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Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha B. Cannon. Father of William E. Cannon, Richard O. Cannon, Mary E. Cannon, Thomas H. Cannon, Clenorah Cannon, and James L. Cannon. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1850 and 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 45. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 98. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 8. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, Dehavens, p. 7.

Citation

Cannon, Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206386 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Martha E. Butler et al. to James F. Robinson

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