Calloway Family Association Journal:
Thomas Calloway, Sr. settled in Halifax County, Virginia about 1740 or later. He was a Vestryman at Au Trim Parish, Halifax County, Virginia in 1752 (page 13 Vol 3 Old Churches and Families Of Virginia by Meade) He was as Ensign, then Captain in the Colonial Troops from Halifax County, Virginia in the French and Indian War (1735-1760) There are numerous deeds recorded in Halifax County, made by Captain Thomas Callaway. Captain Calloway and his family moved to North Carolina about 1774 and settled in what was the Surry County, later Wilkes Co, now part of Wilkes County, has been taken for Ashe County, He and his sons were in many struggles during the Revolutionary War.
After the Revolution he and his sons William, Joseph and Thomas, Jr. went to South Carolina. They were living there when the first census of the US was taken.
Captain Thomas Callaway and his son Thomas, Jr. later returned to Norht Carolina where Captain Thomas died in February 1800 in Ashe County,. The old Callaway Plantation bordered on the south fork of New river near Obids in what is now Ashe County, North Carolina. The opld burial grounds are on the slope to the river and Captain Callaway was buried there. His grave is marked with a rough stone shaft with the letters T.C. chiseled on it by Daniel Boone.During the French and Indian War Thomas was an indian trader which is probably what brought about his military promotions....The same be said concerning his brothers, Colonel Richard Callaway and Colonel William Callaway.
In 1753 the Indians were very troublesome. At this time the three brothers were called upon to go into active service with their volunteer companies. The Black Water Fort was assigned to Richard Callaway the Pig River Fort to William Callaway and the Hickory Fort to Thomas Callaway. For a period of three years these three Callaway brothers guarded the frontier of nearly fifty miles. In 1756, the French and Indian War had begun and Captain Thomas Callaway served under the command of George Washington.After the French and Indian War, Thomas Callaway resigned his commission as a military officer and returned to private life. Pennsylvania County, Virginia had been formed prior to this time for he had served as high sheriff of that County, after 1763, He owned thousands of acres of land there but was crowded out by a company of men who had land warrants that over-lapped some of his holdings. The King and Parliament favored those of great wealth, so it was useless for an individual in moderate circumstances to make an appael. For this reason, he sold off the rest of his land And went to Surry County, North Carolina in 1774 and settled on a branch of the Yadkin River.
This was the Spring of the "Great May Frost". On May 4, 1774, the frost was so heavy that no one had ever seen a frost like it at that time of the year. The frost was so severe that all vegetation that had life was struck dead.
Thomas Callaway hesitated, at first, to take part in the Revolutionary War. He could hardly think of separating from the Mother Country. He hoped for reconciliation after the battle of Lexington on April 1775 and the battle of Bunker Hill In June of 1775, at which time George Washington took command. He (Callaway) had taken many commissions under the King's authority and this fact involved an oath of loyalty to the crown of Great Britian. A pamphlet by Samuel Adams convinced Captain Callaway that the King himself had become a rebel in that he no longer protected his subjects, but thet he had sent fleets and an army here to kill and destroy us, and that several acts of parliament had declared us out of his protection. He instantly declared himself a Bostonian, a title little used by people later known as Whigs, and he, his sons, and son-in-laws volunteered in 1776 to defend their country.He was 76 years old at the time and too old for command. So he was given an honorable discharge.
1 NAME Shadrick /Callaway/
45. Richard Callaway
Wounded by Tarleton's Calvary at Surprise Battle August 18, 1780. Wounded at the Perkins place on New River in Ashe County, North Carolina April 15, 1781. Shot in thigh by Zacharia Wells, thigh broken, left for dead
Moved to middle Tennessee and located in Franklin County, on Duck River, raised a very interesting family and died there.
49. William Callaway
From Callaway Family Association Journal, 1980, page 76:
.......began pursuit of Capt. Riddle's party soon came upon Samuel McQueen and Benjamin Greer. McQueen joined William Calloway and Greer went to summon aid. John (Renta) Baker, who was one of the longhunter and son of Andrew/Mary Mollie Bowling and Husband of Elizabeth Terrill, a nephew of the Calloways (Richard, William and Joseph) joined with William and McQueen to lead the pursuit. Riddle's trail was soon discovered and in a short time the (Torries) Riddle's party were discovered and fired upon. William Calloway shot but did not hit Zachariah Wells, who had that day had previously so badley wounded his brother Richard Calloway. All the Torries escaped, but Captain Benjamin Clevland was liberated.
Some week later Zacharaih Wells was capyured and taken to Captain Cleveland on the Yadkin river. where Wells was hung on the river bank. Willaim Calloway who aided in the rescue of Cleveland, who was a brother of Richard Calloway. died on the Yadkin.
1 NAME FNU /Blount/
61. Samuel Baker
Annie and Samuel were first cousins.
1 NAME Anne /Armstrong/