Individual Details

Bryan's Station (Marker Number: 21)
County: Fayette State: KY
Location: 5 mi. N. of Lexington, Bryan Station Pk.
Description: Camping place in 1775-76 of the brothers Morgan, James, William and Joseph Bryan. In 1779 was fortified a s a station which in Aug. 1782 repelled a siege of Indians and Canadians under Capt. William Caldwell and Simon Girty.


Note: Joseph Bryan , described as a "tall rawboned man," migrated from Virginia, where Rebecca Bryan was born, to the forks of the Yadkin in NC some time after the rest of the Bryan families, and settled about four miles from his father, M organ Bryan. He was married twice and had eleven children, one son Joseph, by his first wife Hester Hampton, two sons and eight daughters by his second wife, Aylee Linville. She was Rebecca Bryan Boone's mother

.Joseph BRYAN [Sr.], b. about 1720 in Chester Co., PA, d. 1805 in Jefferson Co., KY;
he m. 1st to Hester SIMPSON (b. unknown; parents unknown); he m. 2nd to Alice "Alyee" LINVILL E (b. unknown; probably daughter of William LINVILLE) [other references say John & Ann Linville were her parents]; they resided in Frederick Co., VA, Rowan Co., NC, and Jefferson Co., KY;
their children:
Rebecca, b. 7 Feb 1739, d. 18 Mar 1813, m. Daniel BOONE;
Martha, b. 19 Mar 1740, m. Edward BOONE;
Samuel, b. about 1742, m. Margaret/Elizabeth Enochs
Susannah, b. about 1751, d. 1810, m. Benjamin HINKLE;
Joseph [Jr.], b. about 1752, d. 1844, m. Susan CALLOWAY
John, b. after 1752;
Aylee, b. unknown, m. JoshuaHOWARD;
Charity, b. unknown, m. John DAVIS, 8 Dec 1797
Elenor, b. unknown, d. about 1792, m. Mr. ADAMS;
Mary, b. unknown, m. Cornelius HOWARD;
Phebe, b. unknown, m. James FORBES.


JEFFERSON CO, KY, WILL BOOK 1, pg. 158, Will of Joseph Bryan, Jefferson Co., KY, 1804:
In the name of God Amen: I Joseph Bryan of the County of Jefferson, State of Kentucky, being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed be almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say) after my lawful debts are settled I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Alee a gray mare, a bed and furniture and thirty dollars, either cash or property. I also bequeath to my sons , Samuel, Joseph and John Bryan the sum of fifty dollars each, either cash or property. I also give and bequeath unto my youngest son John Bryan one negro man named James and all the farming tools. I also bequeath unto my daughters Martha Boon and Rebecca Boon th e sum of twenty dollars each, either cash or property. I also give unto my other daughters, Mary Howard, Susanne Hinkle, Aylee Howard, Phoebe Forbis and Charity Davis, the sum of fifty dollars each. I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Eleanor Adams a negro woman named J____. I also give to my grand daughter Aylee Adams one negro girl named Sarah. I also give and bequeath unto my grandson Noah Adams one negro boy named Sapio. I also give unto my grandson Jacob Adams one negro boy named Bob. I also bequeath unto my grandson Wilah Adams a negro girl named Lottie. And I do hereby appoint my two sons, Joseph and John Bryan executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills and testaments made by me. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentieth day of November, 1804.
Joseph Bryan (seal)
Signed, sealed and published as his last will and testament in the presence of us -Edward Cox Sr, David Enochs, Ephraim Hampton

Birth	Ca 1719	Pennsylvania
Marriage	Ca 1738	Alice Linville
Death	Aft 1805	Jefferson County, Kentucky

Spouse	Alice Linville (1722 - 1807)
Child	Rebecca Bryan (1737 - 1813)
Child	Martha Bryan (1743 - 1793)

Father	Morgan Bryan (1671 - 1763)
Mother	Martha Strode ( - 1762)
Sibling	Samuel Bryan (1721 - 1800)
Sibling	John Bryan (1725 - 1780)
Sibling	Morgan Bryan (1727 - )
Sibling	Eleanor Bryan (1729 - )
Sibling	Mary Bryan (1731 - )
Sibling	William Bryan (1732 - 1780)
Sibling	James Bryan ( - )
Sibling	Thomas Bryan (1735 - 1790)