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William B. Bryson (Cannon Co. TN, farmer and serg. 1st Ky light artillery)

b. 1833?

Cannon County, Tennessee, farmer and soldier. Cannon County, Tennessee native. Son of Robert Bryson and Sarah Bryson. Married to Mary Bryson. Farmer and student in Cannon County in 1850. Farmer in Cannon County in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as private and sergeant from September 10, 1863, to July 26, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Cannon County, Sanders Fork, p. 440A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Cannon County, p. 377.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 510.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0147.

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Bryson, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279752 (November 13, 2026).

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