It's quite possible that he moved. He may have come to SC from NC and gone back there, or moved on to Georgia or Tennessee. There was a *massive* migration of people from both Carolinas south as well as west after the Revolution, only partly due to the opening up of land in the west and south. For example, I'm descended from the William BRYSON who died in the OPD in 1796 -- through one of his two sons who went back to NC after the Revolution. Elizabeth Whitaker [email protected] wrote: > This topic is of great interest to me. I have a John CANNON who was in SC > 1790-1800 that I know of. He was b. abt 1760, the right age for Rev War > service. I can't find him in the pension records. > > Does anyone know if a man fought in the RW and neither he nor his widow lived > to claim his pension...are there any war records on him? Another ancestor's > RW pension file includes pay vouchers, I am wondering if the same might be > available for the John CANNON. Is there any short-cut way of getting copies of > files? > > thanks, Janice (Cannon)