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gesses of Virginia thirteen sessions ; August 22, 1754-55. October 17, 1754, May i, 1755, October 2"/, 1755 ; assembly, 1756-58. ses- sion, April 30. 1757, March 30, 1758 ; assembly 1761-65, November 3, 1761, January 14, 1762, March 30, 1762, November 2, 1762, May 19, 1763, January 12, 1764, May i,

1765. He furnished provisions for the French and Indian wars. He died in 1778. He married (first) January 8, 1735, Eliza- beth Tilley, and (second) about 1752, Anne Crawley, of Kentucky. She is said to have been a woman of culture, fine sense and ability. Tradition claims she was killed on the veranda at her home by a stray bullet from the gun of some young men, who were target practicing on the grounds. She was related to Daniel Boone. Children of Colo- rel William Callaway :

I. Colonel James Callaway, first child of Colonel William Callaway, born December 21, 1736, died 1809. Married (first) De- cember 14, 1756, Sarah Tate, born August 1735, died December 27, 1773 ; (second) Elizabeth Early, born 1759, died January 5, 1796; (third) Mrs. Mary Langhorne, nee Turpin. Colonel James Callaway was a leading citizen of Bedford county, Virginia; a man of great wealth and influence. He was a friend of Washington, and was in the revolutionary war, also in the French and Indian war. He built the first iron furnace south of the James river, 1781, and General Washington detailed him from active ser- vice in order to make iron for military use. He was also in the house of burgesses for several years. Children of Colonel James Callaway by first wife, Sarah Tate : (i) Elizabeth, born 1757, died 1791 ; married Judge Harry Innis, of Kentucky, and had issue. (ii) Polly, born 1759, died 1831 ; married Dr. Daniel Brown, of New York, a surgeon in the revolutionary war, and had iisue. (iii) Fanny, born 1760, died 1805 ; married James Steptoe, of Bedford, Virginia, and had issue, (iv) Lucy, born 1761, died 1839; unmarried. (v) Sarah, born 1763, died in childhood. (vi) John, born 1764, died in childhood, (vii) Nancy, born 1765, died in childhood, (viii) William, born

1766, died in childhood, (ix) James, born 1768, died August, 185 1 ; married a Miss Greer, of Franklin county, and had issue, (x) Henry T., born 1769, died 1852; mar- ried a Miss Guerrant, of Franklin county, and had issue, (xi) Robert, born 1771.

Children of Colonel James Callaway by sec- ond wife, Elizabeth Early: (xii) Jeremiah, born 1778, died 1812; unmarried, (xiii) William, born 1779, died 1855 ; married Nan- nie Crump, and had issue, (xiv) John, born 1781, died 1865. (xv) Sarah, born 1783, died 1788. (xvi) George, born 1785, died 1822 ; married Elizabeth Cabell, and had issue, (xvii) Abner, born 1787, died 1834; married a Miss Lewis, had issue. (xviii) Thomas, born 1789, died 1877; mar- ried Lucinda Anderson, and had issue, (xix) Catherine, born 1792, died 1881 ; married \\'illiam Langhorne; issue, (xx) Unnamed child, born 1794, died in infancy. Colonel James Callaway had no children by his third wife, Mrs. Mary Langhorne.

2. John Callaway, second child of Colonel W'illiam Callaway, born June 10, 1738, died in 1820. Married (first) Tabitha Tate, and (second) Agatha Ward. He served in the revolutionary army, held a commission as colonel, and distinguished himself for his gallantry at Guilford Court House. He died at his residence in Campbell county in 1820 at an advanced age. Dr. Richard N. Hewett, a descendant of his, owns and lives at his old residence near Evington, Virginia. Chil- dren by first wife, Tabitha (Tate) Callaway: (i) James, born 1761. (ii) Elizabeth, born 1763, died 1804. Child of second wife, Agatha (Ward) Callaway: (iii) William, married Dosha Callaway, a cousin, and had issue.

3. Colonel William Callaway, third child of Colonel William Callaway, was born in

1740, died September 22, 1821. He was com- missioned by Governor Thomas Jefferson as colonel, qualified and took oath in revolu- tionary war. He was vestryman of Russell parish, appointed surveyor of Bedford county, and was one of the trustees to re- ceive conveyance of one hundred acres of land for public buildings, and directed to lay oil" the town of Liberty, now Bedford City. He married Anna Booker Smith. Children: (i) Elizabeth, married (first) Callahel Minnus, and (second) Samuel Read, (ii) Matilda, married James Left- wich, and had issue, (iii) William, mar- ried Elizabeth Calland, and has issue, (iv) Samuel, died in infancy.

4. Mary Callaway, fourth child of Colonel William Callaway, was born January 8,

1741. She married Jacob Anderson, of French and Indian war fame, son of George