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Subject: WOODSON-CALLAWAY
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:00:18 -0600


> FORWARDED FROM ANOTHER LIST ...(with permission)...I seem to recall seeing that
> some people on the list were researching these folks. Hope this is helpful.
>
> Malinda
>
> Bushy Hartman wrote:
>
> > Hi Malinda,
> > I pull that from other sources so sure go ahead if you'd like. I have five
> > personal line sites and we also do a county site in SC so time is already
> > tight, along with my posts to the Cox list. I am glad you could use the
> > information, that is my whole goal.Sometimes people need to go to the states
> > their lines ended up in to find the information about where they came from.
> > I am hoping to increase awareness about this and if anything bring the
> > information to light.
> > Hope you have a great day.
> > Bushy
> > I think this information might benefit a lot of folks. Have you thought
> > about posting your findings on a website ? I keep seeing messages about free
> > ones.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Malinda
> >
> > Bushy Hartman wrote:
> >
> > > This is some more info on the Woodson's and Callaway from VA.
> > >
> > > THE CALLOWAY CONNECTION WITH THE WOODSONS AND THE JORDANS
> > >
> > > The CALLOWAY FAMILY in Virginia were connected with the WOODSONS and the
> > JORDANS, two well known early Virginia families. This connection started
> > away back in 1712, when BENJAMIN CALLAWAY of Isle of Wight County is shown
> > as one of the witnesses to the will of DANIEL SANBORNE, whose daughter
> > ELIZABETH married JOSHUA JORDAN and became the grandfather of SANB??RNE
> > WOODSON, who settled in Goochland County. BENJAMIN CALLAWAY'S wife had been
> > SUSANNA COBB, whose COBB descendants removed to CASWELL COUNTY, North
> > Carolina and over into the WATAUGA VALLEY, where the names of William and
> > Pharoah Cobb became well known. The Sanborn Woodson family intermarried with
> > the JORDAN FAMILY, and REUBEN JORDAN intermarried with a daughter ?? of
> > ALLEN HOWARD, who was the brother of the BENJAMIN HOWARD whose son Benjamin
> > moved to Wilkes County, N. ??. JORDAN COUNCIL who married SALLIE HOWARD,
> > dau. of the younger BENJAMIN, got his name in some way from these JORDANS
> > who were the neighbors of the HARDE!
> > > N and HODGES COUNCIL family, that lived in ISLE OF WIGHT.
> > >
> > > When WILLIAM CALLAWAY moved to BEDFORD COUNTY, Virginia, and donated 100
> > acres of his 15,000 to BENJAMIN HOWARD, ZACHARIAH ISBELL and RICHARD
> > CALLAWAY on which to build the town of NEW BEIFORD he found his land lying
> > next to the tract of 2800 acres that had been patented by OBEDIAH WOODSON,
> > who set out the biggest peach orchard in Virginia, and let one of his
> > daughters marry THOMAS CALLAWAY, son of PETER CALLOWAY, of SOMERSET COUNTY,
> > MD., and thus OBEDIAH CALLAWAY came into the family. - A descendant of
> > THOMAS CALLOWAY declares he thinks Thomas married a MISS ANDERSON, but the
> > story is not convincing and is accompanied by not even circumstantial
> > evidence to prove it. In 1755 TUC??ER WOODSOON patented 400 acres in
> > Lunenburg County on Elkhorn Creek and adjoining THOMAS CALLAWAY.
> > >
> > > OBEDIAH CALLAWAY was living Wilkes County, North Carolina, neighbor to
> > BENJAMIN HOWARD, and SHADRACK CALLOWAY (named for SHADRACK WOODSON) who was
> > one of his brothers.
> > >
> > > JOHN FARRAR CALLOWAY AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS IN TENNESSEE.
> > >
> > > The name "FARRAR" in JOHN CALLOWAYS name came from the WOODSON and JORDAN
> > CONNECTION back in Henrico and Isle of Wight County, from whence the
> > Calloways hailed.
> > >
> > > Not only was THOMAS CALLOWAY and his wife MISS WOODSON responsible for
> > OBEDIAH CALLOWAY in the family, but may have had something to do with the
> > appearance of a WOODSON CALLOWAY, who appears on the records of Wilkes Co.,
> > Georgia, most frequently - the son of a JESSE CALLOWAY, who migrated to that
> > section of the country.
> > >
> > > JOHN FARRAR CALLOWAY, the oldest son of THOMAS CALLOWAY, of BEDFORD
> > COUNTY, VIRGINIA, picked up his name from the kinfolks of the JORDANS and
> > WOODSONS of Eastern Virginia, into whom THOMAS CALLOWAY had married.
> > >
> > > I am not sure, again, that I have a correct and full list of the children
> > of JOHN FARRAR CALLOWAY. I don't know who his wife may have been, but I do
> > know that the records of KNOX COUNTY and MONROE COUNTY, Tennessee, indicate
> > that the names of his children were in all probability, about as follows:
> > >
> > > 1. JOSEPH WOODSON CALLOWAY - married
> > > NANCY HOWARD, the daughter of
> > > BENJAMIN HOWARD of Wilkes Co.,
> > > North Carolina.
> > > 2. SHADRACK CALLOWAY.
> > > 3. JOHN FARRAR CALLOWAY who married
> > > MARY CASANDRA MOORE MORROW, a
> > > daughter of DAVID MORROW and
> > > his wife PRISCILLA DOUGHERTY
> > > of Jefferson County, Tenn.
> > > 4. JOHN T. CALLOWAY
> > > 5. MARY CALLOWAY
> > > 6. CAROLINE CALLOWAY m. THOMAS B. ??
> > > 7. JAMES W. CALLOWAY
> > > 8. JUDAH L. CALLOWAY m. ADAM HODGES.
> > > 9. REBECCA E. CALLOWAY m. JAMES H.
> > > MORRIS.
> > > 10. THOMAS F. CALLOWAY
> > >
> > > JOHN FARRAR CALLOWAY, the third son mentioned above, first settled in KNOX
> > COUNTY, where his father lived for a short time until his death, & their
> > home was on HEAVER CREEK.The son JOHN F. became Sheriff of KN?? COUNTY for a
> > time, and later sold out and moved over into MONROE County, where his older
> > brother, JOSEPH CALLOWAY, died leaving a will back in 1831, in which he
> > mentioned his son, THOMAS HOWARD CALLOWAY, etc.
> > >
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