If anyone knows the true location of William's grave, please email me.
WILLIAM GANN--Source: Nacogdoches County Families, Vol.1, page 297
William Gann, born 1796, son of Lt. Nathan and Susan Gann, grew up on the plantation situated on the Big Limestone Creek and Nolachucky River, in Washington County, Tennessee. This was the original Gann farm in the foothills west of Blue Ridge Mountains. At William's birth, Tennessee had not yet became a state and the land was considered the Western Territory of North Carolina.
On June 20, 1813, he enlisted in the War of 1812, age 18, 5 feet 8 inches tall, blue eyes, light brown hair, light complexion, according to the records of enlistment, and was a private in the 24th Regiment. He transferred to the 15th Regiment under Captain Isaac Baker. He lost his right arm in the Battle of Erie Upper Canada. He was also wounded in the right leg, before this at Chattrin or Michigan. On September 14, 1814, his right arm was amputated by Dr. Trowbridge, surgeon of Rochester, New York. He was in charge at Bridgewater or Lundy's Lane, under Col. Miller's Regiment against Lord Wellington's troops in which the 24th took nine pieces of artillery. While he was in the General Hospital, Greenbrush Cantonment, January 24, 1815, this certification from Dr. Samuel Shaw, HSUS Army: That William Gann a private in the 15th Regiment U.S. Infantry, Captain Baker, is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier by said wound and amputation of his right arm and by satisfactory evidence and accurate examination of the loss of said arm is thereby not only incapacitated for military duty, but in my opinion is disabled from obtaining his subsistance by manual labor, signed; Samuel Shaw, HSUS Army Military District.
Another certificate date November 15, 1814, Canaidagua, New York.
Honor the Brave: The bearer, William Gann, 15th Regiment Infantry, was wounded and lost an arm in the attack on the enemy's pickets before Erie, U. S. He is a gallant soldier and deserves the attention of his countrymen. He is an amiable young man and obedient soldier. Signed: D. Riddle, lst Lt., 15th Infantry.
He was discharged on January 24, 1815. He returned to the plantation and his parents for comfort and encouragement. The great loss he had just suffered did not deter his ambition to lead a normal life. He received his pension almost immediately. He also received a Bounty Warrant Land File under Act 12-160-#2514 signed by Brig. Gen. Henry Burbeck.
William Gann married a neighbor, Ruth Ann Delaney, who lived in the Village of Dulaney, Green County, just across the Nolachucky River, August 22, 1816. His sister, Mary Ann "Polly" married George W. Massengill the next year in Green County, Tennessee. In 1819 according to the County History of Hardin County, Tennessee, William Gann. wife and baby, and a man named Massingill built camp near a large spring, now called Davy Spring but for several years was known as Gann Spring. These two men lived here two years and moved away.
During the period that Willam Gann lived at Gann Spring, near Saltillo, his second child, another son, was born May 21, 1820, named Nathan Wilson Gann. His eldest son, John Delaney Gann was born in 1818, in Green County, Tennessee. He had three more sons, William Jackson, Wesley Delbert, and George Washington Gann. George was his only child born in Texas. He had three daughters, Ruthie, Louisa, and Sarah Jane all born in Perry County, Tennessee, according to pension and court records of Perry County. He lived there from 1822 through 1835.
About this time William Gann and family, Solomon (his brother) and family, & Polly (his sister) and family joined a wagon train consisting of 100 wagons coming to Texas commanded by David Crockett, an old friend and neighbor of the Nathan Gann plantation on the Green County side of the Nolachucky River. The Crockett story is well known. When they arrived at Clarksville, historian, Mr Bowles, told us that David Crockett asked William Gann to take the train into Nacogdoches, while he went to Bexar to see their old friend Sam Houston. Family tradition also said this was true, and they arrived at Nacogdoches, March 1, 1836, after Davy Crockett was already at the Alamo.
After William Gann settled in Nacogdoches County, he made application for his pension for service in the War of 1812 to be transferred from the Tennessee agency to the Louisana agency. He stated his reason for coming to Texas was to procure lands to settle for his children. This was done by this handicapped man, who had served his country in a war.
In December, he made his first land entry in the Nacogdoches County Deeds Records. On December 20, 1838, he sold to William Goyens a tract of 1/4 of a league of land, a part of the headright of Stephen J. Stanley. The same was conveyed to William Gann September 25, 1838 and described as lying on Shawnee Bayou, the south quarter, signed William Gann, county of Nacogdoches. And on June 9, 1845, he sold to Thomas J. Rusk, a tract of 1/4 league being the northeast quarter of land granted to Williford Stanley situated upon the Angelina River in said county, signed William Gann.
We find him in Cherokee County in 1850, still without a wife, but with his children Sarah (19) and her husband James Harrison Coker, along with Wesley (18), and George W. (14).
He had other properties in various counties in Texas. But he lived in Nacogdoches at his home where his wife, Ruth Ann died on December 1, 1837, in Shawnee Prairie. This was in the portion that was later cut off to form Angelina County. He lived for short periods of time in Houston and Cherokee counties but always returned to his home at Shawnee. In 1870, due to very poor health, he went to Crockett to live with his widowed daughter, Louisa Broxson, where he died on November 25, 1872. He was buried in Crockett, and quoting his son, Nathan Wilson Gann, he was buried in Old Greenwood Cemetery.
William's burial has not been proven. Others report that he is buried at Beeson Box Cemetery. This cemetery is located in Houston County. It is quite small and located on private land locally known as the Leo Knox Ranch.
WILLIAM GANN--Source: Nacogdoches County Families, Vol.1, page 297
William Gann, born 1796, son of Lt. Nathan and Susan Gann, grew up on the plantation situated on the Big Limestone Creek and Nolachucky River, in Washington County, Tennessee. This was the original Gann farm in the foothills west of Blue Ridge Mountains. At William's birth, Tennessee had not yet became a state and the land was considered the Western Territory of North Carolina.
On June 20, 1813, he enlisted in the War of 1812, age 18, 5 feet 8 inches tall, blue eyes, light brown hair, light complexion, according to the records of enlistment, and was a private in the 24th Regiment. He transferred to the 15th Regiment under Captain Isaac Baker. He lost his right arm in the Battle of Erie Upper Canada. He was also wounded in the right leg, before this at Chattrin or Michigan. On September 14, 1814, his right arm was amputated by Dr. Trowbridge, surgeon of Rochester, New York. He was in charge at Bridgewater or Lundy's Lane, under Col. Miller's Regiment against Lord Wellington's troops in which the 24th took nine pieces of artillery. While he was in the General Hospital, Greenbrush Cantonment, January 24, 1815, this certification from Dr. Samuel Shaw, HSUS Army: That William Gann a private in the 15th Regiment U.S. Infantry, Captain Baker, is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier by said wound and amputation of his right arm and by satisfactory evidence and accurate examination of the loss of said arm is thereby not only incapacitated for military duty, but in my opinion is disabled from obtaining his subsistance by manual labor, signed; Samuel Shaw, HSUS Army Military District.
Another certificate date November 15, 1814, Canaidagua, New York.
Honor the Brave: The bearer, William Gann, 15th Regiment Infantry, was wounded and lost an arm in the attack on the enemy's pickets before Erie, U. S. He is a gallant soldier and deserves the attention of his countrymen. He is an amiable young man and obedient soldier. Signed: D. Riddle, lst Lt., 15th Infantry.
He was discharged on January 24, 1815. He returned to the plantation and his parents for comfort and encouragement. The great loss he had just suffered did not deter his ambition to lead a normal life. He received his pension almost immediately. He also received a Bounty Warrant Land File under Act 12-160-#2514 signed by Brig. Gen. Henry Burbeck.
William Gann married a neighbor, Ruth Ann Delaney, who lived in the Village of Dulaney, Green County, just across the Nolachucky River, August 22, 1816. His sister, Mary Ann "Polly" married George W. Massengill the next year in Green County, Tennessee. In 1819 according to the County History of Hardin County, Tennessee, William Gann. wife and baby, and a man named Massingill built camp near a large spring, now called Davy Spring but for several years was known as Gann Spring. These two men lived here two years and moved away.
During the period that Willam Gann lived at Gann Spring, near Saltillo, his second child, another son, was born May 21, 1820, named Nathan Wilson Gann. His eldest son, John Delaney Gann was born in 1818, in Green County, Tennessee. He had three more sons, William Jackson, Wesley Delbert, and George Washington Gann. George was his only child born in Texas. He had three daughters, Ruthie, Louisa, and Sarah Jane all born in Perry County, Tennessee, according to pension and court records of Perry County. He lived there from 1822 through 1835.
About this time William Gann and family, Solomon (his brother) and family, & Polly (his sister) and family joined a wagon train consisting of 100 wagons coming to Texas commanded by David Crockett, an old friend and neighbor of the Nathan Gann plantation on the Green County side of the Nolachucky River. The Crockett story is well known. When they arrived at Clarksville, historian, Mr Bowles, told us that David Crockett asked William Gann to take the train into Nacogdoches, while he went to Bexar to see their old friend Sam Houston. Family tradition also said this was true, and they arrived at Nacogdoches, March 1, 1836, after Davy Crockett was already at the Alamo.
After William Gann settled in Nacogdoches County, he made application for his pension for service in the War of 1812 to be transferred from the Tennessee agency to the Louisana agency. He stated his reason for coming to Texas was to procure lands to settle for his children. This was done by this handicapped man, who had served his country in a war.
In December, he made his first land entry in the Nacogdoches County Deeds Records. On December 20, 1838, he sold to William Goyens a tract of 1/4 of a league of land, a part of the headright of Stephen J. Stanley. The same was conveyed to William Gann September 25, 1838 and described as lying on Shawnee Bayou, the south quarter, signed William Gann, county of Nacogdoches. And on June 9, 1845, he sold to Thomas J. Rusk, a tract of 1/4 league being the northeast quarter of land granted to Williford Stanley situated upon the Angelina River in said county, signed William Gann.
We find him in Cherokee County in 1850, still without a wife, but with his children Sarah (19) and her husband James Harrison Coker, along with Wesley (18), and George W. (14).
He had other properties in various counties in Texas. But he lived in Nacogdoches at his home where his wife, Ruth Ann died on December 1, 1837, in Shawnee Prairie. This was in the portion that was later cut off to form Angelina County. He lived for short periods of time in Houston and Cherokee counties but always returned to his home at Shawnee. In 1870, due to very poor health, he went to Crockett to live with his widowed daughter, Louisa Broxson, where he died on November 25, 1872. He was buried in Crockett, and quoting his son, Nathan Wilson Gann, he was buried in Old Greenwood Cemetery.
William's burial has not been proven. Others report that he is buried at Beeson Box Cemetery. This cemetery is located in Houston County. It is quite small and located on private land locally known as the Leo Knox Ranch.
If anyone knows the true location of William's grave, please email me.
WILLIAM GANN--Source: Nacogdoches County Families, Vol.1, page 297
William Gann, born 1796, son of Lt. Nathan and Susan Gann, grew up on the plantation situated on the Big Limestone Creek and Nolachucky River, in Washington County, Tennessee. This was the original Gann farm in the foothills west of Blue Ridge Mountains. At William's birth, Tennessee had not yet became a state and the land was considered the Western Territory of North Carolina.
On June 20, 1813, he enlisted in the War of 1812, age 18, 5 feet 8 inches tall, blue eyes, light brown hair, light complexion, according to the records of enlistment, and was a private in the 24th Regiment. He transferred to the 15th Regiment under Captain Isaac Baker. He lost his right arm in the Battle of Erie Upper Canada. He was also wounded in the right leg, before this at Chattrin or Michigan. On September 14, 1814, his right arm was amputated by Dr. Trowbridge, surgeon of Rochester, New York. He was in charge at Bridgewater or Lundy's Lane, under Col. Miller's Regiment against Lord Wellington's troops in which the 24th took nine pieces of artillery. While he was in the General Hospital, Greenbrush Cantonment, January 24, 1815, this certification from Dr. Samuel Shaw, HSUS Army: That William Gann a private in the 15th Regiment U.S. Infantry, Captain Baker, is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier by said wound and amputation of his right arm and by satisfactory evidence and accurate examination of the loss of said arm is thereby not only incapacitated for military duty, but in my opinion is disabled from obtaining his subsistance by manual labor, signed; Samuel Shaw, HSUS Army Military District.
Another certificate date November 15, 1814, Canaidagua, New York.
Honor the Brave: The bearer, William Gann, 15th Regiment Infantry, was wounded and lost an arm in the attack on the enemy's pickets before Erie, U. S. He is a gallant soldier and deserves the attention of his countrymen. He is an amiable young man and obedient soldier. Signed: D. Riddle, lst Lt., 15th Infantry.
He was discharged on January 24, 1815. He returned to the plantation and his parents for comfort and encouragement. The great loss he had just suffered did not deter his ambition to lead a normal life. He received his pension almost immediately. He also received a Bounty Warrant Land File under Act 12-160-#2514 signed by Brig. Gen. Henry Burbeck.
William Gann married a neighbor, Ruth Ann Delaney, who lived in the Village of Dulaney, Green County, just across the Nolachucky River, August 22, 1816. His sister, Mary Ann "Polly" married George W. Massengill the next year in Green County, Tennessee. In 1819 according to the County History of Hardin County, Tennessee, William Gann. wife and baby, and a man named Massingill built camp near a large spring, now called Davy Spring but for several years was known as Gann Spring. These two men lived here two years and moved away.
During the period that Willam Gann lived at Gann Spring, near Saltillo, his second child, another son, was born May 21, 1820, named Nathan Wilson Gann. His eldest son, John Delaney Gann was born in 1818, in Green County, Tennessee. He had three more sons, William Jackson, Wesley Delbert, and George Washington Gann. George was his only child born in Texas. He had three daughters, Ruthie, Louisa, and Sarah Jane all born in Perry County, Tennessee, according to pension and court records of Perry County. He lived there from 1822 through 1835.
About this time William Gann and family, Solomon (his brother) and family, & Polly (his sister) and family joined a wagon train consisting of 100 wagons coming to Texas commanded by David Crockett, an old friend and neighbor of the Nathan Gann plantation on the Green County side of the Nolachucky River. The Crockett story is well known. When they arrived at Clarksville, historian, Mr Bowles, told us that David Crockett asked William Gann to take the train into Nacogdoches, while he went to Bexar to see their old friend Sam Houston. Family tradition also said this was true, and they arrived at Nacogdoches, March 1, 1836, after Davy Crockett was already at the Alamo.
After William Gann settled in Nacogdoches County, he made application for his pension for service in the War of 1812 to be transferred from the Tennessee agency to the Louisana agency. He stated his reason for coming to Texas was to procure lands to settle for his children. This was done by this handicapped man, who had served his country in a war.
In December, he made his first land entry in the Nacogdoches County Deeds Records. On December 20, 1838, he sold to William Goyens a tract of 1/4 of a league of land, a part of the headright of Stephen J. Stanley. The same was conveyed to William Gann September 25, 1838 and described as lying on Shawnee Bayou, the south quarter, signed William Gann, county of Nacogdoches. And on June 9, 1845, he sold to Thomas J. Rusk, a tract of 1/4 league being the northeast quarter of land granted to Williford Stanley situated upon the Angelina River in said county, signed William Gann.
We find him in Cherokee County in 1850, still without a wife, but with his children Sarah (19) and her husband James Harrison Coker, along with Wesley (18), and George W. (14).
He had other properties in various counties in Texas. But he lived in Nacogdoches at his home where his wife, Ruth Ann died on December 1, 1837, in Shawnee Prairie. This was in the portion that was later cut off to form Angelina County. He lived for short periods of time in Houston and Cherokee counties but always returned to his home at Shawnee. In 1870, due to very poor health, he went to Crockett to live with his widowed daughter, Louisa Broxson, where he died on November 25, 1872. He was buried in Crockett, and quoting his son, Nathan Wilson Gann, he was buried in Old Greenwood Cemetery.
William's burial has not been proven. Others report that he is buried at Beeson Box Cemetery. This cemetery is located in Houston County. It is quite small and located on private land locally known as the Leo Knox Ranch.
WILLIAM GANN--Source: Nacogdoches County Families, Vol.1, page 297
William Gann, born 1796, son of Lt. Nathan and Susan Gann, grew up on the plantation situated on the Big Limestone Creek and Nolachucky River, in Washington County, Tennessee. This was the original Gann farm in the foothills west of Blue Ridge Mountains. At William's birth, Tennessee had not yet became a state and the land was considered the Western Territory of North Carolina.
On June 20, 1813, he enlisted in the War of 1812, age 18, 5 feet 8 inches tall, blue eyes, light brown hair, light complexion, according to the records of enlistment, and was a private in the 24th Regiment. He transferred to the 15th Regiment under Captain Isaac Baker. He lost his right arm in the Battle of Erie Upper Canada. He was also wounded in the right leg, before this at Chattrin or Michigan. On September 14, 1814, his right arm was amputated by Dr. Trowbridge, surgeon of Rochester, New York. He was in charge at Bridgewater or Lundy's Lane, under Col. Miller's Regiment against Lord Wellington's troops in which the 24th took nine pieces of artillery. While he was in the General Hospital, Greenbrush Cantonment, January 24, 1815, this certification from Dr. Samuel Shaw, HSUS Army: That William Gann a private in the 15th Regiment U.S. Infantry, Captain Baker, is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier by said wound and amputation of his right arm and by satisfactory evidence and accurate examination of the loss of said arm is thereby not only incapacitated for military duty, but in my opinion is disabled from obtaining his subsistance by manual labor, signed; Samuel Shaw, HSUS Army Military District.
Another certificate date November 15, 1814, Canaidagua, New York.
Honor the Brave: The bearer, William Gann, 15th Regiment Infantry, was wounded and lost an arm in the attack on the enemy's pickets before Erie, U. S. He is a gallant soldier and deserves the attention of his countrymen. He is an amiable young man and obedient soldier. Signed: D. Riddle, lst Lt., 15th Infantry.
He was discharged on January 24, 1815. He returned to the plantation and his parents for comfort and encouragement. The great loss he had just suffered did not deter his ambition to lead a normal life. He received his pension almost immediately. He also received a Bounty Warrant Land File under Act 12-160-#2514 signed by Brig. Gen. Henry Burbeck.
William Gann married a neighbor, Ruth Ann Delaney, who lived in the Village of Dulaney, Green County, just across the Nolachucky River, August 22, 1816. His sister, Mary Ann "Polly" married George W. Massengill the next year in Green County, Tennessee. In 1819 according to the County History of Hardin County, Tennessee, William Gann. wife and baby, and a man named Massingill built camp near a large spring, now called Davy Spring but for several years was known as Gann Spring. These two men lived here two years and moved away.
During the period that Willam Gann lived at Gann Spring, near Saltillo, his second child, another son, was born May 21, 1820, named Nathan Wilson Gann. His eldest son, John Delaney Gann was born in 1818, in Green County, Tennessee. He had three more sons, William Jackson, Wesley Delbert, and George Washington Gann. George was his only child born in Texas. He had three daughters, Ruthie, Louisa, and Sarah Jane all born in Perry County, Tennessee, according to pension and court records of Perry County. He lived there from 1822 through 1835.
About this time William Gann and family, Solomon (his brother) and family, & Polly (his sister) and family joined a wagon train consisting of 100 wagons coming to Texas commanded by David Crockett, an old friend and neighbor of the Nathan Gann plantation on the Green County side of the Nolachucky River. The Crockett story is well known. When they arrived at Clarksville, historian, Mr Bowles, told us that David Crockett asked William Gann to take the train into Nacogdoches, while he went to Bexar to see their old friend Sam Houston. Family tradition also said this was true, and they arrived at Nacogdoches, March 1, 1836, after Davy Crockett was already at the Alamo.
After William Gann settled in Nacogdoches County, he made application for his pension for service in the War of 1812 to be transferred from the Tennessee agency to the Louisana agency. He stated his reason for coming to Texas was to procure lands to settle for his children. This was done by this handicapped man, who had served his country in a war.
In December, he made his first land entry in the Nacogdoches County Deeds Records. On December 20, 1838, he sold to William Goyens a tract of 1/4 of a league of land, a part of the headright of Stephen J. Stanley. The same was conveyed to William Gann September 25, 1838 and described as lying on Shawnee Bayou, the south quarter, signed William Gann, county of Nacogdoches. And on June 9, 1845, he sold to Thomas J. Rusk, a tract of 1/4 league being the northeast quarter of land granted to Williford Stanley situated upon the Angelina River in said county, signed William Gann.
We find him in Cherokee County in 1850, still without a wife, but with his children Sarah (19) and her husband James Harrison Coker, along with Wesley (18), and George W. (14).
He had other properties in various counties in Texas. But he lived in Nacogdoches at his home where his wife, Ruth Ann died on December 1, 1837, in Shawnee Prairie. This was in the portion that was later cut off to form Angelina County. He lived for short periods of time in Houston and Cherokee counties but always returned to his home at Shawnee. In 1870, due to very poor health, he went to Crockett to live with his widowed daughter, Louisa Broxson, where he died on November 25, 1872. He was buried in Crockett, and quoting his son, Nathan Wilson Gann, he was buried in Old Greenwood Cemetery.
William's burial has not been proven. Others report that he is buried at Beeson Box Cemetery. This cemetery is located in Houston County. It is quite small and located on private land locally known as the Leo Knox Ranch.
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