GANTT.
Henry Gantt, of Prince George County, Maryland, came
to Albemarle in 1813, and purchased from James Bullock,
agent of Brown, Rives & Co., seven hundred and eighty-four
acres, which had belonged to Robert and William
Alcock, and which were situated southwest of the Cross
Roads in North Garden. He made this place his residence
for some years. On the fifth of December 1821, he bought a
ticket of the State Lottery of Maryland, and on the thirteenth
drew a prize of forty thousand dollars. He afterwards returned
to his old home in Maryland, and was succeeded on
the farm in North Garden by his son, Dr. John W. Gantt, to
whom he and his wife Ann formally conveyed it in 1830.
Here the Doctor lived and practised his profession till 1835,
when he purchased from Charles A. Scott the plantation on
James River, just above the mouth of Totier. On this place
he passed the remainder of his days. He was appointed a
magistrate of the county in 1830. In 1837 he and his wife
Sarah conveyed the farm near Cross Roads to Joseph Sutherland,
in whose family it has since remained. The Doctor
died in 1860. His children were Henry, Philip, Albert, and
Mary, the wife of Z. R. Lewis.
