Re: [CALDWELL-L] Caldwell Research
by Elizabeth Caldwell & Dan Bissell
Hello again Jim,
Hope it is OK to post my response to the list too. It saves me retyping and who knows somewhere out there something might ring someone's bell about this.
The story goes there was this BILLY (WILLIAM) CALDWELL that married into the Potawatomie/Chippewa Indians around the time of the war of 1812. He was very respected and was appointed Chief of the CALDWELL FIRST NATION OJIBWA aka Chippewa. He had been a British Officer. The story is in a book called "A Place of Refuge For All Time" migration of the American Potawatomi into Upper Canada 1830 to 1850. Author, James A. Clifton. According to the Librarian in Canada I was sent the last copy. Print date 1975.
We went to Canada and met the current Chief of the band but he was reluctant to give us a copy of the CALDWELL BAND BOOK due to the fact that they are in a Land/Treaty dispute with the Canadian Government. I was told there was a JAMES CALDWELL listed which was my grandfather's name and possibly ggrandfather. I know I am really reaching here but it is interesting.
Another Very Interesting thing that He told us was that a MONUMENT dedicated to THE CALDWELL INDIANS exists somewhere in the state of Kentucky and is somehow related to the War of 1812. The mystery continues!
If anyone is aware of this or has heard anything about this PLEASE contact me.
A Second Generation Orphan
ELIZABETH LEE CALDWELL nightsky(a)t-one.net
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Subject: Re: [CALDWELL-L] Caldwell Research
Elizabeth,
The lines and the pictures in the book would indicate that all in it are
white.
Now more than you asked:
Except for 20 of its 200 pages of lines, all are descendants of William
"Billy" CALDWELL b ca 1771, VA. He married and lived in Montgomery, VA and
had six children there. He traveled back and forth and trading in VA and East
KY for several years but moved to Knox/Harlan Co., KY about 1812 leaving his
first family in VA. His first wife had retained his VA land.
He married again in KY, his second wife had ten more children. He was living
in Clay Co., KY in 1860.
A.B. Caldwell in Georgia, along with other VA descendants, had been looking
for William for many years. They had no idea what had happened to him, but
Brownie saw a small old book Archie had put together about 10 years before
and tied the William in it to his ancestor William. He contacted Archie and
the two of them tied their histories and lines together and in 1995, the book
I mentioned resulted.
I became aware of the Caldwell Reunion in London, KY and have gone to it
several times. Archie has been very active there and that is were I met him
about 1990, and Brownie in 1994. My Caldwell ancestors lived in Harlan,
Laurel, Jackson and Madison counties but came to KY from NC. He included them
in five separate pages in the book. Spelling of much of my chain sort of
flips back and forth between COLDWELL and CALDWELL.
Jim
James Forga Caldwell/Coldwell