Person:John Colhoun (1)

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John Ewing Colhoun (1749October 26, 1802) was a United States Senator and lawyer from South Carolina.

Colhoun, was born in Staunton, Virginia where he attended common schools before graduating from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1774. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1778 to 1800. He studied to be a lawyer and was admitted to the bar in 1783, commencing practice in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a farmer and was elected a member of the privy council and was also a commissioner of confiscated estates in 1785.

Notes on John Ewing Calhoun [1]

John Ewing Calhoun, 1749 Va. - 1802, Pendleton, SC., son of Ezechial and Jane Ewing Calhoun, a 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.

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.

1. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

   John Colhoun

2. ↑ Wikipedia indicates that he changed his name, but does not say when or why.