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Old Monmouth and Its Times By. J. D. Morrison No. X
WHO WAS MATTHEW HANNA? I asked Henry Myers, Esq., this question and he answered: He was my g reat grandfather. He came to Lexington before the Revolutionary war and built the house on the corner of Main and Henry streets, now owned by Mrs. Gibbs, one of the oldest, if not the ol dest house in town. I have his old family clock with his name on its face. A daughter of Hanna married Rev. Daniel Blain, professor at Washington college and well known in the annals of the Presbyterian church by a succession of ministers of the same name. Another daughter of Mr. Hanna married John T. McKee of Kerrs creek; another John Parry, father of the late M . H. Parry of Fancy Hill. So the children of Madison Dunlap, and of John C. Laird and Samue l W. McKee of Kerrs creek, together with the children of John H. Myers, M. H. Parry, and Robt. C. McClure are all great grandchildren of Matthew Hanna. These with their descendants, even to the fifth generation give this man a host of descendants in Rockbridge, and not a person in the county bears his name as a surname. From what I learn from these old papers, Mr. Hanna was a good and useful man in matters relating to the church and his name deserves to
1779 |
May 9, 1779
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Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
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1807 |
August 25, 1807
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Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Va
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1809 |
April 30, 1809
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Virginia, United States
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1811 |
August 5, 1811
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Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Va
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1815 |
March 7, 1815
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Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Va
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1847 |
April 23, 1847
Age 67
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Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
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April 1847
Age 67
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Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
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