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Hi Jim,
what you have in question is the is the settlement of Andrew P. Calhoun's
estate in Abbeville, SC. John C. Calhoun is his son, named after his grandfather,
the Vice President. Both John Cs are buried in Charleston, SC accross from
each other. Andrew died intestate, a massive heart attack after the civil
war, he sold all of his property in Alabama for confederate bonds, $130.000,
after the north won the war, his estate was left without the funds to pay
his debt. HIS estate was sued by sister and her husband, Thomas Green Clemson
and Anna Marie, Thomas had a long standing feud with Andrew because Andrew
would not reimburse the money that Thomas put up for the purchase of the
land oin Alabama, Andrew also owed money for the home there in Abbeville.
andrew and his mother were not on good terms, Andrew went home to reconcile
and there died of a massive heart attack, his name is carved in the wall
of the upstairs bedroom, to your right as enter the door, look on the right
door jam.
All of the personal belongings were the subject of the probate settlement,
except the kitchenware, later the wife of Andrew asked her son John C,
to make sure that the silverware stays with the siblings and be passed
down thru their children, for that was all that was left of the original
holdings. John C.Calhoun payed his father's debt in full, his son John
C. was a prosperous man with many monetary ventures. "The Calhoun Family,
and Thomas Green Clemson, The decline Of A Southren Patriarchy.