Tag: Mary Calhoun

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

Children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean/Jane Ewing: Ezekiel Colhoun and Jane Calhoun Stedman

May 25, 2024

In a previous posting, I discussed the difficulties I encounter as I try to pinpoint when the last three children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean/Jane Ewing were born. As I note in that posting and previous ones linked in that same posting, I am confident that Ezekiel’s will names his sons and daughters – in separate … More Children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean/Jane Ewing: Ezekiel Colhoun and Jane Calhoun Stedman

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

Benjamin Green Sr. and Jr.: New Information Added to Previous Postings

May 8, 2024

Here’s more new information I’ve now added to some previous postings following my recent research trip to the Special Collections and Archives of Clemson University’s Library: previously, I have made a number of postings about a Benjamin Green who appears in records of the Long Cane settlement in Granville County, South Carolina (later Abbeville County) … More Benjamin Green Sr. and Jr.: New Information Added to Previous Postings

Children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean/Jane Ewing: Patrick Calhoun (1752/5 – 1827)

April 25, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “Here is my account of how and why all those folks went to Livingston Co. Ky.” As I begin this posting, I have to be candid and say that working on the last three children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean or Jane Ewing has proven very difficult, and I’m by no means sure … More Children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean/Jane Ewing: Patrick Calhoun (1752/5 – 1827)

Children of Alexander Noble and Catherine Calhoun (1): John, Ezekiel, William, and Jane

April 9, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “It is needless to enlarge on his professional talent, his urbanity of manners, and unblemished honor and integrity” The first four children of Catherine Calhoun and Alexander Noble were as follows (a subsequent posting will provide information about the couple’s other children):

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

April 4, 2024

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

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