Zachariah Callaway b. Abt 1756 Somerset Co., MD d. Oct 1816 Monroe Co., VA: Meadow Bluff Meanderings

Abt 1756 - 1816 (60 years)

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Name	Zachariah Callaway
Birth	Abt 1756	Somerset Co., MD [1]
Gender	Male
Military	1777	VA [2]
	American Revolution
	Calloway, Zachariah, for pay as Armourer & Assistant on Cherokee Expedn., [£]20. 10. --.
Military	1777	New London, Bedford Co., VA [3]
	American Revolution: Col. William Meade's Company
	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	1784	Augusta Co., VA [4]
	American Revolution: Valentine White's Second Battalion
	Included in List of Delinquents as having removed to New River.
Census	6 Aug 1810	Monroe Co., VA [5]
	1810
	Living in his household were 2 free white males (16 - 25), 1 free white male (45 and over), 1 free white females (45 and over).
Will	7 Mar 1815	Monroe Co., VA [6]
Death	Oct 1816	Monroe Co., VA [6]
Probate	19 Nov 1816	Monroe Co., VA [6]
Inventory	21 Jan 1817	Monroe Co., VA [7]
	His estate was valued at $526.87-1/2.
Burial	Callaway Cemetery, Peterstown, Monroe Co., WV
Person ID	I3112	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
Last Modified	3 Oct 2025

Father	William Callaway, Jr., b. Abt 1715, Worcester Co., MD d. Abt 1784, Sussex Co., DE (Age 69 years)
Mother	Margret Moore
Marriage	1 Dec 1734	Worcester Co., MD [8]
Family ID	F14712	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Eleanor Boyd, b. Abt 1760 d. Abt 1842 (Age 82 years)

Children

	1. Andrew Callaway
	2. Margaret "Peggy" Callaway
	3. Martha "Patty" Callaway
	4. Nancy Callaway, b. Abt 1775 d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Mary "Polly" Callaway, b. 1778, VA d. 1835, Fayette Co., VA (Age 57 years)
	6. Sarah "Sally" Callaway, b. Abt 1780 d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Joshua M. Callaway, b. 30 Sep 1783, DE d. 23 Oct 1879, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 96 years)
	8. James Callaway, b. Abt 1785 d. Yes, date unknown
	9. Elizabeth "Betsy" Callaway, b. Abt 1785 d. Yes, date unknown
	10. Priscilla Callaway, b. 1785 d. Yes, date unknown
	11. Charles Callaway, b. Abt 1790 d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F1392 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 Nov 2009

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 (m. James Ellison, 1796c), Sarah, Joshua (Rebecca Campbell, 1808, m. 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

Sources

[S1485] Oren F. Morton, Monroe Co., WV History (Morton), (Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins Co., 1916.), 31 Oct 2011, p. 319. (Reliability: 3).
[S1489] Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 31 Oct 2011, "Virginia Militia in the Revolution,"Volume VII, No. 2 Oct 1899, p. 150. (Reliability: 3).
[S1488] Mrs. A. E. Hart, Callaway Family of Virginia, (Los Angeles, CA: Mrs. A. E. Hart, 1929.), 31 Oct 2011, p. 22. (Reliability: 3).
[S1487] Lyman Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, (Washington, DC: Mary S. Lockwood, Honorary Vice-President General, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1912.), 31 Oct 2011, Volume 2: p. 424. (Reliability: 3).
[S2467] Virginia, Monroe County, FCR: Monroe Co., VA 1810, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), M252, roll 70, p. 569, line 17, Zah. Callaway, accessed 3 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3).
[S1486] West Virginia. Monroe County., Monroe Co., WV Will Book, 31 Oct 2011, 1A: 365-366, Zachariah Callaway (Reliability: 3).
[S1486] West Virginia. Monroe County., Monroe Co., WV Will Book, 31 Oct 2011, 1A, Zachariah Callaway (Reliability: 3).
[S1491] Callaway Family Association, Descendants of Peter Callaway of Maryland, ((http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=cfa-peter : 2011)), accessed 1 Nov 2011), William Callaway, Jr. (ID: I00332). (Reliability: 3).