John CANNON

Male Abt 1744 - Abt 1806  (~ 62 years)


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  • Name John CANNON 
    Born Abt 1744 
    Gender Male 
    Deed-Purchase 16 Jun 1783  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • 166 acres on Lick Fork of Moon
    Tax List 1784  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 166 acres of land and 1 white poll
    Census 1786  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • [P] appeared in the 1786 census of [L] with 1 white male 21-60 (himself), 3 white males under 21 or over 60, 4 white females, 1 black 12-50, and 2 blacks under 12 or over 50.
    Reference Number 5869 
    Died Abt 1806  Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5869  Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
    Last Modified 2 May 2014 

    Father Jeremiah CANNON,   b. Bef 1735,   d. Between 01 Feb 1767 and 16 Jun 1767, Goochland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 32 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth ELAM,   d. Aft 1767 
    Children 6 children 
    Family ID F470  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married 29 Dec 1770  [3
    • Cannon, Jo: & Ann Whitlow, both in Goochland 1770, Dec: 29, p. 12.
    Children 
     1. Jane CANNON,   b. Abt 1770, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Robert CANNON,   b. 30 Sep 1781, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1854, at his residence 2 mile east of Philadelphia, Roane County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Married:
    Family ID F1251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In the April session of the Probate Couirt of Knox County, Tennessee, Robert Cannon was granted administration rights over the estate of John Cannon. In the same court session, Robert Cannon returned an inventory and appraisal of the estate of John Cannon.

      Knox County, Tennessee Probate Court, April Session, 1807: An Inventory of the Estate of John Cannon deceased was returned to Court by the administrator and admitted to Record, to wit, 100 acres of Land, 6 Negroes, 3 head of horses, 1 head of cattle, 1 yoke of Oxen, 41 head of hogs, 13 head of sheep, 1 still and vessels and Judgement recovered against John Jones for $110, one note on Sam'l Brooks for $20, 3 feather beds & furniture, 3 ploughs & fixing, 1 pair Gears, sundry Kitchen furniture, 1 flat, 1 canoe & sundry farming utensils. Robert Cann, Admr.

  • Sources 
    1. [S231] Caswell County, NC Deed Books G-J, (Register of Deeds, Caswell County, North Carolina, 1782-1787), Deed Book B, p. 56.

    2. [S267] Census of North Carolina 1784 - 1787, Compiler: Register, Alvaretta Kenan, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, March 2001), p. 19.

    3. [S221] The Douglas Register, Editor: W. Mac Jones, (J.W. Fergusson & Sons, Richmond, Va., 1928), p. 14.