William T. Bryant

Birth Date

1840-10-03

Death Date

1915-05-10

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Laurel County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Pascal T. Bryant and Margaret Bryant. Married to Virginia Anderson Bryant in Pulaski County, Kentucky, on July 7, 1864. Resident of Knox County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Laurel County in 1860. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant and captain from May 4, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 323A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 433.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pulaski County Marriages, Film #000804052, p. 42 of microfilm.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 448.
Find A Grave, "Cpt. William Thomas Bryant (1840-1915)," Memorial #26678727, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26678727 (accessed June 28, 2020).

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