Thank you so much for the information; I have found in genealogy not to assume anything, because anything is possible Thanks again & Happy Hunting Debra > From: rgust@netwtc.net > To: ncrowan@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:52:40 -0600 > Subject: Re: [NCROWAN] McCullough of Rowan County > > I and my cousins have done extensive research on our McCullough line. We > believe they arrived in the US from Ulster Ireland sometime in the early > 1700's and settled near Philadelphia but have not found the documentation to > verify this. That said what we do know is that they were Scotch Irish. A > will for James McCulloch was found in 1758 Will book A p 113 in Rowan > County Courthouse. I went there and copied it. He had the following known > children from the will. John, William, Samuel and Alexander and a grandson > Mathew. His wife is listed as Elizabeth but it is not proven that she was > the mother of these children. The book Carolina Cradle does name James and > sons John and Alexander on page 69 as living in Fallowfield township Chester > County in 1739 or 1740 (tax list) and that James went to NC sometime after > 1747 The land records for North Carolina state that James McCulloch together > with his sons John and Alexander obtained land between George Davidson ( > this is the plantation mention in the will of James) and the Catawba River > but it is said that John may never have lived on the land. There is a > suggestion that John may have married to a Jane possibly in Pennsylvania as > his only daughter was named Jane, again it cannot be proven. > I descend from John who died somewhere about 1766 when his children were > bound out. These four children are John, William, James and Jane. The three > boys all fought in the RW and it is said that William died at Brandywine. > James was an Indian spy in Kentucky and we have his pension file and a copy > of the book James McCullough Kentucky Pioneer by mabel e maxcy and jimmie d > mcsween. John married Constant Jones in Kentucky, and sold his land to > Jeremiah Salyers. He was in the continental line and served the entire war > although his pension only proves 3 years. We have his pension records for > his wife. He died in 1823 in Indiana. His sister Jane was apprenticed to > Elizabeth Cathey widow and she married Jeremiah Salyers ?Sellers on the > marriage transcript and second John May who also may have been in North > Carolina. William was bound to Arter Erwy and then Geo Marshall. John was > bound to John Johnson then to Wm Bonnor. And James was bound to James > Smiley. > > These McCullough's were here before the Catholic Irish McCullough's arrived. > They were Presbyterians. We do not believe at this time that they were > directly related to Henry Eustace McCulloch the land baron of North > Carolina. We do not believe we are related to the Ohio McCullough and know > we are not related to the Irish McCulloughs. > > Many of the names that are coming through the look up list that Jan has done > can be found in the book Carolina Cradle. It is an excellent resource for > early North Carolina settlers. > > My questions are where are James and Elizabeth buried and when did she die. > Who did Alexander marry,was she a Cathey as I suspect and when did he die? > Why did he not take John's children? And although it is reported that James > father was Samuel I have no proof. And last how do you find the court > records when the children were released from the bounds? I bet I need to > make another trip to the courthouse. > > Susie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debra Black" <craft1952@hotmail.com> > To: "ncrowan county rootsweb" <ncrowan@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:16 AM > Subject: Re: [NCROWAN] Look up Please > > > > > > > > Susie: > > McCullough are in my family too:J.B. McCullough born 18 May1878 in > > Toledo, Lucus County, Ohio: his father, Silas McCullough born 25 April > > 1828 in Wood ,Ohio: R. B. McCullough born 1 June 1804 in Philadelphia, > > Pennsylvania: they are my Great Grandfather, 2 Great Grandfather & 3rd > > Great Grandfather respectively > > Debra > > > > > > > > > > > >> From: rgust@netwtc.net > >> To: NCROWAN@rootsweb.com > >> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 06:04:56 -0600 > >> Subject: [NCROWAN] Look up Please > >> > >> Hello Jan, > >> I would like the following names please. > >> McCaule, 118 > >> McCullochs, 34 > >> McCulloh, 161, 166 > >> McCullough, 85 > >> > >> Susie > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> NCROWAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > You live life online. 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