At 03:43 PM 10/23/98 -0500, SHERRILL U WILLIAMS wrote:
We have found no evidence in records to suggest that there were two
Joseph Callaways in succession.
1st Generation:
1. Joseph Callaway b. d. Essex Co, VA; md. ????
Hi Sherrill,
Not that my information is correct but I found where I got the information
that there were two Josephs. It was from the Heritage of Surry Co, NC
volume I, Family History # 128, page 91-92 as written by Gil Robertson.
Let me quote from his words:
"Joseph was in VA by at least April 20, 1687, at which time John Medor
was granted 640 acres in Rappahannock Co, VA., for the transportation of 4
persons, one being Joseph Calloway.
According to the historian Lyman C. Draper, in "Life of Boone", he
states: "Joseph Calloway emigrated early from England to VA. He had only
one son, Joseph who settled in Caroline Co, VA, in that colony, while it
was yet a frontier wilderness, and there were born to him seven sons and
two daughters...Richard Calloway, the sixth son, was born about the year
1722, his father, mother and a brother all sickened and died of fever
within a period of 6 weeks, while Richard was yet a youth."
The Heritage book that I mention was published in 1983 and there may have
been some new information come to light. I also know that these heritage
books are not the greatest source of factual information and there is often
a lot of wishful thinking in them. Having said that, I use them as "proof"
until I can research it to find out different. I personally have not
looked at the Draper papers or the book "Life of Boone" to find out if this
is true or not. Also I have found that many, many Calloways in the 1800
and early 1900s were adept at trying to find some direct connection to the
Daniel Boone line. I have found, that it is often not a blood relative but
a marriage relative.
Let me reiterate that I do not accept this as proof by any stretch of the
imagination, but I also have no reason to disbelieve it at this time. If
you have more information to share on this I personally would love to hear it.
Chris Schultheis.....