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 1805 - 1866 (61 years)
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| Name |
Elijah Callaway |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Birth |
25 Feb 1805 |
Ashe County, North Carolina  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
6 Jun 1866 |
North Carolina [1] |
| Person ID |
I53365 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
17 Jul 2019 |
| Father |
Elijah Callaway, b. 12 Oct 1769, Virginia d. 3 Mar 1847, Ashe County, North Carolina (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Cutbirth, b. 10 Oct 1772, Rowan County, North Carolina, a British Colony of America d. 17 Dec 1843, Ashe County, North Carolina (Age 71 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Apr 1789 |
Ashe County, North Carolina [1] |
| Family ID |
F20003 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Nancy Sutherland, b. 24 Oct 1825, Johnson County, Tennessee d. 14 Nov 1913, North Carolina (Age 88 years) |
| Marriage |
(Ashe County) North Carolina [1] |
| Residence (Family) |
1880 |
Pine Swamp, Ashe County, North Carolina [2] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F20002 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Elijah was born in Ashe Co., NC, 10 miles south of Jefferson , NC, on the Bever creek road leading to Wilkesboro, NC on the south fork of New Riv er on Nov 3, 1803.
There grown up to manhood he met and married Nancy Suth erland of Johnson Co., TN and they came and settled on the extreme t op of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 4 miles south of his birth place.
There th ey accumulated and entered and added to their home 1300 acres more mounta in land. To this union was born 3 children.
They retained their home as lo ng as each lived. Elijah died Jun 6, 1866.
Nancy Sutherland Callaway was b orn Oct. 24, 1825.
She died Nov 14, 1913.
Then the estate fell in the 3 ch ildren's hands which was divided equally and with good feelings and wi th no cost to anybody.
endof this comment [1]
- Elijah told Lyman Draper that his father was Thomas Callaway, Sr., but members of the family later indicated to Draper that he was a son of Thomas C allaway, Jr.
The story handed down to Callaways in Ashe Co., NC is that El ijah was left on the doorstep of Capt. Thomas Callaway, Jr., born out of w edlock, and the mother could not care for him.
He was apparently rear ed in the home of Capt. Thomas Callaway, Sr.
Some information on Elijah Callaway and descendants was from a history wri tten by James M. Callaway (grandson of Elijah) and submitted to CFA.
Some information on Elijah and descendants was submitted to CFA by Gene va Greer White 7/2007.
Some information on Elijah and descendants was submitted to CFA by Pennie Eiben 4/2008.
end of commentary [1]
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- [S14333] "James Madison /Callaway/ (1863-1942)", Profile, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3DNW-Z8Q, this person, plac.
- [S14335] Nancy Calloway, United States Census, 1880, "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://fa.
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