ROBERT HANNA



IN
Memory of
ROBERT HANNA
Was born Decr 10th 1744
And departed this life
The 24th of January 1821
He was A brave defender
Of his Country's Rights
And lived and died an honest Man


Born: 10 Dec 1744, Prince Edwards Co, Virginia.

Died: 24 Jan 1821.

Buried: Lived in Franklin Co, IN, but buried across the line in Sims Cemetery, Union Co, IN
The graves in this cemetery were moved back into Franklin Co, IN due to the Brookville Lake Resevoir Project, and are now in what is referred to as the New Fairfield Cemetery.

Service: Captain, SC Militia. Fought from SC to Vermont.
In battle of Cowpens, which was fought on his Uncle Joseph Hanna's plantation. Also at Bennington and King's Mt.

Proof: House of Hanna; O'Hart's Irish Pedigree, vol. 2, p. 551
Certificate of service from Secretary of State and S. C., Stub Book 65.
ROSTER OF SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BURIED IN INDIANA,
  compiled and edited by Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne, published 1938 by Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, p. 175.

Married: Mary Parks, 1748-1834.

IN
Memory of
MARY HANNA
Who was born the 10th
Of April 1748
And departed this life
The 1st of June 1834


Children:
Mary, m. John Templeton; Joseph, m. Sarah Adair
Margaret, m. Wm. Byrd
Katharine, m. John Hitch
Janet, m. Solomon Manwaring
Robert, m. first Sarah Mowery, second Olive Catherine Wood
Graem, m. first Agnes Taylor, second Mary McKinney
James, m. Nancy Laird
John, m. Sarah Jones.

Information collected by Mrs. Elnora P. Campbell, Liberty, Indiana.

Photos courtesy of Jay Wright, taken 1963-1964

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