Hello: I was most interested in the information Tom Calhoun from Charlotte N.C. posted earlier today. Tom, you mentioned the records in Augusta County show there is a Hugh with the four surviving brothers. My interest in this is the line I am researching. I have pages from the book "A Norman Family Through The Years" by Poingdestre-Poindexter. The following is what the book says: The children of Patrick Calhoun and Catherine Montgomery are: Patrick md Martha Caldwell James William Ezekiel Hugh Hugh Calhoun, son of Patrick and Catherine according to his will was born abt. 1715 in County Tyrone, Ireland. He immigrated to America in 1733 with his parents and settled in Lancaster Co. Pa. and then Augusta Co. Va. There Hugh Calhoun was a witness to a deed on Dec. 15, 1749 together with his brothers James and Patrick Calhoun. Hugh's will dated Aug. 25, 1794 in Abbeville District. Recorded Mar 25, 1799. Exrs: Hugh (son), James Noble, Fleming Bates. Witnesses: William Dunlap, Alexander Noble, Archibald McClene. Wife: Jennett, Children Hugh & Ezekiel Calhoun, and Mary Marrow. Inventory made May 3, 1799 by Peter Brown, Ezekiel Calhoun Jr. and William White. from the book: "Making of McCormick County" by Bob Edmonds Ezekiel s/o Hugh and Jennett was born Dec. 23, 1766 and moved to Lawrence Co Ms. about 1820 and died there on Dec. 14, 1825. he md Margaret ? they had the following children: Hugh Jane who md George Kirkwood Ezekiel W. Sarah P. Henry N James E. John D. This is the important information: Jane d/o Ezekiel and Margaret md George Kirkwood April 21, 1814 in Abbeville, the Rv. Moses Waddell performed the ceremony, and The Honorable John C. Calhoun, then Secretary of War and cousin of the bride presented the coupld with a set of china. according to sources listed this information Kirkwood-Calhoun family bible. The only was that John C. Calhoun could be a cousin to Jane is if Hugh is the son of Patrick and Catherine Montgomery Calhoun. Just thought I would pass this information on. As I know that most researchers do not think that Patrick and Catherine had a son Hugh and I was interested in what the list memebers had to say. Thanks Sharon

David CALHOUN (1788-1854) married in Harrison Co(W)VA in 1811 Mary CRISS or CROSS. His brother Robert CALHOUN married Nancy GOFF around the same time and place. By the mid-1820's both brothers were living in Preston Co (W)VA. I BELIEVE (but connot document) that David was the father of John C. CALHOUN, my gg-grandfather, who was born in (W)VA ca 1812-14 and who lived in Fayette Co PA (which adjoins Preston Co WV) from about 1846/8 until his death probably around 1887. John C. CALHOUN married Sarah HALFHILL of Fayette Co, PA while he was still living in Preston Co. David and Robert CALHOUN were the sons of Robert CALHOUN of Winchester VA. I wish I could find evidence linking John C. CALHOUN to David CALHOUN. Paul H. Calhoun paul@latta.org

Forwarded by request. Please respond directly to George Stone <mailto:georgestone@cafes.net> and cc: the list. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [COLQUHOUN] Thomas Calhoon/Calhoun Resent-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:36:13 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: COLQUHOUN-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 17:41:41 -0500 From: George Stone <georgestone@cafes.net> Organization: cafes.net To: COLQUHOUN-L@rootsweb.com Does anyone have any information on the descendants of the famous Cumberland Presbyterian minister Thomas Calhoun? I am searching for a connection to my ancestor Ellen Johnson Calhoun daughter of James Calhoun and Ellen Anderson. Maybe the following information will give some leads. I live near Wilson County, about 45 miles away. This is exerpted and edited from http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/minister/CalhoonT.htm Thomas Calhoon 1782 - 1855 Presbyterian Licentiate 1805-1810 Cumberland Presbyterian Minister 1810-1855 REV. THOMAS CALHOON 1810-1855 [Manuscripts of Rev. D. Lowry, B. W. McDonnold, D.D., and Letter of Col. Smith.] THOMAS CALHOON was born in Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, May 31, 1782. His parents, Samuel and Nancy Calhoon, were members of the Presbyterian Church, and were strict and thoughtful in the government of their children. The grandfather and grandmother of Mr. Calhoon emigrated from Ireland, and settled in Pennsylvania. . From Pennsylvania they moved to North Carolina, and settled in Mecklenburg county. The old man, the grandfather, having been blind for a number of years, In the fall of 1800 Mr. Calhoon's father moved with his family from North Carolina to Tennessee, and stopped first at Haysboro, a small village a few miles above Nashville. Here the family were under he ministry of Rev. Thomas Craighead. Mr. Craighead was an opposer of the revival, and of course there was but little religious interest in the congregation. In the spring of 1801 Thomas Calhoon came up to Wilson county, and with the help of a negro man that he brought with him, cleared some land, and made a crop near the Big Spring. .............................. On the 16 of February, 1809, Mr. Calhoon was married to Miss Mary R. Johnson. He settled near his father, in the neighborhood of the Big Spring. In a short time he built the house in which he lived till he died, and which still stands, a monument of the olden time. ...................................... In the fall of 1810 he received a call to the pastorate of Cedar Creek Big Spring congregation. I have the original call before me. It is dated October 6, A.D. 1810, and signed in behalf of the congregation by Andrew Foster and John Calhoon, as trustees. The call is for one-third of his time, and the promise is, in order that he "may be measurably free from worldly cares and avocations," to pay him the "sum of forty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents, in regular yearly payments, for the one-third part of his labors, during the time of his being and continuing the regular pastor of this Church. In his latter years Mr. Calhoon's health failed by degrees. In 1855, on the 13th day of April, he closed his active and stirring life, in his quiet home. Mr. Calhoon left behind him four sons. One of these, Thomas P. Calhoon, had been in the ministry several years. In the fall of 1857 he moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota, and in the course of the winter of 1859 he was thrown from a bridge, and mortally wounded. He was a young man of promise. The other sons still live, and two of them are members of the Church. [Source: Beard, Richard. Brief Biographical Sketches of Some of the Early Ministers of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Nashville, Tenn.: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1867, pages 76-100] ..................................... March 30, 1850 It becomes our painful duty to record the death of Mary R. Calhoun, consort of Rev. Thomas Calhoun of Wilson County Tennessee. She died on Monday the 18th instant, about 20 minutes past 6 o'clock, P.M.-aged sixty-six years and seven days. Sister Calhoun was born in Orange Co. N. Carolina; March 11th 1784-removed with her parents to this state in 1800 was married February 16, 1809, and lived in the house in which she died, about 41 years, and became the mother of eight children, of whom four are yet living. Altho' the dispensation which called away this amiable and useful woman, was an afflictive one; yet we sorrow not as those that have no hope. She professed a revival of the west. She very soon attached herself to the church and lived and died in its full fellowship and communion. She encamped at Big Spring every year since her marriage save one, and then she furnished her camp with the necessary provisions. She did more-she frequently camped twice a year, occupying a camp at providence, as well as one at Big Spring. J. L. DILLARD [Source: Banner of Peace, April 12, 1850, page 3] FAMILY INFORMATION Samuel Calhoon wife: Nancy Neely Children of Samuel Calhoon and Nancy Neely Calhoon: 1. Thomas Calhoon Cumberland Presbyterian Minister born: 31 May 1782 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina died: 13 April 1855 - Big Spring, Wilson County, Tennessee married: 16 Feb 1809 wife: Mary R. Johnson born: 11 March 1784 - Orange County, North Carolina died: 18 March 1850 - Wilson County, Tennessee children of Thomas Calhoun and Mary R. Johnson Calhoun: 1.1. Thomas P. Calhoon Cumberland Presbyterian Minister born: died:1859 - St. Cloud, Minnesota 1.2. son ???? 1.3. son ???? 1.4. son ???? 2. Jane Calhoon married: 1 Oct 1807 husband: John Provine Cumberland Presbyterian Minister

I am looking for Calhouns in Alabama, anyone out there with this situation? Mine were in Pell City and St Clair County. Rose Adams CALHOUN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > CALHOUN-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 42 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [CALHOUN] Lurkers unite! [Valorie Zimmerman <valoriez@aa.net] > #2 [CALHOUN] Mathew Franklin CALHOUN ["Martha Adcock" <ruffles@pnx.com>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from CALHOUN-D, send a message to > > <CALHOUN-D-request@rootsweb.com> > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. Use unsubscribe as the subject, also. > > To contact the list administrator, send mail to > > <CALHOUN-admin@rootsweb.com>. > > Bookmark and use our Calhoun Resource page > > <http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/c/a/CALHOUN/> > > Threaded Archive <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CALHOUN-L> > > Keyword Search > > <http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CALHOUN-L> > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CALHOUN] Lurkers unite! > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 01:13:00 -0700 > From: Valorie Zimmerman <valoriez@aa.net> > To: CALHOUN-L@rootsweb.com > > A few lurkers have spoken up, and that is very gratifying! As you know, > I adopted these lists as a variant of Cowan/Colquhoun -- Cowan is my > birth > surname. I have found few cases where Cahoon/Calhoon/Calhoun/Colquhoun > ARE variants of Cowan/Cowen/Cowin, or vice-versa. Perhaps most list > subscribers have simply not gotten far back enough in their ancestral > research. > > My history with these lists is a bit complicated. I adopted the Calhoun > list and boards June, 1999, Cowin and Cahoon in July, and then Calhoon > in September. I got the Colquhoun boards in July, and Cowen early in the > fall. Almost a year! I've been taking stock of my contribution. There > have been very few posts to any of the lists, besides my own, although > Cahoon-L has been perking up, and the Calhoun Query board has been > moderately active. With those exceptions, there has been virtually NO > data nor queries posted to the > GenConnect boards. I have been vigilant, and sent along every little > shred of pertinant information possible to the lists, and have been > steadily writing to prospective subscribers, telling them about our > lists > and boards, and the wonderful research system Rootsweb has created for > us. Has this work borne any fruit? > > There are 21 subscribers to CAHOON-L and 4 to CAHOON-D; 11 subscribers > to CALHOON-L and 2 to CALHOON-D; 49 subscribers to CALHOUN-L and 18 to > CALHOUN-D, as of today. There are 38 subscribers to COWEN-L and 9 to > COWEN-D; 7 subscribers to COWIN-L and 2 to COWIN-D. I don't know if this > is a respectable size for the various variants, or not. Since I'm a > Cowan researcher, I have no handle on the relative rarity. What I do > know is that I have other small and even TINY lists where the > subscribers consider themselves members, and post, exchange information > and research with one another, and unselfishly contribute to list > projects. > > I have been unable to get such participation from most of these lists. > I'm aware that there are other surname lists, off of Rootsweb. Perhaps > that is where the research projects are taking place? Even though I > passionately believe that Rootsweb is the best place on Earth to do > genealogy, I hope that researchers are uniting =somewhere= to get this > essential work done! > > In any case, it's not that THESE lists takes so much of my time -- but I > do have 14 clusters at this point, and only 24 hours in each day! And > the > more active *some* of them get, the less time I have for the rest. It > has been my wish all along to keep this group together until a > Cahoon/Calhoun/Colquhoun researcher wanted to make it what it OUGHT to > be -- a powerful magnet drawing ALL of the surname researchers to it, > and an impressive bank of both researchers and data. Perhaps my > continuing to hold on to the clusters is holding back progress, rather > than assisting it -- especially for Cahoon, Calhoun, and Calhoon (and > Colquhoun). > > So, I've decided to hand over the entire group of lists and boards, as a > group, or as individual list/GC board suites, beginning next month. I'm > willing to make a long transition, if that would help ONE researcher who > could administer the whole group, or a couple co-operating with each > other. I'm willing to train the next listowner/GCC, so if one of you > 150-odd subscribers would like to take the job, speak up, and we will > arrange the transition. If I haven't heard from one of you within the > next month, I will offer it to my fellow listowners and then possibly, > back to Rootsweb, where they will be tended to by Staff. I'm willing to > continue to admin Cowen-L until I've had it a year, but I'm going to > have to cut back on all the "extras", because I have a paying job the > next couple of months which will really cut into my online time. > > I wish to each of you my personal best, > > Valorie > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CALHOUN] Mathew Franklin CALHOUN > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 10:02:55 -0500 > From: "Martha Adcock" <ruffles@pnx.com> > To: CALHOUN-L@rootsweb.com > > Guess I have lurked long enough... This is all I know about my CALHOUNS. If > anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it and will be happy to share > what I have on connecting families. I also have pictures of my Mathew and > his family. > Martha > > MATHEW FRANKLIN CALHOUN was born March 01, 1836 in Macon, Georgia, and died > March 11, 1900. He married SUSAN FRANCIS NOEL December 29, 1859 in San > Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas, daughter of JAMES NOEL and SARAH > JOHNSON. She was born August 10, 1841 in Jackson, Mississippi?, and died > 1926 in Texas. > > Children of MATHEW CALHOUN and SUSAN NOEL are: > > MARY ELIZABETH CALHOUN, b. October 30, 1861, San Augustine, San Augustine > County, Texas; d. June 26, 1901, Wimberly, Hays County, Texas; m. ZACHARY > TAYLOR WIMBERLY, SR., January 13, 1876, Wimberly, Hays County, Texas; b. > October 23, 1853, Wimberley, Hays County, Texas; d. March 03, 1913, > Wimberley, Hays County, Texas. > > FANNIE FRANCES CALHOUN, b. July 11, 1868, San Augustine, San Augustine > County, Texas. > > SARAH ANN CALHOUN, b. October 18, 1871, Trinity, Texas; d. Georgia. > > JAMES CALHOUN, b. Bet. 1872 - 1876; m. LOUISE ?. > > MARTHA EMMA CALHOUN, b. October 02, 1877, Texas; d. December 06, 1960, > Woodville, Tyler County, Texas; m. JAMES LEE GRANT HENRY, May 05, 1898; b. > January 21, 1877, San Augustine County, Texas; d. November 21, 1952, > Woodville, Tyler County, Texas. (my great-greatgrandparents) > > There is a story that Mathew Calhoun was a POW in the civil war and killed 2 > yankees to escape and he killed another man at an election place. He changed > his name to Mathew Calhoun Franklin and fled with his family to a state up > North; From the book, "Wimberley, Historic Belle of the Blanco" by Dorothy > Wimberly Kerbow. > > On Martha Emma's death certificate her parents are listed as Mathew Calhoun > and Susan Noel. On daughter, Martha Emma Henry Peavy's Form SS-5 she named > her parents as James Lee Henry and Martha Emma Franklin. > > James Calhoun was a policeman in Detroit, Michigan.

WELL, VALORIE, IT SEEMS AS IF YOU HAVE SCARED US INTO RESPONDING. GOOD FOR YOU. My name is Tom Calhoun and I live in Charlotte NC. My family was originally the Colquhoun's and they lived in and around Loch Lomond in Scotland. The Father of the Colquhouns was Umfridus de Colquhoun ca. 1190-1260 (Umfridus is latin for Humphry)then there came a whole bunch of Colquhouns:Robert, Ingelramus, another Humphry, Robert, Humphry, John, Malcolm, John, Humphry, John, Humphry, John, Alexander and then part of the family decided to move to Ireland in/around 1633 locating in Northern Ireland to the Raphoe/Convoy area in County Donegal. They lived here for three generations. Adam, Robert, William and another Alexander. By this time, they have changed the name to Colhoon and Calhoon. Again, some decide to move to the New World on/about 1731 (After 1727) We know that James Patrick Calhoon and his wife Catherine Montgomery Calhoun, their married dau., Mary Catherine Calhoon Noble, James Calhoon (mine), Ezekiel, William, and Patrick(a little snotty nosed brat) who would later father a vice pres. of U.S. After 5or 6 or more weeks on a three masted ship, Getting sea sick and throwing up the entire voyage. (well, I would have) they land in Phil. Pa. the city of Brotherly love now. Well, they loaded up the "just bought wagon" and headed west and south down the GREAT WAGON ROAD to some land on Pa. Md. border where they lived for some time near the Potomac River. The father, James Patrick dies, The family packs up and moves further south down the Beautiful Shenandoah Valley to Wytheville Va. Now, records in the Augusta County shows that there is a Hugh with the four surviving brothers. By this time James has married and Ezekiel and William are Thinking about it. Incidentally, the names keep changing back and forth from Calhoun to Colhoon to Calhoon and so on. There is trouble in the woods. The Indians are Attacking settlers and again All of the Calhouns move further South on the Great Wagon Road through the beautiful Shenandoah Valley to (winston)Salem, Salisbury, Charlotte burgh, Rock Hill, Chester, Newberry and Settle Near the Savannah River In South Carolina in the "long Canes " Settlement which is near Mt. CArmel of today. All of the boys are now married except Patrick and He is afraid of the Girls. Hugh Calhoun is down here too and we think that he is the brother of the original James Patrick who came over on the boat with his wife. Well, sir ree! The Cherokee indians go on the warpath on/about Feb 1 1760 and kill about 50 of the settlers as they are fleeing to Fort Moore in Augusta. Killed were the Grandmother, Catherine, her son, James (mine) one of Williams daughters and several children were Carried off bythe Cherokee Indians and kept captive for thirteen years. Lucky for me, James and his wife Susannah had five Children before he was killed otherwise I wouldn't be here. Some time Later, Patrick gets married (twice) and one of his sons turned out to be one of them there lawyer fellers, got into politics and soon he was a vice President. That's about it for now. I can furnish Descendency list right up to the present time. Interested in more, Let me know. I have a Problem, I don't know what happened to Susannah, wife of James, after the Long Canes Massacre. Where did she go? Where did she move? The rest of my family migrated to Ninety Six S.C., Greenwood S.C., Columbia, S.c., Greenville S.C. and finally Charlotte.

Afraid I'm alurker also. My grandfather, Archibald Calhoun, was born in Scotland in 1827, coming to America in 1834 with hisparents and 6 siblings. They settled in Delaware County, NYS where 3 more children were born. I know his parents Peter and Ellen (Helen ) McAuslan were married in Luss, Scotland in 1802. Two of Ellen's parents had preceeded them to the statesMy grandfather wanted to join the gold rush, but his father insisted that he wait until he reached his majority (21) ast which time he gave Arichabald his birthright (a herd of cattle) and his blessings. Archie drove the cattle to New York City, where they were sold and he took passage on a ship to the Isthmus. Like everyone else, he walked across the isthmus of Panama, got malaria and then took passage on another ship to San Francisco. While he apparently didn't find much gpold, he seemed to have made a very good living acting as a trader, a hauler, and a rancher. He must have found some gold, because he had rings made for his mother, his sisters and each of his brother saving one for a future bride. In 1871, Archibald returned to New York, stopping in Sherman, NY in Chautauqua to visit his younger brother James, who had married Fidelia Rose. This couple had raised Fidelia's little sister from childhood. Archibald Calhoun and Alleda Rose fell in love and were married three months later and (he was 43,mshe was 19) and head west again where they settled on a bend of the Humboldt river in Nevada, had 6 children of whom 2 died in infancy, evenually returning to Sherman where Grandfather died in 1902. I've got most of the families from G. Grandparents on down but still haven't found very much about my scottish ancestors who stayed in Scotland. That's why I'm a lurker. I know it was right and proper to continue the family names from generation to generation, but it certainly gets our hopes up for a moment when we see a lineup of Peter, Malcolm John ,Archibald, Duncan, James and John and then realize they didn't come from Dunbartonshire. Mary Calhoun VanAlstyne

Martha Adcock wrote: > > My aunt told me that my Mathew Franklin CALHOUN was a brother to Vice > President John C. CALHOUN. Does anybody have or know where I can find John > C. CALHOUN's line? > Thanks, > Martha Martha, Have you searched through the Rootsweb Presidential Lines area? <http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/presidents/> Hmmmm......Doesn't look like VPs are added, yet. How about World Connect? <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi> And then there is always FamilySearch <http://www.familysearch.com/> Good luck! Valorie

My aunt told me that my Mathew Franklin CALHOUN was a brother to Vice President John C. CALHOUN. Does anybody have or know where I can find John C. CALHOUN's line? Thanks, Martha

I made a mistake in my names in the Norman Book, it should be Hugh is the s/o Patrick and Catherine Montgomery Calhoun. Thanks Again, Sharon

I am wondering if someone on the list could help me with this problem. I am researching Hugh Calhoun who md Jannett McClene According to Orval Calhoun's book, Hugh is the s/o Hugh Calhoun and Agnes McCleary. According to the book "A Norman Family Through the Ages 1250-1977 " by Poingdestre-Poindexter, Hugh is the s/o Patrice and Catherine (Montgomery) Calhoun. I was wondering if anyone could explain the difference, or if I have been given the wrong information, when I requested lookups. please contact me at bows@bellsouth.net Thanks, Sharon

I must confess to being a lurker, and I think that I can speak for ALL CALHOUN LIST lurkers by saying THANK YOU VALORIE ZIMMERMAN! You are doing a commendable and greatly appreciated service for all of us, although most of us haven't shown much appreciation. My name is Arlton Hatch, and I have been married to Ruth Louise Calhoun for 53 years. I don't consider myself to be a real genealogist, but I try to collect family data from the web and other sources in a somewhat casual but on-going way. Like a lot of other lurkers, I have yet to hit pay dirt on this list - perhaps because I haven't shared our own data with all of you. For what it is worth, following is briefly about all we know about our Calhoun's. Much of it is poorly documented - some from cemetery records, much by handwritten family notes. (generation numbers below start with Ruth as generation #1, and go back in time) 5th gen: Dougal Calhoun was born in Scotland in 1806, and along with two brothers, immigrated from Glasgow to (we think) South Carolina in about 1820. He married Nancy McCarthy, (b. 1808, d. 1869 in Louisiana). Both Dougal & Nancy are buried in the Sibley Cemetery at the Alabama Presbyterian Church near Ruston. Dougal donated the land for this church and cemetery and was one of the first to be buried there. It is believed that Dougal moved his family from South Carolina to Alabama to northern Louisiana about 1850, settling in the vicinity of Ruston. This Dougal Calhoun had 4 sons, Daniel Greene, John C. (not the VP), Archibald, and Charlie. One branch of this family became known as horticulturists and the "Calhoun Research Station" between Ruston and Monroe is currently operated by LSU. 4th gen: Daniel Greene Calhoun (b. 3 May, 1836, AL, m. abt 1860, d. 17 Jun, 1915, LA, Sibley Cemetery. He married Ophelia Dixon (b. abt 1840 in TN) 3rd gen: Dougal Calhoun (another one) (b. 1858, Choudrant, Lincoln Parrish, LA, d. 1891, Montgomery, Grant Parrish, LA) (m. Saralda Mixon, b. 1859, Winnfield, Lincoln Parrish, LA, d. 12 Oct. 1934, Montgomery, LA) 2nd gen: Daniel G. Calhoun, (b. 25 Apr. 1889, Grant Parrish, LA, m abt. 1920, Kansas City, MO. d. 31 Jan, 1970, Alexandria, LA) (m. Agnes May Underwood (b. 14 Oct. 1891, Kansas City, MO, d. 3 Mar. 1954, Long Beach, CA) 1st gen: Ruth Louise Calhoun If any of you have any information on this family line, especially prior to generation #3, please post on the list or contact me in person. Thank you, Arlton Hatch

Guess I have lurked long enough... This is all I know about my CALHOUNS. If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it and will be happy to share what I have on connecting families. I also have pictures of my Mathew and his family. Martha MATHEW FRANKLIN CALHOUN was born March 01, 1836 in Macon, Georgia, and died March 11, 1900. He married SUSAN FRANCIS NOEL December 29, 1859 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas, daughter of JAMES NOEL and SARAH JOHNSON. She was born August 10, 1841 in Jackson, Mississippi?, and died 1926 in Texas. Children of MATHEW CALHOUN and SUSAN NOEL are: MARY ELIZABETH CALHOUN, b. October 30, 1861, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; d. June 26, 1901, Wimberly, Hays County, Texas; m. ZACHARY TAYLOR WIMBERLY, SR., January 13, 1876, Wimberly, Hays County, Texas; b. October 23, 1853, Wimberley, Hays County, Texas; d. March 03, 1913, Wimberley, Hays County, Texas. FANNIE FRANCES CALHOUN, b. July 11, 1868, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. SARAH ANN CALHOUN, b. October 18, 1871, Trinity, Texas; d. Georgia. JAMES CALHOUN, b. Bet. 1872 - 1876; m. LOUISE ?. MARTHA EMMA CALHOUN, b. October 02, 1877, Texas; d. December 06, 1960, Woodville, Tyler County, Texas; m. JAMES LEE GRANT HENRY, May 05, 1898; b. January 21, 1877, San Augustine County, Texas; d. November 21, 1952, Woodville, Tyler County, Texas. (my great-greatgrandparents) There is a story that Mathew Calhoun was a POW in the civil war and killed 2 yankees to escape and he killed another man at an election place. He changed his name to Mathew Calhoun Franklin and fled with his family to a state up North; From the book, "Wimberley, Historic Belle of the Blanco" by Dorothy Wimberly Kerbow. On Martha Emma's death certificate her parents are listed as Mathew Calhoun and Susan Noel. On daughter, Martha Emma Henry Peavy's Form SS-5 she named her parents as James Lee Henry and Martha Emma Franklin. James Calhoun was a policeman in Detroit, Michigan.

A few lurkers have spoken up, and that is very gratifying! As you know, I adopted these lists as a variant of Cowan/Colquhoun -- Cowan is my birth surname. I have found few cases where Cahoon/Calhoon/Calhoun/Colquhoun ARE variants of Cowan/Cowen/Cowin, or vice-versa. Perhaps most list subscribers have simply not gotten far back enough in their ancestral research. My history with these lists is a bit complicated. I adopted the Calhoun list and boards June, 1999, Cowin and Cahoon in July, and then Calhoon in September. I got the Colquhoun boards in July, and Cowen early in the fall. Almost a year! I've been taking stock of my contribution. There have been very few posts to any of the lists, besides my own, although Cahoon-L has been perking up, and the Calhoun Query board has been moderately active. With those exceptions, there has been virtually NO data nor queries posted to the GenConnect boards. I have been vigilant, and sent along every little shred of pertinant information possible to the lists, and have been steadily writing to prospective subscribers, telling them about our lists and boards, and the wonderful research system Rootsweb has created for us. Has this work borne any fruit? There are 21 subscribers to CAHOON-L and 4 to CAHOON-D; 11 subscribers to CALHOON-L and 2 to CALHOON-D; 49 subscribers to CALHOUN-L and 18 to CALHOUN-D, as of today. There are 38 subscribers to COWEN-L and 9 to COWEN-D; 7 subscribers to COWIN-L and 2 to COWIN-D. I don't know if this is a respectable size for the various variants, or not. Since I'm a Cowan researcher, I have no handle on the relative rarity. What I do know is that I have other small and even TINY lists where the subscribers consider themselves members, and post, exchange information and research with one another, and unselfishly contribute to list projects. I have been unable to get such participation from most of these lists. I'm aware that there are other surname lists, off of Rootsweb. Perhaps that is where the research projects are taking place? Even though I passionately believe that Rootsweb is the best place on Earth to do genealogy, I hope that researchers are uniting =somewhere= to get this essential work done! In any case, it's not that THESE lists takes so much of my time -- but I do have 14 clusters at this point, and only 24 hours in each day! And the more active *some* of them get, the less time I have for the rest. It has been my wish all along to keep this group together until a Cahoon/Calhoun/Colquhoun researcher wanted to make it what it OUGHT to be -- a powerful magnet drawing ALL of the surname researchers to it, and an impressive bank of both researchers and data. Perhaps my continuing to hold on to the clusters is holding back progress, rather than assisting it -- especially for Cahoon, Calhoun, and Calhoon (and Colquhoun). So, I've decided to hand over the entire group of lists and boards, as a group, or as individual list/GC board suites, beginning next month. I'm willing to make a long transition, if that would help ONE researcher who could administer the whole group, or a couple co-operating with each other. I'm willing to train the next listowner/GCC, so if one of you 150-odd subscribers would like to take the job, speak up, and we will arrange the transition. If I haven't heard from one of you within the next month, I will offer it to my fellow listowners and then possibly, back to Rootsweb, where they will be tended to by Staff. I'm willing to continue to admin Cowen-L until I've had it a year, but I'm going to have to cut back on all the "extras", because I have a paying job the next couple of months which will really cut into my online time. I wish to each of you my personal best, Valorie

If anyone can find a connection to the Calhouns below, I would love to hear from them. 1.Ace CALHOUN b. Unknown,Pennsylvania; d. Unknown .....m. Matilda MORRIS ..........Children of Ace CALHOUN and Matilda MORRIS: 2.........i. James T. CALHOUN, b. April 13 1850, Ohio; d. March 27, 1931, Benton Township, Hocking County, Ohio Generation No. 2 2. James T. CALHOUN b. April 13, 1850, Ohio; d. March 27, 1931 .....m. Ollie MORRIS 1888 ............b. October 19, 1860; d. August 12, 1938, Benton Township, Hocking Cnty., Ohio ............Father: William MORRIS; Mother: Alice WILCOX ..........Children of James T. CALHOUN and Ollie MORRIS are: 3.........i. Allen Thurman CALHOUN b. Oct. 16, 1891, Chillicothe, Ross Cnty, Ohio; d. Dec. 2, 1979, Irving, Texas ..........ii. William H. CALHOUN b. Sept. 13, 1895, Ohio; d. December 27, 1943, Benton Township, Hocking County, Ohio .........iii. Alice JOHNSTON GATWOOD b. March 1879, Ohio; d. Unknown ..............(Step-daughter of James Calhoun) ..........iv. Robert JOHNSTON b. May 1887, Ohio; d. Unknown ..............(Step-son of James Calhoun) Generation No. 3 3. Allen Thurman CALHOUN, b. Oct. 16, 1891, Chillicothe, Ohio; d. Dec.2, 1979, Irving, TX .....m. Helen Catherine TALBOT September 19,1920, Newark, Ohio Thanks, Cathy Canterbury Central Texas http://www.glade.net/~aries51 Researching: McMURRAY> Ohio> Illinois; TALBOT> Ireland>Ohio; CALHOUN>Ohio; SHEPPARD> Ohio; SERIGHT>Ireland> Pennsylvania>Ohio; MOORE>Ireland> Ohio; WINN> Ireland, Ohio; DAILY> Ireland

Used by permission. If you are neither a Lurker nor a Browser, this is only a sad fairy tale..... Once upon a time in Computerland, in a place called The List, there were two Lurkers. They were unknown to each other but both were interested in the very same thing. Each had come to The List to try and learn more about the ancestors they were so interested in. Now, both being Lurkers, they preferred to stay in the background and say nothing. So no one else knew they were there. Except for the List admin, who watched and waited to see what they would do. The Listowner also knew that there were dozens of other Lurkers in the place called The List. Although she had tried a few times to coax the Lurkers into becoming Posters and Participants, she felt that she hadn't been as successful as she would have liked. Some of the Lurkers spoke to The Listowner privately so she knew they had lots of questions and also lots of information to share. Becase of this, she sometimes said to herself "It would be nice if all the Lurkers each spent just one day a month being a Poster or Participant." Then she would have been content. But she didn't know how to make this happen. Time went by (as it tends to do) and, while some of the things that went on at The List were interesting, none contained exactly the thing that the two Lurkers were most interested in. The first Lurker said to herself, "I'm waiting for the thing I am interested in to be mentioned here." The second Lurker asked himself, "I wonder if anyone will say something about what I am interested in?" More time went by -- but it's hard to tell in Computerland exactly how much time. Then, one day, the first Lurker left The List because, as she explained privately to the listowner, no one had mentioned the thing she was most interested in. The second Lurker, in spite of being a bit discouraged, decided to stay on The List, watching and reading quietly, in the hope that, eventually, someone would say something about what he was interested in. Meanwhile, a Browser wandered by. If truth be told, she didn't actually go to The List although she was certainly nearby. She did decided to go to The List Archives to see if anything there interested her. If it did, perhaps she would stay. Because she was interested in one thing in particular and wanted to see if she would find it there. Although she didn't know it, of course, this was the very same thing that the two Lurkers were also interested in. So, as Browsers do, she browsed through The List Archives. She found quite a bit that was interesting and even useful there. But she did not find any mention of what interested her the most. She sighed in disappointment and went on her way. She had heard of other List Archives out there. Maybe one of those held the information she was looking for. And the moral of this little tale, dear listers, is......................??? Happy Easter from your list admin, Valorie Used by permission. Copyright 2000, Andrea Vogel <mailto:andreav@island.net>

My great-grandmother was Susan Davison Calhoun, born Jan. 11, 1844, daughter of James P. Calhoun, and married to William Thomas McElroy of Washington Co., KY. There are reasons to speculate that the "P." in James P. Calhoun stands for "Parker", tho I do not have any verification of that. Passed down in my family are a pair of very early photographs of John C. and Margaret Calhoun, who I speculate were the parents of James P. Calhoun. There are also records of a John Calhoun who was postmaster of Springfield, KY, in 1816, and a John Calhoun who was named as a witness on legal documents pertaining to the McElroy brothers who moved from Virginia to Kentucky about 1790. That is the extent of my current knowledge of this branch of my ancestry. Any additional information would be very much appreciated. Tom Colvin

Looking for information on the parents of George Wesley Calhoun. He was born abt. 1824, most likely in Rockingham Co., Virginia. He married Mary Elizabeth RIDDLE in 1851. They had four sons (James Wilson, Tavener Alexander, John W and William Edward) and one daughter (Sarah Elizabeth), all born in Rockingham Co., Virginia. Also researching the Satterfield, Tolley, and Cole surnames.

Hi, everybody -- Joan explained so well, that I got her permission to forward. Another wonderful way that Rootsweb is improving, and making our research easier and more effective! "A couple weeks ago many of you who are subscribed to RootsWeb genealogy mailing lists may have begun noticing something new popping up among your list messages. "These messages start off with two lines showing where they were originally posted and giving you the URL where the message can originally be found. "Posted on: Pennsylvania Dutch Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/Dutch?read=xxxx [This is just an example -- not an actual message.] "This is a new feature being offered to help to integrate the GenConnect Boards with the mailing lists for an allied subject (surname, locality, etc.). Mailing list administrators can now opt to request that their mailing lists receive "gatewayed" messages--messages posted to a corresponding GenConnect Board. When the list and board admininstrators agree to use the gateway all messages posted to selected "paired" boards are instantly copied in full to the "paired" list. "If you should see these messages (identifiable by the inclusion of two lines similar to the ones I have copied above) on a mailing list you are subscribed to, and you wish to reply to the message, you should be aware that the poster of the message is most likely not subscribed to the list. Replies should be made on the board by going to the URL in the gatewayed message. Your reply on the board will then be "gatewayed" back to the list as well. "Those of you who can click on the URL to access the message should do so and others (mainly AOL users) should copy and paste the URL into the browser window. By replying on the board you ensure that the poster will see the reply to the message they posted and also that the thread of the message is preserved on the board for the benefit of future researchers who may find the thread in a search. "If the mailing lists you are subscribed to are not yet using the GC-Gateway and you think it would be a good idea, you may wish to contact the admin for your lists and let them know you are in favor of taking advantage of the gateway. To contact any list admin write to: LISTNAME-admin@rootsweb.com (substituting the actual list name for the word LISTNAME). For example the Smith surname admin could be reached by writing to: SMITH-admin@rootsweb.com. "If a list you are subscribed to IS using the gateway and you had previously subscribed to receive notices whenever new messages are posted to the board involved in the gateway, you may wish to unsub from the board notification--since this will now be a duplicate notice. To unsub from the board notices go to the board and scroll down to the Subscribe box. Type or paste in your email address and click on the button to "send address." You will receive a message saying "sorry to see you go." *************************** Joan Young joan@rootsweb.com Newbie Coordinator Admin Mentor "How-To" Guru The GenConnect Team ***************************

Can anyone help me? I am looking for the parents of Dennis Garfield Calhoun, he was my greatgrandfather. My greataunt told me that he was born in Trigg Co. Kentucky, he was born Oct. 27,1887 and died in April 1967 in Memphis,Tenn. I do know that he was married three times, his first wife was Senna Evelyn Butler my ggrandmother, she died at the age of 27. They had four daughters:Pauline, Edna(my grandmother),Lola, and Cassie.He had three boys and one girl with his second wife, I do not know anything about them, his third and last wife was named Nila and they had one boy and one girl,Clay and Camilla.He went by the name of Denny and he had a brother Mac who married one of Senna's sisters.I do not think his family stayed in Kentucky because Senna was from Alabama and at one time on another Senna and her parents(William Pickens Butler and Celia Ann Nelson Butler) lived in Arkansas (Cleburne Co.) Senna's grandfather was born and died in Cleburne Co., Ark. (Greenberry Nelson). My greatAunt told me that my ggrandfather's mother was part Cherokee, she told me her name was Mary Azalee Lamb.She also told me that one time she asked her father what their nationality was and he said Scotch-Irish Indian. If anyone can help me I would love to hear from you. He also had a sister named Monico.

If this snippet interests you, contact <PMcc123@aol.com> CALHOUN - John C. Calhoun family SC*. see PICKENS . LOD Adam COLQUHOUN, Robt., Wm. C., Rev. Alexander, Jas. Patrick I, Ezekiel, Rebecca CALHOUN PICKENS. note: *also lived in old Pendleton Dist., SC ** LOD = line of descent