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DIRECT LINE OF: John Floyd; Cathy Daniel; Don Noble; Kathryn Harris Hines; T.
Boone Pickens; O. J. Brittingham; P. C. Halt; Mitch Fincher; Robin Bratton; John
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* - 1688 - born in Ireland
* - 1733 - moved from Ireland to settle in Lancaster Co., PA.
* - 1741 - estate settled in Lancaster Co., PA.------------------------------------------------------------------
Nix & Snell, THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS:
p. 229-230. Nix states Patrick, Catherine, their grown sons, and one married
daughter sailed from Ireland to PA in the spring of 1733. They settled near
Chestnut Level in Lancaster Co., PA. This family that came to America changed
the spelling of the name from COLHOUN to CALHOUN.
Authors comment - "James...was born...at Crosh House Estate near Newton-
Stewart in County Tyrone...There is also a claim that he was born in Corkagh,
County Donegal, Ireland. Corkagh is the location of the original COLHOUN land
grant in Ireland, and just across the county boundary from Newton-Stewart all
within a radius of fifteen miles from Crosh House".
Administration of Patrick's estate began in 1741 by his sons Ezekiel and
William. The estate was settled 4 May 1744.
"The CALHOUN, PICKENS, NOBLE, and HAMILTON families were all neighbors in
Lancaster County [PA]. Many marriages took place among the younger generations
of these families. The head of the PICKENS family (William) and the father of
the CALHOUN family (Patrick) both died in Pennsylvania".Letter dated 8 Mar 1994 from Lynn Ramsaur, Rt 1, box 1432, Clarkesville GA
30523, included information she received from Idus Davis. The following was
part of that material:
Easley SC, Route 4
July 26[?], 1943
M. W. B. Smith,
Dear Sir,
...Patrick Calhoun, born in Ireland came to Penn. with his father when quite a
youth. He married Catherine Caldwell. Their boys [?]: William Patrick Calhoun
Catherine Calhoun married Moses Waddell
John C. Calhoun married Florida Calhoun
Ezekiel Calhoun (this seems to be brother of Patrick) wife not known) and
daughter Rebecca who married Gen. Andrew Pickens.
Col. John Erving Calhoun married Martha Davis. Their daughter Florida married
John Caldwell Calhoun. (The old man must be mixed up a little in his
arrangement as this must be the same as Florida Calhoun mentioned above).
Unless Ezekiel Calhoun had more than two children, Hugh McCane could not be a
brother-in-law to General Andrew. [Andrew's] sister Susan married James
Calhoun. Margaret married Isaac Bole. Jane married John Miller..."
DIRECT LINE OF: John Floyd; Cathy Daniel; Don Noble; Kathryn Harris Hines; T.
Boone Pickens; O. J. Brittingham; P. C. Halt; Mitch Fincher; Robin Bratton;
John Key Williams;1733 - came to PA from Ireland - settled Lancaster Co., PA.
1741 - her husband dies - estate settled in Lancaster Co., PA.
1746 - approx.; moves to Augusta Co., VA with married children (lands
fall into today's Wythe Co, VA). Settled on Crab and Reed Creeks.
1755 - Indian problems in VA cause families to flee to the Carolinas, stopping
at the Waxhaw settlements, where they met PICKENS families, then moved on
to the Long Cane Creek area in SC.
1756 - Calhoun Settlement established in Long Cane region of SC.
1760 - killed by indians as the family was fleeing to Augusta GA for safety.Came from Ireland to US 1733 - first to PA, then settled in Albemarle Co VA.
After death of her husband, she took her children to Abbeville Dist SC in 1755.Letter date 8 Mar 1994 from Lynn Ramsaur, Rt 1, box 1432, Clarkesville GA 30523,
included information she received from Idus Davis. The following was part of
that material (Enc #P-104):
Easley SC, Route 4
July 26[?], 1943
M. W. B. Smith,
Dear Sir,
...Patrick Calhoun, born in Ireland came to Penn. with his father when quite a
youth. He married Catherine Caldwell. Their boys [?]: William Patrick Calhoun
Catherine Calhoun married Moses Waddell
John C. Calhoun married Florida Calhoun
Ezekiel Calhoun (this seems to be brother of Patrick) wife not known) and
daughter Rebecca who married Gen. Andrew Pickens.
Col. John Erving Calhoun married Martha Davis. Their daughter Florida married
John Caldwell Calhoun. (The old man must be mixed up a little in his
arrangement as this must be the same as Florida Calhoun mentioned above).
Unless Ezekiel Calhoun had more than two children, Hugh McCane could not be a
brother-in-law to General Andrew. His sister Susan married James Calhoun.
Margaret married Isaac Bole. Jane married John Miller...
R. W. PICKENS, _____ ?, Easley "JOSEPH HABERSHAM HISTORICAL COLLECTION [I believe this is Vol. I - tmc]
p. 97-98. "CALHOUN Settlement - Hon. J. C. CALHOUN writes Nov. 21, 1847, Fort
Hill, to Chas. H. ALLEN:
"My father (Patrick CALHOUN) with his three brothers and his sister with her
husband arrived in this district (Abbeville), February 1756, and settled in a
group in what is now known as CALHOUN's Settlement, at the fort [sic] of the two
streams of that name. The names of his brothers were James, the oldest,
Ezekiel, the next, William, the third, my father being the youngest. The sister
had married Mr. NOBLE...
"... Our family... were the pioneers, and my impression is, came alone. My
father kept a journal of their emigration from Wythe County, as it is now
called, in Virginia...
"...In Feb 1760 the Cherokees made a sudden inroad on CALHOUN and the other
settlements...The inhabitants fled, but wer overtaken by the Indians mounted on
horseback...they made a desparate struggle [but half were killed] and among them
James CALHOUN, the oldest brother, who commanded the party...
"Those...who escaped fled to Augusta [Co VA]...
"The battle was fought on the East Side of Long Cane, near where the old road
from CALHOUN's Settlement to Charleston, called the Ridge Road, crossed it, at a
place near to where PATTERSON's bridge crosses it. A tombstone erected by my
father to the memory of his mother [Catherine (MONTGOMERY) CALHOUN], who was
among the killed (an old woman of seventy-six years of ages) marks the spot."
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JOSEPH HABERSHAM HISTORICAL COLLECTION [I believe this is Vol. I - tmc]
p. 97-98. "CALHOUN Settlement - Hon. J. C. CALHOUN writes Nov. 21, 1847,
Fort Hill, to Chas. H. ALLEN:
"My father (Patrick CALHOUN) with his three brothers and his sister with her
husband arrived in this district (Abbeville), February 1756, and settled in a
group in what is now known as CALHOUN's Settlement...
"I am not certain who accompanied them, or who immediately followed them and
settled in the neighborhood. But among their very early neighbors were
NORRIS, who after the death of Ezekiel, married his widow..."PROBATE RECORDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, VOL 3, by Brent Holcomb (Enc #P-237) Court
of the Ordinary, 1764-1771.
p. 67. "Andrew PICKENS of Long Cane enters a Caveat in name of Jean NORRIS
widow of Robert Norris deceased. agt. Robert NORRIS, Junr., obtaining letters
of administration o the Estate of the sd. Robert NORRIS till she is heard by
her Council in the Court of Ordinary.
2d Janry 1769 [signed] Andw PICKENS"
DIRECT LINE OF: Robin Bratton; O. J. Brittingham; Cathy Daniel; Mitch Fincher;
John Floyd; P. C. Halt; Kathryn Harris Hines; Don Noble; T. Boone Pickens; John
Key Williams;
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Moved to AL.Enc #399. Sent to me by Cathy Talley Daniel. Summary of research done by her
father:
From SC Magazine Vol 7, p. 160. James Martin CALHOUN m. Susan PICKENS.
She died 7 Sep 1877.
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Moved to AL.
Enc #399. Sent to me by Cathy Talley Daniel. Summary of research done by her
father:
From SC Magazine Vol 7, p. 160. James Martin CALHOUN m. Susan PICKENS.
She died 7 Sep 1877.
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UPDATE: 1995-09-29
DIRECT LINE OF: Don Noble.
1710 - approx; born in Ireland
1730/31 - md in Ireland
1733 - sailed to America with wife's family. Settled in Chestnut Level,
Lancaster Co., PA.
1746 - approx; moved to Augusta Co., VA. Purchased land near Big Springs on
Cripple Creek.
1752 - died in Augusta Co., VA. Will names children.THE DAVIS FAMILY: WITH CROCKETT AND PICKENS CONNECTIONS, compiled by E. M.
Sharp, from research done by Mr. D. L. McWhorter of Bethel NC in the Archives
of the State of North Carolina and Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina. [JCPickens
Disk 1 Nov 1994: S-Davis.txt. Pickens Allied Families - DAVIS]
p. 8. "Miss Eliza CALHOUN who prepared one of the earliest and most
comprehensive accounts of the CALHOUN family stated that Moses DAVIS married
Jane NOBLE, daughter of John NOBLE and Mary CALHOUN. Mary CALHOUN was the
sister of the CALHOUN brothers who came to Long Cane Creek. John NOBLE died in
Augusta Co., VA in what is now Rockbridge County, but his widow and children
came on to South Carolina...."
UPDATE: 1995-11-18
DIRECT LINE OF: Don Noble.
1714 - born in Ireland
1730/31 - md in Ireland
1733 - sailed to America with her parents and siblings. Settled at Chestnut
Level, Lancaster Co., PA.
1746 - approx; moved to Augusta Co., VA with extended family. Lived near Big
Springs on Cripple Creek.
1752 - her husband died in Augusta Co., VA.
1756 - approx; moved to SC with extended family.
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CONFLICT: Both of Sharp's works list Mary as a daughter of Maj. George and
Margaret (PICKENS) BOWIE and the mother of Mary NOBLE who md. Thomas Stuart
BASKIN. However both of these cannot be right. The headstone of Louise A.
(BOWIE) SMITH states that Louise is the ONLY daughter of George and Margaret
(PICKENS) BOWIE.
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