Genealogy for
Martha J. Bryant
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Martha J. Bryant
1793 - 1850
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Martha J. Bryant was born about 1793 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1850 in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 57 years old.
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Martha, her family, and friends. For example, Martha is 1 years old when The United States establishes the Navy
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1794 |
General Clarke surrenders ending the Oconee War. |
| 2 |
1795 |
Governor Mathews signs the Second Yazoo Act selling somewhere between 35,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres of land for $500,000. |
| 8 |
1801 |
Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed. |
| 9 |
1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become a border between,GA, FL and AL. GA's western border reaches to the Mississippi River. |
| 10 |
1803 |
Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811. |
| 14 |
1807 |
December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed. |
| 15 |
1808 |
Pulaski County created. |
| 16 |
1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
| 18 |
1811 |
Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks". |
| 18 |
1811 |
Madison County created. |
| 19 |
1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
| 19 |
1812 |
The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks". |
| 20 |
1813 |
During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave GA and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). |
| 24 |
1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
| 26 |
1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
| 27 |
1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
| 28 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
| 29 |
1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
| 30 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
| 31 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
| 32 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
| 33 |
1826 |
January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826. |
| 34 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
| 37 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
| 38 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
| 39 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
| 40 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
| 43 |
1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
| 44 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
| 45 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
| 54 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 57 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
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| 6 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
| 7 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
| 14 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
| 21 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
| 37 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| 46 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 51 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
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| 7 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
| 18 |
1811 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians. |
| 19 |
1812 |
NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured. |
| 35 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 41 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
| 5 |
1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
| 10 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
| 11 |
1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
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1805 |
Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a “horse path” through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier. |
| 13 |
1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
| 18 |
1811 |
By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians. |
| 27 |
1820 |
The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands. |
| 37 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 42 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 44 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 47 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
| 49 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
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1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
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1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
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1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
| 40 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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Marriages
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| David Stephens
Born about 1790 and died about 1839
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The Children of Martha J. Bryant
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Asa Stephens
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1813 and died in Decatur, Georgia about 1900. He was about 87 years old.
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Luraney Stephens
Born in an unknown place on October 22, 1814 and died somewhere in Florida about 1871. She was about 56 years old.
She died sometime after 1870.
Children:
Eliza (1846)GA - she married William Ayers
Samuel (1849)FL
Delia Ann "Dilly" (1850)FL - she married William Marshal Alday
Alexander (...
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Marilda 'Arilda' Stephens
Born somewhere in Georgia on September 7, 1816 and died somewhere in Florida about 1880. She was about 63 years old.
He name may have been Mariah, but it is spelled Marilda and Arilda on census and documents. She married John in Pulaski Co. GA.
They had 9 children:
- John (5/12/1838-2/16/1...
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Queen Ann Stephens
Born somewhere in Georgia on March 20, 1821 and died in Wilcox Co., Georgia on February 17, 1898. She was 76 years old.
She married John Dixon McDuffie(2/22/1822-11/28/1898)
Children:
Daniel
Murdock
Susan
Norman
John
David
Manning
Abigail
Charlotte
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David Stephens Jr.
Born somewhere in Georgia on August 14, 1832 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on November 23, 1909. He was 77 years old.
On Jan. 12th 1857 he married Balsora Ann Elizabeth Daniel(4/1/1838-12/28/1917)
Children:
Virginia(1868)
Marcella (4/22/1873 -1935) married John H. Clark
Alfred (6/1877)
John David ...
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