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Descendants of Johannes Gann

20. Adam Carter⁴ Gann (Adam³, Samuel², Johannes¹) was born 1769 in Frederick Co, VA, and died Bef. 1840. He married Rosina Broyles¹ June 22, 1798 in TN, daughter of Nicholas Broyles and Dorothy Cristler. She was born October 23, 1770 in Culpepper Co, VA, and died Aft. 1829 in Washington Co, TN.

Notes for Adam Carter Gann:
!State of Tennessee, Roane County) At the July sessions of the County Court of said county 18 26. The grand jurors for the State of Tennessee duly summoned elected sworn and charged to en quire for the body of the county aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid present that a certain A dam Gann late of said county labourer and one Susan Camron late of said county spinster on th e first day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty six and upon diver s other day and times between that day and the day of making this presentment, with force an d arms, in the county aforesaid did then and there live in open and notorious lewdness, bein g and as man and wife cohabiting together. They then and there being unmarried--to the evil e xample of all others to the great displeasure of Almighty God and in contempt of his Holey Or dinances of matrimony and against the peace and dignity of the state. John A. Nelson, Attorne y Genl for the sixth Solicitorial District.

!State of Tennessee, Roane County) County Court July Sessions 1826. We the Grand Jurors fo r the state being duly summoned elected sworn and charged to enquire for the body of the coun ty aforesaid upon our oath aforesaid present that Adam Gann late of said county labourer an d Susan Cammon late of the same county Spinster on the first day of January in the year of ou r Lord eighteen hundred and twenty six in the county aforesaid and on divers other days betwe en that day and the day of making this presentment with force and arms did then and there liv e in open and notorious lewdness together beding and cohabiting together against good moral s and against the peace and dignity of the state. H. K. Hitchkiss, Foreman of the Grand Jur y Hugh Francis John Hawkins James Carder John Pheron Ambrose Copelin Thomas McConnell Wi lliam Earp John Breeden Leonard Brach Moses S. Millican John McCamery Parsons Cardwell
(On back of the above paper) Presentment State vs Adam Gann & Susan Cammon
Parsons Cardwell Joseph Camron Abram Gann Witnesses for the State

!The State of Tennessee, To the Sheriff of Roane County, Tennessee, You are hereby commande d to take the body of Susan Camron if to be found in your county and him safely keep, so tha t you have him instantly before the Justices of our Court of Please and Quarter Sessions, no w sitting for Roane County at the Court house in Kingston then and there to answer to a charg e of the State exhibited against him by an indictment for lewdness And have then there this w rit. Witness, Henry Breageale Clerk of said court at Office in Kingston the 4th Monday in Jul y A.D. 1826. Isd 26th July 1826 returned by Sheriff "not found"

!The state of Tennessee, to the Sheriff of Roane County, Tennessee. You are commanded to tak e the body of Adam Gann if it be found in your county, and him safely keep, so that you hav e him instantly before the Justices of our Court of Please and Quarter Sessions, now sittin g for Roane County at the Court House in Kingston then and there to answer to a charge of th e State exhibited against him by an indictment for Lewdness. And have then there this writ. W itness Henry Breageale Clerk of said Court at Office in Kingston the 4th Monday in July A.D . 1826. Isd 26th July 1826. Returned noted by Sheriff "not found."

!The State of Tennessee To the Sheriff of Roane County, Tennessee. You are hereby commanded t o take the body of Susan Camron if to be found in your county and her safely keep so that yo u have her before the Justices of our Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, at a Court to be h eld for the County of Roane at the Court House in Kingston on the 4th Monday of Octr next, th en and there to answer a charge of the State exhibited against her by presentment for ope n & notorious lewdness. Herein fail not, and have then there this Writ. Witness Henry Breagea le Clerk of our said Court at Office in Kingston the 4th Monday of July 1826.

!State of Tennessee, Roane County) County Court July Sessions 1826 We the Grand Jurors for t he state being duly summoned elected sworn and charged to enquire for the body of the count y aforesaid upon our oath aforesaid present that Adam Gann late of said county labourer and S usan Cammon late of the same county Spinster on the first day of January in the year of our L ord eighteen hundred and twenty six in the county aforesaid and on divers

!Be it remembered that Susan Camron personally present before me Robert Slalldona Sheriff o f Roane County, acknowledged themselves indebted to the State of Tennessee in the sum of on e hundred twenty five dollars each to be levied of their respective goods and chattels, land s and tenements, to the use of the State of Tennessee, but to be void on condition that the a bove bound Susan Camron doth make his personal appearance before the Justice of the next Coun ty Court to be held for the County of Roane at the Court House in Kingston the first Wednesda y after the 4th mond in October next then and there to answer the charge of the State exhibit ed against her by presentment for open and notorious lewdness and then and there abide by, pe rform and satisfy the judgment and decree of the Court and not depart the Court without leave . Witness our hands and seals this 25 day of August 1826. Susan (her mark) Camron Adam Gann

!Roane Co, TN loose court papers: State vs Adam Gann Susann Camron)
Adam Gann makes oath that Charlotte Cardwell is a material witness for the defendants that sh e is now in such a state of health that she cannot attend at this time that he has been sic k himself and unable to procure subpoenas for witnesses but he could have procured Mrs. Cardw ells attendance without a
subpoena if she had been able to attend. He cannot prove the same facts by any other person w hom he can procure to attend at this court. Said witness is not absent with his consent or de fault. He prays a continuance for delay but that justice may be done. Sworn to in open Cour t 25th Octr 1826 Adam Gann

!Adam (without wife) signed a deed for sale of land in 1832 in McMinn Co, TN. This deed wa s not acknowledged in court until 1836 by the two men who witnessed the sale.

Notes for Rosina Broyles:
From William R. Gann, Independence, MO.

!Rosina was named in the Will of Nicholas Broyles who died about 8 Sep 1814 on his farm nea r Jonesborough, TN. Her birth was recorded along with her sisters and brothers in the Hebro n Birth Register, except for one brother, Reuben, who was later proven by tradition and b y a deed of 19 Sep 1797. Nicholas sold to the heirs of Reuben, for love and affection, 120 a cres joining Cyrus Broyles, James Grimes, John McAllister and Solomon Yeager, along said Yeag er's line to Abraham Broyle's line, with the reservation that the heirs of Reuben Broyles all ow Nicholas Broyles and wife, Dorothy, the use of the part on the north side of Onion Branch . His wife was Dorothy Cristler born about 1734 in Culpepper, VA.

!In a deposition in the lawsuit "Adam Gann vs Vaught" William McGee, a witness for the Plaint iff, said that he was one of the sons-in-law of Dorothy Broyles, along with Adam Gann, and th at John McGee and Adam Broyles, who married the widow of Reuben Broyles, who had been a son-i n-law also. McGee said that in the year 1820 he sold a wagon to the defendant for 300 bushel s of corn and Gann have him an order on Vaught, the Defendant for the same. The Defendant to ld him, Chester when he produced the said order that he did not know what quantity of corn th e rent would amount to but he would pay what would be coming to Chester to take some oats, wh ich Defendant said was part of the rent of the place in oats. Chester did take 3 loads of oa ts. At fall the Defendant told Chester he could not have the rest because that Dorothy Broyl es had gone to Adam Broyles to live, and he must take the corn over there so Chester did no t get the corn. Dorothy had left the abode of Adam Gann between harvest time and fall. Broy les lived on the rented place. Chester also states that the Defendant also told him that Bro yles had indemnified for delivery of corn at said Broyles.

More About Rosina Broyles:
Fact 2: Washington Co, TN

Children of Adam Gann and Rosina Broyles are:

Ann⁵ Gann¹, born in Washington Co, TN. She married Pleasant Wallace March 07, 1811 in Washington Co, TN.

Notes for Ann Gann:
From Nina Graham, Odessa, MO.

!Married by John Mercer, Att. Jno. C. Harris, Recorded Washington Co, TN
Marriages and Wills 1778-1820, Page 137.

Notes for Pleasant Wallace:
From Nina Graham, Odessa, MO.

ii.

John Gann, born 1790 in Washington Co, TN; died in CA. He married Judith (Juda) Fraser February 21, 1818 in Washington Co, TN; born 1792 in Washington Co, TN; died in Hollister, San Benito Co, CA.

Notes for John Gann:
From Mary Jean Stangohr, 2218 Central Park Dr, Campbell, CA 95008-4908
(408)377-3946 8/12/96.

!It is believed that John and his brother, Nicholas, were wagon master and
train blacksmith for a wagon train and were said to be the first train to go
through the mountains after the Donner party disaster. John in 1850 Missouri
census. Perhaps returned to Missouri and took family to California October
1854. Files of Lompoc Valley, CA Historical Society.

Notes for Judith (Juda) Fraser:
From Mary Jean Stangohr, 2218 Central Park Dr, Campbell, CA 95008-4908
(408)377-3946 8/12/96.

iii.

William Gann, born 1792 in Washington Co, TN; died October 17, 1845 in Lafayette Co, MO. He married Leah Gann March 18, 1812 in Rhea Co, TN; born 1802 in TN; died January 10, 1863 in Farmington, CA.

Notes for William Gann:
!Listed on the Federal 1830 census, Cocke County, TN, Federal 1840 census, no
township listed, Lafayette County, MO, Page 157. William Gann died intestate
in Lafayette County, MO. Leah Gann was appointed Administratrix 18 Oct. 1845.
Securities were A. C. Sloan and William Jones. Recorded in Bonds, Wills and
Letters, Book 3, Page 75.

From William R. Gann, Independence, MO.

More About William Gann:
Fact 2: Barker Cem, Lafayette Co, MO

More About Leah Gann:
Fact 2: Drais Family Cem, near Stockton, CA

iv.

Reuben Gann¹, born Abt. 1793 in Washington Co, TN; died Bef. September 27, 1886 in Washington Co, TN. He married Elizabeth D. Clark June 03, 1814 in Washington Co, TN.

Notes for Reuben Gann:
!Reuben served in the War of 1812 as private in Capt. Samuel Bunch's Company
Tennessee Militia. Enlisted Dec 1, 1812 and discharged March 25 1813.

!Reuben and Elizabeth were married by Pleasant Wallace. Recorded Washington Co
Marriage and Wills 1778-1820, Page 147.

Joshua Isaac Gann¹, born 1795 in Washington Co, TN; died Aft. July 15, 1861. He married Elizabeth Unknown in TN.

Notes for Joshua Isaac Gann:
!Joshua Gann lived in Washington Co., TN when he enlisted in the War
of 1812. He was a private "in the company commanded by Captain Andrew Lawson
in the Tennessee Militia commanded by Cols. Anderson and Johnson in the war
with Great Britain declared by the United States on 18th day of June 1812,
that he was drafted at Washington County, Tennessee on or about the twentyeth
day of September A.D. 1814 for the term of six months and continued in actual
service in said war for the term of seven months and thirteen days and was
honorably discharged at Knocksville in State of Tennessee on third day of May
A.D. 1815 as will appear by the muster Rolls of said Company that he received
a written certificate of discharge which was surrendered up to the paymaster
when he was paid off by government for his services." Expiration of service
at Knoxville, Tennessee (100 miles from rendezvous), pay per month $8, amount
of pay $61.33, 6 days added for traveling allowance.
He then lived in Jackson and Cocke Counties, TN. There is an Isaac Gann with no wife lis ted on the 1830 Cocke Co, TN census. If this is Joshua Isaac then the mother of his childre n had died. He moved to Lafayette Co about 1835, later moving to Livingston Co, Mo. On the M O 1850 census, he is shown with a wife by the name of Rebecca.
He died after 15 July 1861 when he (without wife) signed a deed
transferring his real estate to his daughter, Adeline Gann Frazier. He and wife are buried i n the Gibbons Cemetery along with three of his children and their families.
Listed on 1840 Census Livingston Co, MO with 2 males under 10 (b 1830-1840), 1 male 10-2 0 (b 1820-30)(William b 1831), 1 male 20-30 (b 1810-1820 (Abraham b 1826, 1 male 50-60 (1790- 1800) (Joshua b 1795); 2 females 10-20 (b 1820-1830) (Susanna b abt 1829, Adeline abt 1831) ; 1 female 20-30 (b 1810-1820) (Mary Jane born 1825), 1 female 50-60 (b. 1850 Census Livingst on Co, MO: Joshua 55, Rebecca 52, Abraham 23, TN; William 19, TN; Adaline 19, TN.
There is a marriage record of a Joshua Gann 1 Sept. 1813 to Jenna Gann in Rhea County, T ennessee. Rebecca, listed as his spouse on the census, was
born about 1798 (per the census), and she apparently was deceased by 1860 as she is not liste d on the 1860 census.

More About Joshua Isaac Gann:
Fact 2: Gibbons Cem, Sampsel Twp, Livingston Co, MO

vi.

Jane Gann, born March 13, 1798 in Greene Co, TN; died January 31, 1871 in Roscoe, St. Clair Co, MO. She married Joseph Henry Green December 19, 1819 in Washington Co, TN; born May 17, 1794 in Greene Co, TN; died October 16, 1855 in Roscoe, St. Clair Co, MO.

Notes for Jane Gann:
From Nina Graham, 806 S 3rd, Odessa, MO, 64076

More About Jane Gann:
Fact 2: Green Cem, Roscoe, St. Clair Co, MO

Notes for Joseph Henry Green:
From Nina Graham, 806 S 3rd, Odessa, MO 64076.

More About Joseph Henry Green:
Fact 2: Green Cem, Roscoe, St. Clair Co, MO

vii.

Thomas Gann, born Abt. 1799 in Washington Co, TN; died Abt. 1870 in Cedar Co, MO. He married Rebecca January 10, 1818 in Rhea Co, TN; born Abt. 1805.

Notes for Thomas Gann:
!According to an Affidavit filed in Chancery Court, Greene Co, TN, Mar 16,
1833, Nathan Gann states that Joshua Gann, William Gann, Adam C. Gann and
Thomas Gann are sons of Adam Gann. He also states that Joseph H. Green is a
son-in-law of Adam.

!1850 Census, Livingston Co, MO: Thomas age 51 or 54, TN; Rebecca 45 TN; Martha J. 18 MO; Mar y 16 MO; Joshua 18 MO; Adam 11 MO; Benjamin 9 MO; Sarah 5 MO; Wiley 4 MO.

From William R. Gann, Independence, MO.

viii.

Adam Carter Gann¹, born Abt. 1802 in Washington Co, TN; died August 07, 1887 in Barry Co, MO. He married Mary (Polly) Lemons Abt. 1831 in TN; born Abt. 1811 in TN; died Bef. 1880.

Notes for Adam Carter Gann:
!Lived in McMinn County, Tennessee and Johnson and Barry Counties, Missouri
and Benton County, Arkansas. His occupation was farming. Listed in 1840 and
1850 Census for Johnson County, MO; 1860 Barry County, MO; 1880 Benton Co., AR.

Information is from the following sources: Gann Ridge Article; Death
Certificates; Marriage Certificates; Green County, TN court records; Bible
records; and oral family tradition.

From William R. Gann, Independence, MO.

ix.

Nathan Gann, born 1805 in Washington Co., Tn; died Bet. 1881 - 1884 in Cedar Co, MO. He married Serena Frazier¹ 1820 in TN; born 1805 in Tenn; died 1884 in Cedar Co., Missouri.

Notes for Nathan Gann:
!By occupation Nathan was a chairmaker, listed in 1860 Federal Census,
Livingston Co., MO. There is no marker on his grave.

From Delbert Taylor, Denison, TX; Esther L. Morgan, Warrensburg, MO; Elston
Gann, Cameron, MO; Floyd Breeze; Porter Breeze; Homer Caddell;
Mrs. W. C. Bland; Otis Elliston; Betty Brown; Carolyn Huston.

More About Nathan Gann:
Fact 2: Old Union Cem, Cedar Co, MO

Notes for Serena Frazier:
!There is no marker on Serena's grave.

From Delbert Taylor, Denison, TX and Esther Morgan, Warrensburg, MO.

More About Serena Frazier:
Fact 2: Old Union Cem, Cedar Co, MO

Abraham Gann, born Abt. 1806 in Washington Co, TN; died Abt. 1894 in Union Twp, Pottawatomie Co, KS. He married (1) Polly McKinney April 17, 1827 in Roane Co, TN; born in TN; died in Livingston Co, TN. He married (2) Mary Jane Garwood Abt. 1843 in Livingston County, MO; born 1825 in IN; died Bef. 1860 in Jackson Twp, Livingston Co, MO.

Notes for Abraham Gann:
From Ruby Tuck, 12623 Douglas Rd., Yakima, WA 98908.

!Listed on 1870 census, Pottawatomie Co, Ks, Louisville, Louisville Twp
358-378 Abraham Gann 63, 1806, Tn listed with Rebecca Fenton, 42, 1828 Tn,
family; 1875 State census, Pottawatomie Co, Ks, Center Twp 125-132, Abraham
Gann 65, 1810, Tn, last lived Mo listed with Rebecca Fenton, 46, 1829, Tn,
last lived Mo, and family; 1880 census, Pottawatomie Co, Ks, Union Twp 104-
107 Abraham Gann, 72, 1808, Tn father born ? Mother born ? listed with William
Fenton, 26, 1854, Mo, father b Il mother b Tn and family.

More About Abraham Gann:
Fact 2: Adams Creek Cem, Pottawatomie Co, KS

xi.

Nicholas Broyles Gann, born 1807 in Washington Co, TN; died February 07, 1887 in Soquel, San Joaquin Co, CA. He married Rutha Malinda Freshour May 17, 1846 in Jackson Co, MO; born April 1824 in TN; died May 07, 1890 in Soquel, Santa Cruz Co, CA.

Notes for Nicholas Broyles Gann:
Sidney Freshour 2012 Wylie Dr #29, Modesto, CA 95355-3849 (209) 514-2609

More About Nicholas Broyles Gann:
Fact 2: Soquel Cem, San Joaquin Co, CA

Notes for Rutha Malinda Freshour:
Sidney Freshour 2012 Wylie Dr #29, Modesto, CA 95355-3849 (209) 514-2609

xii.

Elizabeth Gann, born October 06, 1813 in Washington Co, TN; died November 12, 1846 in MO. She married Samuel Barton Campbell February 12, 1829; born July 02, 1809 in Wilson Co, TN.

Notes for Elizabeth Gann:
From William R. Gann, Independence, MO.

Notes for Samuel Barton Campbell:
From Phyllis Simms, San Luis Obispo, CA.

!Samuel Campbell married second 4 Oct 1852 San Joaquin Co., CA to Cynthia A.
Hitchcock, having 6 children.

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