I do not know anything about a William Callison. I have never heard of one being with
them. We all believe that Samuel was the son of James and Anne Callison because he was
born in Tenn, and they were in Tenn., he named his children the right names, he was in
Blount Co., Ala., not Tenn, where John Callison was. He and Ida Orlena Box left there on a
wagon train in late 1834 with the Box families. I don't know if he was one of the
people listed in the household of John Callison in 1830, but he certainly could have been
as he was born ca 1813. He went to Texas and James also went. Samuel was in Houston Co.,
Texas, and later moved to Gonzales Co., Texas. He fought in the Siege of Bexar, the first
Battle of the Alamo, and James fought at Goliad.
Samuel apparently had dealings with John Gillespie Callison, the son of James and Anne,
and John got land in Houston Co, the same as Samuel did. John later was living in Karnes
or Kennedy Co., Texas,. the next county over from Gonzales Co., where Samuel was. Also,
Samuel was with John Gillespie Callison, the son of James Callison and Sarah Craig, at
some point when John was trying to sell his sister's land. Samuel wasn't part of
that but there are some records that show them together in Guadalupe Co., which is one of
the next counties over from Gonzales Co. All of that together makes us think Samuel was
the son of James and Anne, same as Robert, James, and John. We have tried to place him as
a son of one of the children of James and Anne, but he too close to their age. I agree
about the two girls, as they seem to be the sisters as there were no other Callisons
living around them.
I do not know if Sarah Craig was a Parkhill originally, or a Craig. Parkhill could have
been her grandfather, or her uncle, but her children are listed as his heir. What has
always puzzled me is why John Callison was named but maybe it is because he was old enough
to have not been a minor, but why not name him as an heir. I have thought of him being the
son of James by a previous marriage, but he names Sarah as his mother. Unfortunately, the
idea of James leaving the children with the Parkhills and coming to Texas because his wife
died doesn't work either, because she was obviously alive when he got the land in the
1850s. I don't know if she remarried.
I need to try to find John Gillespie Callison, son of James and Sarah, on the Texas
census. Seems like I have tried in the past and could not find him. I accidentally found
his death notice, or at least where they were fighting over his estate. He died intestate
in about 1867 in a little town outside of Dallas. Some guy became the administrator of his
estate, and there seemed to be a question as to how he was named. The person had lived
close to John Callison, I believe, at some point. Anyway, he sold the land for almost
pennies and there was a lot of trouble over it. The land ended up being in one the most
lucrative oil well areas of Texas, close to Spindle Top, and oil companies were still
checking to make sure they had a clear title as late as the 1960s. As far as I know he
never married. Wish I could prove he was my uncle or cousin. (grin)
Joyce
GNEOLOG(a)aol.com wrote:
Ok so let me make sure I have this correct so we can add the info to the
Callison family tree.
James and Anne Gillespie Callison had
James married Sarah and went to Texas and was killed in the Battle of Goliad
John Gillespie married Margaret and went to Texas from Alabama
Robert married Sidney Pharis and went to Alabama
and my idea
Margaret married Benjamin Morrison in
Elenor married Peter Morrison in Alabama
I would suspect that James and Anne would have had the third son in the
Callison trilogy, James, John and WILLIAM. Are there any extra William's floating
around in cyberspace who would have been born after 1794.
Is this David the one who ended up with the Callison grandchildren
Parkhill, DavidWassham, Martha02 Aug 1799Tennessee
Blount County
Blount Co was taken out of Knox Co. Tn in 1799 where James and Ann Callison
married.
So, if this is the same one, their daughter would have been born 1800 and I
think she married Callison 1816 or 1818. If I understand correctly, she would
have had a marriage to Craig before her marriage to Callison. Then again, this
might not be her parents.
Take care all
Marilyn
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