" IN HIS HANDS "
James Hannah of Ireland & South Carolina
" IN HIS HANDS "
James Hannah of Ireland & South Carolina
James Hannah was born
in Down, Ireland in 1744. Cousin J.K.P. Hanna wrote in
1903 that James was born in Ireland in Down. He did not state whether it was a county or a parish. Which did he mean ??? As a young man he became embroiled in
a political dispute and had to flee Ireland. It is said he came to Charleston,
South Carolina on the ship of a relative in 1767. Land was being given
to the Irish people at that time and he took advantage of the land act.
He settled in Fairfield County, South Carolina. To whom he was married is not known. He had a large family. His children were;
1. Susan Hannah, born ca 1769. She married either a Bradshaw or Carty.
2. Samuel Hannah, born ca 1770. He married Sarah Young in 1797. Samuel died 26 July 1846 in Green County, Alabama.
4.Robert Hannah, born c 1772. He married Margaret Cathcart and had 3 sons. He died in 1811 and is buried on the plantation of his father.
5.Mary Jane Hannah, born c 1775. She married either a Bradshaw or Carty.
6. Andrew Hannah. This son was named by Cousin J.K.P. Hannah in 1903, but I could never find him. I think he got the names mixed up and meant John, which he didn't name.
7.John Hannah, born c 1780. He married 1. Celia Walker? 2. Marjory ____? about 1810.He died in 1866 in Henderson County, Texas.
8. James Hannah, Jr., born 21 January 1784. He married Jane Scott. He died 23 July 1838 in Green County, Alabama.
9. Thomas Hannah, born c 1786. He served in the War of 1812 in place of his brother James Hannah, Jr. He died 1876 in Anderson County, South Carolina