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Sarah Ann "Sally" Tanner[1]

Female 1775 - 1831  (56 years)


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  • Name Sarah Ann "Sally" Tanner 
    Born 10 Jun 1775  Amelia County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 12 Jun 1831  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19966  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2018 

    Family William Walton,   b. 18 Sep 1776, Amelia County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1865, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married Abt 1798 
    Children 
    +1. Robert Newell Walton,   b. 2 May 1802, Whitmell, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1882, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2019 
    Family ID F7431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Michelle Collie, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/58448535/person/40529044101/facts.
      William Walton
      William Walton, 1776?1865
      Birth 18 SEP 1776, Amelia, Virginia
      Death 20 SEP 1865, Pittsylvania, Virginia

      Sally Ann Tanner, 1775?1831
      Birth 10 JUN 1775, Amelia, Virginia
      Death 12 JUN 1831, Pittsylvania, Virginia,
      Parents of wife, Sallie
      Robert Franklin Tanner, 1725?1817
      Martha A Hawkins, 1740?1793

      Spouse & Children
      William Walton, 1776?1865
      Louisa Ann Walton, 1800?1876
      Robert Newell Walton, 1802?1882
      Thomas Wingfield Walton, 1806?1879
      Jesse Simeon Walton, 1807?1884
      Pleasant William Walton, 1816?1891
      Virginia Walton, 1828?



    2. [S100] Internet Source, http://rdricketts.com/blog/2008/11/28/the-walton-land-and-waltons-mountain-at-pleasant-gap/.

    3. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158131109.
      Sally Tanner Walton, w/o Wm. Walton
      Birth 10 Jun 1775, Amelia County, Virginia
      Death 12 Jun 1831 (aged 56), Pittsylvania County, Virginia
      Burial: Walton Family Cemetery
      Pleasant Gap, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
      Issue:
      Pleasant William Walton, 1816?1891
      Spouse: Martha Ann Washington Robertson Walton, 1821-1883 (m. 1836)
      William Walton first married Sally Tanner. It is said they lived in a large house across from the Pleasant Gap intersection.
      William Walton and Sally Tanner Walton, lived is what was described as 'a beautiful show place with several acres landscaped with flowers from all over the world planted around the house.? The house is no longer there and no one seems to know about the grave yard ?in a grove of cedars with tombstones.?

      William Walton was a member of the House of Delegates of the Virginia Assembly from Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville, VA from 1808 to 1814 and from 1821 to 1829. He served during the War of 1812.

      By the 1830s, William Walton owned a total of 2,434 acres mostly in the area from Pleasant Gap to Dry Fork, VA.

      Source - rdricketts.com, edited.

      Children of William and Sally Walton:

      Robert N Walton 1802 xxxx
      Jessee Simeon Walton xxxx xxxx
      Thomas Winfield Walton 1806 1979
      Pleasant William Walton 1816 1891

    4. [S262] One World Tree, (Ancestry), https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=owt&h=6682296&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60525.
      Robert Tanner
      Spouse: Martha Tanner
      F: Edward Tanner
      M: (Name Unknown)
      Birth: 1725 - Amelia
      Death: 3 Mar 1817 - Amelia, Virginia
      Marriage: 1760 - Amelia, Virginia