Capt. James C. McCall, Sr.

Indian attacks compelled the New River settlement to remove to Anson County [now Meck­lenburg County], North Carolina. There he received land grants, was a member of the North Carolina militia in 1766 in Captain Adam Alexander's Company and became a Revo­lutionary soldier, along with two of his sons, William McCall and Hugh McCall. On April 20, 1773 while living in Mecklenburg County James McCall and Janet Harris McCall made a deed to the land they owned at New River, Virginia. He held public office there, according to "DAR Magazine," Volume 31. He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1790 census of Mecklenburg County. In 1794 he wrote his will which was witnessed by his cousin, Francis McCall, John Harris and James McCaule. Named as executors were his wife, "Jeanet McCall" and William McCall, believed to be his son. The will was recorded in Mecklenburg County Will Book B, page 49. He died shortly af­terward.

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Name: James "Captain" MCCALL

Sex: M

Birth: ABT 1720 in Ulster, County Antrim, IRELAND

Death: 1794 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina USA

Burial: 1794 North Carolina

Note:

BIOGRAPHY: Ettie Augusta Tidwell McCall wrote of him:

BIOGRAPHY: "In the invasion of South Carolina by the British, the fierce Cherokees thought they saw a favorable opportunity to overwhelm the frontiers and sweep away the settlements in a hurricane of slaughter. The British plan and the Indian ambition were therefore in full accord. Capt. John Stuart, his Majesty's superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern district which included North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida with the assistance of Alexander Cameron, the Cherokee Indian agent, was always the chief agency behind the uprising which was always threatening, and they were in close cooperation with Gen. Gage, the British Commander in Chief in Boston."

BIOGRAPHY: The Council of Safety of South Carolina decided to capture Alexander Cameron and remove him from the scene of his mischief making. That hazard was entrusted to Capt. James McCall of the 96th District with Captain James Baskin and Ensign Patrick Calhoun as his associates . The party marched from the Cherokee Ford on the Savannah River, and after a six day trip encamped near a large town in the Cherokee Nation where a conference was entered into with the chiefs. While thus engaged, the little force under Capt. McCall was surprised by a party of Cherokee warriors. Ensign Calhoun and three others were killed, and Capt. McCall was taken prisoner.

BIOGRAPHY: He remained a prisoner for several weeks, during which time some of the prisoners were horribly tortured. Capt. McCall was sentenced to be executed, but managed to escape. With a pint of parched corn and a few green ears, he traversed the mountains for over 800 miles on horse back without a saddle. On the ninth day he reached the Virginia frontier and fell in with some troops on their way to the Carolinas to fight the Cherokees. Shortly afterward the Americans swept through the Cherokee country and broke their power. The Cherokees sued for peace, and in the resultant treaty ceded lands to South Carolina between the Savannah River and the Enoree River which included the counties of Greenville, Oconee, Anderson and Pickens."

BIOGRAPHY: After his escape from the Cherokees he requested a newspaper insertion, according to "Virginia Historical Magazine" to advise his family that he was free:

BIOGRAPHY: "Captain James McCall of South Carolina who was captured July 1, 1776 by the Cherokees and who escaped has a wife and five children now on the bank of the Broad River and wishes it to be published in the Gazette that he is here and well. By this means it will get into the Carolina papers and reach his family."

BIOGRAPHY: Accessed on the internet, 7 Sep 2003 by Terri Camp. Per Arlee Gowen, 806/795-8758 , 795-9694, 5708 Gary Avenue, Lubbock, Texas, 9413, McCall Manuscript, MCCALLMS.024, 09 /01/88 (Gowen Research Foundation, http://www.llano.net/gowen/), http://www.llano.net/gowen/hussey_millenium/mccallms024.htm.

This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/terricamp/4/data/ 785

Father: Joshua MCCALL b: ABT 1686 in Ulster, County Antrim, IRELAND

Mother: Julianna TRUBY b: ABT 1691 in Ulster, County Antrim, IRELAND

Marriage 1 Janet HARRIS b: ABT 1725 in Ulster, County Antrim, IRELAND

Married: 20 APR 1740 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina USA

Children

1..James Mitchell "Colonel" MCCALL b: 11 AUG 1741 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

2..Hugh MCCALL b: 1743 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

3..Rachel MCCALL b: 1744 in Augusta County, Virginia

4..Thomas Harris "Rev." MCCALL b: 1745 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

5..Nancy Agnes MCCALL b: 1750 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

6..Janet Harris "Jane" MCCALL b: 1753 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina USA

7..William MCCALL b: 1754 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina USA

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