Giles Gant (Gantt) was born in 1798 in Abbeville County, South Carolina. He was the son of Britton (Britain) Gant and Mary Martin Gant.
When Giles was about age ten (1808), his father, Britton, moved the family on a difficult trip to the unsettled wilderness of Indiana Territory---more than 700 miles-- for virgin land being sold for $1.25 an acre. His father bought land in the Cincinnati District of Indiana Territory. Other families from South Carolina, including his mother's Martin family, also made the journey with them. Besides all the hardships of starting anew in this raw land, settlers at this time also had to contend with the possibility of Indian hostilities. His mother, Mary, died about seven years after the family arrived in Indiana Territory.
Giles Gant married Nancy Smith November 20, 1817 in Franklin County, Indiana. Indiana had just became the nineteenth state a year earlier. Giles and Nancy lived out their lives in this county and had fourteen children: John (1818-1848); Lewis Deweese (1820-1904); Ruth Anna (1821-1850); Lucinda (1833-1882); Matilda Catherine (1823-1906); Giles (1826-1869); Nancy (1827-1905); Jeremiah O. (1829-1912); Sarah (1830-1914); Silas (1834-1925); Britain (1837-1897); Rueben (1838-1926); Caroline Catherine (1840-); Mary (1842-). Many of his children became pioneers in the western movement going to Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and California.
Giles owned a large farm in Franklin County. He was a self-made man. He studied law on his own, and was admitted to the bar and had his own law practice for many years.
In 1837, when the cholera epedimic hit Franklin County, Giles lost several family members including his father, Britton and Britton's second wife; his brother, John and his wife; his sister, Eliza; and his uncle, Tyre.
Judge Giles Gant served as Justice of the Peace for many years. He was an Associate Judge of Franklin County under the Circuit Court System for two, six year terms beginning in 1845. He also represented Franklin County in the state senate for one term beginning January, 1853. His politics were influenced by the Universalist movement.
Judge Giles Gant died August 25, 1877 in Rochester, Franklin County, Indiana. He was an Indiana pioneer, well respected and regarded with high esteem by his peers.
(bio by Darlene Hightower)
When Giles was about age ten (1808), his father, Britton, moved the family on a difficult trip to the unsettled wilderness of Indiana Territory---more than 700 miles-- for virgin land being sold for $1.25 an acre. His father bought land in the Cincinnati District of Indiana Territory. Other families from South Carolina, including his mother's Martin family, also made the journey with them. Besides all the hardships of starting anew in this raw land, settlers at this time also had to contend with the possibility of Indian hostilities. His mother, Mary, died about seven years after the family arrived in Indiana Territory.
Giles Gant married Nancy Smith November 20, 1817 in Franklin County, Indiana. Indiana had just became the nineteenth state a year earlier. Giles and Nancy lived out their lives in this county and had fourteen children: John (1818-1848); Lewis Deweese (1820-1904); Ruth Anna (1821-1850); Lucinda (1833-1882); Matilda Catherine (1823-1906); Giles (1826-1869); Nancy (1827-1905); Jeremiah O. (1829-1912); Sarah (1830-1914); Silas (1834-1925); Britain (1837-1897); Rueben (1838-1926); Caroline Catherine (1840-); Mary (1842-). Many of his children became pioneers in the western movement going to Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and California.
Giles owned a large farm in Franklin County. He was a self-made man. He studied law on his own, and was admitted to the bar and had his own law practice for many years.
In 1837, when the cholera epedimic hit Franklin County, Giles lost several family members including his father, Britton and Britton's second wife; his brother, John and his wife; his sister, Eliza; and his uncle, Tyre.
Judge Giles Gant served as Justice of the Peace for many years. He was an Associate Judge of Franklin County under the Circuit Court System for two, six year terms beginning in 1845. He also represented Franklin County in the state senate for one term beginning January, 1853. His politics were influenced by the Universalist movement.
Judge Giles Gant died August 25, 1877 in Rochester, Franklin County, Indiana. He was an Indiana pioneer, well respected and regarded with high esteem by his peers.
(bio by Darlene Hightower)
Giles Gant (Gantt) was born in 1798 in Abbeville County, South Carolina. He was the son of Britton (Britain) Gant and Mary Martin Gant.
When Giles was about age ten (1808), his father, Britton, moved the family on a difficult trip to the unsettled wilderness of Indiana Territory---more than 700 miles-- for virgin land being sold for $1.25 an acre. His father bought land in the Cincinnati District of Indiana Territory. Other families from South Carolina, including his mother's Martin family, also made the journey with them. Besides all the hardships of starting anew in this raw land, settlers at this time also had to contend with the possibility of Indian hostilities. His mother, Mary, died about seven years after the family arrived in Indiana Territory.
Giles Gant married Nancy Smith November 20, 1817 in Franklin County, Indiana. Indiana had just became the nineteenth state a year earlier. Giles and Nancy lived out their lives in this county and had fourteen children: John (1818-1848); Lewis Deweese (1820-1904); Ruth Anna (1821-1850); Lucinda (1833-1882); Matilda Catherine (1823-1906); Giles (1826-1869); Nancy (1827-1905); Jeremiah O. (1829-1912); Sarah (1830-1914); Silas (1834-1925); Britain (1837-1897); Rueben (1838-1926); Caroline Catherine (1840-); Mary (1842-). Many of his children became pioneers in the western movement going to Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and California.
Giles owned a large farm in Franklin County. He was a self-made man. He studied law on his own, and was admitted to the bar and had his own law practice for many years.
In 1837, when the cholera epedimic hit Franklin County, Giles lost several family members including his father, Britton and Britton's second wife; his brother, John and his wife; his sister, Eliza; and his uncle, Tyre.
Judge Giles Gant served as Justice of the Peace for many years. He was an Associate Judge of Franklin County under the Circuit Court System for two, six year terms beginning in 1845. He also represented Franklin County in the state senate for one term beginning January, 1853. His politics were influenced by the Universalist movement.
Judge Giles Gant died August 25, 1877 in Rochester, Franklin County, Indiana. He was an Indiana pioneer, well respected and regarded with high esteem by his peers.
(bio by Darlene Hightower)
When Giles was about age ten (1808), his father, Britton, moved the family on a difficult trip to the unsettled wilderness of Indiana Territory---more than 700 miles-- for virgin land being sold for $1.25 an acre. His father bought land in the Cincinnati District of Indiana Territory. Other families from South Carolina, including his mother's Martin family, also made the journey with them. Besides all the hardships of starting anew in this raw land, settlers at this time also had to contend with the possibility of Indian hostilities. His mother, Mary, died about seven years after the family arrived in Indiana Territory.
Giles Gant married Nancy Smith November 20, 1817 in Franklin County, Indiana. Indiana had just became the nineteenth state a year earlier. Giles and Nancy lived out their lives in this county and had fourteen children: John (1818-1848); Lewis Deweese (1820-1904); Ruth Anna (1821-1850); Lucinda (1833-1882); Matilda Catherine (1823-1906); Giles (1826-1869); Nancy (1827-1905); Jeremiah O. (1829-1912); Sarah (1830-1914); Silas (1834-1925); Britain (1837-1897); Rueben (1838-1926); Caroline Catherine (1840-); Mary (1842-). Many of his children became pioneers in the western movement going to Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and California.
Giles owned a large farm in Franklin County. He was a self-made man. He studied law on his own, and was admitted to the bar and had his own law practice for many years.
In 1837, when the cholera epedimic hit Franklin County, Giles lost several family members including his father, Britton and Britton's second wife; his brother, John and his wife; his sister, Eliza; and his uncle, Tyre.
Judge Giles Gant served as Justice of the Peace for many years. He was an Associate Judge of Franklin County under the Circuit Court System for two, six year terms beginning in 1845. He also represented Franklin County in the state senate for one term beginning January, 1853. His politics were influenced by the Universalist movement.
Judge Giles Gant died August 25, 1877 in Rochester, Franklin County, Indiana. He was an Indiana pioneer, well respected and regarded with high esteem by his peers.
(bio by Darlene Hightower)
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