Watson
Cannady
Born before in United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Cannady
and Rebecca (Watson) Cannady
Brother of
Sarah Cannady, Margaret Peggy Cannady, Lawrence Cannady, James Cannady, Henry Cannady, William Cannady, John Cannady, Elizabeth Cannady, George Washington Cannady, Melinda (Cannady) Delay, Lavina F (Cannady) Davis and Polly B Cannady
Husband of
Asenith (Blunt) Ferguson
— married
25 Dec 1831 in Vermillion, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Ann Eliza (Cannady) Miller and Elizabeth Jane (Cannady) Blunt
Died about
after about age 25
in Vermillion, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Aug 2011
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Biography
Watson Cannady, son of William Cannady and Rebecca Watson, was born between 1801 and 1810 in Kentucky or Harrison County, Indiana. [1][2]
Some family trees report his birth as about 1808 in Nelson County, Kentucky, however, there is no documentation. Based on his father's land records, he could have been born in Kentucky or Harrison County, Indiana, during the 1801-1810 time period. [1]
Move from Kentucky to Indiana
Watson's parents were on the August 1800 tax list in Lincoln County, Kentucky. They disposed of their property in October 1801. "Since no further record of William Cannady Sr. occurs in Nelson County, we must assume he may have moved to another county."[1]
Research for Watson's elder brother William Jr, born February 1800 in Nelson, Kentucky, says "While still a youth, his parents migrated north across the Ohio River into the southern part of Harrison County, Indiana." [2]
The next record for William Cannady Sr is his daughter Mary's marriage to James Watson in Harrison County 22 March 1810. [1] William Sr is on the 1820 census in Harrison County and Watson might be one of the two males, age 10 to 15, in his household.[3]
Move from Indiana to Illinois
In 1828, William and his son, William Jr. acquired land in Blount township, about 5 miles NW of Danville, Vermilion, Illinois. [4]It is assumed that Watson went to Illinois with them.
Cannady-Canaday Family Research
There were two unrelated families in Vermilion County, Illinois, with similar names: Cannady and Canaday. The members of the Cannady family who settled north of Danville came from Kentucky and Indiana and were either Methodists or belonged to the Church of Christ. The Canaday families from North Carolina and Tennessee settled in the southern part of Vermilion county and were generally Quakers.[4][5]
1831 Marriage
Asenath (aka Asenith) Blunt and Watson Cannady married 25 December 1831 in Vermilion County, Illinois.[6][7]
Children
1832 Black Hawk War
Name: Watson Canady [Cannady]
Rank: Private
Company: Captain Bailey's Co. A
Brigade: Colonel Moore's Regiment
Mounted Volunteers, Illinois Militia
War: Black Hawk War
War year: April 6 – August 27, 1832
Service Entry Place: Vermilion County, Illinois[9][10]
Watson's brother-in-law, William Blunt, served in the same regiment.
- "The Black Hawk War was fought between the United States and several Native American tribes. It took place primarily in Illinois state and Michigan Territory (now Wisconsin).This was a conflict between the Sauk and Fox Indians led by Black Hawk, and U.S. troops. The conflict was over ownership of land in eastern Illinois. The major battle of the war was fought at the mouth of the Bad Axe River in Southern Wisconsin. As a result of the war, the Indians relinquished their claim to Illinois land in exchange for a reservation in Iowa." [11][12]
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| 1832 - Massacre of Bad Axe |
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| The Battle of Bad Axe - 1832 |
1834 Land Transaction
Watson Canady land grant, 40 acres, Section 20, Newell Township, Vermilion, Illinois, purchased 27 December 1834 for $50. [13]
1835 Death
Watson Cannady died 20 September 1835 Vermilion County, Illinois [8] William Cannady Jr., his brother, appointed administrator of his estate on 21 November 1835, at Asenith's request.[8][2]
Research Notes
Re: 1837 Land Transaction
Watson's widow, Asenith (Blunt) Cannady, married Henry Ferguson 11 June 1837 at Vermilion, Illinois.[6]
This land transaction is dated after Watson's death--part of his estate? [14]
Watson Canady and Jeremiah Delay, tenants in common, [15] 80 acres, Section 20, Newell Township, Vermilion, Illinois. (Jeremiah Delay had married Malinda Cannady 27 January 1831.)[16]
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| 1837 - Watson Canady & Jeremiah Dailey - 80 acres, Vermillion, Illinois |
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ancestry.com. The history and genealogy of the George W. Cannady family [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Cannady, Bruce B.,. The history and genealogy of the George W. Cannady family. Gresham, Or.?: unknown, 1973, PAGE 1-3, IMAGE 14.[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ancestry.com. The history and genealogy of the George W. Cannady family [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Cannady, Bruce B.,. The history and genealogy of the George W. Cannady family. Gresham, Or.?: unknown, 1973, PAGE 1-15, IMAGE 27.[2]
- ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG4-4XJ : accessed 17 January 2021), William Thenedy, Harrison, Indiana, United States; citing p. 72, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 14; FHL microfilm 205,608.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ancestry.com. The history and genealogy of the George W. Cannady family [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Cannady, Bruce B.,. The history and genealogy of the George W. Cannady family. Gresham, Or.?: unknown, 1973, PAGE 1-5, IMAGE 17.[3]
- ↑ William Cannady Sr. of Nelson County, Kentucky: [4]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ancestry.com. Illinois, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1791-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Comp.. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Illinois.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Illinois, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1790-1860 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.[ Name: Watson Cannady; Spouse: Asenath Blunt; Date: 25 Dec 1831; County: Vermilion; State: Illinois; Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT; Microfilm: 1298747]
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Ancestry.com. The history and genealogy of the George W. Cannady family [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Cannady, Bruce B.,. The history and genealogy of the George W. Cannady family. Gresham, Or.?: unknown, 1973, page 1-13, image 25.[5]
- ↑ National Archives, Washington, DC, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780’s-1917; Record Group Number: RG 94; Series Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Cherokee Removal in Organizations From the State of Alabama; Series Number: M243; Roll: M629_6 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S. Army Indian Campaign Service Records Index, 1815-1858 [Watson Canady, Private, Captain Bailey's Company, Col. Moore's Reg't, Mounted Volunteers, Illinois Militia, Black Hawk War]
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Web: Illinois, U.S., Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015. [6][Watson Canady; Rank: Private; Company: Bailey, A; Brigade: MOORES; War: Black Hawk War; War Years: 1831-1832; Service Entry Place: Vermilion County, Illinois, USA]
- ↑ FamilySearch Wiki contributors, "Black Hawk War, 1832," FamilySearch Wiki, , (accessed January 17, 2021).
- ↑ "Black Hawk War," Wikipedia (accessed July 7, 2020).
- ↑ State of Illinois. Illinois, Public Land Purchase Records, 1813-1909 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. [Name:Watson Canady; Section:E2NW; Price per Acre:1.25; Total Price:50.00; Date:27 Dec 1834; Volume:236; Page:051; Type:FD; Sect:20; Township:20N; Range:11W; Meridian:2; Acres:40.00; Corr-Tag:0; ID:207106; Reside:092]
- ↑ US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office (BLM-GLO) [7]
- ↑ Sherer Law Offices, Illinois, What Is the Difference Between Joint Tenants and Tenants in Common? [8]
- ↑ Ancestry.com. The history and genealogy of the George W. Cannady family [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Cannady, Bruce B.,. The history and genealogy of the George W. Cannady family. Gresham, Or.?: unknown, 1973, PAGE 1-6, IMAGE 18.[9]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Watson by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Watson:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Watson by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Watson:
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
~6.25%
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~0.78%
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~0.39%
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Cannady-259 and Cannady-44 appear to represent the same person because: same wife in biography on -44 as attached on -259. identical death information, birth is an estimate
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