I found this info on John Cannady in Barnwell, S.C. I believe his son (or possibly grandson) is the John I am looking for that went to Emanuel County, Ga. Edmund Cannady was also in Emanuel County, Ga. Does anyone have any add'l info on this line? ======================================= >From "Court of Equity Records of Barnwell District, S.C." Abstracts of Genealogical Data found therein - First Book Pages 1-50; Compiled by Folks Huxford...page 42, 43. James RANDALL vs. John CANNADY, et. al. Partition. Filed Oct. 13, 1847. This proceeding relates to a tract of 100 acres of land in Barnwell District (B.D.) bought Sept. 13, 1804 by John CANNADY, SR., from William Moseley, Sr., deed recorded in deed book D, page 519 of B.D., which land CANNADY owned at his death in 1822. EXHIBIT A: Will of JOHN CANNADY, SR., dated Feb. 15, 1819, probated in B.D., May 24, 1822, devising all his estate to his wife Whitty for her lifetime and after her death to his sons, John and Edmund CANNADY and sons-in-law, William BURKHALTER, James BURKHALTER, John SELLERS and William BRYANT. Execurtor: James BURKHALTER. All parties resident of B.D. Said John SELLARS died before his father-in-law did, and was survived by his wife Whitty (a daughter of said John CANNADY, SR.) and four children, viz. Ann, John, James, and Sampson Sellars, all of B.D. Leter, on (blank date) said Mrs. Whitty Sellars died, and thereafter said Sampson Sellars became 21 years of age, and he and his brother James deeded their interest in said lands to petitioner. Petitioner alleges that certain parties are in possession of portions of this land under some claim unknown to him, viz. The South Carolina Canal & Railroad Co., Mary Swartz, John Gardner, Rachel Barrs, and the Intendent & Wardens of the town of Aiken "otherwise called the Town of Aiken." The proceedings show this land laid inside the new town of Aiken, and a plat of same is in the file showing the railroad running through the n.e. corner of the tract, the Aiken Town Academy standing in the northwest corner, and lots on the northeast side of railroad being in possession of Schwartz, Gardner and the R.R. Company. Plat made by Wm. Burkhalter, Dept. Surveyor, Sept. 2, 1847. No final decree or disposition of case is in the file.Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com