Joseph P. Callaway of Callaway County, Missouri
Joseph P. Callaway (Thomas, Joseph Callaway), of South Carolina, married Polly Barrett, by whom he had - John, Nancy, Joseph Jr., Polly, Elizabeth, William, Vinson, Cenia and Thomas.
Mr. Callaway removed to Tennessee in 1804, and in 1818 he settled on Coats' Prairie, in Callaway county. His sons John and Thomas served in the war of 1812. Thomas married Elizabeth Griffith, and settled on Crow Fork, a branch of Auxvasse creek.
>During the night of July 4, 1831, there came a very heavy rain, which raised the creek so that it washed away Joseph's stable and smoke house. He had a horse in the stable, which by some means, climbed into the loft, got out at the window and swam ashore. The smoke house contained some meat and a barrel of whisky, which Mr. Callaway succeeded in bringing ashore with a sugar trough, which he used as a canoe. Mr. Callaway died some time ago, but his widow is still living. (Polly Barrett Callaway died in 1855.)
From Missouri Pioneer Families History 1876, by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, pg. 319, 1876.
Mr. Callaway removed to Tennessee in 1804, and in 1818 he settled on Coats' Prairie, in Callaway county. His sons John and Thomas served in the war of 1812. Thomas married Elizabeth Griffith, and settled on Crow Fork, a branch of Auxvasse creek.
>During the night of July 4, 1831, there came a very heavy rain, which raised the creek so that it washed away Joseph's stable and smoke house. He had a horse in the stable, which by some means, climbed into the loft, got out at the window and swam ashore. The smoke house contained some meat and a barrel of whisky, which Mr. Callaway succeeded in bringing ashore with a sugar trough, which he used as a canoe. Mr. Callaway died some time ago, but his widow is still living. (Polly Barrett Callaway died in 1855.)
From Missouri Pioneer Families History 1876, by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, pg. 319, 1876.
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