Melody, Nancy & Listers All, I don't know of any connection of Tanner & Kirkland until my brother married one in 1976. And that was local here in Manatee Co FL where my family has been from 1922. I have no defined proof, but I feel that the Tanner familiy in Sumter Co FL has some connection to my Jefferson Co FL line as well, but that again is another story. I do appreciate all the help, clues and suggestions. As some nice researcher jusyt commected, if we all work together we can complete oh so much more. My kindest regards, Steve PS My surnames include; Florida, Georgia, North & South Carolina & Virginia- Paternal: Anderson, Barrett, Calhoun, CARMICHAEL, Cobb, Cone, COOK, Cowart, FLOWERS, GRAY, HART, Herring, Isreal, Kersey, Kiff, Law, Lawrence, Lord, MANNING, May, MORRISON, PRICE, Rachels, Salter, Sauls, SMITH, TURNER, Tyree, Vann, Ward, Wilford & Wills. Georgia & North Carolina- Maternal: Bassett, CROSBY, CURLES, Godwin, Jeffries, JOHNSON, Martin, Moree, Palmer,Pullen, Tipper, & WADE On Sat, 3 Mar 2001 16:54:25 -0500 mmccook@bellsouth.net writes: > > Nancy, > I have a very bad copy of an old map that is at the tax assessors > office in Coffee County. I think it was printed around 1890. It > lists all the names of the landowners on it. The writing is faded > and some are hard to read, but > > I'll take a look at it tonight. It's from the wrong time period for > these families, but I'll see who is listed on it. > > On another side note, you're discussing the Tanners and Kirklands > with Steve, ask him about HIS connection!!<G> > they're intertwined yet again!! > Melody > > > > > > > > Steve and other list members, > > Does anyone know if this Joseph Tanner might be related to Jim > Tanner? As > > you might remember Joshua Kirkland is buried in Ward Cemetery on > 'Jim > > Tanner's farm' in Coffee County. Just curious if there is a > connection > > between Joshua Kirkland and these Tanner men and if so, what that > connection > > might be. I find it very odd that Joshua Kirkland was also in > Florida the > > same time as Joseph Tanner. > > I think I might have answered this somewhat by my own > questions. In > > looking further, I see a Hester Ward who was married to a John W > Tanner. > > Hester was born in 1830 and they married 5-18-1878. Have no > further info on > > John W Tanner, but think I may have found the connection between > the > > Kirkland and Tanner families :-) > > Hester Ward was a daughter of Zilpha Kirkland and James P > Ward. > > Zilpha Kirkland (1795/1848) was a daughter of Richard Kirkland, Jr > and a > > sister to Joshua Kirkland. James P Ward was her second husband > and they had > > 11 children. James P Ward was a son of James Ward and Priscilla > Gibbs (no > > further info on these folks), > > I imagine if we could find the Land Records for any of > these > > Tanner/Ward/ Kirkland men, they must have owned land very near to > one > > another or might have even bought/sold land to one another. > > It's funny how you can have something and look at it for > years only > > to pick it up much later, re-examine it, and find clues you had > overlooked > > all that time :-) I've always been curious why Joshua Kirkland > was buried > > on this Jim Tanner's farm and not in the Kirkland Cemetery with > his wife. > > Finally I think I get it...or at least some of it :-) > > Steve, I hope my ramblings haven't created more confusion > for you in > > your search for Joseph Tanner. I just find there too many > coincidences for > > there not to be a connection between these families. If you find > your > > Joseph Tanner, would you mind letting me know? It might help to > answer more > > of my own questions. > > Thanks, > > Nancy E Parr > > > > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > Please do not send any attachments or photos to the list. Rootsweb > will not accept them. Send them to either Melody at > mmccook@bellsouth.net or to Karen at bordeaux@surfsouth.com > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & > Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Steve, Sorry about that!! Boy, is my face red!! For some reason I'm getting you mixed up with Jeff Tanner!! I realized this as soon as I saw your post. And just in case you're wonderin'....... Jeff's family descends from Elias Kirkland, son of Kiler Kirkland. His grandmother, Nancy Kathleen Kirkland (Elias' daughter) married Baynard Tanner. Sorry, Melody > I don't know of any connection of Tanner & Kirkland until my brother > married one in 1976. And that was local here in Manatee Co FL where > my family has been from 1922.
No problem Melody! Wow! The Coffee list has come alive! I know of several connections between the Tanners and Kirklands. Then, you can't overlook Tanners who often married Meeks and then Meeks often married Kirklands, and Youngbloods married both Kirklands and Tanners, and the Davises, Lotts and Wards got mixed up on all sides and it gets to looking like one big mess on paper! Berry Hampton Tanner, Sr., (heretofore referred to as "BH, Sr.") son of John and Mary Douglass Tanner married 1st Eliza Taylor. He married 2nd, Hester Ward -- NOT the same Hester Ward who married John Wesley Tanner -- more on that later. There were no children by his marriage to Hester. (BH, Sr. was buried in Ward cemetery near Hester. His grave stone was later moved to Camp Ground Cemetery in Bacon Co. next to Eliza, but his body was left undisturbed as it had been about 100 years since his burial in 1881. A "ceremonial" shovel of dirt was taken to Camp Ground.) Children of BH Tanner who married Kirklands: Son, Elijah, married Margaret Kirkland, dau of Moses and Margaret Carver Kirkland dau, Lydia A E Tanner, married Moses J. Kirkland, son of Moses and Margaret This made all their children double first cousins. John Wesley Tanner, who married Hester Ward, is son of the above Elijah Tanner and Margaret Kirkland. I believe this John is also known as "Mudge". I don't know much about the descendents of Robert Green, (brother of BH, Sr.) but according to the information on the "Descendents of Cal Tanner" web site, a grandson of Robert Green Tanner, Lester, (son of Thaddeus and Vicy Jordan Tanner) married Jeannette Kirkland. It says Emily, Robert Green's daughter, married Merritt Meek (and here we go again). As Melody said, my grandfather, Baynard Tanner, son of Marshall, married a Kirkland. But his maternal grandmother was also a Kirkland. She was Elizabeth "Betty" Kirkland, dau of Zene William Kirkland (son of Moses and Margaret). She married Hymrick Meek, Jr. Their daughter, Frances (Fannie), married Marshall Tanner. Marshall was the son of Berry Hampton (Bunk) Tanner, Jr. (son of BH, Sr.). At least some of the Tanner and Kirkland lands were very close to each other. That map Melody is referring to shows it pretty well. My closest Kirklands and Tanners grew up on opposite sides of Highway 32 just west of Nicholls. There were two Hester Wards. The information I have is confusing, though. One Hester Ward was born 1830, dau of James Preston Ward and Zilphia Kirkland. A descendent one of Hester's older brothers writes that she married John W. Tanner. The John Wesley Tanner I have her married to wasn't born until Oct 15, 1859, which makes him 29 years younger than she. They weren't married until May 18, 1878 making him 18 and her 48. Can anyone clear this up? Does anyone have proof that Joseph Tanner was John Tanner's father? I can't buy that theory. The name Joseph (or any version of Cal for that matter) was never passed down in our family. That wouldn't be like us at all. Just look sometime how many John Wesleys, Berry Hamptons, Greens, and Elijahs there are. But no Josephs or Cals. John Tanner sort of appears out of nowhere in Montgomery Co. in 1805 on Tax and Jury lists. He is the only Tanner on these particular lists. In 1805, he was not married, did not have any children, and was at least 21 years of age. John Tanner appears on no censuses. He died between 1818-1820, presumably in Emanuel County, as that is where the family lived then. The Emanuel Co. Courthouse burned ca 1830, destroying all county records. The best theory I've heard is that he was a descendent of the Lt. John Tanner who was an original British soldier at Ft. Frederica on St. Simons Island with James Oglethorpe in about 1736. After the Fort was abandoned, this John Tanner was granted land in St. George Parish (became Burke Co. after the Rev. War). He lived near the same families in St. George Parish that our ancestor John Tanner lived near in Montgomery Co. Apparently, squatters took over their lands in St. George Parish during the War, and they all migrated together towards southern Washington Co. That portion later became Montomery Co., and later Emanuel. Jeff >Steve, >Sorry about that!! Boy, is my face red!! For some reason I'm getting you >mixed up with Jeff Tanner!! >I realized this as soon as I saw your post. > >And just in case you're wonderin'....... >Jeff's family descends from Elias Kirkland, son of Kiler Kirkland. His >grandmother, Nancy Kathleen Kirkland (Elias' daughter) married Baynard >Tanner. > >Sorry, >Melody > > >> I don't know of any connection of Tanner & Kirkland until my brother >> married one in 1976. And that was local here in Manatee Co FL where >> my family has been from 1922. > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >Please do not send any attachments or photos to the list. Rootsweb will >not accept them. 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Hi Steve would like to know what Morrison's you have My Morrison I have a dead end to Alex Morrison was my grandfather and his father John McKensie Morrison die in Amite La. in 1903 Joh had 2 children born in Orange County Fla before moving to Amite LA. John was married to Missouri Ricketson daugther of Bryant Ricketson. Thanks for any help. Missouri was born in Broxton, Coffee County Georgia. Thanks Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: STEVE M TANNER <stfla@juno.com> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 5:59 PM Subject: Re: Re: [GACOFFEE] Joseph TANNER, b 1795 GA > Melody, Nancy & Listers All, > I don't know of any connection of Tanner & Kirkland until my brother > married one in 1976. And that was local here in Manatee Co FL where > my family has been from 1922. I have no defined proof, but I feel that > the Tanner familiy in Sumter Co FL has some connection to my Jefferson Co > FL > line as well, but that again is another story. > I do appreciate all the help, clues and suggestions. As some nice > researcher > jusyt commected, if we all work together we can complete oh so much more. > My kindest regards, > Steve > > PS My surnames include; Florida, Georgia, North & South Carolina & > Virginia- > Paternal: Anderson, Barrett, Calhoun, CARMICHAEL, Cobb, Cone, COOK, > Cowart, FLOWERS, GRAY, HART, Herring, Isreal, Kersey, Kiff, Law, > Lawrence, Lord, MANNING, > May, MORRISON, PRICE, Rachels, Salter, Sauls, SMITH, TURNER, Tyree, Vann, > Ward, Wilford & Wills. > Georgia & North Carolina- > Maternal: Bassett, CROSBY, CURLES, Godwin, Jeffries, JOHNSON, Martin, > Moree, Palmer,Pullen, Tipper, & WADE > > On Sat, 3 Mar 2001 16:54:25 -0500 mmccook@bellsouth.net writes: > > > > Nancy, > > I have a very bad copy of an old map that is at the tax assessors > > office in Coffee County. I think it was printed around 1890. It > > lists all the names of the landowners on it. The writing is faded > > and some are hard to read, but > > > > I'll take a look at it tonight. It's from the wrong time period for > > these families, but I'll see who is listed on it. > > > > On another side note, you're discussing the Tanners and Kirklands > > with Steve, ask him about HIS connection!!<G> > > they're intertwined yet again!! > > Melody > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Steve and other list members, > > > Does anyone know if this Joseph Tanner might be related to Jim > > Tanner? As > > > you might remember Joshua Kirkland is buried in Ward Cemetery on > > 'Jim > > > Tanner's farm' in Coffee County. Just curious if there is a > > connection > > > between Joshua Kirkland and these Tanner men and if so, what that > > connection > > > might be. I find it very odd that Joshua Kirkland was also in > > Florida the > > > same time as Joseph Tanner. > > > I think I might have answered this somewhat by my own > > questions. In > > > looking further, I see a Hester Ward who was married to a John W > > Tanner. > > > Hester was born in 1830 and they married 5-18-1878. Have no > > further info on > > > John W Tanner, but think I may have found the connection between > > the > > > Kirkland and Tanner families :-) > > > Hester Ward was a daughter of Zilpha Kirkland and James P > > Ward. > > > Zilpha Kirkland (1795/1848) was a daughter of Richard Kirkland, Jr > > and a > > > sister to Joshua Kirkland. James P Ward was her second husband > > and they had > > > 11 children. James P Ward was a son of James Ward and Priscilla > > Gibbs (no > > > further info on these folks), > > > I imagine if we could find the Land Records for any of > > these > > > Tanner/Ward/ Kirkland men, they must have owned land very near to > > one > > > another or might have even bought/sold land to one another. > > > It's funny how you can have something and look at it for > > years only > > > to pick it up much later, re-examine it, and find clues you had > > overlooked > > > all that time :-) I've always been curious why Joshua Kirkland > > was buried > > > on this Jim Tanner's farm and not in the Kirkland Cemetery with > > his wife. > > > Finally I think I get it...or at least some of it :-) > > > Steve, I hope my ramblings haven't created more confusion > > for you in > > > your search for Joseph Tanner. I just find there too many > > coincidences for > > > there not to be a connection between these families. If you find > > your > > > Joseph Tanner, would you mind letting me know? It might help to > > answer more > > > of my own questions. > > > Thanks, > > > Nancy E Parr > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > > Please do not send any attachments or photos to the list. Rootsweb > > will not accept them. Send them to either Melody at > > mmccook@bellsouth.net or to Karen at bordeaux@surfsouth.com > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & > > Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! 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