History of Lot 8 House:
2007- House was built by Patsy and O'Neil Freeman
2016- Current Owners obtained the house and are seeing apparitions.
Sightings: "seeing apparitions of old man and young girl in Victorian type clothing"
Note: Victorian era was from 1837 to 1901.
Lot Ownership List [Thank you Mark Miller for helping me find the names of the previous owners!!!]
1-25-1836 - Mah Wah Ta(k) Goforth
1836- Henry Jackson and wife E. Jackson bought the property on 4/5/1836
1849- Reuben Slaughter
1855- James W. Fant
1866- James (Jas.) M. Rodgers & John Rodgers
1886- James (Jas.) M. Rodgers
1908- G. C. Cannon & Hattie Cannon
1999- Randall Swaney
2000- David Houck Investments
2005- Joseph Timothy Houck & Susan Marie Houck Scott
2005- Willard Troy Potts
2007- Patsy and O'Neil Freeman
2016- Current Owners
1836- Mah Wah Ta. USA had the land granted to "Mah Wah Tak." This was the wife of John Goforth. Both were full bloodied Chickasaws and sold their land to Henry Jackson. Henry Love (who knew the Chickasaw language) wrote her name as Mah Wah Ta Goforth. Her name was spelled in a variety of ways in one document alone:
Mo Wah To,
Mah Wah Ta,
Mo Wah Ta,
Moh Wah Ta, and
Mo Wa Ta
Book titled "Who Was Who Among the Southern Indians: A Genealogical Notebook, 1698-1907" had her name as:
Mowah
Her descendants had her name as (Link):
Mahate,
Mah Wah Ta
Martha
Her children were Solomon Goforth and William H. Goforth. After selling their land to Henry Jackson, Mah Wah Ta and her children went out west. John Goforth might have been the same "John S. Goforth that served in the 2nd Alabama Volunteers in the Creek war. " (Link)
1836- Henry Jackson and his wife E. Jackson <--possibly Henry Jackson was born in 1831.
1849- Reuben Slaughter <-- Possibly born in 1806 and married Mary Jane Ferguson (1816-) on December 19th 1833 in Virginia. They moved from Marshall County, Mississippi to Giles County, Tennessee by 1860. Reuben Slaughter was a planter in Mississippi but was a Constable in Tennessee. (link) Their children were:
Charles W. Slaughter (1837-1920)
Mildred Ann Slaughter (1842)
Robert M. Slaughter (1844)
Lucy M. Slaughter (1846-
John P. Slaughter (1848-1895)
Frances Richard Slaughter (1850-1935)
James P. Slaughter (1851-)
Henry J. Slaughter (1855-1899)
1855- James W. Fant <-- Possibly James Wren Fant (1808-1889). His wife was Elizabeth McCartney Taylor Fant (1817-1894). Their children were:
* = marks children that died before the purchase of this property
**= marks children that died before leaving the property.
Emma E. Fant (??-1905)
*William G. Fant (1836-1841)
James Thornton Fant (1838-1895)
*Mary Lucy Fant (1840-1844)
**Euclid Bethel Fant (1845-1864)
Selden Fant (1847-1878)
Arthur Fant (1849-1881)
Glenn Fant (1853-1878)
Preston W. Fant (1857-1917)
Rice Turner Fant (1860-1951)
Lily Fant Howard (1862-1923)
1866- James "Jas" M. Rodgers & John M. (or W.) Rodgers <-- Possibly James M. Rodgers (birth 1810) and John W. Rodgers (birth 1851)
1886- James "Jas" M. Rodgers <--John gives property over to James
1901- David A. Mathis and wife M. C. Mathis <--Maybe Mary C. Mathis??
1908- Garrett Clinton Cannon (1859-1926) & Hattie Anderson Cannon (1872-1949)
Garrett's father *William J. Cannon died before Garrett bought this property but his mother Lydia Narcissus Ward and siblings might have visited.
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| Lydia and William married in 1855. The children of William J. Cannon (1833-1878) and Lydia Narcissus Ward Cannon (1835-1918): * = marks children that died before the purchase of this property 1856 -Susan N. 1857-John Westley 1859-Garrett Clinton *1861-1891 Bettie Cannon Christy 1864- Annie Lorena |
1. Elizabeth Cannon Chapman (1889-1928) (Mother was Oda D. Bryan Cannon who died in 1899)
2. Loyd Peel Cannon (1894-1977) (Mother was Oda D. Bryan Cannon who died in 1899)
3. Maggie Cannon Ford (1897-1979) (Mother was Oda D. Bryan Cannon who died in 1899)
4. Annie D. Cannon (1903-1997) (Grave is next to Cecil so assume they ar siblings.)
4. Cecil C. Cannon (1906-1968) (Mother was Hattie Anderson Cannon)
5. Howard Cannon (?-?). Unknown if Howard really existed. If he did, he was mentally challenged and lived with Loyd Peel who owned this property in 1938.
Possible siblings:
Nellie Cannon (1885-1930)
Lucille Cannon Martin (1885- 1955)
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| Photo of Loyd Peel and his sister Maggie Cannon |
1938- Loyd Peel Cannon (1894-1977) & Esther Elizabeth Cooper Cannon (1904-2001). No children but possibly took care of Howard Cannon (if he existed).
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| Loyd Peel Cannon. He served in World War I and opened up a country store with gas pump in Holly Springs, MS. Peel had a great sense of humor. He did woodworking and played the harmonica and juice harp. |
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| Esther Elizabeth Cooper Cannon was of Christian faith. She was good, kind, brilliant, lovable, prolific writer for The Pigeon Roost News, and was in charge of the Cannon Store. |
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| Married in the 1930's or 1940's. |
Esther had two older half siblings that probably never saw this property:
*Elizabeth (??-??) (mother was Henrietta "Nettie" Lord Cooper)
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| Frederick and Elizabeth Cooper |
The following siblings may have visited the property:
Sarah "Ruth" Cooper Lowrey (1899-1985)
Wilbur Kelsey Cooper (1901-1984)
Miriam Moore Cooper Parkhill (1905-1983)
Edna "Lois" Cooper Benton (1907-1999)
John Robert Cooper (1911-2011)
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| Back row: Edna "Lois", Wilbur, Miriam Middle row: Esther and Sarah "Ruth" Front row: John Robert "Bob" |
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| Esther, Miriam, and Lois. Esther and her siblings representing clothes of the Edwardian era (1901-1914). |
