Albert Bryant family (130 KB)
This photo was taken about 1931. Albert died in 1929. Rose Lee Cornelius Bryant, Albert's wife is setting on the front row. The two small boys standing by Rose Lee are Albert Price Bryant and Bryce Bankston Bryant. Photo provided by Janie Bryant
- Sheltons (28 KB)
This is a picture of Absolom (Bud)Jermiah Shelton and Rebecca Elizabeth Willingham, the parents of Leona Shelton Bryant. Photo was provided by Jerry D. Bryant
- Alvie Oscar Bryant 1896-1968 (61 KB)
The photo includes Alvie Oscar Bryant, great grandson of Benjamin K. Bryant, Leona Shelton Bryant spouse and Albert P Bryant and Bryce Bankston Bryant childern of Alvie and Leona. The photo was taken about 1926
- Bud Shelton & Rebecca Willingham (66 KB)
Marriage license provided by Donna Evans
- Albert Price Bryant (74 KB)
Albert P. Bryant (center) son of Alvie Oscar Bryant and grandson of Asberry Banks Bryant
- Alvie, Leon & Pat Bryant (355 KB)
(From Left to Right) Alive, Leon and Pat are sons of Albert Bryant, Grandsons of Asbury Bryant. Milfred is Leon's son.
- Asbury Bryant's Tombstone (611 KB)
One Tombstone marks the graves of Asbury Bryant, Debro Bryant and Mary A. Tanner
- Sam Livingston (309 KB)
This is a photo of Samuel Livingston and Letha Ellen Dutton Livingston taken about 1950. Sam is the son of Elige Livingston and the grandson of Samuel H. Livingston and Kate Stover Livinston. Photo Provided by Mildered James Bryant.
- Pleasant View (571 KB)
There are numerous Bryant's and Bryan's buried in this cemetery. Benjamin K. Bryant and Atlantic O Jordan are supposed to be buried here in unmarked graves.
- Page from Ledger that has Asbury Bryant's estate (2172 KB)
Asbury could not read or write. Albert Bryant kept Asberry's financial transactions in a ledger. The ledger survied all these years. The ledger contains a page titled the estate of A. Bryant 1914. It shows the amount given to his hiers.
- Asbury Banks Bryant 1832-1914 (26 KB)
Asbury Bryant (Asberry) son of Benjamin K Bryant and Atlantic O Jordan. Photo provided by June Phillips
- Martin Vanburen Shelton Family (753 KB)
This is the Martin Van Buren Shelton family. This photo was taken about 1905 in Morris Chapel Community in Lawrence County, Alabama.
Front row: left to right
Martin V. Shelton,Nancy Ella Shelton, daughter of Sarah Vianna Shelton and Isaac Isiah
Willingham, Martin V.'s Granddaughter
Mary Sarah Elmine Kiser Shelton,Rebecca Catherine (Rosy) Shelton, Back Row: left to right:
Joseph Moses Shelton,
George Martin Shelton,
Absalom Jeremiah Shelton,
John Ethron Monroe Shelton,
Emmett Esley Shelton
Martin Vanburen Shelton was the grandfather of Leona Shelton Bryant wife of Alive Oscar Bryant. Absolom Jermiah Shelton is the tall man standing in the middle of the back row. He is the father of Leona Shelton Bryant. Photo provided by Donna Evans.
- Elige S. Livingston 1844-1926 (25 KB)
Son Of Samuel H. Livingston and Catherine Stover.
Information taken from Confederate Census of Morgan County:
120. Livingston, Elijah
Born Sept 15, 1844 near Danville, Morgan Co., Ala. Entered service as a private in July, 1862 at Danville, Ala. in Company C, 5th Ala. Cavalry and continued until the close of the war.
- Shelton Brothers (129 KB)
This is 3 of the Shelton brothers. They are, left to right, Marcus N.
Shelton, Martin Van Buren Shelton and Jeremiah M. Shelton. They enlisted in the Civil War in Company C of the 22 GA infantry. Photo provided by Donna Evans.
- James Benjamin Bryant 1874-1921 (21 KB)
James B Bryant (Jim) son of Asbury Banks Bryant. Jim married Celestia Lucille Stockton in Decatur. They had 9 children. Photo Provided by June Phillips
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