Fran, this reply is very delayed but have not been able to spend time at my
computer. This is in reference to some of the info that you sent me from an
article you received from someone else....
Re: it was stated that the SC CANNONs stem from the famous Daniel CANNON of
Charleston, SC. I have done extensive research on him and corresponded with
researchers and no one has ever found that he left any male descendants. There
is some confusion over a grandson named Daniel Cannon WEBB. His will
appoints his daughter Martha as executrix.
Have you found information that contradicts this? I am most interested in
anything that can be found.
The CANNON lines that come from Newberry Co., SC are from John CANNON, who
was the earliest land grant recipient in SC.....actually predates Daniel in
Charleston by 8 years. There is an early research work "Annals of Newberry" by
Summers that claims this Newberry John was the "son of an Irishman who settled
in the southern part of the state".
Well, OK, if that is true then the Chrlstn Daniel and Newberry John would
have to be brothers (not father and son).....because John is married with several
children when he gets his 1750 grant and Daniel, on the other hand, is in his
second marriage with only one child when he gets his grant in 1758. Now this
is not telling us whether Daniel had money to start with and just bought land
instead of applying for a grant. We know that he was very prosperous and big
in politics, etc.
Some have attached the Chrlstn Daniel to a Daniel CANNON in VA and they have
this Daniel as being born there. He us supposed to have had two sons that he
brought to SC......I don't have any documents to prove or disprove this
origin. Just names.
I would like to hear your opinion on this and if you can shed any more light.
much thanks, Janice (Cannon)
I am trying to establish if Martha A. (d. 1798), wife of John Canon (d.
1794), who is buried in Hopewell Cemetery in Mecklenburg, NC, was an
Alexander or an Addison. Her son John Canon (b. 1764) named a son James
Addison Canon. Her daughter Ann Canon Smith (b. abt 1763) had a
grandson named Samuel Addison Golden. Many family records show her as
an Alexander, but I have seen no proof or link to a particular Alexander
family.
I would like to correspond with any descendants of John and Martha A.
Canon, especially any who have Addisons in their family lines. There
were Addisons in the Mecklenburg area, and I suspect that there was a
family connection somewhere.
Florence H. King
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