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I want to introduce myself, my name is Pricilla Cannon. I am in search of my family history as well as many of you. I was told about this website by my Aunt Louise Romero who was told by her daughter Felecia. My cousin Felecia attended a Pow Wow where she met a person named Barry Carter. From what I have been told Barry Carter is the grandson of Marguerita George. (Forgive me if I have spelled the name incorrectly.) Which is the younger sister of my great grandmother Daisy George. Daisy George married my greatgrandfather General Lee Cannon. His father’s name is Walter Cannon and mother’s name is Sadie Cannon. They had nine other children and my grandfather General Lee Cannon II. General Lee II married my grandmother Blanche Cannon, who gave birth to my father Kenneth Lee Cannon, Sr. I have been told that Allen George which is Daisy’s father was a Saponi Indian. I have also been told that my grandmother Blanche Cannon was a Blackfoot Indian. If anyone has any information please let me know. Also my great great grandfather which is listed in records I have found to be mulatto, was the builder of the Cannon Ferry that is in Bracey/LaCrosse if anyone knows of this ferry let me know. I also found Cannon’s that lived by Cannon Ferry in 1930, Lee Cannon and his wife Nannie Cannon along with 8 children.
I look forward to meeting you all and this site is wonderful!
Hello Spirit. So glad you found your way here. I’m Linda Carter. I just happened to be there when Felicia was at the OBSN table talking about her family names and glommed onto her and pointed her to Barry. That was great timing. We’ve all been attending the same pow wow for four years and somehow missing each other! I guess the Ancestors had had enough of that.
From what I heard from Felecia, you all in La Crosse have got a motherload of surnames. You all even have Guys. That’s one of only half a dozen surnames that are documented Saponi!
Do you know Blanche and Daisy’s maiden names?
Yes Blanche Cannon which is my late grandmother her maiden name is Jones. My late greatgrandmother Daisy Cannon’s maiden name is George her father’s name is Allen George and mother’s name is Mary Liza Boyd but I am not sure about the spelling of Mary’s name. I truly feel like a void is being filled and a weight is being lifted slowly. 🙂
See what I mean? Your Blanche Jones probably connects with Tasheaka’s Brunswick County Jones. (Her family’s been in Ohio for several hundred years. ) Your Mary Boyd likely connects with Barrry’s Abraham Boyd. I believe Felicia said you all have Poythress and Turners, which would likely connect with Crystal’s “Portugeuse Settlement” folks in Northampton County. The name Clary has come up in the past few weeks http://www.saponitown.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=969 with someone knew. Do you know Jeanna? She has Turners and Poythress.
BTW, odd coincidence, my mother was born nearabouts La Crosse, WISCONSIN.
Spirit,
Some of the CANNONs and GEORGEs of Mecklenburg Co. were related earlier:
1880 Mecklenburg Co Va Census; ED149 South Hill, p.233A at 83, 83, (La Crosse was probably in South Hill Twp at this time because it doesn’t pop up as a Twp until the 1920 census):
CANNON, Walter; 24, farmer, Va.
GEORGE, Rebecca; 36, cousin, Va.
(ditto), Tina; 16, cousin, Va.
(ditto), Jacob; 9, cousin, Va.
(ditto), Albert; 6, cousin, Va.
CANNON, Wilkins; 3, son, Va.
(ditto), Cephas; 1, son, Va.
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I looked up some of the other names you mentioned:
From the 1900 Mecklenburg Co Census for South Hill, p.255A; and the 1910 census, p.8B:
Allen George was b. Sept (?) 1860 Va., (Brick Mason).
His wife Mary E. (Eliza?) Boyd George, was b. Dec 1867 Va. (she was shown as “Mary L.” on one census). In 1900, Mary has had 7 children and 7 were living but 1910 census says Mary has had 8 children with 5 living. I can only account for 5. The oldest 3 were in the household in 1900 and Daisy and Sidney were added on the 1910 census.
Allen and Mary were married about 1885 per 1900 census.
Children:
Letina (?), b.Dec 1889.
Minnie, b.May 1893.
Mary E., b.Oct 1897.
Daisy, b.abt. 1905.****
Sidney, b.abt. 1908 (“son” in 1910. “dau” in 1920.)
Mary E. Boyd’s parents are Ben Boyd, b.abt.1842 Va and a Mill Worker on 1880 Mecklenburg Co census, p.250C.
Ben’s wife is Sydnor, b.abt. 1854 Va.
Children, all b.Va., are:
MARY E., 13, dau, b.abt. 1867.****
Amy, 9, dau, b.abt. 1871.
Junius, 8, son, b.abt.1872.
Cindia, 5, dau, b.abt. 1875.
Polly, 3, dau, b.abt. 1877.
Margaret, 1, dau, b.abt. 1879.
On the 1870 Mecklenburg Co census, South Hill Twp, P.O. Boydton; Ben Boyd’s family is living next to some other Boyds, all b.Va.
at 44, 40:
Benjamin Boyd, 28.
Sydnor, 26.
Mary E., 2.
at 45, 41:
Osborne Boyd, 26.
Polly, 41.
+ 6 children.
at 46, 42:
Richard N. Boyd, 33.
Roma (?), 24, (female)
+ 3 children.
at 47, 43:
Collins Boyd, 50.
Harriet, 45.
Mahaly, 20.
Ellen, 25.
Alice, 8.
Cary, 6, (female).
Lucinda, 4.
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This is the only Blanch Jones I found in Mecklenburg Co.
1930 census for ED24 South Hill District, p.10B, at 183, 186:
McCULLOGH, Thurston; farmer, 27, m’d @ 26; Ga, Ga, Ga.
(ditto), Rosa; wife, 23 (25?); m’d @ 15; Va, Va, Va.
(ditto), Mabel; dau, 1, Va, Ga, Va.
JONES, Maggie; step-dau, 11 (10?), Va, Va, Va.
(ditto), James; son, 9, Va, Va, Va.
(ditto), BLANCHE; dau, 5, Va, Va, Va.
(ditto), Lizzie; dau, 21; m’d @ 21; Va, Va, Va.
STONE, Maryland(?); – , 22; m’d @ 22; Md, Md, Md.
Thurston and Rosa have been married for 1 year. Both were married before.
Mabel looks like she’s Rosa and Thurston’s dau.
Maggie, James & Blanche JONES are all Rosa’s children by a previous marriage so we don’t know Rosa’s maiden name (altho she may have been born a Jones) and all three of these children are Thurston’s step-children, not just Maggie.
Lizzie is Thurston’s dau by a previous marriage and actually, has just married Maryland STONE within the last year.
Hope some of this helps.
I have quite a lot of CANNON census data but I’ll have to post it some other time.
Bill
Spirit, you said you were told the family was Saponi. Do you know how long that’s been said? Is it something someone recently investigated, or was it something handed down in the family from earlier generations?
Hi Linda,
I had to give myself a break from all this for awhile it can be abit overwhelming. Well to answer your ? I have been told since I was a child that I was a Cherokee Indian and Blackfoot. My grandmother Blanche Cannon was a Blackfoot Indian. But this information about my family being Saponi is very new to me but it all is starting to make alot more sense to me. I appreciate all the information that everyone is so willing to provide my father will be most thankful for it.
My families greatest desire it to be recognized for who they are American Indians, this is my goal. Spirit:)
Bill the information that you found on Blanche my grandmother is correct and I do have a great aunt named Maggie who used to make me homemade ice cream whenever I visited my dad in DC. Thanks A Bunch. I did get a marriage certificate from the Library of VA on Walter Cannon and Rebecca George saying that they were married. The parents listed were Harriet Cannon and someone else for Rebecca. Were they related as well as married? I noticed that you put cousin next to Rebecca’s name.
I did find out that Rebecca and Walter had a son named Wesley before her death. There is mention of a Luriena Cannon-Bracey from her son Joseph Bracey whom I found from Ancestry.com. He says that his aunts were Hadie Cannonball, Alvonso Cannonball, and Lena Cannonball. He says that Colonel and all the others were his uncles and aunts.
Walter Cannon remarried Sophie Cannon and their children names were:
Captain Cannon
Colonel Cannon
Martha Ann Cannon
Mary Cannon
General Lee Cannon I
Jesse James Cannon
John Daniel Cannon
General Lee Cannon I children
Agnes Cannon
General Lee Cannon II
Sophie Cannon
Anna Lee Cannon
Joe Cannon
Ethel Cannon
Sadie Cannon
Brunette Cannon
Louise Cannon
It has been told to me that Hadie has claimed to be their sister by General Lee Cannon I.
Hi Spirit,
The relationship of “cousin” to the head of the household, was the description on the census. That information is given to the census taker by someone in the household or sometimes even a neighbor and may not even be accurate, but it’s all we have to go on.
It would not be unusual for cousins to marry and the further back in time we look, the more often it happened, i.e., smaller population in a given area plus family members settling near each other, equals a larger chance that a potential marital choice might be related. Add a subjective division such as anti racial-mixing laws and the probability increases still further for each population segment.
Where I came from, Ky, the term “kissing cousin” wasn’t a joke 🙂 and lots of people married cousins.
Bill
HEY LINDA – FINALLY MADE IT TO FORUM , SORRY, SCHOOL WORK IS TRYING TO DO ME IN (LOL). I’M SO TIRED. PRISCILLA (SPIRIT) IS MY 2ND COUSIN, HER DAD (KENNETH) IS MY 1ST COUSIN. IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FINDING OUT INFO ON FAMILY. MY SISTER WENT TO UTAH IN THE MORMON ARCHIVES AND FOUND OUT EVERYTHING IN STATE OF VIRGINIA ABOUT GRANDPARENTS. SHE HAS INFO THAT TRACES US TO GUI NAME. IT IS BEING SENT TO ME IN THE MAIL TOMORROW. ALSO, MY DAD SAID HIS GRANDFATHER IS BLACKFOOT THAT CAME DOWN FROM NEW YORK INTO NORTH CAROLINA (WARREN COUNTY). THE NAMES ARE VALENTINE, CLARY THAT HE SAID WAS CHANGED BUT, SHOULD BE CLAY (NOT CLARY). THERE ARE BENNETT’S TOO ON MY MOTHER’S SIDE. IT CAN GET MIND BOGGLING AT TIMES. EVERYONE UP TO MY GREAT GRANDFATHER IS BURIED IN SOUTH HILL OR UP THE ROAD FROM ME(HERE IN BRACEY). IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN FAMILY TREE TO SEE IF CONNECTED, I’LL HAVE INFO BEFORE CAMPOUT AND WILL POST IT HERE AND I’LL BE DRIVING BACK & FORTH TO CAMPOUT SO, I CAN MEET ALL OF US “WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL” PEOPLE.
I’VE GOT TO GO TO BED IT’S ALMOST 1:00 AM (SMILE)
MAY GOD CONTINUE TO KEEP AND BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU !!!!!
-FELICIA CEGELSKI
Bill
Thanks for all the info! I was told by my dad that Blanche’s mother Rosa maiden name was Baskerville and Blanche father’s name was Richard Jones. When you get a chance send me more information, or email it to me if you dont want to post all of it. THANKS A BUNCH!
My grandfather was Captain C Cannon, who was your grandfather’s brother.General J. Cannon also had another brother who name was Colonel Cannon and two sisters who names was Martha and Mary Cannon. If you would like to talk more , you can reach at 410-323-0363. The Cannons has a Family Reunion every year.:)
Bill if you have any further help with this please let me know I am trying to put the pieces together.
Bill doesn’t always get past the “Share Genealogy” section, so he may not see this. You may want to pose your question to him over in that section.
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