Tag: Abbeville Abbeville Co. South Carolina

Children of John Ewing Colhoun and Floride Bonneau (2): James Edward

March 28, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “The eccentric, & wicked, but highly gifted James Edward Calhoun” 3. James Edward Calhoun, the third child of John Ewing Colhoun and Floride Bonneau who lived to adulthood, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on 4 July 1798. This date of birth is recorded on his tombstone in Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church cemetery … More Children of John Ewing Colhoun and Floride Bonneau (2): James Edward

Children of John Ewing Colhoun and Floride Bonneau (1): John Ewing and Floride Bonneau

March 22, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “Tradition recounts that she sometimes locked up ‘every closet, store-room, and smokehouse on the plantation and drove off with the keys’” As the previous posting states, three of the children of John Ewing Colhoun and wife Floride Bonneau died in infancy and are buried beside their father in the Colhoun family cemetery at … More Children of John Ewing Colhoun and Floride Bonneau (1): John Ewing and Floride Bonneau

Children of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun: Margaret (Bowie) and Andrew

March 3, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “I am most mortified that you did not write to Colonel Pickens, do write to him” This post continues a discussion that began with this previous posting of the children of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun of Abbeville County and Pendleton District, South Carolina. The posting I’ve just linked discusses Andrew and Rebecca’s … More Children of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun: Margaret (Bowie) and Andrew