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CHAPTER THREE
HOW DID WILLIAM BRYAN AND MARGARET STRODE
MEET?
WILLIAM BRYAN, SR.
It has always been documented that William Bryan was born in Ireland in 1684 and that he was married to a woman named Margaret. It is documented that they decided to move to America together in 1718. They received a letter of “good standing” from their Presbyterian church in Ireland to show to the Presbyterian community in America, wherever they settled. Taken from Places Near the Mountains in Botetourt and Roanoke Counties, Virginia by Helen R Prillaman (27):
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