Probate Records (Needs Work)
Index to Will Books A, 1836-1895 Misc. Cannon County Wills – at the USGenWeb Cannon County, TN site
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Military
Revolutionary War The following Cannon County Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb: 1835 Pension Roll 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions Additional resources include: A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. FHL Book 973 X2pc 1840; Film 2321. 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census…
Marriages (Needs Work)
Index to Marriage Records, Volume 6, 1850-1866
Goodspeed’s History of Cannon County (1887)
More than half of Cannon County lies in the Central Basin, and the remainder on the Highland Rim. Spurs shoot out from the highlands, forming numerous valleys, through which course mountain streams, giving the county probably as much varied and picturesque scenery as any in the State. The soils on the highlands are light colored, and are for the most part thin and unproductive, save of a rank, barren grass which affords good summer grazing. Fruits and tobacco will also…
King Family Files
Rufas A. Dennis b. 18 June 1868 Cannon Co.,TN d. 12 Jan 1958 Cannon Co.,TN This is a family history manuscript written by R.A. Dennis. (I am not sure if anyone knows the exact time frame for when this began or when the last notes were made. There are events or dates mentioned in the manuscript that indicates 1940 – 1959) Keep in mind as you read this that the language and terms used were typical for that time period….
Ward & Elizabeth Barrett Land Deed
CANNON COUNTY, TN – DEEDS – Ward and wife Elizabeth Preston Barratt to Thomas Preston, 3 Nov 1854. Cannon County Deeds, November 3, 1854, Cannon County, Tennessee; Whereas, John Preston late of Cannon County State of Tennessee, died seized and possessed of a certain tract of land lying and being in Cannon County District No 6th, State of Tennessee, and bounded as follows to wit, on the North by the Lands of Elijah or James Neely on the East by…
MILLER, Burrell (d. 1900)
The following article appeared in the March 23, 1900 issue of the Woodbury Press newspaper describing the murder of Burrell MILLER by Arnold GREEN at the home of Martha HALEY.
Baptist Church Meeting Revival (1878)
The following article appeared in the September 19, 1878 issue of the Woodbury Press newspaper in regard to a meeting revival at the Baptist Church. Dr. PETRI preached; Rev. Caleb DAVIS, a former resident who at the time resided in McMinville, also preached.
Cannon County Inmates at the TN State Penitentiary, 1851-1870
The Tennessee State Library & Archives (TSLA) houses the surviving records of the Tennessee State Penitentiary. The following list are individuals in the index from Cannon County. For information on how to get more information about these records, please contact TSLA. If you are not seeing the table and are reading this post via email or a feed reader, click through to visit the website.
Ivy Bluff Church of Christ Early Death Records
transcribed from the Original Records by Janice M. Price edge9 [at] spacewalk [dot] net Alexander Macomb Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Note: This church is located in Warren County, but is very near Cannon County. JOHN PENDLETON AUG. 16, 1859 ANDERSON WEST NOV 3,1847 WM ELAM JULY 27, 1858 WM YOUNG MAY 26, 1869(4?) MARTHA WEST AUG 20, 1862 SARAH ELAM DEC 26, 1862 FLORA ANN ELAM NOV 27, 1862 RODICY L. ELAM FEB 11, 185(7?) HANNAH ELIZA CAMPBELL…