The Marriage of Iverson L. Briley, Grandson of Hardy Sellers

 Iverson L. Brily/Briley first appeared in Item 7 of the Last Will and Testament of Hardy Sellers. Iverson was the grandson of Hardy Sellers being the son of Hardy’s daughter Jane Sellers and Iverson H or T. Briley.

Hardy Sellers, b.  2 March 1757 died on 12 January 1835. We know from an equity record and the Last Will and Testament of Hardy Sellers that his daughter Jane Sellers Briley was deceased.

Iverson L. Briley was born about 1825 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. It is believed that Iverson, Sr. and Jane migrated to Mississippi. On 9 June 1851, Iverson L. Briley, age 26, married Sarah L. Higdon in Franklin County, Mississippi. ¹

Ivenson L. Briley died sometime before 1870. To this union was borne three children, all daughters.

The three daughters are:  

• Mary E Briley aged 15 years
• Emily L Briley aged 13 years
• Clarissa Briley aged 11 years

After the death of Iverson L Briley, bef. 1870, Sarah L. Higdon Briley married George Washington Tier, age 22, on 6 April 1870, in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. These records are tightly controlled by the state of Louisiana and I am unable to access them from home. Therefore, all I have to offer is an extract of data found on ancestry.com

S. L. Briley in the Louisiana, Compiled Marriage Records, 1851-1900
Name: George W. Tier
Spouse: S. L. Briley
Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1870
County: Cald[well]
State: LA
Source Information
Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Louisiana, Compiled Marriage Records, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

Sarah L. Higdon Briley Tier died in August 1871 leaving 3 minor children.

Sarah Faulkner Briley Tier has died and left 3 minor children from her marriage with Iverson Briley.²

Sadly, seven months after the death of Sarah L. Tier, her 2nd husband, George Washington Tier, also passed away on 22 March 1872.

Iverson L Briley is my 1st Cousin 6X Removed; his Mother Jane Sellers Briley is my 4th GreatGrand Aunt.

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[1] https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BJ-F7L6-T?i=688&cc=3477669&cat=239414

[2] 1850, Western District, Concordia Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Western District, Concordia, Louisiana, Page 161B (Stamped) Line 1, Dwelling 180, Family 181, Household of I. BRILEY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration, Roll: M432_230.
[3]1860, Ward 9, Concordia Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Ward 6, Concordia, Louisiana, Page: 796; Line 25, Dwelling 37, Family 43, Household of J. L. BRILEY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 May 2017); citing National Archives M653-410.
[4] "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 21 May 2017), Marriage: Iverson L. Briley and Sarah L. Higdon, Marriage Date: 9 Jun 1851.
[5] 1870, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Ward 7, Caldwell, Louisiana, Page 138A(stamped); Line 33, Dwelling 67, Family 69, Household of G. W. TIER; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 May 2017); citing National Archives M593_509.
  

 

The Second Marriage of Mary Ann Davis

Mary Ann Davis was borne about 1762 in Marion County, South Carolina. She was a daughter of Benjamin Davis, Sr. and Rachel Port.

At the age of 22 she married Robert Commander Dunnam, Sr. in 1784. To this union were borne nine children. Sometime after their marriage, Robert and Mary migrated to Wilcox County, Alabama Territory. Later, they moved to Baldwin County, Alabama Territory. It was here that Robert Commander Dunnam, Sr. died before 9 February 1813; the date his will was proven in open court.    

Robert Commander Dunnam, Sr. left a will in which he lists all his children and names his "Trusty Friend", Samuel Ervin, as one of his Executors, along with his wife Ann; son, Robert Commander Dunnam, Jr. and William Godfrey...

On 18 November 1817, Mary Ann Davis Dunnam united in marriage, a second time, to a  man named Thomas Watson.

Transcription:

Baldwin County
Mifs Alabama Territory To any ordained Minister of the Gospel Judge of the Territory or Justice of the peace – you are hereby commanded to join in the Holy State of matrimony Thomas Watson with Mrs. Anne Dunnam and in so doing this shall be your Sufficient Authorization given under my hand this 18th November 1817.
                                                                    James Johnston
                                                                                Mag’t   

Mary Ann Davis Dunnam Watson passed away sometime after 1830. Her 2nd husband Thomas Watson, died on 9 June 1834 in Monroe County, Alabama.  Thomas Watson is buried in the Watson-Green Cemetery, Drewry, Monroe County, Alabama. No tombstone has been found for Mary Ann Davis Dunnam Watson.

NOTE: Mary Ann Davis Whiddom ( Find A Grave Memorial#27202037) is not the daughter of Benjamin and Rachel Port Davis and I have no knowledge of a family connection between Mary Ann Davis Whiddom and the Davis families of Marion and Chesterfield Counties, South Carolina.

Mary Ann Davis is my 1st Cousin 6X removed.

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[1] Short hyperlink to Marriage Licensee>>> https://ancstry.me/2kiMrjC

[2] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 May 2020); Memorial page for Thomas Watson; (18 October 1764–9 June 1834); Find a Grave memorial # 36145619, Citing Watson-Green Cemetery; Drewry, Monroe County, Alabama, USA.