Key Facts

Snapshot:	farm laborer's wife; died young (around age 27)
Parents:	46Rhoden Tant 47Narcissa Black
Born:	October 1897 or thereabouts Georgia
Died:	1924 probably Treutlen County, Georgia
Buried:	Red Bluff Missionary Baptist Church cemetery, Treutlen County, Georgia Coordinates: N32.39205 W82.68813

23Viola Tant was born in Georgia in the late 1890's (possibly in October 1897, as indicated in one record1) to parents 46Rhoden Tant1 and 47Narcissa Black.*

The 1900 census shows 23Viola as a toddler in Johnson County, Georgia.

1900: 23Viola with her parents in militia district 56 (map), Johnson County, Georgia. Full page.1

Her father seems to have died sometime in the 1900's. In 1910 she was living with her sister Vestie and brother-in-law.2

1910: 23Viola lives in her brother-in-law's house in militia district 1266, Johnson County, Georgia. Full page.2

She married 22Charlie Black on 19 April 1912.3

1912: 23Viola's and 22Charlie's marriage certificate3

By 1920 the young couple had several children.4

1920: 22Charlie's family in militia district 1221 (map), Treutlen County, Georgia. Full page: 1, 2.4

23Viola died in 1924.5 I'm unsure what caused her death at such a young age. I've been unable to find a death certificate or an obituary.

She's buried in Red Bluff Missionary Baptist Church cemetery in Treutlen County at coordinates N32.39205 W82.68813. A photo of her grave is below.5 The inscription indicates that she was born in 1888, but since this is inconsistent with all previous records (including the 1900 census, which was taken when 23Viola was still a young child), it's almost certainly an error.

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Footnote:

*	46Rhoden and 47Narcissa married circa 1870 (as explained in his profile), and they were still married in 1900.1 Since we know that 46Rhoden is 23Viola's father,1 and since 46Rhoden and 47Narcissa were still married in 1897, one can reasonably assume that 47Narcissa is 23Viola's mother.

Sources Cited:

1: 1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 56, Johnson County, Georgia. Enumeration district 52, sheet 16A, dwelling 263, family 264, Roden R. Tant household. NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 207. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-D1K9-W8P?cc=1325221&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM3JD-9ML>.

2: 1910 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 1266, Johnson County, Georgia. Enumeration district 90, sheet 15A, dwelling 279, family 279, Charly Edge household. NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 200. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJ5-NL7?cc=1727033&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AML2V-VBH>.

3: Montgomery County, Georgia. Marriage record white 1 (1893-1916), page 502, marriage of Charley Black and Viola Tant, dated 19 April 1912. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-LBZX-SQD?cc=1927197&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKXJV-1VY>.

4: 1920 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 1221, Treutlen County, Georgia. Enumeration district 124, sheets 8A and 8B, family 143, Charlie Black household. NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 280. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6S-QDV?i=14&cc=1488411&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMJXJ-W4J> and <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6S-Q6Y?i=15&cc=1488411>, accessed 15 February 2020.

5: Tombstone of Viola Tant Black, Red Bluff Missionary Baptist Church cemetery, Treutlen County, Georgia at coordinates N32.39205 W82.68813. Photograph taken by 1Bryant Knight, circa 2011.