Tag: John C. Calhoun

New Material Added to Previous Postings about Elizabeth Bonneau Pickens and John Ewing Colhoun with Wife Floride Bonneau

February 26, 2025

This is a note to let readers know about new information I’ve added to a previous posting about Ezekiel Pickens, son of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun, and Ezekiel’s wife Elizabeth Bonneau, and to a posting about John Ewing Colhoun, Rebecca’s brother, and wife Floride Bonneau, a sister to Elizabeth Bonneau Pickens. As the first … More New Material Added to Previous Postings about Elizabeth Bonneau Pickens and John Ewing Colhoun with Wife Floride Bonneau

Daughters of James Montgomery (abt. 1690 – 1756) of Catawba Creek, Augusta County, Virginia? Some Notes

August 2, 2024

In what follows, I want to provide some notes (nothing more) about proposed daughters of James Montgomery who died before 19 November 1756 on Catawba Creek in Augusta County, Virginia. My last posting offered some brief notes on James’ sons. To be specific: my focus in that posting was not on tracing James’ sons and … More Daughters of James Montgomery (abt. 1690 – 1756) of Catawba Creek, Augusta County, Virginia? Some Notes

Hugh Montgomery (abt. 1720? – 1779) of Philadelphia and Rowan and Wilkes County, North Carolina: Some Notes

June 25, 2024

Or, Subtitled: When Facts Clash with Longstanding Family Stories — The Need for Sound, Collaborative Genealogical Research to Complement DNA Studies This posting is not meant to be a comprehensive account of the life of Hugh Montgomery who died in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, on 23 December 1779, and of the documents that tell … More Hugh Montgomery (abt. 1720? – 1779) of Philadelphia and Rowan and Wilkes County, North Carolina: Some Notes

Catherine, Wife of Patrick Colhoun, Immigrant Ancestor of the South Carolina Long Cane Calhoun Family: Notes on Her Reputed Montgomery Ancestry

June 13, 2024

I began my recent posting about Patrick Colhoun, Catherine Montgomery’s husband and immigrant progenitor of the Calhoun family that settled in the Long Cane region of South Carolina in February 1756, by stating that not a great deal is known with certainty about Patrick. In that posting, I tried to pinpoint what is known with … More Catherine, Wife of Patrick Colhoun, Immigrant Ancestor of the South Carolina Long Cane Calhoun Family: Notes on Her Reputed Montgomery Ancestry

Patrick Colhoun of County Donegal, Ireland (Died 1740/1, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania): Immigrant Progenitor of the South Carolina Long Cane Calhoun Family

June 1, 2024

About Patrick Colhoun, the immigrant ancestor and father of Ezekiel Calhoun and his siblings Mary (Noble), James, William, and Patrick Calhoun, not a great deal is known with certainty. What researchers have thought they’ve known over the years has often turned out to be wrong, as such scant documentary evidence as we now have about … More Patrick Colhoun of County Donegal, Ireland (Died 1740/1, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania): Immigrant Progenitor of the South Carolina Long Cane Calhoun Family

Fort Hill, Clemson, South Carolina: A Photographic Essay

May 14, 2024

On my recent trip to the Special Collections and Archives at Clemson University, I visited Fort Hill, the historic house on the Clemson campus that was once the home of John Caldwell Calhoun and wife Floride Bonneau Colhoun, then of their daughter Anna Maria and husband Thomas Green Clemson. Here are some photos I took, … More Fort Hill, Clemson, South Carolina: A Photographic Essay

John Ewing Colhoun (1791-1847): New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 12, 2024

On my recent research trip to the Special Collections and Archives of Clemson University’s Library, I did research in the “Lander Papers” at Clemson’s archives. This is a collection of material compiled by Ernest McPherson Lander Jr., who was for many years a professor of history at Clemson, and author of the book The Calhoun … More John Ewing Colhoun (1791-1847): New Information Added to Previous Posting

John Kerr, Son of Samuel Kerr and Mary Calhoun: New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 11, 2024

As my last posting notes, on my recent research trip to Clemson University Library’s Special Collections and Archives, I found in the archives’ “John C. Calhoun Papers” a little survey book kept by John’s father Patrick Calhoun in the period 1784-1792. This survey book is full of information about families with roots in Ninety-Six District … More John Kerr, Son of Samuel Kerr and Mary Calhoun: New Information Added to Previous Posting

John Harris (1725-1791): New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 11, 2024

Here’s more material I’ve added to a previous posting here, following my recent trip to Clemson University Library’s Special Collections and Archives. In the “John C. Calhoun Papers” of the archives, I found a little survey book kept by Patrick Calhoun, John C. Calhoun’s father, between 1784 and 1792. In that survey book, I found … More John Harris (1725-1791): New Information Added to Previous Posting

John Ewing Colhoun (1749 – 1802): List of Landholdings in South Carolina, 1789

May 11, 2024

One of the interesting documents I found on my recent visit to Clemson University Library’s Special Collections and Archives was a list of the South Carolina landholdings of John Ewing Colhoun in 1789. This list was compiled and written by John E. Colhoun himself, though the document doesn’t say for what purpose he drew up … More John Ewing Colhoun (1749 – 1802): List of Landholdings in South Carolina, 1789