here is the first Generation of eight if anything looks familiar please just
ask.I have TONS of info on this family. and the families they married into. If
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Debi K.
1. NATHANIEL1 CANNON was born 1760 in SC, and died 04/08/1844 in Near
Allentown, Wilkinson Co. GA / Mt. Olive Cemetery. He married FRANCES SUMNER
1790 in Burk Co. GA.
Notes
Nathaniel Inlisted in the Revolutionary war, 96th District in South Carolina.
DAR patriot , index says nathaniel died in 1837 ???
Information on revolutionary war soldiers of Georgia who drew land in Georgia
shows that Nathaniel Cannon was such a soldier, and was in Wilkinson Co.
Georgia He drew land in 1827
From abstracts of REV. war pensioners files
The national
Historical Publishing Co. 1991 p. 532
CANNON, Nathaniel, S31594, SC line soldier was born1763 in SC enlisted in
96th district, SC. appl. 14 of Jan. 1833 Wilkinson Co. Georgia Soldier had
served in Captain Smith's Company in COL. Williams South Carolina Regiment
also Captain Reed's Company Nathaniel Cannon is listed as a member of Big
Sandy Missionary Baptist Church from 1812 to1836
Under Mount Olive Primitive Baptist Church: Organized 1837, it's original
members came over from the Big Sandy Missionary Baptist Church. Records from
the Cannon Family claim the land for erecting the church was given by
Nathaniel Cannon, whos wife was Francis Sumer. They were among the first
bearing that name to settle in Wilkenson co. Both were born in SC. The church
is located on the Laurens - Wilkinson Co. line. It was apparently placed there
to convienance the Cannon families. Others who withdrew from Big Sandy helped
to form Pleasant Plains. Those named as organizers of Mount Olive were;
William Payne, a minister, and his wife Sara, Benjamin Fordham lll (Elsie
miller); Nathan Cannon and his son Miles (Nancy Isler); John Holliman
(Prudence Hooks); Anna Buckholtz and Martha Payne.
Children of Nathaniel Cannon and Frances Sumner are:
2. i. WILEY2 CANNON, b. 1792, Burke Co. GA; d. 06/08/1857, Columbus,
Muscogee Co. GA / Double Church Cemetery.
3. ii. ELIZABETH CANNON, b. 1794, Burke Co. GA.
iii. LUCRETIA CANNON, b. 1796, Burke Co. GA; d. Aft 06/04/1842; m. (1)
JAMES JUSTICE, Abt 1824; m. (2) JOHN W. RYE, 1825-1826.
4. iv. MILES CANNON, b. 10/02/1797, Laurens Co. SC; d. 10/16/1853,
Irwinton,
Wilkerson Co. GA / Big Sandy Cemetery.
v. KEZIAH CANNON, b. 08/08/1799, Burks Co, GA; d. Bef 06/04/1842, Upson
Co. GA; m. (1) JESSE HARRIS; m. (2) JAMES L. HANCOCK, 01/07/1822, Irwinton,
Wilkinson Co. GA.
5. vi. ALLEN CANNON, b. 1801, Wilkinson Co. GA; d. 08/09/1851, Irwinton,
Wilkerson Co. GA.
6. vii. NATHANIEL JR. CANNON, b. 1801, Wilkinson Co. GA.
7. viii. DIDEMMA CANNON, b. 1803, Wilkinson Co. GA; d. Bef 11/1888,
Irwinton, Wilkerson Co. GA.
8. ix. JOICIE CANNON, b. 1805, Wilkinson Co. GA; d. 1832, Wilkinson Co. GA.
9. x. JAMES CANNON, b. 03/04/1809, Wilkinson Co. GA; d. 06/13/1857.