The grant may have been made several years after the settler found the place
he wanted. He had to petition for a warrant, the place had to be surveyed,
and sometimes the grant was made quickly and sometimes it came years later.
By that time probably the name Cannon's creek had been generally accepted.
Carol
----- Original Message -----
From: <Jrcinsd2(a)aol.com>
To: <CANNON-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 4:32 PM
Subject: [CANNON] history lesson needed
Hi all, please forgive my double-listing, but thought it might help
to get
an
answer.
In looking at the early Royal Land grants for CANNONs in SC, I have a copy
of
the one granted to John CANNON in 1750. This is located, as many of
you
know, on Cannon's Creek in what is now Newberry Co.
My question is: since this John was the first recorded as receiving a
Royal
land grant, at what time, and by what means did this creek get the
legal
designation as Cannon's Creek. Was it just common usage because a family
of a
certain surname lived there, and it got labeled that? Or was there
some
other
legal situation existing before the King awarded that land that gave
it
the name?
Thanks in advance,
Janice (Cannon)
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