Bryant was anything but black and white

Full story: DNJ.com

The life of Sherrod Bryant, a free black man who owned slaves and hundreds of acres, is nearly as obscure as Long Hunter State Park where he was brought to life Saturday in an historical presentation.

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Tom Sherard

AOL

I think it is just great that his offspring have been able to trace him back, and I would surely like to know how he came to be a free black man with "Sherrod" for a first name. My family's surname was "Sherrod" until 1861, when my grandad fell out with the rest of the family and changed his name to the original English spelling. Sherrod Bryant is to be admired for his tremendous success in those days.

joyce

Antioch, TN

Hey this is sherrod bryant family..and we found out in the newspapper about our history of him in the pass of the 1800's.im tryin to dig more into and see what my grandaddy father and see what else i need to know about the history of sherrod.

Maurice Bryant

Arlington, VA

From what I was told as a child, the reason he was free,(he was of mix race and born as a free child to a white mother and black father) whom at the time or sometime after was also given papers of freedom and passage. As for owning slaves it's not true. Yes he did have blacks that work on his land, but they were free as well. I am a 4th generation decendant of his. This is the history that was told to us about our ancestery. Yes the research will continue.

Tom Sherard wrote:

I think it is just great that his offspring have been able to trace him back, and I would surely like to know how he came to be a free black man with "Sherrod" for a first name. My family's surname was "Sherrod" until 1861, when my grandad fell out with the rest of the family and changed his name to the original English spelling. Sherrod Bryant is to be admired for his tremendous success in those days.

Maurice Bryant

Arlington, VA

Martha Truitt

Ingleside, TX

Mr. Maurice Bryant,
I am a genealogist who has been working with Mr. Carl E Bryant, Nashville, Tn., on Sherrod Bryants linage. Carl E Bryant is very much interested in talking with you on Sherrods family. Or, for that matter, anyone else who thinks they might be related to Sherrod Bryant. Carl Bryant's E-Mail is a3do@comcast.net.

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