Javan married Sarah Davis February 27, 1822 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. They owned fifty acres of land on Lamb's Creek. They were living in Henderson County, created 1838 from southern Buncombe, when they moved to Georgia in 1845. They were listed as family #312 in the 1850 Gilmer County, Georgia Census Subdivision 33 with 13 of their children. This part of Gilmer County became Fannin County in 1854.

They were the parents of 16 children:
Newell, Ruth Matilda, Hannah Mira Jane, Mary Jane, Thomas Rhodes, William Davis, Isaac Lynch, John Gray Bynum, Martha Ann, George Jehu, Sophia Elizabeth Malvasa, Jacob Harrison,
Benjamin Franklin, Christopher DeKalb (Ga.), Harriet Matilda (Ga.), and Robert McCamel (Ga.). Trammell Mountain and Trammell Branch were named after this family. Trammell Mountain and Fain Mountain are located about 1.5 miles apart on the southeast side of Sugar Creek Road near Blue Ridge.

Also in the 1850 Gilmer County, Georgia Census were Javan's daughter Hannah, husband Samuel Hefner, and two of their children family #735,
Javan's brother Robert, who came to Gilmer County before 1836, wife Mary and five of their children family #826, David Fain with wife Rebecca, and three of their children family #787, and Mary Ann Fain with daughter Matilda family #798.
A year and a half later Javan and Sarah's son William Davis would marry Matilda and move into the Fain household.

Javan was the son of Revolutionary War soldier William Trammell, who fought at the Battles of King's Mountain, Cowpens, and the Seige of Savannah, and Mary Zilphia Lynch. He was the grandson of Daniel Trammell, who served in the South Carolina Colonial Militia during the French and Indian War, and Elizabeth Farr Scott. Sarah was the daughter of Isaac Davis and Polly Davidson who was the daughter of Revolutionary War soldier Benjamin Davidson and Ann Patton.

At least four of Javan and Sarah's sons served in the Civil War for the Confederacy.
The Fannin County Militia was enlisted for service in 1861 with two Companies of Infantry. The "Joe Browns" organized on March 2, 1861, and the "Fannin Young Riflemen" organized on June 11, 1861.
John enlisted in the "Joe Brown's", and Isaac, Jacob, and Thomas (who surrendered at Appomattox) enlisted in "Fannin Young Riflemen". Their daughter Sophia's husband Joseph B. Johnson also enlisted in "Fannin Young Riflemen". He died Orange, Virginia.

Some of their friends and relatives moved down to northern Georgia. Their surnames were Allison, Bird, Bryson, Dills, Hefner, Osborn, Patton, Summey, Weese, and Wetzel/Witzel.

-Carolyn Bailey Petty 2015