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Jane Bryan Hunter

Jane Bryan Hunter connects two early future-Brooks families. Federal census records document her as Abraham Hunter Jr.'s wife, while her 1912 obituary names John Bryan as her father and identifies Okapilco as her birthplace and her father's home.

Marriage and household

The 1850 census places Abram Hunter, age forty-four, and Jane, age nineteen, together in Lowndes County. The 1860 Brooks County census records Abraham and Jane as a continuing married couple. In 1880, Jane appears as Abraham's wife, with John M. and Virgil C. identified as sons in the household.

Those records verify Jane as Abraham Hunter Jr.'s wife. Theophilus W. Hunter's 1919 death certificate independently names his parents as Abraham Hunter and Jane Bryant.

Bryan or Bryant parentage

Jane's 1912 obituary identifies John Bryan as her father and says that she was born at Okapilco, described as her father's home. The obituary, household chronology, and later death certificate make Jane a strong-probable daughter of John Bryan.

The relationship is not graded verified because no inspected birth record, family Bible, probate file, or deed states it. The Bryan/Bryant spelling variation is historically common but must not be used to merge John with the unresolved Jose, Joe, or Joseph candidates.

Connection to future Brooks County

Jane's reported Okapilco birth, her documented marriage household, and her later Brooks County life give her a direct personal connection to the settlement region. She also carries the documented Hunter line forward through children including Theophilus W. Hunter, who became a Quitman physician and later supported the South Georgia Railroad.

Evidence status

  • Verified: wife of Abraham Hunter Jr.; mother of Theophilus W. Hunter.
  • Strong probable: daughter of John Bryan and native of his Okapilco household.
  • Unresolved: exact birth date and tract, mother, complete child group, and a parent-naming original for the John Bryan relationship.

See the Abraham Hunter profile, John Bryan profile, Hunter surname audit, and Bryan/Bryant identity audit.

Sources

  1. 1850 U.S. census, Division 53, Lowndes County, Georgia, dwelling 52, Abram and Jane Hunter household, p. 364A, Ancestry record 18778975.
  2. 1860 U.S. census, Brooks County, Georgia, Abraham and Jane Hunter household, p. 682, Ancestry record 10753357.
  3. 1880 U.S. census, Brooks County, Georgia, Abraham and Jane Hunter household, identifying Jane as wife and John M. and Virgil C. as sons.
  4. “Mrs. Jane Hunter, Brooks County,” Valdosta Times, April 10, 1912, p. 8, Newspapers.com image 889854125.
  5. Georgia death certificate for Theophilus Williams Hunter, December 13, 1919, Ancestry collection 2562, record 104019.