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John Caldwell, of Ohio County, [W]VA
Facts and Events
John Caldwell was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's:
- Vol. 2 - Lee vs. Ankrim--O. S. 51; N. S. 17--Bill filed in Ohio County 7th November, 1803, by Jacob Ankrim. John Caldwell and John Lee were brothers-in-law. Lee lived in Hagerstown, Maryland. About 1797 Lee removed to Ohio. John Caldwell was son of James Caldwell, Sr., whose daughter Lee's wife was.
- Vol. 2 - Henderson vs. Cresaps' heirs--O. S. 252; N. S. 88--Bill, 5th August, 1805. Orator Alexander Henderson in 1801 made entries in Monongalia (now Wood County), viz: 10th April, 1781, 1,000 acres on Ohio 3 miles below Middle Island Creek, extending below mouth of French Creek on treasury warrant, dated 8th May, 1780. Also 1,000 acres adjoining above. Surveys were made 1785 and received patents 4th June, 1787. Act May, 1779, ch. 12, section 4, provides that all persons actually settling before 1st January, 1778, on Western waters should be allowed for every family settled, 400 acres; but they must have raised a crop of corn or lived thereon one year. But on 17th April, 1785, Luther Martin and Mary, his wife; Elizabeth and Sarah Cresap, devisees of Michael Cresap, obtained a certificate from the Commissioners in Michael's name for 400 acres on Ohio River above Ball Creek to include his settlement, made 1775, by putting a tenant there, and another certificate for 400 acres at mouth of French Creek, on which 2d certificate was made 25th December, 1783, and a grant obtained 20th June, 1785, also on the other certificate. These surveys interfere with orator's surveys. (There was also a 3d certificate to Michael as above.) Michael, before or in year 1775, came from Maryland, where he always resided, with several men in his service and marked out several tracts, some by cutting chops in trees, some by cutting timber, some by laying foundation of a cabin, but not one of them lived on the lands, they only travelled up and down the river marking off all the best bottoms. Mary Martin has died, leaving Luther, her husband; Maria Martin and Eleanora Kean, wife of Richard R. Kean, her daughters, and Richard has died since commencement of this suit. Elizabeth Cresap has married Lenox Martin. Sarah Cresap has married Osbourne Sprigg and is dead, leaving Michael, Joseph, Osbourne, James, her sons. John G. Henderson of Wood County, aged 33, deposes, in Hampshire County, 5th November, 1807, Osbourne Sprigg married Sarah in 1790. Surveys in 1783 by Robert Crow, assistant to Saml. Hanway, S. M. C. Certificate to heirs of Michael Cresap dated 17th April, 1781, by James Neal, Charles Martin. Wm. Raymond, Commissioners. Will of Michael Cresap of Frederick County, Maryland. Son, James, infant; wife, Mary; daughters, Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah. Dated 28th June, 1774. Codicil dated 26th June, 1774. Recorded. Will of Alexander Henderson of Dumfries. Sons, Archibald, John Glassford, Alexander, Richard; sons, Henry, James, Thomas; daughter, Ann (?). Dated 24th February, 1815. Recorded in Prince William, 4th December, 1815. John Caldwell deposes, in Wheeling, 9th June, 1809, he became acquainted with Capt. Michael Cresap in 1772 and occasionally saw him from that time until 1776. Michael lived in Old Town, Md, during 1773, 74, 75, 76. Michael was several times down the Ohio and in the Western Country. In 1774, deponent saw Patrick McElroy and some hands improving the lands. McElroy was also employed to make settlements for Col. George Stricker, who settled 1,400 acres at mouth of McElroy's fork of Middle Island Creek. Ebenezer Zane deposes, in Wheeling, 6th December, 1808, he settled at his present place of residence at Wheeling in 1770 or 1771. In 1774, Michael Cresap was at his house; never heard of his, either before or after. In 1774, deponent descended the Ohio as far as Sandy Creek. There were no settlements below mouth of Little Kenawha, there were several between that and Muskingum. These were supposed to belong to the Briscoes. Below mouth of Bull Creek was an improvement called Otin's (?) about mile below mouth of French Creek. At mouth of McElroy's Run was Cresap's. There were no more until he came to mouth of Middle Island Creek, near which was another belonging to Cresap. Michael Cresap, Sr., had a son, Michael, Jr. Thomas Hallam deposes, 6th October, 1814, in Wood County, in March or April, 1775, he and several others came with Michael Cresap to the Western Country to make settlements on Ohio. They made one below mouth of Cow Creek. The custom was to cut the timber and pile the brush for burning and raise a cabin and cover it. The war came on and deponent went with Cresap to join the Revolutionary Army before Boston, but Cresap died on his way home from the army in the same year. George Baker deposes, same time and place, that when a boy, 17 years of age, about 30 years ago, he came into Cow Creek in a canoe with Martin Whitzell. Isaac Williams deposes, in Wood County, 3d December, 1808, in 1775, he lived on Grove Creek and no settlements were made below him in that year. Martin Wetzell deposes, in Ohio County, 10th October, 1814, he came to Western Country to live two years before Dunmore's war; has resided on Wheeling Creek ever since, except two years when he was prisoner among the Indians. His business was hunting up and down Ohio River; knew Cresap's improvement at Cow Creek; he frequently lodged there before Harman's (Harmar's?) defeat. John Caldwell deposes, same time and place, he came to Western Country in 1772 or 1773. In 1775 he saw hands at work on Cresap's improvement at mouth of French Creek. Joseph Tomlinson deposes, same time and place, he came to the Western County in spring 1771 and settled on Falls of Grove Creek and has lived there ever since.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
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JOHN CALDWELL, b. 1/22/1753, County Tyrone Ireland, s/o James & Elizabeth Alexander Caldwell, emigrated to Harve de Grace & Baltimore, MD age 10, to Ohio County, VA/WV, 1773. Married Jane Boggs, d/o Ezekiel and Jane (Johnson) Boggs. Children: James, died as child; Nancy, b. 1779, m. 1801, James Ryan; Elizabeth, b. 1782, m. Mr. Kerr; Rebeckah, b. 1784, m. 3/24/1808 William Gill; Margaret, b. 1786; Sarah, b. 1788, died young; Louisa, b. 11/29/1797, m. ca 1812, John Reed; Ezekiel, b. 1790, m. Chloe/Clarissa Wetzel, d/o Martin Wetzel & Mary Coffield; Jane, b. 1792, m. 8/13/1813, D. Caldwell; Alexander, b. 8/4/1798, m. Ruhama Wetzel, d/o Martin; Maria, b. 8 May 1805, m. 9/3/1822, William Tidball; Lovely, m. (Brownhill) John Tidball. Entered service 1776 as volunteer near Grave Creek, Ohio County. Served at Shepherd's Fort, Rail's Fort, was in Col. Broadhead's Expedition against the Munsee Indians. Served as guard 6 months at Fort Henry 1777, 1778, 1779 under Capt. Masson. 1776-83, volunteer on expeditions. Lived in area known as "Caldwells's Bottom", Sand Hill District, Marshall County, WV. Listed in 1840 Marshall County Census, age 90. Received pension. Listed in D.A.R. Patriot Index, Private, VA.
(Sources: Pension Application & info from Phyllis Dye Slater, Sylvia Sligar, Dorothy Jamison, Jerry Bruhn.)
http://www.wvgenweb.org/marshall/revwar.htm
- Dorman, John Frederick. Virginia revolutionary pension applications. (Washington [District of Columbia]: J.F. Dorman, c1958-).
CALDWELL, John. S.9146
10 Aug. 1832. Ohio Co., Va. John Caldwell of said county, aged 79, declares he entered service in 1776 as a volunteer under Captains Herrod and Wall for eight months near Grave Creek in Ohio County. He went with others under Capt. Herrod to a place a little below the mouth of Little Kanawha River to bury some men who had been killed by the Indians and to save and bring up some men who had been badly wounded and were lying in the woods.
In 1777 he served as a volunteer under Capt. or Lt. Samuel Masson for four months at Shepherd's Fort at the Forks of Wheeling Creek in Ohio County about six miles from the present town of Wheeling.
In 1778 he served as a volunteer guard in Raills Fort for six months. Rail's Fort was on the waters of Buffalo Creek in Washington Co., Pa. In 1779 he served in like manner at Rail's Fort for six months.
In 1779 he served under Col. Broadhead as a volunteer in Capt. Samuel Masson's company up the Allegheny against the Munsee Indians. He served four months from May 1779 and returned to Pittsburgh the last of August and was discharge there. They had a battle at the commencement of which Capt. Hardin was shot in the thigh.
He served as a volunteer guard in Wheeling Fort in 1777, 1778 and 1779 for six months at least under Capt. Masson. He was on the frontiers of Virginia the whole time between 1776 and 1783 and served as a volunteer in different expeditions against the Indians and watching and keeping guard in different frontier forts or block houses and scouting parties.
He was born in 1753 in Ireland and emigrated with his father James Caldwell when ten years old to Baltimore, Md., and moved to Ohio,County in 1773. His age is recorded in the family Bible brought from Ireland and now in his possession.
9 Aug. 1832. Ohio Co., Va. Joseph Alexander, aged 77, declares John Caldwell of Ohio County and he came to Grave Creek Fort in said county in July 1776 and volunteered to guard the frontiers under Capt. Harrod and Capt. Wall during that summer and fall. They were ordered out by Capt. Wall to go down the Ohio River to bury some men that were killed by the Indians below Little Kanawha, in the last of October, and to bring up some of the company that were lying in the woods badly wounded.
Caldwell served as a volunteer under Capt. Mason in Wheeling Fort during the summer and fall of 1777 and under Capt. Mason in the summer and fall of 1778 and spring of 1779, until May 1779 when Caldwell and he volunteered to go with Capt. Mason on an expedition under Col. Broadhead up the Alleghany River to the Munsey towns. They had a skirmish with the Indians and returned to Pittsburgh the last of August and spent the remainder of that fall on the frontiers in and near Wheeling. John Caldwell was in the battle of Wheeling when Indians attacked the fort in Sept. 1777, where a number of men were killed. Alexander helped to bury the dead the next day.
9 Aug. 1832. Ohio Co., Va. Abraham McCullock, aged 70, declares he and John Caldwell of said county went on a campaign under Col. Broadhead up the Alleghany River to the Munsey towns in the summer of 1779, had a skirmish with the Indians and returned to Pittsburgh where they were discharged. John Caldwell was in the battle with the Indians when they attacked Wheeling Fort in Sept. 1778.
9 Aug. 1832. Ohio Co., Va. John Mills declares he has been acquainted with John Caldwell since 1772. Caldwell was in the battle of Wheeling when the Indians attacked in Sept. 1778 and he and Caldwell were on the Munsey campaign commanded by Col. Broadhead in the summer of 1779 and returned to Pittsburgh the last of August or first of September.
4 July 1835. Report of W. G. Singleton, special agent of the Pension Office: He saw the old gentleman on 30 June and found him blind and very much enfeebled... In 1776 he volunteered under Capt. Herod for two months and served at Grave Creek at its junction with the Ohio River. He was engaged in building a fort and there were about one nundred men at that station. Capt. Herod was sent from Monongalia with about fifty men. He furnished his own arms and clothing and drew ammunition and rations; never received any pay. Capt. Herod was relieved by Capt. Wall. After serving two months under Herod he served two months under Wall. The men were engaged in bul-lding-the fort, scouting and ranging. Caldwell's father's family lived in the fort.
In the spring of 1777 his father and his family moved from Grave Creek to the forks of Wheeling Creek. There was a station of about fifty troops at that place under Capt. Samuel Mason. He volunteered and was in service until late in the fall, not less than six months. He and twenty-three others were sent to range through the adjacent country. The party was attacked by the Indians and twenty of their number killed by the Indians. Four made their escape to Dement's fort and joined Col. Shepherd's command, about 150 men, and marched to the relief of Wheeling Fort. On arriving they found the Indians had retreated.
In 1778 and 1779 he aided his father (who then lived near where Washington, Pa., now stands) in the early parts of the summer in raising the crops when his services could be spared. In July of each year he went down to Wheeling and volunteered and aided in the defense of the station. In these years he served not less than six months. He drew rations and ammunition but no pay. Capt. Bigs and Maj. Varnon commanded.
He was with Gen. Brodhead in an expedition up the Alleghany River against the Minsha Towns. The towns were destroyed and seven Indians killed. He was a volunteer and served about two months.
In 1780 he aided in building Rail Fort near Washington, Pa., and was out on several expeditions as a volunteer up and down and across the Ohio River and served not less than three months.
When there was an alarm he always turned out as a volunteer and aided in beating off the Indians. In this service the officers were generally selected from among the settlers.
He was once a man of property and consequence but is now reduced to great proverty. His is the most respectable family in the county. Judge Caldwell (Federal judge) is his brother.
John Caldwell of Ohio Co., Va., private in the company of Capt. Wall in the Virginia line for two years, was placed on the Virginia pension roll at $80 per annum under the Act of 1832. Certificate 12115 was issued 20 March 1833.
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