I'll try to check it this Sunday. George [email protected] wrote: > > >From Jackie Weeden--To Deb Whaley > The exact location of John C.'s birth may be a help in locating his > parents. All we had before was SC, but now you say Greenwood, SC. > There is a Greenwood Co and a Greenwood town in SC, but prior to > 1897 the present Greenwood Co was called Abbeyville and Edgefield Co. > My census index shows...... > In 1840 in Edgefield Co, p. 117 there was an ABNER Whaley. > In 1840 Abbeyville Co p. 48 there was a LEWIS Whaley. > In 1850 Abbeyville Co, Saluda R. p. 128 there was a LARVIS Whaley (Lewis?) > In 1860 Abbeyville Co, Greenwood, p. 51 there was an ELIZA Whaley. > In 1860 Abbeyville Co, Greenwood, p. 53, there was a D.A. Whaley. > Also, in 1860 in Colleton Co, Edisto Island, there was a John C. Calhoun > Whaley. Colleton Co is an eastern Co while the others are western. > > John Calhoun would be c. age 15 in 1850 and would probably still > be in his parents' home and he might be his own head of house at > age c. 25 in 1860. > He went to TX prior to 1862 as his first child was b. there. > (Notice that he has children named Lewis and Elizabeth) > I will not be able to check on the exact listing for the above census > records for some time, but I was wondering if GEORGE WHALEY > our listowner could help us out. Maybe John Calhoun can be found in > one of the census records given above. > ******************* > John Calhoun's 8/19/1899 pension papers say his address then was > PO Lancaster, Dallas Co TX. Did he die there? > I cannot find Lancaster. Did his death certificate tell where he was > buried? If you could find the cemetery, perhaps some of the stones > there might solve the birthdate problems we have with some of the > children. > In 1900 Amanda stated she was the mother of 10 children and 2 were > deceased. We have only 9 children unless there actually were 2 named > Edward P. Which 2 were deceased by 1900? Perhaps cemetery > records would help. > The Edward P. birth and death date given you by a descendant pose > another problem. If he were b 6-25-1887, how could his sister > Lillie Frances be b 3- -1887? > And we have the same problem with the other Edward P. birthdate and > that of his brother William F. being born 4 months apart. > Please pursue the cemetery suggestion. > ************ > Do you have marriage dates for Lula Elizabeth and Lillie Frances? > Do you have a death date for Lula Elizabeth, Jesse Henry, Walter Lee > and William F.? > > Lots of work for you. Good luck. Jackie Weeden. > >