No Shannon Trading Post in 1826 - 1830by: Kameron Searle A number of "histories" have made claim that Jacob Shannon or his father Owen Shannon were operating a trading post in what is today western Montgomery County as early as 1826 or 1830. There was no trading post being operated by Owen Shannon or Jacob Shannon near the current location of Montgomery, Texas in 1826 as poorly researched histories teach. Documents prove that both the Shannons were still living at Ayish Bayou (present day San Augustine, Texas) in January of 1826 and in the Town and Jurisdiction of Nacogdoches as late as February and March of 1830. It is important to note that the Shannons did not receive their Mexican Land Grants from Stephen F. Austin in what is today Montgomery County until 1831. In Volume 11 of the Robert Bruce Blake Research Collection "Nacogdoches Archives from the Texas State Library" translated by Robert Bruce Blake, both Jacob Shannon and Owen Shannon appear in "A List of Free Males at Aysh [Ayish] Bayou" dated January 9, 1826.
Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research - Houston, Texas See #60 Jacob Shannon and #61 Owen Shannon Below Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research - Houston, Texas
Next we look at the Robert Bruce Blake Research Collection again in Vol. 30
Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research - Houston, Texas On February 28, 1830, Jacob Shannon applied for citizenship in the town and jurisdiction of Nacogdoches. This should put to rest the myth that he was operating a trading post near the present site of Montgomery, Texas during the period from 1826-1830.
Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research - Houston, Texas
Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research - Houston, Texas
Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research - Houston, Texas Nacogdoches, March 29 1831 Blotter Book Manuel de los Santos Coy.
This document dated March 29, 1831 indicates that Jacob Shannon was a resident of Nacogdoches as late as March 29, 1831. |
