Capt. Thomas Callaway, Sr.

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Thomas Callaway

• Birth: Sep. 12, 1700 Essex County, Virginia, USA
• Death: Feb., 1800 Ashe County, North Carolina, USA

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor # A018388

Thomas was the oldest child born to Joseph Callaway, Jr, one of nine children that came into this world in what is now known as Caroline County, Virginia. Served in French and Indian War. Moved to Lunenburg Co., VA, then was High Sheriff of Pittsylvania Co., Va, then on to Surry Co., NC then Wilkes Co. (which later became Ashe Co.). Married to May Baker, 10 children. Tradition says that Daniel Boone gave him this piece of rock when he left NC. Thomas etched "T C" on the stone himself.

Family links: Parents: Joseph Callaway (1685 - 1738)

Spouse: Mary Baker Callaway (1715 - 1778)*

Children: John Farrar Calloway (1742 - ____)* Richard Callaway (1744 - 1819)* Charles Calloway (1746 - ____)* James Calloway (1747 - ____)* Joseph Callaway (1755 - 1830)* William Callaway (1755 - ____)* Thomas Callaway (1757 - 1819)* Frances Calloway (1758 - 1851)* Elizabeth Calloway Toney (1760 - 1802)* Elijah Calloway (1769 - 1847)*

Siblings: John Calloway (1711 - ____)* Thomas Callaway (1712 - 1800) William Callaway (1714 - 1777)* Francis Callaway (1716 - 1791)* Richard Callaway (1717 - 1780)* James C. Callaway (1722 - 1767)* Ann Calloway Sturgill (1726 - ____)*

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Inscription: TC

Burial: Calloway Cemetery West Jefferson Ashe County North Carolina, USA

Maintained by: Robert "Scott" Patrick Originally Created by: Julia M. Record added: Nov 01, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 16416643

Biography

Capt. Thomas CALLAWAY Sr. (Joseph, Joseph) was born on 12 Oct 1712.
He married Mary BAKER in 1735. He died in Feb 1800 in Ashe County, North Carolina, at age 87. He was buried in Callaway Cemetery, West Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina.8 His brothers moved into what is now Bedford County, Virginia in the mid 18th Century, but Thomas did not, living instead in Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties before moving to the New River in what then was Surry County, North Carolina. later became Wilkes County, and now is Ashe County. He and some of his sons had moved to the Greenville and Pendleton Districts of South Carolina by 1790, but some of them had returned to Wilkes County by 1796. One source states that he was born in 1700 and lived to age 100. From The Callaway Journal, vol. 1 (1976), p. 25: "It is told that Capt. Thomas [Callaway] and Daniel Boone were quite good friends and one day, while hunting near Calloway's home, Boone killed a deer. The deer fell across a long gray stone which Boone set up against a chestnut tree. Later, Capt. Calloway saw the stone and was so fascinated with it that Boone brought it to his home and carved upon it the initials, 'T.C.' So pleased was he that Calloway wanted it for a headstone at his grave, and there it was erected upon his death in 1800." In 1755 he was a captain in the Colonial Troops from Halifax County, Virginia in the French and Indian War, and in 1780 he and some of his sons ( Joseph, Richard, William) participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain in the American Revolution.

Mary BAKER died in 1778

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GEDCOM Note

!Documentation taken from Callaway Family Journals of the Callaway
Family Accociation.

There might be two more children, Carey and Shadrack.

Generation Three

Capt. Thomas CALLAWAY Sr. (Joseph, Joseph) was born on 12 Oct 1712.2 He married Mary BAKER in 1735. He died in Feb 1800 in Ashe County, North Carolina, at age. He was buried in Callaway Cemetery, West Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina. His brothers moved into what is now Bedford County, Virginia in the mid 18th Century, but Thomas did not, living instead in Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties before moving to the New River in what then was Surry County, North Carolina. later became Wilkes County, and now is Ashe County. He and some of his sons had moved to the Greenville and Pendleton Districts of South Carolina by 1790, but some of them had returned to Wilkes County by 1796. One source states that he was born in 1700 and lived to age 100. From The Callaway Journal, vol. 1 (1976), p. 25: "It is told that Capt. Thomas [Callaway] and Daniel Boone were quite good friends and one day, while hunting near Calloway's home, Boone killed a deer. The deer fell across a long gray stone which Boone set up against a chestnut tree. Later, Capt. Calloway saw the stone and was so fascinated with it that Boone brought it to his home and carved upon it the initials, 'T.C.' So pleased was he that Calloway wanted it for a headstone at his grave, and there it was erected upon his death in 1800." In 1755 he was a captain in the Colonial Troops from Halifax County, Virginia in the French and Indian War, and in 1780 he and some of his sons participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain in the American Revolution.

Notes for Capt. Thomas Callaway:
Following found on Claude Baker's Website - ttp://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cdbaker1&id=I2781

Notes for Captain Thomas Calloway - Callaway Family Association Journal, page 76

Colonel Callaway's preparedness, page 14:

Thomas Calloway, Sr. settled in Halifax Co, VA about 1740 or later. He was a Vestryman at Au Trim Parish, Halifax Co., VA in 1752 (page 13 Vol 2 Old Churches and Families of Va by Meade.) He was an Ensign, then Captain in the Colonial Troops from Halifax Co, VA in the French and Indian War (1735-1760). There are numerous deeds recorded in Halifax Co made by Captain Thomas Calloway.

Capt. Thomas Calloway and his family moved to North Carolina about 1774 and settled in what was then Surry Co, later Wilkes Co, now part of Wilkes Co has been taken for Ashe Co. He and his sons were in many struggles during the Revolutionary War. (Draper MS).

After the Revolution he and his sons William, Joseph and Thomas, Jr. went to South Carolina. They were living there when the first census of US was taken. (Page 69-96 Dis-Draper MSS "Kings Mountain Pitts Heroes. page 451")

Captain Thomas Calloway and his son Thomas, Jr later returned to North Carolina where Capt. Thomas died in February 1800 in Ashe County. The old Calloway Plantation bordered on the South fork of New river near Obids in what is now Ashe Co, NC. the old burial grounds are on the slope to the river and Capt. Thomas Calloway was buried there. His grave is marked with a rough stone shaft with letters T.C. chiseled on it by Daniel Boone.

From "The Beginnings of the Calloway Family", page 4-5

He settled in Halifax Co., VA in 1752. He was an Ensign, then a Captain in the Colonial troops from Halifax Co., VA, in the French and Indian War. the fact that he had previously become an Indian trader probably brought about his military promotions. The same may be said concerning his brothers, Colonel Richard Calloway and Colonel William Calloway.

In 1753 the Indians were very troublesome. At this time the three brothers were called upon to go into active service with their volunteer companies. The Black Water Fort was assigned to Richard Calloway, the Pig River Fort to William Calloway, and Hickory's Fort to Thomas Calloway. For a period of three years these three Calloway brothers guarded the frontier of nearly fifty miles. They always discovered the Indians first, fired among them, and made them scatter like wolves. In 1756, the french & Indian War had begun and Captain Thomas Calloway swerved under the command of George Washington during the conflict.

After the French and Indian War, Thomas Calloway resigned his commission as a military officer and returned to private life. Pittslvania Co, VA had been formed prior to this time for he had served as appointment as high sheriff of that county after 1763. He owned thousands of acres of land there but was crowded out by a company of men who had land warrants that over-lapped some of his holdings. The King and parliament favored those of great wealth, so it was useless for an individual in moderate circumstances to make an appeal. For this reason, he sold off the rest of his land and emigrated to Surry Co., NC in 1774 and settled on a branch of the Yadkin river.

This was the spring of the "Great May Frost". On May 4, 1774, the frost was so heavy that no one had ever seen a frost like it at that time of year. the frost was so severe that all vegetation that had life was struck dead.

Thomas Calloway hesitated, at first, to take part in the war (Revolutionary War). He could hardly think of separating from the Mother Country. He hoped for reconciliation after the Battle of Lexington of April 1775, and until the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 21, 1775, at which time George Washington took command. He (Calloway) had taken many commissions under the King's authority and this fact involved an oath of true loyalty to the crown of Great Britian. A pamphlet by Samuel Adams convinced Captain Calloway that the King himself had become a rebel in that he no longer protected his subjects, but that he had sent fleets and an army here to kill and destroy us, and that several acts of parliament had declared us out of his protection. He instantly declared himself a Bostonian, a title used by people later known as Whigs, and he, his sons, and sons-in-law volunteered in '76 to defend their country. this was when he was seventy-six years of age and was too old to command forces. So they gave him an honorable discharge. Colonel Cleveland is said to have told him he ought to charge the army with everything they used, observing that the individual could not hurt the public but the public could soon ruin the individual, but he (Thomas Calloway) reportedly replied that the public chest was poor too, and both public and individual had to bear a part.

Children of May Baker and Thomas Callaway are:
2 i. Mary2 Callaway, born Unknown. She married James M. Nye.
3 ii. Elijah Callaway, born Unknown.
4 iii. Shadrack Callaway, born Unknown.
5 iv. John Callaway, born Unknown.
6 v. Carey Callaway, born Unknown.
7 vi. Thomas Callaway, Jr., born Unknown in Essex, VA; died March 27, 1819 in Knoxville, TN.
8 vii. Elizabeth Callaway, born Unknown; died Aft. 1808 in South Carolina.
9 viii. Richard Callaway, born Bef. 1746 in Ashe Co, NC; died March 05, 1822 in Ashe Co, NC.

Notes for Richard Callaway:
Wounded by Tarleton's Calvary at Surprise Battle August 18, 1780. Wounded at the Perkins place on New River in Ashe Co, NC April 15, 1781. Shot in thigh by Zacharia Wells, thigh broken, left for dead.

Richard moved to middle Tennessee and located in Franklin County on Duck river, raised a very interesting family and died there.

10 ix. James Callaway, born Unknown.
11 x. Charles Callaway, born Bef. 1746.
12 xi. William Callaway, born Bef. 1755 in Ashe Co, NC; died Aft. 1800.

Notes for William Callaway:
From Callaway Family Association Journal, 1980, page 76:

began pursuit of Capt. Riddle's party soon came upon Samuel McQueen and Benjamin Greer. McQueen joined William Calloway and Greer went to summon aid. John Baker (John "Renta" Baker, who was one of the "Longhunters" & son of Andrew/Mary Mollie Bowling Baker & husband of Elizabeth Terrill), a nephew of the Calloways (Richard, William & Joseph) joined with the William and Samuel McQueen to lead the pursuit. Riddle's trail was soon discovered and in a short time the Torries (Riddle's party) were discovered and fired upon. William Calloway shot but did not hit Zachariah Wells, who had the day previously so badly wounded his brother Richard Calloway. All the Tories escaped, but Capt. Benjamin Clevland was liberated.

Some weeks later Zachariah Wells was captured and taken to Capt. Cleveland on the Yadkin river, where Wells was hung on the river bank. William Calloway who aided in the rescue of Cleveland, who was a brother of Richard Calloway, died on the Yadkin.

13 xii. Joseph Callaway, born Bef. 1755 in Ashe Co, NC; died Bef. 1830 in Callaway, MO.
14 xiii. Frances Callaway, born Bef. 1755; died November 12, 1851.

from Callaway GenforumHi,There's another quote or paraphrase from the Draper Manuscritps found on line.Elijah Callaway died in Ash County, at "Walnut Grove" March 3, 1847.A few years before the death of Elijah, he had writen a most interesting letter. It was writen on June 10, 1845, and addressed to Laman C. Draper. In the letter he said that his mother, Mary was a aunt to John Baker, Richard Baker, and the Rev. Andrew Baker. He goes on to tell about John Baker, Benjamin Cutbirth, and James Ward and thier trip to Kentucky.See: Wisconsin Historical Publications Calendar, 1929 -Vol. IIISee: Draper Manuscripts "Kings Mt. Papers" - 12DD60 - 12 DD51I'm assuming this is 1769 Elijah that most trees have as a son of Thomas 2 and Jude???One would think that Elijah would have known his mother's name which would indicate that possibly something else (like the 1735 marriage date or Mary's birth date) should be checked.Gale

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From Bill CaytonIn the Draper Manuscripts on micro-film (roll 12, series DD, item #51)There is a letter from Dr. James Calloway (son of Elijah and gr.son of Thomas) to Lyman C. Draper dated Aug. 1845. Dr. James C. Calloway says "Capt. Thos. Calloway married about the year 1735, Mary Baker, in N.C. Mary Baker was aunt of Rev. Andrew Baker.

From The Callaway Journal, vol. 1 (1976), p. 25: "It is told that Capt. Thomas [Callaway] and Daniel Boone were quite good friends and one day, while hunting near Calloway's home, Boone killed a deer. The deer fell across a long gray stone which Boone set up against a chestnut tree. Later, Capt. Calloway saw the stone and was so fascinated with it that Boone brought it to his home and carved upon it the initials, 'T.C.' So pleased was he that Calloway wanted it for a headstone at his grave, and there it was erected upon his death in 1800." In 1755 he was a captain in the Colonial Troops from Halifax County, Virginia in the French and Indian War, and in 1780 he and some of his sons participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain in the American Revolution