This is a gatewayed Calhoun Board message. To reply, please click on the link: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.calhoun&m=402.1.1 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: James Porter Calhoun 1832-1918 from Ashe or Guilford Cty- NC Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 19:26:31 -0600 From: sharene@sharenes-place.com To: CALHOUN-L@rootsweb.com Beth, James Porter Calhoun 1832-1918 is my THIRD GREAT-GRAND UNCLE, AND according to Family Tree Maker Is CIVIL: VII CANON: 6 . I do not know what the Civil and Canon terms mean. I have a lot of info from a cousin of mine who has done far more research than myself. He wrote to me in May of 2000: he has settled in on the fact that this James Calhoun is from Ashe County and Not Guilford, he has more circumstantial evidence than the Book published by Orvil Calhound (who used census records only). He states that there is a group of Calhouns from Tyrell County - extreme Eastern North Carolina, a group from Edgecombe County, a group from Guilford County and a group from Ashe County. Even tho they may all be related, the connection would probably go back to William Cahon and Deliverance Peck. He believes that the two William Cohoon's who where in Sury County, NC in 1790 are in his and my line. But he is hoping for more proof. There is a missing generation in the Orvil's book. There is a loss of some records during the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781, and another problem is the changing of the name Cahoon to Cohoon, Calhoon and Calhoun during the late 1700's and early 1800's. The fact the Ashe and Guilford are far apart has also s! hed doubt into the theory that we are from the Guilford line. The James & Harriet in my list had the following children: ISABELL, Martha, Amanda, Mary Ann, Sarah, Matilda (Tilde), William Riley Calhoun and Lucinda. I have some pictures of a couple of these folks. Sarah Calhoun married a LARKIN ROTEN. Anyway, if you have more info for me, please share. Thanks, Sharene sharene@sharenes-place.com