Children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean/Jane Ewing: Catherine Calhoun (abt. 1751 – 1803) and Husband Alexander Noble

18 December 1779 letter of Major Alexander Noble to General William Moultrie, in Preston Davie Collection, 1560-1903, collection 3406, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, available digitally

Or, Subtitled: “I am your Obedient Hbl Servt. Alexdr. Noble Majr

Establishing Catherine’s Birthdate

As a previous posting notes, the will that Catherine Calhoun’s father Ezekiel Calhoun made on 3 September 1759 in Granville (later Abbeville) County, South Carolina, appears to name his sons and daughters by their order of birth, with the sons listed separately from the daughters.[1] Ezekiel’s will lists Catherine after her sisters Mary and Rebecca. Rebecca’s date of birth, 18 November 1745, appears on her tombstone in Old Stone Church cemetery at Clemson in Pickens County, South Carolina.[2] The next child in the family of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean or Jane Ewing is thought to have been their son John Ewing Colhoun, who was born in either 1749 or 1752, as we’ve seen.

Ezekiel Calhoun (abt. 1720, Co. Donegal, Ireland — bef. 25 May 1762, Augusta Co., Virginia), Son of Patrick Colhoun and Catherine Montgomery (Part 2)

Ezekiel Calhoun’s will, South Carolina Will Bk. 1760-7, pp. 181-2

This posting is a continuation of a series about Ezekiel Calhoun which began with this previous posting, which focused on the Calhoun family’s years in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, after they arrived there from County Donegal, Ireland, in 1733, their subsequent move to Reed Creek in Augusta (later Wythe) County, Virginia, before October 1745, and their relocation to the Long Cane area of Granville (later Abbeville) County, South Carolina, in 1755.

John Green (1768-1837): Some Notes on His Yet-to-Be Proven Ancestry

South Carolina Colonial Plat Bk. 9, p. 293

Or, Subtitled: Making Lemonade with No Lemons — Trying to Do Genealogy in Absence of Records You Need

Beginning with this linked posting in early September 2023, I’ve been tracking a Green family line from my earliest proven ancestor in this line, John Green, who was born 21 January 1768 in Granville (later Abbeville) County, South Carolina, and who died 18 March 1837 in Bibb County, Alabama. I’ve followed this family from John Green through his children by wife Jane Kerr, up to George Sidney Green, their last child, whose family I discussed in my last two postings. Prior to that time, I had also made a number of postings focusing specifically on John and Jane’s son Samuel Kerr Green, my 3-g-grandfather, and Samuel’s son Ezekiel Samuel Green, my 2-g-grandfather.