Last Updated: September 3, 2020

Josiah & Mary “Polly” (Howell) Bryant Family

1. Bryant, Josiah

Parents: Ambros & Frances (Dickerson) Bryant.

1817 Birth: abt 1817 Floyd Co., VA.

1840 Marriage #1: Josiah Briant m. Polly Howell 01-20-1840 Floyd Co., VA by Jesse Jones.

1840 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, pg173:

Name:	Josiah Bryant
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):	Floyd, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:	1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:	1
Persons Employed in Agriculture:	1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:	2
Total Free White Persons:	2
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:	2

1850 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, H472:

…… Bryant, Josiah 33 yo w/m farmer, b. Floyd, $400, HOH.

……… Mary 32 yo w/f, b. Floyd, cannot read or write.

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. (child of Henry H. & Nancy (Howell) Thompson. [thompson])

………… Columbus F. 16 yo w/m, b. VA, on farm. (child of Henry H. & Nancy (Howell) Thompson. [thompson])

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

1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Jacksonville District, H180:

…… Bryant, Joseph 62 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA, HOH.

………… Mary 62 yo wife, b. VA, parents b. VA, cannot read or write.

1890 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Jacksonville District:

…… Bryant, Josiah 73 yo. (alone or with family of a different surname)

1892 Death: 4-18-1892 Floyd Co., VA.

Joseph Bryant, 75 yo married w/m, b. Floyd Co., VA. COD: liver complaint.

1892 Burial:

…+ Bryant, Mary “Polly”

Parents: possibly Mark & Susannah (Hylton) Howell. [howell2] (src: The Thompson children with Josiah & Mary in 1870 are children of Henry H. & Nancy (Howell) Thompson. Nancy was a d/o Mark Howell)

1818 Birth: abt 1818 Floyd Co., VA.

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with husband Josiah Bryant.

1888 Death: 7-27-1888 Floyd Co., VA.

Mary Bryant, 68 yo married w/f, b. Floyd Co., VA. Spouse: Josiah Bryant, Father: unknown.

1888 Burial: