Thomas Cannon

• Name	Thomas Cannon
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E65A174F215A44FAA0882215A7FC034FB399
  Person ID	I2685	Bennett, Harrison, and Herron Families
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Cannon,   d. Oct 1767, Goochland County, Virginia
  Mother	Elizabeth Elam
  Children	5 children
  1. Benjamin Cannon,   b. Abt 1746, Goochland County, Virginia ,   d. Bef 2 Sep 1800, Stokes County, North Carolina
  2. Fanny Cannon,   d. Yes, date unknown
  3. Joel Cannon,   b. Between 1750 and 1760,   d. Bef Oct 1832, Caswell County, North Carolina
  4. William Cannon,   b. Abt 1762, Virginia ,   d. Aft 1850, Caswell County, North Carolina
  5. Thomas Cannon
  Family ID	F577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Cannon was the son of Jeremiah Cannon and Elizabth Elam. He was born between 1750 and 1760. He reportedly married Rachel Walker. There is some evidence to support this claim. The Taylor family bible names rachel as Thomas wife, bu does not give her surname. Thus, there is still a need for evidence to prove the maiden name of Thomas’ wife. Thomas Cannon’s father Jeremiah Cannon died in 1767 while Thomas was still young. Not much is known about Thomas in the period from 1767 until 1791, when he apparently moved to the part of Greene Co. TN that later became Jefferson Co. Thomas’s sister Fanny, who married James Walker also moved to Jeferson Co. TN. On 13 Feb. 1791, Thomas Cannon was granted 100 acres of land in Greene Co., on Sinking Fork of Long Creek by the State of North Carolina. NC Land Grant # 837, Book 68, p. 76.