Person:Samantha Shaw (2)

Listed in the 1860 Harris County, GA Census, Valley Plains P.O., enumerated July 17th, page 54, Dwelling 373, Household 373, as Emaline Bryant, age 46, born SC. With Thomas R. Bryant, age 44, born SC; Sarah, age 25, born SC; W.T., male, age 19, born GA; M.A., female, age 16, born GA; Harriett, age 14, born GA; J.H., male, age 18, born GA, married within the year; Mary, age 19, born GA; S.E., female, age 10, born GA; J.B., male, age 8, born GA; M.F., female, age 6, born GA; J.F., female, age 3, born GA.

Listed in the 1870 Harris County, GA Census, Hamilton P.O., enumerated July 30th, page 180A, Household 1874 as Emiline Bryant, age 56, born SC. With Thomas Bryant, age 56, born SC; Mary A., age 26, born GA; Samantha, age 20, born GA; James B., age 19, born GA; Martha F., age 16, born GA; Julia F., age 13, born GA; Emeline, age 9, born GA. Marcellus Bryant, age 25, born GA, Harriet, age 24, born GA, and two children, with Benjamin Bryant, age 23, born GA are living next door.

According to other family trees, Samantha also had the following children: Nancy Caroline Bryant, b. 1835-1841, m. Warren Ambus Ware; Reuben Richardson, b. after Nancy, d. Civil War, Point Lookout, MD; Amanda Melissa, b. 1846-1850, d. Burned to death.