MATTHEW MORGAN McCALL, M.D, Alikchi Chukma of the Choctaws, Page

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George McCall, son of Francis McCall, was born about 1734 in Cumberland County.  In 1746 his father moved to western Virginia and then in 1762 to Anson County, North Car­olina.  It is believed that he removed to Mecklenburg County where his father died.

 

Francis McCall, Jr, son of Francis McCall, was born about 1736 in Cumberland County.  He was elected tax assessor Mecklenburg County about 1776.  He served in the North Carolina militia in 1778.

 

Thomas McCall, son of Francis McCall, was born about 1739 in Cumberland County.  He was married about 1765 to a second cousin, Rachel McCall, daughter of James McCall.  He was a Revolutionary soldier in South Carolina.  He received an indent issued August 10, 1785 for £390 for 318 days duty in the militia.  He was also compensated for a horse and saddle lost in the service.

 

In 1784 he received 287 acres of land in Washington County, Georgia for his Revolu­tionary services, according to "Smith's History of Georgia."  He died about 1789, Rachel McCall McCall died before 1820.

 

Children born to Thomas McCall and Rachel McCall McCall include:

 

        Sherrod McCall             born about 1766

        Alexander McCall         born about 1767

        John McCall                  born about 1768

        George McCall              born about 1769

        Francis McCall             born about 1770

        Thomas McCall            born about 1771

        Marcia McCall             born about 1772

        Jesse McCall                born about 1777

        Ann McCall                  born about 1782

        William McCall           born about 1785

        Sarah McCall               born about 1787

        Abraham McCall          born about 1790

        Eliza McCall                born about 1793

 

Sherrod McCall, son of Thomas McCall and Rachel McCall McCall, was born about 1766.  He removed to Effingham County with his parents shortly after the Revolutionary War.  As a Revolutionary soldier he received a 200-acre land grant there in December 1785.  He was married about that time, wife's name Margaret.

 

"Sharod McCall, planter of Bryan County, Georgia" received a deed to 500 acres in Bry­an County for £150 February 27, 1795, according to Bulloch County Deed Book A, page 13.

 

Sherrod McCall was surety for a $20,000 bond posted by Edward Mikell and Elizabeth Mikell, administrators of  the estate of John Mikell, deceased, November 26, 1799.  James Mikell was also a surety for the bond, according to Bulloch County Will Book A, page 10.

 

Sherrod McCall received a deed September 3, 1805 to 500 acres in Bulloch County, "formerly St. Philips Parish" for $287.50, according to Bulloch County Deed Book A, page 98.  Later that year Sherrod McCall and Margaret McCall gave a deed to John Dukes, blacksmith to 100 acres of the 500 for $300, according to Bulloch County Deed Book A, page 105.  The deed recited that the land had been originally granted by King George III to Andrew Bird in 1768.

 

On December 2, 1805 he received a deed from James Mikell to 202.5 acres in Baldwin County for $100, according to Bulloch County Deed Book A, page 106.  George McCall, his brother, was a witness to the transaction.  At the same time he purchased from Thomas Mikell 202.5 acres in Wilkinson County for $43 which he had received November 30, 1805 in the state land lottery.  Sherrod McCall himself had drawn "two blanks" in the lottery.

 

"Sharrod McCall, planter" received a deed to 58 acres for $71.50 from Abraham Stafford and his wife Elizabeth Stafford January 25, 1806, according to Bulloch County Deed Book AA, page 115.  "Sherrod McCall, planter" received a deed about 1807 from David Williams, Jr. to 202.5 acres in Wilkinson County for $33.10, according to Bulloch Deed Book AA, page 129.  He was elected to the Georgia State Legislature in 1808 and served in that capacity until 1813.

 

"Sharod McCall" received a deed to 370 acres "including the plantation known as Rest­ers" for $450, according to Bulloch County Deed Book AA, page 191.  "Sharrod Mc­Call" and Margaret McCall sold 200 acres December 2, 1811 for $70, according to Bul­loch County Deed Book AA, page 256.  Thomas Cox was a witness to the transaction.

 

"Sharrod McCall" and William McCall, his brother were witnesses to a deed September 20, 1814, ac­cording to Bulloch County Deed Book AAA, page 284.  He was named as one of the ap­praisers of the estate of Samuel Ryall August 2, 1813, according to Bulloch County Will Book A, page 179.  He was named guardian of "Massa Ryall, daughter of Sam­uel Ryall, dec'd," August 14, 1815, according to Bulloch County Will Book A, page 219.

 

Sharrod McCall was an appraiser for the estate of John Lane, deceased February 6, 1818, according to Bulloch Will Book B, page 16 and also of Thomas Rawls, deceased Au­gust 1, 1822, according to the same volume, page 100.

 

Sherrod McCall and Margaret McCall later removed to Florida.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Elizabeth McCall         born in 1785

        William McCall           born about 1787

        Sarah McCall               born about 1788

        Jesse M. McCall          born about 1789

        Thomas McCall           born about 1790

        Allen McCall               born about 1792

        Seaborn McCall           born about 1794

        John McCall                 born about 1796

        Margaret McCall          born about 1799

        Sherrod McCall, Jr.      born about 1802

        George McCall            born about 1805

 

Elizabeth McCall, daughter of Sherrod McCall and Margaret McCall, was born in 1785 in South Carolina.  She was married June 1, 1816 to Eli Kennedy, son of Francis Kennedy and Sarah McGee Kennedy, according to Bulloch County Marriage Book 2A, page 9.

 

William McCall, son of Sherrod McCall and Margaret McCall, was born about 1787.  He was married about 1810.  Children born to him include:

 

        Amanda McCall         born about 1812

        Sherrod McCall          born about 1814

        Ruel McCall               born about 1817

        James McCall             born about 1821

 

Allen McCall, son of Sherrod McCall and Margaret McCall, was born about 1792.  He was married about 1815.  Children born to him include:

 

        Benjamin McCall       born about 1817

        William McCall          born about 1820

        Margaret McCall         born about 1824

 

Margaret McCall, daughter of Sherrod McCall and Margaret McCall, was born about 1799 in Bulloch County.  She was married about 1818, husband's name Hodges.  Children born to them include:

 

        Eli Hodges                born about 1820

        William Hodges        born about 1822

        Eliza Hodges             born about 1824

        Caroline Hodges       born about 1827

        Lina Hodges              born about 1830

        Charles Hodges         born about 1833

 

John McCall, son of Thomas McCall and Rachel McCall McCall, was born about 1768.  He served as a private in Capt. Giles' Company in Col. William Hill's South Carolina reg­iment.  Later he served 10 months in Sumpter's Brigade, according to "Roster of Revo­lutionary Soldiers in Georgia."  He was married about 1791, wife's name Sarah.  He recorded his will in Effingham County.

 

Children born to John McCall and Sarah McCall include:

 

        James McCall          born about 1793

        Elizabeth McCall     born about 1794

        Henrietta McCall     born about 1796

        George E. McCall     born about 1799

        Thomas McCall        born about 1802

        John McCall, Jr.       born about 1805

        William McCall       born about 1808

        Hannah McCall        born about 1811

 

Elizabeth McCall, daughter of John McCall and Sarah McCall, was born about 1794.  She was married about 1812 to Rev. Mann Dutton of Gloucester County, Virginia.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Henrietta Dutton         born about 1815

 

Henrietta Dutton, daughter of Rev. Mann Dutton and Elizabeth McCall Dutton, was born about 1815.  She was married about 1834 to Robert Raines Terrell.

 

Marcia  McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Rachel McCall McCall, was born in 1775, according to Lessie Christie Ware, a descendant.  She was married to John Moore Jan­uary 16, 1792, according to Bulloch County marriage records.  He was born in 1763 and was a private in Capt. Giles' Company in Col. William Hill's South Carolina regiment.  She died in 1840, and he died in 1848, according to "DAR Lineage Book," Volume 87, page 110.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Sarah Moore         born in 1793

 

Jesse McCall, son of Thomas McCall and Rachel McCall McCall, was born about 1777.  He was married about 1800, wife's name Mary.  Two children were born to Jesse McCall and Mary McCall.

 

Ann McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Rachel McCall McCall, was born about 1782.  She was married about 1800, husband's Musgrove.

 

Sarah McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Rachel McCall McCall, was born about 1787.  She was married about 1810 to James Williams.

 

Joseph McCall, son of Francis McCall, was born about 1741 in Cumberland County.  He was a Revolutionary soldier of Mecklenburg County.

 

Jean McCall, daughter of Francis McCall, was born about 1744 in Cumberland County.  She was married about 1762, husband's name Porter.  He was a captain in Mecklenburg County Revolutionary forces.  Jean McCall Porter was named executrix of her father's will, and she probated it in Mecklenburg County in April 1794.

 

Elizabeth McCall, daughter of Francis McCall, was born about 1747.  She was married about 1770 in Mecklenburg county to Thomas Walker, who later served as a Revolutionary soldier.

 

Mary McCall, daughter of Francis McCall, was born about 1750.  She was married about 1773 to John Gibbes. 

 

Iber McCall, son of Francis McCall, was born about 1754.  He was married about 1780 to Mikel Secrest.  Children born to Iber McCall and Mikel Secrest McCall are unknown.

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James McCall, first cousin to Francis McCall and Thomas McCall, was born in Ireland and arrived in Philadelphia from Ulster about 1730.  His family settled on Conach­cocheque Creek in Pennsylvania.  He was married about 1740 to Janet Harris, daughter of James Harris who accompanied the McCall emigration from Ireland.  The McCalls and the Harrises joined the movement to New River, Virginia about 1750.  James Harris died there at the age of 110, according to Ettie Augusta Tidwell McCall.

 

Indian attacks compelled the New River settlement to remove to Anson County [now Meck­lenburg County], North Carolina.  There he received land grants, was a member of the North Carolina militia in 1766 in Captain Adam Alexander's Company and became a Revo­lutionary soldier, along with two of his sons, William McCall and Hugh McCall.  On April 20, 1773 while living in Mecklenburg County James McCall and Janet Harris McCall made a deed to the land they owned at New River, Virginia.  He held public office there, according to "DAR Magazine," Volume 31.  He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1790 census of Mecklenburg County.  In 1794 he wrote his will which was witnessed by his cousin, Francis McCall, John Harris and James McCaule.  Named as executors were his wife, "Jeanet McCall" and William McCall, believed to be his son.  The will was recorded in Mecklenburg County Will Book B, page 49.  He died shortly af­terward.

 

The seven children born to James McCall and Janet Harris McCall, all married in Meck­lenburg County, include:

 

        James McCall, Jr.           born August 11, 1741

        Hugh McCall                  born in 1743

        Thomas Harris McCall   born in 1744

        Rachael McCall               born in 1745

        Agnes McCall                  born in 1748

        William McCall               born about 1752

        Jane McCall                     born about 1757

 

James McCall, Jr, son of James McCall and Janet Harris McCall, was born in Pennsylva­nia in 1741.  He was taken by his parents to southwestern Virginia about 1750 and then to Mecklenburg County about 1760.  He was married there in 1763 to Elizabeth McCall, his cousin, daughter of Thomas McCall and Margaret Greenfield McCall.  In 1771 they removed to Calhoun Settlement, South Carolina.  In 1774 he was a captain of the South Carolina Minute Men.  In 1775 he was a captain in the "South Carolina Rangers," a militia company.  He served under Gen. Elijah Clarke in the siege of Augusta, Georgia.  He fought in 17 battles, was wounded in the Battle of Long Cane, South Carolina and emerged a lieutenant-colonel in the Continental army.  He fought with Gen. Marion in the Battle of Cowpens, Battle of 96, Battle of Guilford Courthouse and the Battle of King's Mountain.  He died of smallpox April 16, 1781 in Georgia at the age of 40.

 

Ettie Augusta Tidwell McCall wrote of him:

 

"In the invasion of South Carolina by the British, the fierce Cherokees thought they saw a favorable opportunity to overwhelm the frontiers and sweep away the settlements in a hurricane of slaughter.  The British plan and the Indian ambi­tion were therefore in full accord.  Capt. John Stuart, his Majesty's superin­tendent of Indian affairs for the southern district which included North Caro­lina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida with the assistance of Alexander Cam­eron, the Cherokee Indian agent, was always the chief agency behind the up­ris­ing which was always threatening, and they were in close cooperation with Gen. Gage, the British Commander in Chief in Boston."

 

The Council of Safety of South Carolina decided to capture Alexander Cameron and remove him from the scene of his mischief making.  That hazard was en­trusted to Capt. James McCall of the 96th District with Captain James Baskin and Ensign Patrick Calhoun as his associates.  The party marched from the Cherokee Ford on the Savannah River, and after a six day trip encamped near a large town in the Cherokee Nation where a conference was entered into with the chiefs.  While thus engaged, the little force under Capt. McCall was surprised by a party of Cherokee warriors.  Ensign Calhoun and three others were killed, and Capt. McCall was taken prisoner. 

 

He remained a prisoner for several weeks, during which time some of the prison­ers were horribly tortured.  Capt. McCall was sentenced to be executed, but managed to escape.  With a pint of parched corn and a few green ears, he tra­versed the mountains for over 800 miles on horseback without a saddle.  On the ninth day he reached the Virginia frontier and fell in with some troops on their way to the Carolinas to fight the Cherokees.  Shortly afterward the Amer­icans swept through the Cherokee country and broke their power.  The Cherokees sued for peace, and in the resultant treaty ceded lands to South Carolina be­tween the Savannah River and the Enoree River which included the counties of Greenville, Oconee, Anderson and Pickens."

 

After his escape from the Cherokees he requested a newspaper insertion, according to "Virginia Historical Magazine" to advise his family that he was free:

 

"Captain James McCall of South Carolina who was captured July 1, 1776 by the Cherokees and who escaped has a wife and five children now on the bank of the Broad River and wishes it to be published in the Gazette that he is here and well.  By this means it will get into the Carolina papers and reach his fam­ily."

 

Eight children were born to James McCall, Jr. and Elizabeth McCall McCall:

 

        Thomas McCall        born March 30, 1765

        Hugh McCall             born February 17, 1767

        Janet McCall             born about 1769

        Margaret McCall      born about 1772

        James McCall          born about 1775

        Harris McCall          born about 1779

        Elizabeth McCall     born about 1782

        William McCall       born about 1787

 

Thomas McCall, son of James McCall and Janet Harris McCall, was born March 30, 1765 in Mecklenburg County.  He was brought to South Carolina by his parents in 1771.  Thomas McCall received a certificate as a "refugee soldier of Georgia" signed April 4, 1784 by Col. Elijah Clarke.  Thomas McCall was a surveyor in Washington County, Georgia June 11, 1784, according to Washington County Surveyor's Book D, page 147.  Thomas Mc­Call received a land grant of 287® acres on Long Branch Town Creek June 12, 1784 as bounty land for Revolutionary services, according to "Georgia's Roster of the Revolu­tion."  His name appeared in Washington County Surveyor's Record Books D and E cover­ing the period of 1784-93.

 

For his Revolutionary services he was issued an indent September 30, 1785 for "£7.14 for 67 days duty."  Thomas McCall was assistant Surveyor-General of Georgia March 5, 1785, according to Georgia Colonial Record Book CCC, page 192.  He received a land grant of 575 acres on the Oconee River March 10, 1786.  He received a deed to 1,150 acres "in th4e Continental Reserve on Barber's Creek from Horatio Marbury, Esq. of Au­gusta for £50" March 20, 1786, according to Franklin County Deed Book C, page 476.

 

Thomas McCall was surety for Sheftal Sheftal [sic] March 22, 1786, according to Geor­gia Colonial Record Book CCC, page 240.  He received land in Georgia for his services and in 1786 was in Richmond County, Geor­gia.  He was for many years Surveyor-General of Georgia. 

 

Thomas McCall received 500 acres in Camden County on the Great Satilla River January 17, 1787.

 

"Thomas McCall, Esq, Surveyor General of Georgia and Miss [Henrietta] Fall" were re­cently married [no date given], according to the April 25, 1787 edition of the "Geor­gia Gazette."  The marriage date was April 17, 1787.  The bride was born November 10, 1767.

 

He received a land grant of 1,000 acres on Little's Creek September 27, 1787.  Thomas McCall, Esq. "of the town of Augusta" deeded the land to Charles Kennon of Halifax County, Virginia for "5 shillings" November 15, 1788, according to Franklin County Deed Book H, page 64A.  Thomas McCall and Thomas Carr, J.P. were witnesses to a deed from Horatio Marbury of Richmond, County, Georgia to John Cobbs of Franklin County De­cember 14, 1789, according to Franklin County Deed Book H, page 65.

 

Thomas McCall appeared in the 1790 tax list of Chatham County, according to "Substitutes for Georgia's Lost 1790 Census."

 

Thomas McCall and Henrietta Fall McCall deeded his Camden County land to Robert For­sythe May 23, 1791, according to Georgia Colonial Deed Book DD, page 441.  Thomas McCall was referred to as an owner of land lying on the Oconee River May 4, 1793, ac­cording to Franklin County Deed Book H, page 118. 

 

Thomas McCall, Esq. deeded a "moity" or undivided half interest in 8,000 acres in Franklin County granted to him and Horatio Marbury July 20, 1786 to Baker Pegram of the state of Virginia after 1793, according to Franklin County Deed Book C, page 47.  The land was bounded on the north by the Oconee River.  "Mrs. Henrietta McCall relin­quished her dower interest" at the same time.

 

Henrietta Fall McCall, "wife of Thomas McCall, Esq. of Savannah died at Brampton" July 28, 1797, at age 29, according to the August 1, 1797 edition of the "Columbian Museum & Savannah Advertiser."

 

Thomas McCall, Esq, of Savannah and Miss Elizabeth Mary Anne Smith were married July 6, 1798 at Woodville, Georgia, according to the July 13, 1798 edition of the "Georgia Gazette."  She was the "daughter of James Lawrence Smith, Esq, late of Prince William Parish, S. C, deceased."  She was born July 3, 1775 to him and Margaret Moore Sanders Smith.  Elizabeth Mary Anne Smith was a great-great-granddaughter of Gov. James Moore and Margaret Berringer Moore of the Carolinas and Barbados.

 

On July 6, 1802 Thomas McCall of Camden County gave a replacement deed to the land transferred to Kennon, according to Franklin County Deed Book OO, page 154. 

 

Thomas McCall "of McIntosh County, Georgia" gave a deed of manumission April 13, 1810 to James Smith of Liberty County, according to Liberty County Deed Book G, page 86.  The deed read, "whereby Hetty, a mulatto slave girl about 22 years old is freed."  The deed recited that "on September 3, 1794 said Smith gave to his sister, Elizabeth A. Smith for her lifetime the said Hetty, and after Elizabeth's death the said Hetty to revert to the said James Smith and after his death to be then freed (as shown by deed of gift in Book D, page 29), said Elizabeth afterwards married the said McCall.  Said Smith has this day paid the said McCall $400 for his rights and claim on said slave."

 

Both Thomas McCall and James Smith signed the deed freeing her and named as her guard­ians Captain Hugh McCall of Savannah and Virgil H. Vivion of Darien, Georgia.

 

He settled near Dublin, Georgia in Laurens County in 1818.  He was enumerated there as the head of a household in the 1820 census.

 

Elizabeth Mary Anne Smith McCall died June 20, 1831 at age 56 at Retreat Plantation, survived by "her husband, 5 daughters & 13 grandchildren," according to the "Georgia Gazette."  She had been sick for eight months. 

 

Thomas McCall received Lot 48, District 16, Section 3, Laurens County in the 1838 Cherokee land lottery.  He died there on his plantation, "Retreat" in 1839.

 

On March 21, 1829 at the request of the oldest child of his second marriage, Sarah Georgiana McCall Spivey, he wrote a history of his branch of the McCall family:

 

"The family of which I am descended were Scots, and in Scotland lived in the neighborhood of Calhoun, properly Colquhun.  The time of their migration is not known, but McCalls, Harrises and Calhouns passed over from Scotland in the same ship to the northeast of Ireland where they settled and remained two entire generations.  Then the three families migrated to Pennsylvania where my grand­father, James McCall was married to Janet Harris, the elder daughter of James Harris and settled as a farmer on Conachcocheque Creek, where my father James McCall, Agnes, Hugh and Rachel were born, the former on the 11th of August, 1741.

 

The three families removed from Conachcocheque Creek, Pennsylvania to New River or Little Kenhoway in the western part of Virginia where they remained for a number of years and where Thomas McCall, William McCall and Jane were born.  The three families were driven away by the Indians after several of the Cal­houns were killed.  James Harris, my great-grandfather, remained on New River and died there at the advanced age of 110 years of age.  His children were: Janet McCall Robertson, Isabella Wylly, James McCall; Robert Robertson and James Wylly settled in Mecklenburgh County, N. C., where my father James McCall married Elizabeth McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall, 2nd cousin of my grandfa­ther James McCall.  John, William and Patrick Calhoun removed into South Car­olina and gave name to Calhoun's Settlement on Little River, a branch of Long Cane.

 

My grandfather, James McCall's family married in Mecklinburgh, viz:

 

My father, James McCall, married in 1763 to Elizabeth McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Margaret Greenfield.  Agnes McCall married Elias Alexander.  Rachel McCall married Thomas McCall.  Thomas McCall married Jane Harris, daugh­ter of Samuel Harris.  William McCall married Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of Mathew Stewart.  Jane McCall married Robert Harris, son of John Harris.

 

My maternal grandmother was Margaret Greenfield; she had two sisters, Esther and -------; the former married Andrew Elliott, the latter married James Barr.

 

My grandfather James McCall had a brother named Thomas McCall who settled in Wilmington in Delaware, and, I think, another brother William McCall of whom I know nothing.

 

My grandfather Thomas McCall had children viz: Elizabeth McCall, my mother; Margaret who married Thomas Harris; Jane who married John Luckie; Martha mar­ried Samuel Nelson; Ann and Mary died young.  All who were married had several children; I know not what became of them.

 

None of my family were men of letters except my uncle Thomas who went to col­lege, and changed his name to Thomas Harris McCaule.  His posterity:

 

Laird; Malinda married William Pindar, issue, Jane Pindar married Capt. J. M. Russell; Penelope; Leroy; Thomas, I; Thomas, II; Jane married Capt. Phillips of Manchester, England, had a daughter Melinda and died.  All died without issue except Jane and Melinda.

 

My father's descendants were: Thomas (the narrator); Janet; Margaret; James; Elizabeth; William.

 

Patrick Calhoun, father of John C. Calhoun, Vice-President of the U. S, paid us a visit in 1793 or 1794 and gave his benediction to three of my oldest children and said to me: 'This is the fifth generation of your family I have had by the hand and intimately known' and mentioned to me several of the above circum­stances. 

 

I was born 19th of March, 1764, old style, which was properly at the time, 19th or 30th of March 1765, new style; uncertain which day as those old folks, all farmers, were not very learned and adhered to the old style and old year for a number of years after the beginning of the new was altered from 25th March to the last of January.

 

                                                Thomas McCall

                                                Retreat, March 21, 1829"

 

Children born to Thomas McCall and Henrietta Fall McCall include:

 

        Eliza Henrietta McCall            born in 1788

        Selina Mary Ann McCall          born about 1789

        Louise Freeman McCall           born about 1790

        Thomas William McCall          born about 1794

        James McCall                            born about 1796

 

Children born to Thomas McCall and Elizabeth Mary Anne Smith McCall include:

 

        Sarah Georgiana McCall              born June 12, 1799

        Elizabeth Smith McCall               born October 27, 1800

        Margaret McCall                           born in 1802

        Harriet Moore McCall                  born in 1803

        Janet Harris McCall (twin)           born March 9, 1807

        Margaret Sanders McCall (twin)  born March 9, 1807

 

Eliza Henrietta McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Henrietta Fall McCall, was born in 1788.  She died at age seven.  "Miss Eliza Henrietta McCall, eldest daughter of Thomas McCall, Esq, Surveyor General of Georgia," died in Savannah October 8, 1795, according to the October 15, 1795 edition of the "Georgia Gazette."

 

Selina Mary Ann McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Henrietta Fall McCall, was born about 1789.  She was married about 1807 to Virgil H. Vivien, according to Et­tie Au­gusta Tidwell McCall.  In 1810 they lived in Darien, Georgia.

 

Louisa Freeman McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Henrietta Fall McCall, was born about 1790.  She was married to George Gaines about 1809, according to Ettie Augusta Tidwell McCall.

 

James McCall, son of Thomas McCall and Henrietta Fall McCall was born about 1796 and died in childhood.

 

Sarah Georgiana McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Elizabeth Mary Ann Smith McCall, was born June 12, 1799.  In 1821 they lived in Laurens County.  "Miss Sarah Georgiana McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall, Esq of Laurens County" was married May 8, 1828 to Col. Eli Whitaker Benton Spivey, according to the May 24, 1828 edition of "The Georgia Messenger" of Macon, Georgia.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Harriett E. Spivey         born about 1823

        Minerva Spivey             born about 1826

 

Elizabeth Smith McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Elizabeth Mary Ann Smith McCall, was born October 27, 1800.  She was married to Dr. Thomas Moore as his third wife, ac­cording to Ettie Augusta Tidwell McCall.

 

Margaret McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Elizabeth Mary Ann Smith McCall, was born in 1802 and died in 1805.

 

Harriet Moore McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Elizabeth Mary Ann Smith McCall, was born in 1803.  She was married about 1825 to Major Luke Mizell, according to Ettie Augusta Tidwell McCall.

 

Janet Harris McCall, twin daughter of Thomas McCall and Elizabeth Mary Ann Smith Mc­Call, was born March 9, 1807.  She was married in 1828 to Ira Eli Stanley, according to "Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia."  He was born in 1802 and died in 1858.  She died in 1888, according to "DAR Lineage Book," Volume 88, page 169.

 

Margaret Sanders McCall, twin daughter of Thomas McCall and Elizabeth Mary Ann Smith McCall, was born March 9, 1807.  She was married in 1824 to Jeremiah Hansley Yoss.

 

Hugh McCall, son of James McCall, Jr. and Elizabeth McCall McCall, was born February 17, 1767 in Mecklenburg County.  He was brought to Calhoun Settlement, South Carolina in 1771.  He was a soldier in the War of 1812.

 

He wrote "History of Georgia" and was appointed Georgia State Historian.  Hugh McCall appeared as the head of a household in the 1820 census of Chatham County.  He died un­married in 1824.  "Hugh McCall, Georgia's first state historian," was buried in Colo­nial Park Cemetery, Savannah, according to "American Guide Series."

 

Mrs. Sarah McCall Langstaff stated that her great-grandmother, Marjorie Stewart McCall was the mother of Capt. James McCall and Major Hugh McCall who was the author of "His­tory of Georgia," according to "DAR Lineage Book," Volume 5.  She showed her par­ents as James Robertson McCall and Mary A. Hooks McCall.  She stated that her grand­parents were Josiah McCall and Sarah Ann Smith McCall and that Josiah McCall enlisted in 1776 in Capt. William Rippey's company in Col. William Irvine's Pennsylvania regi­ment.  In her affidavit she showed her great-grandparents as William McCall and Mar­jorie Stewart McCall.

 

Hugh McCall, son of James McCall and Janet Harris McCall, was born in Pennsylvania in 1743.  He was a colonel in North Carolina Revolutionary troops, serving in a light horse brigade.  He received a bounty grant of land in Wilkes County, Georgia for his service. 

 

Thomas Harris McCall, son of James McCall and Janet Harris McCall, was born in Penn­sylvania in 1744.  He changed his name to "McCaule" while in college.  He was married about 1770 to Jane Harris, tenth child of Virginia Revolutionary soldier Samuel Harris and Martha Harris.  He was a chaplain in Revolutionary forces, according to "Schenk's History of North Carolina."  Jane Harris McCaule died in 1789 in Greene County, Al­abama.  In 1791 he taught school at Mt. Zion School, Winnsboro, South Carolina.  He estab­lished a classical school in Savannah.  He was pastor of the Independent Presby­terian Church there in 1794.  He was remarried March 8, 1796 to Eliza H. Montfort, widow of Robert Montfort of Savannah.  He died later that year.

 

Six children were born to Thomas Harris McCaule and Jane Harris McCaule, including:

 

        Laird McCall                      born about 1771

        Malinda McCall                 born about 1772

        Penelope McCall               born about 1774

        Thomas McCaule              born about 1777

        Eloisa Jane McCaule         born about 1780

        Edwin Leroy McCall          born about 1781

 

Malinda McCaule, daughter of Thomas Harris McCaule and Jane Harris McCaule, was born about 1772, probably in South Carolina.  "Malinda McCall, daughter of Rev. McCall of South Carolina," was married August 13, 1793 at Savannah to Capt. William Pindar, ac­cording to the August 15, 1793 edition of "Georgia Gazette."

 

Children born to William Pindar and Malinda McCaule Pindar include:

 

        Jane Pindar         born about 1795

 

Jane Pindar, daughter of William Pindar and Malinda McCaule Pindar, was born about 1795.  She was married about 1815 to Captain J. M. Russell.

 

Eloisa Jane McCaule, daughter of Thomas Harris McCaule and Jane Harris McCaule, was born about 1780, probably in South Carolina.  "Miss Eloisa Jane McCaule, daughter of late Rev. Thomas H. McCaule of Savannah,"  was married April 20, 1802 to [Capt.] Faulkner Phillips, Jr. [of Manchester, England], according to the April 20, 1802 edi­tion of "Columbian Museum."  "She had a daughter, Malinda [Phillips] and died," ac­cording to James McCall who reported that all [of the children of Rev. Thomas Harris McCaule] died without issue, except Jane and Melinda." 

 

Edwin Leroy McCaule, son of Thomas Harris McCaule and Jane Harris McCaule, was born about 1781, probably in South Carolina.  Edwin Leroy McCall, M.D. died December 23, 1808 at age 27 in Winnsborough, South Carolina, according to the January 24, 1809 edi­tion of "Columbian Museum."  The paper reported that he was the "only surviving son of Rev. Thomas Harris McCall of Savannah."

 

Rachael McCall, daughter of James McCall and Janet Harris McCall, was born in 1745 in Pennsylvania.  She eloped with her second cousin Thomas McCall, son of Francis McCall in 1762 and was married at age 16.  Thirteen children were born to them.  For details, see his section.

 

Agnes McCall, daughter of James McCall and Janet Harris McCall, was born in Pennsylva­nia in 1748.  She was married about 1768 to Elias Alexander, a Revolutionary colonel from Maryland who served under Gen. Nathaniel Greene, according to "DAR Magazine," Volume 41.  He died in North Carolina in 1818, and she died in 1826.

 

William McCall, son of James McCall and Janet Harris McCall, was born at Little River, Virginia about 1752.  He was a Revolutionary soldier and was married about 1778 to Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of Matthew Stewart, a Revolutionary soldier, according to "DAR Magazine," Volume 31.

 

Two sons were born to William McCall and Elizabeth Stewart McCall:

 

        Matthew McCall         born about 1780

        James McCall              born about 1783

 

Matthew McCall, son of William McCall and Elizabeth Stewart McCall, was born about 1780.  He was a soldier in the War of 1812.

 

James McCall, son of William McCall and Elizabeth Stewart McCall, was born about 1783.  He was a soldier in the War of 1812.

 

Jane McCall, daughter of James McCall and Janet Harris McCall, was born about 1757.  She was married about 1777 to Robert Harris, a Revolutionary soldier and son of John Harris.  He also signed the Mecklenburg County "Declaration of Independence."

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Thomas McCall, a cousin of James McCall, the emigrant, was born in Ulster and came to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania about 1730.  About 1750 he joined the migration to New River, Virginia.  About 1760 he removed to an area of Anson County, North Carolina which became Mecklenburg County.  There he received a land grant on Reedy Creek.  He served in the North Carolina militia in 1766 under Capt. Adam Alexander. 

 

He was married about 1739 to Margaret Greenfield, daughter of Samuel Greenfield of Maryland. 

 

Children born to Thomas McCall and Margaret Greenfield McCall include:

 

        Elizabeth McCall         born about 1744

        Margaret McCall          born about 1746

        Jane McCall                 born about 1748

        Martha McCall            born about 1750

        Ann McCall                born about 1753

        Mary McCall              born about 1756

 

Elizabeth McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Margaret Greenfield McCall, was born about 1744, probably in Pennsylvania.  She was married about 1763 to her second cousin James McCall, son of James McCall, the emigrant.  For details of their lives, see his section.

 

Margaret McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Margaret Greenfield McCall, was born about 1746.  She was married about 1764 to Thomas Harrison.

 

Jane McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Margaret Greenfield McCall, was born about 1748.  She was married about 1766 to John Luckie.

 

Martha McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Margaret Greenfield McCall, was born about 1750.  She was married about 1768 to Samuel Nelson.

 

Ann McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Margaret Greenfield McCall, was born about was born about 1753.  She died in childhood.

 

Mary McCall, daughter of Thomas McCall and Margaret Greenfield McCall, was born about 1756.  She died in childhood.

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John McCall was a member of a Scotch-Irish colony of 12 families that settled in Cum­berland County, Pennsylvania.  Other family heads there included John McCall, Jr, Robert McCall, Thomas McCall, William McCall and William McCall, Jr.  The Cumberland valley, then called Kit­tochtinny valley, was settled almost wholly by Scots from Ul­ster.  One of earliest churches was Middle Spring Presbyterian Church organized at Big Spring, once called Hopewell, about two miles northwest of Shippensburg.  The church record, "Book of the Session of Middle Spring Presbyterian Church" has entries from 1742 to 1748.  Notations pertaining to Francis McCall, John McCall, John McCall, Jr, Robert McCall and William McCall, Jr. appeared in the recordings in 1743-45, according to Kate Sturm McCall Rotan.  Chambersburg, the county seat of Franklin County, was sacked and burned by the Confederate forces in the Gettysburg campaign, and many Mc­Call legal records were destroyed.

 

James McCall, born about 1717, Scotch emigrant, settled in Cumberland County near Shippensburg, according to Kate Sturm McCall Rotan, a descendant who lived in Waco, Texas in 1931.  He served in Capt. Alexander Peeples Company, Sixth Battalion, Cumber­land County militia during the Revolutionary War, according to "Pennsylvania Arch­ives," Vol. 16.  He was married about 1736 to Joan Reynolds, daugh­ter of Judge John Reynolds and Mary McGaw Reynolds.  She died about 1744, and he was remarried about 1746  to Anne Campbell.  He wrote his will January 19, 1783.  Two children were born to James McCall and Anne Campbell McCall:

 

Four children were born to James McCall and Joan Reynolds McCall, including:

 

        James McCall         born about 1738

 

James McCall, son of James McCall and Joan Reynolds McCall, was born about 1738 in Cumberland County.  He was married about 1760 to Margaret Watson, daughter of Patrick Watson and Abigail Blythe Watson.  In 1793 they removed to Boone's Creek, Kentucky in Clark County.  About 1798 they lived in Fayette County, Kentucky.

 

Eleven children were born to James McCall and Margaret Watson McCall including:

 

        James McCall                    born about 1798

 

James McCall, son of James McCall and Margaret Watson McCall, was born about 1798 near Athens, Kentucky in Fayette County.  He was married about 1820 to Ann Vanlandingham.  He was a Presbyterian minister.

 

Eight children were born to James McCall and Ann Vanlandingham McCall including:

 

        James Lycurgus Livingstone McCall       born September 30, 1823

 

James Lycurgus Livingstone McCall, son of James McCall and Ann Vanland­ingham McCall, was born September 30, 1823 in Rockcastle County, according to "History of North and West Texas."  He was graduated about 1843 from Center College, Danville, Kentucky and began to practice law, being admitted to the bar in 1845. 

 

He was married November 16, 1845 to Eliza Anna Strum, daughter of Jacob Strum and Al­ice James Strum of Blountville, Tennessee.  In 1853 he removed his law practice to Waco and operated with James Norris under the trade style of Norris & McCall.  He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1860 census of Waco, page 389.  He was a member of the Texas convention which voted for secession, and was named receiver to the Confederacy.  He reappeared in the 1870 census of Waco, page 39.

 

He and A. J. Evans gave a deed to 738 acres on the north side of Bosque River to Ward Keeler March 18, 1870 for "$922.50 in gold coins," according to Bosque County Deed Book I, page 342.

 

In 1873 he removed to Weatherford, Texas and became a partner in Hood & McCall.  Later he opened a law practice with his son, George A. McCall.  He served as Parker County Judge from 1894 until 1896.  Eliza Anna Strum McCall died January 5, 1896, and he was remarried in 1897 to Miss Josie Bowles of Dallas, Texas.  He was a large land owner in Parker County and sold 1,000 acres of his land about 1902 to Horace Ashbroom. He died February 26, 1904 in Weatherford.  No children were born to Josie Bowles McCall.

 

Fourteen children were born to them, including:

 

        George A. McCall          born about 1847

        Kate Sturm McCall        born March 27, 1851

        J. S. McCall                    born about 1852

        James McCall                born about 1854

         (daughter)                     born about 1857

         (daughter)                     born about 1861

        John V. McCall             born about 1865

        Will S. McCall               born about 1869

        Mary McCall                  born about 1871

        Samuel K. McCall         born about 1873

 

George A. McCall, son of James Lycurgus Livingstone McCall and Eliza Anna Strum Mc­Call, was born about 1847 in Kentucky.  He was brought to Waco by his parents in De­cember 1853.  In 1877 he was in partner­ship with his father in a law firm in Weather­ford.  He continued there about 1906.

 

Kate Sturm McCall, daughter of James Lycurgus Livingston McCall and Eliza Ann Sturm McCall, was born March 27, 1851 in Mt. Vernon, Kentucky.  She was brought to Waco in 1853 and was married there about 1870 to Edward Rotan.  She was an accomplished gene­alogist who wrote "The Clan McCall" in 1931.  She was the first president of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, a Colonial Dame and a DAR member.

 

Children born to Edward Rotan and Kate Sturm McCall Rotan include:

 

        Antoinette Rotan                          born about 1871

        James Rotan                                 born about 1873

        Edward Ezra Rotan                      born about 1875

        Ann White Rotan                          born about 1878

        Robert White Rotan                      born about 1881

        Katherine Livingston Rotan         born about 1883

        Frances Rotan                                born about 1885

        George Vanlandingham Rotan      born about 1887

        Edward Vanlandingham Rotan      born about 1891

 

J. S. McCall, son of James Lycurgus Livingstone McCall and Eliza Anna Strum McCall, was born about 1851 in Kentucky.  In 1906 he lived in Colorado City, Texas.

 

James McCall, son of James Lycurgus Livingstone McCall and Eliza Anna Strum McCall, was born about 1854.  He was city marshall of Weatherford in 1877.  He continued there in 1906.

 

A daughter of James Lycurgus Livingstone McCall and Eliza Anna Strum McCall, name un­known, was born about 1857.  She was married about 1880 to Frank Gallagher.  In 1906 they lived in Austin, Texas.

 

A daughter of James Lycurgus Livingstone McCall and Eliza Anna Strum McCall, name un­known, was born about 1861.  She was married about 1880 to Charles C. Barthold.  They lived in Weatherford about 1907.

 

John V. McCall, son of James Lycurgus Livingstone McCall and Eliza Anna Strum McCall, was born about 1865.  He became a Presbyterian minister and lived in Cleburne, Texas about 1907.

 

Will S. McCall, son of James Lycurgus Livingstone McCall and Eliza Anna Strum McCall, was born about 1869.  In 1907 he lived in Waco.

 

Mary McCall, daughter of James Lycurgus Livingstone McCall and Eliza Anna Strum Mc­Call, was born was born about 1871.  In 1907 she lived in Austin, unmarried.

 

Samuel K. McCall, son of James Lycurgus Livingstone McCall and Eliza Anna Strum Mc­Call, was born about 1873.  In 1907 he was living in Norman, Oklahoma.

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James McCall, age 22, who was born in County Armagh, Ireland emigrated to New York March 22, 1813.

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John McCall, age 18, who was born in County Monaghan, emigrated to New York June 16, 1813, according to "New World Immigrants" by Michael Tepper.

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Robert McCall from County Armagh was a "passenger for America" in 1806, according to "New World Immigrants."

 

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