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Anthony Tann- 1800

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Anthony Tann was born in 1679 in Surry County, Virginia. He was the son of Anthony and his wife  Jefferies, daughter of John Jefferies in Virginia. Anthony and his family are recorded in St. James Charleston, South Carolina Census. The Tann household included: 

1 -Free White Person Males 10-15

1 -Free Whlte Person Males 45 and over

2 -Free White Person Females 10-15

1- Free White Person Females 26- 44 

3 -Number of Household members under 16 

2-Number of Household members over 25

5- Number of Household Members 

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Note: George W. Valentine is also recorded on this Census. 

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Valentine Tann- 1830

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Joseph  C. Tann

(Jonathan Tann)

According to the U.S Census in 1840, Joseph Tann lived in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He and his family were " Free White Persons including head of household" and his household included:

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  • 1 Male under 5

  • 1 Male 40 and under 50

  • 1 Female under 5

  • 1 Female  20 under 30

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William Tann

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South Carolina- William Tann Plantation

"The said Freeman &women agree to hire their time as labor on the Plantation of W. L. Tan, from the first of January, 1866, to the first of January, 1867, to conduct themselves faithfully, honesty, willy and digently and ...

John Tann

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John Tann

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Mary Snyder

John Tann, born in 1820. He married Mary SNYDER and lived in Dorchester County, with their children: 

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  • Lawrence Valentine Tann

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  • John Tann

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  • William Tann

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  • Mary Jane Tann

On June 11, 1860, the Tann family lived in St. James Goose Creek Parish in the Mount Holly postal area. John Tann, 45 years old was a farmer, his wife, Mary 35 years old, Timothy Tann, born in 1852, John Tann, born in 1854 William Tann born in 1856 and Mary Tann born in 1858.  

Lawrence Valentine Tann

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Lawrence Valentine Tann

Lawrence Valentine Tann, born about 1848 in Dorchester County, South Carolina, son of John and Mary (SNYDER) Tann.  Lawrence married Elizabeth Perkins Beasley. 

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Lawrence and Elizabeth's children: 

  • Jesse Tann was born about 1879 in Monck's Corners, South Carolina.

 

  • Alice Tann was born about 1880 in Monck's Corners, South Carolina.

 

  • Elijah Tann was born about 1885 in Monck's Corners, South Carolina.

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  • Mary Jane Tann, born April 3, 1885, in Monck's Corners, South Carolina. 

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  • Rosalee Tann, born about 1887 in Monck's Corners, South Carolina. 

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  • Scott Tann, born about 1894 in Monck's Corners, South Carolina. 

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  • Emily Isabel Tann, born May 31, 1896 in Monck's Corners, South Carolina. 

Lawrence Tann married Ella GIBBS and lived in Dorchester County, South Carolina. 

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Lawrence and Ella's children: 

  • Ida Selena Tann was born March 28, 1907, in Dorchester County, South Carolina. Ida S. Tann married Isaac Grant and lived in Freeport, Nassau County, New York. They did not have any children. 

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  • Calvin Edward Tann was born November 24, 1910, in Dorchester County South Carolina. Calvin E. Tann, married Gertrude Smalls. In 1940, Calvin and Gertrude (Smalls) Tann lived on Buffalo Ave in Hempstead, Nassau County, New York with their children; Calvin Tann, Jr (b. 1933), and Helen Tann (b 1935).  The Tann family migrated to Ellenville, Ulster County, New York. 

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  • Sadie Tann was born in 1912 in Dorchester County, South Carolina. Sadie Tann married Joseph Mackenzie. Their branch is the "Mackey" family of Suffolk County, New York. Joseph and Sadie (Tann) McKenzie's children, Gertrude McKenzie born in 1935, Joseph McKenzie born in 1938, and Robert J. McKenzie born in 1940 in Freeport, Nassau County, New York. Sadie (Tann) McKenzie died in October 1952 and she is buried at Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale, Nassau County, New York 

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  • Dorothy Tann was born in 1914 in Dorchester County, South Carolina

Lawrence's Children

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Mary Tann, Elijah Tann, Emily Tann, and Scott Tann

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Ida Tann, Emily Tann, and Mary Tann

John Tann

John Tann, born in 1860 in Dorchester County, South Carolina, son of John and Mary (SNYDER) Tann. John married Margaret Ann COLE. (b. about 1862).  At the age of 71, John Tann died on November 11, 1920, in Berkeley County, South Carolina. 

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John and Margaret's daughter: 

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  • Della Tann about 1889 in Dorchester County, South Carolina. 

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William Tann

William Tann, born in 1867 in Dorchester County, New York, son of John and Mary (SNYDER) Tann. William Tann married Jane MOULTRIE in South Carolina, daughter of Elizabeth Moultrie in South Carolina. 

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William and Jane's children: 

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  • Olive E. Tann, born June 20, 1888, in South Carolina. On December 20, 1908, Olive Tann married Marion H. VARNER, (b. February 3, 1887, in South Carolina, son of William and Mamie Varner of Berkeley County, South Carolina. 

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  • Henry Tann, born in November 1893 in South Carolina. Henry Tann was married to Mary.

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  • Thadeus Tann, born March 1897 in South Carolina. 

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  • Mary Jane Tann, born about 1894 in South Carolina. Mary Jane Tann married George Michael LOIZAKES.(b. in Greece). Mary (Tann) Loizakes died on July 22, 1993 in Savannah, Chatman County, Georgia

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Mary Jane Tann, with their husband, George Michael Loizakes, and their children

Elizabeth Moultrie, born May, 1818 in South Carolina. Elizabeth Moultrie's maiden name is not known at this time. Also, her husband's name is not known at this time. 
Elizabeth Moultrie, lived in St. James Parish, James Island South Carolina. Elizabeth's children:

  • Alice Moultrie, born 1850

  • David Moultrie, born 1852

  • Hester Moultrie, born 1853

  • Dianna Moultrie born 1854

  • Joseph Moultrie, born 1860

  • Adam Moultrie, born 1862

  • Henry Moultrie, born 1864

  • Jane Moutlrie, born 1867

  • Irving Moultrie, born 1872

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Joan (Davis) Betts, with her husband, Charles Betts, and their children, and grandchildren. 

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(Joan  (DAVIS) Betts, daughter of Lonnie and Sally (VARNER) Davis. 

Oral History by Paul Loizakes

" Eldest son of George and Mary Jane (Tann) Loizakes, died of eating much Chocolate. George died of diarrhea. It was the parent's wedding anniversary and Mary Jane was given Chocolate Candle from her husband, George.  George and Despina ate the candle and become ill. George died after eating the candle. He is buried at Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. The Greek Section. "

 Varner Family History

WILLIAM VARNER, born September 1846 in , South Carolina, son of William Varner.  William Varner married Mary WILLIAMS. 
William and Mary Varners children: 

  • William Richmond Varner, born on 3 November 1878 in South Carolina. 

  • Henry L. Varner, born August 1881 in South Carolina. 

  • Mary A. Varner, born February 1882 in South Carolina. 

  • James B. Varner, born Sept 1884 in South Carolina. 

  • John Elahua Varner, born 7 May 1885 in South Carolina. 

  • John L. Varner, born May 1886 in South Carolina. 

  • Marion Hughes Varner, born 3 February 1887 in South Carolina. 

  • Sarah I. Varner, born April 1890 in South Carolina. 

  • Shellean Varner, born November 1892 in South Carolina. 

  • Raymond Varner, born April 1893 in South Carolina. 

 

 

 

Olive Tann, born about July  1888, daughter of William and Jane (Moultrie) Tann. Olive E. Tann, married Marion Hughes Varner in Berkeley County, South Carolina.  Marion Hughes VARNER, born February 3, 1887, in Berkeley County, South Carolina. 
Their children: 

  • Estelle Varner born in 1909 in Berkeley County, South Carolina, 

 

      Estelle Varner married Robert            M. WALKER. 

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  • Sally Varner, born in 1912 in Berkeley County, South Carolina. 

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       Sally Varner married Lonnie                 Allen DAVIS.

ADAM VARNER, born  December 15, 1851, in South Carolina, son of Peter F. and Frances J. (SMITH) Varner. Adam married Leila E. Murray, born October 1857, in South Carolina. 
Adam and Leila Varner's children: 

  • Fannie Varner, born in January 1881 in South Carolina. 

  • Joseph Varner, born March 1882 in South Carolina. 

  • Preston Varner, born May 1883, in South Carolina. 

  • Cora Varner, born October 1884 in South Carolina. 

  • Mabel Varner, born  19 May 1885 in South Carolina. 

  • Ammie Varner,  born  22 June 1891 in South Carolina. 

  • Virgil Varner, born  June 1896 in South Carolina. 

  • Peter Varner, born November 1898 in South Carolina.

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Santos and Louette (Varner) Guerzon, (daughter of Leonard William Varner and Lucille (Murray) Varner.)
Note: Louetta Varner maybe Louette Tann. 


Lucille Murray Varner, born 1903, in South Carolina, daughter of  David and Anna A. Murray of Dorchester County, South Carolina.

Santos and Louette (Varner) Guerzon

Emily (Tann) Vanderhorst

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Ida Selena Tann

Ida Tann's Wedding

Ida S. Tann, was born on  March 28, 1907, in Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina. She is the daughter of Lawrence Valentine Tann and Ella Gibbs. 

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In 1930, Ida Tann was employed as maid for Harold Peto, a stock broker in Garden City, New York. 

On June 24, 1934 in Hempstead, Nassau County, New York Ida Tann married Isaac Henry Grant.

Issac H. Grant was born on October 25, 1900 In Zion Maryland. He lived in Philadelphia before relocating to Nassau County, New York were he worked for Mrs. George Hewlett in Merrick, New York. 

Ann Tann

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Transcribed By: Guadalupe Vanderhorst Rodriguez 

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White Female

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I hereby Certify, that Ann Tann died on the 4th day of August 1866, of Corroding Ulter of the Uterus, City Hospital Comforted Street, age 65 years and -----months, a native of So. Ca and resided in Charleston------years and ------months, and pursued -------as a profession or trade. 

 

                                                                                              F-------Porcher, M.D. 

                                                                                                  Coroner, 

 

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Charlotte Tann

Charlotte Tann was born on August 1, 1799, in Charleston, South Carolina. She was the daughter of Anthony and Margaret (Sweat) Tann who migrated to Indiana. The Tann family were "Shakers". And Charlotte Tann and her sister, Polly Tann were "Shakers". 

Charlotte Tann died on March 15, 1875, and is buried in the Shaker Cemetery in Mercer county, Kentucky.  

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