John Galloway - From my inbox:

J
yesterday at 9:59 PM
By Erroneously listing Mary Stokes, I meant that the wrong Mary Stokes was listed as his wife. I do not believe anyone in the family knows what her birth and death date were, just that it was a few years prior to his marriage of Sarah Beard.

The Biographical information I had found in 2019 stated that Mary Stokes, John's first wife, bore him 3 children. I was able to narrow down which children those were and verify that info.
Sarah Hannah Galloway Lorts (1811-1894)
Abigail Galloway Grills (1813-1870)
Marshall Galloway (1813-1857)

Susan Beard and he had 8 children. They operated a distillery 4 miles west of Blountville, Tennessee.
The children I was able to locate and verify (so far) for John and Sarah were:

Elizabeth (1825-1909)
Mary Ruth (1826-1873)
Washington Lafayette (1829-1880)
Annis (1831-1873)
Nathan (1834-1864)
Noah (1836-1864)
Allen (1838-1864)

The last three served during the Civil War (Union and Confederate), and died during the war.

Here's what I found on the homestead: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/150939...

THE JOHN GALLOWAY HOUSE

The John Galloway house on Airport Road is a handsome example of how all early 19th century houses can be adapted to late 20th century living. Although John and Susan Beard Galloway could raise ten of their 13 children in the original, two-story log section, Stewart and Teressa Lindamood, today's resident-owners, need much more room for their son and daughter. The two Lindamood children probably have more clothing and personal possessions than all thirteen young Galloways simply because so much more is available today.

Stewart Lindamood solved the problem by adding a single-story, board-and-batten wing to each side of the log house built by John Galloway around 1823. The house stands on the old Galloway farm which includes land Galloway purchased from John Parker in 1816, and that bought from Thomas Hopkins in 1822. The Parker tract of 131 acres included houses and Galloway probably lived in one of them before building the log house.

John was born in Maryland in 1788, while Susan was a native Tennessean, born June 25, 1797. Their children were Marshall, Adam, Hannah, Barbara, John, Jr., Elizabeth, Mary, Washington, Nathan, Annis (Anice), Noah, Allen, and Sarah.

In 1834, Galloway received a Tennessee land grant for 363 acres that included the plantation where he was living. This appears to include portions of the Parker tract and the 300 acres Galloway bought from Hopkins. Between 1816 and 1853, Galloway acquired 715 acres in the Fall Creek, Muddy Creek and Blountville-Jonesboro Road (Airport Road) area. The 1850 census, first to list occupations, has John Galloway as a farmer with land valued at $2630. He was also a slave-owner and a log slave house once stood very near the old home.

John Galloway's will was proven in court August 6, 1855. He directed that land he'd purchased from John Erwin be sold and the proceeds divided, but not equally, between his four older children. John, Jr. was to have the Childress land where he was living and the "Caleb Shipley land" where Washington and Nathan were living was to be divided equally between them.

Noah and Allen were given the home and farm with the land south of "the new stage road" going to Noah while the land north of the road, including the dwelling house, barn and all other buildings, was bequeathed to Allen. The four youngest children were still living at home and they were to maintain and care for Galloway's "beloved wife" Susan as long as she lived.

Galloway's will also mentioned the "school house spring" north of the road and near the school. This was the GallowayAcademybuilt on the farm to educate the young Galloways and neighboring children.

After Allen's death in 1876, Sarah Galloway was given 108 acres which included the homestead buildings. Sarah later married Harvey Gott and
they adopted a little girl, Lola Mae. In 1916, Lola Mae, grown-up and married to Daniel Jackson Blalock, was given 50 acres which includedthe
old homestead. In return, she was to care for Sarah "in sickness or in health" as long as physically able to do so.

April 16, 1953, D. J. and Lola Blalock gave the log house and 7 ½ acres to their daughter and son-in-law, Trula Dean and Claude A. Lindamood. The Lindamoods continued the tradition by deeding the house and 1.43 acres to their son and daughter-in-law, Stewart and Teressa in 1978.

By restoring and adapting the log house built by John Galloway, the young Lindamoods have preserved the ancestral home where his mother was born and kept for future Sullivan Countians a lovely part of their historic past.

Submitted by: Alma Grant, POB 444, Blountville, TN 37617

Source: Sullivan Co. News, 1982, 1987

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Here is the will of John Galloway:
https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/150939...

https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/150939...

Additionally, I was able to find this on his parents and other relations: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mayes/galloway.htm

J
yesterday at 8:35 PM
Managers of John Galloway,

I am contacting you about this profile: John Galloway

Hi everyone, I need assistance researching this profile. This is one of my great grandparents, and he was listed erroneously with Mary Stokes as his wife. From what I can tell on Ancestry, the correct wife should reflect as Susannah "Susan" Beard - 25 JUN 1797 • Tennessee -- 27 JUN 1875 • Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA

I am attempting to run down all the children listed as theirs on Ancestry to verify. However, it would be of great assistance to have some extra eyes on this one.

Many Thanks,

J

John Galloway