Zachariah CALLAWAY
- Born: Abt 1756, Somerset Co., MD 920
- Marriage: Eleanor BOYD
- Died: Oct 1816, Monroe Co., VA about age 60 921
- Buried: Callaway Cemetery, Peterstown, Monroe Co., WV
General Notes:
A History of Monroe County, West Virginia by Oren F. Morton
Copyright 1916, The McClure Company, Inc., Staunton, VA, p. 319
ZACHARIAH CALLAWAY
Zachariah (d. 1816) (Ellender) had a blockhouse on Trigger Run near Peterstown. C: Andrew, Margaret, Nancy, Patty, Polly (?James Ellison, 1796c), Sarah, Joshua (Rebecca Campbell, 1808, ?Nancy Roads, 1813), James, Priscilla (Delaney Swinney, 1806), Elizabeth (Ephraim Simmons, 1802), Charles (Ellen Garten, 1812). Richard may have been in this locality in 1775. He was a resident of Fincastle, which then included the southern extremity of Monroe.
Monroe County, WV
Will Book 1A, pg. 365 - 366
I Zachariah Callaway of Monroe County and State of Virginia do hereby make this my Last Will and testament in manner & form following that is to say -
1st I desire that all the perishable part of my Estate be immediately sold after my decease and out of the moneys ariseing therefrom all my Just debts and funeral charges be paid -
2dly After the payment of my Debts and funeral expences I give to my wife Ellender one third part of my Estate both real and personal for and during the term of her natural life, and after her death, I give the same to my children hereinafter mentioned (her part of the my Land whereon I now live excepted) equally to be divided amongst them (my son Andrew Except) and to be enjoyed by them forever.
3dly I give to my son Andrew the tract of Land or plantation whereon I now live in sd. County of Monroe containing two hundred acres to him and his heirs forever, also my wife Ellender's third part of the same at her decease to him & his heirs forever
4thly I desire that my land on the north side of Peters Mountain in sd County & Joining the land of Jacob Peck be sold and the moneys ariseing therefrom as also all the moneys ariseing from the sales of all my other personal property - say horses - cattle - sheep - Hogs do - together with all my household and farming utencils & tools of every kind also my wife third part of my perishable property after her decease all said moneys to be equally divided among my other children to wit - Peggy, Nancy Patty Polly Sally Joshua, James Priscilla Betsy & Charles
5thly All the rest of my Estate both real and personal of what nature or kind so ever it may be not herein particularly disposed of - I desire may be sold and the money equally divided among my several Children herein before mentioned which I give to them their heirs executors administrators and assigns forever (Andrew Excepted)
6thly and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons James Callaway and Andrew Callaway Executors of this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all other wills or testaments by me herebefore made -
In Witness whereoff I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 7th day of March 1815.
his
Signed sealled published and Zachariah X Callaway (seal)
declared as & for the last will mark
& testament of the above named
Zachariah Callaway in presence
of us -------------------------------
Jacob Peck
Edwin H. Wade
Wm. Vawter
At a Court held for the County of Monroe the 19th day of Novr. 1816
This Last Will and Testament of Zachariah Callaway decd. Was presented in court & proven by the oaths of Jacob Peck & William Vawter two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and is Ordered to be Recorded.
A Copy
Teste
J Hutchison CMC
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1810 Monroe Co., VA Census
Zachariah Callaway M: 2 (16-26) 1 (45+)
F: 1 (45+)
Noted events in his life were:
• Military: American Revolution: Col. William Meade's Company, 1777, New London, Bedford Co., VA. 922 Zachariah Callaway was in a mob at New London, Va., June 18, 1777, under Col. William Meade that "tarred and feathered" John Hook, a Loyalist. An order exists for his pay as armourer of Virginia militia, 1777, in the Cherokee expedition. Also an order to pay him for two gun locks.
• Military: American Revolution, 1777, VA. 923 Calloway, Zachariah, for pay as Armourer & Assistant on Cherokee Expedn., [£]20. 10. --.
• Military: American Revolution: Valentine White's Second Battalion, 1784, Augusta Co., VA. 924 Included in List of Delinquents as having removed to New River.
• Will, 7 Mar 1815, Monroe Co., VA. 921
• Probate, 19 Nov 1816, Monroe Co., VA. 921
• Inventory: His estate was valued at $526.87-1/2, 21 Jan 1817, Monroe Co., VA. 925
Zachariah married Eleanor BOYD. (Eleanor BOYD was born about 1760 926 and died about 1842 927.)
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