Interactive Family Tree - Person Sheet
Interactive Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth Canote 107
Birth12 May 1780, near Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD71,82
Residence1810, Wayne Co., KY83
Residence3 Aug 1850, Marion Twp., Lawrence Co., IN108
Death10 Nov 1856, Lawrence Co., IN71
BurialSheeks Cemetery, Marion Twp., Lawrence Co., IN
FatherJohn Canote Sr. (-~1820)
MotherRosanna Hunse (-~1820)
Spouses
Birth1 Jun 1774, Rowan Co., NC71,82
Residence1810, Wayne Co., KY83
Residence1816, Orleans, Orange Co., IN82
Residence9 Jan 1817, Marion Twp., Lawrence Co., IN82
Death30 Jan 1843, Boone Co., IN82
BurialSheeks Cemetery, Marion Twp., Lawrence Co., IN
Occupationcabinetmaker, farmer
FatherChristian Shick/Sheek (ca1735->1792)
MotherRosina (->1824)
Marriage6 Feb 1800, Madison Co., KY109,110
ChildrenJohn (1801-1889)
 Denton (1803-1884)
 Rosannah (1805-1881)
 Cynthia (1807-1855)
 George Canote (1809-1889)
 Samuel (1812-1890)
 Isaac (1814-1833)
 Malinda (Twin) (1817-1853)
 Matilda (Twin) (1817-1873)
 David Lawrence (1819-1899)
 Elizabeth Jane (1821-1861)
 Mary Emaline (1824-1857)
Biographical notes for Elizabeth Canote
For circumstantial evidence linking Elizabeth to her parents John Canote Sr. and Rosannah Hunse, see The Canote Chronicle by Paul K. Zebe (2013), pp. 20-21. The full text of this book is available online.107 I favor this theory of Elizabeth’s parentage because of the links to Washington Co., MD, and Madison Co., KY; and because Elizabeth’s first son and daughter were named John and Rosannah. Also, both Elizabeth Canote Sheeks and Rosannah Canote Shirley had sons named Denton.

Zebe offers a second possibility for the identity of Elizabeth’s father–one Christopher Cannotes/Cannoutson of Madison Co., KY–but notes that there is no known link between that individual and Elizabeth’s birth state of Maryland.
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