Lt. Francis Callaway

Birth: 1716 Virginia, USA Death: 1791 Wilkes County Georgia, USA

FRANCIS CALLAWAY first shows up in the records of Orange Co. when he signed a petition to clear a road at a court held in 1737(Orange Co. Court Orders).On Sept. 20, 1745, he patented his first tract of land, 400 acres on the waters of Tomahawk Creek in Goochland County (Va.Patents, Vol. 24, p. 40>. This is probably part of the land thatFrancis and wife Frances sold to John Thomson, 100 acres in Albemarle Co. in 1751. (Albemarle Deed Bk. 1, p. 312). Albermarle County was created in 1744 from Goochland and Louisa Counties. On August 20, 1747, he patented 244 acres on the lower side of Buffalo Creek, Brunswick Co. (Va. Patents, Vol. 26, p. 93). This land he and wife Frances sold to William Callaway for L 40 while residing in Lunenburg Co. (Lunenburg Deeds, Bk. 2, n. 51) on June 29, 1750. When Bedford County was created, Francis' land where he lived fell into Bedford. At the Bedford Court held in March 1755, Francis was appointed Surveyor of the road that leads from Moseley Quarter to William Callaway's road. He also took the oath as vestryman at this court (Bedford Court Orders). At the Sept. Court 1755, Francis was appointed County Lieutenant; his brothers, William appointed Major and Richard,Captains. In 1761, Francis and wife, Jane (new wife) sold to Robert Page, 150 acres on the south side of Tomahawk Creek, adjoining Micajah Clark (Bedford Deeds, Bk. 1, p. 502). Francis served as a "Gentleman Justice" of Bedford County from July 1763 until Dec. 1774. He was commissioned High Sheriff of Bedford Co. on Oct. 25,1774 for the term of two years. About 1778 he left Bedford County and moved over the state line to Surry Co., NC. In Nov. 1779 he received a grant to 400 acres on both sides of the South Fork of Mitchells River (an upper branch of the Yadkin) "including the improvement he purchased of Benjamin Stacey." Francis died in Wilkes Co., Ga. in 1791. –CFA Journal 1979 p.12--Allie Nelson

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Parents:

 Joseph Callaway (1685 - 1738)

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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Burial: Body lost or destroyed

Maintained by: Jim Roberts Originally Created by: Allie Nelson Record added: Apr 13, 2015 Find A Grave Memorial# 144962484

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