Mary,
thank you for printing this. I do not see a problem with the family numbers. They sailed
on two different ships at two different times, so they would not have the same family
number. However, this does prove that James and Samuel were brothers.
Samuel fought in the Siege of Bexar in Dec. 1835 in San Antonio, and James Henry Callison
died in March of 1836, a few days after the Fall of the Alamo.
For those of you who wonder about the seaports, Brazoria County was one of the earliest
counties in Texas, and is on the ocean. One of my ancestors that came to Texas with
Stephen F. Austin as part of the Old 300 had land there, as was Austin's Peachtree
Plantation. This would have been a natural place in 1835 to land as the Indians had been
pretty much put down by then. Down in Aransas Pass in 1835 you still had the Krankawa
Indians, who were Cannibals. However, they were quickly wiped out by the settlers and
Aransas Pass became a natural port. It is located a few miles from Corpus Christi. The
settlers met with the chiefs of the Krankawa and told them that if they let the settlers
alone they would leave them alone, but for every settler killed they would kill ten
Indians. They were very quickly wiped out as they kept killing the settlers.
Is the date correct for James Callison to have married in 1818? All of his children were
young when he died in 1836 with the exception of John Gillespie Callison. Actually, I have
no idea when he was born. Guess I need to look him up on the census. It took several years
to sort things out and file for the land, etc. My ancestor, James George and his
brother-in-law William Dearduff , who also died in the Alamo did not have their estates
settled until into the late 1840s so I am sure that was the case with James Callison.
James Sr. and Anne were married in 1797 or 98, if my memory serves me correctly, so it
sounds like John might have been an older son. I wonder if they could have had an older
son named Thomas? There was a Thomas Callison who was in Mo. with a son named John
Gillespie Callison, I believe. Just thought I would throw that in to muddy the waters even
more!
Remember that they were kin to Samuel Houston, and Sam Callison could have been named for
his father who lived next door to them. He would probably have been the youngest child and
Ann might have died at his birth, as she died around that time.
More research needed, but at least that cements the fact for me that James and Samuel were
brothers. When they sailed to Texas John was married to Margaret Reneau and living in
Blount Co., Al.
I have the papers somewhere about the estate of John Gillespie Callison, the son of James
Henry. He obviously never married, and some strange person somehow got control of his
estate and sold it for almost nothing. There were some court fights about what he did,
from what I remember. Unfortunately, it was around the area where Spindle Top was, from
what I can remember. The latest inquiry on the estate was made in the 1960s by one of the
big oil companies to see if there was a claim to the estate. so they could get a clear
title.
This is a very interesting family and researching it for years has given me much gray
hair!
Joyce Moore
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Hooge Mary <lorglo9(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Thanks to all of you for the help you gave on the Texas Callisons. I typed a long message
to you and then failed to "send"!! I went back to check if I had really done
that ,guess what, it was gone and I was so tired I just let it go until now. Samuel C.
Callison is the most exaspirating man I have ever tried to find information on. His eldest
son James Crockett had Samuel born in Tenn. Samuel jr. has him born in Kentucky. Also
census has Alabama. James, there was a n Staton in Blount ,Al. that was half owner of land
with John D. Callison. I forgot to say Samuel jr. was spelled Kellison on the 1880 Census
in Texas. Now, the Ship San Felipe that Samuel and James were on was in New Orleans
sailing to Texas. New Orleans, La.1829-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists.
Micropublication M 259 rolls 1-33 Nat'l Archives Wash. D.C. Sam Callison Apr.13,1835
age22 Gender M Port of Departure Brazoria Place of origin U.S.A. Ship San Felipe James
Callison Apr.13, 1835 !
Age 30
Gender M Port of Departure Brazoria Place of origin U.S.A. This would make Samuel born in
1813. OK on to John. John C. Dec.22, 1845 age 37 M P.O.D. Aransas Bay. USA ship Wm. Bryan.
This seems to be trips they were taking because Samuel was in Texas in 1833 or 34. He
fought in the Seige of Bexar.I dont know about this James as I cant remember the date
James H. was killed in Refugio by the Mexicans. This James and Samuel are listed as from
the same family but this John has a different family number. Thank you again , I am so
grateful for any information I can get. If there is anything that I might do for any of
you let me know. Mary
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