William Park Bryan - Parents

According to his bio on Ancestry, Williarm Park Bryan is connected to the wrong parents here on Geni:

BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY

by Robert and Harold Casey

WILLIAM PARK BRYAN (2.1) is the son of Samuel Bryan and Margaret (Morrow) Bryan. William was born between 1790 and 1794 in North Carolina. In 1812, Samuel Bryan, William Bryan and Henry Bryan were listed under Captain Henry’s Company in the Davidson County, Tennessee Tax List. It is certain that this is Samuel Bryan (2) as Newton Edney, Thomas Allen and Zachariah Allen were shown owning land next to the parcel that Samuel Bryan (2) purchased in 1808. Assuming that William would have to be eighteen to be listed in this tax list, William Bryan was born prior to 1794. The 1820 census indicates that William was born between 1775 and and 1804. The 1840 census indicates that William Bryan was born between 1800 and 1810 (which is probably in error and should indicate between 1790 and 1800 instead). From these three sources, it is estimated that William was born between 1790 and 1794. On October 8, 1818, William Bryan married Olivia Eliose Bateman in Williamson County, Tennessee. Olivia was born around 1800 in Williamson County, Tennessee and is the daughter of William Bateman and Elizabeth (Smith) Bateman. In 1820, William and Olivia Bryan were living in Williamson County, Tennessee. William and Olivia Bryan were the parents of five children:

Julia Ann Bryan (2.1.1), b. September 26, 1819, Williamson County, Tennessee
William Shelby Bryan (2.1.2), b. October 20, 1821, Williamson County, Tenn.
Washington Carroll Bryan (2.1.3), b. January 15, 1824, Williamson Co., Tenn.
America Nancy Bryan (2.1.4), b. April 30, 1827, Williamson County, Tennessee
Olivia Lois Elizabeth Bryan (2.1.5), b. July 16, 1829, Williamson Co., Tennessee

Olivia (Bateman) Bryan died on July 17, 1829 in Williamson County, Tennessee. On January 4, 1830, William Bryan married a second time to Elizabeth Ann Oliver in Williamson County, Tennessee. William and Elizabeth Bryan were the parents of six children:

Harbert Alexander Bryan (2.1.6), b. March 31, 1833, Tennessee
Finas Ewing Bryan, b. May 4, 1834, Tennessee
Margaret Jane Bryan, b. November 12, 1835, Tennessee
Martha Frances Bryan, b. April 2, 1837, Tennessee
Mary Jane Bryan (2.1.10), b. April 24, 1839, Tennessee
Robert Clay Bryan, b. August 20, 1842

References (major references only): 1) 1772 Tax List, Rowan County, North Carolina; 2) Marriage Bond, Samuel Bryan to Margaret Steel, Orange County, North Carolina, August 11, 1784; 3) Deed, Book 11, Pages 616 and 617, John Adams to Samuel Bryan, Rowan County, North Carolina, January 11, 1787; 4) Deed, Book 14, Pages 637 and 638, Samuel Bryan to Jacob Trout, Rowan County, North Carolina, October 1, 1796; 5) Deed, Book 18, Pages 185 and 186, Samuel Bryan to John Little, Rowan County, North Carolina, 1801; 6) Deed, Page 497, John Burnham to Samuel Bryan, Davidson County, Tennessee; 7) 1830 Census, Davidson County, Tennessee; 8) Will Book, Will of Samuel Bryan, Davidson County, Tennessee, 1832; 9) Will Book, Inventory, Samuel Bryan, Davidson County, Tennessee, 1832; 10) Will Book, Davidson County, Tennessee, Inventory of Margaret Bryan, Book 12, Page 222, 1841; 11) Chancery Court Record, Davidson County, Tennessee, Estate Records of Henry M. Bryan, ca. 1851 (sent by John Dorroh); 12) McCubbins Collection, microfilm reel #11; 13) Letter by W. C. Bryan, ca. 1909 (sent by John Dorroh); 14) Pinkerton Family Cemetery (surveyed by Robert Casey and John Dorroh, May, 1996), Pasquo, Tennessee