I have Texas Callisons, but mine come from Absalom Gillespie Callison
and wife, Sally Ann McCutchan (whose mother was a Callison) of Missouri.
They were first cousins. The name "Gillespie" came down to my
grandfather and to my mother's only brother. Mine came in the late
1870's and settled in the area of Brown County, eventually spreading out
a little - one or two to New Mexico.
Wish I knew how the earlier Callisons connected.
Rena
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From: joyce moore [mailto:jtex37@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:36 PM
To: CALLISON-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CALLISON] JOhn Callison Texas
These are three different John G. Callisons, as far as I know. The John
G. Callison who got land in Tyler Co., Texas was the son of James Henry
Callison who died at Refugio. John Gillespie, Sarah, and Emily Callison
all signed a court document about the land. I do not know why just the
three of them, but remember that John G. Callison tried to cheat the
other siblings out of their land. Sarah Callison obviously went to Tyler
to live with them after George died. According to Cameron he died. They
did not divorce.
She shows up later in Karnes County, Texas with John G. Callison who is
a lot older. I think he must have been her father-in-law. The other
John G. Callison died in Dallas County around 1867, if I can remember
the date. This other one had probably sold his land. He is the same John
G. Callison who was in Blount Co., Ala. He was there in 1837, and was
the sheriff. He went to Texas in 1838 and got his land in Houston
County, same as Samuel's was. Back then you did not buy land in Texas.
You asked for it and it was given to you. He got over 4000 acres which
makes me think that he might have been there earlier and applied for the
land, because I don't believe they were giving out the 4000 acres then.
Samuel got that much, and so did John Henry Callison, but that was in
1835 and 36. I think they were giving away smaller amounts by 1838. That
is the date he got the land, so he would have applied before that. It
usually took several years to get the title.
Samuel was in Houston Co. in 1850, and George W. was there. I have no
idea where John G. was. Seems like I did not find him in the 1850
census. I would imagine that John G. sold his land, as many people did.
There were land speculators like crazy in Texas in those days. People
would come because of the free land and get large land grants and sell a
lot of the land because they needed money to live and to farm. Back then
it was nice to have 4000 acres but a man with a horse and plow, or an
oxen and a plow, had a hard time farming 4000 acres.
I don't think John G., the elder, shows up again until 1860. I will have
to check the records and see if I can find him. In 1860 James is living
in Fayette County, which is next to Guadalupe County where Samuel lives,
and next to Gonzales County on the other side is Karnes County. Don't
know if John G. just came there to be close to his family or what. As I
said, after Sarah Callison Dickey's husband died she is living in Karnes
County with John G. in 1860. She married William Benton who was living
with Samuel Callison in 1850 in Gonzales, so they must have met somehow
when the Callisons got together.
I would assume that Samuel and James are brothers, and I am wondering if
John Gillespie Callison is also a brother, as the census says he was
also born in Ky. If he was the son of James and Anne Gillespie Callison
he would not have been born in Ky., as far as I know. They were just in
Va. and Tenn. Also, Samuel was born in Tenn. according to all of the
census and his children. That means if he was a brother the family
obviously moved to Tenn. Who was in Ky and moved to Tenn? Unfortunately,
a third of the 1820 Tenn. census is missing. I learned that after
searching in vain for someone for years.
Actually, I think I was happier with Samuel as the brother of James and
John, and all the children of James and Anne Gillespie. Once again they
are orphans with no family.
I figured it would be easy to decide who they were now that we decided
that James and Samuel were probably brothers, but I guess not.They sure
seem like they could be with Absolom Callison and his gang due to having
a son Hiram as that was not a real common name, and the name Gillespie,
because Samuel named his son John Gillespie Callison, which makes me
think John Gillespie was his older brother. However, they seemed like
they could be part of the family of James and Anne. Oh well, I have a
lot of info on that family anyway. Did James have a brother who might
have been the father of those sons and named one of them Gillespie?
Maddening.
So many questions and so few answers! Where are all of the other Texas
researchers. Are you hiding in the background??? Where are your ideas?
Joyce
GNEOLOG(a)aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 7/30/2005 10:59:45 PM Central Standard Time,
jtex37(a)sbcglobal.net writes:
Well, I would like to think we are getting somewhere, but where I am not
sure???
Well I for one, am getting deeper and deeper in confusion. So to try to
keep
my mind straight -- a near impossible task-- will Joyce, Jim, Mary and
all
help me make a list of the Texans
John Gillespie Callison, thought to be son of James and Ann Gillespie
Callison, married a widow, Margaret Reneau, in Blount Co., Alabama, in
1826.
He is listed with one male under the age of 5 in the 1830 Blount Co.,
Alabama
census along with older children who were probabaly Margarets. He was
born
1790-1800.
He does not seem to have come to Texas before 1838, when he filed for
land,
Has anyone looked at this land deed to see where he was living at the
time of
the purchase? When was the land sold
A John G. Callison got land in Blount Co., Ala in 1837 and 1843
Does anyone have info on him for 1840 census
Does anyone have info on him for 1850 census?
In the 1860 census, Karnes Co., TX, there is a John G. Callison (? same
John
G.) was born in Ky ca 1797. Living with him is Sarah Dickey, 29, born
Arkansas, M.A. Callison, 7, female, born Texas, and Wm. Dickey, born
Texas. This
John had no land in this census. George W. Callison and Sarah Ann
Hackett were
married July, 1851, in Villamont Twp., Ark.
Sarah Callison married N. Dickey in Tyler Co., Tx 1854
Does anyone have any other info on John Gillespie Callison?/
Are these the same John G. Callison's?? I would think that if so, then
George
W. was the son of John and Margaret and after he died/divorced, then his
wife
went to live with his parents. He matches the age for male in the 1830
census
for John G in Blount Co., Alabama
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