tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098246906338279953.post6469504007381394915..comments2024-01-26T15:20:49.568-06:00Comments on Itawamba History Review: The Itawamba Historical Society: Detail of the Whitesides Plantation HomeBob Frankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06044933010329922610noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2098246906338279953.post-35589860723806952562008-11-03T11:10:00.000-06:002008-11-03T11:10:00.000-06:00Bob, after reading of the Whiteside's PLantati...Bob, after reading of the Whiteside's PLantation, my wandering mind recalled a small article relating to the McKnight/Shannon/Pickens familys of early day Itawamba Co. An older sister (Mary E. Dyer)of my maternal GGgrandfather (George B. Dyer)married Andrew Pickens Shannon who was a Justice of the Peace during the 1830/1840's. Andrew's mother was Ann Pickens born in SC and this article I read said her family moved to Itawamba County where they created a large plantation. Have you heard of this place - where it was located? The Dyer's were raised atop the hill on co.rd.23 where the Dyer Cemetery is situated. This location is identified as a posted "gun club" in today's times.<BR/><BR/>This Shannon family moved to the Johnson & Tarrant Counties in Texas sometime in the 1850's where Andrew was falsely accused of being a cattle rustler to which he paid with his life when a restless possee chasing the real rustler discovered these cattle in his corral. They called him out in the middle of the night and strung him up from a tree only to learn 3 days later of their big mistake.<BR/><BR/>I am still trying to trace this family that pulled up stakes and headed to Colorado shortly after Andrew's murder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com