William Calhoun

I do not believe the date of death is correct. He did not die during the "Long Cane" incident. He did though list eleven children including Rachel, Esther, William, Ezekial, Agnes and Alexander who were all born after 1760.

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DAR Patriot Ancestor # A018310‏ & SAR Ancestor 93302

WILLIAM9 CALHOUN (JAMES PATRICK8, ALEXANDER7, WILLIAM CAMPBELL6, ROBERT5 COLQUHOUN, ADAM4, ALEXANDER3, JOHN2, HUMPHRY1) was born 1717 in County Donegal, Ireland, and died May 25, 1762 in Long Cane Creek, Abbeville District, S.C1. NOTE: DAR & SAR have a date of death of "circa 1790."

He married AGNES LONG October 19, 1749. Many of their children were killed in the Indian massacre of 1760.

William arrived in S.C. in 1756 settling in the Long Cane Creek section of Prince William's Parish, Granville County. He arrived with his brothers James Patrick, and Ezekiel, mother Catherine Calhoun and sister Mary Noble, widow of John Noble.

He married AGNES NANCY LONG, (b. 1730—d. 1794 Abbeville Dist., SC), the daughter of Joseph Young and Ann Crockett, on October 19, 1749 in Virginia.[2] The had 11 children

Children of James and Agnes

1. Col. Joseph, b. Oct 22, 1750 Augusta Co., VA—d. Apr 14, 1817 Abbeville Dist., SC; married first to Catherine Calhoun, b. 1749—d. 1791; and secondly on May 26, 1802, to Martha Moseley, b. 1780—d.1835, daughter of William Moseley;
2. Catherine, b. Feb 4, 1753 Augusta Co., VA—d. Feb 1, 1760 Granville Co., SC;
3. Anne, b. May 18, 1755 Augusta Co., VA—d. Dec 19, 1830; was held in captivity fourteen years; m. Oct 12, 1784, to Isaac Matthews, d. Mar 25, 1801 SC;
4. Mary, b. Nov 1, 1757 Granville Co., SC—d. captured by the Indians on Feb 1, 1760 Granville Co., SC, and never heard from again;
5. Patrick, b. Feb 18, 1760 SC—d. Jun 26, 1776 SC; killed by the Indians while serving in Capt.James McCall’s expedition into the Cherokee lands; m. Alice Craig;
6. Rachel, b. Sept 19, 1762 Granville Co., SC—d. __ ; m. Patrick Norris, b. 1762—d. 1840;
7. Esther, b. Sept 30, 1765 Granville Co., SC—d. March 2, 1844 KY; m. (i) William Carter Love,b. 1765—d. Aug 27, 1799 KY, son of Joseph Love and Mary Teas [or Tays]; (ii) J. Kuykendall, d. 1811; and (iii) Feb 5, 1812 KY, to William Alton;
8. William, b. Apr 5, 1768 Ninety-Six Dist., SC—d. 1827; m. Rebecca Tannehill, b. abt. 1770, daughter of James Tannehill and Catherine Hill;
9. Ezekiel, b. Nov 27, 1770 Ninety-Six Dist., SC—d. Jan 25, 1817 Abbeville, SC; m. Feb 26, 1796, to Frances Hamilton, b. Feb 13, 1773 Abbeville, SC—d. Feb 12, 1848 SC, daughter of Major Andrew Hamilton and Jane McGill;
10. Agnes, b. Aug 29, 1773 Ninety-Six Dist., SC—d. Sept 5, 1840 Green Co., AL; m. Gen. Joseph Hutton, b. Dec 28, 1769 Ninety-Six Dist., SC—d. Aug 30, 1823 Green Co., AL;
11. Alexander, b. Dec 21, 1776 Ninety-Six Dist., SC—d. ___ ; m. Kitty Johnson.[3]

References

1. Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995. Volume VI, “Calhoun Family.” Page 123-124. < AncestrySharing >. Issue of James and Catherine (Montgomery) Calhoun … ii. William, of South Carolina, Justice of the Peace; m. 19th October, 1749, Agnes Long. .
2. http://home.earthlink.net/~johnbaum/CalhounFamilyHistory.htm
3. http://www.clancolquhoun.org/genjcaldwell.html
4. DAR Ancestor # A018310
5. SAR Membership: 93302
6. Salley, A. S. The Calhoun Family of South Carolina. Columbia?, S.C., 1906.
7. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=11640
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Cane_Massacre_Site
9. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=9418