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- Hannah Kannon & others
Ex parte
Petition for dower
January Term 1858
State of North CarolinaCourt of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
Caswell CountyJanuary Term 1858
To the worshipful the Justices of the Court aforesaid
Your Petitioners Hannah Kannon William Kannon Abel Kannon Joseph B. Kannon _______ (blank space in original) Bowman & wife Terya James Dill& wife Jane humbly complaining show to your worships that Reuben Kannon late of Caswell died intestate seized and possessed of a tract of land in said County, on the waters of Moon's Creek adjoining the lands of John b Blackwell John Cobb John Manly & others: That the said Reuben left him surviving your petitioners Hannah Kannon who is his widow,and the following heirs at Law Will Kannon Abel Kannon Joseph B. Kannon Terya who married _____ (blank space in original) Bowman and JaneDill who married James Dill: Your Petitioners further show that they are desirous to allot and assign to your petitioner Hannah dower in the aforesaid tract of Land and they pray your worships to order the Sheriff to assign to Hannah Kannon by metes & bouonds dower in the aforesaid land and to grant such other and further relief as the cause may require as in duty
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State of North Carolina
Coounty of CaswellJanuary Term 1858
It is orderd by the Court that the clerk issue a writ of Dower to thesheriff to lay off to Hannah Kannon dower in the lands of Reuben Kannon dcd described in the Petition and include therein heir dwelling house and all necessary out houses.
(Source: NC State Archives, Estate Records 1772-1941, C.R.020.508.47)
I found further evidence supporting my theory that Reuben Kennon is the father of Jane Dill. Apparently, Reuben Kennon died leaving a large estate and a lot of hard feelings (fortunate for us). Court battles over the estate lasted until the early 1870s. In one court battle Thomas P Bowman and Therry Bowman sued the administrator of Reubin's estate claiming that Reuben received money as guardian of Therry while she was a minor. As you recall, a Thursday Ann Kennon married Thomas P. Bowman in 1856 and Eliza Bowman was named as Jane's niece in the 1880 census. In another court battle, the administrator sued Joseph B. Kennon and Thomas Bowman for $2000.
Thomas Bowman and Joseph Kennon acknowledged the debt but claimed an offset for their distributive share in the estate of Reubin Kennon as his next of kin. I think this is pretty compelling evidence that Therry Bowman is the daughter of Reuben Kennon. (email from Dave Bennett, 3/19/2006) [2]
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