Descendants of Samuel Tanner Generation No. 1 1.  SAMUEL1 TANNER was born 1744 in Duplin County, N.C., and died 1835 in Franklin Co., Il.. Notes for SAMUEL TANNER: Have not found a wife or entries in the N.C. records.  With the birth date of the last to have been born in that state it appears that they left there and his wife died around 1790.  At the same time of the mgs  in KY., of the children of Samuel Tanner, there was a Frances Tanner who may be another child.  She married Jonas Wilkins Jan 1815. The facts of Samuel Tanner and his birth in N.C. are handed to me by John Aichele and John Tanner.  They are my only source. Samuel Tanner's attempts to prove his service in the Revolutionary War is in the register of Pensions.  He was denied all three times.  according to J.W. Tanner,  Sam is probably buried in   Dykersburg area, unmarked cem -- Holmes or Neely, Indina Camp. died in home of John [Jehu] Gibbs, Franklin Co.      Children of SAMUEL TANNER are:     i.        JAMES2 TANNER, b. 1780, N.C.; d. 1851; m. NANCY JERNIGAN, 20 Mar 1808, Muhlenberg Co., Ky.; b. 1790, Wayne Co., N.C.. Notes for JAMES TANNER: Who was J.B. Tanner, b. ca 1826 mentioned in census with wife Susan D. b 1820 and child W.W.S. b. 1848., all Illinois births. Notes for NANCY JERNIGAN: Called by others searchers,  the daughter  of Stephen Jernigan of Wayne Co.  N.C.;  to Tn;  to Ky., where she married James. Her sister, Ally married John W. Tanner and sister Ailsey married Thomas Tanner. brothers married sisters, in Muhlenberg, Co., Ky. I did not find her parents.     ii.        THOMAS TANNER, b. 1783, N.C.; d. 19 Feb 1868, Saline  Co., Il.,; m. (1) AILSEY JERNIGAN, 27 Apr 1811, Muhlenberg Co., Ky.; b. 1793; m. (2) MARY ANN BOHANNON, Aug 1847, Gallatin Co., [now Saline Co.]; b. 1805, TN; m. (3) ELIZABETH DUNN, 21 Sep 1865, Saline  Co., Il.,. Notes for THOMAS TANNER:      Thomas Tanner date of death Feb 19 1868. Witnesses to will:  James H. Hill, Simpson Canon Holderfield. dated Jan 24 1867. heirs; Elizabeth (Mrs. Dunn) Tanner, widow. children; David Tanner, Stephen Tanner, William Tanner, Polly Robinson, Rhoda Tolbert & James [husband], Nancy Vinyard, Hannah Wilkins. Granddauaghter, Sarah Jane Balentine Tanner; grandson, John Thomas Tanner; grandson, David James Tanner. Exec: Wm. R.  Tanner $500. 00 bond. Bondsmen Silas P. Hill, James Vinyard. W.B. Land. Exec: Wm R. Tanner, second bond. Date adm began June 9, 1868. Bondsmen; Daniel Curtner, David Tanner, Thomas Murray. Exec: Wm R. Tanner, third bond. date adm began Oct 19 1868.     Bondsmen: Daniel Curtner, Thomas Murray, Wm. B. Land.  Appraisers: Gilliam Hill, Wm. Lands, G.W.Henderson. Purchasers at sale Jan 18 1869, John Wilkins, James Harris, Paul Abney, John Curtner, Elijah Miller, Elizabeth Tanner, W.J. Hill, John Spears, Briant Wilkins, George Southland, Z. Harris, B.S. Young, Absalum Tanner, Willis Johnson. sources: Saline Co. Probate box 62-1. and Abstract of Wills of Saline Co., Il., Bk 1 page 128.     Mg to Ailsey  Jernigan source Muhlenberg Co., Ky., mg book., source mg to  Mrs. E. Dunn 1865 source Saline Co., mg. Bk A, pg 185. source for Mary Bohannon is Gallatin Co., [ Saline Co.,]  mg. bk #2-37.     Corporal Thomas W. Tanner, was a mounted  volunteer in the Black Hawk War from June to August 1832,  under Captain Diarman's Co., sec. reg., fst Brigade. His mare was lost in a forced march.  Private John A. Tanner was in the same company. source Pope Co., IL. forgotten records.  app A.  pg 131, Harrisburg, IL. library.    A good guess that these are our Thomas and his brother, John. Notes for MARY ANN BOHANNON: Mary first mg is Bohannon. source:  Gallatin Co., mgs. 2-37. her  children are Celia Ann, b. 1836 KY., Edward b. 1840, Il., Arnett b. 1843, IL.,  stepchildren to Thomas Tanner at their 1847 mg. Notes for ELIZABETH DUNN: married Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn Sept 21 1865 Saline Co., mg book 1847 -Murray.     iii.        JOHN TANNER, b. 1787, Duplin County,N,.C.; d. 1855, Saline  Co., Il.,; m. (1) ALBEY "ALLY " JERNIGAN, 31 Dec 1808, Muhlenberg Co., Ky.; b. 1791, Kentucky; d. 1855, Saline Co., IL.; m. (2) NISA WILKINS, 15 Mar 1849, Massac Co., IL.. Notes for JOHN TANNER:     Daughter Susanna's bp indicates Il., in 1815, while  brother's  bp shows TN 1826.   This according to Census of Saline Co., Some questions arise as to which son was firt born to John Tanner and wife Ally Jernigan.  Some believe that it was son Thomas  but in the 1850 Census where the father is 63 [married to his second wife, Nisa, who is shown to be 53] the son Thomas is shown to be 18 years old.  Unless this is a nephew living with this couple,  or, another Thomas was born to this couple, I assume that Thomas could not be first born.  In that case his birth is around  1832, or later,   Somewhere that will become  evident.       John A. Tanner who was Private in the Mounted Volunteer company of Capt. Diarman Sec Reg. Fst Brigade from June to August 1832,  enlisted from Pope Co., IL., as did Corporal Thomas W. Tanner, assumed to be his brother, Thomas. source Pope Co. IL.,  forgotten records on Black Hawk War, Appendix A. pg 232;  Harrisburg, IL., library. Notes for ALBEY "ALLY " JERNIGAN: Ally's age was give 53 in 1850 C and her mg in Muhlenberg was dated 1808.  one of the two is wrong.  probably she was born before 1797, therefore the 1850 C is wrong.       Name on mg license was spelled Johnekens;   three brothers married three sisters, Thomas and Ailsey, John and Ally, James and Nancy..  near the same time and in the same county of Muhlenberg, Ky.,  were the marriages of other  probable  relatives. Wiley Tanner and Celia Johnston Feb 1816; James Tanner and Nancy Moorland, Oct 1815, John Tanner and Sally Ricker, Henry Field and Sally Watkins or Wilkins and Joseph Field and Jane Duprey.   During this same time period of marraiges we find many Garris, Wilkins and Tanners and expect that they traveled from the Carolinas together, some from VA.     iv.        NANCY TANNER, b. 1790, N.C. or VA.; d. 1873; m. WILLOUGHBY WILKINS, Mar 1806, Muhlenberg Co., Ky.; b. 1780, N.C.; d. 1848, Massac Co., bur Wilkins Cem.. Notes for WILLOUGHBY WILKINS: Willoughby Wilkins and Nancy Tanner were born in N. C., married in muhlenburg, Ky, moved to Ind., and then to Saline Co., IL., before settleing in Posy Co.,IL. She is the daughter of Samuel Tanner.     v.        SAMUEL JR. TANNER, b. 1792; m. ELIZABETH WILKINS, 31 Dec 1811, Muhlenberg Co., Ky.; b. 1804, KY.     vi.        SALLY TANNER, b. 1793; m. BRYANT HARPER, Jan 1813, Muhlenberg Co., Ky..     vii.        HANNAH TANNER, b. 1794, S.C.; m. RICHARD HARRIS, Muhlenberg Co., KY.; b. 1797, S.C..     viii.        WILEY TANNER, b. 1795; m. (1) CELEA JOHNSON, 1816, Muhlenberg Co., Ky.; m. (2) MARGARET BRIGGS, 1855, Saline Co., IL..

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