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    Person Info
  • Name: George SHANNON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1770 in Montgomery Co, Virginia b
  • Death: 15 May 1836 in Williamson Co, Tennessee d
  • Burial: Clovercroft Rd, Wiliamson Co, Tennessee u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Samuel SHANNON Birth: Abt 1716 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 4 Oct 1811 in Nashville, Davidson Co, Tennessee
  • Mother:
  • Jane REID Birth: Abt 1730 in Delaware Death: 1807 in Davidson Co, Tennessee

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary Jane SHANNON
  2. Robert McKnight SHANNON Death: 23 Jun 1831 in Loving Co, Arkansas
  3. Samuel R SHANNON Death: 1870
  4. Rebecca SHANNON Birth: 18 Feb 1798 Death: 3 Jul 1837
  5. James SHANNON Birth: 29 Jul 1799 Death: 24 May 1866
  6. Thomas SHANNON Birth: 16 Jan 1806 Death: 21 Oct 1806

Bibliography
  1. Bell, Raymond Martin, SHANNON of Washington County PA, Keyhole XVIII,2 April 1990, p77-80. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell SHANNON].
  2. Craig, Marion Stark, The American Ancestry of Marion Stark Craig, Supplement #3, 1991, LDS Film#1697645 item#4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p[0-9]*].
  3. Dedman, Louise Shannon, Dedman (Shannon) Genealogy, date unk. 15 legal size pages. Available through Jimmy Kerr (jimmyk01 at sbcglobal dot net) Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p[0-9]*].
  4. Peeling, John, Descendants of John Shannon. Posting to Shannon list at GenForum 8/6/1998. Available at http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/shannon/messages/91.html. Author address: john dot l dot peeling dot jr at cpmx dot saic dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998].
  5. Shannon, Ken, Judge Isaac Parker "Hanging Judge," posting to SHANNON-L, Nov 9 1997. Author address: KShan9626 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ken Shannon 11/9/1997].
  6. Shannon, Dexal, SHANNON 1571-1990. unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/778102. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p85, Dedman SHANNON p10]
1759 or 12 May 1770 [Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]
abt 1770 [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p94],
place:
prob Montgomery Co Virginia [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p94],
parents:
[Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p85, Dedman SHANNON p10, John Peeling 8/6/1998, ShannonD SHANNON p94]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]
1836 [Ref: Bell SHANNON, Craig AmAncestrySupp3 p85, Dedman SHANNON p10, ShannonD SHANNON p94],
place:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10, John Peeling 8/6/1998]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary McKNIGHT
date:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10, John Peeling 8/6/1998, ShannonD SHANNON p94],
place:
[Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10, John Peeling 8/6/1998, ShannonD SHANNON p94],
child:
[Ref: John Peeling 8/6/1998, ShannonD SHANNON p94]
Research Notes:
after marriage, came to Williamson Co, TN, 7 miles east of Franklin, on present Clovercroft Road [Ref: Dedman SHANNON p10]

alleged to have been involved with Lewis and Clark as a surveyor in Kentucky [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p94]

Not the George Shannon of Lewis & Clark. That George was one of 9 children of George SHANNON (b.1758, d.1/18/1803) & Jane MILLINGTON (b.1755, d.1823) [Ref: Ken Shannon 11/9/1997]



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



Descendants of George SHANNON
1. George SHANNON m. Mary McKNIGHT
m. Mary McKNIGHT father: Robert McKNIGHT

2nd generation

4. Samuel R SHANNON m. Elizabeth CARSARD
m. Elizabeth CARSARD
6. James SHANNON m. Mary GRAY
m. Mary GRAY

3rd generation

14. George A SHANNON m. Missouri Ellen SAMPLE
m. Missouri Ellen SAMPLE
15. William R SHANNON m.
17. Rebecca Jane SHANNON m. Thomas BUCHANAN
m. Thomas BUCHANAN
18. James Thomas SHANNON m. Cordelia BITTICK
m. Cordelia BITTICK

4th generation

21. Jane SHANNON m. (Unk) CUPTON
m. (Unk) CUPTON
29. James Owen SHANNON m. Georgia POPE
m. Georgia POPE

5th generation

36. George Pope SHANNON m.
38. James Bittick SHANNON m.
39. Living SHANNON m. Charles E NORMAN
m. Charles E NORMAN
40. Living SHANNON m. Living DELK
m. Living DELK
41. Blanch Louise SHANNON m. Living DEDMAN
m. Living DEDMAN
42. Francis SHANNON m. Living DUNCAN
m. Living DUNCAN