NOTE #1. James Cannon, Residence Twiggs County GA; Enlisted on 10/30/1863 as a Private, in Co.C. 4th GA. Infantry. He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA
NOTE #2. James C. Cannon was born October 10, 1827, somewhere in South Carolina. He was of English ancestry. He migrated to Twiggs County where he acquired approx. 127 acres and built his house. He built the house of logs he hewed himself, it had two large rooms, divided by an open hallway. No record of the year he left South Carolina or the year he built his house was found. On November 14, 1850, at the age of 23, he married Elizabeth Collins, in Twiggs Co., GA. James enlisted as a private in Co.C. 4th GA. Infantry, October 30, 1863, also shown as November 18, 1863. The company munster roll for June 30 to August 31, 1864, last on file shows him absent, sick at hospital. He was surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. and paroled at Apomattox Courthouse, April 9, 1865. After the war, he walked almost all the way home, 770 miles. His family and his home had all suffered the ravages of the war. It was told that he arrived home with two other men on a white horse. The other men were not named. It was also told that he could not sit in a chair comfortably, because it had been a long time since he had sat in one. He sat or squatted on the floor. He never quite got over the war, whenever he went to the field to plow his little brown jug went along.
NOTE #2. James C. Cannon was born October 10, 1827, somewhere in South Carolina. He was of English ancestry. He migrated to Twiggs County where he acquired approx. 127 acres and built his house. He built the house of logs he hewed himself, it had two large rooms, divided by an open hallway. No record of the year he left South Carolina or the year he built his house was found. On November 14, 1850, at the age of 23, he married Elizabeth Collins, in Twiggs Co., GA. James enlisted as a private in Co.C. 4th GA. Infantry, October 30, 1863, also shown as November 18, 1863. The company munster roll for June 30 to August 31, 1864, last on file shows him absent, sick at hospital. He was surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. and paroled at Apomattox Courthouse, April 9, 1865. After the war, he walked almost all the way home, 770 miles. His family and his home had all suffered the ravages of the war. It was told that he arrived home with two other men on a white horse. The other men were not named. It was also told that he could not sit in a chair comfortably, because it had been a long time since he had sat in one. He sat or squatted on the floor. He never quite got over the war, whenever he went to the field to plow his little brown jug went along.
NOTE #1. James Cannon, Residence Twiggs County GA; Enlisted on 10/30/1863 as a Private, in Co.C. 4th GA. Infantry. He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA
NOTE #2. James C. Cannon was born October 10, 1827, somewhere in South Carolina. He was of English ancestry. He migrated to Twiggs County where he acquired approx. 127 acres and built his house. He built the house of logs he hewed himself, it had two large rooms, divided by an open hallway. No record of the year he left South Carolina or the year he built his house was found. On November 14, 1850, at the age of 23, he married Elizabeth Collins, in Twiggs Co., GA. James enlisted as a private in Co.C. 4th GA. Infantry, October 30, 1863, also shown as November 18, 1863. The company munster roll for June 30 to August 31, 1864, last on file shows him absent, sick at hospital. He was surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. and paroled at Apomattox Courthouse, April 9, 1865. After the war, he walked almost all the way home, 770 miles. His family and his home had all suffered the ravages of the war. It was told that he arrived home with two other men on a white horse. The other men were not named. It was also told that he could not sit in a chair comfortably, because it had been a long time since he had sat in one. He sat or squatted on the floor. He never quite got over the war, whenever he went to the field to plow his little brown jug went along.
NOTE #2. James C. Cannon was born October 10, 1827, somewhere in South Carolina. He was of English ancestry. He migrated to Twiggs County where he acquired approx. 127 acres and built his house. He built the house of logs he hewed himself, it had two large rooms, divided by an open hallway. No record of the year he left South Carolina or the year he built his house was found. On November 14, 1850, at the age of 23, he married Elizabeth Collins, in Twiggs Co., GA. James enlisted as a private in Co.C. 4th GA. Infantry, October 30, 1863, also shown as November 18, 1863. The company munster roll for June 30 to August 31, 1864, last on file shows him absent, sick at hospital. He was surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. and paroled at Apomattox Courthouse, April 9, 1865. After the war, he walked almost all the way home, 770 miles. His family and his home had all suffered the ravages of the war. It was told that he arrived home with two other men on a white horse. The other men were not named. It was also told that he could not sit in a chair comfortably, because it had been a long time since he had sat in one. He sat or squatted on the floor. He never quite got over the war, whenever he went to the field to plow his little brown jug went along.
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