Descendants of John Hanna

 

Compiled and Submitted by Libby Clay

lclay12212@cs.com

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  JOHN1 HANNA was born Abt. 1770 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1850 in Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama.  He married MARY ADARENE 1835 in Benton County, Alabama. 

 

Notes for JOHN HANNA:

He was a soldier of the American Revolution, listed as a private in the 2nd Company of Colonel Nathaniel Gist, Virginia Regiment.  (The Revolutionary War by Thomas Saffell 1820 - 1891)

 

His occupaation was gunsmith.  He came from Tennessee to Benton, now Calhoun County, Alabama, in 1832, and settled at the foot of Chosea Mountain.

 

More About JOHN HANNA:

Burial: Hanna Family Cemetery

         

Children of JOHN HANNA and MARY ADARENE are:

2.                   i.     MARY L.2 HANNA, b. Abt. 1809, Tennessee; d. May 04, 1897, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

3.                  ii.     WOODFORD ROBERT HANNA, b. September 25, 1805, Tennessee; d. October 15, 1878, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama.

                     iii.     ELIZABETH BETSY HANNA, b. 1814, Rhea County, Tennessee; m. (1) TERRY RIDDLE, January 27, 1842, Benton County, Alabama; d. October 23, 1844, Benton County, Alabama; m. (2) JAMES G. BICE, 1845, Benton County, Alabama.

4.                 iv.     JOHN SEVIER HANNA, b. June 24, 1815, Rhea County, Tennessee; d. September 24, 1882, Iredell, Bosque County, Texas.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  MARY L.2 HANNA (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1809 in Tennessee, and died May 04, 1897 in Hamilton County, Tennessee.  She married HIRAM PENDERGRASS October 17, 1828 in Hamilton County, Tennessee.  He was born March 29, 1808 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died July 04, 1891 in Hamilton County, Tennessee.

 

Notes for MARY L. HANNA:

Married by James L. Riddle, J.P.

 

More About MARY L. HANNA:

Burial: Pendergrass Family Cemetery, Sale Creek, Tennessee

 

Notes for HIRAM PENDERGRASS:

In 1850, the family was in Bradley County, Tennessee.  His occupation was blacksmith.  The family moved to Cherokee County, Alabama about 1838, and then back to Hamilton County, Tennessee, after 1850.  Hiram and his wife lived out their life on Opossum Creek and they are buried in the old Pendergrass Family Cemetery.  Presumably Nimrod and his wife are also buried there.

 

Hiram and John C. Pendergrass were twins.

 

WILL OF HIRAM PENDERGRASS

 

I, Hiram Pendergrass of Sale Creek in the County of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.

 

And as to my worldly estate and all the property seized and possessed, or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease, I devise, bequeath and dispose thereof in the following to wit:

 

My Will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall, by my executors hereinafter named, be paid as shall by them be found convenient.

 

I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Pendergrass, all my household furniture:  and also one thousand dollars in money to be paid to her by my executors hereinafter named within six months after my decease:  to have and to hold the the same to her and her executors, administrators and assigns forever.

 

All the rest and residue of my estate real, personal and mixed of which I shall die seized and possessed or to which I shall be entitled at my decease I give devise and bequeath, after me executors hereinafter named shall have sold all my real, personal and mixed property, that the money be equally divided between or among my children.

 

And Lastly.  I do nominate and appoint William Griffiths and William M. Beene to be my Executors of this my last Will and Testament.

 

In witness whereof, I, the said Hiram Pendergrass, have to this my last Will and Testament, consisting of one sheet of paper, subscribed my name this the 26th day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety One.

 

Hiram Pendergrass

 

Signed, published and declared by the said Hiram Pendergrass as and for his last Will and Testament in his presence and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses thereunto.

 

Peter Bolton

David Griffiths

 

More About HIRAM PENDERGRASS:

Burial: Pendergrass Family Cemetery, Sale Creek, Tennessee

         

Children of MARY HANNA and HIRAM PENDERGRASS are:

5.                   i.     AMANDA JANE3 PENDERGRASS, b. November 1830, Tennessee; d. 1905, Etowah County, Alabama (Gum Springs)(Hopewell Cemetery).

6.                  ii.     ELIZABETH PENDERGRASS, b. 1832, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

7.                 iii.     ASA NATHANIEL PENDERGRASS, b. March 27, 1835, Tennessee; d. November 16, 1906, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.

8.                 iv.     JOHN HOUSTON PENDERGRASS, b. May 07, 1837, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. January 21, 1921, Calhoun County, Alabama.

                      v.     MARY PENDERGRASS, b. 1840, Tennessee.

9.                 vi.     MARTHA ELLEN PENDERGRASS, b. 1841, Tennessee.

                    vii.     NATHANIEL ADNEGA PENDERGRASS, b. January 23, 1847, Tennessee; d. June 25, 1865, Cairo, Illinois.

 

Notes for NATHANIEL ADNEGA PENDERGRASS:

Nathaniel died in the Civil War.  He volunteered as a private in Company G, 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry at just sixteen years of age.  He had small pox but returned to duty and was later scalded when the boiler exploded on the steamer SULTANA.  He was taken to a hospital at Cairo, Illinois where he died.

 

                   viii.     SUSAN PENDERGRASS, b. 1845, Tennessee.

 

 

3.  WOODFORD ROBERT2 HANNA (JOHN1) was born September 25, 1805 in Tennessee, and died October 15, 1878 in Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama.  He married DELPHIA PATTERSON in Hamilton County, Tennessee.  She was born February 21, 1809 in Rhea County, Tennessee, and died September 24, 1878 in Chosea Springs, Calhoun County, Alabama.

 

Notes for WOODFORD ROBERT HANNA:

He served in the CSA Army as a Captain in the 10th Infantry.  The 10th Infantry was formed June 4, 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama.  He fought in the Battles of Manasses, Williamsburg, Gettysburg, in Company H.  He was also Captain of the Militia in Benton County.  He was wounded at the Battle of Williamsburg during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862.  He resigned on July 26, 1862.  He was elected to the Alabama Legislature in 1848 where he served a two year term.  He was Justice of the Peace in Benton later Calhoun Caunty starting January 24, 1834, August 17, 1836, July 16, 1838, April 2 1841, April 29 1847.

 

According to the 1840 Benton County, Alabama, census he was in manufacturing and agriculture with one slave.  1850 census he was a farmer with a wealth of $5,000.  In 1870 he was a farmer with worth of $6,000 and $11,000.

 

From Hamilton County, Tennessee, Entry Taker's Book, 1824 - 1897, page 173.

State of Tennessee, Woodford R. Hanna enters one hundred acres of land in said County on the South East side of Waldens Ridge beginning Hamilton County on a pine on a Bench of said Mountain below Little Sandy Creek mark W.H. thence southwardly thence Eastwardly thence Northwardly thence westwardly to the beginning so as to include one hundred acres of land as afors said Febury 25 Day 1832.

Woodford R. Hanna

Locator

Page 207, No. 113.  Woodford R. Hanna enters 100 acres of land.  Location received and this entry made this 5 March 1834.  Fees of office paid 75 cents.

State of Tennessee  Woodford R. Hanna enters one hundred acres of land in said Hamilton County.

 

The Gadsden Times October 25, 1878

Woodford R. Hanna died very suddenly at his farm in Calhoun County on Thursday last.

 

Jacksonville Republic, October 19, 1878

DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN

We were much pained Wednesday to learn of the death of Woodford R. Hanna of this county, who died suddenly Tuesday near his home in Chocolocco Valley.  He had complained of light pain in the side the morning of his death, but was going about his farm as usual, when he suddenly fell to the ground and expired by the time help reached him.  He was among the oldest citizens of Calhoun, and once represented the count in the legislature and was much respected.

 

A good man is gone!  We tender the stricken family our most heartfelt sympothy in this the hour of their great bereavement.

 

 

 

Notes for DELPHIA PATTERSON:

From Family Tree and Biography Of Robert Patterson

 

Delphia Patterson was born in 1807, married Mr. Woodford R. Hanna, a pioneer, to whom were born 7 children, Rhoda Ann, John, Mary, Robert M., Alexander, Alfred T. and W.V.  Grandchildren of Woodford Hanna:  Rhoda Ann's children - Jane, Milo, Cordelia, Will, Brincie, Delphia, Wood, Rhoda, Tom and Bob.  John's children - Wood, Wiley, John, Will, Fannie, Luvicie, Bettie.  Mary's Children - Jeff, Isa, William, Alexander, Harv.  Alexander had no children.  Alfred T. had Bertha, Fannie, Lula, Newton, Charles, Nora, Alisha and Terry.  W.V.'s children were Joe, Mabry and John.

         

Children of WOODFORD HANNA and DELPHIA PATTERSON are:

10.                 i.     RHODA ANN3 HANNA, b. January 25, 1831, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. March 30, 1903, Calhoun County, Alabama.

11.                ii.     ALFRED TERRY HANNA, b. January 04, 1844, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. June 12, 1916, Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama.

12.               iii.     ROBERT M. HANNA, b. June 1834, Benton County, Alabama; d. November 09, 1910, Oxford, Calhoun County, Alabama.

13.               iv.     JOHN WILEY HANNA, b. January 08, 1832, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. December 12, 1880, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama.

14.                v.     MARYANN ELIZABETH HANNA, b. December 10, 1837, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. August 02, 1910, Iredell, Bosque County, Texas.

                     vi.     ALEXANDER H. HANNA, b. February 09, 1840, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. December 21, 1861, Dranesville, Virginia.

 

Notes for ALEXANDER H. HANNA:

Alexander Hanna served as a private in Company H, 10th Alabama Regiment.  His father was Captain of the Company.  He was killed during the Battle of Dranesville, Vrginia.  There is a marker in the Hanna Family Cemetery in Chosea Springs, Calhoun County, Alabama.  It is not known if he is buried there or in Virginia.

 

                    vii.     SARAH L. HANNA, b. March 19, 1841, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. September 26, 1841, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama.

                   viii.     POLLY J. HANNA, b. June 25, 1842, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. November 18, 1842, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama.

15.               ix.     WOODFORD VALENTINE HANNA, b. March 1845, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. 1883, White Plains, Calhoun County, Alabama.

                      x.     DELPHIA H. HANNA, b. July 17, 1849, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama; d. September 26, 1849, Chosea Springs, Benton County, Alabama.

 

 

4.  JOHN SEVIER2 HANNA (JOHN1) was born June 24, 1815 in Rhea County, Tennessee, and died September 24, 1882 in Iredell, Bosque County, Texas.  He married JANE RIDDLE.  She was born 1822 in Tennessee.

 

Notes for JOHN SEVIER HANNA:

John Sevier Hanna earned the rank of Captain from service in the Texas Militia.  He also served as a Texas Ranger and sheriff of Bosque County.  He was appointed Tax Assesor of Precinct N1 in Randolph County, Alabama in 1843.  Historica Records of Randolph County, Alabama, 1832 - 1900 states on pages 23 and 39 that "John Hanna, 1843, appointed Tax assessor for District 1.  Taxes were assessed and collected by the sheroffs or persons appointed by the Commissioner's Court.  In 1843 assessors were appointed by battalion and regimental districts.  Everybody knew Hanna and traditions say Hanna was so elated over the honors conferred he filled up on corn juice and went home to celebrate.  A big dinner was prepared and his neighbors invited but Hanna was too sick to eat and when he failed to apprar the question was asked, What ails Hanna."

 

More About JOHN SEVIER HANNA:

Burial: Hanna Cemetery

         

Children of JOHN HANNA and JANE RIDDLE are:

16.                 i.     ALEXANDER W.3 HANNA, b. 1836, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

17.                ii.     MARY HANNA, b. Abt. 1835, Randolph County, Alabama.

18.               iii.     ELIZABETH HANNA, b. Abt. 1840, Randolph County, Alabama.

19.               iv.     JOHN ADRIAN HANNA, b. July 25, 1842, Randolph County, Alabama; d. May 07, 1889, Content, Runnels County, Texas.

20.                v.     AMANDA J. HANNA, b. Abt. 1844, Randolph County, Alabama; d. Runnels County, Texas.

                     vi.     GEORGE W. HANNA, b. 1847, Randolph County, Alabama.

21.              vii.     SARAH ISABELL HANNA, b. 1849, Randolph County, Alabama.

                   viii.     THOMAS HANNA, b. 1851, Randolph County, Alabama; m. S.E. RUSSELL, August 08, 1877, Bosque County, Texas.

22.               ix.     ANNA E. HANNA, b. 1853, Randolph County, Alabama.

                      x.     JAMES T. HANNA, b. 1856, Bosque County,Texas; d. Bef. 1884; m. EMMA JOHNSON.

                     xi.     ROBERT L. HANNA, b. 1859, Bosque County,Texas; m. MARY CATHERINE NORTHINGTON JOHNSON, October 14, 1886, Texas.

 

More About ROBERT L. HANNA:

Burial: Hanna Cemetery

 

                    xii.     JEFF DAVIS HANNA, b. June 11, 1861, Bosque County,Texas; d. January 20, 1942, Bosque County,Texas; m. ADDIE GRAVES, January 05, 1887, Bosque County, Texas.

23.             xiii.     CHARLES WYLIE HANNA, b. 1864, Bosque County,Texas; d. 1947, Bosque County,Texas.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

5.  AMANDA JANE3 PENDERGRASS (MARY L.2 HANNA, JOHN1) was born November 1830 in Tennessee, and died 1905 in Etowah County, Alabama (Gum Springs)(Hopewell Cemetery).  She married ISRAEL ALONZO CONDRAY Abt. 1854 in Tennessee.  He was born March 05, 1833 in Tennessee, and died August 06, 1872 in Hamilton County, Tennessee.

 

Notes for AMANDA JANE PENDERGRASS:

I have a note that says that she was 84 when she died.  That would make he death 1914 or 1915.

 

Notes for ISRAEL ALONZO CONDRAY:

He was called Alonzo.  His occupation was cabinet maker.  He served in the Civil War and did not live many years after his return home.  The Yankees burned the home of he and his family during the Civil War.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee, National Archives Microfilm M268

 

Israel A. Condray

M268, Roll 261

Pvt., Capt. Thomas R. Mitchell's Co., 5 Regt. TN Volunteers.  Enlisted Dec. 11, 1862 at Chattanooga, by Capt. Mitchell, for three years of the war.  Age 29, blue eyes, black hair, dark complexion.  Born Hamilton County, TN, residence the same.  Farmer.  Present Oct-Dec. 1862.  Absent Mar-Apr 1863, detailed as a carpenter at Tullahoma Mar 26,1863 by Brig. Gen. Johnson.  Absent on Muster roll Dec. 1863 shows "absent sick (wounded) at residence of L. Gardenshire since Sept. 20/63."  Same on rolls of Jan-Feb, 1864, Mar-Apr. 1864.  No other entries.

         

Children of AMANDA PENDERGRASS and ISRAEL CONDRAY are:

24.                 i.     JOHN WOODFORD4 CONDRAY, b. January 18, 1867, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. April 06, 1930, Etowah County, Alabama ( Hokes Bluff Cemetery).

25.                ii.     STERLING STEPHEN CONDRAY, b. June 1862, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. November 01, 1928, Etowah County,  Alabama.

26.               iii.     WILLIAM ASA CONDRAY, b. May 1872, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. Etowah County, Alabama.

                     iv.     THOMAS CONDRAY, b. 1857.

27.                v.     MARY L.(MOLLIE) CONDRAY, b. 1858, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

                     vi.     ANNA E. CONDRAY, b. 1855, Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. R.B. GOODEN, November 22, 1880, Calhoun County, Alabama.

 

Notes for ANNA E. CONDRAY:

Married by Rev. W.W. Coleman.

 

                    vii.     PERLOMA CONDRAY, b. 1863.

28.             viii.     ELLEN RHODA CONDRAY, b. March 03, 1868, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. February 15, 1918, St. Clair County, Alabama (Palmeto Creek Buried at Hopewell Cemetery.

 

 

6.  ELIZABETH3 PENDERGRASS (MARY L.2 HANNA, JOHN1) was born 1832 in Hamilton County, Tennessee.  She married (1) WILLIAM ANDERSON JONES.  He was born 1828 in Tennessee.  She married (2) WILLIAM ANDERSON JONES.  He was born 1828 in Tennessee.

         

Children of ELIZABETH PENDERGRASS and WILLIAM JONES are:

29.                 i.     JOHN A.4 JONES.

                      ii.     ROBERT JONES, m. HATTIE MORGAN.

                     iii.     HIRAM P. JONES, m. TINNIE QUINN.

30.               iv.     LORING ARTHUR JONES, d. Abt. 1930, Anniston, Calhoun County County, Alabama.

31.                v.     JAMES B. JONES, b. 1863, Kentucky.

                     vi.     WILLIAM A. L. JONES, b. 1865, Kentucky; m. FLORENCE GENTRY.

                    vii.     ANN JONES, b. 1867, Kentucky.

                   viii.     ADELINE JONES, b. 1868, Tennessee.

 

         

Child of ELIZABETH PENDERGRASS and WILLIAM JONES is:

32.               ix.     JOHN A.4 JONES.

 

 

7.  ASA NATHANIEL3 PENDERGRASS (MARY L.2 HANNA, JOHN1) was born March 27, 1835 in Tennessee, and died November 16, 1906 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.  He married MARY OPHELIA HALL 1862 in Tennessee.  She was born May 1843 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.

 

More About ASA NATHANIEL PENDERGRASS:

Burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Tennessee

         

Children of ASA PENDERGRASS and MARY HALL are:

                       i.     GEORGE W.4 PENDERGRASS, b. 1864.

                      ii.     JOHN M. PENDERGRASS, b. May 1865, Tennessee.

 

Notes for JOHN M. PENDERGRASS:

There is no evidence that John ever married.  His occupation was Machinest in the 1900 census.

 

                     iii.     THOMAS J. PENDERGRASS, b. 1869, Tennessee; d. Arkansas.

                     iv.     JOSIE L. PENDERGRASS, b. 1871, Tennessee; m. JAMES C. HICKMAN, August 21, 1886, Bradley County, Tennessee.

                      v.     FLORENCE PENDERGRASS, b. September 1872, Tennessee.

33.               vi.     WALTER LAWRENCE PENDERGRASS, b. July 12, 1877, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee; d. November 15, 1938, Mobile, Alabama.

                    vii.     FANNIE PENDERGRASS, b. February 1880, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

                   viii.     BELL PENDERGRASS, b. February 1883, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

 

 

8.  JOHN HOUSTON3 PENDERGRASS (MARY L.2 HANNA, JOHN1) was born May 07, 1837 in Hamilton County, Tennessee, and died January 21, 1921 in Calhoun County, Alabama.  He married (1) DELPHIA LUVICIE RIDDLE April 18, 1855 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.  She was born December 18, 1835 in Benton County, Alabama, and died December 17, 1899 in St. Clair County, Alabama.  He married (2) DELPHIA LOUISA RIDDLE April 18, 1855 in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee.  She was born December 1835 in Benton County, Alabama, and died December 17, 1899 in St. Clair County, Alabama.

 

More About JOHN HOUSTON PENDERGRASS:

Burial: Eulaton Methodist Cemetery

         

Children of JOHN PENDERGRASS and DELPHIA RIDDLE are:

34.                 i.     LEE EVINS4 PENDERGRASS, b. March 13, 1870, Benton County, Alabama; d. January 12, 1940, Anniston, Calhoun County County, Alabama.

35.                ii.     SUSAN FRANCES PENDERGRASS, b. August 08, 1859, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. May 01, 1916, Etowah County,  Alabama.

36.               iii.     MARY A. PENDERGRASS, b. March 22, 1857, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

37.               iv.     ROBERT DELOM PENDERGRASS, b. March 28, 1858, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. Bosque County,Texas.

                      v.     HIRAM T. PENDERGRASS, b. October 30, 1860, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. September 17, 1876, Tennessee.

38.               vi.     E.WILLIE A. PENDERGRASS, b. July 26, 1867, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. 1960.

39.              vii.     JOHN ASA PENDERGRASS, b. July 07, 1873, St. Clair County, Alabama; d. September 21, 1935, Debach, Lincoln County, Louisiana.

                   viii.     E.L. WEESE PENDERGRASS, b. July 07, 1873, Hamilton County, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1928, Alabama; m. JOHN WESLEY GABLE, JR..

                     ix.     T.R. PENDERGRASS, b. July 17, 1876, Calhoun County, Alabama; d. October 03, 1876, Calhoun County, Alabama.

 

 

9.  MARTHA ELLEN3 PENDERGRASS (MARY L.2 HANNA, JOHN1) was born 1841 in Tennessee.  She married JAMES T. WILLIAMS June 14, 1869 in Hamilton County, Tennessee.  He was born 1841 in Wales.

         

Children of MARTHA PENDERGRASS and JAMES WILLIAMS are:

                       i.     SUSAN F.4 WILLIAMS, b. 1873, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

                      ii.     MINNIE E. WILLIAMS, b. 1975, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

                     iii.     JAMES F. WILLIAMS, b. 1878, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

 

 

10.  RHODA ANN3 HANNA (WOODFORD ROBERT2, JOHN1) was born January 25, 1831 in Hamilton County, Tennessee, and died March 30, 1903 in Calhoun County, Alabama.  She married THOMAS EDWARD POLAND in Benton County, Alabama.  He was born 1823 in Tennessee, and died 1868 in Calhoun County, Alabama.

         

Children of RHODA HANNA and THOMAS POLAND are:

40.                 i.     DELPHIA JANE4 POLAND, b. February 19, 1845, Benton County, Alabama; d. July 14, 1925, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.

41.                ii.     MILO P. POLAND, b. April 16, 1849, Benton County, Alabama; d. April 15, 1932, Calhoun County, Alabama.

42.               iii.     NANCY CORDELIA POLAND, b. 1846, Benton County, Alabama; d. Aft. 1880, Calhoun County, Alabama.

43.               iv.     HELEN SABRINA POLAND, b. March 06, 1851, Benton County, Alabama; d. November 29, 1931, Hico, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.

                      v.     WILLIAM POLAND, b. 1854, Benton County, Alabama.

44.               vi.     MARIAN FRANC