Abt 1732 -
Generation: 1
1. | Jane was born Abt 1732; died Washington Co., Tennessee. Jane married Adam Gann Virginia. Adam (son of Samuel Gann and Elizabeth) was born Abt 1731, Frederick Co., Virginia; died 9 Mar 1812 - 7 Jun 1812. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. John Gann was born 1749, Frederick Co., Virginia; died 23 Jan 1815, Cannon Co., Tennessee.
- 3. William Gann was born Between 1751 and 1779.
- 4. Nathan Gann was born 1759; died 18 Jul 1839.
- 5. Adam Carter Gann was born 1763, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia; died Aft 1836.
- 6. Thomas Gann was born 17 Mar 1764, Virginia; died 1834-1840, Hamilton Co., Tennessee.
- 7. Margaret Gann was born 1765.
- 8. Samuel Gann was born 1767.
- 9. Hanna Christen Gann was born 1769.
- 10. Daniel L Gann was born Abt 1777, Virginia; died Aft 1 Jun 1830.
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Generation: 2
2. | John Gann (1.Jane1) was born 1749, Frederick Co., Virginia; died 23 Jan 1815, Cannon Co., Tennessee. Other Events:
- Also Known As: Steadfast
- Residence: 10 Dec 1782, Halifax Co., Virginia; Sells 100 acres of land (deed)
- Residence: 20 Aug 1803, Buncombe Co., North Carolina; On this date he bought land in Rutherford Co., North Carolina (deed record)
- Residence: 2 Feb 1805, Rutherford Co., North Carolina; Sold the tract in Rutherford Co., North Carolina that he purchased in 1803 (deed)
Notes:
Warren Co., Tennessee deeds 1814 - 1830, include sales to John Gann (1821) and sales by John Gann, Sr. (1824 sale of the same parcel from 1821), William Gann (1824), and a sale by Thomas Gann to Samuel Gann (1829); Joshua Gann witnesses several of these transactions. The earliest Warren Co., Tennessee deeds, 1808-1814, are only available at a FamilySearch affiliated library. (7 Jul 2018)
Not found in 1805 tax list of Warren Co., Tennessee
Not found in 1812 tax list of Warren Co., Tennessee (9 Jul 2018)
Residence:
Not able to find in deed indexes of Buncombe or Rutherford Counties (19 Jun 2018)
Residence:
Not able to find in deed indexes of Buncombe or Rutherford Counties (19 Jun 2018)
Died:
Cannon County was not organized at the time of his death; it is likely to have been in Warren County at the time
John married Hanna Smith Abt 1780, Virginia. Hanna was born Abt 1750, Virginia; died Bef 1840, Marion Co., Alabama. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 11. Ignatius Gann was born Abt 1780, Virginia; died Abt 1850, Cannon Co., Tennessee.
- 12. Samuel Brooks Gann was born 1785 - 1786, Washington Co., Tennessee; died Aft 1 Jun 1860, Marion Co., Alabama.
- 13. William Gann was born 1789, Washington Co., Tennessee; died Aft 1 Jun 1860, Itawamba Co., Mississippi.
- 14. Joshua Gann was born 1790, Tennessee; died Aft 1 Jun 1850.
- 15. John W Gann was born 1793, Warren Co., Tennessee; died 1845 - 1850, De Soto Co., Mississippi.
- 16. Robert Gann was born 1798-1800, South Carolina; died Aft 1 Jun 1860.
- 17. Thomas Gann was born 1801 - 1802, South Carolina; died Aft 01 Jun 1860.
- 18. Smith Gann was born 1804, Tennessee; died Aft 01 Jun 1860.
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4. | Nathan Gann (1.Jane1) was born 1759; died 18 Jul 1839. Other Events:
- Also Known As: Ignatius
- Census: 1820, White Co., Tennessee
- Census: 1830, Washington Co., Tennessee
- Probate: 30 Sep 1841, Washington Co., Tennessee; Supplementary inventory filed; $7653.60½ remains in the estate to be divided among the legal heirs
- Residence: 1820, White Co., Tennessee; With 4 boys and one girl under age 10, a boy age 10 to 15, a boy age 16 to 18 and a woman age 26 to 44
- Residence: 1830, Washington Co., Tennessee; With a boy and girl under age 5, a girl age 10 to 14, a woman age 30 to 39 and nine slaves
- _MILT: Said to have been a Captain in the Revolutionary War
Nathan — Susan. [Group Sheet]
Nathan married Mary Bef 18 Jul 1816. [Group Sheet]
Nathan married Sarah Delaney 24 Dec 1817, Kingston, Roane, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]
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5. | Adam Carter Gann (1.Jane1) was born 1763, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia; died Aft 1836. Adam married Rosannah Broyles 1798, Tennessee. Rosannah was born 23 Oct 1770, Culpepper County, Virginia; died Aft 1813, Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]
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6. | Thomas Gann (1.Jane1) was born 17 Mar 1764, Virginia; died 1834-1840, Hamilton Co., Tennessee. Other Events:
- _MILT: Abt 1777, North Carolina (Revolutionary War)
Notes:
Probate records for Hamilton Co., Tennessee prior to 1862 are lost
Birth:
He gave his birth date in his 1832 application for a Revolutionary War pension
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10. | Daniel L Gann (1.Jane1) was born Abt 1777, Virginia; died Aft 1 Jun 1830. Other Events:
- Census: 1830, Washington Co., Tennessee
- Residence: 1830, Washington Co., Tennessee
Notes:
Died:
Some researchers give a death date of 17 Mar 1860 in Washington Co., Tennessee but no sources are cited; he does not appear in Washington Co., Tennessee probate records at all
Daniel married Margaret Waddell 1803. Margaret was born 1778, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 3
11. | Ignatius Gann (2.John2, 1.Jane1) was born Abt 1780, Virginia; died Abt 1850, Cannon Co., Tennessee. Other Events:
- Census: 1830, Warren Co., Tennessee
- Census: 1840, Cannon Co., Tennessee
- Residence: 1830, Warren Co., Tennessee; With a boy and girl age 5 to 9, a boy and girl age 10 to 14, a boy age 15 to 19, a woman age 20 to 29 and a woman age 40 to 49
- Residence: 1840, Cannon Co., Tennessee; With a boy and girl aged 15 to 19, a woman aged 20 to 29 and a woman aged 50 to 59
Notes:
No Gann appears in any available online Cannon County record (Deeds, Chancery Court, Circuit Court, Probate), 1840-1870 (17 Feb 2024)
Ignatius — Margaret Barnes. [Group Sheet]
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12. | Samuel Brooks Gann (2.John2, 1.Jane1) was born 1785 - 1786, Washington Co., Tennessee; died Aft 1 Jun 1860, Marion Co., Alabama. Other Events:
- Census: 1810, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
- Census: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama
- Census: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama
- Census: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Aston's Store P.O.
- Occupation: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
- Occupation: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Farmer
- Residence: 1810, Buncombe Co., North Carolina; With a boy and girl under age 10 and a woman age 16-25
- Residence: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama; With a boy and two girls under age 21 and a man and two women over age 21
- Residence: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; With wife Sarah B (White), two children and two grandchildren
- Residence: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; With wife Sarah B (White), one daughter and three grandchildren
Notes:
Said to have moved to Hardin Co., Tennessee and to have died there
Samuel — Sarah B White. Sarah was born 1786, South Carolina; died Aft 01 Jun 1860, Marion Co., Alabama. [Group Sheet]
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13. | William Gann (2.John2, 1.Jane1) was born 1789, Washington Co., Tennessee; died Aft 1 Jun 1860, Itawamba Co., Mississippi. Other Events:
- Census: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama
- Census: 1850, Dist. 7, Itawamba, Mississippi
- Census: 1853, Itawamba Co., Mississippi
- Census: 1860, Itawamba Co., Mississippi; Tremont P.O.
- Occupation: 1860, Itawamba Co., Mississippi; Farmer
- Residence: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama; With two boys under age 5, two girls age 5 to 9, two boys and a girl age 10 to 14, a boy and girl age 15 to 19 and a woman age 30 to 39
- Residence: 1850, Dist. 7, Itawamba, Mississippi; With wife Clarissa (Franks), two sons and a granddaughter
- Residence: 1853, Itawamba Co., Mississippi; With two females
- Residence: 1860, Itawamba Co., Mississippi; With wife Clarissa (Franks)
Notes:
Few probate records are available for Itawamba Co., Mississippi; not found in those for 1871-77 and 1889-1954 (13 Sep 2017)
William — Clarissa Franks. Clarissa was born 1787 - 1789, Georgia; died Aft 01 Jun 1860, Itawamba Co., Mississippi. [Group Sheet]
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14. | Joshua Gann (2.John2, 1.Jane1) was born 1790, Tennessee; died Aft 1 Jun 1850. Other Events:
- Census: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama
- Census: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama
- Census: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama
- Occupation: 1836-1837, Alabama; Alabama State representative for Marion County
- Occupation: 31 Dec 1841, Marion Co., Alabama; Justice of the Peace (Acting)
- Occupation: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
- Residence: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama; With two boys and a girl age 10 to 14, two girls age 15 to 19 and a woman age 40 to 49
- Residence: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama; With a woman over age 21
- Residence: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; With wife Elizabeth
- _MILT: 20 Sep 1814 - 03 May 1815, Tennessee; Captain Andrew Lawson Company, Colonel William Johnson Regiment, East Tennessee Drafted Militia
Notes:
Name:
Some other researchers list his name as Joshua Samuel on the basis of an 1860 census record for a Samuel Gann in Marion County Alabama, aged 75
Occupation:
Joshua Gann, in furtherance of an Itawamba Co., Mississippi deed between a Samuel F Gann and Elizabeth his wife (residents of Marion County, Alabama), questioned Elizabeth "separate and apart" from her husband to ensure she was not coerced into relinquishing her rights to the land being sold.
Joshua — Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born 1800, North Carolina; died Aft 01 Jun 1850. [Group Sheet]
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15. | John W Gann (2.John2, 1.Jane1) was born 1793, Warren Co., Tennessee; died 1845 - 1850, De Soto Co., Mississippi. Other Events:
- Census: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama
- Census: 1841, Itawamba Co., Mississippi
- Residence: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama; With a boy and two girls under age 5, two boys and a girl age 5 to 9 and a woman age 30 to 39
- Residence: 1841, Itawamba Co., Mississippi; With nine other people
Notes:
Unable to find in available online probate records of De Soto County, Mississippi (9 Sep 2015)
TO DO: Check DeSoto county, Mississippi deeds
John married Mourning P Franks 1820 - 1821. [Group Sheet]
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16. | Robert Gann (2.John2, 1.Jane1) was born 1798-1800, South Carolina; died Aft 1 Jun 1860. Other Events:
- Census: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama
- Census: 1840, Marion Co., Alabama
- Census: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama
- Census: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama
- Census: 1860, Itawamba Co., Mississippi; Ryan's Well P.O.
- Occupation: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
- Occupation: 1860, Itawamba Co., Mississippi; Farmer
- Residence: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama; With two boys and two girls under age 5, a girl age 5 to 9 and a woman age 20 to 29
- Residence: 1840, Marion Co., Alabama; With one boy under age 5, a boy and a girl aged 5 to 10, three girls aged 10 to 15, a girl aged 15 to 20 and a woman aged 40 to 50
- Residence: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama; With four boys and three girls under age 21 and a man and woman over age 21
- Residence: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; With second wife Mary and ten children
- Residence: 1860, Itawamba Co., Mississippi; With wife Mary and three children
Notes:
Unable to find in the available online probate records for Itawamba Co., MS (2013-NOV-05)
Not found in index to deeds of Itawamba Co., Mississippi; however, vol. 1 of the index is grantors only (25 Apr 2021)
Birth:
1860 census lists "not known" as his birthplace
Robert — Mary. Mary was born 1807 - 1814, Missouri; died Aft 01 Jun 1860. [Group Sheet]
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17. | Thomas Gann (2.John2, 1.Jane1) was born 1801 - 1802, South Carolina; died Aft 01 Jun 1860. Other Events:
- Census: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama
- Census: 1840, White Co., Tennessee
- Census: 1850, Northern Div. 4th Dist., Tishomingo, Mississippi
- Census: 1860, Tishomingo Co., Mississippi; Jacinto P.O.
- Occupation: 1850, Northern Div. 4th Dist., Tishomingo, Mississippi; Farmer
- Occupation: 1860, Tishomingo Co., Mississippi; Farmer
- Residence: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama; With a boy and two girls under age 5, a girl age 5 to 9 and a woman age 20 to 29
- Residence: 19 Mar 1839, White County, Tennessee; With wife Rebecca, sells 12 and a half acres of land on Caney Fork to Burrell Short, which seems to have been an inheritance of Rebecca's
- Residence: 1840, White Co., Tennessee; With three boys and a girl under age 5, a boy and girl aged 5 to 9, a girl aged 10 to 14, two girls aged 15 to 19, and a woman aged 30 to 39
- Residence: 1850, Northern Div. 4th Dist., Tishomingo, Mississippi; With wife Rebecca and eleven children
- Residence: 1860, Tishomingo Co., Mississippi; With wife Rebecca and two children
Notes:
Unable to find probate records in those online for Tishomingo Co., MS (2013-NOV-06)
Thomas — Rebecca. Rebecca was born 1802 - 1803, South Carolina; died Aft 01 Jun 1860. [Group Sheet]
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18. | Smith Gann (2.John2, 1.Jane1) was born 1804, Tennessee; died Aft 01 Jun 1860. Other Events:
- Census: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama
- Census: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama
- Census: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama
- Census: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Aston's Store P.O.
- Occupation: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
- Occupation: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Farmer
- Residence: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama; With a girl age 5 to 9 and a woman age 20 to 29
- Residence: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama; With two boys and a girl under age 21 and a man and woman over age 21
- Residence: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; With wife Britania Jane, three children and 96-year-old Uriah Gibbs
- Residence: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; With wife Jane, three children and five stepchildren
Notes:
Birth:
1860 census lists "NC" as birthplace
Smith — Britania Jane. Britania was born 1819 - 1825, Tennessee; died Aft 01 Jun 1860. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 4
22. | Smith Woodson Gann (14.Joshua3, 2.John2, 1.Jane1) was born 1814, Tennessee; died 1897, Marion Co., Alabama; was buried Guin, Marion, Alabama. Other Events:
- Census: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama
- Census: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama
- Census: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
- Census: 1870, Twp. 13 Range 14, Sanford, Alabama; Beaverton P.O.
- Census: 1880, Twp. 13E Range 14, Lamar, Alabama; Enumeration District 1-128
- Occupation: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
- Occupation: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; Farmer
- Occupation: 1870, Twp. 13 Range 14, Sanford, Alabama; Farmer
- Occupation: 1880, Twp. 13E Range 14, Lamar, Alabama; Farmer
- Residence: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama; With two boys under age 21, three girls under age 21 and a woman over age 21
- Residence: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; With wife Rebecca (Smith), five children and the Nathaniel Miller family
- Residence: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; With wife Rebecca (Smith) and six children
- Residence: 1867, Jones Co., Alabama
- Residence: 1870, Twp. 13 Range 14, Sanford, Alabama; With wife Rebecca (Smith) and three children
- Residence: 1880, Twp. 13E Range 14, Lamar, Alabama; With a son, a daughter-in-law and three grandchildren
Notes:
Not found in Lamar Co., Alabama Index to Estates, Probate Order Books (1890-1900 in several volumes), Wills (13 Sep 2017)
Residence:
Jones Co. was later called Sanford then Lamar
Buried:
Mosley Cemetery
Smith married Rebecca Smith 1837. Rebecca was born 1817-1825, Tennessee; died Abt 1875, Alabama; was buried Guin, Marion, Alabama. [Group Sheet]
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23. | Thomas Jefferson Gann (14.Joshua3, 2.John2, 1.Jane1) was born 1819 - 1820, Tennessee; died 1860 - 1866, Alabama. Other Events:
- Census: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama
- Census: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama
- Census: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Astons Store P.O.
- Occupation: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
- Occupation: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Farmer
- Residence: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama; With a boy under age 21, five girls under age 21 and a woman over age 21
- Residence: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; With wife Rachel (Miller) and five children
- Residence: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; With wife Rachel (Miller) and ten children
Notes:
Probate records for Marion Co., Alabama were destroyed in 1878 and do not exist for his date of death
Birth:
Some researchers indicate that he was born in White county, Tennessee
Died:
Wife Rachel (Miller) appeared as a head of household in the 1866 Alabama state census
Thomas — Rachel E Miller. Rachel was born 8 Jun 1825, Tennessee; died 25 Jun 1897, Guin, Marion, Alabama; was buried Beaverton, Lamar, Alabama. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 24. Smith William Gann was born 1840, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died 24 May 1879; was buried Lamar Co., Alabama.
- 25. Margret E Gann was born 1842, Alabama; died 1878; was buried Fayette County, Alabama.
- 26. Amelia C Gann was born 30 May 1845, Alabama; died 22 Apr 1922; was buried Lamar County, Alabama.
- 27. Hulda Jane Gann was born 12 Jan 1846, Alabama; died 25 Mar 1915, Beat 13, Marion Co., Alabama; was buried Winfield, Marion, Alabama.
- 28. Sarah Ann Gann was born 6 Jun 1847, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died 17 Aug 1911, Beat 11, Marion, Alabama; was buried Guin, Marion, Alabama.
- 29. Frances Isabela Gann was born 10 Mar 1850, Marion Co., Alabama; died 28 Apr 1888; was buried Beaverton, Lamar, Alabama.
- 30. Rebecca C Gann was born 1852, Alabama; died Aft 01 Jun 1860.
- 31. Melvina Abigail Gann was born 22 Aug 1853, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died 1 Apr 1916, Guin, Marion, Alabama; was buried Guin, Marion, Alabama.
- 32. Hannah Clementine Gann was born Aug 1856, Marion Co., Alabama; died Aft 1910; was buried Guin, Marion, Alabama.
- 33. Henry Newton Gann was born 15 Apr 1860, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died 12 Nov 1923, Marion Co., Alabama; was buried Marion Co., Alabama.
- 34. Mary Savannah Gann was born 20 Jun 1861, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died 16 Oct 1932, Marion Co., Alabama; was buried 17 Oct 1932, Marion Co., Alabama.
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