The History of Mackey Lodge #122, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana : 1866 -1911

Terrell Bryan (left) 1836-1920
Tillman C. Bryan (right) 1830-1899

By 1867, Terrell Bryan, my great-grandfather, his brother, Tillman, and their step-brother, John Regan, were members of this lodge. Catharine Bryan's husband, James C. Watts, died in 1867, and it was noted that he was stricken from the roll. 

In 1867, a Special Committee on lodges in arrears made a report which was read and unanimously adopted. It was explained that the Lodges remaining under the rule of the late Confederate Government until the war ceased, lost in one day the whole funds which they held in their respective treasuries. It was resolved that the amount for dues previous to 1864 and owed to the Grand Lodge be donated to the lodges, thus clearing the debts. 

Mackey Lodge #122 of Ringgold was one of only a few lodges in Louisiana not in need of this help.

This is the second of four posts about Mackey Lodge. Here are links to the other posts. 

• The History of Mackey Lodge #122, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana : 1854 to 1862

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Tillman Bryan, photograph, n.d.; digital image, 2016, from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Photos were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas, on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. Used with permission. 

The History of the Mackey Lodge #122, 1954; digital images, 2016, from the privately held collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Records were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas, on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. Used with permission.

Proceedings of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Louisiana at the fifty-fifth Annual Communication Held at New Orleans, February 11, 1867, (New Orleans: Bouvain & Lewis, 1867), 111, 228;  PDF download, Louisiana Masonic Library/Museum (https://library.la-mason.com/PastProceedings/1860/1867.pdf: downloaded 21 ‎March ‎2020).

Terrell Bryan, photograph, ca.1900; digital image, from the privately held photo collection of D.B. Quinn, 2023.