Russ, Yes, I showed Jane Shannon (d of Thomas Shannon and Mary Reid) marrying Alexander Reid in 3 mar 1790 Amherst Co, Va. I show Alexander's father was James Reid. Is that correct? Widget At 05:16 PM 11/17/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Widget, > >There are records of this Thomas Shannon in the Rockfish River area of >Virginia (Albemarle Co. > Amherst Co > now Nelson Co.) where he was >associated with his uncles Samuel Shannon and Thomas Shannon (a bachelor). >In fact, he was mentioned in his uncle Thomas Shannon's will. The >Shannon's land was near that of Alexander Reid, Sr., the father of Mary or >Polly Reid, and it is likely that that is where the married ca. 1764. >Thomas and Mary (Polly) seem to have remained there until at least March >1790 when a marriage bond was issued in Amherst Co. for the marriage of >their daughter Jane Shannon to her cousin Alexander Reid. That couple came >to Shelby Co. in 1790 with Jane's parents. > >Russ Reid >Louisville, KY > >-----Original Message----- >From: Widget Shannon [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 4:47 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Pictures > > >Thomas Shannon (son of John Shannon and Sarah Reid) married >Mary (Polly) Reid (daughter of Alexander Reid) but don't know >where yet. Thomas died November 10, 1800 in Shelby County, KY >coming, I believe, straight from PA to KY. > >Hope this helps. >Widget > >