William Hannah

see FAMILY TREE

Fought in the American Revolution

FATHER

Alexander Hannah

MOTHER

Sarah

WIFE

Lucy Penn

CHILDREN

1. Gabriel Hannah
    b. Abt. 1786 Henry Co., VA
    m. 11 Apr 1812 to Jane S Young in Greenup, KY                                           
    d. Abt. 1848 Greenup, KY

2. Mary Polly Hannah
    b. 19 Jan 1788 Henry Co., VA
    m. 21 Jan 1811 to John Lee Anglin in Patrick Co., VA
    d. 24 Sep 1868 KY

3. John Hannah
    b. Abt. 1789 Henry Co., VA
    m. 5 Mar 1812 to Susannah Barklow in Greenup, KY
    d. After 1830 in Portsmouth, Scioto, OH

4. Nancy Hannah
    b. Abt. 1802 Patrick Co., VA
    m. 6 Sep 1822 to Charles Norris in Greenup, KY
    d. Abt. 1829 Greenup, KY

William Hannah
by Susan Brooke
Nov 2020

William Hannah was born in Charles County, MD on 28 Feb 1761. (1)   When he was 16 he was part of the drafted militia called to service in the American Revolution.  In 1842 he applied for a pension stating that he had served under Captain Henry Dent and later under Captain Lancaster and that he had been in a battle with the British at Cedar Point, Maryland. He says he served from 1777 to 1782. (1)
His father, Alexander Hannah, had died in 1775 in Charles County, MD, when he was about 14.  William was the oldest child and his youngest brother, Townley, was just two when his father died. Their mother, Sarah, remarried to Thomas Rigg and the family moved to Henry County, VA. about 1782/3 when William was in his early 20's.  The tax records for 1784 in Henry County list Wm Hannah in the household of Thomas Rigg. (2)  In 1785 William Hannah and Robert Hannah are both listed in the household of Thomas Rigg, both probably still single. (3) William "Hanner" married Lucy Penn on April 16, 1787 (4) and in that tax year William is listed as head of household in Henry County VA. (5)
Patrick County VA was formed from Henry County in 1791 and in the tax records for 1807 in Patrick County, VA William Hannah is again listed as head of household with two white "tithers". (6) There was no record for 1808.  In 1809 he again had two "white tithers" in the household. (7)    In 1810 he was again listed with two "white tithers" and Gabriel Hannah was the next listing. (8)  Thus we can assume that a male child over 21 is still living in the household of William Hannah.  It is assumed this child is John Hannah, born about 1789.
William's brother Robert left Henry County sometime after 1785.  He had moved first to Stokes Co., NC and then to Greenup Co., KY by 1811 when he appears on the tax list for Greenup County. (9)  However, William Hannah who had married Lucy Penn in 1787 in Henry County, VA remained there until 1811. He is recorded purchasing and selling land on Mill Creek and  land off the North Waters of the Mayo River close to the Anglin Land.  (10)  And William is found on the Grand Jury of Patrick County, VA in Oct 1798 serving with Adrian Anglin. William's daughter Mary, married John Anglin, son of Adrian, on January 21, 1811 in Patrick County, VA.  William Hannah served again on the Grand Jury of Patrick County in Feb 1803, March 1805 and Oct 1811.  
William joined his brother Robert Hannah in Greenup County, KY around 1812.  In the testimony for the Revolutionary War pension his friend and son Gabriel's father in law, John Young, stated he met William Hannah in 1812. (11)  However, William did not sell his 26 acres on the North Mayo River back in Patrick County, VA until September 1813. (12)
So, the William Hannah family had moved to Greenup County, KY by 1812 living close to his brother, Robert. (13) William's two oldest sons married within a month of each other.   John Hannah and Susanna Barklow married there on March 5, 1812.  And William's son, Gabriel Hannah was married to Jane Young, daughter of John Young, in Greenup County, KY on April 11, 1812. (14)
William recognized several of his grandchildren by gifting Negros, but he never gifted anything to his son, John Hannah. John Hannah had died in the early 1830's and after 1820 his family no longer lived in Greenup Co, KY having moved to Portsmouth, OH. However, William Hannah started giving things to grandchildren in 1821.
On October 11, 1821 William Hannah gave his granddaughter, Lucinda Anglin, a negro child named Rachel, about 8 months old. (15)  He gave her another negro child named Mary, about 2 years old, a few years later in 1824. (16) 
William's wife, Lucy (Penn) died around 1825 and he remarried to Judith Woodcock on March 25, 1825. (17)
William continued to give negro children to his other grandchildren.  On April 2, 1827 he gave Lucy Hannah his granddaughter, a negro girl named Nita about 2 years of age.  To his grandson William Norris, a negro boy named Perry about 3 years old. (18) In the 1830 census William still owned 7 slaves.  On September 3, 1831 John Young sold William 67 acres on Little Sandy near Oldtown. (19)  On June 14, 1832, William gave to his son in law, John Anglin and his wife Mary, a negro woman named Thine and her child Alfred, about 2 years of age. (20) To his son Gabriel, a negro girl named Malinda and her boy child named Henry, estimated to be worth $400.00. (21) By 1840 William was down to 2 slaves and 1 free negro.
In 1842 William Hannah was 79 years old. He applied for a pension for his service in the American Revolution but there was not enough documentation.  The following year on July 1, 1843 William gave to his grandsons Abraham and Charles Norris, the tract of Land Containing the 67 acres on Little Sandy including the plantation in which he and his wife lived in exchange for support for himself and his wife during their lives. (22) William Hannah died March 3, 1846 at the age of 85. (11)

Sources 

(1) Age of William Hannah
conflicting years of birth. 

 (2) 1784 Personal Tax Record Henry County, VA
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Rigg, Thomas,  Wm  Hannah and 2 negros

(3) 1785 Personal Tax Record Henry County, VA
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Rigg, Thomas, William and Robert Hanah and 2 Negros  5 white tithers    

(4) Marriage Register of Henry Co, VA film # 850090 item 5 "William Hanner" to Lucy Penn

(5) 1787 Personal Tax Record Henry County, VA
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William Hannah    Free White Tither over 21

(6) 1807 Personal Tax Record Patrick County, VA
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William Hammons  2 white tithers

(7) 1809 Personal Tax Record Patrick County, VA
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William Hammons  2 white thithers

(8) 1810 Personal Tax Record for Patrick County, VA
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William Hannah  2 white tithers 1 black over 16 and 4 horses, mares and mules
Gabriel Hannah 1 white tither  1 horse

(9) 1811 census for Greenup County, KY
John Anglin, Robert Hannah and Gabriel Hannah

(10)

Patrick Co. Deed Book 1, 1791-1801; page 370; William Hanner (Hannah) purchased a tract of land in Patrick Co., March 15, 1796, containing 100 acres on Mill Creek for 35 lbs. from Samuel Clark Jr.  The land was bounded by the lands of Brett Stovall, Haman Critz Jr & McGruder.  Page 413: On Nov. 24, 1796 William sold the land back to Samuel Clark Sr. for 35 lbs.  On April 26, 1798, page 538, William bought 147 acres of land on Mill Creek from Brett Stovall for 43 lbs., Archellaus Hughes was a neighbor.  On Dec. 6, 1804, William purchased land (?) from Thomas Dodson, Deed Book 2, page 401 (looks like 2 tracts of land on the north water of the North Mayo River, adjoining John Spencer.  William sold 2 tracts of land to Rich'd Harrison (?) on March 4, 1806.  Lucy Hannah (his wife) gave up her rights of dower, witnessed and examined by Haman Critz, Brett & Joseph Stovall.  William sold 26 acres on the North Mayo River (adjoining John Spender) to Charles Ingram, Sept 29, 1813, Deed book 4, page 4.  William lived in Henry/Patrick Co. VA from his arrival in 1784 until his departure to Greenup Co KY around 1813.

(11)  William Hanna
Fold3_Page_19_Revolutionary_War_Pension_and_BountyLand_Warrant_Application_Files
23 Aug 1851
John Young age 87 gives oath "he has been intimately acquainted with William Hannah since the year 1812, up to the time of his death which took place on the thirty first day of March 1846, in the county of Greenup."

(12) William sold 26 acres. on the N. Mayo River in Sept 1813. Patrick County, VA Bk 4 pg 4.
 In the 1812 tax record there is only one white male, one black and one black over 12.  

(13) Hannah marriages in Greenup County, KY

Hannah, John Barklow, Susannah Mar 5, 1812 John Edward, bondsman Consent of Ruthy Barklow, mother of Susannah

Hannah, Gabriel Young, Jane April 11, 1812 Richard Vernon, bomdsman Marriage license dated April 11th also included consent of John Young, father of Jane

Hannah, Alexander Anglin, Lucina Mar 21, 1826 William Hannah bondsman consent of John Anglin, father of Lucinda

(14) From the Hannah Family of Greenup County, KY compiled by Joe Hannah & Opal Huffman
"Robert and William Hannon traveled down the Ohio river landing near Tygart creek in Greenup County, Kentucky in the early 1800's.  According to Collins History of Kentucky, in the spring of 1802 there were only six families in what is now Greenup County, formed in 1803 from a part of mason county.  For 28 days, they traveled up the Tygart Valley and by chance or design they reached their destination, the lands of John Young."

(15) Greenup Deed BK D pg 78

(16) Greenup Deed BK D pg 208

(17) Marriage of William Hannah to Judith Woodcocke

(18) Greenup Deed BK D 366-367

(19) Greenup Deed BK E pg 239-240

(20) Greenup Deed BK E pg 403

(21) Greenup Deed BK E pg 296

(22) Greenup Deed BK H pg 57