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• Name: Samuel SHANNON
• Sex: M
• Birth: 15 Apr 1750 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^b
• Death: 14 May 1813 in Shelby Co, Kentucky ^d


Parents:

• Father:
  
• John SHANNON Birth: Abt 1715 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1766 in Sadsbury Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Mother:

• Sarah REID Birth: 1721 Death: Apr 1810 in East Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage:

• Martha BRACKEN on 1783 at York, Adams Co, Pennsylvania .^m1
  
• Martha BRACKEN Birth: 10 May 1765 in York (Now Adams) Co, Pennsylvania Death: 23 Feb 1838 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Kentucky

Children:

1. John SHANNON Birth: 28 Apr 1784
2. Thomas SHANNON Birth: 13 Feb 1786
3. Nancy SHANNON Birth: 1 Sep 1787 Death: 20 Jul 1811
4. Sarah SHANNON Birth: 11 Apr 1790 Death: 1 Feb 1875 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Kentucky
5. Anna SHANNON Birth: 6 Sep 1792 Death: 1817
6. William SHANNON Birth: 14 May 1795 Death: 14 Sep 1821
7. Samuel SHANNON Birth: 19 Jul 1797 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Kentucky Death: 14 Jul 1856 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Kentucky
8. Elizabeth SHANNON Birth: 16 Mar 1800
9. Martha SHANNON Birth: 12 Jul 1802
10. Mary SHANNON Birth: 30 Jan 1806
11. Esther SHANNON Birth: 20 Jul 1808

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p80, Craig BYERS p66, Dedman SHANNON p3, Eagleson BYERS p64, ShannonD SHANNON p34, Thompson Notebooks v21p484],

place:

[Ref: Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p80],

parents:

[Ref: Bell SHANNON, BrackenHB BRACKEN p89, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p80, Craig BYERS p66, Dedman SHANNON p3, Eagleson BYERS p64, ShannonD SHANNON p34],

father:

[Ref: Thompson Notebooks v21p484]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p80, Craig BYERS p66, Dedman SHANNON p3, Eagleson BYERS p64, Thompson Notebooks v21p484],

place:

[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p80, ShannonD SHANNON p34]

Sources with Inaccurate death Information

date:

23 Feb 1838? [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p34]

Sources with Information about marriage to Martha BRACKEN

date:

[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p80],

place:

[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p34],

names:

[Ref: BrackenHB BRACKEN p89, Craig BYERS p66, Dedman SHANNON p3, Eagleson BYERS p64, Riggs THOM p35],

child:

[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Russell Reid 11/14/1999, ShannonD SHANNON p34, ShannonD SHANNON p35, ShannonD SHANNON p36, ShannonD SHANNON p39]

Research Notes:
in Rev War [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3]

1782: served as Lieutenant on the PA frontier [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]

Records of Washington Co, PA (which was earlier Yohagania Co, VA)
[Ref: Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p83]
1777 - Sep 8 land adjancent John McMillan 1778 - Apr 17 militia of Yohogania Co 1781 - Sep 25 Lieutenant under Capt George Sharp of Washington Co, PA, was
later Captain of his own company of troops 1783 - taxed Strabane Twp 180 acres, 4 horses, 2 cows 1785 - Feb 25 land warrant
Oct 13 sold land - brother, George, was a witness to the deed
c1794: received a large amount of land from his brother William [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p34]

1802-4: name appears on various documents in Shelby Co, KY [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p34]

buried in Old Bertrain Wallace farm on Midland Trail Road (RR#60) Shelby Co, KY, where his brother William is buried [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p3, ShannonD SHANNON p34]



Pedigree of Samuel SHANNON
                                     /-----John SHANNON
                            /-----John SHANNON
                   /-----Robert SHANNON
          /-----Thomas SHANNON
         |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
 /-----John SHANNON
|         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
Samuel SHANNON
|                  /-----Thomas REID
|         /-----John Col REID
|        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
 \-----Sarah REID
          \-----Jane STUART



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