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THE OLD CALHOUN i
SETTLEMENT i
Visit to Historic Old Homestead In
Abbeville County.
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(Written by Charles Montague Cal- '
houn, a direct descendant and the '
oldest living Calhoun, at Greenwood,
June 2. 1920.)
After living all my life within 20 1
miles of the spot where the massacre
occurred and the head of our family *
was buried, it was not my privilege 1
to visit this place until a few months 1
ago. ]
I well remember, nearly 80 years {
ago, when quite small, visiting the ^
old home section of the Calhoun 1
familv on Little river. - ?
Our great-grandmother, Catherine,
with her children, first settled in
Virginia, Augusta county. They were
of Scotch-Irish blood. The mother,
with* her five children, James Ezekial,
William, Patrick and Mrs. Mary
Noble, widow of John Noble, they settled
on Long Cane creek, finally settling
on Little river, eight miles from
the Savannah river, the neighborhood
being known as Calhoun settlement.
William, the oldest son (the
great grand-parents of this writer),
married Miss Agnes Long, of Virginia.
They had ten children. The
third child, Ann, was born in Virginia
and was only a few months old
when they moved south.
The Indians of the Cherokee tribe,
having gone on th,e warpath, this
settlement, for safety of .their wives
and children, about 150 in number,
with loaded wagons, started out for
Augusta, Ga. After reaching Long
Cane creek, ten miles off an two and
a half miles of Trickum (now known
as Troy), they were attacked by the
Indians while their teams were stalled
in the bottoms and the guns of the
settlers were in the wagons. Their
whole attention heing occupied in extricating
thir wagons (what a pity
there was not a Cateeche or Isaqu^ena 1
as she was sometimes called to have (
given warning, as one had previously
done, and saved the early settlement
of Ninety-Six), were taken copletely
^y surprise, losing some 40 or more
mostly women and children, being
brutally murdered. Catherine, the
head of the family, and her son
James, the youngest, were included.
A granite stone, erected by her son
Patrick, father of John C. Calhoun,
marks the place where she fell and
where rests her remains on the hill
some little distance beyond the creek,
where she had fled. Ann, and Mary,
the youngest children of .William
were made prisoners, age three and
live. Mary not being able to keep
up, was scalped and her body thrown
in the creek. This made a deep impression
on Ann, who spoke of it with
much feeling in after years. For 12
years she lived with her captors,
enduring untold hardships. After she
was released by a treaty near eld
Pendleton,^ S. C., made by General
Andrew Pickens, she was brought to
the home of her narents. Sh<? mM *
that the Indians beat her nearly to ^
death to make her eat lizards, snakes 1
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and raw meat. Her family found it
hard to break her from this habit, '
which was formed in her captivity. 1
She would never learn to read and s
write and has an averison to wearing ]
shoes. When 20 years old she mar- 1
ried Isaac Matthews and had three 1
children. She called her husband ^
Zachary. They were not a very lov- 1
ir<g, couple, and I have heard my ^
mother say that she remarked when
Zachary died that she neither ^
"lauhged nor cried." Her brother '
Joseph, owned the old Calhoun mill 1
property. He was the grandfather '
of Mrs. Frances Marshall, of Abbe- '
ville and John J. Calhoun, of Carters- '
ville, Ga. Aunt Ann's only son, Joseph
had 12 children. Mary, one of them i
moved west. Some of her great-grand- <
children, are now living in Abbeville. <
William Calhoun whose children were 1
captured and slain, to save his wife j
from capture and possibly massacre i
took out one of the horses from his 1
wagon, placing her upon it telling her j
to flee for her life to Augusta, which j
she immediately set out to do. Every ]
house that she came to was deserted, 1
all having fled to Augusta for safety, j
Stopping on the road, she spent the i
night at one of these desterted houses. i
Securely fastening her horse she re- <
tired for the night. When that night (
in her lone and helpless condition 1
with no friend to comfort or to cheer
her but her unseen God, a baby ^boy 1
was uorn, wno Dore the name of Fat- <
rick, being the fifth cliild. He lived i
to be nearly 17 and was killed by
these same Indians, June 26, 1776 i
while serving as ensign in Capt.
James McCall's expedition into /the
Cherokee county.
Another daughter of William Calhoun,
Mary, bom November 1, 1757,
was carried off by the Indians at the
time of the Long Cane massacre and
probably died in their hands. Ezekiel
Calhoun, son of William I., and
brother of Patrick, the father of John
C. Calhoun, wag my grandfather. He
married Frances Hamilton, daughter
of Major Andrew Hamilton of Revo-t
lutionary fame. From this union
there were seven children. William
and Joseph were unmarried. Harriet
married to Thomas Davis, Jane to
Dr. Simons, Dr. Ephraim to Charlotte
Moseley, and daughter of John Montague
of Revolutionary fame; Catherine
to Dr. J. W. Parker; Andrew,
father of the late distinguished oculist
of Atlanta, married Susan Wellborn
of Georgia.
Joe Calhoun of William I. attained
the rank of captain in the United
States army, was severely wounded in
the battle of Lundy Lane, received a
wound in the army in a duel while in
the army. His home was Calhoun
Mill, which he owned. He had several
children, of whom only two are living.
Mrs. Frances Marshall, of Abbeville,
and John Joseph, of Cartersvillc, Ga.,
She is no doubt the oldest female
representative of the Calhoun family
living, while the writer is the oldest
male member. Our combined ages
seing 170 years. Many years ago her
lister, Miss Eliza Calhoun, complied a
aistory of the Calhoun family. Patrick
Calhoun, one of the four brothers
who came to South Carolina, was
twice married, the first time to Miss
Craighead; no issue. He next marked
Martha Geldwell, of what is now
Mew berry county. Of this marriage
;here was James, Catherine (who
narried the Rev. Moses Waddell).
tVilliam, John C. Calhoun and Patrick.
John C . Calhoun was quite a
loted statesman in his day. He was
prepared for college by his brothers
n-law. Dr. Moses Waddell. He ei\?red
the Junior class of Yale in 1802
ind graduated in 1804. He studied
ind practiced law in Charleston and
Abbeville. He was elected to the legslature
and was aide to Governor
Drayton. He was elected to congress,
?erving seven years, when he became
jecretary of war in President Mon oe's
cabinet, of which he served eight
rears. He was then inaugurated vice
president of the United State. He
lesigned soon after he was elected
Jnited States senator to succeed Snitor
Robert Y. Hayne. He was reflected,
but resigned in 1842. He was
i candidate for the presidency in 1844,
rat withdrew. He was secretary of
itate under President Tyler. He was
igain elected United State senator to
racceed Judge Elliott Huger. He
lied in Washington, D. C., March 31,
I860. His body was brought by boat
;o Charleston and buried in the Epis:opal
graveyard with great honors. A
special wagon was prepared, drawn
>y three pairs of horses of same shade
md color, with the drivers of each
)air walking by their side holding to
;he bits of each pair. My wife's
piardian, Robert Adger, of Charles;on,
furnished one pair of horses and
lriver for this grand pageantry. John
3. Calhoun married his cousin, Eloj
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nuc, unugiiier 01 <ivnn rawing, wno
lifferent from the rest, spelled his
lame Colhoun. This writer has received
many letters from parties in
listant states asking about the Caliouii
family, signing their names Colloun.
John C. had seven children?
Floride Andrew P., Anna, Patrick,
John, Martha, James and William,
flis daughter married Thomas Clem*on,
of which the state A. &. M. colege
bears his name. Patrick Calloun,
son of the first Patrick, maried
Nancy DeGrafTenread. They had
jix children. Martha married Dr.
Sooner; Catherine married Dr. Willam
Tennant; Ludlow married Margaret
Teague and Benjamin married a
Miss Yarboorugh. Francis remained
inmarried. Edward married Frances
Middleton. Joseph, son of William,
was elected to congress and served
four years when he was succeeded by
(lis cousin, John C. Calhoun. John A.
Calhoun married Sarah Norwood. He
iied in 1874. He was a signer of the
ordinance of secession of December
20, 1860.
William Ranson Calhoun, educated
at West Point- wan an niiifl tr> find.
jraor Manning, secretary of legation
and acting minister to France. He
was colonel of the Seventh regiment.
South Carolina regulars, artillery,
itationed at Charleston at the first of
th ewar of session. He was killed
in a duel by Lieutenant Colonel Alfred
Rhett, of the same regiment.
Patrick and William Calhoun were
first made justice of the peace for the
Ninety Six district under the provilional
government. Patrick Calhoun
was re-elected from the Ninety Six
district in 1775, second provisional
congress, and became a member of
the last general assembly, March 26,
1776, of the state of South Carolina
when the body adopted the independent
constitution. Together with Andrew
Hamilton and Joseph Lincoln, he
was appointed judge of :he Ninety
Six district. (See extract of Mrs.
Eliza Calhoun'h history of the family.)
In this visit to the old homestead,
the place of the massacre on Long
Cane, we also visited the old graveyard
of more than a century and a
half ago, situated on the road from
Colhoun's mill to Abbeville and some
two miles from the former place. The
cemetery had in time been expensively
enclosed by an iron railing fence,
but is now completely neglected.
I don't think there has beer
anyone of the family buried there it
60 years. I was somewhat interested
particularly in a certain old grave
of whose life I had read when a boy,
some 70 years ago. This was the
grave of Dr. William Tennent, who
married Catherine Calhoun, daughter
of Patrick 2nd, sister of Edward
and Ludlow Calhoun. His early life
history was remarkable and making
as it did such a lasting impression
upon me. I desire to relate.
Dr. Tennent was at the time a
young student of divinity. He also
had a bosom friend who was a young
doctor of medicine who attended him
in his ilness. After a protracted spell
he, to all appeared died in a trance,
and for three days was in that condition.
On three special occasions the
church bell tolled and . neighbors assembled
for the funeral services, but
the young doctor, not satisfied would
teg and plead for more time for resusitation,
until the family became
very indigant. In the third day, when
he begged for 15 more minutes, he
then, taking a feather, saturating the
same with oil, he inserted it down the
patient's throat, at the same time
blowing into his nostrils, keeping his
ear over the patient's heart, he imagined
he preceived a faint pulsation,
which encouraged greater efforts on
his part. Finally there was perceived
a slight groan and then the patient
opened his eyes. After lingering between
life and death, he was restored
to strength of body but not mind. He
was then started to school but could
not learn, not even his letters. Seeing
his sister on one occasion reading
the Bible, he asked her .what it
was. She told him then he asked her
what the Bible was. This made her
weep, to know that he had been
brought up for the ministry and not
to know what the Bible wa| One
day coming from school, he lagged
behind and was noticed standing in
front of a tree, with both hands
pressed to his head for sometime
when he rejoined his companions,
they found a great change had come
over him and from that moment his
mind was restored and he became a
noted Presbyterian preacher, writing
his life history, styled "Three Days In
a Trance." I read this book while 13
years of age. I don't know if I ever
read a book of which made such a
lasting impression- upon me. In it
he said that he knew what was going
on around him in that trance. He
6ays he knew the effort made to
arouse him, and heard the tolling of
the church bells, and knew what it
meant but felt so happy in that
blissful Btate he had no earthly desire
now, only heavenly, but now^a
voice spoke to him saying "you must
return to earth again." He said that
this command was ike a dagger
piercing his heart. He lived many =
years after this and wrote his life ^
of which I once had a copy ^
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