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Generation No. 2 2. MARY5 CALHOUN (EZEKIAL4, JAMES PATRICK3, ALEXANDER2 COLHOUN, WILLIAM CAMPBELL1) was born Abt. 1743 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died Bet. 21 Jan - 11 Feb 1805 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. She married SAMUEL KERR WFT Est. 1761-1766, son of SAMUEL KERR and MARGARET ???. He was born Abt. 29 Nov 1741 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died 1781 in Revolutionary War. Notes for MARY CALHOUN: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~eurovol/CaldwellGenealogyPages/SouthCarolinaConnections/Disk4Chp46.htm H. Mary Calhoun, daughter of Ezechial and Jane Ewing Calhoun, mentioned in Kegley's notes as born about 1743 in Lancaster Co., Pa., and died between 1/21/1805 and 2/23/1805 in Abbeville District SC. She had married Samuel Kerr who died 1781. In her will she left the rights of her land to a daughter, Ruth Kerr until Ruth's marriage at which time the land would be divided equally between her siblings Catherine McLain and Jane Green.
The known children of Mary Calhoun and Samuel L. Kerr were: 1. Ruth Kerr married 2. Catherine Kerr married _____ McLain 3. Jane Kerr, 10/8/1768 Abbeville District, SC - 11/2/1855 Bibb Co., Ala., married (between 1785 - 1790) to John Green, 1/21/1768 - 3/18/1837 Bibb Co. Ala. His remains were buried in a family cemetery on the home Plantation and later re-interred at Tannehill State Park. In the 1850 Federal Census widow Jane Kerr Green was living with her son James Green in Bibb Co., Ala.
Notes for SAMUEL KERR: This Samuel Kerr MAY be the Samuel Kerr that married Mary Calhoun, daughter of Ezekial Calhoun and Jean Ewing of Lancaster County, PA, Wythe County, VA and Abbeville County, SC. He was killed in service in the Revolutionary War in 1781, and is listed in "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution", by Bobby Gilmer Moss, pub. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1983, pg. 530. More research is necessary to establish this relationship. (Source: William Lindsey (e-mail: wlindsey@philander.edu)) Note: another researcher, David C. Galloway is doubtful that the Samuel Kerr that married Mary Calhoun is this Samuel Kerr, as that Samuel Kerr appears to have been born in 1759, according to other sources.Subj: Kerr-Pickens Date: 06/04/2000 2:50:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: indsch19@idt.net (William D. Lindsey) To: Delijim@aol.com Dear Jim, I've just seen your posting to the Kerr discussion group at Rootsweb about your Kerr line. I believe we're researching the same family. My line is Samuel Kerr, who was killed as a Revolutionary soldier in 1781. He m. Mary Calhoun. He and several other Kerrs--James, Andrew, William--settled among the Calhouns on Long Cane Creek in Abbeville Co., SC, in the 1760s. I have tracked Andrew with certainty back to Augusta Co., VA, in the region that became Botetourt. You probably know that the Calhouns and Pickens connect. Mary Calhoun's sister Rebecca Floride Calhoun m. Gen. Andrew Pickens. I find all these families clustered together in Augusta Co. in the 1730s and 1740s (Orange before Augusta), and all seem to have come from the Lancaster Co., PA, region. Will gladly swap information. I don't have a complete account of my Kerr line, since I only discovered all this recently, but have been rapidly acquiring information. Maybe my pieces will fit yours, and we can see a more complete picture. Hope to hear from you, W.D. Lindsey
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/bibb/cemetery/green.txt NOTE 1: Jane Kerr was daughter of Samuel Kerr and Mary Calhoun. Samuel Kerr was born abt. 29 Nov. 1741, when he shows up in the baptismal register of Rev. John Craig of Tinkling Springs Presbyterian church, Augusta (later Rockbridge) Co., VA, son of Samuel and Margaret Kerr. Samuel Kerr (younger) was killed as a Revolutionary soldier in 1781. Mary Calhoun was born abt. 1743 in Lancaster Co., PA, and died bet. Jan. 21 and Feb. 11, 1805, in Abbeville Co., SC. Mary Calhoun Kerr was daughter of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jane/Jean Ewing. NOTE 2: On John Green, see James Lee Green's (P.O. Box 8301, Columbia, SC 29202) 27 Apr. 1992 article entitled "The Greens of Bibb Co., AL," pp. 1, 3. See also Rhoda Ellison, Bibb Co., AL, The First Hundred Years (Tuscaloosa: Univ. of AL P., 1984), pp. 48-9, 68; Alton Lambert, History of Tuscaloosa Co., AL, vol. 1 (Centre, AL: Stewart UP, 1977), p. 28; Family Adventures, Bibb Co., AL, Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Family Burial Plots (P.O. Box 290354, San Antonio, TX 78280-1754; 1988), pp. 84, 289; and Rhoda Ellison, Place Names of Bibb Co., AL (Brierfield, AL: Cahaba Trace Commission, 1993), p. 75. John and Jane Green married abt. 1788 in Abbeville Co., SC, and moved to Pendleton Dist., SC, in by 1790, settling on the east side of Keowee beside Jane's uncles Gen. Andrew Pickens (m. Rebecca Calhoun) and John Ewing Colhoun. In 1818, the family moved to Bibb Co. where they opened a plantation of 3400 acres and built a house, still standing, that was lived in by family members until 1939. The house was long known as Halfway House, on the Elyton-Selma Rd. The children of John Green and Jane Kerr were Samuel Kerr Green (b. abt. 1790, Pendleton Dist., SC, d. March 1860, Grimes Co., TX; m. 1]Eliza Jane Smith 2]Elvira Birdwell [Grammer]); Elizabeth B. Green (b. abt. 1791, Pendleton Dist., SC, d. 1860-70, Ouachita Co., AR; m. James H. Thompson; Benjamin S. Green (b. abt. 1795, Pendleton Dist., SC; m. Lucinda); Ezekiel Calhoun Green (b. 22 Aug. 1795, Pendleton Dist., SC, d. 6 Apr. 1851, Smithland, KY; m. 1]Mary Peet 2]Matilda Harrison 3]Anna Harrison 4]Louisa B. //); Mary Calhoun Green (b. 16 Dec. 1797, Pendleton Dist., SC, d. 27 Nov. 1827, Bibb Co., AL; m. Robert W. Woods); Joscelin B. Green (b. abt. 1800, Pendleton Dist., SC, d. 1850-60, Bibb Co., AL; m. Elizabeth Nichols); Lucinda Green (b. 10 Sept. 1801, Pendleton Dist., SC, d. 13 March 1821, Bibb Co., AL); John Ewing Green (b. 6 Nov. 1803, Pendleton Dist., SC, d. 3 March 1843, Bibb Co., AL); James H. Green (b. abt. 1806, Pendleton Dist., SC; m. 1] Sarah Echols James, 2]Sarah E. Randolph); Jane Caroline Green (b. 10 Oct. 1808, Pendleton Dist., SC, d. 22 Feb. 1897, Ovilla, Ellis Co., TX; m. Thomas Keesee); and George Sidney Green (b. 2 Aug. 1817, Pendleton Dist., SC, d. 10 Nov. 1853, Union Co., AR; m. Mary Ann Clardy).
Notes for REBECCA FLORIDE CALHOUN: [Pickenswft15.FTW] [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #2478, Date of Import: Oct 1, 1998] According to 800 Years of Calhouns, at the age of 15, during the Long Canes massacre, she hid for three days in the long canes to escape the Cherokee who killed her grandmother, Catherine Montgomery Calhoun on Feb 1st. 1760.[WFT17-2478.FTW] [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #2478, Date of Import: Feb 12, 1999] According to 800 Years of Calhouns, at the age of 15, during the Long Canes massacre, she hid for three days in the long canes to escape the Cherokee who killed her grandmother, Catherine Montgomery Calhoun on Feb 1st. 1760. Notes for GEN ANDREW PICKENS, LT. GEN: [Pickenswft15.FTW] [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #2478, Date of Import: Oct 1, 1998] GENERAL IN THE REVOLUTION. HIS ANCESTORS, FRENCH HUGENAUTS, LEFT FRANCE AFTER THE EDICT OF NANTES. THEY WENT FIRST TO SCOTLAND, THEN TO IRELAND, AND FINALLY TO AMERICA. THE FAMILY MOVED TO AUGUSTA CO., VA AND SOON AFTER TO WAXHAWS IN SC BEFORE HE HAD ATTAINED THE AGE OF MANHOOD. HE MOVED TO ABBEVILLE IN 1763. From DAR application for Linda Anne Daniel # 747983 "Andrew Pickens' service began on Nov 19 1775 when he was appointed Capt. of Company 2 under the command of Major Andrew Williamson. In January 1779, now Colonel Pickens, with 500 men attacked and dispersed Col. Boyds band of N.C. Loyalists on their way to Georgia. In January 1781 he rendered valuable service at the battle of Cowpens, fighting in the front lines. Gen. McCrady in his history of S.C. says, "The distinuishing feature of the battle of Cowpens upon the American side was undoubtedly the effectiveness of Pickens' marksmanship." Books about Gen. Pickens "Skyagursta, The Border Wizard Owl" by Dr. A.L. Pickens, 1934 "The Fighting Elder : Andrew Pickens" by Alice Noble, Columbia, 1962 "The Life of General Frances Marion: also lives of Generals Moultrie, Pickens, and Governer Rutledge", Moore, 1845. This sketch was taken from the obituary of General Pickens published in the Pendleton Messenger on the 27th day of August, 1817. (Old Pendleton District) Was born in Buck County, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1739, and died August 11th, 1817. His ancestors left France after the Edict of Nantes. They went first to Scotland, then to Ireland and then to America. The family then removed to Augusta County, Virginia, and soon after to the Waxhaws in South Carolina before he had attained the age of manhood. In 1761 he served as a volunteer with Moultrie and Marion, in a bloody but successful expedition under Colonel Grant against the Cherokees. After the termination of that war he removed to Long Cane settlement in Abbeville. At an early period he took a positive stand against Great Britain, and at the commencement of the war was appointed captain of militia; rose to Major, Colonel and Brigadier General. In the most despondent period of the war with such leaders as Sumter and Marion he kept up the spirit of resistance against the British, Tories and Indians. In 1781 he commanded in chief the expedition against the Cherokees in the northwest corner of the State and such was his success in a short time he so subdued the spirit of that then powerful nation that a peace so permanent was effected that it since has not been disturbed. He fought at Cowpens, Eutaw, King's Mountain, and in many minor engagements both with British and Indians. In fact he stood as a power of strength, and was the great protector of all the Whig settlers in upper South Carolina. Peace being restored he served his country continuously in some public office until 1801. He made a treaty with the Cherokees by which that territory embraced in the counties of Greenville, Anderson, Pickens, and Oconee was ceded to the State. This treaty was made at Hopewell on the banks of the Seneca Ricer nearby Cherry's Crossing on the Blue Ridge Railroad. Soon after this treaty General Pickens removed to Hopewell and erected a dwelling on the hill a short distance from the tree under which the treaty was made. He owned a large body of land on Seneca River, the lower part of which he subsequently gave to his son, Ezekiel Pickens. He served in the State Convention, in the Legislature and in Congress. He was appointed Major General of militia. While residing at Hopewell, he with Gen. Robert Anderson, built the first Presbyterian Church near where the old Stone Church now stands. When Pendleton District was formed he was one of the county judges, and held the first court ever held therein. About what time he removed to his beautiful and valuable farm, Tomassee, now in Oconee County, is not known, but he was evidently residing there when the war of 1812 broke out. In this emergency he was again pressed into public service. He acepted a seat in the Legislature and was pressed to acept the office of Governor at this eventful crisis, which he declined because he thought the office should be left to more youthful hands. He died August 11th, 1817, and was buried at the Old Stone Church. Early in life General Pickens married Rebecca Calhoun, March 19th, 1765, a sister of John Ewing Calhoun who was a senator in Congress, and the daughter of Ezekiel Calhoun, the brother Patrick Calhoun. They had a numerous family. [WFT17-2478.FTW] [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #2478, Date of Import: Feb 12, 1999] GENERAL IN THE REVOLUTION. HIS ANCESTORS, FRENCH HUGENAUTS, LEFT FRANCE AFTER THE EDICT OF NANTES. THEY WENT FIRST TO SCOTLAND, THEN TO IRELAND, AND FINALLY TO AMERICA. THE FAMILY MOVED TO AUGUSTA CO., VA AND SOON AFTER TO WAXHAWS IN SC BEFORE HE HAD ATTAINED THE AGE OF MANHOOD. HE MOVED TO ABBEVILLE IN 1763. From DAR application for Linda Anne Daniel # 747983 "Andrew Pickens' service began on Nov 19 1775 when he was appointed Capt. of Company 2 under the command of Major Andrew Williamson. In January 1779, now Colonel Pickens, with 500 men attacked and dispersed Col. Boyds band of N.C. Loyalists on their way to Georgia. In January 1781 he rendered valuable service at the battle of Cowpens, fighting in the front lines. Gen. McCrady in his history of S.C. says, "The distinuishing feature of the battle of Cowpens upon the American side was undoubtedly the effectiveness of Pickens' marksmanship."
Subj: RE: Kerr Family Date: 06/12/2000 1:44:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: wlindsey@philander.edu (William Lindsey) To: Delijim@aol.com Dear Jim, To add fodder to your theory that the Kerrs may have come from Paxton twp. in Lancaster Co., PA, there's an 1811 letter by Gen. Andrew Pickens (m. Rebecca Floride Calhoun, dau. of Ezekiel and Jean Ewing Calhoun) in which Gen. Pickens states that he was born in that township. It's transcribed in Sharp's history of the Pickens family, p. 135. It's to Gen. Light Horse Harry Lee: "I was born in PA, Paxton Township, on the 19th Sept. 1739. My father removed with his family when I was very young to Virginia, and settled for a few years west of where Staunton now stands about 8 miles, and in the year 1752 or 3, removed to the Waxhaws and was amongst the first settlers of that part of South Carolina. My father and mother came from Ireland. My father's progenitors emigrated from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes." If I'm not mistaken, the location that Andrew Pickens describes--a few miles west of Staunton--is very near where the Kerrs of Augusta Co. were living in Beverley Manor. Sounds to me like a promising hypothesis, to think that the James Kerr who died in Orange Co. might very well be father of the James who died in 1770. I'll do all I can to help sort things out, though you're much more the expert re: this family than I am. Bill
Children of REBECCA CALHOUN and ANDREW PICKENS are: i. MARY6 PICKENS27,28, b. 19 Feb 1766, Long Canes Creek, Abbeville District, South Carolina29,30; d. 27 May 1836, Anderson District, South Carolina31,32; m. JOHN HARRIS II33,34, 22 Feb 1784, Abbeville District, South Carolina35,36; b. 06 Dec 1762, Eastern Shore, Maryland37,38; d. 24 Apr 1845, Pendleton District, South Carolina39,40. Notes for JOHN HARRIS II: [WFT17-2478.FTW] [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #2478, Date of Import: Feb 12, 1999] VETERAN OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HE WAS A PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER. WFT7#538 DAR Patriot Index. Harris, John born December 6, 1762, died April 24, 1845. Married Mary Pickens. Pvt SC VA ii. EZEKIEL PICKENS41,42, b. 30 Mar 176843,44; d. 23 May 181345,46; m. (1) ELIZABETH BONNEAU47,48, 04 Feb 179349,50; b. Abt. 177051,52; d. Abt. 180253,54; m. (2) ELIZA BARKSDALE55,56, 05 Jan 1807, Charleston, South Carolina57,58; b. 15 Apr 178259,60; d. 30 Dec 185961,62. iii. ANN PICKENS63,64, b. 12 Apr 1770, Abbeville District, South Carolina65,66; d. 20 Mar 1846, PENSACOLA, FL67,68. iv. JANE BONNEAU PICKENS69,70, b. 09 Nov 177471,72; d. Apr 1848, Pontotoc, Mississippi73,74; m. JOHN HENRY MILLER, DR., 08 Jan 1805, South Carolina75,76; b. 16 Nov 1777, South Carolina77,78; d. 07 Oct 1851, Pontotoc, Mississippi79,80. Notes for JANE BONNEAU PICKENS: [WFT17-2478.FTW] [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #2478, Date of Import: Feb 12, 1999] MOVED TO MISSISSIPPI AFTER MARRYING DR. MILLER. Notes for JOHN HENRY MILLER, DR.: [WFT17-2478.FTW] [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #2478, Date of Import: Feb 12, 1999] GEN ANDREW PICKENS DIED AT ROBERT AND JANE'S HOME. ROBERT WAS A SCOTCH PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER EDUCATED AT THE UNIV. OF EDINBOUGH. HE EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES, SETTLED IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND PREACHED IN ABBEVILLE. HE WAS A DOCTOR OF DIVINITY. v. MARGARET PICKINS81,82, b. 13 Jul 1777, Abbeville District, South Carolina83,84; d. 14 Dec 1830, DALLAS CO., AL85,86; m. GEORGE BONNE BOWIE87,88, 1794, SC89,90; b. Abt. 177091,92; d. WFT Est. 1800-186193,94. vi. ANDREW PICKENS, JR95,96, b. 15 Nov 1779, Abbeville District, South Carolina97,98; d. 24 Jun 185899,100; m. SUSAN WILINGSON101,102, WFT Est. 1800-1809103,104; b. 09 Jan 1788, South Carolina105,106; d. 28 Jan 1810, South Carolina107,108. Notes for ANDREW PICKENS, JR: [WFT17-2478.FTW] [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #2478, Date of Import: Feb 12, 1999] GOVERNOR OF SC 1816
Notes for CATHERINE PICKENS:
Catherine Pickens daughter of Gen. Andrew Pickens Posted by: Tom Green (ID *****3004) Date: January 14, 2009 at 14:53:14 of 1165 Need documentation that Catherine Pickens, born June 9, 1786 in Abbeville,South Carolina, was the daughter of Gen. Andrew Pickens and his wife Rebecca Floride Calhoun. Also need proof that Catherine Pickens married Dr. John Hunter. Also need proof that Margaret Ann Hunter, born November 10, 1812 in Pendleton, South Carolina was the daughter of Dr. John Hunter and his wife Catherine Pickens, and that she married James Cain Harrell on November 15, 1827. Also need to know where this marriage took place, and that their son was Major John Louis Harrell, born June 19, 1832 in Greensboro, Alabama. I will be glad to reimburse for copies of any documents that will prove these relationships. Thanks, Tom Green
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #2478, Date of Import: Feb 12, 1999] DOCTOR ix. JOSEPH PICKENS137,138, b. 30 Nov 1791, Abbeville District, South Carolina139,140; d. 03 Feb 1853, MOBILE, AL141,142; m. CAROLINE HENDERSON143,144, 28 Jul 1828, SC145,146; b. 12 Feb 1807, NEWBERRY DIST., SC147,148; d. 21 Mar 1853, MOBILE, AL149,150.
Notes for JOHN EWING CALHOUN: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~eurovol/CaldwellGenealogyPages/SouthCarolinaConnections/Disk4Chp46.htm
member of the SC Legislature 1778, a Senator for the US Congress, married 10/8/1786 to Floride Bonneau who died 4/21/1836 @ 71 years of age. John was listed in the Early SC. Census Index as residing in "96" in 1779 and residing in Abbeville in 1784. In 1771 John Ewing Calhoun sold the land on Reed Creek in Va. which was a part of his father's estate to Robert Montgomery who sold it to William and James Montgomery in the same year. Edgefield Co., SC, Deed Book A, page 257, 150 acres on NW Fork of Long Cane Creek, 4/27/1785 Edgefield Co., SC, Deed Book A, page 257, 900 acres on NW Fork of Long Cane Creek, 4/27/1785 Edgefield Co., SC, Deed Book B, page 108, 1,878 acres onboth sides of twelve mile river, 1/13/1786 Edgefield Co. Book A, page 8, 5/27/1784 John Ewing Calhoun purchased 640 acres on east side of Keowee River. 10/31/1803 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 24, pages 107 John Ewing Calhoun Esq. to George Fluker, planter, for 186 pounds sterling sixteen shillings, 452 acres on Beaverdam Creek of Little Saluda River late the property of Charles Atkins bounded North by John Chestnut Land, east by Thomas Banks. 11/19/1800 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 22, pages 245 Floride Calhoun, wife of John Ewing Calhoun certifies relinquishment of Dower. 8/15/1800 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 18, pages 506-508 John Ewing Calhoun, of St. John's Parish, SC., attorney at Law, to Richard Hardie of Little Saluda of Ninety Six District, Deed 24, 4/1798, for 61 pounds sterling 245 acres both sides of Daylings Creek of Little Saluda known by #4 in Platt of Charles Atkins land sold by Commissioners of Forfeited Lands bounded by Tobias Meyers land. 8/15/1800 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 18, pages 514-516 John Ewing Calhoun of Pendleton County, attorney at Law to Moses Mathis/Matthews, planter, of Edgefield, Deed 27, 11/1798 for 128 pounds sterling, 429 acres on Little Saluda River #5 in the plat of John Ewing Calhouns land made by William Anderson Esq. on a resurvey, bounded by lands of George Fluker, Mathis, Richard Hardie, Jacob Pope. 10/13/1802 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 22, pages 243-245 John Ewing Calhoun of Pendleton District, attorney at Law, to Hardy Matthews, Deed, 10/16/1801 for $318, 247 acres on Little Saludy River known in the General Platt made by the late William Anderson Esq. of Mr. Coleman's land as #10., bounded on the north by Samuel Watson, east by William Watson, south on Lewis Matthews, west by Tobias Meyers. 10/13/1802 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 22, pages 245 Floride Calhoun, wife of John Ewing Calhoun certifies relinquishment of Dower. 10/13/1802 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 22, pages 245-247 John Ewing Calhoun of Pendleton District, to William Hardy, Deed, 10/16/1801 $462, 154 acres on Little Saludy River #9 on Platt of Calhoun Land made by the late William Anderson Esq. bound west by Richard Hardy, north by Moses Matthews, east by Samuel ______, south by William Corley. 10/14/1802 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 22, pages 247 Floride Calhoun, wife of John Ewing Calhoun certifies relinquishment of Dower. 11/11/1805 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 26, pages 527 Henry W. Desaussure and Judge Pickens were executors of the estate of John Ewing Calhoun. J. E. Calhoun had gone into agreement with William Watson and John Watson to sell them lands on the Saluda River for 73 pounds sterling 10 shillings, to be paid in two installments, 245 acres on Rowes Branch. The monies were paid to the estate and the executors honored the contract.
The six children of John & Floride Calhoun were: a. Floride Calhoun married John Caldwell Calhoun b. Col. John Ewing Calhoun, 1791 - 10/27/1847, married Martha Davis. They lived at Keowee SC, near Fort Hill. Published 12/10/1847 in the "South Carolinian", a Columbia, SC. newspaper: Died in Charleston - on the 27th of October of a lingering and protracted disease, Col. John Ewing Calhoun, in the 56th year of his age, one of the earliest, most wealthy and respectable settlers of Pendleton District. He has left an affectionate family of five to lament his demise.
The four children of John and Martha Calhoun: 1. Captain William Randsom Calhoun, killed 9/22/1862 in a duel by Major Alfred R. B. Rhett. Capt. William Calhoun was a graduate of the Cadet Military Academy of SC. 7/1/1846; Brevet 2nd Lieut. of 1st Dragoons 7/1/1850; resigned 4/26/1851; Col. 1st SC Artillary CSA. 2. Henry Davis Calhoun CSA, died during the Civil War, no children. 3. Martha C. Calhoun, died 1/17/1852 Columbia SC. unmarried 4. Edward B. Calhoun married Sarah Morvin Norwood. They had four children. a. Floride B. Calhoun and Willie Norwood Calhoun were twins. They did not marry. b & c. Martha C. Calhoun and Sarah L Calhoun , were twins. Martha did not marry. Sarah married Allen Schoen. They had two children: 1. Edward Schoen 2. Sarah Schoen d.
c. William Sheridan Calhoun, 7/4/1796 Charleston SC. - 1890 Millwood SC.
d. Benjamin Calhoun, born 1787 Charleston SC.
e. Caroline Calhoun born 1789 Charleston SC.
f. Col. James Edward Calhoun, 7/4/1798 Charleston SC. - 10/31/1889 Millwood SC. married 2/4/1839 to Maria E. Simkins 65 in Washington D. C. by the Rev. Noble. Maria Simkins Calhoun born 5/8/1816, died 4/17/1844 at "Edgewood", the residence of Col. F. W. Pickens. She was 28 years old when she died. Maria Calhoun is buried in the Simkins Family Burial Ground Edgefield Co., SC. In "The Neglected Thread" which was a diary by Mary E. Maragne: July 1838 - there is a description of a flirtation between a Miss Belt and J. E. Calhoun - details of how they paraded the piazza for some time very lovingly - Sarah Calhoun was playing the piano and J. E. Calhoun came to her and requested a guitar proclaiming a proficiency which he had acquired when in Spain, a rover of the American navy - she described his graceful and skilled waltzing, having learned it in Germany. There were also notations about his mood swings, being very dominant and forceful in talking of affairs of state yet so very charming and gracious when speaking of the arts. In the Encyclopedia of American Biography: James Edward Calhoun was a capitalist, soldier. He became occupied with planting and interests in the land and accumulated a very large estate amounting to 25,000 acres in Abbeville SC. and Washington Co., Ga., extending on both sides of the Savannah River.
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