Cannon County Tennessee is located in Middle Tennessee . . .
Cannon County lies almost exactly in the center of Tennessee, approximately half way between Chattanooga and Nashville. It contains an area of some 270 square miles and was created on January 31, 1836, from parts of Rutherford, Smith, and Warren Counties. The original bill (as drafted) named the County, "Marshall", after Chief Justice John Marshall, but before its passage, the word "Marshall" was penned out and the word "Cannon" was inserted, for Newton Cannon, the governor of Tennessee.
In 1837, a portion of Northeastern Cannon Co. was used in the forming of the new Dekalb Co., and in 1838 a portion of Wilson County containing the area around Auburntown was added to Cannon. The County is bounded on the west by Rutherford County, the north by Wilson and DeKalb Counties, on the east by Warren County, and on the south by Coffee County.
A section of H.S. Tanner's 1834 Map of Tennessee, showing
the area that became Cannon and Coffee Counties, in 1836.
Notes from "History of Woodbury and Cannon Co." by Sterling S. Brown, 1936.
See also, Goodspeed's 1887 Cannon Co. History, below.
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Cannon County
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W.P.A. Cannon County Bible, Family, and Tombstone Records (free online index)
[1836-1897] W.P.A. Cannon County Deed Index, Volume 1 (free online index)
[1836-1895} W.P.A. Cannon, and County Record of Wills Book A. (free online index)
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