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From: "Joy Zeller-Johnson" <>
Subject: Re: [CALDWELL-L] Re: William ("Brick wall") Caldwell
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 14:40:39 -0800


Georgia,
Do you know anything about the son Samuel b. Dec. of 1798? I have a lost
brick of this name and age.
Joy
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From: Georgia DuBose <>
To: <>
Date: Monday, November 19, 2001 1:59 PM
Subject: [CALDWELL-L] Re: William ("Brick wall") Caldwell


>
>> Dear Caldwell Listers:
>William Caldwell was my ggg gfather. (Undoubtedly dozens of you can say the
>same, since there seem to have been thousands of William Caldwells.) Well,
>anyway, this particular William was born in 1759 in York Co., PA. He
married
>a Rebeckah LNU, and they had 6 children that we know of: James Camus C., b.
>1791; John Dickenson Caldwell; Samuel Caldwell, b.27 Dec. 1798; William
>Caldwell II; Polly (Mary) Caldwell Scott. b. 23 Dec 1793; and my gg
>grandfather, Andrew C., born March 11, 1793 in Russell Co., VA, d. Jan. 22,
>1844 in Randolph, Chester Co., VA. Andrew married Jerusha Ellington.
>William served in the Revolutionary War and lived in Adams Co. PA. He was
>mustered out in Trenton, NJ. He served in the Pennsylvania line under Col.
>Stewart and Col. Moore. He applied for a Rev. pension on Feb. 25, 1825 at
>Columbia Court house, Adair Co., KY, but died 2 Aug 1825 before it was
>granted. His will is on file, Book C, p. 251, Adair Co., KY.
>
>Are any of you folks descended from this William? Do you know anything
about
>his ancestors? One family story says that he is a son of The Rev. (Capt.)
>James Caldwell of New Jersey and Virginia (a son of Cub Creek John and
>Margaret Phillips Caldwell) by a brief first marriage before he married
>Hannah Ogden. Another says that his forbears were Scottish, not Irish, and
>came from Buncombe Co., NC. It is possible, because these Caldwells
traveled
>around a lot, that both stories have elements of the "truth." In any case,
I
>would love to hear from anyone else who is descended from William Caldwell
>of PA, NJ, Russell Co., VA, and Adair Co. KY
>
>Thanks for your patience in reading all of this.
>
>Georgia Caldwell DuBose
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