Family:Zachariah Canterbury and Sarah Caswell (1)

Zachariah & Sarah were married North-Eastern Tennessee as per his grandson Jefferson Davis Canterbury bible and Wanda James great grandaughter to Jefferson Davis Canterbury ( son to Frank Daniel Canterbury ).

Zachariah served in the Tennessee Militia between 1796 -1811. He was Commissioned as a Captian October 24, 1807 with the Campbell Co. Regiment. ( Record of Commissions of Officers in the Militia in the Tennessee Militia 1796- 1815 page 30 compiled by Mrs. John Trotwood Moore) He is listed in the 1799 Grainger Co. Tennessee Tax list with his brother John and in 1805 Anderson Co. Tennessee .

On Oct 24 1851 Zachariah Canterbury , age 79, made a claim for Bounty Land for his service under Gen. Sevier in the war with the Cherokee Indians in East Tennessee. He claims he was mustered in and discharged at Knoxville, Tennessee in 1793. He moved his family to the Mississippi Territory about 1814 and to Bibb Co. Alabama in late 1820's

His Estate was finally setteled June 5, 1854

CANTERBURY FAMILY IN BIBB COUNTY Submitted by Jack Moore

The Canterbury family, led by brothers Zachariah Canterbury and John Canterbury, were among the first white settlers in what is present day Bibb County, Alabama. Zachariah Canterbury, who was born on January 1, 1773, in Virginia, moved his family to Madison County, Mississippi Territory in late 1811 or early 1812. He is listed in the 1812 applications for land grants for Madison County filed with the Nashville Land Office. He and John appear in the "1816 Census of Heads of Families in Madison County, Mississippi Territory." The Canterbury's were farmers and had tracts of land throughout the county.

John Canterbury, a Revolutionary War pensioner, was named a Beat Captain in the Cahaba (Bibb) County Militia. In February of 1818, John Canterbury was appointed chief justice of the Cahaba County Court. The first session of the court was held on May 28, 1818, in the hastily- constructed court house at Cahaba Falls. There were two other sessions of the court held in August and November. During the August 1818 session, two of the persons listed in the jury panel were John's brother, Zachariah, and Zachariah's son, Samuel Canterbury.

Zachariah Canterbury's wife Sarah, born in Virginia on January 19, 1775. She and Zachariah had eight children. Five were born in Tennessee, the rest in Alabama. Sarah Canterbury died on September 14, 1851. Zachariah Canterbury died on September 11, 1852. Both are believed to be buried in the Hill-Oldham Cemetery.

Birth: 1772 in VA Death: 11 SEP 1852 in Simmsboro, AL Note: Canterbury Bible says: "Zachariah Canterbury departed this life Sept 11 1852 Age 80."