Is the name Bryant or Bryan?

[SSlater]

The snow delayed my visit to the Court House - I had to clear a path to the out-house. All OK now. Bear in mind that this is all raw data. I have not arrived at a conclusion and then cross-checked that.
King George has two sets of marriage records. One starts in 1721, and two starts in 1857. The first set lists the Bride and Groom and the date. The second set lists the Bride and Groom, the date and the PARENTS. In Dr. Stuarts deposition, he referred to Bryant as "The old man". One Bryant was 69 in 1865 and the other was 54. So, I favor the older one. This also steered me away from the Records that started in 1857. Obviously these two guys had families, so they are not newlyweds.
I first searched William L Bryant - any age. THERE ARE NONE.
The first logical candidate -named William Bryan was William L. Bryan who married Catherine McClanahan on March 26, 1834 (William would have been 33). Another possible candidate would be William Bryan who married Ann Jones, Feb 22, 1827.(he would have been 26). Apparently William L. Bryan's wife is deceased by the 1860 Census, because the oldest girl in the family is 23 - born 1837. Her birthday follows both of the marriage dates being considered - thus Elizabeth is not his wife.
Another factor I stumbled onto - There are 4 Bryan children living in the Albert Suttle family in nearby Millville (in K. G. Co.) They are Samuel 16, John 13, William 10 and Mary E 7. These are valid candidates to be from the William Bryan family. That is a "considered" guess.
I also checked Land Deeds for the Bryans - There were none. Wills - Nothing.
I did not find either of these two families in later years, except William Bryan b 1801, 69 yrs old m to Sallie 50 b N.C. in Cainsville, TN
There is where we stand with the Ct. Hs. (I did get some more good-stuff on the Crismonds and the McDaniels.
I will continue to Search.{ Laurie. Hall et. al. didn't make a mistake - they worked with the information they had, which was primitive. We can do more in one day now, than they could manage, in a year.}