Charity Vann

Not a known wife of Edward “Ned” Vann, Sr. (died about 1758 - 1773?) or of Trader Henry Marshall (born 1677) or daughter of Richard Barnes, of Chowan County

She’s seen in Shawnee Heritage books as “sister of Mary Barnes, wife of Edward Vann.” And in Jim Hicks Family Tree Maker reports as “Charity unknown.”

However, if Edward Vann had a second wife, we don’t know her name. And Mary Barnes (actually, Richard Barnes’ stepdaughter) did not have a sister or step sister called Charity.

https://pioneersalongsoutherntrails.blogspot.com/2017/03/john-vann-...

(The following record is often assigned to Edward Vann to show the name of his second wife. The date places this well outside Edward’s expected time to be married and have a small child.
Georgia Record[45]

Charity Vann, August 11, 1782, A "distressed refugee" with 1 child.”)

Was she this Charity Vann?

From “John Vann, trader among the Cherokee.” (Wednesday, March 15, 2017) pioneersalongsoutherntrails.blogspot

The information. below, about Charity, is not supported by known facts.

According to Don Greene in his book Shawnee Heritage I - Shawnee Genealogy and Family History, copyright: 2008, Edward Vann was 1/2 Cherokee-Metis born about 1720 and died in 1773. He was the son of John "Trader" Vann I (born 1690 - white) and a Cherokee Woman (born 1695). He was the brother of John "Trader" Vann II (born 1915). His first marriage was to Mary Barnes about 1737, and his second marriage was to Charity Barnes(Mary's sister) in about 1744. With Mary, he fathered Joseph Vann(1738), Jennie Vann(1740), JAmes Vann(1742) & Edward Ned Vann(1744). With Charity, he fathered Clement Vann(1744), Thomas Vann(1746), Avery Vann(1748), Edith Vann(1750) & Susana Vann(1752). page 295

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Shawnee Heritage By Don Greene, Noel Schutz PAGE 25

BARNES MARY,- 1/2 CHALAKATHA METIS BORN 1720 CHOTA TN DIED 1744 DAVIDSON CO NC (TN) DAUGHTER OF APRIL - TKIKAMI HOP/1690-CHALAKATHA AAND RICHARD BARNES 1695 WHITE..WIFE 1739 OF EDWARD VANN/20 1/2 CHEROKEE METIS, MOTHER OF JOSEPH VANN /38, JENNIE VANN/40, JAMES VANN/42 AND EDWARD NED VANN/44 ALL 1/4TH CHALAKATHA CHEROKEE METIS

BARNES,CHARITY 1/2 CHALAKATHA METIS BORN 1726 CHOTA TN DIED 1788 CHEROKEE NATION EAST..DAUGHTER OF APRIL TKIKAMI HOP/1690 CHALAKATHA AND RICHARD BARNES 1695 WHITE..2ND WIFE 1744 OF EDWARD VANN 20 1/2 CHEROKEE METIS, MOTHER OF CLEMENT VANN/44,THOMAS VANN 46 AVERY VANN 48, EDITH VANN 50, SUSANNA VANN 52 ALL 1/4TH CHALAKATHA CHEROKEE METIS

BARNES,APRIL TKIKAMI HOP AKA APRIL TKIKAMI TURKEY WIFE 1718 OF RICHARD BARNES WHITE BORN 1695 VA DIED AFTER 1750 UPPER HIWASSEE VA, MOTHER OF MARY BARNES/20 AND CHARITY BARNES/26 BOTH 1/2 CHALAKATHA METIS

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Sources:

• 1. Emmet Starr's HISTORY OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS
• 2. Powhatan-Vann- Jernigan: Swimming with Serpents, Survivors of Horseshoe Bend, First Seminole War; In Pursuit; Serpents Series Family Saga. Sharman Ramsey,P.O. Box 1464, Dothan, Alabama 36302 [ http://kyusa.addr.com/Cherokee/index.html Sharman]
• 3... Noel Schutz (http://www.shawnee-traditions.com/ or noelschutz@yahoo.com)
• 5. Shawnee Heritage: Shawnee Genealogy and Family History. [http://www.lulu.com/content234161} Don Greene (shawneeporf1@skybest.com)
• 6.. Oral Tradition: Grandmothe Big Turkey Cornstalk was a Chalakatha-Hopia (Hopewell Indians/Ancient Shawnee) from the Bear Clan.
• 7. Vann Family [http://cavespringga.blogspot.com/2012/06/more-vann-info.html]