Journal Report



Generation Seven


33. Joseph7 Regan (Daniel6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Joseph was born circa 1790 in Robeson County, NC. He married Olive Rozier or Rosier circa 1809 in Pulaski County, GA. Joseph died on 14 Dec 1839 in Union Parish, LA. His body was interred in Dec 1839.
Joseph and Olive lived in Pulaski County, GA from about 1808 until 1827 when they moved to Dale County, AL.

Joseph left Pulaski County, GA about 1827 and moved to Dale County, AL.

In late 1833, they moved to Hinds County, MS to be near other Regan relatives. He made four land purchases in Hinds County from 1833 to 1835.

In Dec. 1836, Joseph purchased land in Ouachita Parish, LA. He sold his property in MS in Feb., 1838. His Ouachita Parish land became a part of Union Parish, LA when it was established in Dec., 1849.
Olive Rozier or Rosier. Olive was born circa 1790 in Robeson County, NC. Olive died after Dec 1849 in Union Parish, LA. Her body was interred after 1849. She resided in 1849 in Union Parish, LA.
Children of Joseph7 Regan and Olive Rozier or Rosier were as follows:

34. Emillia7 Regan (Daniel6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Emillia was born circa 1795 in Cumberland County, NC. She married John Smith on 30 Jan 1814 in Pulaski County, GA. Emillia died circa 1880 in Columbia County, AR. Her body was interred.
Name Reference: Family Bible.

Other names - Amelia, Emily

jbrreed@yahoo.com Jennifer Reed descends from this line.
John Smith. John was born circa 1792 in NC. John died on 28 Sep 1871 in Columbia County, AR. His body was interred in 1971.
Children of Emillia7 Regan and John Smith were as follows:

35. Elias Daniel7 Regan (Daniel6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Elias was born in 1802 in Beaufort County, SC. 1800-1804. He married Elizabeth Rozier or Rozar on 25 Mar 1819 in Pulaski County, GA. Elias died on 15 Apr 1838 in Ouachita Parish, LA,. on Bayou de Siard. His body was interred.
Elias left Pulaski County, GA about 1827 and moved to Hinds County, MS.

By 1838, Elias moved to Ouachita Parish, LA.

His brother, Joseph, administered his estate.
Elizabeth Rozier or Rozar. Elizabeth was born in 1794 in GA. 1794-1804, 1790? She married John Pierce. Elizabeth died. Her body was interred.
Children of Elias Daniel7 Regan and Elizabeth Rozier or Rozar were as follows:

36. Charlotte7 Regan (Daniel6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Charlotte was born circa 1807 in Laurens County, GA. She married James Savage 22 Oct., 1824 in Pulaski County, GA. Charlotte died in 1860 in Coffee County, AL,. 1859-60. Her body was interred.
James Savage. James was born in 1802 in NC. James died in Coffee County, AL. His body was interred.
Children of Charlotte7 Regan and James Savage were as follows:

37. Mary Elizabeth Ann7 Regan or Riggins (Daniel6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Mary was born in Jul 1810 in Pulaski County, GA. circa 1814? She married Richard Byran on 13 Sep 1821 in Pulaski County, GA. She married Shadrack Rozier Rozar? 'Shade' in 1829 in Pulaski County, GA. Mary died in Sep 1854 in Pulaski County, GA, at age 44. 1850-60? Her body was interred.
'Elizabeth.' Her common name was 'Elizabeth.'
Richard Byran. Richard died. His body was interred.
There were no children of Mary Elizabeth Ann7 Regan or Riggins and Richard Byran.
Shadrack Rozier Rozar? 'Shade.' Shadrack was born 6 Apr., 1807 in Wilkinson County, GA. He married Mary ?? on 10 Apr 1859 in Pulaski County, GA. Shadrack died in 1867. Pulaski County, GA? 8 Jan., 1880? His body was interred. Rozar Cemetery, near Bethel Church. His common name was Shade.
Children of Mary Elizabeth Ann7 Regan or Riggins and Shadrack Rozier Rozar? 'Shade' both born in Pulaski County, GA, were as follows:

38. Ralph7 Regan , Sr. (Joseph6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Ralph was born on 27 Sep 1796 in Robeson County, NC. He married ?? Parker before 1818. He married Elizabeth Wishart on 12 Dec 1818 in Robeson County, NC. He married Elizabeth Musselwhite on 26 Feb 1826 in Robeson County, NC,. from marriage bond. Ralph died on 17 Apr 1861 in Robeson County, NC, at age 64. His body was interred in 1861 in Robeson County, NC.
Occupation: Cooper.

10 APR., 1843.
NC Will Book I, Clerk of Court's Office, Robeson County, NC, pages 430-434. A copy is in the Regan Reference Books. Ralph Regan is mentioned in his father's, Joseph Regan, Sr., Will. See Joseph Regan, Sr. [Indv. #396].

1850.
Census Records of Robeson County, NC. Ralph Regan is listed with a 1800 birthdate. Dwelling house #185. He was next to his mother's Sarah dwelling house #196.
?? Parker. ?? was born circa 1806. ?? died. Her body was interred.
There were no children of Ralph7 Regan , Sr. and ?? Parker.
Elizabeth Wishart. Elizabeth was born say 1806. Elizabeth died. Her body was interred. References: (by reference # below) Name - 1 Birth Date - Birth Location - Reference # 1. Sam West, personal knowledge.
Children of Ralph7 Regan , Sr. and Elizabeth Wishart were as follows:
Elizabeth Musselwhite. Elizabeth was born circa 1803. Elizabeth died. Her body was interred. 1850 Census, Robeson County, NC. 1850. Elizabeth is listed with a 1803 birthdate.
Children of Ralph7 Regan , Sr. and Elizabeth Musselwhite were as follows:


Reddick & Elizabeth
Reddick & Elizabeth Spann Regan Bryan. Picture Source: Diana [Bryan] Quinn.


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Elizabeth Bryan, Bryan Cemetery, Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Picture taken by Elizabeth Bryan - 1981. Picture Source: Diana Quinn.


440b
Letter from Elizabeth Spann Regan, front


440c
letter, page 1


440d
Elizabeth Spann Regan letter, page 2


440e
Elizabeth Spann Regan, page 3

39. Elizabeth Spann7 Regan (Joseph6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Elizabeth was born on 27 Oct 1798 in Robeson County, NC. Date & Place Source: Diana [Bryan] Quinn, Indiv.# 106679.

Obituary has 29 Oct., 1794. She married Joseph Regan , Jr. on 7 Sep 1815 in Robeson County, NC,. Obituary has 11 Nov., 1814. Marriage bond dated 7 Sep., 1815.
She married Reddick Bryan on 13 Sep 1821 in Pulaski County, GA,. Date & Place Source: Pulaski County, GA records. Elizabeth died on 12 Feb 1877 in Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA, at age 78. Died at her son's house, Joseph B. Bryan.
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Date & Place Source: Obituary. Her body was interred in 1877 in Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA. Byran Cemetery at Liberty Chapel Church.
Name & Parents Sources: Ragan Pruitt.

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1819.
Elizabeth and her husband, Joseph Regan, Jr., and two sons, John and Span moved from Robeson County, NC to Pulaski County, GA about 1819.

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1826 - 1830.
Note, Source: Ragan Pruitt -
      Elizabeth and her two sons and second husband, Reddick Bryan, lived in Pulaski County, GA, moved briefly to Twiggs County, GA, where he settled Amy Bryan's Estate in 1826 and there were some land bounty grants because of the orphans of Joseph Regan, Jr., and Elizabeth Spann Regan. They moved to Houston County, GA, about 1830.
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1839.
Note, Source: Ragan Pruitt -
      Family moved to Bienville Parish, LA in 1839, leaving John Regan behind in Houston County, GA. Later John did move to LA.
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1843.
NC Will Book I, Clerk of Court's Office, Robeson County, NC. A copy is in the Regan Reference Book Pages 430-434. 10 Apr., 1843. Elizabeth S. (Byrant) is mentioned in her father's, Joseph Regan, Sr., Will. See Joseph Regan, Sr. [Indv. #396].
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1845.
Note, Source: Ragan Pruitt.
Letter to Span Ragan from his mother, Elizabeth Spann Regan Bryan
     
Transcribed by Diana Bryan Quinn - Punctuation, grammar, and spelling are copied exactly as written

Black Lake, LA
Nov 18th
      Mr. Span Regan
Fort Vally P.O.
Houston County
      Ga

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La. Claibourne Parish
1845
Nov the 16

Dear Son,
      I received your letter on yesterday and was glad to hear from you and to hear that you were well but it did give me no satisfaction to hear of your condition with your condition that you were in. We have been generally healthy hear hear[here] this year but not so mouch so at this time we are all a labouring under verry bad colds at this time all the family both black and white and it is a general complaint all over this country We had a camp metting in one mile of us in October and we had a fine time of it There were but four tents but we had a good many hearers there were thirteen joined the church among the number General Wimberly Joshua Melvin J. Hunter Wim Wimberly and I could name a good many more But those were the hardest sinners that we got and I expect that you will be glad to hear that they are a trying .

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My son I have seen more trouble this year about one thing or other than I ever saw in my life you wrote to use about your affairs hear we has been a try all the year to make some arrangements to send you some money but it appears like it is in vain I have got a little money and would sent it to you but I am a fraid for fear you will not get it you write that you do not get any letter from us but it is not our fault We have written several time Before we received this letter whthen we do not sent our letter to the write[right] place or not I can not say your wrote to us to direct our letter to fort valley and we done so there is one of our neighbors Mr. Williams that has money owing to him in Georgia and Mr. Bryan has been a trying to make some arrangements with him Mr. Williams brother then wrote to him that that he had collected some .

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If fort vally is the nearist post office to you let us know it as we may not be mistaken, I had like to forget to tell you that we have got acquainted with a docter Kenney that says he knew you whin at colledge he is living out here in this settlement at this time The boys are single and so is Dorothy but it thought that Joseph will get maried shortly to Miss S. Wimberly but we are not shore[sure] it is the case Span I do wish you were here it seems sometimes like I can’t bear it. I am gitting old weekly and it appears like I wont live much longer I can’t hear half what I wance[once] could if Mr. Williams fails to git an answer soon we will have to send you a ceck again, or if any one was coming from there here and would pay you some money you could give them an order to us for it here. I mite talk a week about it for that is all I can do is to talk and I do hope that your bisness may soon be as it may git to you safe the family all sends there love to you your unchanging mother

E. S. Bryan
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1877.
Note, Source: Diana Quinn - Elizabeth Span Regan Bryan - Obituary
A copy of this obituary was sent to Diana Quinn by Julia Brittain, a descendant of Elizabeth's son, Tilman C. Bryan. Copies of this obituary and other Bryan records are in a vertical file compiled by Vera Meeks Wimberly at the Genealogy Library, Montgomery County Memorial Library, Conroe, Texas.

"OBITUARY. For the "Rural Times".

      Died February 12th at 9 o’clock p.m. at the residence of J.B. Bryan, her son, Mrs. E. S. Bryan, aged 78 years.

      The subject of this memoriam was born in North Carolina and moved to Georgia at an early date, and from there to Bienville Parish, La., where she has been all the while doing all she could in behalf of Christ. She has been a member of the M. E. Church for may years. She was kind and lenient to all; did all she could both by words and actions, for those whom she thought loved Jesus. She was confined in bed nine weeks, during which time she had all the attention and all that human hands and hearts could contribute. She loved God and all his people and had unlimited faith in Jesus. She suffered very much at times, while at others was easy. She had been in delicate health for several years, but by the kind care of her family, she survived until the 12th of February 1877, when the lamp of existence went out. On the following morning we saw the cold form as it lay in the arms of death, a large family and a large circle of friends to morn her loss. She was buried at the Bryan grave yard at Liberty Chapel Church, were, after the burial services, we heard the heavy sound of sod die out as though at a distance, and the sobs of the family and friends as they gave her a fare well adieu.

      She is gone, gone! Gone to that fairer and better land where there is not more sickness, sorrow nor pain.

<signed> Roger Lawson"
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FEB., 1877,
Note, Source: Ragan Pruitt -
      OBITUARY FROM CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE NEW ORLEANS, LA.
      MOTHER ELIZABETH SPAN REGAN died at the residence of her son, Joseph Bryan in Bienville Parish, La., on the twelfth of February 1877. Mother Bryan, the daughter of Joseph and Doratha Regan, was born near Lumberton, Robinson County, N. C., October 29, 1874. She was converted in early life, and attached herself to the Methodist Church; was married to Joseph Regan November 11, 1814, moved to Gregg County, Ga. where she was left a widow with to sons; Sept 11, 1821, she married Redric Bryan, who also had two sons. From Houston County, Ga., they moved to Louisiana and settled in Claiborn parish, where they lived happily and usefully together, aiding in the support of the gospel, the building up of society and sustaining camp meetings, until the twelfth of January, 1864, at which time she was again left a widow. She still considered it her duty to do what she could in the Master's kingdom, and though the field of her usefulness was chiefly confined to her own large family, she wielded an influence for good which will be felt through time, the extent of which eternity alone can reveal.
      Her house was the preacher's house, where they always received an old fashioned Methodist welcome. Being the daughter of a Methodist preacher, she both reverenced and loved the men of God. It was a source of evident gratification that she once entertained Bishop Morris on one of his overland trips to Texas. During her last illness she requested her friends not to pray that her life might be prolonged, but that her end might be peaceful. Rarely has a family of children, themselves the heads of families, been blessed with the privilege of witnessing such a manifestation of the power of Christ to
save.
      Called together on the saddest occasion that ever congregates a family (to witness a mother's death,) they saw how perfectly the grace of God could enable the true believer to triumph over physical suffering, and received her godly admonitions and prayers of faith. For nine long weeks she seemed to exist in two worlds. Hope ever brightening, she was eager to depart and be with Christ. She called her children, one by one, and requested them to say they would meet her in heaven, and exhorted them not to make a promise, merely to gratify a dying mother, but to weigh well their words. Her mission on earth ended, the remainder of her days were spent in prayer and praise.
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Note, Source: Ragan Pruitt -
      Tribute of Respect.
      At a regular meeting of Liberty Chapel Grange [Farmers' organization] No. 111 P. of H. [The Patrons of Husbandry] held June 9th A.D. 1877 the following resolutions on the death of our worthy and esteemed sister Elizabeth S. Bryan were adopted.
      Whereas our Heavenly Master has in his wisdom seen fit to remove from our midst, after a painful illness of nine weeks, (one of our Charter members) our esteemed and beloved sister, Elizabeth S. Bryan.
      During the time that she was a member of Liberty Chapel Grange, her seat was never vacant at the Grange Hall unless detained by the infirmities of age. She took great interest in the principles of this order, but disease at last fastened its deadly grasp upon her vital frame. With calmness and strong faith in CHRIST she breathed her last, Feb. 12th, 1877 being 78 years, 3 months and 17 days of age.
      Mother Bryan adorned her Christian profession, being an old fashion Methodist, raised by a Methodist preacher, she could be none other than a true exemplar of Christianity. She loved all the institutions of the church, and did all she could in her quiet
way to advance the cause of Christ.
      But Mother Bryan has gone, and is now enjoying the society of angels and spirits of the just. We will hear her voice no more on earth giving counsel and advice to old and young alike. And we mourn and sympathize with the bereaved relations and friends not
as those who have no hope, for we know that our Mother will rise again at the last day.
      Therefore,
      Resolved, That in the death of Sister Bryan this Grange has lost a worthy and esteemed member; society a shining light, and her family a loss that cannot be replaced.
      Resolved, That the members of this Grange wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
      Resolved, That these Resolutions be apread [read, recorded?] upon the Minutes of this Grange, and a copy be furnished the relatives of the deceased, and a copy to the Rural Times for publication.
      Committee,
      J. W. Cook
      W. J. Page
      W. A. Martin
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Joseph Regan , Jr. Joseph was born in 1797 in Robeson County, NC. Date & Place Sources: Ragan Pruitt, Indiv.#39418. Joseph died in Dec 1820 in Pulaski County, GA,. Date & Pae Sources: Ragan Pruitt, Indiv.#39418. His body was interred in Pulaski County, GA. NC Book I, Clerk of Court's Office, Robeson County, NC. Page 134. 18 Jun., 1814. Joseph Regan is mentioned in John Regan's Will. He inherited 500 acres of land granted first to William Cain. He was also an Executor of the Will. See Captain John Regan [Indv. #27] His Will is dated 18 Dec., 1820 - recorded in Pulaski County, GA Will Book A, page 56. He states that he was a resident of Pulaski County, GA. The area where they lived is now Bleckley County, GA.
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Note, Source: Ragan Pruitt -
      WILL OF JOSEPH REGAN
      In the name of God, Amen. I, Joseph Regan, of the County of Pulaski and State of Georgia, being very low in body but in perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for the same calling to mind the mortality body and ordain this my last will and testament. That
is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty that give it me and mine body I recommend to the earth to be buried in Christian burial at the discretion of my friends and as vouching such worldly estate as it has pleased God to
bless me with in this life. I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. First of all I request that my mare and colt and bridle and saddle I give to my wife Elizabeth Regan Extry of her equal part the Joseph Regan do request her to have that much extry still to have all the rest of my property after my just debts is paid her life time or widowhood but and if she marry again then an equal division with the two sons in the land and negroes household and kitchen furniture one negro named Bide (?) and Anthony and Nell and Simon, and the land that I now live on in the County of Pulaski
none (?) by the number 88 one hundred and a quarter acres if the said Elizabeth Regan marry again then and (?) equal division between her and my sons John Regan and Span Regan and I do hereby ordain and appoint Elizabeth S. Regan executrix to carry this my last will into effect and I do hereby utterly revoke and disannul all and every other former will and testament by me in anywise before named willed and bequeathed.
      In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 18th day of December One thousand eight hundred and twenty.
      (signed) Joseph Regan (Seal)
      Signed sealed pronounced and delivered
by the said Joseph Regan as his last will
and testment in the presents of
     
      Wincherd Dawson
      Sarah Dawson
      William Smith
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Children of Elizabeth Spann7 Regan and Joseph Regan , Jr. both born in Robeson County, NC, were as follows:

Reddick & Elizabeth
Reddick & Elizabeth Spann Regan Bryan. Picture Source: Diana [Bryan] Quinn.


1644a
Reddick Bryan gravestone, Bryan Cemetery, Bienville Parish, LA. Picture taken by Elizabeth Bryan - 1981. Whit Bryan is next to the gravestone. Picture Source: Diana Quinn.

Reddick Bryan. Reddick was born on 18 Feb 1793 in NC. Date & Place Source: Diana [Bryan] Quinn, Indiv.# 106679. He married Telitha? Talitha? Lilitra? ?? circa 1814. Reddick died on 12 Jan 1864 in Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA, at age 70. Date & Place Source: Diana [Bryan] Quinn, Indiv.# 106679. His body was interred in Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA. Place Source: Diana [Bryan] Quinn, Indiv.# 106679. Name Source: Diana [Bryan] Quinn, Indiv.# 106679.

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1813.
James Bryan and Reddick Bryan - Deed
Transcribed by Dennis Bryant

In the deed transcribed below, James Bryan transferred 50 acres of his inherited land to Reddick Bryan on September 10, 1813 with no purchase price specified. This is about the time that Reddick married his first wife.

September 10, 1813 James Bryan, Senr. to Redick Bryan

State of North Carolina, Martin County

Know all men by these presents that I, James Bryan, Senr. of the State and County aforesaid do grant bargain & sell & confirm unto Redick Bryan of the State and County aforesaid a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County aforesaid beginning as follows. Beginning at a white oak Bryans and John D. Hymans corner thence along said Hymans line to Lewis Bryans line, thence along said Bryans line to a pine, thence a line of marked trees to the head of the Paster branch, thence along the various courses of said branch to the run of Cains branch, thence along the various courses of said branch to a Cypress Johnathan Cherry corner in Coneho creek, thence down the various courses o£ said creek to a Maple, thence to the first station, containing fifty Acres more or less, To have and to hold forever he and his heirs with all improvements and appertenments this the tenth Day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen.

Witness Jas. Cherry his

      James * Bryan & seal

Thomas Bryan mark

Martin County September Term l8l4 this deed was proven in open court by the oath of Thos Bryant one of the subscribing Witnesses and on motion ordered to be registered.

      H.B. Hunter clk

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1815.
Deed of Gift - James Bryan to Daughter, Amy Bryan; Reddick Bryan, witness
     
Transcribed by Dennis Bryant
March 17, 1815

____ to whom these presents shall come, I, James Bryan of the Co. of Martin and State of NC, planter, for and in consideration of love, good will, and affection which I have and bear towards my loving daughter, Amy Bryan, of the Co. and St.aforesaid have given and granted and by these presents do ___ ___grant unto the said Amy Bryan, her heirs, executors, admns. and assigns ___ ___ ___ to have and to hold all the negro slave to her the said Amy Bryan ___ ___ & from henceforth as her and her property absolutely, without any ___ consideration. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day March 1815 __ Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of.

Benj. Bowers

Reddick Bryan

James Bryan

Martin Co. Dec. term 1816, this bill of sale proven in open court by the oath of Reddick Bryant, one of the subscribing witnesses and ordered to be registered.

H.B. Hunter clk

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1815.
Deed - Reddick Bryan, Atty. for James Bryan, Senr. to Arthur Staton
Transcribed by Dennis Bryant
May 15, 18l5

This indenture made this fifth day of May One Thousand Eight hundred and fifteen, between Reddick Bryan, attorney for James Bryan Senr. of the State of North Carolina and Martin County of the one part and Arthur Staton of Edgecombe County, and State aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that the said Reddick Bryan lawful attorney for James Bryan Senr. for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and forty two and a half dollars to him in hand paid at or before the sealing and delivery hereof the receipt of which I do hereby acknowledge myself fully satisfied contented and paid and do by these presents bargain sell convey and confirm unto the said Arthur Staton a certain tract or parcel of land beginning at a pine, formerly Lewis Bryan's corner, running north 85', W 2ll poles to Arthur Staton's corner the Alnea (?) path thence southerly along said path, it being Staton's line to a pine at corner of R. Brown or Hineses line, thence south 85', E along Hineses line one hundred and sixtypoles to a pine, thence along Hineses line to John W. Mayo corner, thence along said Mayo line to the first station, one hundred and ninety acres of land, to have and to hold the above granted land and premises with all profits privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging and the said Reddick Bryan, attorney for James Bryan Senr. hath full power to sell and dispose of the same and will warrant and defend the said land and premises unto the said Arthur Staton, his heirs and assigns and against the 1awfu1 right, claim, or demand of any person or persons whatsoever___ In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal the day and date written, signed sealed & delivered in the presence of us.

     Thomas Bryan

Reddick Bryan

& seal

W. D. Staton

Martin County Decr. Term 1815 this deed was proven in open court by the oath of W.D. Staton a subscribing witness and on motion ordered to be registered.

H.B. Hunter clk.
     
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1839.
He and his wife moved from Pulaski County, GA to Bienville Parish, La., in 1839.

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1840.
Note, Source: Diana [Bryan] Quinn, Indiv.# 106679., Reddick and Elizabeth first resided in Twiggs County, GA and then settled in Houston County, GA. Around 1839, Reddick purchased land in Claborne Parish, LA. The 1840 census places Reddick and his family in this area at that time. This area would later become part of Bienville Parish, LA.

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1864.
Note, Source: Diana Quinn - Reddick Bryan - Obituary.
A copy of this obituary was sent to Diana Quinn by Julia Brittain, a descendant of Reddick's son, Tilman C. Bryan. Copies of this obituary and other Bryan records are in a vertical file compiled by Vera Meeks Wimberly at the Genealogy Library, Montgomery County Memorial Library, Conroe, Texas.
     
OBITUARIES

Died at his residence, on the 12th , near Ringgold, Bienville Parish, La., Mr. Reddick Bryan It is painful indeed to record the death on one whom we have known so long and who was bound to us by the strongest ties of friendship’s affection-
painful to know that one has gone who has been with us so long. By this community he will be sadly missed and the announcement of his death will send an anguish to the hearts of all who knew him. To his Christian Friends and Brethren, a light has gone out that will never (on this earth) glow again, a pillar is broken and crushed that will never be replaced. But we should be resigned to know and consider that Death is an instructive mentor as well as a mournful messenger; that the grave is the common lot of all, the great leveler of all distinctions. But at the same time we are taught, in one sense the good and great can never die for the memory of their virtues and bright example will live through all coming time into an immortality that blooms beyond the grave. The consolation of this thought should calm our sorrows and cause us to exclaim, in the language of a poet,

"Why weep ye, then, for him who having run
The bounds of man’s appointed years at last,
Life’s blessing all enjoyed, life’s labors done,
Serenely to his final rest has passed?"

The object of this notice has long enjoyed the blessings of religion. For more than forty years he has been a strict and useful member of the Methodist church. Possessing all the attributes of a Christian Man, he was a kind and affectionate husband, and indulgent parent; out words his servants displayed their attachment to him in tears of anguish over his grave. For several months his health was bad, and he often spoke of death, but calmly, as if he would be ready to obey the summons when it pleased God to call him. Let this thought comfort her, the partner of his bosom, whose heart is now crushed and bleeding. Let her feel that it is good in the sight of God for this affliction to come on her, for by the power of Christ’s resurrection we joyfully anticipate the prospect of seeing that broken staff erect and that beautiful rod clothed with celestial grace and blossoming in undying life in the paradise of God.
Ringgold, La.
A. P. J.

Children of Elizabeth Spann7 Regan and Reddick Bryan were as follows:

40. Robert Anderson Alexander?7 Regan or Ragan (Joseph6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Robert was born on 11 Jun 1800 in Robeson County, NC. He married Mary Evans 'Polly' on 22 Oct 1822. Robert died on 15 Jun 1853 in Pulaski County, GA, at age 53. His body was interred in 1853 in Pulaski County, GA.
NC Will Book I, Clerk of Court's Office, Robeson County, NC. A copy is in the Regan Reference Book Pages 430-434. 10 Apr., 1843. Robert A. Regan is mentioned in his father's, Joseph Regan, Sr., Will. See Joseph Regan, Sr.[Record #396] (Date? Per 1900 census, Bladen County, NC.).
Mary Evans 'Polly.' Mary was born circa 1800 in Robeson County, NC. Mary died in 1893 in Pulaski County, GA. Her body was interred. Her common name was Polly.
Children of Robert Anderson Alexander?7 Regan or Ragan and Mary Evans 'Polly' were as follows:

41. Martha7 Regan (Joseph6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Martha was born on 14 Jun 1802 in Robeson County, NC. She married John Bryan on 12 Feb 1825 in Robeson County, NC,. Source: Sam West. Martha died circa 1832 in Robeson County, NC,. probably. Her body was interred in 1832 in Robeson County, NC. probably.
Nash Odom, Family Research, 1971, a copy is in the Regan Reference Book. Page 17. 5 May, 1832. The marriage bond between Martha Regan and John Bryan was dated May 5, 1832. The Bondsman was Joseph Regan and the Witness was Richard C. Bunting.

NC Will Book I, Clerk of Court's Office, Robeson County, NC. A copy is in the Regan Reference Book Pages 430-434. 10 Apr., 1843. Martha is mentioned as deceased in her father's, Joseph Regan, Sr., Will. See Joseph Regan, Sr.[Indv #396].
John Bryan. John died. His body was interred. Nash Odom, Family Research, 1971, a copy is in the Regan Reference Book. Page 17. 5 May, 1832. The marriage bond between Martha Regan and John Bryan was dated May 5, 1832. The Bondsman was Joseph Regan and the Witness was Richard C. Bunting.

NC Will Book I, Clerk of Court's Office, Robeson County, NC. A copy is in the Regan Reference Book Pages 430-434. 10 Apr., 1843. John Bryan is mentioned in his father-in-law's, Joseph Regan, Sr., Will. See Joseph Regan, Sr.[Record #396].
Children of Martha7 Regan and John Bryan were:

42. Nancy S.7 Regan (Joseph6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Nancy was born on 29 Jul 1804 in Robeson County, NC. She married Duncan John? Evans or Nivens on 5 Nov 1823 in Robeson County, NC,. Source: Sam West. Nancy died on 20 Sep 1874 in Clay County, AL, at age 70. Her body was interred in 1874. Hatchet Creek Pres. Church Cemetery.
10 Apr., 1843
NC Will Book I, Clerk of Court's Office, Robeson County, NC. A copy is in the Regan Reference Book Pages 430-434. Nancy (Evans) is mentioned in her father's, Joseph Regan, Sr., Will. See Joseph Regan, Sr. [Indv #396]. 1850 Census, Robeson County, NC, Page 37. 1850. The Census lists Nancy with a birth date of 1810.
Duncan John? Evans or Nivens. Duncan was born circa 1798. Duncan died. His body was interred. Occupation: Farmer.

Moved to AL.

1850.
Census Records of Robeson County, NC, 1850, page 37. The Census lists the household of John Evans as follows:
      Birth
      Date/
      Property
Name Location Occupation Evaluation
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John Evans 1798 Farmer
Nancy 1810
Duncan 1835
James 1835
Sarah 1837
Mary 1841. He resided in 1850 in Robeson County, NC.
Children of Nancy S.7 Regan and Duncan John? Evans or Nivens were as follows:


Millie Regan - 447
Millie (Regan) Baker


Millie Regan
This is on the back of the picture of Millie (Regan) Baker.

43. Amelia7 Regan 'Millie' (Joseph6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Amelia was born on 6 Nov 1806 in Robeson County, NC. She married John W. Baker on 17 Jan 1828 in Robeson County, NC. Amelia died on 19 Aug 1896 in TX at age 89. 15? Her body was interred in Aug 1896 in TX.
1828.
     Nash Odom, Family Research, 1971. A copy is in the Regan Reference Book. Page 18. 17 Jan., 1828. The Marriage bond date between Amelia Regan and John Baker was Jan. 17, 1828. The Bondsman was Malcom Baker and the Witness was Neill Buie.

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1843.
NC Will Book I, Clerk of Court's Office, Robeson County, NC. A copy is in the Regan Reference Book Pages 430-434. 10 Apr., 1843. Amelia (Baker) is mentioned in her father's, Joseph Regan, Sr., Will. See Joseph Regan, Sr. [Indv. #396].

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Note, Source: Diana Quinn - Letter to Georgia Ann Frances "Fannie" Bryan Pittman Wimberly from Amelia Regan Baker
     
This letter was written to Georgia Ann Frances Bryan Pittman Wimberly from Amelia Regan Baker, her mother’s sister. The letter was found in family files, donated by Vera Wimberly, at a library in Conroe, Texas. The letter was originally one of many found in a scrapbook keep by Josie Bryan Cook of Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

Letters written by Fannie Wimberly and her husband, James S. Pittman can be found in the Wimberly Family History compiled by Vera Wimberly.

Kimbel County Texas June 9th, 1877

Mrs. Wimberly Dear Fannie

Many thanks for your still remembering me after so long a silence your letter came to San Marcos in due time but I had moved away out here in Kimbel County so it was a considerable time before the letter and Obituary come to me hence my long delay in not answering you I of course truly simpathise with all my dear sisters children the loss of a tender Mother but Oh think of the incomparible change we believe it all is to her shes gone to that land of rest where there is not sorrowing now howling tempest to trouble her peaceful spirit Oh what a blessed change from this world of sighing pining weeping praying struggling with all manner of evils I long to be there. the thought electrifies my poor weak soul to think we have parents brothers and sisters all there we believe who have conquered and gone before We must watch and pray as they have don’t to meet them there then our sinning will be over when we reach that happy shore where we will all worship around the bright throne I very often feel these lines suited to me . My latest sun is sinking fast my race is almost run my. My strongest trials now is past my triumh is begun. I soon Shall meet the holy ranks of friends and kindreds dear. I brush the dews of Jordans banks the crossing must be near. I am only six years younger than my departed sister therefore it behoves me to try my best to be ready even if I should stay as long as she did which I very much doubt for we know not the day nor hour when our blessed Saviour say come up . Oh may I ready pray for me my dear that I may --- the death that never dies My health is very poor. I have Catarrah and have tried several doctors to wast this body away it’s the case with me I am very sorry that I am not prepared to write you a more full letter but we have only been here two months and of course I cannot tell you much about this country yet the people here the greater portion are very wild and reckless which is very disagreeable to me we had preaching on last Sunday for the first since I have been here they speak of having a camp meeting in September perhaps it may do some toward civilizing the place it is a good country for stock of all kind but the desperados steal the stock very we hav a company of rangers stationed here for this summer they have caught several of the bad thieves and put them in prison though I have heard that some have escaped some are in jail yet. I saw a lad last November from La. Bienville Parish he said he knew the Bryans his name is Laster he said Terrell Bryan had sold out and was coming to Texas and would call on his father when he got here. I left word with him for Terrell to come and see me before he settled but he never came therefore I suspected he has not come to Texas my reason for wishing to see before he settled was this I wanted him to come and look at Kimbel County he might like it then I would have some of my kinsfolks for neighbors did move away from there or not please write and let me know how all of your brothers and sisters are. Is any of them living near you if so give my best love and kindest regards I hope they are all doing well may the Lord proper them all I should be happy to get a letter from any one of them I have the company of two of my sons up here in this wild country Eli and Daniel Eli and wife they have no children. Daniel has not married yet though talks very much about marrying now as he has found his country he is much pleased with this new country I think it will be a good place when it is settled with the right cast of people. I will close direct your letters to Kimbel County Texas Junchon City may heaven bless you all is the prayer of your Aunte Amelia Baker.

     
 Her common name was 'Millie.' She resided in 1877 in Kimbel County, TX.
John W. Baker. John was born circa 1806. John died in 1846 in Coffee County, AL. His body was interred.
Children of Amelia7 Regan 'Millie' and John W. Baker were as follows:

44. Sarah P.7 Regan (Joseph6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Sarah was born on 6 Oct 1808 in Robeson County, NC. She married William James Smith , Sr. on 5 May 1832 in Robeson County, NC. Sarah died 20 Jan, 1883 in Robeson County, NC. Her body was interred in 1883 in Robeson County, NC. Smith Cemetery.
Ref. : Sam West.

5 May, 1832.
Nash Odom, Family Research, Page 18. Sarah Regan and William Smith were married on May 5, 1832. Bondsmen were James Smith, the father of Wiliam Smith, and Richard Bunting. NC Will Book I, Clerk of Court's Office, Robeson County, NC. A copy is in the Regan Reference Book Pages 430-434.

10 Apr., 1843.
Sarah (Smith) is mentioned in her father's, Joseph Regan, Sr., Will. See Joseph Regan, Sr. [Record #396].
1850 Census, Robeson County, NC 1850. Sarah is listed with a birth date of 1808.
William James Smith , Sr. William was born in 1806 in Robeson County, NC. William died in 1889. His body was interred. Occupation: Farmer.

1850.
Census Records of Robeson County, NC, 1850. The Census lists the following:
      Birth Property
Name Date Occupation Evaluation
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William Smith 1806 Farmer $625
Sarah 1808
Elizabeth J. 1834
Joseph T. 1835
William, Jr. 1837
Snowden 1838
Flora 1840
Eli Stephens 1842
John W. 1844
Sarah C. 1846
Alfred P. 1848.
Children of Sarah P.7 Regan and William James Smith , Sr. were as follows:


Joseph S. Regan
Joseph S. Regan, Born 1812, Died 1883, Aged 71 yrs.
Mary, wife of Joseph S. Regan, Born 1811, Died 1882, Aged 71 yrs.
Father let thy grace be given that we may meet in heaven.

45. Joseph Samuel Jenkins7 Regan (Joseph6, Ralph5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Francis2, Daniell1). Joseph was born on 7 Aug 1812 in Robeson County, NC. He married Mary Baker on 24 Jan 1835. 1833? Joseph died on 13 Dec 1883 in Robeson County, NC, at age 71. His body was interred in 1883 Ten Mile Baptist Church Cemetery in Robeson County, NC.
Occupation: Farmer

NC Will Book I, Clerk of Court's Office, Robeson County, NC. A copy is in the Regan Reference Book Pages 430-434. 10 Apr., 1843. Joseph S. J. Regan is mentioned in his father's, Joseph Regan, Sr., Will. See Joseph Regan, Sr. [Indv. #396].

1850.
Kate Britt Biggs, Cora Britt Lipkey, 1850 Census of Robeson County, NC, in custody of Robeson County Library. Page 65. 1850. Census lists Joseph Regan with a birth date of 1815, occupation as a farmer, property evaluation of $1000, dwelling #195. He was directly next to his mother Sarah who had dwelling #196.

Joseph S. Regan
Joseph S. Regan, Born 1812, Died 1883, Aged 71 yrs.
Mary, wife of Joseph S. Regan, Born 1811, Died 1882, Aged 71 yrs.
Father let thy grace be given that we may meet in heaven.

Mary Baker. Mary was born in 1811. Date Reference - gravestone. Mary died in 1882. Date Reference - gravestone. Her body was interred Ten Mile Baptist Church Cemetery in Robeson County, NC. 1850.
Kate Britt Biggs, Cora Britt Lipkey, 1850 Census of Robeson County, NC, in custody of Robeson County Library. Page 65. Census lists Mary with a birth date of 1814.
Children of Joseph Samuel Jenkins7 Regan and Mary Baker were as follows: