Robert (Hannah) Hanna Sr (1744 - 1821)

Born 10 Dec 1744 in Prince Edward, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Parks) Hanna — married 1766 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1821 at age 76 in Brookville, Franklin, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Robert (Hannah) Hanna Sr served with Ninety-Six District Regiment, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Robert (Hannah) Hanna Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A051202.

Robert Hanna was born on December 10, 1744, in prince Edward co., virginia.^[1]He was the son of John Hannah and Mary Ervin.

He married Mary Catherine Parks in 1766.^[2] Chrilden.

1. John Hanna (1767-1838)
2. Joseph Hanna (1772-1849)
3. Jane Hanna Manwaring (1779-1832)
4. Katherine Hanna Hitch (1783-1851)
5. Robert Hanna (1786-1858)
6. David Graem Hanna (1789-1869)

A soldier of the American Revolution, He fought from S.C. to Vermont. In battle of Cowpens, which was fought on his Uncle Joseph Hanna's plantation. Also at Bennington and King's Mt.^[1]

He went west to Franklin co., Indiana. He was on his farm in Franklin co., in 1820.^[3]

He died on January 24, 1821, in Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana,^[4] at the age of 76 years, and was buried in Liberty, Union County, Indiana, in the Simms Cemetery.^[1]

Burial

• The tombstone of Robert Hanna as it appeared c.1964 in Sims Cemetery, Union Co, IN. In the early 1970's, the cemetery and surrounding area were flooded to create the Brookville Reservoir/Lake, and the tombstones were moved to New Fairfield Cemetery in adjacent Franklin Co, IN.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Robert Hanna Sr. (10 Dec 1744–24 Jan 1821), Find A Grave: Memorial #11293319, citing Sims-Brier Cemetery, Old Bath, Franklin County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Mary Ann Bumgarner (contributor 47200592) .
2. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Source number: 14.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JBW; Ancestry's U.S. and International Marriage Records Ancestry Record 7836 #524816
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGN-ZTM : accessed 13 January 2021), Robert Hanna, Senior, Franklin, Indiana, United States; citing p. 204, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,607.
4. ↑ "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZC-5HQ : 11 January 2021), Robert Hanna,.

See Also:

• http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoryhannafa00ricegoog#page/n334/mode/2up/search/1744

• "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZC-5HQ : 17 May 2016), Robert Hanna, . Submitted by Joseph Hanna 1934.

• "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGN-ZTM : 16 July 2015), Robert Hanna Sr,