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"Pat K. Calhoun, Esq., In Memory of Mrs. Catherine Calhoun Aged 76 years Who With 22 Others Was Here Murdered By The Indians The First of Feb. 1760."

Children:

James Calhoun was born 1716 County Donegal, Ireland, m. Susanna 'Nancy' Long (daughter of Joseph Long and Ann) in Cumberland Co., PA. James died 1 February 1760 in the Long Cane Creek Indian Massacre.

William Calhoun was born about 1718, in Donegal Co., Ireland. He was married 18 Oct 1749, in Abbeville Dist., SC, to Agnes Long, (daughter of Joseph Long and Ann). He was in the Massacre of the Indians at Long Creek, SC, and lost one child and 2 of his daughters were captured by the Indians and held in captivity for many years. He was Justice of the Peace for Granville County and later for Ninety-Six District, SC under the Provisional Government.

Catherine Calhoun b. ca. 1718. In 1730 she married Johm Noble in Ireland. He died in 1751 and is buried in Augusta Co. VA. Catherine died in the Abbeville District, SC.

John Calhoun b. 1720

Ezekial Calhoun was born in 1720 in Donegal Co. Ireland. He married Jane Weing. Ezekial died sometime after 3 September 1759.

Patrick Calhoun was born in June 1727, Donegal Co., Ireland He married Miss Craighead, (daughter of Alexander Craighead, Rev.) and had no children. His second marraige was to Martha Caldwell, (daughter of William Caldwell, Capt. and Rebecca Parks). Patrick died 15 Feb 1796, Ninety-Six Dist., SC. He was seven years old when his parents emigrated to America. He survived the Indian Massacre and erected the monument to his mother and the 22 victims at Long Cane Creek. He was appointed by the provincial Government Commander of a body of Rangers. He was Justice of the Peace for Granville Co., SC and later for Ninety-Six District, SC under the Provincial Government. He was elected to the Commons House of Assembly from Prince William's Parish in 8 Mar 1769. He was Deputy to the 1st Congress (Jan-Nov 1775) from 96th Dist.

From Patrick Calhoun:

James Patrick Calhoun died in 1741 near Chestnut Level, Pennsylvania which is east of Philadelphia. Orval Calhoun's book suggests that he may be buried in the Donegal Cemetery which is close to the present city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

We do know that James Patrick immigrated in 1733 and probably arrived in the Port of Philadelphia as opposed to New York, because records indicate that they first settled near Chestnut Level. The family then moved circa 1743 to Virginia because his sons were given land grants in Virginia in 1743, 1746, and 1756. After Braddock's defeat in the French & Indian War in 1755, the Pennsylvania & Virginia frontier became unstable without British troops to protect the settlers and the Calhoun family moved in 1756 this time to the Long Canes Settlement near Abbeville, SC.

I visited the site of the Long Cane Massacre back in 2002 and took extensive photos of the cairn that you described. I also visited the rural cemetery approximately 6 miles south of Abbeville where Patrick Calhoun (father of John C.) is buried. This particular family plot was overgrown and in need of attention. It's marked as a SC State Historical Site, but it appears the state does not maintain it.

James Patrick's son, Patrick Calhoun (again father of John C.) raised a small band of soldiers and fought at the Battle of Sullivan's Island (Charleston Harbor) in the American Revolution. It is from this battle that the State of South Carolina adopted the palmetto tree as a symbol of "resilience" because the cannon balls fired from British gunships bounced off the "spongy" palmetto logs of the makeshift American fort.

All the children of Alexander Colquhoun and Judith Hamilton were most likely born at Crosh House estate, County Tyrone, Ireland, as that is where they were residing.

Catherine Montgomery was born at Conroy House, County Donegal. about 1684.

Catherine was prevsiously married (before James Patrick) sometime in 1704/1705 to Alexander Stuart. There were two children from that marriagie, Alexander, born in 1704 (changed his name to Stewart in America) who was married twice and produced at least 6 sons. Also Catherine Marie born 1713 and died about 1752. She married John Noble and had 5 children. Although born during the marraige of Catherine and James, she was the biological daughter of Alexander Stuart, deceased.

Children of Catherine Montgomery and James Calhoun

Jean b. abt 1714, County Donegal

James 1716-1760
b. Rahpoe, County Donegal
d. in Long Cane Massacre
m. Susannah (or Nancy or Ann) Long 1736
8 children

Ezekiel b. abt 1718, 1720 or 1725 in County Donegal
d. 1762 in Augusta (now Wythe County) Virginia
He was living in Abbeville District, South Carolina and had returned to Virginia to sell some land. He was killed by Indians and buried there.
m. Jane or Jean Ewing 1741
8 children among them

Rebecca Floride married Gen. Andrew Pickens

John Ewing married Floride Bonneau. They were the parents of Floride Bonneau who married John C. Calhoun

John b. abt 1720, County Donegal m. Sarah

William b. 1723 or 1726, County Donegal
d. ca. 1790, Abbeville District, South Carolina
m. Agnes Long 1759
11 children
1 daughter killed at Long Cane
2 daughters captured by Indians - 1 died in captivity, 1 released in 1774

Patrick b. 1727, County Donegal
d. 1796, Abbeville District, South Carolina
m. Jean or Jane Craighead 1765
twin babies still born
m. Martha Caldwell 1770
5 children

About Crosh House:About Crosh House:

from Kara Lee Coldiron, Our Calhoun and Hamilton Families - A Partial Genealogy, (no place, self-published, 1993).

When he was 8 years of age, he inherited the Crosh House Estate in Ardstraw, County Tyrone, Ireland, from his relative, Sir William Stuart that had just died in 1651, from his injuries in the war of 1641, providing William Campbell Colhoun came there to live & occupy the premises, which he was able to do, as Sir William Stuart’s caretakers were Mr. & Mrs. Alexander MacCausland, distant relatives of William Campbell Colhoun, so he was raised, along with their children & he married their daughter, Catherine McAusland in 1661 & at that time he took over the official ownership of the Crosh House Estate as their future home.

Crosh House belonged in 1900 to Margaret Anne (Colhoun) Porter & her husband Commodore John Patterson Porter. Margaret Ann died in 1900 & left no descendants as her only daughter, Anne Mary Eleanor Porter, born in 1845, had died in 1867, two years after she had married Henry Waller Crosslé. The house was then sold by Porter to a Cummings family. It had been the home of our Colhouns from 1651 to 1900

When he was 8 years of age, he inherited the Crosh House Estate in Ardstraw, County Tyrone, Ireland, from his relative, Sir William Stuart that had just died in 1651, from his injuries in the war of 1641, providing William Campbell Colhoun came there to live & occupy the premises, which he was able to do, as Sir William Stuart’s caretakers were Mr. & Mrs. Alexander MacCausland, distant relatives of William Campbell Colhoun, so he was raised, along with their children & he married their daughter, Catherine McAusland in 1661 & at that time he took over the official ownership of the Crosh House Estate as their future home.

Crosh House belonged in 1900 to Margaret Anne (Colhoun) Porter & her husband Commodore John Patterson Porter. Margaret Ann died in 1900 & left no descendants as her only daughter, Anne Mary Eleanor Porter, born in 1845, had died in 1867, two years after she had married Henry Waller Crosslé. The house was then sold by Porter to a Cummings family. It had been the home of our Colhouns from 1651 to 1900