Hello my name is Bruce Jarman.  This is the story of the Gunn Family.  This is not the complete story, but only the part that I can recall from a collection of stories told by our Ancestors, as well as a collection of old obituaries, photos, and records from the Census Bureau along with family reunion documents; all which were shared with me by my Mother, Aunts, and cousins over the years.  

     If you're a member of this great Family, you can also participate in helping me to better tell our story by sharing with me your specific family details so that I can update our records on this site.
 
     Although this is not the complete story of our Ancestry due to the trans-Atlantic slave trade which forcibly snatched our Ancestors from their native homeland in Africa and brought them to America against their will as slaves.  It is the most accurate story I can tell starting from our earliest beginnings here in America. 
 
     Given the horrors of slavery, I am forced to start our story with our Great Ancestor Otis Gunn.  His Mother's side of the family will be our best starting point, since we don't know much about his Father; other than the fact that he was most likely a slave...  

     In the beginning was London and Florence Green.  Florence was born free, in the West Indies.  She was later stolen from her family and taken to Boston Massachusetts to be sold in the slave market.  

     London arrived in Boston on an illegal slave ship.  It was illegal because transporting slaves from Africa to America had previously been outlawed.  Despite this fact it was at the slave stocks of the Boston harbor where London and Florence were sold to a wealthy slave owner and taken to the Mitchell J. Green Plantation in Edward County, Georgia.   Florence and London later married by jumping the broom.  To their union were born six children.  Florence was later stolen from the Green plantation by Indians and never seen or heard from again.  

     Mary Green was the youngest of Florence and London's children.  She eventually married a young man by the name of Jim Gunn.  They had one child together, a son.  His name was Otis Gunn.  

     Slaves often died young due to the nature of their poor living conditions and back-breaking hard work.  Although Jim was not a slave, living and work conditions were still equally as hard for Black's during that time.  He was born just after slavery was abolished.  Jim died young leaving Mary to raise Otis on her own.  Mary later re-married to Clyde Royal.  They had several children together.  Otis later married Hester Pittman.  The rest is history...  

     Within these pages the Gunn Family history unfolds.  There is much to learn about your rich Family legacy.  You may even discover something you didn't know about your own family as the Gunn Family is made up of many families.  God Bless you and "Happy Reading!"