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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION Volume IV No. 5 The Editor's Corner We continue our journey on The Cumberland Road The Cumberland Road (aka The Old Pike, The National Road) Part II - The Journey ~ Five years of extensive surveying took place before the first tree was felled. Road crews began to cut through the forests to clear a sixty-six foot right-of-way. Using pickaxes and shovels, workers dug roadbeds twelve to eighteen inches deep, then filled the beds with broken stone and rolled it to form a level surface. By 1818, the road had reached Wheeling, in what now is West Virginia. More money was needed to extend the road across Ohio, but a debate over the government's authority to appropriate funds for internal improvements halted construction for seven years. In 1825, President James Monroe resolved the problem by proposing that the Constitution's "general welfare" clause allowed the government to fund projects -- such as the National Road -- that benefited the entire nation. Construction proceeded across Ohio and Indiana, reaching Vandalia, Illinois, in 1840. The road might have continued westward, but controversy over the proposed route and the increasing use of railroads eclipsed the need for a longer road. Construction was ended for good after 29 years, and nearly $7 million. Upon completion, the National Road (including the stretch from Baltimore to Cumberland, Maryland) traversed 812 miles, ending in Vandalia, Illinois. From the time is was thrown open to the public, in the year 1818, until the coming of the railroads west of the Allegheny mountains, in 1852, the National Road was the one great highway, over which passed the bulk of trade and travel, and the mails between the East and the West. Its numerous and stately stone bridges with handsomely turned arches, its iron mile posts and its old iron gates, attest the skill of the workmen engaged on its construction, and to this day remain enduring monuments of its grandeur and solidity, all save the imposing iron gates, which have disappeared by process of conversion prompted by some utilitarian idea, savoring in no little measure of sacrilege.
All early work on the road had a
requirement that all stone used for the lower bed had to be broken
so that the pieces would pass through a seven inch ring. The upper
bed was to be six inches thick and the pieces had to pass through
a three inch ring. All of the stones used were broken by hand, and
a worker was paid according to how much he broke. The average
worker broke 8 perches in a single day and was paid 12 1/2 cents
per perch. (A perch equaled 5 1/2 yards). As many as twenty
four horse coaches have been counted in line at one time on the
road, and large, broad-wheeled wagons, covered with white canvas
stretched over bows, laden with merchandise and drawn by six
Conestoga horses, were visible all the day long at every point,
and many times until late in the evening, besides innumerable
caravans of horses, mules, cattle, hogs, and sheep. Not only were there
twists and turns in the road, some engineering feats came about as
they tried to go over strange twists in the creeks along the way.
These special bridges seemed to be unique to the Cumberland Road
and were known as "S" bridges. There are a couple of stories about
how the bridges came about. One of the stories says that either
the stonemason did not have the expertise or did not want to take
the time to cut huge sandstone blocks in the helicoidal shape to
cross a stream on the skew. So they built an arch at a right angle
with the stream and curved the approaches to it. Thus the "S"
bridge.
Another, more colorful, story says
that an Irish stonemason, named John McCartney, met an English
architect, Benjamin H. Latrobe, at an inn one night and solicited
the contract for a bridge. The Englishman drew up a quick sketch
and gave it to the Irishman along with the challenge, "Build that
if you can!" And McCartney did! Yet another story says they were
built to stop runaway horses. Whatever the real story is, they are
unique. The road has a
peculiar nomenclature, familiar to the tens of thousands who
traveled over it on its palmy days. The names, for example,
applied to particular localities on the line, are of striking
import, and blend harmoniously with the unique history of the
road. With these names omitted, the road would be robbed of much
that adds interest to its history. Among the best remembered of
these are, The Shades of Death, The Narrows, Piney Grove, Big
Crossings, Negro Mountain, Keyser’s Ridge, Woodcock Hill, Chalk
Hill, Big Savage, Little Savage, Snake Hill, Laurel Hill, The
Turkey’s Nest, Egg Nog Hill, Coon Island, and Wheeling Hill. ~ Excerpts From The Old Pike, by Thomas B. Searight,
1894. Editor’s note - I encourage each of
you to send in articles for the e-Newsletter. It doesn’t have to
be lengthy. It could be some "Callaway" news, a family story, a
family photo, a favorite family recipe, results from your family
line research, or any item you think would be of interest to our
readers. Send them to me, and I will take care of adding them. My
email address is The President's Corner
As
President of the CFA, I frequently receive items by mail from CFA
members and non-members which contain the Callaway name. Often it
is a small item from a book or a newspaper. Frequently it is a
picture taken long ago saying "Mary J. Callaway at age l7". The Genealogist's Corner MYSTERY SOLVED - Jacob Callaway & Lucy Parker It has been long believed that Jacob Callaway (son of Job, Sr.) of Wilkes County, Georgia was married to Lucy Parker. That belief can now be confirmed. The lengthy will of Drury Parker of Southampton County, Virginia, dated 13 June 1783, mentions the following legatees: wife, Milly Parker, son Howell Parker, son Richard Parker, son William Parker, son Thomas Parker, son Edwin Parker, son Frederick Parker, daughter Lucy Parker, daughter Patty Parker, daughter Nancy Parker, daughter Lukey Parker, daughter Tempy Parker, daughter Judith Parker, daughter Betsy Parker, daughter Polly Parker, son Matthew Parker (he refers to “older children” and “younger children”). His brother, Richard Parker, Jeremiah Drew and Randolph Newsum were named as Executors. The large estate of Drury Parker was not settled for nearly 50 years after his death. Settlement papers are filed in the Southampton County, Virginia Circuit Court Loose Papers 1831-3, Box 34. In 1816 certain of Drury Parker’s heirs filed a suit against certain other of the heirs seeking settlement and distribution of the Drury Parker estate. Some of Drury Parker’s children had left Southampton County even before Drury wrote his will. By 1816 when the settlement process began some of the children had died and their descendants were unknown, and many had scattered to other parts. Much effort apparently was expended in locating and naming all the heirs of Drury Parker. One of the defendants named in the first case filed (September Court 1816) was “children or distributees of Lucy .......... late Lucy Parker who intermarried with .............. whose name is unknown.” In an 1817 case Lucy is referred to as “Lucy Parker who intermarried with some person unknown to your orator and oratrix removed to Carolina and is dead leaving children whose numbers and names are unknown.” Finally, in April 1831, Lucy is identified in a bond for $33.08 - “the first named bond being the proportion to which Lucy Calaway or her representative is entitled to as her proportion of the sale of the land of Drury Parker, dec’d.” Howell Parker, one of the older children of Drury Parker, married Elizabeth Loftin and early moved to Anson County, North Carolina. They settled in the section now a part of Stanly County, near New London. One of Howell Parker’s sons, John Parker, married Vashti Callaway, daughter of Isaac Callaway, Sr. Apparently Lucy Parker also came to Anson County with her brother, Howell, where she met and married Jacob Callaway, and then moved in 1783 to Wilkes County, Georgia. Drury Parker was married twice. He married first c1745 Elizabeth Barham, daughter of Charles & Sarah Judkins Barham, and second on 15 June 1769, Mildred Clanton. Anyone interested in pursuing the Parker lineage should contact Darryl Parker, 1412-B East Blvd #140, Charlotte, NC 28203 [email: treehunter@parkerheritage.com], who is publisher of “Parker Heritage” [web page: www.parkerheritage.com]. Contributed by Sherrill U. Williams, CFA Genealogist "Callaway" Biography Editor’s note - It’s always a pleasure to hear from one of our own. Ann Callaway has graciously agreed to tell us a little bit about her "Callaway" life and musical career. I’m sure you will enjoy reading it, and look forward to future installments also. Dear Donna, Thank you for asking me to write something about my musical career. I am honored! Maybe the best way for me to do this is to mail you a paragraph here and a paragraph there; I started the article some weeks ago, and really got into remembering my childhood years in Langley Park, MD. Writing about one thing made me think of ten others that I hadn't thought of in years. Then, I tried to just put a few significant memories down, but it was still pages long, and the purpose of the article had somehow slipped by the wayside, as I remembered my walks in the woods, and my pet lizard, and birdwatching, and Dad (Waldo Wesley, son of Wallace, son of Clarence ??? must check with Dad about that) putting an addition on our house, etc., etc. Somewhere in there, I forgot to mention that I started playing the piano at age five, picking out "America" and "The Star-spangled Banner," but that I thought I would be an artist or someone who worked with animals when I grew up. My mother (Kathryn Klindworth Callaway, a fine pianist and organist) encouraged my piano explorations from the beginning and then when I was twelve provided a more formal approach with another piano teacher, one who was able to "hang tough" and get me to read music (I wasn't good at passive resistance outside the home!) Up until then I played only by ear, developing that inner gyroscope that allowed me to navigate "without a chart," so to speak, through a folk song or a fragment of a symphony, or just letting my fingers and imagination wander into something that I made up on the spot. It was only after seeing a dramatized life of Beethoven (on the Walt Disney hour on TV in a two-part special) that it clicked with me that Beethoven "made up" his own music, wrote it down in the form of actual pieces (when he wasn't stunning his audience with some blindingly brilliant improvisation) and the public performances of these pieces revealed to his listeners his great passion and nobility of spirit. That was what a "Composer" did. Well, I had made things up, and I could kind of write them down (I had been learning how to read music by this point), so besides playing the music of other composers from my piano books, I TOO could compose. I TOO could give free rein to my thirteen-year-old, (secretly) passionate, noble nature through music. I would be a Composer, and Beethoven was from that moment my inspiration. It was perfect! [To be continued] Family Notes Editor's Note - The following obituary was graciously sent by Martha House. I know we all send our condolences to the family. April 18, 1920 - April 25, 2003 Richard C. Callaway Richard C. Callaway, 83, of Huntsville died Friday. He was a member of First Baptist Church, a native Huntsvillian and worked over 20 years with civil service. Survivors include his wife, Nathalee H. Callaway; daughters, Nancy Dunn of Columbus, Ohio, Janice Malone of Huntsville and Jean Ingram of Fairhope; son, Dr. Richard C. Callaway III of Knoxville, TN; brother, William D. Callaway of Huntsville; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church Sanctuary with the funeral service at 11 a.m. with Dr. David Hull officiating and burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospital Hospitality House, 610 Madison St., Huntsville or Hospice Family Care. Genealogy Corner Editor’s Note - The following is graciously submitted by CFA Member, Agnes Callaway, and the compliment is much appreciated. I wrote to Donna Morgan, CFA Newsletter editor, to ask about the lineage of the notorious moonshining Callaway in her last newsletter. She responded immediately, and he is not in my direct lineage. I know, however, that there are moonshiners among my Callaway forefathers in Surry County, NC., because I met them as a child. I told Donna Morgan that she is doing a wonderful
job on the newsletter - that I know that it's a lot of work, but
it's a delight to read. She asked for permission to include my
family lineage in an upcoming newsletter, and I am sharing it
below. I recently sent this information to my e-mail branch of the
family, which includes various children/grandchildren of Robert
Abner Callaway (b1895). I included some family history to try to
get my family members interested in our history. Maybe some of the
CFA members would also like to see this abbreviated information.
All of the information about Immigrant Joseph and his sons,
Richard and Francis, came from previous issues of the Callaway
Family Journal. Samuel Callaway c1754 (my 4 great grandfather) - Born Albemarle/Bedford County, VA James Callaway 1784 (my great-great-great grandfather) Born Surry County, NC James Abner Callaway 1828 (my great-great grandfather) William Nathan Callaway 1873 (my great-grandfather) - Born Surry County, NC Robert Abner Callaway 1895 (my grandfather) - Born in Lamsburg, Carroll County, VA Roy William Callaway 1920 (my father) - Born Surry
County, NC He is my grandmother's brother. He married Stella Couch and had no children. Please let me know if this is the correct man. I am at a crossroad here with this family and can not seem to go back any further than CC Callaway my great grandfather (see above) and his father Willis Francis Callaway and Elizabeth Hays who came from Coosa County AL. There I stop and know no more. Thanks, Ann Fitzpatrick Graham. anngraham at cox-internet.com Editor's Note - The following is graciously submitted by CFA Member, John Zoch, Sr. He suggests that the J. S. Callaway, of the firm J. E. Morgan & Co., mentioned in the last e-Newsletter, is his ancestor. E-mail: Zochster at aol.com.
Dear Donna, 04-13-2003 In order to obtain membership in any Heredity organization, you must first prove your relationship back to that Ancestor / Soldier. I personally thank all my Callaway cousins for their dedicated research in transcribing the documents I needed to trace my linage from my Callaway's located here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland & Delaware, to migrating into our Southern States, prior to the War between the States period 1861-1865.
As a Peter Callaway descendant from Delaware, I obtained copies of
needed documented, by personal research, and requesting them from
the various State Archives, again thanks mainly to the various
early CFA Journals. Eventually, I am proud to say, that I Joined
the Sons of Confederate Veterans, thru John Sanders Callaway, of
the 15th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, Company "A." John was born
January 06, 1839, in Wilkes County, Georgia, and enlisted in
Confederate Service on October 14, 1861, in which John joined as a
Private. Prior to his Service John was a School Teacher, which
obviously led to John being promoted 3 times eventually becoming
Captain of Company "A" - effective on August 01, 1863. John's
final promotion was about a month after his Regiment fought hard
at Gettysburg, PA. mortally wounding the Company's previous
Captain, and loosing at least 30% of the effective strength of the
CS Army. After the 15th Regiment return back into Georgia, John is
shown on September 15, 1863, requesting 1 pair of shoes from the
Assistant Quartermaster, Major G. W. Cunningham, of Atlanta,
Georgia. In John's words: The Articles specified are absolutely
requisite for the public service, rendered so by the following
circumstances: " Excessive marching and heavy fatigue."
Four days later, John S. Callaway led his Company during the
Battle of Chickamuga, Georgia, and was severely wounded on
September 19, 1863, eventually, being retired by the Secretary of
War on January 21, 1865, because his wound disabled him from
further Service. John is buried in Penfield, Georgia. This is John
S. Callaway's Georgia Linage:
Notes: This is a result of my personal research performed on July
2001, in which linage was needed in order to prove John S.
Callaway's relationship back to our Somerset County, Maryland
"Callaway" Ancestors. Listed are my Georgia References: Editor's Note -The following is graciously submitted by CFA member and director, Bruce Callaway. TIDEWATER REVISITEDIn the fall of 1998 I recall that on my third visit to the USA I stood on the banks of the James River at Jamestown Va. The historical site of the first permanent settlement of the US from England. A skeleton of one of the tragic settlers had just that day been exhumed by archaeologists. The history of Jamestown, the decision for settlement, its ultimate fate and that of the settlers is overly- well recorded with fact being overlayed with theory including Indian attacks, poisoning, French spy’s etc. May 1607 lead to one dreadful disaster after another. This was fact. Possibly 7 years after the burial of this settler the Indian princess Pocahontas had married John Rolfe, one of the colonists. Rolfe had introduced Trinidad tobacco to the colony, which was much sweeter than the native Virginia plant and helped the viability of the colony. I reflected that within 12 years of the burial of this recently exhumed settler, when the population of Jamestown was about a thousand, the London Company tried to encourage young men to make permanent homes in the colony by sending a number of “young, handsome and honestly educated maids” to become wives of the mainly bachelor colony. The colony began to prosper and expand, and four years later on the 5th September 1623, William Kelloway of Portsmouth England, husbandman aged 20 arrived at James Cittye aboard the ship “Ann”. In 1998, standing at this site and savouring this history, my attention was directed to a ferry rapidly crossing the James River. Its destination, Isle of Wight County a few miles away, but within my sight. I had from an early age been intrigued by this county, since my own Callaway ancestors had lived for some 500 years on the tiny Isle of Wight, which lies in the English Channel about 6 miles south of the mainland adjacent to Southampton and Portsmouth, from whence the settlers had come. Most ships transporting the earliest immigrants to Virginia from Jamestown onwards, made the Isle of Wight their last port of call because of its pure fresh water, which had to last for the trans-Atlantic voyage. Could this have been the reason that Warrosquyoake Indian Territory became Isle of Wight county in 1637? Or was there something more relevant? CFA genealogist Sherrill U Williams in her excellent article “Tidewater Virginia” (CFA Journal Vol. XI 1986 pge65 et. seq.) lists some 20 K/C’s apart from Peter and Joseph who either visited or settled for a time in Tidewater Virginia during the 17th century. Edmund Callaway 1639, Katherine Kallaway 1642, William Kellaway 1647, Thomas Kelway 1653 for example. Whilst only Peter and Joseph left identifiable descendants, to quote Sherrill, “From where did they come and to where did they go?” BCC April 2003. Query Corner
Query # 8 Please help me straighten out what I think may be an error on the Joseph Callaway line in the wonderful CFA information posted on RootsWeb. I am a g-g-g-g-g-g-granddaughter of Joseph Callaway through the marriage of his great-granddaughter Frances to James Steptoe, the clerk of Bedford County. In your info on the web, you indicate that Judith Early, wife of Charles Callaway, was the daughter of Jeremiah Early, Sr, and Mary Buford. The USGenWeb web site has wonderful transcriptions of Virginia Bibles which are in the Library of Virginia. See - Virginia Bibles - page 201, which states: "CHARLES CALLAWAY
BIBLE of Bedford Co. - Owner: Mrs. James Lewis Arthur (decd)
This is corroborated in the next section, as follows: "COLONEL JEREMIAH
EARLY BIBLE of Bedford Co. - Owner: Mrs. James Lewis Arthur Alta
Vista, Virginia (decd) Is the CFA web site
in error and is Judith really the daughter of Jeremiah, Jr, not Sr?
Who do I believe? Many thanks for your help. Editor's Note - Yes the CFA file on RootsWeb was in error. Judith Early is indeed the daughter of Jeremiah Early, Jr., and his wife Sarah Anderson. This error has now been corrected on the CFA-Joseph RootsWeb file, with our thanks for pointing it out. Editor's Note - The following is an April 10, 2003 posting to the CFA Web Site Guest Book. Though not a query, it provides good genealogical information, and we appreciate it very much. Query #9 My name is Carol nee Lester. Your Malinda Abigail Callaway married William Barnett Lester. He was my GGGG, grandfather. John Henry Lester, B. 1891-1970, M. Emma Burgess, was my dad's father. I was glad to find your site and now can research our link to Callaways. Thank you, I will now check out your site, Carol. Query
#10 I note in the Newsletter of February 2003 that there will be a section in the newsletter to post a query. I was wondering if any new proof has been found on my line?
My (?)
Paternal GrGrGr Grandfather was thought to be William W.
Callaway, Jan 24, 1776 (from family bible once belonging to Sarah
Glenn McWhorter Callaway (Matthew D. Callaway's wife); I would appreciate hearing from anyone who might be able to provide additional information on this line. Thank you, Marcella “Callaway” Story Corner Editor’s note - I was pleased to see that my mention of “Callaway Went Thataway” brought back memories to one of our readers and CFA member, Mary Jo Hollas. She has graciously agreed to tell us about those memories. It really is a very small world we live in! Donna, Callaway Connection When I was a child I stayed with my grandfather,
M. A. Gresham, during the summer at his small farm. He was a
retired detective from the Houston Police Department. During the
summer of 1951, the movie “Callaway went Thataway” was playing.
This movie must have brought back memories to Grampa as he told me
during my visit that the Callaways are kin. Since I was only 10
years old I didn’t think to ask him how are the Callaways kin.
However, I never forgot and wondered how this family was kin to
the Gresham’s. “Callaways” in the News Editor's Note - On Saturday, May 3, 2003 the 129th running of the Kentucky Derby will be held at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky. Read more about it here: The Kentucky Derby The Fayetteville Democrat, Fayetteville, Arkansas, March 8, 1911
WILL HAVE FINE RACING.
Special to The Washington
Post. For the twelve stakes to be run off at the Downs this spring more than 1,000 entries have been received. All the races will be for $500 for selling platers, with the exception of those which will be for $800 and the over-night handicaps will be for $1,000. This is the highest purse ever offered by the new Louisville Jockey Club, and it will draw the best horses in America to the Downs for the 23 days' racing. Winn has announced the list of nominations for the 37th Kentucky Derby to be run May 13. Among the best known eligibles are Round the World, Meridian, Gov. Gray, Silver Brush, Colston, Col. Hogan, Jack Denman, Bobs, Tay Pay, Bell Horse, Star O'Ryan, Sterling's Exemplar, Common Sense, and others. For the 37th Kentucky Oaks the leading fillies are Round the World, Princess Callaway, Aragonese. Lowen, Lady Ormicant, Minidette, Stick Pin, Ima, Agnes, Mays, and Mascal. Round the World may be the favorite for both events. Editor's Note - The winner of the 37th Kentucky Derby was Meridian. He paid $7.80 straight, $2.70 place, $2.70 show; Governor Gray came in second, $2.70 place, $2.60 show; Colston came in third, $3.80 show. Derby Purse Value $6,000. Net to winner $4,850. Princess Callaway came in second in the 37th Kentucky Oaks Race. Does anyone know if the "Callaways" have ever had a entry in the Kentucky Derby? The Indianapolis Daily Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 16, 1923 Girl Writes at 3; Law Editor at 18
San Francisco, California, Sept. 15, - (University Service) – Able
to read and write at the age of 3, graduation from grammar school
at 11, finished high school at 14, getting the degree of A. B.
from the university at 17. History Corner Naugatuck Daily News, Naugatuck, CT, April 19, 1898
DEPEW’S SUCCESSOR
Samuel Rogers Callaway, who succeeds Chauncey M. Depew in the
office of president of the New York Central & Hudson River
railroad, is one of the most active and most popular railroad men
in America. He has been in the business of railroading since 1863,
when he was a lad of 12. He was then a Canadian boy starting out
on his own career, and he wisely chose the great industry of
railroading for his life’s work.
Editor's
Note - Can anyone identify S. R. Callaway's lineage? In Closing Visit The Callaway Family Association web site. It has much to offer. Would you like to . . . And As Always, Find a Way to . . . Let Your “Callaway” Voice Be Heard!
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