Sallie,
Your Wlliam Cannon, was his Father LaFayette Cannon??
Bev
lp you, but I want to thank you for the
information
in your email. My husband is a descendant of the Newberry, SC Cannon
family, and William Cannon (my husband's ancestor), is buried in the
Bethlehem Lutheran Church cemetery.
Sallie - TX
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From: "Don & Carol" <don6(a)xmission.com>
To: <cannon(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:53 AM
Subject: [CANNON] John Cannon will proved April 4, 1763 South Carolina
> Looking for more info on John Cannon, wife unknown.
> His will was proved 4 April 1763 in Craven County South Carolina.
> His children are listed in his will: Samuel, Ephraim, James, Mary,
> Agnes,
> Susannah, Elizabeth, Margate and Rebeckah.
> His wife is not listed in his will so I assume she died before him.
> He supposedly came to America on the ship Minerva as an indentured
> servant
> prior to his marriage and the birth of his children. I have not been
> able
> to find a record of this.
> My husband descends from John's son Samuel.
>
> In February 1750, John Cannon petitioned for land on the headrights of
> nine children, a servant, his wife and himself, and received a grant of
> 550 acres on Cannon's Creek. Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Pomaria, South
> Carolina, is located on this land grant. The plat of Cannon's survey
> shows
> a house in the vicinity of the present location of this church. John
> Cannon released 175 acres of this grant in 1756 to son, Samuel Cannon
> (Newberry Deeds Q-2, p. 376). The Last Will and Testament of John
> Cannon
> gave the remainder of the tract to sons: Ephriam and James Cannon. Land
> was deeded to Bethlehem Lutheran Church in 1817 by Philip Sligh with
> deed
> noting that a family cemetery is nearby (Newberry Deeds Q-2, p, 239).
>
> Thank you for any help you can give,
> Carol
>
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