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| Comment: There was a John Corder living in Montgomery County in 1782. He was ennumerated on the Personal Property Tax List as Corder, John I Tithes, 0 Slaves, 4 Horses, 15 Cattle. This is probably Edward's brother, John, who married Elizabeth Branson bef 1764 (or possibly a son and namesake of his brother). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 9 Dec 1763 Frederick County, VA Deed Book __ p. 218 FAIRFAX TO: CORDER LEASE for 400a (1shilling/50ac. payable on Feast of St. Michael the Archangel) THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS LORD FAIRFAX Baron of Cameron in that part of Great Bratain called Scotland. Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia; To all to whom this present writing shall come sends Greeting. Know Ye that for good causes for and in consideration of the composition to me paid and for the annual rent hereinafter reserved, I have given granted and confirmed and by these presents for me my Heirs and Assigns Do give grant and confirm unto Edward Corder Jun'r of Frederick County a certain tract of waste & ungranted Land in the said County joining William Hicks Mathew Brooks and the East side of Opeckon and bounded as by a survey thereof made by Mr. John Baylis. BEGINNING at a double walnut on the East bank of Opeckon corner to William Hicks thence up the several courses & meandors of the Creek S.0.W seventy six poles, then S.04.W sixteen poles to a sycamore on the East side of the Creek aforesaid in the line of Mathew Brooks, thence with his line S.30.E one hundred and ninety poles to a stake on the East side of the Glade branch in the triangle of three white oaks thence leaving Brooks and running N.60.E two hundred & seventy five poles to a stake in a Glade about one chain to the N. East of a remarkable sink hole, then N.30.W two hundred and forty six poles to three white oaks on a ridge, then S.59.W thirty five poles to three hickory saplings corner to William Hicks then the course continued with his line one hundred & seven poles to the BEGINNING containing FOUR HUNDRED ACRES Together with all rights members & appurtenances thereunto belonging ROYALL MINES EXCEPTED. & a full third part of all Lead, Copper, Tinn, Coals, Iron Mine and Iron Ore that shall be found thereon: To have and to hold the said four hundred acres of Land. Together with all rights profits and benefits to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining EXCEPT BEFORE EXCEPTED. To him the said Edward Corder his Heirs and Assigns forever, He the said Edward Corder his Heirs and Assigns therefore Yielding and paying to me my Heirs or Assigns or to my certain Attorney or Attornies ~ Agent or Agents or to the certain Attorney or Attornies of my Heirs or Assigns Properties of the said Northern Neck Yearly and every Year on the feast day of St. Michael the Archangel the free rent of one shilling sterling money for every fifty acres of Land hereby granted & so proportionably for a greater or lesser quantity. Provided that if the said Edward Corder his Heirs of Assigns shall not pay the said reserved annual rent as aforesaid so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of two whole Years after the same shall become due if Legally Demanded, that then it shall and may be lawfull for me my Heirs and Assigns Proprietors as aforesaid my or their certain Attorney or Attornies Agent or Agents into the above granted Premises to enter and hold the same so as if this grant had never passed. Given at my office in the County of Frederick under my hand & seal, Dated the ninth day of December in the fourth Year of his Majesty King George the thirds reign ~ A.o D.n 1763 ----- Fairfax {Edward Corder Junior his Deed for 400 Acres in Frederick County} Ex'd by Thomas Bryan Martin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This appears to the be the same property deeded to Edward Corder Jr. by Thomas, Lord Fairfax on 9 Dec 17637 5 March 1767 Frederick County, VA Deed Book #11, p. 351 CORDER TO: LINDSEY LEASE THIS INDENTURE made the fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and sixty seven BETWEEN Edward Corder Jr. of the county of Frederick and colony of Virginia of the one part and Edmund Lindsey of the county and colony aforesaid of the other part WITNESSETH that the said Edward Corder Jr. for and in consideration of the sum of twenty pounds current money of Virginia to him in hand paid by the said Edmund Lindsey at or before the sealing and delivering of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the said Edmund Lindsey Jr. all that peice [sic] parcel or tract of land lying and being in the said county on the east side of Opechon joining William Hicks of Mathern [sic] Brooks boundes[sic] as by a survey made by Mr. John Baylis as followeth BEGINNING at a double walnut on the east bank of Opechon corner to William Hicks from thence up the several courses and meanders of the creek So 8 Wt 76 poles off from thence So 84 Wt 16 poles a scyamore [sic] on the east side of teh creek aforesaid in the line of Mathen [sic] Brooks thence with his line So 30 Et one hundred and ninety poles to a stake on the east side of the glade branck [sic] in the triangle of the three white oaks thence leaving Brooks and running No 60 Et two hundred and seventy five poles to a stake in a glade about one chain to the NoEt of a remarkable sink hole thence No 30 Wt two hundred and fourty six poles to three white oaks on a ridge thence So 59 Wt thirty five poles to three hickory saplings corner to William Hicks thence the course continued with his [l]ine one hundred and seventy seven poles to the beginning containing four hundred acres and all houses buildings orchards ways waters watercourses profits commodities hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever to the said premises hereby granted or any part thereof belonging or in any wise appurtaining and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits thereof TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract and parcel of land afore mentioned and all and singular other premises hereby granted with the appurtenances unto the said Edmund Lindsey Jr. his heirs and assigns from the day before the date hereof for and during the full space term and time aforesaid hole [sic] years from thence next ensuing fully to be compleated and ended YEILDING AND PAYING therefore the rents of one ear of Indian corn on lady day next if the same be lawfully demanded to the intent and mearning [?] thereby virtue of these presents and for the statute for transferring uses into possession Edmund Lindsey Jr. may be in actual possession of the said premises and be thereby enabled to accept and take a grant and release of the reversion and inheritance thereof to him and his heirs IN WITNESS the said Edward Corder Jr. hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day month and year first above written. Edward Corder (seal) Sealed and delivered in the presence of Jacob Lindsey Henory X (his mark) Casey Jobias Mattux X (his mark) James Lindsey At a court held for Frederick county April 7, 1767 This indenture was acknowledged by Edward Corder party thereto and order to be recorded by the court. James Keith C.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 29 March 1767 Frederick County, VA Deed Book 11 p. 352 CORDER TO: LINDSEY RELEASE THIS INDENTURE made the sixth day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty seven BETWEEN Edward Corder Jr. and Susannah his wife of the county of Frederick and colony of Virginia of the one part and Edmund Lindsey Jr. of the county and colony aforesaid of the other part WITNESSETH that the said Edward Corden [sic] Jr. and Susannah his wife for and in consideration of the sum of twenty pounds current money of the said colony to them in hand paid by the said Edmund Lindsey at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof the said Edward Corden [sic] and Susannah his wife doth hereby acknowledge and hereof doth release acquit and discharge the said Edmund Lindsey his heirs executors administrators by these presents the said Edward Corden [sic] Jr. and Susannah his wife have granted bargained sold aleined released and confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain sell alein release and confirm unto the said Edmund Lindsey Jr in his actual possession now being by virtue of a bargain and sale to him thereof made by the said Edward Corden [sic] Jr. for one year by indenture bearing date the day next before the date of these presents and force of the statue for transferring uses into possession of the said Edmund Lindsey Jr. and his heirs and assigns forever all that peace [sic] parcel tract of land lying and being in the county aforesaid on the east side of Opechon joining William Hicks Mathen [sic] Brooks its bounded as by a survey made by Mr. John Balyis [sic] is as followeth BEGINNING at a double walnut on the east bank of Opechon corner to William Hicks thence up the several courses and meanders of the creek So 8 Wt 76 poles thence So 84 poles to a scycamore [sic] on the east side of the glade branch in the triangle of three white oaks thence leaving Brooks and running No 60 Et two hundred and seventy five poles to a stake in a glade about one chain NoEt off a remarkable sink hole thence No 30 Wt two hunderd and forty six poles to three white oaks on a ridge thence So 59 Wt thirty five poles to three hickory saplings corner to William Hicks thence the courses continued with his line one hundred and seventy seven poles to the beginning containing four hundred acres bet the same more or less within the said bounds and all houses buildings orchards ways waters watercourses profits commodities hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever to the said premises hereby granted or any part thereof belonging or in any wise appurtaining and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits thereof and all the estate right title interest proper claim and demand whatsoever of them the said Edward Corden [sic] Jr. and Susannah his wife of in and to the said premises and all the deeds evidences and writings touching or in any wise concerning the same TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of land before mentioned and all other singular other the premises hereby granted and released and hers [sic] and parcel thereof with and every of their appurtenances unto the said Edward [sic] Lindsey Jr. and his heirs and assigns forever to the only proper use benefit and behoof of him the said Edmund Lindsey Jr. and his heirs and assigns forever and the said Edward Corder Jr. and Susannah his wife for themselves their heirs executors and administrators doth covenant and agree and grant to and with the said Edmund Lindsey and his heirs and assigns by these presents that the said Edware [sic] Corden [sic] Jr. and Susannah his wife now at the time of sealing and deliverey [sic] of these presents is seized of a good sure and perfect and indefeazable estate of inheritance in fee simple of in and to the said land and premises hereby granted and released and that they have good power and lawfull and absolute authority to grant and convey the same to the said Edmund Lindsey Jr. in a manner and form aforesaid and that the said land and premises now are and so forever hereafter shall remain and be free and clear of and from all other or former gifts grants incumbrances whatsoever made done suffered or committed by the said Edward Corden [sic] and Susannah his wife or any other person or persons whatsoever the quit rents it are after to grow due and payable to the right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax his heirs and successors for and in respect of the premises only excepted and foreprized the said Edward Corden [sic] Jr. and Susannah his wife all and singular the premises hereby granted with the appurtenances unto the said Edmund Lindsey Jr. and his heirs and assigns against them the said Edward Corden [sic] and Susannah his wife and their heirs and every other person or persons whatsoever shall and will warrent and forever defend by these presents IN WITNESS whereof the said Edward Corden [sic] Jr. and Susannah his wife hath hereunto set their hands and seals the day month and year first above written. Edward Corden [sic] (Seal) Mary X (her mark) Corden [sic] Sealed and delivered in the presence of us Jacob Lindsey Henory Casey X (his mark) Jobias X (his mark) Mahux [sic] James Lindsey March 29th day 1767 Then received of Edmund Lindsey Jr. the sum of twenty pounds being the full consideration for the said land mentioned in the within deed I say received by me. Edward Corden [sic] Jacob Lindsey James Lindsey At a court held for Frederick county April 7, 1767 This indenture together with the receipt thereon endorsed were acknowledged by Edward Cordern [sic] and Susannah his wife parties thereto (she being first privately examined as the law directs) and ordered to be recorded. By the court, James Keith, C.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3 August 1782 (17 Oct 1796) Montgomery County, VA Deed Book #?, p. 364 ROBERT BROOKE, Gov. of VA per Land Office Warrent#13,245 TO: CORDER GRANT Edw'd Corder, 100 Acres, Montgomery Co., VA 1796 (retroactive) [Page 364] Robert Brooke Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, To all To Whom these presents shall come, Greenting: Know 'ye That by virtue of a Land Office Treasury Warrant Number thirteen thousand and two hundred and forty five, issued the third of August Seventeen hundred and eighty two. There is agrandted by the said Commonwealth unto Edward Corder a certain Tract or parcel of Land containing one hundred acres by Survey bearing date the eigth day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, lying and being in the in the County of Montgomery on theWest-side of Peck [Peak] Creek and bounded as followeth to With, Beginning at two white oaks being a corner of another survey and running, North four degrees West fifty two poles to two white oaks on the point of a ridge, North twenty two degrees West forty poles to three white oak saplings, North thirty degrees West, Forty poles to two black oaks and two white oaks on the top of a ridge, South ten degrees West one hundred and fifty eight poles to a Spanish oak, and white oak, North eighty degrees West ten poles to two White oaks corner of another Survye, South forty six degrees West one hundred and thirty six poles to a large White oak and Hickory on a ridge, East one hundred and thirty two poles to two black oaks and white oak on the point of a ridge, thence North twenty degrees East one hundred and thirty poles to the Beginning. With its appurtenances; To Have and To Hold the said Tract or parcel of Land with its appurtenances, to the said Edward Corder and his Heirs forever. In Whitness whereof the said Robert Brooke Ewquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hat hereunto set his Hand and Caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be Affixed at Richmond on the seventeenth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six and of the Commonwealth the twenty first. Robert Brooke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NOTE: This record pertains to one of Edward's sons or grandsons, as he was dec'd by 1822. 25 June 1822 Tazewell Co., VA REF: "Mr. Corder" succeeds in getting "sault" Will of George Waggoner Tazewell County, Virginia Will Book #1 , Page In the name of God, Amen, I George Waggoner of the County of Tazewell & Commonwealth of Virginia, having yet a sound Mind & disposing memory (for which I thank God) bid calling to mind the uncertainty of human life & being desirous to dispose of such estate as it has been please God to bless me with.___ First, I give & bequath to my sons Elias, Adam & Highram all my lands on Kimberlands Fork in the above county to be divided as follows (to it); I give and bequath to my son Elias the lower end and of my land which is to say a straight line with the fence along the lower end of my lower field; on North West direction to the Creek, up said Creek to a marked line across said land to the old line, also five Head of cattle & two sheep & one horse & one rifle gunn, one mans saddle & four head of hogs, also a bead with its apparatasand one pot. Secondly, I give and bequeath to my son Adam the upper end of land, namely the new survey of 200 acres, and my son Adam is to have an equal miety of the property with my above son Elias. Thirdly, I give & bequeath to my son Highhram the home place namely all my land between the above mentioned lines & also an equal miety of other property with my other two sons, but it is to be understood that I give possession of the home place to my wife to have the whole use of the house as with the household & kitchen furniture, the farming utensils with all the stock of every disection whatsoever to be converted to her own use as long as she lives ---- but it is to be understood that my other two daughters that is single, namely Rebecca, Elizabeth is to have an equal miety with my daughter Peggy which is here named (to it.), two mares price $60 four head of cattle $22 and one bead with apparatus for two bed bed steads & cords, two sheep, one pot, one pail, one $18 saddle, one bridle $1.75, six plates, one dish, one set tea cups, one tea pot, sault cellar, a cream cup, three mugs & two glasses ___ I also give the use of one sughar camp with the use of the trees to my wife Franky as long as she lives --- & furthermore at the death of my wife Franky, all the movable property is to be equally divided with my daughters ___ & Lastly, I do constitute and appoint Elias Harman of Tazewell County & state aforesaid & Joshua Bruce of Wythe County & state aforesaid as Executors of this my last Will & Testament, hereby revoking all the former wills by me heretofore made ___ in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 25th of April 1822. ___ N. B. Furthermore an addition to what I have all ready done: if Mr Corder succeeds in getting sault, it is my last will that the profits arising from the sault on my part shall be divided equally among my children. George Waggoner Signed, sealed, published, & declared as the for the last Will & Testament of the above name George Waggoner Signed in the presents of us --- attest Hiram Neel Michael Huttsell Amos Thompson In Tazewell County Court 25th of June 1822 This the last Will and Testament of George Waggoner, deceased, was exhibited in Court and duly proved by the Oaths of William Hearn, Michael Hutsell, & Amos Thompson which is ordered to be Recorded: and motion of Elias Harman & Joshua Bruce, the Executors named in the said Will who together with John Land and William Taylor, their securities, here in Court entered into and acknowledged a Bond in the penalty of $800 conditioned as the law XXXX, and took the Oath prescribed by Law, a certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate of the said Will in sure form. Teste, J. T. Fishback, D.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Question: Who were the "Nancy Corder, the daughter of Susanna Corder" mentioned in the 1828 Tazewell County will of William Shannon? William Shannon may not have been very old - he doesn't have too many children, and he believed his wife to be with child when he made his will. "Fourthly, I give to William Shannon, son of Nancy Thompson, and Nancy Corder, the daughter of Susanna Corder two hundred dollars to be equally divided between them and theirs Heirs." [LH] Follow up: I believe that William Shannon and Nancy Corder may have been the nephew and neice of Samuel Shannon. If the heir William Shannon's father --a brother to William the elder had died, and his mother had remarried a Thompson, then that would make sense. Susannah Corder is a mystery, though. Could this Susannah be the wife of Edward II, or the wife of one of his sons? Why leave money to just a single nephew and a single out a single Corder neice (especially, if Susanna was the wife of Edward II, since there were several Corder daughters). Update August 30, 2006: After extensive online searches, and the discovery of multiple versions of William and Margaret Southern Shannon's genealogies, I can find nothing that fits the theory above. This is puzzling since it seems obvious that there must have been a blood realtionship between the elder and younger William Shannons, and yet, no brother of William Shannon (son of Thomas Shannon and Agnes Crow) married any woman named Nancy. William's brother Samuel had a son named William, but by Elizabeth Brown. Furthermore, Samuel and Elizabeth were still married and producing children in 1828 when William made his will. None of William's Shannon uncles married women named Nancy, nor died before 1828. Could the William referenced be the son of a cousin? The son of Williams "friend" John Shannon? Perhaps the natural child of himself and an unmarried Nancy Thompson? Note that Samuel Shannon (probably William's brother or uncle) was one of the appraisers of Elijah Corder Jr.'s estate in Aug-Sep 1807. William Shannon was the son of Thomas Shannon and Agnes Crow who had Ann, Samuel, William, John, Jane, Hannah, Thomas Jr. and David. According to published genealogies, William Shannon (who m. Margaret Southern and mentions Nancy Corder in his will) had no sisters named Nancy Shannon Thompson, or Susanna Shannon Corder. A cursory search of his brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles produced no Nancys or Susannas that might fit our dates. Additional Possible families that Susannah may have belonged to: (to be researched and ruled out by process of elimination) Original Lessees and Owners of Greenway Court: Thomas Chester, Richard (or other male, Jacob, Moses) McKay, Robert Ha'penny, Richard Foley, William Hand, Richard Bryarly (of Harford Co., MD), Thomas Grubbs [Quakers], Eli (or Elec) Richards, Joshua Antram [probably Quaker], William Cook [wealthy], John Haines, John Fawcett [Irish Quaker], John Lee, Serinus Emmons, Isaac Davis, Isaiah Oblesby [Scotch Quakers], Jacob Painter [Quaker], John Romine, Thomas Thornton, Bailey Shumate, Joseph Clevenger, Roberty Haynes, Stephen Grubbs [probably Quaker], Oliver Funsten [Irish Quaker], Joshua Swayne, Ridgeway family, Mandly Taylor, Jacob Weaver, John Brownley [Brownleys came from NJ along with the Tuleys, Bransons, Hamptons, Morgans and others], John Howell, John Haines [Quaker], Lewis Chastean [related to Rust and Woodcock families]. Look at the similarity in these names... MARTHA KING. Will probated Feb., 1810. Tazewell Co., VA W. B. 1, p. 53. Devised to her sons, Elijah and Isaac; to her daughters Susanah King, Nancy McMillen, and to her grandchildren, Martha, Jane, Robert, Nancy, and John McMillen and to her sister, Agnes Thompson. Tazewell County VA Will Book Vol. I, p. 272. (Agnes was a common name in the Shannon family due to matriarch Agnes Crowe Shannon.) ELIJAH KING. Will probated June, 1847. Will Book No. 2, p. 415. Devises his property as follows: To his wife, Polly. Then he emancipates all his slaves at the death of his wife. SUSANNAH KING. Will probated December, 1848. Will Book No. 2, p. 471. Frees all her slaves and divides her estate among them. Vol. I, p. 282, p. 283. ISAAC KING married 5 Aug 1824 Rebecca Day Dills (b. 1790 dau of Wm. Day and Margaret Waggoner). Children were Alexander King and Harvey King. Rebecca m. 27 Jan 1847 George Thompson. NANCY KING m. 1799 Andrew McMillan b. 18 Jun 1773 in Scotland.uier Co., VA. Notice that John and Mary named sons "Corder" and "Tazewell". Son Corder moved to White Co., TN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A History of The Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory By David E. Johnston (1906) The Shannons of New River Valley The Shannons came from Ireland at a period anterior to the beginning of our War for Independence, and located in what is now the County of Amherst, in Virginia, then probably Albemarle County. Samuel, the New River Valley settler, came with his family over the Alleghanies in 1744, and located at the place now called Poplar Hill, in the then County of Fincastle, now Giles County. After a residence of ten years, and after the marriage of his oldest son, whose name was Thomas, he, in the spring of 1784 (Shannon MSS.), with his family, except Thomas and his wife, who remained, removed to a point near whereon now stands the city of Nashville, Tennessee. Thomas married Miss Agnes Crowe, and continued in possession of the Poplar Hill property, which is still in the hands of his descendants. He became a man of prominence in civil and military affairs; was long a Magistrate of Giles County, Sheriff thereof, and a Representative in the Legislature. In the month of February, 1781, the British Army advanced northward through the Carolinas toward Virginia, and Colonel William Preston, the military commandant of the Montgomery troops, and of which Joseph Cloyd was Major, called out the forces to go to the help of the American Army commanded by General Greene. Thomas Shannon was the Captain of the Middle New River Company, in which one Alexander Marrs was a Lieutenant, and among the members thereof were Thomas Farley, Isaac Cole, Matthew French, John French, Joseph Hare, Edward Hale, the Clays, and others. Captain Shannon and his company joined the battalion at the New River Lead Mines about the middle of February, 1781, and on the 18th day of that month the command under Colonel Preston and Major Cloyd, 350 strong, marched to the Haw River section of North Carolina, in the vicinity of which was the Army of General Greene, as was that of Lord Cornwallis. Being in a strange country, and not being advised of the positions of the respective armies, Preston's men went into camp, finding themselves the next morning between the combatants, and close by the British pickets. Colonel Preston had been ordered to report to General Pickens, and was on his way thither when he halted and camped between the armies. On the 2nd day of March Lee's Legion and Preston's Battalion had a spirited encounter with Tarleton's Cavalry, inflicting upon it considerable loss. Again on the 6th of March, at Wetzel's Mills, Pickens' command, including Preston's and Cloyd's men, had quite a battle with the British advance. General Pickens retreated to Guilford Court House, where the troops of Preston and Campbell, under Colonel William Campbell, were posted on the American left, and put up a good fight. They were attacked by Colonel Tarleton, who led the British right wing, and he says in his "His. of His Southern Campaign," that his troops were badly hurt by the Backwoodsmen from Virginia; that "they were behind a fence, and stood until the British Infantry, with their bayonets, climbed the fence." Captain Shannon lived to the age of ninety years, leaving a son, Thomas, who married Julia Allen, and their children are: Thomas, Joseph, James R., all three of whom are dead; William R., who married a Miss Bush; Nancy, now dead, who married John Henderson Bane; Eliza, who married James B. Miller; and Samuel B., who resides on the old homestead. The second Thomas Shannon served as a Magistrate in his county, and sat as a member of the County Court for long years, and was more than once a member of the Virginia Legislature. At the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 he was reckoned the wealthiest man in Giles County. His sons were all gallant Confederate soldiers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WILL OF SAMUEL SHANNON ( - 25 Apr 1828) Tazewell County, Virginia Will Book 1, Page 242 In the name of God, Amen, I William Shannon of the County of Tazewell being sick and weak of body, but of sound mind and disposing memory, for which I thank God , and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as hath pleased God to bless me with, I do hereby make my last and testament in the manner and form following, that is to say; Firstly, I desire that all the perishable part of estate to [be] immediately sold after my decease an out of the monies arising there from, all my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid. Secondly, after the payment of my debts and funeral expenses, I give and bequeath to my my Wife, Margaret Shannon, one third part of my estate, both real and personal, for and during her natural life and after her decease I give same to my children hereafter named in the following manner that is to say. Thirdly, I give to my son, Thomas Shannon, my daughters Agnes Shannon, Elizabeth Shannon, and also believing my wife to be in a state of pregnancy, the issue of that birth to share equal with the above mentioned son and two daughters, all my land and personal estate , except two hundred dollars herein after mentioned equally divided among them and enjoyed by them and theirs forever. Fourthly, I give to William Shannon, son of Nancy Thompson, and Nancy Corder, the daughter of Susanna Corder two hundred dollars to be equally divided between them and their Heirs. Lastly, I'd hereby constitute and appoint my friends John Shannon and George Hudson [husband of sister Hannah - LH] executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other former wills or testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 24th of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. Signed, sealed, published and declared , as and for, the last will and testament of the above named William Shannon in the presence of us Witnesses. William Shannon - Seal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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