Person:Lewis Bryan (6)

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Lewis Bryan
b.24 Nov 1745 New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
d.4 Jan 1780 Johnston, North Carolina, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 17 Aug 1744
  1. Mary Bryan1745 - 1821
  2. Lewis Bryan1745 - 1780
  3. Simon Bryan1751 - 1792
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m. 26 Oct 1769
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Facts and Events
Name Lewis Bryan
Gender Male
Birth? 24 Nov 1745 New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Marriage 26 Oct 1769 Johnston County, North Carolinato Nancy Hinton
Military? 25 May 1775 Johnston, North Carolina, United StatesCommissioned, Captain, Militia, Revolutionary War
Death? 4 Jan 1780 Johnston, North Carolina, United States
Burial? 1780

William Bryan and William's oldest son Lewis Bryan were poisoned and killed by A slave, in January 1780. The Johnston County court minutes in the November term 1780 gives an account of the trial, conviction and execution of the party accused of poisoning and killing Needham Bryan and other members of his family. The slave Jenny was burned at the stake in Smithfield, North Carolina for the poisoning and murder of the three members of the Bryan family.

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