At 11:52 PM 6/30/2002 -0400, Jim Snodgrass wrote: >Case six. On p. 139 of Tenmile Country, Leckey notes a John McCannes as a >soldier >who took the Oath of Allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia in Ohio >County on Sept. 24, 1777, appearing on Zachariah Sprigg's list.<br><br> >This one is still a possibility if not the one in Tennessee. but it is >pushing >the birth date of John of Wilkes Hi, Jim, If your John had been born in 1760, wouldn't he have been old enough by 1777 to enlist? >Case eight. I have not absorbed some of this information which came from Jane >and the archives.John b. bef. 1768 m1. 1789 Catherine Brown in Harrison >Co., VA >and m2 Jane Eyerson bef. 1805. Were these two separate men? Jim, I have had these as one individual, but I'm beginning to doubt that. >Which one died in >Greene Co., PA which was part of Washington Co., >PA, which was part of Westmoreland Co., PA. I do not know! If this was one person, then the answer is easy --- the one who had married Catherine and Jane. In 1803-1805, a John McCann appears on the tax list of Cumberland Twp., Greene Co., PA as a weaver with a house, two lots, and as an owner of two stills which he rented to someone else. He was first there in 1784, when this was still Washington Co., PA. In 1803 the value of his holdings was listed as $720. That might fit with your earlier statement that John [later] of Wilkes was able to purchase land upon arrival in Wilkes. In 1796-1797, there's also a John McCann, a weaver, in Greene Twp., in what is now Greene Co., PA Perhaps that's what confused this picture. That occupation may have cause me to think that this was the same individual when it may have been two separate Johns who were both weavers. That time period of 1796-1797 was when John and Catherine had twins, Hugh and Elizabeth, likely born in PA and then baptized by a Lutheran pastor who was associated with a church located in Westmoreland County, but he could have been riding circuit. That Westmoreland location fits with: Westmoreland Co., Deeds, Volume A, part 1 Page 295. Nov 11, 1782 from John Emorson (Amberton) of Portroyal town of W, gentleman, to Andrew Smith of the same place. Daniel Williamson, by his bill of sale dated Mar 9, 1782, conveyed to sd Emorson a tract of land adjoining the lands of John Calglaser, Samuel Wandley, and the Youghiogania river, containing about 100 acres. Sd Emorson, last Jun 1, for divers good causes, laid off part of the afd tract in regular streets and alleys, forming a town called Portroyal Town. Now this deed witnesses that sd Emorson, for 45 shillings, sells to sd Andrew Smith, 3 lots in Portroyal, 2 of which are bounded by each other, bounded by Washington Street, a lot of James Kinkead, a lot of Jacob Seenor, Basset Street, a lot of John McCann, a lot of sd Emorson, containing 108 perches. The 3rd lot is bounded by Washington Street, lands of sd Emorson, Eli Colter's lot, containing 27 perches. This deed requires that Smith build a tenantable house on each lot by Jun 1, 1783, and must pay $1 each year as common rent or debt. Signed John Emerson. Wit - Robert Kerr, James Kinkead. [No recording date]. So, perhaps we had at least two, if not three, John McCanns in the same general neighborhood of SW PA in the 1780's-1790's. Sure looks like more research is needed, but many of the early PA records were lost in fires or just did not exist. Regards, Jane