For old timers on the list, I have not found conclusive proof of the origins of my John of Wilkes county, NC who arrived c. 1800. For newbies, I will post my need again to gain more information on this John who shows up in Wilkes just after the turn of the century, complete with a family, and with his eldest son James b. 1780s stating in later census reports that he, James, was born in Pennsylvania. The descendents are fairly well fixed but John appeared, paid above normal prices for land, built a mill, etc. so he must have had an above average economic standing/age when he arrived. Several of us have worked on this for years without success -- but we gained a lot of new relatives/friends. Does anyone have any additional information? Jim Knoxville, Tn.
At 12:33 PM 6/3/2002 -0400, you wrote: >For old timers on the list, I have not found conclusive proof of the >origins of >my John of Wilkes county, NC who arrived c. 1800. For newbies, I will >post my >need again to gain more information on this John who shows up in Wilkes just >after the turn of the century, complete with a family, and with his eldest son >James b. 1780s stating in later census reports that he, James, was born in >Pennsylvania. Hi, Jim, Good to "see" you again. At this point I don't recall how much of my additional John McCann sightings in PA I've actually shared, but perhaps these are worth repeating and they suggest that this information may apply to two different John McCan[n]s: Greene County, PA [which had been a part of Washington County, and earlier part of Westmoreland, and before that Bedford Co., PA] tax assessment lists [due for prior year; payable in year noted], recorded directly from the original records: In Greene Twp.: 1797 John Mcan listed as "weaver to trade" no valuation 1798 John McKann weaver no valuation 1799 NOT listed. In Cumberland Twp 1804 John McCann 1 house, two lots, 2 stills rented out and he was taxed as a weaver for a total of $720 valuation. 1805 John McCann 1 house, two lots, two stills, weaver, total valuation of $510 1806, John McKan 1 house, 2 lots, 3 stills and not taxed as a weaver, total $530 1807 John McCann 1 house, 1 lot $160 and no mention of a business 1808 not listed 1809 John McCann 1 house and lot 100 1810 not listed 1811-1814 [list missing] 1815 not listed Will Book 1, page 136, Greene County, PA, Estate of John McCANN deceased Letters of Administration granted to Jonathan Johnson the second day of August 1814. Bond with Thomas Miller and John Inghram as securities taken same day. [shared by Donna Clark] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Western Maryland Newspaper Abstracts, 1786-1798 111 Jul 21 1796. . . . Sale of land, 288 a., in Milford township, Bedford Co, PA, on waters of Jones's creek, adj. lands of John M'Cann, Alexander Ewing and Harman Husband and William Campbell Best regards, Jane new email address: [email protected] old email address: [email protected]