Person:James Caldwell (64)

Watchers
m. 13 Nov 1764
  1. James CalwellEst 1773 - 1851
  2. William CalwellAbt 1775 -
  3. Thomas CalwellAbt 1777 -
m. 12 Dec 1797
  1. William Bowyer Caldwell1805 - 1881
  2. Bedford Calwell1809 - 1902
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] James Calwell
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1773 Bush River Lower Hundred, Harford County, Maryland[est based on headstone]
Marriage 12 Dec 1797 Rockbridge County, Virginiato Mary 'Polly' Bowyer
Census? 1850 Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States
Death[1] 8 Apr 1851 White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, Virginia
Burial[1] Calwell Family Cemetery, White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States

Caution: Some have this James Calwell as a son of Samuel Caldwell (1734-1794) of Augusta, Botetourt and Greenbrier County, Virginia, but the evidence presented does not support that relationship at this time.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave.

    [Includes headstone photo. Inscription: JAMES CALWELL. Died April 8, 1851. Aged 78 Years.]

  2. Family Recorded, in Greenbrier, Virginia, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    1850 United States Federal Census
    Name: James Calwell
    Age: 74
    Birth Year: abt 1776
    Birthplace: Maryland
    Home in 1850: District 18, Greenbrier, Virginia
    Gender: Male
    Family Number: 665
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Calwell 74
    Elizabeth Copeland 63
    John B Copeland 52
    Henry Caldwell 49
    Louis Caldwell 40
    John H Copeland 39
    Edward Caldwell 36
    Bedford Caldwell 30
    Margaret Caldwell 23
    Polly Caldwell 1
    John F Miller 22
    Wm P Caldwell 13
    Mary V Caldwell 10
    Henry C Caldwell 7
    Charles Hell 25
    [Ancestry.com]

  3. Family Recorded, in Preston, Walter Wilkes. History of Harford County, Maryland: from 1608 (the year of Smith's expedition) to the close of the War of 1812. (Baltimore, Maryland: Press of Sun Book Office, 1901).

    [Samuel Calwell of Harford County, Maryland]
    ... One of his sons, James Calwell, migrated to Virginia, and was the founder and owner of the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, which he conducted for many years, helping to make it one of the most celebrated summer resorts in the United States, and some of his descendants are still living there. ...