MATTHEW MORGAN McCALL, M.D, Alikchi Chukma of the Choctaws, Page

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A daughter (M5/1.2) was born about 1806 to John McCall (M6/1.1) and Elizabeth Thomas McCall (T6/1.1), according to a letter written by John D. McCall (M3/2.5) March 12, 1941.  He wrote:

 

"Dr. McCall's children were left orphans when they were small and lived with an aunt who was a sister to my grandfather near Cameron.  She married a doctor whose name I believe was Yerrelton.  She was red-headed and my father and uncle Perry said that she got after them quite frequently for the mischief they would get into."

 

Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan (C2/10.4) who researched the family for many years stated "Dr. Yerrelton lived in Yerrelton in Milam County, but practiced medicine in Bell County."  Yerrellton, located about 10 mies northwest of Cameron, Texas, had a school, a store, a church and a cottongin, according to Blanche Maurie Duncum Monroe (D2/1.3).  No Yerreltons appeared in the index of the 1870 Texas census, but a Thomas Yarrew appeared in the 1870 census of Milam County, page 253, living at Maysfield, Texas.  A William Yarrell appeared in the 1870 census of McLennan County, page 1104, with post address at Waco, Texas.  Of this family nothing more is known.

 

Marshall M. McCall (M5/1.3), son of John McCall (M6/1.1) and Elizabeth Thomas McCall (T6/1.1), was born about 1807 probably in Tennessee.  It is believed that his family removed from there to Hinds County, Mississippi.  Later he removed with his brothers to Red River County, Texas.

 

The name of "Marshall McCall" appeared in a list of "Addressees of Unclaimed Letters" prepared by the postmaster of Clarksville, Texas July 1, 1848.  An unclaimed letter addressed to "Robert McCall" was being held at the post office January 1, 1848.

 

On September 12, 1848 he and his brother Lorenzo G. McCall (M5/1.3) purchased 740 ac­res from Ulysses Aguirre out of his land grant of a league and a labore which had been granted to him in February 1837, according to Red River County Deed Book H, page 119.  Consideration was $370, and they made payment with their notes.

 

Apparently they made no payments on the land and deeded it back to Aguirre January 27, 1851 receiving their four notes back, according to Red River County Deed Book I, page 166:

 

"State of Texas, County of Red River

 

Know all men by these presents that we Marshall M. McCall and Lorenzo G. Mc­Call, both of said county of Red River, for and in consideration of the sum of $370 paid to us by Ulysses Aguirre of the County of Hopkins have this day bar­gained, sold, conveyed and confirmed and do by these presents bargain, sell, convey and confirm unto the afore­mentioned Aguirre all the right, title, int­erest or claim which we have or could have to a certain tract or parcel of land which we heretofore purchased of the said Aguirre containing 740 acres, it be­ing the balance of a survey of 840 acres upon the headright certificate of the said Aguirre granted to him by the Board of Land Commissioners for said County of Red River for one League and Labore of land No. 248 and dated February 1837, said survey lying and situated north of Pecan Bayou and east of Shugarts Creek . . .

 

Witnesses: Edward Shugart                               Lorenzo G. McCall

           Eliza Jane Taylor                            Marshall M. McCall"

 

"Ulises Aiguar" appeared in the 1840 tax list of Red River County, according to "1840 Census of the Republic of Texas" by Gifford White.  He paid taxes on 4,605 acres that had been surveyed for him.  He was a resident of Hopkins County when that county was formed from Red River County.  He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1850 census of Hopkins County:

 

        "Aiguier, Ulesses        45, born in South Carolina

                        Fanny Ann   12, born in Texas

                        Margaret        7, born in Texas

                        John              5, born in Texas

          Styles,   John B.        27, born in Arkansas

                        Esther          23, born in Texas"

 

He continued to be a resident of Hopkins County February 25, 1852, according to the county court minutes.

 

Agnes "Aggie" Gates Ward (G2/1.1) reports that Marshall M. McCall (M5/1.2) and Lorenzo G. McCall (M5/1.3) were involved in a land dispute in north Texas.  It is suggested that they removed from Texas before the 1850 census.

 

An "M. M. McCall" appeared as the head of Household 717-717 in the 1860 census of Desoto County, Mississippi:

 

        "McCall, M. M.             40, born in Alabama, farmer, $150

                                                   personal property,

                     Malinda            40, born in Alabama

                     Samuel W.       17, born in Alabama, farmer

                     Thomas W.     15, born in Alabama, farmer 

                     M. C. K.          10, born in Alabama, female, at school

                     James R.           7, born in Mississippi, at school

                     S. Z.                 5, born in Mississippi, female

                     M. E.                3, born in Mississippi, female

                     W. R.               1, born in Mississippi, male

         Anglin, J. E.                20, born in Tennessee, male, laborer"

 

Of Marshall M. Mc­Call (M5/1.3) and descendants nothing more is known.

 

Lorenzo G. McCall (M5/1.4), son of John McCall (M6/1.1) and Elizabeth Thomas McCall (T6/1.1), was born about 1807 probably in Tennessee.  It is believed that his family moved from there to Hinds County.  Later he removed with his brothers to Red River County.  He appeared in the real estate records of the county along with his brother Marshall M. McCall (M5/1.2) in land transactions on September 28, 1848 and January 27, 1851.

 

Morris McCall, an attorney of Beaumont, Texas was identified as a descendant of Loren­zo G. McCall (M5/1.3) "of Lufkin, Texas" by John D. McCall (M3/2.5).

 

Dr. Charles Daniel McCall, a retired dentist of San Antonio commissioned a history of his branch of the McCall family, according to a letter written January 24, 1968 by Jonnie McCall, librarian of Kurth Memorial Library of Lufkin, Texas.  Jonnie McCall was the wife of Talley McCall, son of James B. McCall who was born in Mississippi in 1874 and removed to Angelina County, Texas.  She wrote, "James B. McCall had a brother named Lorenza [Alonzo?] McCall, another named John McCall and a sister named Sarah McCall.  Dr. Charles Daniel McCall had a brother, Dr. Hugh S. McCall of Shreve­port, Louisiana and a sister, Miss Ina McCall, Route 1, Diboll, Texas."

 

Dr. Charles Daniel McCall was graduated in 1921 from Atlanta Southern Dental College.  He, Talley McCall, Dr. Hugh S. McCall and Ina McCall were all deceased prior to 1988, according to Homer G. McCall, a cousin and a family history researcher of Lufkin.  He stated in an interview September 1, 1988 that he is attempting to locate a copy of the McCall history commissioned by Dr. Charles Daniel McCall.

 

John McCall (M5/1.5), son of John McCall (M6/1.1) and Elizabeth Thomas McCall (T6/­1.1), was born about 1815, probably in Tennessee.  Later his family removed to Hinds County, Mississippi.  Of this individual nothing more is known.

 

A daughter, (M5/1.6), of John McCall (M6/1.1) and Elizabeth Thomas McCall (T6/1.1), was born about 1818, probably in Tennessee.  She was married about 1836, husband's name Bay, according to John D. McCall (M3/2.5).  The Bay family was a neighbor to the McCall family in Charleston, South Carolina in colonial times.  The will of "John Bay, attorney-at-law of Charleston, but at present at Ashepoo," was recorded in Charleston Will Book A, page 543.  He died "at Ashepoo" December 12, 1784, leaving a widow, Sarah Bay.

 

Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan (C2/10.4) who researched the Bay family for many years reported that the only Bay family she ever found in Tennessee was that of Thomas Bay who was recorded November 12, 1827 as the resident of the 10th District of Haywood County, Tennessee "on the waters of Forked Deer Creek, along with some McCall families."

 

Blanche Maurie Duncum Monroe (D2/1.3) reported that once while she was visiting John D. McCall (M3/2.5) he recalled a phrase regarding the Bay family that members of the family had repeated, "San Antone Califrisco Alla Busha Bay.  That came out in one independent expression, and then he turned his head and with a twinkle, said it again.  He had bad marks for the poor lady [Mrs. Bay]; she had long, red hair, a high temper and was mean to us kids."  

 

The only Bay household to appear in the 1850 census of Mississippi was that of Chesley P. Bay in Pontotoc County.

 

Three Bay individuals appeared in the 1860 census of Warren County, Mississippi.  On page 105 was Martha Bay, "45, born in Mississippi, living alone, 15,000 real estate, $1,000 personal property, enumerated as Household 825-824.  Her household adjoined that of Land Barfield and Catherine Barfield, No. 824-816, located near Vicksburg, Mississippi.  On page 104 was R. F. Bay, "25, born in Mississippi, farmer $10,000 real estate, $2,500 personal property, Household 822-814.  On page 89 was Martha Bay, "23, born in Mississippi," living in the household of S. B. Wall.

 

No Bays were listed in the 1846 tax list of the counties of Texas as tabulated by Marion Day Mullins.

 

G. B. Bay appeared as the head of a household in the 1860 census of Hopkins County, Texas:

 

        "Bay,  G. B.       32, born in Virginia, physician

                  Mary        34, born in Virginia

                  Lorenza    13, born in Illinois"

 

The name "Lorenza" suggests a relationship with "Lorenzo" G. McCall (M5/1.4).

 

Other family members to appear in the 1860 census of Texas include:

 

Householder                 County         Page  Post Office

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  A. F. Bay                 Montgomery      95   Montgomery

  G. S. Bay                 Ellis                   12   Milford

  Jack Bay                  Liberty             294   Liberty

  James Bay               Walker              120   Prairie Plain

  John Bay                  Palo Pinto         343   Palo Pinto

  Bay, M.                   Harris                373   Lynchburg

  Bay, M.                   Montgomery        95   Montgomery

  Bay, T.                    Montgomery        95   Montgomery

  Bay, W. H.              Montgomery        95   Montgomery

  Baye, Mendelin        Gillespie                1   Cherry Springs

 

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