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Anne <I>Edds</I> Cannifax

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Anne Edds Cannifax

Birth
Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Death
1845 (aged 68–69)
Greene County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Ann Edds: (U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Campbell Co., VA Marriage Bonds & FAG Note of Son Joseph M. Cannefax).
Anne Edds: (FAG).
Anne Eads: (U.S. & International Marriage Index).
Anne (Cannefax): (Daughter Sally Cannefax's 1819 KY Marriage).
Annie (Cannefax): (Husband's 1839 Will).
Anne Edds (Cannifax): (FAG).
A. (C.): (Headstone).

b. 1776, Bedford Co., VA. (FAG).
b. Bet. 1771-1780. (See 1840 Census - presumed wife of Radford Cannefax - Age 60-69).
m. 1796, Radford W. Cannifax. (FAG).
m. Radford William Cannefax. (Ancestry.com researcher).
m. Radford Cannefax. (See 1840 Census - presume she is unnamed woman age 60s).
d. 1845, Greene Co., MO. (FAG).

Burial: Cannifax [Cannefax] Family Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA.

Burial: "Cannefax family plot on his home place, located (N -178)
three and a half miles west of Campbell Street Road on Sun-
shine Street, in a grove of walnut trees."
- Genealogy of the Townshend-Townsend family p.192.

Headstone incription: "A. C."
[Not copied--not posted on FAG but in Genealogy of Townsend Famly, Page 193].

Father: Guessing: Thomas Edds, who was the Surety in 1796 for Ann Edds' marriage bond in Campbell Co., VA.

16 May 1796: U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I-VI, 1607-1943
"MARRIAGE BONDS OF CAMPBELL CO., VIRGINIA"
Page: 804
Name: Radford Cannifax
Marriage Date on Image: 16 Fifth 1795 [sic - 1796]
Translated Marriage Date: 16 May 1795 [sic - 1796]
Marriage Place: Campbell
Volume: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. VI
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/352617:3753
"CANNIFAX, continued"
"1796, 5, 16. Radford & Ann Edds. Thos. Edds, Surety."
[NOTE: Other Cannifax marriages on this page include:
Edward, Chesley, William, Benj. William W., John A.
Also Benjamin Cannifax & Nancy Patey m. 1788 on prior page.]

[Not copied/transcribed]
1800 United States Federal Census: ? [Not found? Probably in Campbell County, Virginia, USA]

[Not copied/transcribed]
1810 United States Federal Census: Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
Residence Date: 6 Aug 1810
Radford Cannefax [Cearfoss] [Cannifax] [Cannefax]
Free White Male 0 to 9: 2
Free White Male 10 to 15: 2
Free White Male 26 to 45: 1
Free White Female 26 to 45: 1
Number of Enslaved Persons: 7
Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 13
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/810259:7613

[Not copied/transcribed]
1820 United States Federal Census: Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Name: Radford Canifax [indexed originally as Canipe]
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 14: 1
Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 14: 2
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 16: 6
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total Slaves: 6
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 15

14 Aug 1826: Kentucky, U.S., Land Grants, 1782-1924
Kentucky, U.S., Land Grants, 1782-1924
Index only
Grantee: Radford Cannafax
Number of Acres: 50
Survey Date: 14 Aug 1826
County: Pulaski
WaterCourse: Rockcastle R
Book Number: E-2

[Not copied/transcribed]
1830 United States Federal Census: Pulaski County, Kentucky
Name: Radford Cannifax [Radford Cnnifare] [Cannifax]
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 2
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves - Males - 55 thru 99: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 3
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total Slaves: 10
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 15

1833: Residence: Campbell, Dunklin County, Missouri, USA. [Ancestry.com researcher]. ?

2 Jul 1839: Husband Radford Cannefax's Will Executed in Greene County, Missouri, USA. (Will).

[Not copied/transcribed]
1840 United States Federal Census: Greene County, Missouri
Joseph Cannefax
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2 [Must be George Radford Cannefax & 1]
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 [Must be Joseph Martin Cannefax]
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 [Must be Sarah Jane Callahan (Cannefax]
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 5
Free White Persons - Under 20: 8
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 11
[NOTE: Also enumerated on page are John Cannefax & Radford Cannefax.]

d. 1845, Greene Co., MO. (FAG).

Mentioned in Husband's Will, but predeceased him:
1849: Missouri, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988
Page: 720 - 722
Name: Redford Cannefox
Gender: Male
Residence Date: Abt 1839
Residence Place: Greene County, Missouri
Will Date: 2 Jul 1839
Probate Date: 2 Jul 1849
Probate Place: Greene County, Missouri, USA
Inferred Death Year: 1849
Item Description: Non-Packet
Others Listed Relationship
Redford Cannefax
Annie Cannefax, Wife
Joseph Cannefax, Son
Renton, Slave [Reuben]
Young Peter, Slave
John Cannefax, Son
Leham, Slave [Isham]
Sally Farris, Daughter
Calvin Cannefax, Son
Jem, Slave [Jim]
Benjamin W. Cannefax, Son
[Henry, Slave]
[Gilbert, Slave]
Chesley Cannefax, Son
[Nat, Slave]
[Andrew, Slave]
[Sarah, Slave]
Polly Stockton, Daughter
Jane Ingram, Daughter
[Polly, Slave]
[Phillis, Slave]
Elizabeth Steele, Daughter
[Anico, Slave]
[Daniel, Slave]
[Peter, Slave]
[Esther, Slave]

[Page 720]
"In the name of God, Amen
I Radford Cannefax of the
county of Greene and State of Missouri calling to mind that
it is appointed to man once to die, being weak in mind but
of perfect mind and memory do make and appoint this to be
my last Will and Testament.
First. I will and bequeath my soul to Almighty God who
gave it me, and my body to the Grave to be buried in
a decent manner, at the discretion of my Executors.
Second. I will and bequeath to my beloved Wife Annie
all my property and money due me during her natural life"
[Page 721]
"time or during her being my widow.
Thirdly. I will to my son Joseph Cannefax two negro boys named
Reuben and Young Peter also Forty acres of land, to wit, The South East
quarter of the South East quarter of section Thirty in Town Twenty nine
Range Twenty two, West, also a piece of land lying above said
Forty acres of the North West side of the creek adjoining said
Forty acres, it being a part of the tract of land I got from David
Best at the death of or expiration of my Wife's Widowhood.
Fourthly. I will to my son John Cannefax one Negro boy named
Isham and one horse valued at Fifty Dollars and also money
enough to buy Forty acres of land at Governments price, at the
death or expiration of my wife's Widowhood.
Fifthly. I will to my daughter Sally Farris Forty Dollars at my wife's
death or expiration of her widowhood to be in fully of her portion
in my Estate.
Sixthly. I will to my son Calvin Cannefax on negro boy
named Jim to be in full of his portion in my Estate.
Seventhly. I will to the bodily heirs of my daughter Nancy
Stockton One Hundred dollars to be equally divided between
them at the death or expiration of my wife's widowhood, and
that to be in full of their portion of my Estate.
Eighthly. I will to my son Benjamin W. Cannefax two Negro
boys names Henry & Gilbert at the death or Expiration of
my wife's widowhood.
Ninthly. I will to my son Chesley Cannefax two Negro
boys named Nat and Andrew and one Negro Girl named
Sarah at the death or Expiration of my wife's widowhood.
Tenthly. I will to my daughter Polly Stockton one hundred
dollars at the death or expiration of wife's Widowhood to be
in full of her portion in my Estate.
Eleventhly. I will to my daughter Jane Ingram two negro
girls named Polly & Phillis at my wife's death or
Expiration of her Widowhood.
Twelfthly. I will to my daughter Elizabeth Steele one negro
woman named Amico and one Negro boy named Daniel,
at the death or Expiration of my Wife's Widowhood.
Thirteenthly. I will that my two old Negroes Peter and Esther may
live with any of my children they please and if they will not
live with any of them to be sold and the proceeds go
into my Estate.
Fourteenthly. I will that the tract of land I now live on
and all the reidue of my land which is not above willed
shall be equally divided between my two sons Benjamin [and - crossed out]
Cannefax and Chesley Cannefax at the death or Expiration of
my wife's widowhood.
Fifteenth. I will that if there should be a residue after
paying all just debts and willed legacies that such residue
shall be equally divided between my sons Joseph Cannefax,
John Cannefax, Benjamin Cannefax & Chesley Cannefax."
[Page 722]
"I do appoint my wife and my son Benjamine Cannefax
my Executors to wholely & solely Execute this my last Will
and Testament
I do hereby disannull and disavow all other will or wills
by me heretofore made
Signed, Sealed, and perfected this 2nd day of July in
the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and
Thirty Nine. /s/ Radford Cannefax {Seal}
In presence of
Joseph Ronntree
Rich Steele"

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Radford William Cannefax & Chesley Cannefax & Joseph Cannefax - Genealogy of the Townshend-Townsend family p.190 - 194:
[Page 190 S. W. Mo.]
"V - 8 MARY CORDELIA LIEUTICIA TOWNSEND.
Mary was born in Logan County, Kentucky in (n -168)
1828 and came to Springfield, Missouri, with her parents,
William ....
...in the late fall of 1832. Twelve years later, on March 7, [n -169)
1844, when she was barely sixteen years of age, Mary married
Chesley Cannefax (b. Sep. 1, 1808-d. June 17, 1877), twenty years
her senior. He was born on the bank of the Staunton River, now the Roanoke, in Campbell County, Virginia.
The Cannefax group moved to Pulaski County, Kentucky in
1810 and lived there until after the 1830 U. S. (n -170)
Census. Radford Cannefax and his family arrived in Spring-
field, Missouri, in 1831, settling four miles southwest of
town on a farm which later belonged to Chesley.
One of the best accounts concerning the life of Chesley
Cannefax was written about 1870 and reads as follows:
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CHESLEY CANNEFAX.
Chesley Cannefax was the first sheriff ever elected by
the people after the organization of Greene County in
1834. He comes from the ....
[Page 191 S. W. Mo.]
"....
About 1835 or 1836, Chesley had been appointed by the
governor, Brevet-Colonel of Militia. Judge Yancey was the
Colonel Commanding. ....
In 1837 he went to Texas with the intention of perm-
anently settling there, but returned to Missouri and in
1838, was elected by the Democrats as a member of the
Legislature. He served two years there. ....
On March 7, 1844, he married Mary Cordelia Lieuticia
Townsend, who was born in Logan County, Kentucky. For
some years during the War he acted as Justice of the
Peace. He has always been a Democrat, voting first for"
[Page 192 S. W. Mo.]
....
Chesley was a member of a group of 104 men representing
Southwest Missouri in the 1847 War With Mexico. He was
mustered into the 3rd Missouri Mounted Volunteers at the
call of President Polk, Col. John Ralls, commanding. The party
marched across the plains and over the Santa Fe Trail, (n -171)
to Santa Fe, his regiment ....
... Other members of the party included William I.
Cannefax, Sergeant and John R. Cannefax, a private.
....
Chesley Cannefax died of Apoplexy in Springfield on June
16, 1877, at sixty-nine years of age. He was buried in the
Cannefax family plot on his home place, located (N -178)
three and a half miles west of Campbell Street Road on Sun-
shine Street, in a grove of walnut trees.
Ella, the youngest daughter of Chesley and Mary, married
Allen Williams. She also inherited the farm. One day, during
a heated argument with Ella, he went to the (n -179)
cemetery and pushed all of the tombstones over, probably
destroying some of them. The few remaining lie flat on the
ground. Chesley's beautiful marker bears the Emblem of the
Master Mason and the dates of his birth and death."
[Page 193 S. W. Mo.]
A few feet from Chesley's resting place is found the
marker of Joseph Cannefax (b. Mar. 1, 1797 - d. Feb. 28, 1846), an
older brother of Chesley. Foot markers bearing the initials,
"R. C." and "A. C." are those of Radford and his wife, ann [sic - Ann].
The tombstones of Mary, wife of Chesley, and Sarah, the wife
of Joseph, are not to be found. Sarah was born Mar. 18, 1799
and died April 20, 1890.
Mary C. L. Cannefax made Application for Administration
of Chesley's Estate on ...."
[Page 194 S. W. Mo.]
....
[Drawing of Headstone of CHESLEY CANNEFAX].

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Contributor: Julie Evans (47167097)
Ann Edds: (U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Campbell Co., VA Marriage Bonds & FAG Note of Son Joseph M. Cannefax).
Anne Edds: (FAG).
Anne Eads: (U.S. & International Marriage Index).
Anne (Cannefax): (Daughter Sally Cannefax's 1819 KY Marriage).
Annie (Cannefax): (Husband's 1839 Will).
Anne Edds (Cannifax): (FAG).
A. (C.): (Headstone).

b. 1776, Bedford Co., VA. (FAG).
b. Bet. 1771-1780. (See 1840 Census - presumed wife of Radford Cannefax - Age 60-69).
m. 1796, Radford W. Cannifax. (FAG).
m. Radford William Cannefax. (Ancestry.com researcher).
m. Radford Cannefax. (See 1840 Census - presume she is unnamed woman age 60s).
d. 1845, Greene Co., MO. (FAG).

Burial: Cannifax [Cannefax] Family Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA.

Burial: "Cannefax family plot on his home place, located (N -178)
three and a half miles west of Campbell Street Road on Sun-
shine Street, in a grove of walnut trees."
- Genealogy of the Townshend-Townsend family p.192.

Headstone incription: "A. C."
[Not copied--not posted on FAG but in Genealogy of Townsend Famly, Page 193].

Father: Guessing: Thomas Edds, who was the Surety in 1796 for Ann Edds' marriage bond in Campbell Co., VA.

16 May 1796: U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I-VI, 1607-1943
"MARRIAGE BONDS OF CAMPBELL CO., VIRGINIA"
Page: 804
Name: Radford Cannifax
Marriage Date on Image: 16 Fifth 1795 [sic - 1796]
Translated Marriage Date: 16 May 1795 [sic - 1796]
Marriage Place: Campbell
Volume: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. VI
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/352617:3753
"CANNIFAX, continued"
"1796, 5, 16. Radford & Ann Edds. Thos. Edds, Surety."
[NOTE: Other Cannifax marriages on this page include:
Edward, Chesley, William, Benj. William W., John A.
Also Benjamin Cannifax & Nancy Patey m. 1788 on prior page.]

[Not copied/transcribed]
1800 United States Federal Census: ? [Not found? Probably in Campbell County, Virginia, USA]

[Not copied/transcribed]
1810 United States Federal Census: Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
Residence Date: 6 Aug 1810
Radford Cannefax [Cearfoss] [Cannifax] [Cannefax]
Free White Male 0 to 9: 2
Free White Male 10 to 15: 2
Free White Male 26 to 45: 1
Free White Female 26 to 45: 1
Number of Enslaved Persons: 7
Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 13
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/810259:7613

[Not copied/transcribed]
1820 United States Federal Census: Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Name: Radford Canifax [indexed originally as Canipe]
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 14: 1
Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 14: 2
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 16: 6
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total Slaves: 6
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 15

14 Aug 1826: Kentucky, U.S., Land Grants, 1782-1924
Kentucky, U.S., Land Grants, 1782-1924
Index only
Grantee: Radford Cannafax
Number of Acres: 50
Survey Date: 14 Aug 1826
County: Pulaski
WaterCourse: Rockcastle R
Book Number: E-2

[Not copied/transcribed]
1830 United States Federal Census: Pulaski County, Kentucky
Name: Radford Cannifax [Radford Cnnifare] [Cannifax]
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 2
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves - Males - 55 thru 99: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 3
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total Slaves: 10
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 15

1833: Residence: Campbell, Dunklin County, Missouri, USA. [Ancestry.com researcher]. ?

2 Jul 1839: Husband Radford Cannefax's Will Executed in Greene County, Missouri, USA. (Will).

[Not copied/transcribed]
1840 United States Federal Census: Greene County, Missouri
Joseph Cannefax
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2 [Must be George Radford Cannefax & 1]
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 [Must be Joseph Martin Cannefax]
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 [Must be Sarah Jane Callahan (Cannefax]
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 5
Free White Persons - Under 20: 8
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 11
[NOTE: Also enumerated on page are John Cannefax & Radford Cannefax.]

d. 1845, Greene Co., MO. (FAG).

Mentioned in Husband's Will, but predeceased him:
1849: Missouri, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988
Page: 720 - 722
Name: Redford Cannefox
Gender: Male
Residence Date: Abt 1839
Residence Place: Greene County, Missouri
Will Date: 2 Jul 1839
Probate Date: 2 Jul 1849
Probate Place: Greene County, Missouri, USA
Inferred Death Year: 1849
Item Description: Non-Packet
Others Listed Relationship
Redford Cannefax
Annie Cannefax, Wife
Joseph Cannefax, Son
Renton, Slave [Reuben]
Young Peter, Slave
John Cannefax, Son
Leham, Slave [Isham]
Sally Farris, Daughter
Calvin Cannefax, Son
Jem, Slave [Jim]
Benjamin W. Cannefax, Son
[Henry, Slave]
[Gilbert, Slave]
Chesley Cannefax, Son
[Nat, Slave]
[Andrew, Slave]
[Sarah, Slave]
Polly Stockton, Daughter
Jane Ingram, Daughter
[Polly, Slave]
[Phillis, Slave]
Elizabeth Steele, Daughter
[Anico, Slave]
[Daniel, Slave]
[Peter, Slave]
[Esther, Slave]

[Page 720]
"In the name of God, Amen
I Radford Cannefax of the
county of Greene and State of Missouri calling to mind that
it is appointed to man once to die, being weak in mind but
of perfect mind and memory do make and appoint this to be
my last Will and Testament.
First. I will and bequeath my soul to Almighty God who
gave it me, and my body to the Grave to be buried in
a decent manner, at the discretion of my Executors.
Second. I will and bequeath to my beloved Wife Annie
all my property and money due me during her natural life"
[Page 721]
"time or during her being my widow.
Thirdly. I will to my son Joseph Cannefax two negro boys named
Reuben and Young Peter also Forty acres of land, to wit, The South East
quarter of the South East quarter of section Thirty in Town Twenty nine
Range Twenty two, West, also a piece of land lying above said
Forty acres of the North West side of the creek adjoining said
Forty acres, it being a part of the tract of land I got from David
Best at the death of or expiration of my Wife's Widowhood.
Fourthly. I will to my son John Cannefax one Negro boy named
Isham and one horse valued at Fifty Dollars and also money
enough to buy Forty acres of land at Governments price, at the
death or expiration of my wife's Widowhood.
Fifthly. I will to my daughter Sally Farris Forty Dollars at my wife's
death or expiration of her widowhood to be in fully of her portion
in my Estate.
Sixthly. I will to my son Calvin Cannefax on negro boy
named Jim to be in full of his portion in my Estate.
Seventhly. I will to the bodily heirs of my daughter Nancy
Stockton One Hundred dollars to be equally divided between
them at the death or expiration of my wife's widowhood, and
that to be in full of their portion of my Estate.
Eighthly. I will to my son Benjamin W. Cannefax two Negro
boys names Henry & Gilbert at the death or Expiration of
my wife's widowhood.
Ninthly. I will to my son Chesley Cannefax two Negro
boys named Nat and Andrew and one Negro Girl named
Sarah at the death or Expiration of my wife's widowhood.
Tenthly. I will to my daughter Polly Stockton one hundred
dollars at the death or expiration of wife's Widowhood to be
in full of her portion in my Estate.
Eleventhly. I will to my daughter Jane Ingram two negro
girls named Polly & Phillis at my wife's death or
Expiration of her Widowhood.
Twelfthly. I will to my daughter Elizabeth Steele one negro
woman named Amico and one Negro boy named Daniel,
at the death or Expiration of my Wife's Widowhood.
Thirteenthly. I will that my two old Negroes Peter and Esther may
live with any of my children they please and if they will not
live with any of them to be sold and the proceeds go
into my Estate.
Fourteenthly. I will that the tract of land I now live on
and all the reidue of my land which is not above willed
shall be equally divided between my two sons Benjamin [and - crossed out]
Cannefax and Chesley Cannefax at the death or Expiration of
my wife's widowhood.
Fifteenth. I will that if there should be a residue after
paying all just debts and willed legacies that such residue
shall be equally divided between my sons Joseph Cannefax,
John Cannefax, Benjamin Cannefax & Chesley Cannefax."
[Page 722]
"I do appoint my wife and my son Benjamine Cannefax
my Executors to wholely & solely Execute this my last Will
and Testament
I do hereby disannull and disavow all other will or wills
by me heretofore made
Signed, Sealed, and perfected this 2nd day of July in
the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and
Thirty Nine. /s/ Radford Cannefax {Seal}
In presence of
Joseph Ronntree
Rich Steele"

------------------
Radford William Cannefax & Chesley Cannefax & Joseph Cannefax - Genealogy of the Townshend-Townsend family p.190 - 194:
[Page 190 S. W. Mo.]
"V - 8 MARY CORDELIA LIEUTICIA TOWNSEND.
Mary was born in Logan County, Kentucky in (n -168)
1828 and came to Springfield, Missouri, with her parents,
William ....
...in the late fall of 1832. Twelve years later, on March 7, [n -169)
1844, when she was barely sixteen years of age, Mary married
Chesley Cannefax (b. Sep. 1, 1808-d. June 17, 1877), twenty years
her senior. He was born on the bank of the Staunton River, now the Roanoke, in Campbell County, Virginia.
The Cannefax group moved to Pulaski County, Kentucky in
1810 and lived there until after the 1830 U. S. (n -170)
Census. Radford Cannefax and his family arrived in Spring-
field, Missouri, in 1831, settling four miles southwest of
town on a farm which later belonged to Chesley.
One of the best accounts concerning the life of Chesley
Cannefax was written about 1870 and reads as follows:
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CHESLEY CANNEFAX.
Chesley Cannefax was the first sheriff ever elected by
the people after the organization of Greene County in
1834. He comes from the ....
[Page 191 S. W. Mo.]
"....
About 1835 or 1836, Chesley had been appointed by the
governor, Brevet-Colonel of Militia. Judge Yancey was the
Colonel Commanding. ....
In 1837 he went to Texas with the intention of perm-
anently settling there, but returned to Missouri and in
1838, was elected by the Democrats as a member of the
Legislature. He served two years there. ....
On March 7, 1844, he married Mary Cordelia Lieuticia
Townsend, who was born in Logan County, Kentucky. For
some years during the War he acted as Justice of the
Peace. He has always been a Democrat, voting first for"
[Page 192 S. W. Mo.]
....
Chesley was a member of a group of 104 men representing
Southwest Missouri in the 1847 War With Mexico. He was
mustered into the 3rd Missouri Mounted Volunteers at the
call of President Polk, Col. John Ralls, commanding. The party
marched across the plains and over the Santa Fe Trail, (n -171)
to Santa Fe, his regiment ....
... Other members of the party included William I.
Cannefax, Sergeant and John R. Cannefax, a private.
....
Chesley Cannefax died of Apoplexy in Springfield on June
16, 1877, at sixty-nine years of age. He was buried in the
Cannefax family plot on his home place, located (N -178)
three and a half miles west of Campbell Street Road on Sun-
shine Street, in a grove of walnut trees.
Ella, the youngest daughter of Chesley and Mary, married
Allen Williams. She also inherited the farm. One day, during
a heated argument with Ella, he went to the (n -179)
cemetery and pushed all of the tombstones over, probably
destroying some of them. The few remaining lie flat on the
ground. Chesley's beautiful marker bears the Emblem of the
Master Mason and the dates of his birth and death."
[Page 193 S. W. Mo.]
A few feet from Chesley's resting place is found the
marker of Joseph Cannefax (b. Mar. 1, 1797 - d. Feb. 28, 1846), an
older brother of Chesley. Foot markers bearing the initials,
"R. C." and "A. C." are those of Radford and his wife, ann [sic - Ann].
The tombstones of Mary, wife of Chesley, and Sarah, the wife
of Joseph, are not to be found. Sarah was born Mar. 18, 1799
and died April 20, 1890.
Mary C. L. Cannefax made Application for Administration
of Chesley's Estate on ...."
[Page 194 S. W. Mo.]
....
[Drawing of Headstone of CHESLEY CANNEFAX].

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Contributor: Julie Evans (47167097)

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"A. C."



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  • Created by: Kelly
  • Added: Mar 31, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67709413/anne-cannifax: accessed ), memorial page for Anne Edds Cannifax (1776–1845), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67709413, citing Cannifax Family Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Kelly (contributor 47291356).