Have you come across any of your Shannons coming to SC/GA shortly after the Rev. War? I have a John Shannon whoses Rev. War papers say he was a spy and it was sent to Phil. PA. He died in Fairfield County, SC 1800. Thanks, Darlene >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] shannon family >Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 21:01:10 EDT > >Hi Michael, Welcome to SHANNON-LAND, and congratulations on your >retirement. >My gggg.grandfather, John Shannon I, b. 1754/5 in Wash.Co. Md., an Am. Rev. >Veteran. His father (John?) drowned in a stream of water, probably the >Potomac. Either he or his father came from Kintyre, Arygyle,Scotland. John >I, married Jane Dunlap, and they settled in Mercersburg, Pa. & raised 10 >children. Later they went to Centre Co.Pa. and after the children were all >out on their own, went to live on the farm in Rockland Twp. Venango Co. Pa. >with their son John II, who had served in the war of 1812, & his wife. John >& >Jane had a son, Alexander, who had a farm next door. It is through John & >Jane's daughter Jane that m. Daniel Kennelly, that I'm related; for Daniel >& >Jane are my ggg. grandparents, and I carry the Kennelly surname. I'm sure >this is all confusing, but just in case any of the names ring a >bell......Have fun on your computer. Most of the time, stay away from some >of >the chat rooms. Of course, some are good, but there are those that presume >too much. You'll learn to do alot of weeding out and deleting. Happy >hunting >and best wishes. Dottie > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com