Anthony Tann

Anthony1 Tann, born say 1697, was one of the residents of Brunswick County, Virginia, who were paid for a wolf's scalp on 2 December 1737. He was involved in a Brunswick County court case for debt on 3 May 1739 and 4 September 1740, and on 3 September 1741 he was one of the taxables who were ordered to keep the road from Flat Creek to the Meherrin River in repair [Brunswick Court Orders 1732-41, 182, 243, 348; microfilm at the Library of Virginia]. His son Benjamin Tann was called an "orphan" on 20 February 1744 when the Surry County, Virginia court ordered the churchwardens of Albemarle Parish to bind him out [Surry County Court Orders 1744-9, 11, 22]. Anthony was married to the unnamed daughter of John Jeffries, Sr., of Albemarle Parish whose 3 November 1746 Surry County will, recorded on 16 June 1752, mentioned his grandson Benjamin Tann [Deeds Wills 1738-54, 798]. He may have been identical to the Anthony Tann who was granted 550 acres of land on Jeffreys Creek and the Pee Dee River for himself, his wife, and nine children on 6 June 1749 [Holcomb, Petitions for Land from the South Carolina Council Journals, I:266]. He recorded a plat for this land in Craven County, South Carolina, on 7 June 1749 [Plats 5:306].