Martha (Craddick) Bryant (1822 - aft. 1880)

Born 1822 in Virginia, United States

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Biography

Martha (Craddick) Bryant is a part of US Black heritage.

Martha Craddick was born in Virginia around 1822.^[1] She was the daughter of Lewis and Winnie Craddick.^[2] In 1850, she lived with her mother and siblings in Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio.^[3]

Martha married William Bryant on 24 Apr 1851.^[4] They lived in Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio until at least 1880.^[5][6][7]

Research Notes

• Birth date: Martha's approximate birth year from her census records ranges from 1812^[3] to 1825,^[6] with two census records giving 1822 as the year of birth,^[5][7] so 1822 is used as the approximate date of birth for this profile.
• First marriage: Martha's marriage record for her marriage to William Bryant gives her name as "Mrs. Martha Randalls" so she probably was married to a Mr. Randalls before this. No marriage record was found in Lawrence County for this marriage, searching Ancestry and FamilySearch on 16 Dec 2023.
• No records after the 1880 census were found for Martha, searching Ancestry and FamilySearch on 16 Dec 2023.

Sources

1. ↑ See census records and research note about birth date.
2. ↑ "Isaac Vinton Bryant," History of the American Negro, Vol. VII West Virginia Edition (Atlanta, Georgia: A.B. Caldwell Publishing Company, 1923), A.B. Caldwall, editor, pages 42-46; image copy, HathiTrust, (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89073016859?urlappend=%3Bseq=52 : accessed 28 Oct 2023).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1850," Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA; page 445a [stamped], family 151, Martha R Cradick in Winna Cradick household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQV-WS6.
4. ↑ Ohio, Lawrence County, Marriage Records, volume 4/5, page 180, William Bryant and Mrs. Martha Randalls, 24 Apr 1851; "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD7F-YM5 : accessed 16 Dec 2023).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1860," Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA; page 43, family 288, Martha Bryant in Wm Bryant household; Ancestry, Ancestry Record 7667 #43209955; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSH-9X1J?i=10 (unindexed on FamilySearch as of 28 Oct 2023).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1870," Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA; pages 16-17, family 119, Martha Bryant in William Bryant household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M62Y-HHP.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "United States Census, 1880," ED 86, Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA; page 1, family 9, Martha Bryant in William Bryant household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89F-3HW.