An American Family History

Isaac Vernon and Hannah Townsend

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Isaac Vernon was born in 1715.

He married Hannah Townsend in 1737. She was the daughter of John Townsend and Catherine Willits.

Isaac and Hannah's children included:

Catherine Vernon (1737, married John Sidwell),
Mary Vernon (1739, married John Hodgin),
Phoebe Vernon (1740/41),
Isaac Vernon, Jr. (1741/42)
Rebecca Vernon (1743),
Amos Vernon (1745),
Townsend Vernon (1747),
Lydia Vernon (1749, married Samuel Stanfield),
Martha Vernon (1753), and
James Vernon (1757, married Content Hodgin)

In 1758, they moved to Cane Creek, North Carolina and were received at the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting. They were involved in a dispute at the Cane Creek meeting.

On July 3, 1770 Isaac Vernon was granted lot 10 in Wrightsborough Town and 350 acres in Wrightsborough Township, in Georgia.

On February 7, 1775 he was granted 1,100 acres in Wrightsborough Township, St. Paul Parish.

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