Place:Bryan, Georgia, United States

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Bryan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 30,233. The county seat is Pembroke.

Bryan County is part of the Savannah, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Bryan County Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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History

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Bryan County was created on December 19, 1793, named after Jonathan Bryan (1708–1788), an American Revolutionary War partisan.

South Bryan County is home to the earthen Civil War installation Fort McAllister (now Fort McAllister Historic Park) which Gen. William Sherman captured on his March to the Sea.

The colonial town of Hardwick, laid out in 1755, served as the initial county seat. In 1797, the Georgia General Assembly moved the county seat to Cross Roads near modern Richmond Hil. On November 18, 1814, the county seat was moved to Mansford on the Canoochee River. In 1860, the seat was known as Eden. By the 1880s the county seat was known as Bryan. By 1895 it was in Clyde, which may have been the same location formerly known as Eden and Mansford. Clyde served as the seat to 1935; in 1937 Pembroke took on that role. The only remaining sign of Clyde is a cemetery on the Fort Stewart military reservation.

Timeline

Date Event Source
1793 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1793 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1794 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1800 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1800 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1865 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1800 2,836
1810 2,827
1820 3,021
1830 3,139
1840 3,182
1850 3,424
1860 4,015
1870 5,252
1880 4,929
1890 5,520
1900 6,122
1910 6,702
1920 6,343
1930 5,952
1940 6,288
1950 5,965
1960 6,226
1970 6,539
1980 10,175
1990 15,438

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Bryan County, Georgia, United States

Research Tips

External links

www.rootsweb.com/~gabryan/


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