Updated Bio:
Nathan Gann(I) married a daughter of Joseph Abel in Halifax County, Virginia in about 1765. Her first name is unknown at this time–note that he did NOT marry anyone named Elizabeth Eastin. Nathan and his wife's first child was born the next year. They moved to North Carolina by 1770 and had six children by 1776. Unrest over taxation and the talk of injustice by the mother country reached even the pioneer people beyond the cosatal settlements of the Colonies. Nathan joined the American forces in North Carolina and was away from home during most of the Revolutionary War. Land opened up for settlement in the interior of Georgia after the war. Nathan, his wife, and their children migrated south and settled near Watkinsville, in the large county of Greene by 1787. His name appears there in early deeds and legal records. When smaller counties were created from Greene County, their land was in the new county of Clarke.* Their children married and settled nearby. They are most likely buried in their family burial ground near Watkinsville, it's exact location is lost at present.
*NOTE: The former Gann land is now in Oconee County created from Clarke County in 1875.
Children:
1. Samuel Gann, Sr. 1766-1811
2. James Gann, Sr. 1768-1800
3. John Gann, Sr. 1770-1856
4. Micajah Gann, Sr. 1774-1820
5. William Gann, Sr. 1775-1852
6. Isaac Reuben Gann 1782-1846
7. Elizabeth Gann Alexander 1776-
8. Nathan Gann, Jr. 1784-1854
Updated Bio:
Nathan Gann(I) married a daughter of Joseph Abel in Halifax County, Virginia in about 1765. Her first name is unknown at this time–note that he did NOT marry anyone named Elizabeth Eastin. Nathan and his wife's first child was born the next year. They moved to North Carolina by 1770 and had six children by 1776. Unrest over taxation and the talk of injustice by the mother country reached even the pioneer people beyond the cosatal settlements of the Colonies. Nathan joined the American forces in North Carolina and was away from home during most of the Revolutionary War. Land opened up for settlement in the interior of Georgia after the war. Nathan, his wife, and their children migrated south and settled near Watkinsville, in the large county of Greene by 1787. His name appears there in early deeds and legal records. When smaller counties were created from Greene County, their land was in the new county of Clarke.* Their children married and settled nearby. They are most likely buried in their family burial ground near Watkinsville, it's exact location is lost at present.
*NOTE: The former Gann land is now in Oconee County created from Clarke County in 1875.
Children:
1. Samuel Gann, Sr. 1766-1811
2. James Gann, Sr. 1768-1800
3. John Gann, Sr. 1770-1856
4. Micajah Gann, Sr. 1774-1820
5. William Gann, Sr. 1775-1852
6. Isaac Reuben Gann 1782-1846
7. Elizabeth Gann Alexander 1776-
8. Nathan Gann, Jr. 1784-1854
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