James Cannon is my most difficult relative to find his Parents and
siblings. Any assistance in this great Quest will be most appreciated. I
understand there were two immigration locations in PA at the time. where he may
have registered. Does anyone know where they are and how to contact them for a
search ? or are you related to these Cannon's ?
James Cannon married Marry "Polly" Long about 1780 in Shermans Valley,
Perry, PA.
Children
1) Abraham S. Cannon b. 1780 Fort Ligonier, Westmoreland, PA.
2) Catherine Cannon b.1782 Fort Ligionier, Westmoreland, PA.
3) Margaret Cannon b. 1784 Westmoreland, PA.
4) Daniel Cannon b. 1790 Westmoreland, PA.
5) Susannah Cannon b.19 May 1793 Turtle Creek Shelby, OH.
6) Richard Morris Cannon b. 12 Oct. 1796 butler, OH.
7) James Cannon II b. 12 Oct. 1796 Butler, OH. twin
8) Moses Cannon b. Miami, OH.
James Possible, birth location Isle of Man, James born about 1759 Ireland,
James migrated to America prior to the American Revolution at age 15. believed
to have been born 1759. After entry he became a tanner's apprentice for about
two years. About 1776 he join the Continental Army. That would mean he came to
America in 1774. While in the Continental Army he was commissioned a 1st
Lieutenant for meritorious conduct, and placed under immediate command of
General George Washington. At the close of the war he moved to Shermans Valley,
Ligonier, PA. In early 1780 he married Mary "Polly" LONG at Shemans Valley,
Perry, PA. They lived in Ligonier, Westmoreland, PA. James was found on 1790
Census Westmoreland, PA, with 2 sons 1 daughter. They moved abt 1795 to
Red Bank, OH. Then settled in Butler or Warren County, Where he built and
operated tannery for 4 years. 1799 James reportedly bought a Farm near Franklin,
OH. Where he lived until 1806. Found on 1800 NW Territory Ohio Census. Then
About 1806 the Family moved to what is now Shelby County, Ohio then it was part
of Miami County. The family lived at various farms finally settling in 1815, in
the Village of Hardin, Clinton Township, Shelby,OH. 1815 James moved his Family
to section 28, Turtle Creek, Shelby, OH. near the present site of Harding,
Shelby, OH. He is again found on 1820 Shelby, OH. Census. He is credited with
the distinction of being the 1st white man with his family to settle where the
site of Sidney, Shelby, OH. is today. In 1918 he was again listed on the tax
list as a proprietor, having returned to tanning he again opened a tannery.
James is listed on 1820 Shelby, OH. Census. His family had moved several times
before settling. Must check 1800, 1810 1820 Census Records James is
said to have died in Hardin, Clinton, Shelby, OH in 1828. And is buried in
Pioneer Cemetery, Hardin, Shelby, OH. Mary "Polly" LONG died 1825 while visiting
her sons James II Richard in LaPorte, IN.
The James Cannon family. Some time prior to the
Revolution of 1776, a
lad of fifteen found his way from Ireland to the United
States. This boy was
James Cannon, who on reaching this country, became a
tanners
apprentice for about two years. He then joined the Continental Army and
served to pave the way for Independence. Commissioned as First Lieutenant,
James served part of the time under the immediate command of General
Washington.
At the close of the war, he located in Shermans Valley,
Pennsylvania, where he
married Mary Long. They moved to Ohio, settling in
Franklin in 1795, where for
four years he operated a tannery. After moving
to a Franklin County farm in
1799, they then came to Shelby County in 1806.
The
Cannons started in southern Shelby County, moving to the mouth of the
Loramie
Creek, later on to what is now Sidney (where James Cannon was one of
the first
men to help improve the land on what was then Charles
Starretts farm) and
then settling north of Hardin in Turtle
Creek Township in 1815. The Cannons had seven children: Abraham, Catherine,
Margaret, James Jr., Susanna, Richard M. and Daniel. James passed away in 1828.
One of Cannons sons, Abraham, stayed on Starretts farm, living
in a one-room
log cabin. When Sidney was made the county seat of Shelby County,
this log
cabin would serve as a meeting place for a court house until one could
be built. Another Cannon son, Richard, caused quite a
stir while
stationed as a volunteer at the Johnston Farm in Piqua when he shot
an
Indian who was trying to steal a horse. Two old horses had to be given to the
Indians in
apology for this act. Richard would serve as a Justice of the
Peace in the 1840s
and outlive many of his fellow pioneers, passing away at
one month shy of 92
years of age in 1888.
Surnames of
Early Settlers
(from immigration web site segment)
Turtle
Creek
Cannon,
IRELAND
Cannon,
In the early years, Philadelphia was
the major port of entry for
immigration
Arriving in U.S. Was Only First
Step
Many More Hours of Travel Needed to Get to
Local
Cities
Many early 19th century immigrants to Ohio entered the U.S.
through the ports
of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other eastern cities,
where, after a short stay,
they hired freight wagons to transport their
possessions (while they walked) to
Wheeling, West Virginia, or Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. In both cities, they
boarded steamships for the trip down the
Ohio River to Cincinnati, then began
the nearly 100 mile overland trip to
Shelby County
Adapting is the Key to Immigrant Success
For being
"...a teeming nation of nations" Americans have not always
treated its
fellow immigrants kindly or as equals. In the case of slaves, they
were
treated as servants, the Irish were looked upon as a drain on society [many
ads of the day included "Irish need not apply."],
According to
the Shelby County Genealogical Society, there are 13
Revolutionary War
.soldiers .1776-1783 buried in Shelby County, Ohio; Lewis Boyer,
James Cannon pioneers/1806, Ezra Carey, Zachariah Cecil, Reverend William A.
Davis, Peter L. Hall, Colonel John Hardin John Line, Joseph Line, Thomas A.
Shaw, Joshua Stevens, Timothy Wales and Samuel Woodward.
Berry,
Phillips,
Valentine The first white settlement in southern Shelby County,
Ohio, (Orange Township) had been made by James Cannon
1806 but other
early settlers to the area included John Phillips/William Berry who arrived in
the
spring and Daniel Valentine in the fall of 1809 First Home in Sidney,
Ohio
John Blake, a wealthy man originally from Yorkshire, England, wanted to
start a new life in Sidney. In March, 1820, he moved his family from Piqua and
lived in a structure built by Richard Cannon Pioneer 1806 on what had been
Charles Starretts property. At the auction, Blake bought Lot
No. 49, north
of the Shelby County on Poplar Street, for
$125. The average cost of the
lots were $50, ranging from $23.69 to $125.
This document is
copied exactly as written from the original which appeared
in the Shelby
County Genealogical Societys "Shelbyana" newsletter issue, July
1990, No.
44. This Indenture made this 10th day of August in the year of our lord one
thousand
Eight hundred and twenty six witnesseth that John Hathaway and Jane
Hathaway
hath this day placed and bound their son George Washington Cannon
Aged fourteen
years and thirteen days an apprentice with Joseph Mellinger of
Shelby County to
learn the art any mystery or occupation of
husbandry or farmer which the
said Joseph Mellinger useth with him as an
apprentice to dwell continue and
serve from the day of the date here of
until he shall have attained the full age
of twenty one years during all
which time the said apprentice his said master
will and faithfully shall
serve his Secrets keep his lawful Commands gladly doe
and obey, hurt to his
said master he shall not doe nor willfully suffer it to be
done by others,
but of the same to the utmost of his power Shall forthwith give
notice to
his said master the goods of his said master he shall not Embezzle nor
waste
nor them lend with out his consent matrimony he shall not contract from
the
service of his said master he shall not at any time depart or absent himself
without his said masters leave but in all things as a good and faithful
apprentice shall and will demean and behave himself towards his said master
and
all his said term. And said master will teach and instruct often the
best way
and manner he can the said apprentice in the mystery or occupation
of husbandry
or farmer and Shall and will also allow unto the said
apprentice meat drink
washing an lodging and other necessary fit and
convenient for such an
apprentice during the term aforesaid and shall cause
said apprentice to be
taught to instructed to read and wright and cypher to
the single rule of three
and at the End of the said term Shall and will make
allow and provide and
deliver unto the said apprentice one good new suit of
holidays cloths and two
good suits of Every day cloths also one good hors
Saddle and bridle worth one
hundred dollars and one new bible Attest:
(signed) John Hathaway (her mark) Jane
Hathaway; James Buchanan; Joseph
Mellinger ] 'Immigration' segment written in
November, 1997 by David Lodge
Feature on Carey Cemetery. TOPIC: PEOPLE PIONEERS
Written by Lewis
Diehl in July, 1999
Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried at
Carey
Of the four Revolutionary War
1780 veterans said to be buried
there only
one grave, that of Rev. Wm. F.R. Davis, was located. One
Revolutionary Veterans
flag stand was found. Rumors were heard of
James Cannon Pioneer 1806 headstone being in a sidewalk somewhere.
Reading
through Turtle Creek and Washington Townships historical records with
Carey
Cemetery inscriptions in hand brings to mind how rightfully it is called
a
"Pioneer cemetery.
The earliest known interment was that of Jane pioneer of
1810, wife of Cephas Carey, who was one of the first settlers.
She died in
1814, only two years after they arrived. We uncovered the tombstone
of Mary
Brodrick Cannon. She and her husband Richard were the first to be
married in
Turtle Creek, in 1818, by Cephas Carey, who was then justice of the
peace.
Her son, N.F., lies near her. He died in the army at Murfreesboro.
The war
was over for the British, although the upper Great Lakes Indian
tribes
continued to fly the Union Jack through the 1840s, and the British Fort
Malden in Canada, across the river from Detroit, gave annual gifts to their
former American Indian allies. For the Indians, the fighting continued for
more
years; but as the months passed, the battleground moved progressively
further
west. Shelby County, Ohio, was not organized until 7 years after the
War of 1812
so it cannot claim any soldiers at the time the war began.
According to the
Shelby County Genealogical Society, various records
indicate that the following
War of 1812 veterans (listed in alphabetical
order) are buried in graveyards
within the county. Richard Cannon Pioneer of
1806 (one of the first men, along with
father and brother, to improve the land in what is now Sidney),
Thank You
Most Grateful
--- Donald Cannon
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