Page 98 - The Ancestry of Francis Bryan (1770-1863)

On her web page Rebecca Moon also presents research on the documented records for Francis Bryan.
RECORDS
-Feb.10, 1780. Joel STAMPER entered 250 acres on the path that goes from Bullhead to Jacob MINER's on south side of Chestnut Ridge near the spring on Little River. (Joel STAMPER and Morgan BRYANT marked out, Francis BRYANT written in.) (Wilkes Land Entry Book No. 1613.)
Note: This land entry was originally made by Joel STAMPER in 1780 and later taken over by Morgan BRYAN, then by Francis BRYAN. This could not have been Morgan BRYAN, Sr., who died in 1763, but it might have been his son Morgan Jr., or a grandson. The reference to Bullhead Mountain and the Little River proves that this parcel was located in the Blue Ridge in what today is the southeastern part of Alleghany County. Other land records confirm that Francis Bryan lived in the Blue Ridge in the vicinity of Bullhead
Mountain. See, e.g., Alleghany DB 5:155 (describing land on Bullhead & Little Glade Creek on top of the Blue Ridge adj. Francis BRYAN, Sr.)
-May 30, 1796. A deed from Dabney HARRIS to John BRYAN, parcel of land on the Little River, proven by oath of Richard WILLIAMS, Esq. (Wilkes Co., NC, Court Minutes.)
Note: In 1785, Dabney Harris obtained a land grant for 150 acres on both sides of Glade Creek and the Little River. This was probably the parcel that he sold to John Bryan in 1796. It was in the same area that Francis Bryan, Sr., lived. The relationship between Francis Bryan and John Bryan is unknown; there are no further records of this John Bryan in Ashe/Alleghany County. Some researchers believe he was Francis Bryan's brother.
-Nov.1806, Francis BRYAN and others ordered to view and lay off a road "from HAPPERSON's [HOPPPERS?] road between little river and Glad
NOTE: The Morgan Bryant mentioned in the first record above could be Francis' brother,
Morgan William Bryant, Sr., and not a relative of Morgan Bryan who married Martha Strode. 86