Catherine Calhoun

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Catherine Calhoun

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Birthplace: Long Cane Creek, Abbeville Dist., SC
Death: Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Caldwell Calhoun and Agnes Calhoun
Sister of Colonel Joseph William Calhoun; Ann Quarles Mathews; Mary Calhoun; Patrick Calhoun; Rachel Norris and 5 others

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About Catherine Calhoun

On February 1, 1760, during the Battle at Long Cane Creek, “one of his children was killed and two daughters were held by the Indians for many years”

She [Catherine] was only 7 years old at the time of the massacre, having been born Feb 4, 1753. The next child, the 3rd, of William and Anne was born May 18, 1755. She was taken as a captive by the Indians and was kept by them for 14 years.


The stone pictured at Findagrave.com is in memory of her grandmother.



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Catherine Calhoun's Timeline

1753
February 4, 1753
Long Cane Creek, Abbeville Dist., SC
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Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States