Question

Looking for William Cannon, born 1804 in SC, married Cornelia in GA and moved to Florida sometime in the 1840s

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I wonder if this William Cannon connects somehow to my grandfather: Cannon 965

Answer 1

There are quite a few "William Cannon" names in doing some preliminary searches, however I did find some promising information in the 1860 US Federal Census that might be helpful, along with a public family tree on Ancestry.com and I would encourage you to look at these. There is also considerable information on Ancestry.com but these are private submissions so you will have to ask the "owners" of that information if they will share with you. I am not sure, but your William Cannon MAY have the middle name of "Bird" which might narrow things down a bit (but this could be erroneous....)  The 1860 Census lists William Cannon as being born about 1809 but the family tree states 1803. In 1860 he was living with wife, Cornelia and three of at least five children. It looks like the oldest, James Cannon (b.1828) lived two farms away with wife Eliza S. Slaughter (b.1835) and chilren John(age3) and Samuel (age 1).  William Cannon' children are as follows: James Cannon (b. 1828);John George Washigton Cannon (b. 1839; BerrienCannon (b. 1847); Joseph G. Cannon (b.1849; and according to the family tree, a Mary Jane Cannon (b.1842).

     Berrien's wife is liste as China Bell Rucker (b.1848) and Mary Jane's husband is listed as Moses Slaughter (b.1841). On the Census page you will find the families of William Cannon,James Cannon, and also a  Rucker family. They all lived on farms in Division 17, Alachua, Florida.  Both William and Cornelia are listed as unable to read or write.

   I know this isn't much and perhaps you already had this information, but I hope it helps. Patti

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Thank you.  I have the census info from 1850-1880.  His birthdate is listed variously as 1804 and 1810 and his birth place as South Carolina in most of the documents, but GA in one of them.  I will try the Bird name.  The public tree on Ancestry.com MAY be mine, but I will look for others.

Answer 2

If you haven't yet, you could request information on the profile you posted from the profile manager - the name and message link is shown on the yellow line of the profile.  If that is not the correct person, here is a link to familysearch.org with the information you listed plugged in.  Good luck in your search.

https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AWilliam~%20%2Bsurname%3ACannon~%20%2Bbirth_place%3A%22South%20carolina%22~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1803-1805~%20%2Bmarriage_place%3AGeorgia~%20%2Bresidence_place%3AFlorida~%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3ACornelia~