Pat, thanks so much for the letter. I am sending you some other "goodies" from my files. They will come by snail mail. Thanks again, Tom Calhoun On Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:41:24 EST PelfreyRN@aol.com writes: > Tom, your Calhouns are mine too. In fact, Patrick's son William is my > DAR > ancestor and I have documented information back to him. I have a > copy of a > letter written by his daughter Rachel and in it she mentions all the > Calhouns > , including her grandfather Patrick. She married Handy Harris and > through > them came my family line. I was able to obtain several books that > list the > Calhouns, one is "Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772" > (Rev. > William Martin and His Five Shiploads of Settlers) by Jean > Stephenson. I ran > across it in an antique book store. Once at the welcome station > near > Augusta, Ga. I found lots of pamphlets mentioning the Calhouns and > the Long > Cane Massacre. I understand there is still a monument standing at > Troy, SC. > According to some DAR records, William Calhoun, son of Patrick, was > made > Justice of the Peace for Granville County, and subsequently (after > 1769) for > Ninety-Six District. (South Carolina Gazette, Oct. 8, 1764). > Records while > serving as JP ( Publications of Southern History Association, Vol. > VIII, pp. > 179-195. > When you make your trip to SC. take lots of pictures of places, > > especially the monument. Every October they have what's called the > Troy > Reenactment(803-543-3015)Patriots and Tories do battle amid the > sounds of > Cannons and muskets as they reenact the 1780 Battle of Long Cane. > Includes a > Candlelight Tour. Last Weekend before Halloween. ( I just copied > this from a > pamphlet on McCormick County, SC.) > If you see anything regarding William Calhoun and Agnes Long Calhoun > I would > love to see what you find. I intend to make a trip there myself > someday, now > that I have retired. > I know your mail wasn't especially to me, but when I saw the > familiar > names I just had to jump in. Sorry (not really) > Pat Pelfrey, in Flintstone, Georgia, near Chattanooga, Tennessee. > > > ==== CALHOUN Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without > permission of the author. Read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy > at <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html>. > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >