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IMMIGRANT John Gannaway/Ganaway, Sr.

Male 1690 - 1783  (93 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  IMMIGRANT John Gannaway/Ganaway, Sr. was born 1690, Bath, England; died 1783, Buckingham County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Land Grant Cumberland Co., on Willis Cr. and Great Guinea, in the Fork of Randolph's Road, in the Low Grounds of Great Guinea Cr.; adj. Joseph Terry, Robert Sweting, Robert Payne, Henry Bell, Dabbs, William Mayo dec'd, Richard Henderson, William Cocke, Zachariah Pictman, & Gleen [Green]. 26 Jun 1759, -573. 5 pounds, 5 schillings

    John married Zaida Larriategui. Zaida was born Est 1690; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Gannaway/Ganaway  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1715, Henrico County, Virginia; died 8 Jul 1747, Albermarle Co., Virginia.
    2. 3. John Gannaway/Ganaway, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Aug 1720, New Kent County, Colonial Virginia; died 1772, Buckingham County, Virginia.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elizabeth 'Betsy' Gannaway/Ganaway Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born Abt 1715, Henrico County, Virginia; died 8 Jul 1747, Albermarle Co., Virginia.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Prob. Turkey Island, Henrico Co., Virginia or as found in Prince Edward Co., DB1/46a. 8 Apr 1755; John Gannaway petitioned for 1 acre belonging to Richard Benit on the south side of Appomattox River, in order to build a a mill across the river. Rcorded 13 May 1755.

    Elizabeth married John1 Carter Abt 1734, Henrico Co., Virginia. John1 (son of Theodorick2 Carter and Elizabeth Webb) was born 1697, Prince Edward County, Virginia Colony; died 20 Sep 1781, Halifax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Theodorick of John Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1735, Prince Edward County, Colonial Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 5. John Carter, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1737, Henrico County, Virginia; died Abt 1799, Henrico Co., Virginia.
    3. 6. Frances 'Fannie' Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1739, Henrico County, Virginia; died 2 Feb 1786, Augusta, Georgia.
    4. 7. William Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1748, Henrico County, Virginia; died Abt 1807, Cumberland Co., Virginia.
    5. 8. Sherwood Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1745, Henrico County, Virginia; died 4 Sep 1797, Henrico Co., Virginia.
    6. 9. Jacob Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Jan 1757, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia; died Aft 6 Dec 1799, Henrico Co., Virginia.

  2. 3.  John Gannaway/Ganaway, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 2 Aug 1720, New Kent County, Colonial Virginia; died 1772, Buckingham County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Colonel John Gannaway Jr. served as the Commander of the Buckingham Provincial Militia during the French & Indian War.

    John married Mary McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee/McGregor 1746, New Kent County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of William McBee/Magby/Mocobee/Mocaboy/McGehee and Mary Carr) was born 1731, Aberdeen, Scotland; died 11 Nov 1793, Buckingham Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 10. Captain John E. Gannaway/Ganaway, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Apr 1748, New Kent Co., Virginia; died 1798.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Theodorick of John Carter Descendancy chart to this point (2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1735, Prince Edward County, Colonial Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:

    THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Volume 22 year ending 31 Dec 1914.

    EARLY SETTLERS IN PRINCE EDWARD CO., VA
    Early Settlers prior to the formation of that county from Amelia in 1753; John Bibb; John Bigger, Theodorick Carter Alexander Cunningham.....z& BROWNS James, William and Daniel.



    Theodorick married Ann Mrs. Theodrick Carter. Ann was born Abt 1745. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. Katherine 'Kitty' Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1765, Henrico County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 12. Theodrick B. Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1767, Henrico County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 13. Elizabeth Ann (Nancy) Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1769, Henrico County, Virginia; died Bef 1801, Henrico Co., Virginia.

    Theodorick married Sarah 'Sally' Ellbank/Eelbeck 10 Nov 1763, Lunenburg, Virginia. Sarah was born Abt 1745, Lunenburg, Virginia ?; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  John Carter, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1737, Henrico County, Virginia; died Abt 1799, Henrico Co., Virginia.

    John married Mourning/Morning Bond 14 Nov 1794, Flunauna Co., Virginia. Mourning/Morning was born 1768, Albermarle, Virginia Colony; died 7 Nov 1861, Talladega County, Alabama; was buried , Carter Family Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Mary 'Polly' P. Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1795, Albermarle Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
    2. 15. Charles [Bond] Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 May 1803, Albermarle Co., Virginia; died 6 Feb 1895, Talladega, Alabama; was buried , Carter Family Cemetery Talladega County, Alabama.

  3. 6.  Frances 'Fannie' Carter Descendancy chart to this point (2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1739, Henrico County, Virginia; died 2 Feb 1786, Augusta, Georgia.

    Frances married Robert3 Walton, Jr.. Robert3 (son of Robert Walton, II and Mary Hughes) was born 1741, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died 12 Jul 1797, Augusta, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 16. John Carter Walton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1771, Cumberland County, Virginia; died Mar 1804, Killed in a duel in Augusta, Georgia.
    2. 17. Elizabeth [niece of signer] Walton  Descendancy chart to this point was born Bef 1789, Lunenburg Co., Colonial Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 18. Mary Walton  Descendancy chart to this point was born Bef 1773; died Yes, date unknown.

  4. 7.  William Carter Descendancy chart to this point (2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born 1748, Henrico County, Virginia; died Abt 1807, Cumberland Co., Virginia.

    Notes:

    http://genforum.genealogy.com/carter/messages/22552.html.

    The other Carter is a William Carter. He is mentioned in the chancery documents in 1789 as the defendant against Onan Moody. Onan Moody was the illegitimate daughter (or son, not sure) of Frances Moody and Gerard Ellyson. Gerard's widow, Sarah (nee Crews), married William Carter in 1771. It was published in the Purdie and Dixon Gazette that she was 85 and he only 23! (Making William born in 1748). It also mentions that he is the son of John Carter of Henrico County. (This John Carter is the son of Theodrick Carter, the son of Giles Carter.) William had the following siblings:

    1. Theodrick Carter m. Sally Eelbank in Lunenburg, VA in 1763
    2. John Carter m. Anne
    3. Frances Carter m. Robert Walton (son of Robert Walton and Mary Hughes, and brother to George Walton, signer of the Decl. of Ind.) in Charlotte County, VA
    4. Sherwood Carter m. Frances
    5. Jacob Carter m. Mary


    Page 25
    Memoir of Gen William Giles Harding Carter

    "An act of the general assembly of Virginia was passed in October, 1786, for clearing and extending the navigation of the Chickahominy River, and William CARTER, a descendant of Giles Carter (First), was one of a committee of trustees appointed to supervise the clearing of the channel as far up as Meadow Bridge."

    William married Sarah Crew 14 Mar 1771, Henrico Co., Virginia. Sarah was born Abt 1690, King William Co., Virginia; died 2 Mar 1789, Henrico Co., Virginia . [Group Sheet]


  5. 8.  Sherwood Carter Descendancy chart to this point (2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1745, Henrico County, Virginia; died 4 Sep 1797, Henrico Co., Virginia.

    Sherwood married Frances Garthright Est 1770. Frances was born c 1745, Henrico Co., Virginia; died 1808, Henrico Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 19. Joseph Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1770, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 20. William P. Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1770, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Caroline Co., Colonial Virginia.
    3. 21. Elizabeth 'Betsey' Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1774, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 22. Theodrick Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1776, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 23. Samuel Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1778, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 24. John P. Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1780, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

  6. 9.  Jacob Carter Descendancy chart to this point (2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born 1 Jan 1757, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia; died Aft 6 Dec 1799, Henrico Co., Virginia.

    Notes:

    GILES CARTER OF VIRGINIA, Wm. G. H. Carter:
    p 69 - Jacob had been deeded land by his father John prior to his 1785 will.
    In the will he was given a slave.
    p 71 - Jacob was executor for brother Sherwood's 1797 will.
    p 70 - Jacob and his son John were co-executors of brother John's 1799 will.
    p 70 - Jacob was a witness of his mother's 1807 will. Another witness was
    Moses Carter, who may have been Jacob's son.
    p 70 - No will has been found for Jacob.

    Colonial_Henrico_Marriages (See Documents)
    Jacob is Witness to his brother's Marriage 18 Mar 1794

    Jacob married Mary Mrs. Jacob Carter. Mary was born Abt 1757, Henrico Co., Colonial Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 25. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Gannaway Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1770, Henrico Co., Colonial Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 26. John 'of Jacob' Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1775; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 27. William Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1772, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

  7. 10.  Captain John E. Gannaway/Ganaway, III Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.John1) was born 11 Apr 1748, New Kent Co., Virginia; died 1798.

    John married Martha 'Patsy' Walker 11 Apr 1773, Cumberland Co., Virginia. Martha was born Est 1753; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 28. Theodorick Carter Gannaway/Ganaway  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Sep 1788, Buckingham County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Cumberland Co., Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Katherine 'Kitty' Carter Descendancy chart to this point (4.Theodorick3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1765, Henrico County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

  2. 12.  Theodrick B. Carter Descendancy chart to this point (4.Theodorick3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1767, Henrico County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 13.  Elizabeth Ann (Nancy) Carter Descendancy chart to this point (4.Theodorick3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1769, Henrico County, Virginia; died Bef 1801, Henrico Co., Virginia.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Henrico County Marriage Records 1680-1808 suggest the Elizabeth Carter who married William Frances 27 Dec 1799 Sur. Theodorick Carter. Wit. James Blagrove and Ann Carter, is the daughter of Theodorick of John1 Carter and his wife Ann [unknown] and further suggests another daughter, Elizabeth who married William Francis.

    Further 9 Sep 1801 William Francis married Betsey West, widow of John. so this Elizabeth did not survive long after her marriage, if this is the same William Francis.
    See Documents

    Elizabeth married William Francis 27 Dec 1799, Henrico Co., VA. William was born 1775, Henrico County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 14.  Mary 'Polly' P. Carter Descendancy chart to this point (5.John3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born 1795, Albermarle Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Vicksburg, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Married Caleb Henley in 1717


  5. 15.  Charles [Bond] Carter Descendancy chart to this point (5.John3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born 8 May 1803, Albermarle Co., Virginia; died 6 Feb 1895, Talladega, Alabama; was buried , Carter Family Cemetery Talladega County, Alabama.

    Charles married Feriba Thurin Veazey 15 Dec 1827, Alabama. Feriba was born 7 Oct 1811, Green Co., Georgia; died 13 Mar 1887, Talladega County, Alabama; was buried , Carter Family Cemetery Talladega County, Alabama . [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 29. Mary Elizabeth Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Oct 1832, Madison County, Alabama; died 5 Feb 1894, Larkinsville, Alabama.
    2. 30. Margaret Mimms Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Dec 1836, Talladega, Alabama; died 29 Jan 1920, Talladega, Alabama; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery Talladega, Alabama.
    3. 31. Sarah Jane "Sally" Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 May 1841, Talladega, Alabama; died 16 Jun 1868, Texas.
    4. 32. Cidney Baretta Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Sep 1846, Talladega, Alabama; died 26 Jan 1894, Larkinsville, Alabama; was buried , Blue Spring Cemetery Larkinsville, Alabama.
    5. 33. Charles Franklin Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Oct 1848, Alabama; died 17 Nov 1912, Dallas, Texas; was buried , Oakland Cemetery Dallas, Texas.
    6. 34. James Watkins Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Dec 1850, Talladega Co., Alabama; died 12 Sep 1941, Houston, Harris Co., Texas; was buried , Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas.
    7. 35. John Albert Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Mar 1853, Talladega County, Alabama; died 31 May 1929; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery Talladega, Alabama.
    8. 36. Augusta Steele Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Jun 1856, Talladega, Alabama; died 12 Feb 1933, Talladega, Alabama; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery Talladega, Alabama.

  6. 16.  John Carter Walton Descendancy chart to this point (6.Frances3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born 1771, Cumberland County, Virginia; died Mar 1804, Killed in a duel in Augusta, Georgia.

    Notes:

    Biographical notes: John Thomas Flournoy

    Army officer.

    From the description of Thomas Flournoy and James Wilkinson orderly books, 1812-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061178

    U.S. Army officer, Thomas Flournoy (1775-1857), sometimes referred to as "John Thomas Flournoy," was born in North Carolina and, before the War of 1812, practiced law in Augusta, Georgia. In March 1804, Flournoy was involved in a duel with John Carter Walton (1741-1804), nephew of former Georgia Governor and Supreme Court Chief Justice George Walton, over the judge's decisions for the Thomas Flournoy vs. George Walton and Matthias Maher vs. George Walton cases. Flournoy shot and killed John Walton in the duel.


    http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6g16m5g

    Name:
    Robert's wife Frances Walton is identified as the daughter of John Carter and Elizabeth by a legacy she received in her father's 1785 will. John Carter, by a 1773 deed of gift, gave each one of Frances Carter Walton's three children: John Carter Walton, Mary Walton and Elizabeth Walton, a slave, so all the children were born by that date.


  7. 17.  Elizabeth [niece of signer] Walton Descendancy chart to this point (6.Frances3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Bef 1789, Lunenburg Co., Colonial Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Maybe Georgia

    Elizabeth married James of William McClanahan Apr 1808, Georgia. James (son of Capt. William [Ewing] McClanahan, Sr. and 'Sally' Sarah Nealey/Neeley) was born 10 Sep 1777, Prob. Roanoke, Virginia; died 1865, Roanoke, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 37. Blanche Walton McClanahan  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Dec 1816, Prob. Roanoke, Virginia; died 4 May 1897; was buried , Lakeview Cemetery, Nottoway County, Virginia.

  8. 18.  Mary Walton Descendancy chart to this point (6.Frances3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Bef 1773; died Yes, date unknown.

  9. 19.  Joseph Carter Descendancy chart to this point (8.Sherwood3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1770, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

  10. 20.  William P. Carter Descendancy chart to this point (8.Sherwood3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1770, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Caroline Co., Colonial Virginia.

    William married Elizabeth 'Betsey' Hobson 18 Mar 1794. Elizabeth was born Est 1774, Henrico County, Virginia; died 1828. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 38. Mary E. Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Est 1795, Henrico County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 39. Elizabeth Wray 'Betsy' Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1770, Henrico County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

  11. 21.  Elizabeth 'Betsey' Carter Descendancy chart to this point (8.Sherwood3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1774, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

  12. 22.  Theodrick Carter Descendancy chart to this point (8.Sherwood3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1776, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

  13. 23.  Samuel Carter Descendancy chart to this point (8.Sherwood3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born 1778, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

  14. 24.  John P. Carter Descendancy chart to this point (8.Sherwood3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1780, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

  15. 25.  Elizabeth 'Betsy' Gannaway Carter Descendancy chart to this point (9.Jacob3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1770, Henrico Co., Colonial Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

    Elizabeth married James Binford 31 May 1796, Henrico Co., VA. James was born Est 1775, Henrico County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  16. 26.  John 'of Jacob' Carter Descendancy chart to this point (9.Jacob3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1775; died Yes, date unknown.

  17. 27.  William Carter Descendancy chart to this point (9.Jacob3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born 1772, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

  18. 28.  Theodorick Carter Gannaway/Ganaway Descendancy chart to this point (10.John3, 3.John2, 1.John1) was born 14 Sep 1788, Buckingham County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Cumberland Co., Virginia.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Theodorick Carter Gannaway married Judith Lancaster Gills on 27 Dec 1824 and became parents of 3 children.



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