Sherrod Bryant was born in 1781 in Virginia, and grew up in Granville County, N.C. In 1806,Sherrod travelled and settled in Middle Tennessee where he began purchasing large tracts of farm land, including approximately 300 acres along the McCrory Creek in the historic Donelson region of Davidson County.
In 1830, his holdings included a downtown Nashville building lot purchased from Thomas L. Loving. His plantation-owning era, came in 1844-45 when he purchased 300 acres in Rutherford County from Thomas and Henry Lantern. The property is known today as “Bryant’s Grove,” located in the part of Long Hunter Park that sits in Rutherford and Wilson counties.“By 1850, Sherrod Bryant was one of the richest black men in the State of Tennessee.”
Sherrod died in 1854, and is buried in the “Bryant Town Family Cemetery” in the Donelson area of Nashville, Tennessee.

Carl Edward Bryant
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