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. > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > 12.8 million individuals and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/