(Dates of birth and death are approximate. It is believed that the Brysons lived in the town of Raloo, near Larne, in County Antrim Ireland, according to Drummond and Blair genealogies. They were part of the Scots migration and possibly from Lanarkshire, Scotland)
"In 1606 the first Ulster colonies were settled. By 1620 an estimated 50,000 Scottish settlers were in Ireland. During the 1660's the Scottish suffered during the "killing times" and more Scots left for Ireland. In the 1690's another 50,000 Scots went to Ireland. Between 1717 and 1776 a quarter million Scots-Irish left Ireland for America, after 100 years of suffering and persecution in Scotland and Ireland." Norris Taylor
"The Brysons emigrated from County Antrim, Ulster District, Ireland to Mt. Joy, Lancaster County, PA about 1730. William and Isabella Holmes Bryson had six sons (possibly seven). James Holmes, William M., Andrew, Samuel, John, Daniel. They may have had a Hugh. William and Isabella migrated from Pennsylvania to Rowan County, NC around 1763. They settled on Back Creek near the Catawba River close to present-day Mt. Mourne in what is now Iredell County near Mooresville. They appear in records of Centre Presbyterian church in Mt. Mourne.
By 1788 they had sold property in Iredell and Lincoln counties and moved to the Old Ninety-Six District Pendleton County in western South Carolina and settled in what is now Iva, Anderson County, SC. Five of the brothers then migrated north to Western North Carolina (Samuel later moved on to Wilson County, Tennessee). The other four lived and died in WNC. One brother, John Bryson, remained in Anderson County. He owned land on Wilson's Creek, waters of Rocky River.
William and Isabelle's granddaughter Jane married Penuel Price, an elder of Good Hope Presbyterian church in Iva. Penuel and his wife Jane are buried in the church cemetery. Bryson family papers indicate that John was also a Presbyterian elder--no doubt of Good Hope church, though no church records confirm this. Good Hope originated with a log church built in 1783 by a number of Scotch-Irish families on the waters of Little Generostee and Wilson's Creeks."
Family members in Iva believe that William and Isabella Holmes Bryson died in the Pendleton District between 1780 and 1800 and are most likely buried in the old Good Hope Cemetery. Neither their nor John and Jane Maloney Bryson's headstones have been found. Over half of the headstones are damaged beyond recognition.
From the notes of William D. Lindsay in "The Heritage of Anderson County, SC." Repository: Library in Iva, SC
Four of William and Isabella's sons are listed below. The other two are Samuel, who died in Wilson County, TN, and Andrew, who died in Haywood (now Jackson) County, NC. A possible seventh son, Hugh, died in Mecklenburg County, NC. We do not know yet where they are buried.
"In 1606 the first Ulster colonies were settled. By 1620 an estimated 50,000 Scottish settlers were in Ireland. During the 1660's the Scottish suffered during the "killing times" and more Scots left for Ireland. In the 1690's another 50,000 Scots went to Ireland. Between 1717 and 1776 a quarter million Scots-Irish left Ireland for America, after 100 years of suffering and persecution in Scotland and Ireland." Norris Taylor
"The Brysons emigrated from County Antrim, Ulster District, Ireland to Mt. Joy, Lancaster County, PA about 1730. William and Isabella Holmes Bryson had six sons (possibly seven). James Holmes, William M., Andrew, Samuel, John, Daniel. They may have had a Hugh. William and Isabella migrated from Pennsylvania to Rowan County, NC around 1763. They settled on Back Creek near the Catawba River close to present-day Mt. Mourne in what is now Iredell County near Mooresville. They appear in records of Centre Presbyterian church in Mt. Mourne.
By 1788 they had sold property in Iredell and Lincoln counties and moved to the Old Ninety-Six District Pendleton County in western South Carolina and settled in what is now Iva, Anderson County, SC. Five of the brothers then migrated north to Western North Carolina (Samuel later moved on to Wilson County, Tennessee). The other four lived and died in WNC. One brother, John Bryson, remained in Anderson County. He owned land on Wilson's Creek, waters of Rocky River.
William and Isabelle's granddaughter Jane married Penuel Price, an elder of Good Hope Presbyterian church in Iva. Penuel and his wife Jane are buried in the church cemetery. Bryson family papers indicate that John was also a Presbyterian elder--no doubt of Good Hope church, though no church records confirm this. Good Hope originated with a log church built in 1783 by a number of Scotch-Irish families on the waters of Little Generostee and Wilson's Creeks."
Family members in Iva believe that William and Isabella Holmes Bryson died in the Pendleton District between 1780 and 1800 and are most likely buried in the old Good Hope Cemetery. Neither their nor John and Jane Maloney Bryson's headstones have been found. Over half of the headstones are damaged beyond recognition.
From the notes of William D. Lindsay in "The Heritage of Anderson County, SC." Repository: Library in Iva, SC
Four of William and Isabella's sons are listed below. The other two are Samuel, who died in Wilson County, TN, and Andrew, who died in Haywood (now Jackson) County, NC. A possible seventh son, Hugh, died in Mecklenburg County, NC. We do not know yet where they are buried.
(Dates of birth and death are approximate. It is believed that the Brysons lived in the town of Raloo, near Larne, in County Antrim Ireland, according to Drummond and Blair genealogies. They were part of the Scots migration and possibly from Lanarkshire, Scotland)
"In 1606 the first Ulster colonies were settled. By 1620 an estimated 50,000 Scottish settlers were in Ireland. During the 1660's the Scottish suffered during the "killing times" and more Scots left for Ireland. In the 1690's another 50,000 Scots went to Ireland. Between 1717 and 1776 a quarter million Scots-Irish left Ireland for America, after 100 years of suffering and persecution in Scotland and Ireland." Norris Taylor
"The Brysons emigrated from County Antrim, Ulster District, Ireland to Mt. Joy, Lancaster County, PA about 1730. William and Isabella Holmes Bryson had six sons (possibly seven). James Holmes, William M., Andrew, Samuel, John, Daniel. They may have had a Hugh. William and Isabella migrated from Pennsylvania to Rowan County, NC around 1763. They settled on Back Creek near the Catawba River close to present-day Mt. Mourne in what is now Iredell County near Mooresville. They appear in records of Centre Presbyterian church in Mt. Mourne.
By 1788 they had sold property in Iredell and Lincoln counties and moved to the Old Ninety-Six District Pendleton County in western South Carolina and settled in what is now Iva, Anderson County, SC. Five of the brothers then migrated north to Western North Carolina (Samuel later moved on to Wilson County, Tennessee). The other four lived and died in WNC. One brother, John Bryson, remained in Anderson County. He owned land on Wilson's Creek, waters of Rocky River.
William and Isabelle's granddaughter Jane married Penuel Price, an elder of Good Hope Presbyterian church in Iva. Penuel and his wife Jane are buried in the church cemetery. Bryson family papers indicate that John was also a Presbyterian elder--no doubt of Good Hope church, though no church records confirm this. Good Hope originated with a log church built in 1783 by a number of Scotch-Irish families on the waters of Little Generostee and Wilson's Creeks."
Family members in Iva believe that William and Isabella Holmes Bryson died in the Pendleton District between 1780 and 1800 and are most likely buried in the old Good Hope Cemetery. Neither their nor John and Jane Maloney Bryson's headstones have been found. Over half of the headstones are damaged beyond recognition.
From the notes of William D. Lindsay in "The Heritage of Anderson County, SC." Repository: Library in Iva, SC
Four of William and Isabella's sons are listed below. The other two are Samuel, who died in Wilson County, TN, and Andrew, who died in Haywood (now Jackson) County, NC. A possible seventh son, Hugh, died in Mecklenburg County, NC. We do not know yet where they are buried.
"In 1606 the first Ulster colonies were settled. By 1620 an estimated 50,000 Scottish settlers were in Ireland. During the 1660's the Scottish suffered during the "killing times" and more Scots left for Ireland. In the 1690's another 50,000 Scots went to Ireland. Between 1717 and 1776 a quarter million Scots-Irish left Ireland for America, after 100 years of suffering and persecution in Scotland and Ireland." Norris Taylor
"The Brysons emigrated from County Antrim, Ulster District, Ireland to Mt. Joy, Lancaster County, PA about 1730. William and Isabella Holmes Bryson had six sons (possibly seven). James Holmes, William M., Andrew, Samuel, John, Daniel. They may have had a Hugh. William and Isabella migrated from Pennsylvania to Rowan County, NC around 1763. They settled on Back Creek near the Catawba River close to present-day Mt. Mourne in what is now Iredell County near Mooresville. They appear in records of Centre Presbyterian church in Mt. Mourne.
By 1788 they had sold property in Iredell and Lincoln counties and moved to the Old Ninety-Six District Pendleton County in western South Carolina and settled in what is now Iva, Anderson County, SC. Five of the brothers then migrated north to Western North Carolina (Samuel later moved on to Wilson County, Tennessee). The other four lived and died in WNC. One brother, John Bryson, remained in Anderson County. He owned land on Wilson's Creek, waters of Rocky River.
William and Isabelle's granddaughter Jane married Penuel Price, an elder of Good Hope Presbyterian church in Iva. Penuel and his wife Jane are buried in the church cemetery. Bryson family papers indicate that John was also a Presbyterian elder--no doubt of Good Hope church, though no church records confirm this. Good Hope originated with a log church built in 1783 by a number of Scotch-Irish families on the waters of Little Generostee and Wilson's Creeks."
Family members in Iva believe that William and Isabella Holmes Bryson died in the Pendleton District between 1780 and 1800 and are most likely buried in the old Good Hope Cemetery. Neither their nor John and Jane Maloney Bryson's headstones have been found. Over half of the headstones are damaged beyond recognition.
From the notes of William D. Lindsay in "The Heritage of Anderson County, SC." Repository: Library in Iva, SC
Four of William and Isabella's sons are listed below. The other two are Samuel, who died in Wilson County, TN, and Andrew, who died in Haywood (now Jackson) County, NC. A possible seventh son, Hugh, died in Mecklenburg County, NC. We do not know yet where they are buried.
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