Last Updated: September 3, 2020

Ambose & Frances (Dickerson) Bryant

1. Bryant, Ambros Sr

Parents:

1778 Birth: abt 1778 Patrick Co., VA.

1796 Marriage #1: Ambros m. Frances Dickerson 2-23-1796 Montgomery Co., VA bond. She d/o Moses Dickerson per bond.

Known Children of Ambros & Frances (Dickerson) Bryant:

• Nancy Bryant, b. abt 1798, d. after 1838; m. Henry Wood
• Lydia Bryant, 1807-1895; m. John Wood
• Ambrose Bryant Jr, 1810-1876; m. Susannah Reed
• Frances Bryant, 1812-1908; m. Joseph Nix Shortt
• Josiah Bryant, 1817-1892; m. Mary Unknown
• John Thomas Bryant, 1821-1876; m. Rachel E. Wood
• Peter Bryant, 1821-1864; m. Lucretia Elizabeth Wright

1802 Membership: joined the Pine Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Montgomery Co., VA now Floyd Co., VA in 1802.

Name:	Ambrose Bryant
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):	Floyd, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:	2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:	1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:	1
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:	1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:	1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:	2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:	2
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69:	1
Persons Employed in Agriculture:	2
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write:	2
Free White Persons - Under 20:	6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:	3
Total Free White Persons:	11
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:	11

1850 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, H607:

…… Bryant, Ambros 72 yo w/m farmer, b. Patrick, $500, cannot read or write, HOH.

……… Francis 71 yo w/f, b. Floyd, cannot read or write.

……… Francis 35 yo w/f, b. Floyd, cannot read or write.

…… Wood, Hariet 19 yo w/f, b. VA, cannot read or write.

Death 1850-1860: probably 1850-1860

Burial:

…+ Bryant, Frances

Parents: Moses & Jeminia (Sullivan) Dickerson

1778 Birth: 3-20-1778 Montgomery Co., VA now Floyd Co., VA.

1850 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with husband Ambros Byrant.

1860 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Floyd Court House PO, H647:

…… Bryant, Josiah 43 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, $1500/932, HOH.

……… Mary 43 yo w/f, b. VA, cannot read or write.

……… Frances 46 yo w/f, b. VA, cannot read or write.

……… Francis 82 yo w/f, b. VA, cannot read or write.

1870 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Jacksonville Twp, H229:

…… Bryant, Josiah 53 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, $1200/600, HOH>

………… Mary 52 yo w/f, b. VA, cannot read or write, housekeeping.

…… Thompson, Mary Caroline 14 yo adopted w/f, b. VA.

………… Columbus F. 16 yo w/m, b. VA, on farm.

…… Bryant, Francis 92 yo w/f, b. VA, invalid.

1870 Death: 10-6-1870 Floyd Co., VA. COD: gen’l decay of life. Informant: Jo, son.

1870 Burial:

…2. Bryant, Frances

Parents: Ambros & Frances (Dickerson) Bryant.

1812 Birth: 7-23-1812 Floyd Co., VA.

1850 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents.

1860 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Floyd Court House PO, H647:

…… Bryant, Josiah 43 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, $1500/932, HOH.

……… Mary 43 yo w/f, b. VA, cannot read or write.

……… Frances 46 yo w/f, b. VA, cannot read or write.

……… Francis 82 yo w/f, b. VA, cannot read or write.

I1867 Marriage #1: Frances Bryant m. Joseph N. Short 04-18-1867 at Joseph Bryant's, Floyd Co., VA by Thomas L. Robertson. He 64 yo widowed farmer, b. Franklin Co., VA & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o Ruben & Lydia (Clark) Short. She single 52 yo, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o Ambrose & Frances Bryant. They had no children.

Joseph Nix Shortt, s/o Rueben & Lydia (Clark) Shortt. [shortt]

1908 Death: 1-16-1908.

1908 Burial: County Line Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA.