CANNON COUNTY, TN – DEEDS – Andrew Bogle to Michael Wilson, 4 Jan 1846 Cannon County Deed Bk E,p.236 Andrew Bogle To Deed 150 Acres Michael Wilson I Andrew Bogle have this day Bargained and Sold and do hereby transfer and convey to Michael Wilson and his heirs forever for the consideration of three hundred & fifteen dollars to me paid A Tract of Land in the State of Tennessee Cannon County and district No-11 Containing by estimation one hundred…
CANNON COUNTY, TN – DEEDS – William Blanks to Stephen Wilson, 22 Dec 1882 Cannon Co. Deed Bk T-405 – William Blanks to Stephen Wilson We hereby convey unto Stephen Wilson and heirs forever for the consideration of seventy four dollars to us in hand paid the receipt is hereby aknowledged a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the state of Tennessee Cannon Co District No. 14 Bounded as follows: Beginning at a Double Chestnut Wilson…
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Hon. J. H. Cumings, of Woodbury, attorney at law, is a native of Warren County, Tenn. and was born in 1839. His parents were Warren and Orlend Cumings, both natives of Warren County, the former having been born in 1814, is a farmer by occupation and held the office of sheriff of Cannon County six years. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1870, and now resides at Woodbury, Tenn. The subject of this sketch received his literary…
J.A. Dement, an enterprising farmer of the First District, was born in Rutherford Count, Tenn., in 1823. He was the only son of Cader and Mary (Andrews) Dement. The father was born in Tennessee in 1777. He took part in the war of 1812 under Gen. Jackson. He was a farmer by occupation, but filled some minor political offices. He was well known and universally respected. He was three times married and raised thirteen children. His death occurred in 1849….
Josephus Finley, Clerk of the circuit court of Cannon County, is a native of the county, and was born in 1825. He was the first of a family of nine children, six of whom are still living. His parents were Isaac and Eleanor Finley, the former a native of Tennessee, born in 1799, and was a farmer, and had held the office of magistrate and county register, holding the latter at the time of his death. The mother of our…
D.D. Hare, a prominent farmer of the First District, was born in Williamson County in 1838. He was one of four surviving children of a family of eleven born to John P. and Nancy Hare. The father was born in North Carolina in 1809, and came to Tennessee with his parents when a child. He has been a farmer and resident of Cannon County since 1840. The mother was born in Tennessee in 1809, and died in 1855. Our subject…
Hon. W.C. Houston, of the firm of Jones & Houston, attorneys at law, residing at Woodbury,Tenn., is a native of Bedford County, having been born there March 17, 1852. He is the son of William and Elizabeth Clay (Morgan) Houston. The former was a native of Iredell County, N.C., born in 1821, and came to Tennessee about 1835. He located in Bedford County, where he lived the rest of his days. He was a planter and a very successful business…
Hon. James A. Jones, of the firm of Jones & Houston, Woodbury, Tenn., is a native of Alabama, born in 1838. His parents were Joseph and E.A. Jones, the former a native of North Carolina, a dentist, a planter and a very successful business man, dying in December, 1857; the latter born in Butler County, Ala., in 1818, and dying in 1853. The subject of this sketch completed his literary education at the Brownwood Institute, La Grange, Ga. In 1858,…
L.L. Melton, an enterprising and prominent resident of the Tenth District, was born in Cannon County, in 1845. He was one of eleven children born to John and Catherine Melton. The parents are natives of North Carolina, and now reside in the Seventh District of Cannon County. The father was born in 1800. He is a farmer. The mother was born in 1804. The subject of our sketch received his education partly in the county schools and by private instruction….