Opps! Forgot to include letter! Also, I do not have the children of James,
#4 below.
My Cannons are all from Laurens, Abbeville, Greenwood Counties, but some
years back (1996) I had correspondence with a Gainey lady, whose direct
descendant was James Cannon b. ca 1786 d. 1874 and his wife Elizabeth Weaver
(1800-1881). She stated she had been searching since 1974 for James'
parents but to no avail. At that time she was also the publisher of 'Upper
South Carolina Genealogy & History' quarterly. It covered all of the
upstate including Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Greenville, Laurens,
Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union, and York Counties. I think
her e-mail address was Jrgainey(a)aol.com. I do not know if that is an active
address today, 9 years later, and also am unsure whether she is still
publishing this quarterly.
On the 1790 Spartanburg census there were four Cannons listed: Ellis,
Henry, Jesse, and John. I also have family group records of apparent
descendants of John Cannon, b. abt 1615 in Northumberland, England and his
wife ? b. abt 1617. Please keep in mind that I received these sheets from
another Cannon and do not believe there is any definite documentation. Their
son, John, b. abt 1660, married, abt 1680, Easter Pledge,. b. abt 1662.
They had a son John Cannon, b. bet 1690 and 1700, d. 1734. He married Mary
Price abt 1710. Their son, John, b. 1720 in Stafford, VA, d. 1788 in
Spartanburg, SC. He married Sarah Hammet Broderick, b. 1727. Their son
Jesse Cannon, b. 1760, in VA and married abt 1784 to Patsey ? Cannon, b.
abt. 1767. They had two sons, John, b. 1817 in Spartanburg, SC, d Jul 1903
in Arkansas and James, b. 1794 in SC. John married (1) Ardilacy Gilbert
(Oct 10, 1841) and (2) Mary Jane Vaughn in 1878. James married Charity
Wyatt abt 1814.
John and Sarah H. B. Cannon had 10 children:
(1)Elizabeth, b. 1745, spouse William Smith, married abt 1763;
(2) Rev. Ellis Cannon, b. 1748 in Stafford VA, d. 1833 in Spartanburg,
SC;(He was living in Spartanburg Dist. in March 1829 at age 81.) He married
Barbara Huffman abt 1768. They had a daughter, Phoebe who was severely
afflicted.
(3) John Cannon, b. 1749, d. prior to 1854, married (I)Nancy Wyatt between
1780 and 1804, (II) Elizabeth Templeman abt 1810;.
(4) James Cannon, b. abt 1750 in VA, spouse Elizabeth Wyatt abt 1770.
(5) Henry Cannon, b. 1751, Stafford, VA.
(6) William Cannon, b. 1754, Mt. Ida, Buckingham VA, burial New
Princeton, KY; married twice, 2nd time in 1790
(7) Sarah Cannon, b. June 1757 in VA;
(8) Jesse Cannon, b., 1760 in VA, spouse Patsey ? , m. abt 1785;
(9) Mason Cannon, b. 1765, VA; (10) Lydia Cannon, b. abt 1767 in VA.
If anyone finds their relative in this picture, please email me at
joymac(a)gogenesis.com and I can probably give you month and date of births
and deaths. Also, if anyone sees an error on these postings, please feel
free to correct or call to attention!
Thanks!
Joy