Person:John McCallie (5)

Will Transcript

In the name of God Amen, I John McCallie Senior of the County of Blount and State of Tennessee being far advanced in years and weak of body but of Sound mind and disposing memory and Knowing that it is ordained for all men to die and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me first it is my will and desire then my just debts and funeral expenses be speedily and punctually paid by my executors herein after named immediately after my decease ~

Item to my wife Mary McCallie I give and bequeath one horse to be of the value of fifty dollars, one feather Bed, Bedstead and furniture, one side Saddle, one Bureau, all the household furniture which I may be possessed of at my decease and the use of my dwelling house also one Motch lefie? and also it si my will that my said wife have a comfortable Maintainance out of my estate during her natural life . I also give to my Said wife one Negro woman named Poll for her Sole use and benefit but it is my will that at the death of my said wife the Saul Horse and Saddle be sold by my executors and the money arising from the sale thereof to be disposed of as herein after mentioned. I also give to my said wife Mary my negro man Harry during her natural life and at the death of my said wife Mary it is my will that the said negro man Harry have his freedom and be emancipated.

Item it is [my] will that the residue of my estate both real and personal be Sold by my my [sic] executors and the money arising from the sale thereof to be equally divided amongst and between my Son[s] Alexander McCallie, ^{John McCallie}, Thomas McCallie, Archibald McCallie, Andrew McCallie, Susannah Jack and her husband Jeremiah Jack, Nancy Jack and her husband James Jack, Elizabeth Jack and her husband Allen Jack and the children of my daughter Catharine and her husband Robert Davis, all the Said Children to gather to have a share equal to one of the other legates above named.

Lastly I hereby nominate and appoint my sons Alexander McCallie and Thomas McCallie executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all others.

In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal.

Eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.

[Signed] John McCallie [Seal]

Signed Sealed published and declared to be the last will and testament of John McCallie in presence of us who in his presense and at his request have subscribed our names as witnesses to the same.

[Signed] John Bauk?, Samuel McCallie, Ann McCallie

Notes

WHITHORN is a village on the Wigtown Bay, a few miles southeast of the village of Wigtown. See data on John's father, Alexander, for more information about the area.

--White Creek 16:09, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

1. ↑ Diane (McCallie) Lower of Indianapolis, Indiana.
2. ↑ Dr. J. P. McCallie of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

   1964 letter to Diane Lower

3. ↑ Larry Kingsley.

   RootsWeb.com

4.   Find A Grave.

   John McCallie
   BIRTH 8 Jan 1754
   Scotland
   DEATH 21 May 1831 (aged 77)
   Blount County, Tennessee, USA
   BURIAL
   Eusebia Cemetery
   Prospect, Blount County, Tennessee, USA
   
   John McCallie by his first wife Nancy Burney (born in Scotland) had three sons, Alexander, John, and Andrew; and two daughters, Susannah and Catherine. By his second wife, Mary McCullough, they had Thomas, Archibald, Nancy and Elizabeth.
   
   John McCallie's descendants founded the McCallie Boys' School in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6939755/john-mccallie

5.   United States. 1790 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M637).

   Name Jno McCalley
   [John McCalley]
   Home in 1790 (City, County, State) Lincoln, North Carolina
   Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 1
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 5
   Free White Persons - Females 3
   Number of Slaves 3
   Number of Household Members 12

6.   United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19).

   Name John McCauly
   [John McCallie]
   Home in 1830 (City, County, State) Eastern Division, Blount, Tennessee
   Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79 1 [b. bet. 1751-1760]
   Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79 1 [b. bet. 1751-1760]
   Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23 1
   Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54 1
   Slaves - Females - 55 thru 99 1
   Free White Persons - Under 20 1
   Total Free White Persons 3
   Total Slaves 3
   Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored) 6

7.   Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008.

   Name John McCallie
   Residence Date Abt 1831
   Residence Place Blount, Tennessee
   Probate Date 8 Feb 1831
   Probate Place Blount, Tennessee, USA
   Inferred Death Year 1831
   Item Number 1
   Item Description Index to Wills, 1795-1857; Wills, Vol 1, 1795-1869
   Individuals Listed (Name) Relationship
   John McCallie Testator
   Mary McCalie Wife
   Alexander McCallie Son
   John McCallie Son
   Thomas McCallie Son
   Archiland McCallie Son
   Andrew McCallie Son
   Susannah Jackated Son [s/b Susannah Jack, daughter]