Person:Bryant Ward (1)

Will Transcript

State of Georgia, Franklin County

In the name of God Amen, I Bryant Ward being of So^und and Perfect memory and calling to mind that man was born to die & so Knowing that the time when is unknown to all do make ordain and Constitute this to be my last will & Testament in Writing ~

First of all I will that my Soul should Return to the Almighty God who gave it me hopeing for Christs sake he will Receive the same & Secondly I will and Bequeath my Body in deceant Burial to its Mother Earth from wherein it was taken ~

And as touching such Worldly goods as it has Pleased God to bless me with, I dispose of the same in the manner and form following, Viz.

first I Will and Bequeath my Negro Woman Jean to my beloved wife Ann Ward during her natural life, and at her discease should said Negro Jean survive my will is then and in that case she the same Negro Jean shall belong to my Nease [Niece] Susannah Ward, Now Susannah England and the heirs of her Body and not therefrom to be taken.

2nd. I will and Bequeath my Negro boy Providence at my decease to Bryant Ward my Nephew But should I decease before my Nephew afforsaid arrives to the age of Eighteen years, Then and in that case my will is that the Negro Before named Remain in hands of my Executors herafter to be named untill my said Nephew Bryant Ward arrives to the age of Eighteen afforesaid at which time he my Executors is to put my Nephew in possession of said Nagro.

3rd. I will and Bequeath my son Samuel Ward five dollars to be paid by my Executors out of any moneys Good or Chattles that I may be in possession of at my deceas~

4th. I will and Bequeath my son John Ward five dollars to be paid by my Executors our of any Moneys Goods or Chattles that I may be in possession of at my decease ~

5th and lastly, I will Joseph Martin of this County on Toaguloe? River to be my whole & Sole Executor of this my last will and Testament and hope and Trust that he will faithfully Execute the same ~ and I do hereby Revoke all other wills legacies or bequests by me made and Ratify and confirm this to be my only and last will and Testament.

In Witness thereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal this 18th day of August in the year of our Lord 1815

[Signed] Bryant Ward [Seal] [his "B" mark]

Sign'd Seal'd. and confirmed in Presents of

C. Dobson?

John Bryant

George Ward

Georgia, Franklin County

January Term 1817

Personally Came into open Court Neilley? Dobson and after being Sworn deposith and saith that he saw Bryant Ward sign seal and acknowledge the within to be his last will and Testament in manner and form therein Expressd. and that John Bryand and George Ward was Subscribing Witnesses there unto with him Self Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court this 13th day of January 1817.

C. Dobson?

Fredk. Beall Clk.

1.   Bryant Ward, in Genealogy.com
   20 Jan 2009.

   BRYANT WARD, father of John came from Ireland. He served in the British Army during the colonial wars. BRYANT WARD was also married to NANCY WARD, (GHI-GAU). He was a trader among the Cherokee. His son JOHN WARD came to America and married into the CHEROKEE NATION and had a large family after his marriage to CATHERINE McDANIEL.CATHERINE or KATY was the daughter of "GRANNY HOPPER" a Cherokee.

2.   Bryant Ward, in RootsWeb Message Board
   22 Oct 2000.

   My ancestry can be traced directly back to Bryant Ward (research indicates he came to America with family to serve in the French and Indian War) I have proved residency in TN with Indian wife Nancy at time of statehood in 1796. His white wife was Ann and they had two sons, John and James. Does anyone have information about his (Bryant, aka Brian ) Ward's white family relations prior to 1780? My line of descent comes from John who married Catherine McDaniel.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Ancestor #: A120464, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System.

   Service Source: O'KELLEY & WARREN, GA REV BOUNTY LAND RECS, PP 51, 79, 80
   Service Description: 1) GRANTED CERT AS PER ACT 20 AUG 1781 AS
   2) REFUGEE CITIZEN

4.   Bryan Ward, in Find A Grave.
5.   Traveler's Rest and the Tugaloo Crossroads by Robert Eldridge Bouwman.

   Possibly he was influenced by factors which undoubtedly persuaded his acquaintance Joseph Martin to follow him a few years later. Walton may have been repulsed by the Tennessee attitude toward the Indians, summed up in John Sevier's condemnation of Indian children as "Nits that make lice". ³⁵ Continued war between the Cherokees and the settlers, many of whom stubbornly violated the Treaty of Long Island, seemed certain. The year after the Revolution ended, frontier people reported at least 200 of their number killed, and this danger may have
   influenced Walton to move to the apparently more secure and empty Tugaloo lands. Some of his new neighbors, especially Bryant Ward, Joseph Martin, and William Wofford, had close ties with the Cherokees.

6.   Geni.com