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About Susannah ‘Sukey‘ Callahan
Not the daughter of Aaron "Totsuwha-Chief Red Bird" Brock
Disputed Origins
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brock-457
A previous version of this profile claimed, citing a compiled genealogy, that she was daughter of Redbird and that Redbird was the same as someone named Aaron Brock [Sr]. There are no documented wife or children of the Cherokee man, Redbird. There is no contemporaneous record that associates him as the same man as Aaron Brock (for which there is actually no proof of existence). He has been detached as father of this profile. Please use g2g to discuss evidence for her origins. Thank you.
There is also no documentary evidence that anyone named "Aaron Brock" ever existed, that Edward Callahan's wife was named Mahala, or that his wife was the sister of Jesse Brock. While we retain a WikiTree profile for Aaron Brock, we do so only to prevent re-creation and to educate people about the lack of evidence for his existence.
Biography
Susannah/Mahala Brock is believed to have been born about 1749 in Cumberland Co., VA. Her parents are unknown. [SIC: Geni is showing them as George Brock & Susannah Davis.]. She is consistently listed in records as Susannah or "Sukey", not Mahala. She appeared in a court record in 1773: "Likewise, Mary Johnson, Sandel Brooks Elizabeth Brooks Lyddia Morris AND SUSANNA BROCK for having bastard children. Likewise, EDWARD CALLIHAN for unlawfully keeping and cohabiting with SUSANNA BROCK, with Samuel Wilson as informant." (Fincastle was formed from Botetourt in 1772) [1] Susannah and Edward resolved the issue by marrying. Edward was the son of Darby Callahan and Unity Harris. He was born ABT 1743 in VA, and died 1823 in Clay Co., KY.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Ned and Susannah were well known in southwest Virginia: ""Although the country was setled with a well-informed population generally, yet there was in it a mixture of all sorts. The leading characters of one class were Edward Callahan and his wife Succy. where they originally came from I do not know, but they were themselves originals. edward was a hunter by profession, and when they emigrated to Holston he selected for his residence the banks of the north fork twenty-five miles below Abingdon, at a point where he could see the top of Clinch mountain through a gap in the river knobs. Here he lived many years. Succy was a cake woman, but with the cakes she sold something to drink. She made her appearance on the first day of every court, with a cartload of cakes, pies and drinkables... [8][9]
She was the sister of Jesse Brock
References
Research notes
The name of Aaron Brock as father of Jesse Brock and his sister Mahala Susanna Brock Callahan was mentioned in two printed (but undocumented) family histories: 1. Strong Family, by Mrs. J. C. Hurst, Lexington, KY, 1958. She wrote, "The Strong family of Breathitt and Owsley Cos., KY, was established by William, who was born about the year 1768 in VA and died about the year 1848. He was married about the year 1790 to Jennie Callahan (commonly called Jane), who was born about the year 1779 and died about the year 1815. She was a daughter of Edward and Mahalah Brock Callahan. Mahalah was a daughter of AARON BROCK and a sister of JESSE BROCK, who lived in Harlan County. The Brocks were part Indian." .[12]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96547989/mahala-susannah-callahan
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brock-457
http://ourtexasfamilycom.ipage.com/BrockWebSite/Brock_MahalaSusanna...
https://www.flickr.com/groups/358607@N24/discuss/72157600318514571/
https://www.feldmanfamily.ws/genroot/getperson.php?personID=I139011...
https://books.google.com/books?id=f9AeCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT255&lpg=PT255&d...–1847+KY&source=bl&ots=jfPK_i1EHd&sig=ACfU3U1y07EOVHxiRFbz7GHrjvSFp6YYFw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwji5NjK2_jfAhXthOAKHXAVBvkQ6AEwEHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Zelphia%20Callahan%201776–1847%20KY&f=false
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brockfamily/genealogy/BrockCherokeeE...
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brockfamily/genealogy/ChiefRedBird.html
- Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 2 2020, 23:01:40 UTC
- Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 2 2020, 23:04:49 UTC
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Susannah ‘Sukey‘ Callahan's Timeline
| 1749 |
1749
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Cumberland County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1768 |
1768
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Washington, Virginia, USA
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1770
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Boutetort County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
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1772
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Virginia, USA
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1774
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Province of South Carolina, Colonial America
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July 4, 1778
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Washington County, Virginia, United States
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1778
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Madison County, Kentucky, United States
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1779
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Washington, Virginia, USA
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1783
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Washington County, Virginia, United States
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