Descendants of William Tanneyhill of Scotland

Generation #5

James (⁴Phillip, ³John, ²Andrew, ¹William) Tannehill

James Tannehill is included in this research as a placeholder to allow documentation for the possible siblings for Melissa Tannehill who married Thomas Case II b. 1769 Tryon Co NC (now Pendleton/Pickens Co SC).

James Tannehill was born in about 1732 in North Carolina. In about 1760, probably in North Carolina, James married Ann Smith b. c. 1740. Was this Ann also a member of the Smith Family of the Nathan Smith Settlement?

James is first found in the 1790 Abbeville Co SC Census. James also received a Franklin Co GA land grant which indicates he was awarded a Revolutionary War grant. Whether or not  James ever accessed the grant is not known.

Reportedly, James died 1803 in Abbeville Co SC.

• Born c. 1732 in North Carolina

• Married c. 1760 in North Carolina to Ann Smith b. c. 1740

• 1772 NC/SC boundary established

• Migrated to Abbeville Co SC

• 1783 Franklin Co GA Land Grant

• 1790 Abbeville Co SC Census

• 1800 Abbeville Co SC Census: Not available

• Died 1803 Abbeville Co SC

    Children

    1. Andrew Tannehill

• Born c. 1766 in South Carolina

• Migrated to Mississippi

• Died in Brookhaven, MS

    2. James Tannehill

• Born c. 1767 in South Carolina

• Married c. 1790 in South Carolina to Catherine Hill b. c. 1770

• Date and place of death unknown

    3. Melissa Tannehill b. c. 1770 in South Carolina

    4. George Tannehill

• Born c. 1772 in South Carolina

• 1797 Georgia Passport through the Creek Indian Nation: George Tanehill

• Possibly had daughter Mary Tannehill b. 1813 in Georgia who married 5/6/1830 in Lawrence Co MS to William Renfrow b. 1810 in Georgia

• 1850 Copiah Co MS Census

1850 Copiah Co MS Census
DW  FN  LAST  FIRST     AGE SEX Occup.       BIRTH
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51 51 Renfrow William   42  M   Farmer       Georgia 
              Mary      37  F                Georgia

• Died in Mississippi

Generation #6