John M. Callaway was married twice:
John had 6 children by his first marriage and five by his second marriage.
NOTE: No info remains on the number of Slaves or total household members.. this part of the original census page having been torn off....
1810 Census Montgomery Co., NC
John is probably the male, age 0-10.
1830-Montgomery Co., North Carolina Census
abt 1836-Elizabeth (Smith) Callaway died in Montgomery Co., NC
abt 1837-John Callaway m/2 Lucintha Ingram, d/o George Ingram and Rebecca ?, probably in Montgomery Co., NC. She was born January 21, 1809 and died March 21, 1879.
1843- 'Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Stanly Co.. 1841-1850', abstracted and edited by Helen Lefler Garner, published 1991 by the Stanly County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 31, Albermarle, (Stanly Co.), North Carolina 28002.
-November Court of Pleas and Common Sessions 1843 13 Nov. 1843 (Minutes Book 1, Abstract page 29) -James Allen vs. John Callaway
-November Court of Pleas and Common Sessions 1843 13 Nov. 1843 (Minutes Book 1, Abstract page 29) - State vs Parham Callaway - Bastardy.
1848 -March 27, Will of father, Robert Smith, -Stanly Co., NC
1848- 'Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Stanly Co.. 1841-1850', abstracted and edited by Helen Lefler Garner, published 1991 by the Stanly County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 31, Albermarle, (Stanly Co.), North Carolina 28002.
-May Court of Pleas and Common Sessions held at Albermarle beginning May 8, 1848
NOTE: Not positive if this is this John or not.
-November Court of Pleas and Common Sessions 1848 ( Minutes Book 2, Abstract page 97)
"John Callaway, guardian of Isaac F., James E., Eva, and Jno. C. Callaway, orphans of Elizabeth Callaway, decd., bond of $1,000, S. Kirk and A. F. Atkins, securities."
NOTE: This PROVES that these children were still minors by law at this time and were children of Elizabeth.
1850-Stanley Co., NC, Freeman District, page 12B, #177-178, Lines 31-37 (enumerated Aug 3, 1850)
-<http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/stanly/census/1850/pg0001a.txt>
-transcribed by Karolyn Hathcock and proofread by Earliene Kaelin
- USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgenweb.org/census.
John's tombstone (see below) shows his date of birth as 1798. After Elizabeth died, John married a woman quite a bit younger than he was.
1857-Tombstone records Stanly County North Carolina, Albemarie N.C. by M. Johnston, 1966 357 pages
-Badin, N.C. Church Cemetery Records ( Originally Ebenezer Church)
-Copied of by Gantt,Vernon Milton on August 30, 1961 Thecemetery is located in Badin Eastern Stanly Co. N. C.
Burial :Badin Ebenezer Baptist Church, Stanly Co, NC, gives dates which I list
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22306208/john-m-callaway: accessed 31 January 2023), memorial page for Col John M Callaway (31 Dec 1798–11 Mar 1857), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22306208, citing Badin Baptist Church Cemetery, Badin, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Donna Carvey (contributor 46930903).
NOTE: There is no photo of an actual marker.
1860-Stanly Co., NC, page 118, #841-854 (enumerated July 14, 1860)
Cynthia is John's widow from his 2nd marriage.
1870 - Stanly Co., NC, #27
Cinthia, John's widow from his 2nd marriage is listed with her son.
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