William Hawthorne Gantt b. 1/11/1844 is the Grandfather of John V, "Jack:" Gantt. Although there were two generations
of Gantts in the United States before William Hawthorne, he is the root tree that all of the present Gantts claim that they
branch out from.
The William Hawthorne Gantts owned a large farm about half way between Pickens, SC and Liberty, SC. They
raised nine children. Elmer Eddy b.1/11/1844;Lula Belle 5/1868); William Nathanill b.3/22/1873; James Mondozan
b, 6/21/1875; Lizzie Dell b. 2/22/1878; Minnie Mell b. 9/3/1880; John Pharis b.5/24/1884; Charles Gideon b. 8/14/1887;Nicie Nell
b. 7/31/1889 They had one child to die at birth,
The old homeplace still stands, but it has been remodeled to such an extent
that it cannot be recognized as the same house that the Gantt's lived in. The house is no longer owned by the
family and only a small portion of the land is still owned by the Gantt family.
