CANNIFAX FAMILY

REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION

William Canafax - S.19233


31 January, 1834. Monroe County, Virginia. Born 9 July, 1758 in Cumberland County. Resided in Campbell County, Virginia during the revolution. Mentions a brother in Kentucky. WILLIAM resided in Monroe County for the last five years and thirty years before that in Kentucky. He left Campbell County ca 1799. Mentions a cousin WILLIAM CAMPBELL. John Frederick Dorman, Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications, Volume 15, Page 43.

 

Note: The Campbell County, Virginia Real Property Tax Digests show that this is William Cannifax, son of John Cannifax.


The above pension application is verified by the following series of Tax Digests:

Campbell County, VA

1786

1787

1788

1789

1790

1791

1792

1793

1794

1795

1796

1797

1798

1799

 

William Cannifax

P?

 

 

 

P

P

53*

P

53

P

53

P

52

P

52

P

52

P

52

**52

-

 

Lincoln County, KY

1799

1800

1801

1802

1803

1804

1805

1806

1807

1808

1809

1810

1811

 

 

William Cannifax

P

172

172

172

172

100

71

70

172.5

172.5

Not Found

No Tax Digest

Not Found

 

 

Rockcastle County, KY

1813 is illegible, 1818 is not available, 1825 is illegible

1811

1812

1814

1815

1816

1817

1819

1820

1821

1822

1824

1826

1827

1828

1829

William Cannifax

-

172

172

72

132

150

faded

150

150

150

faded

150

150

-

-

Monroe County, (WV)

1826

1827

1828

1829

1830

1831

1832

1833

1834

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Cannifax

-

-

-

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Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com