Migration of John Lewis KUHN and Mary FANNON

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Migration of John Lewis KUHN and Mary FANNON

1. John Lewis KUHN, born 24 Sep 1757 in Orangeburgh, South Carolina; died Dec 1822 in Wilkinson Co., Mississippi, son of Hans Caspar KUHN (SR) and Anna Marie [---]. He married abt 1781 in South Carolina Mary FANNON, born abt 1765 in South Carolina; died 14 Mar 1815 in Woodville, Wilkinson Co., Mississippi.

Notes for John Lewis KUHN: 1757 On Sunday Novembr. 20th in Orangeburgh Church. John Lewis, son of Caspar and Anna Maria Kuhn; born Septembr 24th 1757. Suret: Lewis and Elizabeth Golsen and Peter Stehely. (Rev. Giessendanner) Migrated to Amite Co., MS in 1811 (became Pike in 1816 then Lincoln). Carolina Herald Mar-Jun 1997, pg.71 COON, Lewis, Soldier SC, b 24 Sep 1757, SC, d aft 1811, Wilkinson Co MS m 1780/81 wf Mary Fannon; ch, Anna, b 26 Mar 1783; Jasper, b 25 Dec 1785; Jacob b. 17 Jun 1790; Margaret b. 30 Apr 1792; Lewis Jr., b. 28 Mar 1795; Charles, b. 25 Apr. 1797; David b. 29 Aug 1799; Maryann Elizabeth b. Aug. 1802. (Abstracts from Mississippi DAR application records) Georgia passport dated 1 Nov 1811. DAR #635342 migrated in 1811 to Wilkinson County, MS, just north of Woodville.

Children of John Lewis KUHN and Mary FANNON were as follows:

a. Anna KUHN, born 26 Mar 1783 in Orangeburgh, South Carolina; died abt 19 Oct 1852. She married in 1803 in Richland County, South Carolina Harris RAWLS, born abt 1780 in South Carolina; died 4 Sep 1837 in PikeCounty, Mississippi. Will dated 19 Oct 1852 probated 7 Feb 1853.

b. Jasper S.M. KUHN, born 26 Dec 1785 in Richland County, South Carolina; died 5 Feb 1885 in Quachita Parish, Louisana. He married on 3 Feb 1816 Sarah Ann FENNER, born 27 Jan 1793 in Wilkinson Co., Mississippi; died abt 1846 in Quichita Parish, Lousiana. War of 1812 Mississippi Territory. Jasper S. M. Coon was in Wilkinson Co, MS by 1811. Children of Jasper and Sarah Coon, Albert Fenner Coon m.7 Mar 1850 Emily Salsbury b. 1 Oct 1830 Ouachita Par. LA b. 19 Jan 18-- Ouachita Par, LA Ouachita Par, LA d. 2 May 1902 d. 1 Jul 1907 Ouachita Par, LA Ouachita Par, LA Jacob Allen Coon m. 23 Dec 1885 Henrietta Hensen b.31 Jan 1858 Jackson Par, LA b. 1 Apr 1865 Ouachita Par, LA Richland Par, LA d. 1 Nov 1919 d. 11 Dec 1947 Ouachita Par, LA Monroe, LA. Another source gives children of Jasper and Sarah Coon: Jacob A Coon m. Elizabeth Rogers b.1 Apr 1819 Margaret A Coon m. William D McDonald Emily A Coon m. Isom R Nettles Albert F Coon m. Emily Salsbury b. 1 Oct 1830 Sarah E Coon m. H W Sherrard b. 13 Jan 1837. REFERENCE: Order of First Families of Mississippi, 2nd Register, 1991.

c. Jacob KUHN, born 17 Jun 1790 in Richland County, South Carolina; died 8 Mar 1851 in Pike County, Mississippi.. He married abt 1808 Nancy Genet SMITH, born abt 1789 in South Carolina; died in Louisiana. Migrated to Mississippi Territory with Harris Rawls and wife Anna Coon Rawls and Henry Brown, Georgia passport dated 26 Oct 1810. Settled on the upper Bogue Chitto River. Land patent dated 16 Aug 1816 within one mile of Harris Rawls. Nancy Genet SMITH had 9 children. Moved to LA (Clairborne Parish, Minden, LA) before the Civil War with four of her children (2 sons, 2 daug.). Pike Co., MS census 1850 age 61.

d. Margaret KUHN, born 30 Apr 1792 in South Carolina. She married (1) Austin Marion COATES, born 1788 in Richland County, South Carolina; died in Wilkinson Co., Mississippi; (2) Asa ANDERSON. Three children, Jackson, Joe and Martha.

e. John Lewis KUHN (JR), born 28 Mar 1795 in Richland County, South Carolina. He married (1) on 1 Jan 1822 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi Malinda SWAYZE, born 25 Apr 1797; (2) on 16 Jan 1830 in Wilkinson Co., Mississippi Elizabeth WHITE, born 1810 in South Carolina. Died by drowning.

f. Charles Augustus KUHN, born 25 Apr 1797 in South Carolina. He married on 17 Feb 1824 in Wilkinson Co., Mississippi Elizabeth MCNEELY.

g. David Fannon KUHN, born 29 Aug 1799 in Richland County, South Carolina. He married on 11 Dec 1821 in Wilkinson Co., Mississippi Charlotte KILGORE.

h. Mary Ann Elizabeth KUHN, born 20 Aug 1802 in Richland County, South Carolina; died 28 Jan 1892 in Wilkinson Co., Mississippi. She married (1) on 15 Dec 1821 in Wilkinson Co., Mississippi Edmond Parmuna ALLEN, born abt 1800 in Mississippi; died abt 1829; (2) on 25 Mar 1829 in Wilkinson Co., Mississippi Thomas Pike SCUDDER, born 12 Jun 1795 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; died 9 May 1839 in Wilkinson Co., Mississippi.

Information provided by Gene Jeffries 6 May 2000.

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