- Nathaniel
Cannon's Pension Application
- Nathaniel
Cannon's Will
- Wiley Cannon's Will
- Wade Family History
Revolutionary War Pension Application For
Nathaniel Cannon
(Spelling as in actual document)
Georgia, Wilkinson County
on this _ day of November 1832 personally appeared in open court before the
Inferior Court of
said County now sitting Nathanil Cannon a resident of Wilkinson County and State
of Georgia
aged between sixety seven and seventy years old from the best information as he
has now register
of his age who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June
7th 1832
that he entered the service of the United States under the following named
officers and served as
herin stated that he entered the service by inlisting six months under Capt.
Smith Lutenant Lindsey
commanded by Colonal Williams in iinral Williamson's brigade marched from Ninty-six
District
South Carolina to the Cherokee Line between Saludy River & Savannah River
and there built a
blockhouse served my time out and got a discharge but has lost or mislaid it so
that I do not now
what has become of it but does not now what year but march as he believes in the
month of
Feburary. Substituted for one month under Capt. Reed Colonal Williams &
Lutenant Col
McCrary but served four months and four days marched oposit of Augusta South
Carolina there
joined Jenral Lisslehorn(?) pursued the Britchich from Augusta Stonow Fort on
Ashley River there
had a battle but cannot recelect the day of the yeare but believes the battle
was in the month of
August.
He hereby relinquishes every clame whatever to a pension or annuity except the
presant and
declars that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subcribed
to the day and year_aforesaid - And in answers to certain interrogations
prescribed by the War
Department the said applicant further states, That he was born as near as he can
recollect in the
year 1763(?) in the State of South Carolina. That he has no record of his age
that he resided in the
said State until he removed to the State of Georgia, in which last named State
he lives at the
present time. That he enlisted when he first entered the service. He states the
names of Lieut
Lindsey Capt. Smith Col. Williams & Lt. Col McCrary as some of his officers
That he received a
discharge which has been lost of a number of years. He states the names of
Williams Payne &
John Hatcher to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood who can testify as
to his
character for veracity and their belief of his serving as a soldier of the
Revolution Sworn to and
subscribed before us this | Nathl Cannon his mark | 14th Jany 1833.
We Williams Payne, a clergyman residing in the County of Laurens & State of
Georgia, and James
Griffint a resident in the County of Wilkinson & said State, hereby certify
that we are well
acquainted with Nathaniel Cannon who has subscribed & sworn to the above
declaration, that we
believe him to be nearly seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed
in the neighbourhood
where he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in
that opinion. Sworn
to & subscribed Mr. Wiams (as signed) Payne the day and year aforesaid James
Griffin Georgia |
| Wilkinson County | I Samuel Beall one of the justices of the Inferior Court
for said County do
hereby certify that it is my opinion that the above applicant Nathaniel Cannon
was a Revolutionary
Soldier and served as he states - and that William Paine is a Clergyman who has
signed the
preceding certificate is is resident in the County of Laurens and James Griffin
who also signed the
said certificate is resident in the County first aforesaid & the statements
of said persons are entitled to
credit -
Sam Beall J.I.C.
I Valantine A. Brazzill, Clerk of the Inferior Court for the County of Wilkinson
do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of an application
for a pension by N. Cannon. That the Court having neglected to make their
certificate of regular
sitting that Samuel Beall, one of the newly elected justices for the next four
years has therefore out
of court made the requisite certificate as above appears. Intestmony whereof set
my hand &
private seal their being no seal of office this 24th Jany 1833 V. A. Brazzill,
Clk (seal)
Nathaniel Cannon's Will
Born 1756 in South
CarolinaWife: FRANCES SUMNER
I, Nathaniel Cannon, of the State and County,
being weak in body but sound in mind and memory, and considering the uncentainty
in this mortal life make this my last will and testament in manner and form
following, that is to say:
I gave and bequeath to my beloved wife FRANCES
CANNON, a certain correl mare, now in her possession; also four cows and calves
to be selected by herself and of my stock a sow and pigs to select by herself in
the same way, together with a feather bed, bedstead furniture, with one year's
support to be estimated by my Executors. And as to my land estate, I give and
bequeath until my son-
in- law, JESSE HARRIS, and my grandson, WILLIAM BOWEN and my
granddaughter, ELIZABETH HARRISON, to be sold by my Executors and equally
divided by the said distributees. And as to the rest and residue of my goods and
chattels, right and credits, to be sold by my said Executors on the premises
anytime after my decease by giving notice by advertisement in one or
more places in said County, and to be sold in such lots and on sure terms as may
in the discretion of my Executors seem most advisable to the heirs.
Then I first give and devise the proceeds from
said sale when collected to be equally divided between my heirs and FRANCES
CANNON, my wife, and my sone WILEY CANNON and
son-in-law, JESSE HARRIS, my son MILES CANNON, my daughter, LUCRETIA TURNER, and
my son ALLEN CANNON, and my son-in-law GEORGE BRACK and my son JAMES CANNON, and
my grandson, WILLIAM N. BOWEN, and my granddaughter, ELIZABETH HARRISON. And I
further appoint my Executors to guardian to my granddaughter ELIZABETH HARRISON
until she becomes of age, which said several sons to be paid as before
mentioned, after paying all my just debts and I moreover ordain and appoint my
two sons, MILES and ALLEN CANNON, the sole Executors of this my last will and
testament and revoking all former wills made by me. In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 4th, day in the year of our Lord.
1842 (June)
(Signed
Nathaniel Cannon)
Recorded in one of the many
books not meant for sure in Probate Judge's Office. Wilkinson County .
Children: Lucretia Turner and Jesse Harris were not shown in
Wilkinson County GA at all. Apparently they lived elsewhere...... James Cannon
born 1809 married Leah Stanley West, widow of Joshua West. She was born 1810.
Miles Cannon, born 1798, married Rachael Rigsby, the widow of
Jonathan Rigsby. Daughter Didemma Cannon, first married Theoplius Mason.
After his death, she married George Brack. No record of Wiley Cannon's wife.
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Wiley Cannon's Will
State of Georgia
Muskogee County
In the name of God Amen
I Wiley Cannon of said state and county
being of advance age and knowing that I must shortly
depart this life deem it right and proper both as respects my family and myself
that I should
make a disposition of the property both which a kind providence has blessed me
hereby revoking
all others here tofore made by me.
Item 1st I desire and direct that my body be buried in
a decent and Christian like manner
suitable to my good I trust shall circumstance and condition in life My soul I
trust shall return to
rest with God who gave it as I hope for eternal salvation through the merits and
atonement of the
blessed lord and savior Jesus Christ who's religion I have professed and as I
humbly trust
enjoyed for thirty years
Item 2nd I give and bequeath and devise to my beloved
wife Susanah Cannon with whom
I have lived for several years in the strictest (unreadable). Lot of land number
sixty two in the
eight district of Muscogee county containing two hundred two and a half acres
about fifty acres
of which are cleared and on cultivation with all the rights members and
(unreadable) to said lot
land in any wise belonging free from all charge during her natural life and then
to the heirs of
her body if any living if not then to my eight oldest sons to wit James Cannon
Lemuel Cannon,
Whorry Cannon Lewis I Cannon, Elbert Cannon, David Cannon, Jesse D Cannon Robert
I
Cannon to be equally divided among them for their own proper use and benefit
Item 3d I also give to my dear beloved wife Susanah
Cannon two Negro boys Marsian
and Toby for and during her natural life and then to her bodily heirs if any
living and if not these
return to my eight eldest sons to wit James Cannon, Lemuel Cannon, Whorry
Cannon, Lewis I
Cannon, Elbert Cannon, David Cannon, Jesse D. Cannon, and Robert I Cannon to be
equally
divided among them for their own proper use and benefit I also give to my wife
Susanah Cannon
two beds and furniture I also give to my wife Susanah one choice horse or mule
also one choice
cow and calf also one choice sow and pigs also one years (unreadable) also one
gin and gin gear
also one boiling pot put up in brick in yard
Item 4 I give my daughter Sarah Smith one Negro boy
named George (Linda's Son) and..
(Unreadable page cut off) her natural life and then to her bodily heirs if any
living if none then to
revert back to my eight eldest sons to wit James Cannon, Lemuel Cannon, Whorry
Cannon,
Lewis I Cannon, Elbert Cannon, David Cannon, Jesse D. Cannon, and Robert I
Cannon to be
equally divided among them for their own proper use and benefit. And I also give
one hundred
dollars to my daughter Sarah Smith for her own proper use and benefit.
Item 5th I give to my daughter Zilphy Wood one Negro
boy named Jack for and during
her natural life then to her bodily heirs if any if none then revert back to my
eight eldest sons to
wit James Cannon, Lemuel Cannon, Whorry Cannon, Lewis I Cannon, Elbert Cannon,
David
Cannon, Jesse D. Cannon, and Robert I Cannon for their own proper use and
benefit I also give
to my daughter Zilphy Wood One hundred dollars for her own proper use and
benefit.
Item 6th I give to my daughter Malissa Sharp one Negro
girl named Mary and her
increase for and during natural life and then to the heirs of her body if none
then it reverts back
to my eight eldest sons to wit James Cannon, Lemuel Cannon, Whorry Cannon, Lewis
I Cannon,
Elbert Cannon, David Cannon, Jesse D. Cannon, and Robert I Cannon and I also
give to my
daughter Malissa Sharp one hundred dollars for her own proper use and benefit.
Item 7th The residue of my property both real and
personal shall be sold to the highest
bidder at public outcry and the proceeds to be equally divides amongst my eight
eldest sons to
wit
James Cannon, Lemuel Cannon, Whorry Cannon, Lewis I Cannon, Elbert Cannon, David
Cannon, Jesse D. Cannon, and Robert I Cannon for their own proper use and
benefit except one
hundred dollars of the proceeds of the property to go to my wife Susanah Cannon
for her own
proper use and benefit. The remainder to be divided as above stated.
Item 8th I hereby constitute and appoint my beloved
wife Susanah Cannon executive and
my worthy son in law Rufus Sharp executor of this my last will and testament
this April 24th1853
attested by G.G.
Shipping Sarah Floyd ( all that is readable)
Wiley Cannon
Will continued
Georgia court of ordinary
Muscogee County, July 3 term 6 day of July 1853
The within writing being propomded?? In open court by
by Rufus Sharp the executer
there in named and probate demanded and Joseph J Shippy and Andrew J Floyd two
of the
subscribing witnesses thereto being also in court who being duly sworn and
examined
(unreadable) the execution of said will it is considered ordered and judged that
said writing be
and is hereby in common form proved and admitted to record as the last will of
Wiley Cannon
deceased late of said county
Gmo Johnson ordinary
Georgia
Muscogee County I do solemnly swear that this writing contains the
true last will of the within
named Wiley Cannon deceased so far as I know or believe and that I will well and
truly execute
the same by paying first the debts and then the legacies contained in the said
will asfar as his
goods and (unreadable) will thereunto extend and the low charge me and that I
will make a true
and (unreadable) so help me God Rufus Sharp
Sworn to and subscribed
before me the 8th day
of July 1857
Gmo Johnson
Ordinary
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"Wade" Family
History
As told by James Aron Wade
Joe and John Wade,
brothers lived in Rome, Floyd Co. GA John was married to Sara Allaly. They
had seven or eight boys. One of these sons was Hampton Wade. Joe Wade and
Angeline Griffith were married and had five children. Little Angeline, Nancy,
John Washington, Joseph Allen and Frances. John Washington, from witch our
branch of the Wade family comes, was born July 4,1848, at Rome, GA in the year
1853. Joe decided to move his family to Guntersville, Marshall Co. AL. Here
Joseph A. met and married a Miss Effie Martain, Nancy married Mr. Tom Rains,
then Frances wed Mr. Lee Berry. Sometime after 1865, Angeline died and was
buried there.
John
Washington (called Bud) married Miss Sarah (Sally) Woolsey. This was about the
year 1867 or 1868. Then Sarah and Bud moved to Sand Mountain near the
county line of Marshall Co. AL. Here four children were born. Nancy, born-Aug.
19,1869./ Naomi, born-Nov. 18, 1871./ James A,. born-July 10,1876. / Tommy,
born-Nov.20, 1878. When Tommy was only five weeks old his mother died. She was
buried at Gunterville on Christmas Eve 1878.
The year before, John Washington's brother, Joe Jr. had moved with his wife,
Effie and family to AR. They had settled in Franklin Co. near the AR River.
John with his family still lived near Sand Mountain, when after the death of his
wife, he met, courted and married in the fall of 1879, Miss Mary Ann Godwin.
She had been born Jan. 25,1863 at Gunterville to a farmer and soldier who was a
Cherokee Indian, and his wife Cathrine Story, Who was related to the Wilson
family. She was probably been born in AL, but we know that her birthday was Aug.
25, 1843. Mary Ann's father,
Henry K. Godwin, had served as a private in the Alabama Cavalry. Enlisting Aug
25,1862, he was 26 years old at the time. He was born in 1836 in Cass Co. GA. He
died not even seeing his little daughter Mary, who was 11 months old at the time
of his death. He had been wounded in action, in battle. They took his to Overton
Hospital at Memphis, TN, but there he died of infection and fever caused by his
wounds. It was Dec. 9, 1863 after serving 16 mos. With the Union, State of
America there he was buried in the National Cemetery, Memphis, TN. Mary
Ann's mother, Cathrine drew a federal pension the rest of her life and
because of this she never remarried. When Mary Ann was three years old she went
to live with her Wilson relatives and it was there that she was living when she
met and married Mr. John Washington Wade and four children.
This is a episode while living at Sand Mountain in the early days of their
marriage. Mary Ann and John who was know as Bud. Back in the old days on Sand
Mountain, John was a farmer and raised large crops of corn. There was no market
for it in this form so the only to convert it to cash was to make whiskey of the
corn. The farmers would bring their corn and make it on the halves. Selling the
whiskey for cash in order to buy supplies for the families. The government had
passed a new law in regard to the sale of whiskey requiring 90 cents per gallon
revenue and to buy a license. So they were beginning to think of greener
pastures somewhere else. So---
Christmas 1879 came and with it Joe Jr. and his wife Effie returned from AR for
a visit and to meet his brothers new bride, Mary Ann . After the holidays were
over, John and Mary Ann decided to make the long trip back to AR with his
brother Joe and family. So after selling their lands and stock, they loaded
their children and household goods in the wagons for the trip. They wend by
wagon to Larkins Ferry landing on the TN River. Trading their wagons for
supplies, they boarded a paddle-wheel steamboat and their port was Decatur, AL.
With their belongings, they took the train from Decatur through Memphis and then
on to Little Rock, AR.
Here they started their last treck of their journey, up the AR River they
traveled by train and unloaded at White Oak Station, which is in
Franklin Co. AR. Here they found land to settle on and lived the placid and
peaceful life of a farm family. Soon after the family arrived in AR, in 1880
little Tommy died and was buried at age two year old. In the fall that year Bud
and Mary
began their family. Robert Lee, born Sep.15, 1880 / died Feb 5, 1956.Four more
children were born to them. John Henry, born Aug. 9, 1883 / died Jan. 2, 1951.
Charles Ernest, Born March 10, 1886 / died Sep. 20, 1952. Pearlie May, born Aug
3,1888 / died Feb. 27, 1955. Elyard Jerome born May 9, 1891 / died Jan. 1953.
Both of John's Oldest daughters by his first wife, Sarah married in 1888. Naomi
was married to Daniel L. Caster and Nancy to Charlie Graf.
When the John Washington Wade family decided to move to Hot Springs in the year
1892, The party was maid up of John, his wife Mary Ann , John's son James, and
their children Robert, John Henry, Pearl and baby Eddie. Nan, John's daughter,
and husband Charles alone with his brother Alfred Graf. They took two wagons,
one drawn by mules and the other by a yoke of oxen alone with some riding
horses.
When the travelers reached Beverly Post office on Grand Prairie, which is about
five miles from Charleston, little baby Eddie took sick with Pneumonia and
almost died. The party stopped for a few days and the baby was so sick they were
unable to continue as they had planned, so Nan and Charles who were expecting
their first child, took the team of mules and wagon along with his brother
Alfred and went on to Hot Springs. Bad luck was to go with them , for there in
the fall Charlie died. So Nan with her little daughter "Lucy Graf*
Fisher" and Alfred came back to White Oak, where later she married her
brother-in-law.
This is a copy of a note sent me in Jan. 1975 I am sure that Charlie and Nan
Graf were expecting a child when Charlie died. So Lucie Graf* Fisher was raised
by Alfred a brother of Charlie's who married Nan.
Charlie and Alfred came
to America from Switzerland.
Charlie and Nan's infant
son buried in Hight Cemetery near Mulberry about five miles East of Mulberry,
Franklin Co. By Edd, Eliza and Sarah Graf.
Signed S. Hazel Graf Belt
" Franklin County"
John "Bud" Washington rented land near Beverly and stayed long enough
to make one crop. During this time at Beverly, Mary's mother, Cathrine Godwin
with her three sons came to visit them. They were on their way to settle land in
TX and there Cathrine died at Venus, TX Sep. 23, 1920 and Mary never got to see
her mother again after her visit when they lived near Charleston. Later that
year 1893 John W. "Bud" Wade moved his family of five to TX. James His
oldest son became dissatisfied and run away back to AR where he lived with his
sister, Naomie Caster and husband Dan.
The Wade family settled at Omaha, TX where they attended the Baptist Church in
Concon. The family then moved to Cooksville, TX where their family was increased
by the birth of another son Walter Rufus Wade born Jan. 26 1895 / died
April 30, 1954.
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