Notes for Bryant HERRING

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Notes for Bryant HERRING

1 -- Bryant HERRING (b:1818, AL) m: Nancy HAGGARD 12/27/1837 in Perry co.,
AL. They moved to Jefferson co., AL where they are seen on the 1840 census
with one child.
2 -- In 1850, they are listed on the Smith co., TX census with five
children: Sarah P., Frances P., Henry L., John R., and William M.
3 -- Then in Henderson co., TX they are seen on the 1860 census with nine
children. Sarah has married and moved away, so five children were added to
the family. Those were Mitchell (10), Noah (8), Bryant (6), Foster (3),
and Perry (5 mos).
4 -- In the 1870 Limestone co, TX census, if the info is correct, Bryant
and Nancy now have Henry, John, William, Mitchell, Noah, Thomas Cortez
(13), and Nancy E. (8).
5 -- In the 1880 Brazos co., TX census, Bryant HERRING living with Thomas
Cortez.
In the 1880 Navarro co., TX census, Equilla was living with John
and William.
In the 1880 Limestone co., TX census, Henry still has his family.
6 -- I am also told there was another brother to Thomas C. and his name is
Joseph C.

Thomas Cortez's daughter Alma said that Bryant was buried in Hill County, in either Dresden or Spring Hill Cemeteries. There is a Dresden and Spring Hill Cemetery in Navarro County, around a little town named Dawson where Bryant's daughter Nancy Equilla and her husband Gant R. Sims are buried. There are also lots of Sims and a few herrings in Dawson Cemetery. The Hill County and Navarro County lines are right by Dawson.

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