Is the name Bryant or Bryan?

[SSlater]

When Dr. Stuart made his "Official" statement to the law, he described the two men who brought Booth to him as "Mr Bryant and a Mr. Crisman". We have since learned that in reality Crisman was "Mr. Crismond". I have not found a Bryant in King George, in this time frame - but there was a William Bryan living in the Edge Hill Postal Area, where the man named "Bryant" was recruited. So, for the sake of perfection, I researched to see what the Government called this man on his arrest sheet. ( I used "The Evidence", for the names.) Among the prisoners in Old Capitol Prison, with the other Assassination suspects was William Bryan. On another list, he becomes Bryant and shows his arrest was on Mathias Point. Then Warden Wood says he has William Bryant and describes him as a Confederate Agent living on Mathias Point. The 1860 Census shows William L. Bryan living in the Edge Hill Area of K.G.

I believe that "Bryant" was wrong, just as "Crisman" was wrong. Could Stuart have mixed up the spelling, in an effort to protect his "friends? In conclusion - so what?

PS In the 1860 Census, this William Bryan has a mulatto cook named Susan Magee. That is the same name of the cook who fed E. Pliny Bryan, (No known relation to William Bryan) when he opened his spy camp in this same specific area, early in the War. E. Pliny is the one who worked with Major Watson and family. He was transferred to South Carolina, and died there. Maybe I should have posted this in the "Interesting People in King George."