Fifth Generation  

General Notes: His occupation was a cooper (barrel maker).

Bryant married Elizabeth "Betsy" Peacock , daughter of Unknown and Unknown . Elizabeth was born about 1814, died on 10 Jan 1891, about age 77, and was buried in Forehand Family Cemetery, Wayne County, NC.

Marriage Notes: The Forehand Land was divided into four farms. John Henry Forehand
inherited one part. The farm along the western boundary is known as the
Hyman Pate place; this was obviously the share belonging to Alice
Forehand. Later, it was the home of John Henry Forehand's daughter, Alice
Forehand Taylor, and her husband, Matthew. Most of this land is now owned
by Lina Taylor Chase and her children. The other two farms belonged to
William Forehand, and an unknown recipient.

The road through this settlement was a narrow dirt road that turned south
at about the western boundary of the Forehand settlement, crossed the
slough and ran parallel to the "run" for about 1/4 mile until it
terminated at the Mt. Carmel-Patetown Road. the "run" entered the slough
a few feet east of the bridge. The road was not much more than a path
through the woods and settlement.

When the Rural Free Delivery was established, all of the mail for the
Forehand Family settlement and others who lived beyond them on the above
mentioned road was delivered to mail boxes erected at the junction of this
road and the Mt. Carmel-Patetown road. Mail delivery service did not
begin until the 1930's or early 1940's to the homes of those who lived in
the Forehand settlement. Before R.F.D. service, mail was picked up weekly
at the Post Office in Pikeville.

There was a fishpond on the slough at the back of Grandpa's farm. This
was made by damming up a ditch or small creek. In this area, there were
also numerous "marl holes" in which the local people fished. The "marl
holes" were created when the marl was dug out to be used as fertilizer on
the land.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 35 F    i. Sarah Sally Forehand was born on 7 Jun 1828 in Wayne County, North Carolina and died on 1 Jan 1863, at age 34.

+ 36 F    ii. Alice M. Forehand was born in Feb 1836 in Wayne County, North Carolina, died on 1 Jan 1903 in Wayne County, North Carolina, at age 66, and was buried in Forehand Family Cemetery, Wayne County, NC.

+ 37 M    iii. Needham Dewitt Forehand was born in 1838 and died on 22 Oct 1862, at age 24.

   38 F    iv. Mary (Polly) Forehand was born about 1840.

   39 M    v. Levi Forehand was born about 1843 and died on 5 Dec 1864 in Petersburg, Virginia, about age 21.

General Notes: Joined the Confederate Army. He was inducted on October 29, 1861 at age
18, and belonged to Regiment 35 of North Carolina, the same as his brother
Needham Dewitt.

+ 40 M    vi. William Jackson Forehand was born in 1846, died on 29 Aug 1886, at age 40, and was buried in Forehand Family Cemetery, Wayne County, NC.

+ 41 F    vii. Elizabeth Forehand was born in 1849.

   42 M    viii. Stephen Bryant Forehand was born about 1851.

+ 43 M    ix. John Henry Forehand was born on 12 Oct 1854, died on 3 Apr 1923 in Pikeville, North Carolina, at age 68, and was buried in Forehand Family Cemetery, Wayne County, NC.

Harriet married Robert Combs .

Children from this marriage were:

+ 44 M    i. James Wright Combs .

+ 45 F    ii. Sarah Combs .

+ 46 F    iii. Harriett Arsula (Ursula) Combs was born on 25 Nov 1845 and died on 18 May 1936, at age 90.