Wilmington Dispatch, 22 November 1917.
At which Daniel C. Suggs and Bryant P. Coward delivered notable remarks.
Wilmington Dispatch, 22 November 1917.
At which Daniel C. Suggs and Bryant P. Coward delivered notable remarks.

New York Age, 9 September 1922.
A.B. Caldwell, ed., History of the American Negro and His Institutions, North Carolina Edition (1921).
In the 1870 census of Olds township, Greene County: David Coward, 37, Chaney, 25, Diner, 11, Bryant, 8, Bayington, 6, Melvin, 4, and Pennine, 4 months. [N.B. The family lived very near wealthy white farmer William Coward, who may have been their former owner.]
In the 1880 census of Olds township, Greene County: David Coward, 47, Cherrey, 36, Diner, 16, Bryant, 14, Bainton, 12, Melvina, 10, Pennina,8, David, 5, Owen, 3, and Leon, 1.
In the 1900 census of Township 1, Craven County: farmer Bryan Coward, 36, wife Sarah, 33, son Arthur D., 8, and niece Malissa Jenkins, 13.
In the 1910 census of New Bern, Craven County, at 2 Green Street: pastor Bryan Coward, 45, wife Sarah, 43, son Arthur D., 18, and adopted daughter Malissa Jenkins, 22.
In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County, at 122 Pender Street: minister of the gospel Bryant Coward, 53, wife Sarah A., 49, and roomers Joe Ward (who worked as a cook at Hotel Briggs), 30, and Sophia Ward, 29.
Wilson Daily Times, 5 August 1921.
New York Age, 13 August 1921.
Pittsburgh Courier, 12 March 1938.
Masonic Cemetery, Lane Street extension, Wilson, November 2015.