William T Gannaway, Sr

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GEDCOM Note

Captain William Gannaway II served in the War of 1812 as Commander of a Militia Company. source: A Larger Tree - the Story of an American Family: History & Lineage of the Craft & Prendergast Family Groups, 1460 - 2000.

COLONEL JOHN & MARY (MacGREGOR) GANNAWAY JR by Charles Prendergast

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CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I." JUDGMENTS. page 99 Gannaway vs. Sanders, trustee--O. S. 77; N. S. 26--Bill in Wythe County Court, 12th December, 1804. William Gannoway devised to his wife, Elizabeth, for her life, and remainder to four sons, of whom John (orator) is one, Elizabeth, intending to marry John Newland, made Stephen Sanders and Henry Hamilton trustees for benefit of her children, but by a mistake the instrument was drawn so that the profits went to her daughters. Defendants are, viz: Joseph Brownlow and Caty, his wife, late Gannaway; Susanna, Patsey and Frances Gannaway, heirs of Wm. Gannaway, deceased. The sons are John, William. Thomas and Seymour Gannaway. Robinson Gannaway and Sarah, his wife, depose. Money Gannaway and Drucilla, his wife, depose. Will of William Gannaway of Wythe County dated 11th November, 1799. Proved in Wythe, 14th June, 1800. Wife Elizabeth, daughter Mary Williams, daughter Bety Love, daughter Nancy Hambelton, daughter Sally Gannaway; sons John, William, Thomas, Seymour; four youngest daughters Caty, Susanna, Patty and Frances. source: Scots-Irish in Virginia, Vol. 2, Ancestry.com

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