Benjamin CANNON

Bef 1746 - 1800  (> 54 years)

• Name	Benjamin CANNON
  Born	Bef 1746
  	Benjamin was named as executor of his father's estate in 1767 and would have been at least 21 at this date.
  Gender	Male
  Tax List	1773	Louisa County, Virginia   [1]
  	with 12 tithes
  Tax List	1774	Louisa County, Virginia   [2]
  	with 3 thithes including a slave named Nan
  Tax List	1775	Louisa County, Virginia   [3]
  	with 3 tithes including a slave named Nan
  Reference Number	1428
  Died	1800	Stokes County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I1428	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah CANNON,   b. Bef 1735,   d. Between 01 Feb 1767 and 16 Jun 1767, Goochland County, Virginia  (Age > 32 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth ELAM,   d. Aft 1767
  Children	6 children
  1. Thomas CANNON
  2. John CANNON,   b. Abt 1744,   d. Abt 1806, Knox County, Tennessee
  3. Benjamin CANNON,   b. Bef 1746,   d. 1800, Stokes County, North Carolina
  4. Joseph CANNON,   b. Bef 1755
  5. William KENNON,   b. Bef 1759, Virginia ,   d. Aft 10 Aug 1850
  6. Joel KENNON,   b. Bef 1765,   d. 1832, Caswell County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Dabney CANNON   2. Catherine CANNON,   d. Aft 1809   3. Bartlett CANNON,   b. Between 1769 and 1772, Virginia Married: Jane CANNON (1794)   4. Zachariah CANNON,   b. Abt 1777, Virginia Married:   5. Joel CANNON,   b. Between 1780 and 1786
  Family ID	F466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Molly CANNON,   b. Between 1775 and 1784, Virginia Married:   2. Thomas CANNON,   b. Aft 1779   3. Elizabeth CANNON,   b. Abt 1790, North Carolina Married:   4. William CANNON,   b. 10 Dec 1792, Henry County, Virginia ,   d. 13 Dec 1862, Cass County, Iowa  (Age 70 years) Married:
  Family ID	F469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  It appears that Benjamin Cannon moved to Louisa Co., where he likely married his first wife, Mary East. The 1768 list of tithables in Louisa Co. includes Benjamin Cannon, who appears as a thithable in the household of Joseph East (Davis, p. 14). Joseph East was charged with three tithes in 1768 including Benjamin Cannon and a slave named Fanny. Benjamin Cannon also appears as a tithable in Joseph East household in 1769 and 1770 (Davis, pp. 20, 25). In 1773, Benjamin Cannon appears in the Louisa Co. tithable list with 12 tithes. (Davis, p. 43). In 1774 and 1775, Benjamin Cannon is listed with 3 tithes including a slave named Nan (Davis, pp. 51, 59). No deeds in Louisa Co. mention Benjamn Cannon, so he apparently did not own land in Louisa Co. Deed Book 2, p. 231. 18 Nov. 1795, N.C. Grant - Stokes County - Joseph Welsh 50 ac. on snow Creek adj. his former corner, Charles Beazley, Henry Baker, Peter Hairston (now Kennon) including improvement Jane Nicholston now lives on. No sale of the adjoining land from Peter Hairston to Benjamin Kennon has been found. It is possible that Benjamin acquired this property by right of his wife, Henningham. More research is neeed.

  
  

• Sources

  [S227] Louisa County, Virginia, Tithables and Census, 1743-1785, Rosalie Edith Davis, (Heritage Trails, Manchester, Mo.), p. 43. [S227] Louisa County, Virginia, Tithables and Census, 1743-1785, Rosalie Edith Davis, (Heritage Trails, Manchester, Mo.), p. 51. [S227] Louisa County, Virginia, Tithables and Census, 1743-1785, Rosalie Edith Davis, (Heritage Trails, Manchester, Mo.), p. 59.