Thomas Brannon
Birth: 1766, Georgetown, Maryland, USA
Father: William H. Brannon *
Mother: Catherine Bailey *
- Married (Brannon)
- Child 1: Jessie Brannon <1796> - m. Paulina (Brannon)
- Child 2: John G. Brannon <1800> - m. Nancy (Brannon)
- Child 3: Thomas H. Brannon <1802> -
Notes: According to Col. DeWeese in his "Recollections of a Lifetime" Thomas lived on the head o f a small run that empties into the little Kanawha River in Glenville by the name of Turkey P en, he was grandfather of Sant Brannon of Glenville, Gilmer Co., also the great grandfather o f Judge Lynn Brannon of the same place.
FIRST SETTLERS
The work was done, the county was explored, the story of its hunting grounds, of its primeva l forests, of its lofty mountains, of its purling streams flowing from icy fountains, was alr eady told, and it was enough to induce many of those who had already crossed the mountains t o again become pioneers, to remove farther into the wilderness. The resolution was carried in to effect, and the first and second decades of this century (19th) saw many of them settled o n the Little Kanawha and its tributaries, within the limits of what is now Calhoun County.
Of the many we name of these the first settlers of the county. Among them were James Mayes, J ames Niles, Audrey Sharp, Stephen Burson, Peter McCune, Sr., Anthony Parsons, Thomas Cottrell , Dr. George Conley, Thomas P. Brannan, Philip Starcher, Peter Cogar, Isaac Mace, William Bra nnan, Peter McCune, Jr., Adam O'Brian, John Haverty, John B. Goff, John Ball, Job Westfall, S amuel Barr, Alexander Huffman, Joshua Smith, James Arnold, Barnabas Cook, Archibald Burris, G eorge W. Hardman, Salathiel Riddle, Henry Bell, Phillip Stallman, Isaac Cox, Benjamin Jackson , Michael H. Haverty, Thomas Holbert and Valentine Ferrell. These were the men who became th e pioneers of
Calhoun County. [app. 1830]
FIRST SETTLERS
The first cabin was erected by a man of the name of West, who came from Ohio to this vicinit y about the year 1807. He was a squatter and did not remain long. The first actual settler wa s Phillip Starcher, who built his cabin where Arnoldsburg now stands in the year 1810. Soon a fter his settlement he was joined by Peter Cogar, Isaac Mace, william Brannan, Peter McCune a nd Adam O'Brien, all of whom found homes along the West Fork.
BIRTH: Son Samuel's 1880 Census says District of Columbia
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