Research on Samuel Bryan born MD about 1800 - to Kalamazoo, MI
Possible, becaue I believe he was born in MD abt. 1800, but the county is questionable, because I know 2 of his brothers were in Alleganey, but he would have been of an age to travel and work.
BRYAN, SAMUEL Spouse:WRIGHT, SARAH
Marriage Date: 28 Mar 1821
County: Queen Anne State: MD
I suspect the sam below is NOT our Samuel because the county is wrong - need to check census to see if the other Samuel was still around when our sam was in Kalamazoo.
I found records of a Samuel T Bryan buying land in Michigan. At this point I am not prepared to say if this is our Samuel, only that assumming he was born after Nathaniel and James, so after 1795, the dates are reasonable.
Michigan Land Records
BRYAN, SAMUEL T
Land Office: DETROIT Sequence #: 1
Document Number: 238 Total Acres: 81.31
Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No Issue Date: December 01, 1826
Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No
Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Legal Land Description:
# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #
1 E½NE MICHIGAN-TOLEDO STRIP No 1 N 9 E 2
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BRYAN, SAMUEL T
Land Office: DETROIT Sequence #: 1
Document Number: 4112 Total Acres: 81.44
Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No Issue Date: August 23, 1831
Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No
Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Legal Land Description:
# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #
1 W½NW MICHIGAN-TOLEDO STRIP No 1 N 9 E 1
Other Kalamazoo Records that might be important:
BRYAN , ANNA - BRYAN married BURRUS , ISAAC - BURS , KALAMAZOO , , 13 JUN 1874
Kalamazoo county history - first white settlement begun in 1828, statehood in 1836?
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikalama/kalamazoohistory.htm
The settlement of Michigan increased sharply in
the 1830's due to the Indian and land policies of
Andrew Jackson's administration. The US land
office serving the area was moved from White
Pigeon in southern St. Joseph County to Bronson
(Kalamazoo) in 1834. The Michigan Pioneer
Reports state that, "The records of the public
land sales at the office in Kalamazoo for the year
1836 show that there were nearly two millions of
money received at one dollar and twenty-five
cents an acre. For one single day there was
received eighty-seven thousand dollars in
exchange for the fertile land of Michigan. And
this, notwithstanding the Surveyor-General's
report for the year 1815 says that the land was
unfit for cultivation and not worth the expense of
surveying." The Michigan Pioneer Society
Collections Report Volume 12 indicates that
Kalamazoo's experience was part of a land boon
taking place throughout Michigan at that time:
Three land-offices had been opened by the
Government in Michigan--one at Detroit, one at
Monroe, another [p.95] near the western
extremity of the known portion of the territory
at Kalamazoo, then called Bronson.
Need to find out if those land grants are in Kalamazoo, if so they are our Samuel and we can date him!
More from same source:
in
1836 the prairie land was selling at prices of $10
to $15 per acre and the oak openings at about $5
per acre.