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

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Francis McCall was born about 1710 in Ulster of Scotch parents.  He arrived in Penn­sylvania in 1730 and settled in Cumberland Valley near Shippensburg.  He was a member of Middle Spring Presbyterian Church located at Big Spring, Pennsylvania, about two miles northwest of Shippensburg.

 

In 1746 he removed to the New River settlement in western Virginia.  Indian depreda­tions during the French and Indian War forced him to move his family to Mecklenburg County [then Anson County], North Carolina.  Francis McCall received a land grant in Craven County, South Carolina in 1758, according to Ettie Augusta Tidwell McCall.  He was the recipient of a land grant of 150 acres in South Carolina "between the main branch of Duncans Creek and Bush River from King George II January 22, 1759, according to "Secretary of State Grant Book," Volume 9, page 33. 

 

He received a royal grant of land on Twelve Mile Creek in Anson County in 1762 and made his home there, according to Mecklenburg County Deed Book 13, page 343.  Francis McCall was a member of the North Car­olina militia from 1764 to 1766.  He was appointed constable in his district in 1777 and served in the militia at that time.  In 1781 and in 1787 his home was used as a polling place for inhabi­tants in the southeast portion of Mecklenburg County, according to "State Records of North Carolina."  He was enumer­ated in the 1790 census of the county.  He wrote his will November 25, 1793, and it was recorded in Mecklenburg County Will Book B, page 74.  He named his daughter Jean McCall Porter as executrix, and she probated the will which is on file with North Car­olina Historical Commission, Raleigh, in April 1794.

 

Children born to Francis McCall include:

 

        Charles McCall                  born in 1732

        George McCall                   born about 1734

        Francis McCall, Jr.             born about 1736

        Thomas McCall                   born about 1739

        Joseph McCall                    born about 1741

        Jean McCall                        born about 1744

        Elizabeth McCall                born about 1747

        Mary McCall                       born about 1750

        Iber McCall                         born about 1754

 

Charles McCall, son of Francis McCall, was born in 1732 in Cumberland County, Pennsyl­vania, according to "McCall-Tidwell and Allied Families" published in 1931 by Ettie Augusta Tidwell McCall, a descendant of Atlanta, Georgia.  At the age of 14 his family removed to New River settlement in present-day Boutetort County, Virginia.  When the Indian atrocities became intolerable the settlers retreated to a safer area in Meck­lenburg County.

 

Later he removed to South Carolina.  He was married at Society Hill, South Carolina at Welsh Neck Baptist Church in 1755 to Celete Ann "Nancy" Williams, daughter of Rev. Robert Williams, first pastor of the church, and Ann Boykin Williams.

 

Rev. Robert Williams wrote his will in 1767 and mentioned his "eldest daughter Celete McCall," according to Craven County Will Book RR, page 241.  He died October 4, 1767, and his will which left land on the Meherine River to his four daugh­ters, "Celete McAll, Mary Hart, Eleanor Williams and Anne Williams, was probated July 8, 1768.  Deed Book

 

He received a grant of 450 acres in Craven County  on the southwest side of Pee Dee River from King George III February 21, 1772, according to "Secretary of State Grant Book," Volume 25, page 115.  He settled on Lynch's Creek near the Peedee River in the Cheraws District.  He appeared on the district's grand jury panel May 20, 1774, April 15, 1775 and November 15, 1775.

 

On April 15, 1775 Charles McCall signed with the other jurors the following present­ment:

 

"We present as an enormous grievance the power exercised by the British Parlia­ment of taxing and making laws, binding upon the American Colonies in all cases whatsoever, such power being subversive of the most inestimable rights of Brit­ish subjects, that of being taxed by their consent only, given by their Repre­sentatives in General Assembly, and that of trial by jury, both of which are evidently inherent in every British American, and of which no power on earth can deprive them.  We, well knowing the importance of these rights in se­curing to us our liberties, lives and estates, and concerning it to be every man's in­dispensable duty to transmit them to his posterity, we are full deter­mined to defend them at the hazard of our lives."  

 

David Williams, Sr, of St. David's Parish, unidentified, wrote, his will in 1778, and "Celete McCall was a witness to it, according to Craven County Will Book TT, page 335.  The will mentions the McCall children, "David, William, George, Charles, Jr, Ellenor, Francis and Robert, all under 21 years of age."  David Williams, Sr. died December 12, 1778.

 

Charles McCall became a soldier shortly after the Revolutionary War broke out, along with five of his sons, and the Battle of McCall's Field, a skirmish was fought on his land on Lynch's Creek.  On July 11, 1785 an indent was issued to Charles McCall in the amount of "£4.13.10 for sundries furnished the Continental army in 1781."

 

Following the war he applied for a bounty land grant in Georgia and received 200 acres in Effingham County December 24, 1784, according to "Revolutionary Records of the Land Courts of Georgia" by Gov. Allen D. Candler.  His land was "bounded by the Great Ogee­chee River on the southeast, the Little Ogeechee River on the southwest, by Kelly's land on the northeast and by Morrel's land on the southeast."  He prepared a planta­tion home and moved his family to Effingham [now Bulloch] County in 1785.  He became active in politics and was made successively a magistrate, a commissioner, jus­tice of the peace in 1792 and judge of the inferior court.  He was high bidder at "£10 ster­ling" for the 200 acres of Henry Bosley which was sold in a sheriff's sale July 9, 1795, according to Screven  County Deed Book A, page 57.  He was the first sheriff of Bulloch County, according to "Statesboro, a Century of Progress, 1866-1966" written by Leadel Coleman.

 

When Bulloch County was created in February 1796 his home lay in the new county.  He was a del­egate from Bulloch County to the state convention, according to the December 2, 1797 edition of the "Augusta Chronicle."  He was elected to the state legislature in 1798 and served on the state constitution committee which met at the capital, then Louisville, Georgia, during that year.

 

He served in the senate from 1799 to 1802.  Charles McCall was witness to a deed May 14, 1803, according to Bulloch County Deed Book A, page 71.  He received "one prize and one blank" in the 1805 land lottery of Georgia.  He sold his lot in Statesborough, Georgia at auction December 1, 1806, according to Bulloch County Deed Book AA, page 232.  He was named on a commission to construct a courthouse and a jail for Bulloch County December 1, 1806.

 

He was reelected to the house of representatives in 1803, 1805, 1807 and 1809.  Celete Ann "Nancy" Williams McCall died in 1812 and he was remarried about 1813 to Hannah Ev­erett, daughter of John Everett and Sarah Everett, natives of North Carolina who had moved to Bulloch County.  He died in 1816 at age 84 and was buried in the Everett-Mc­Call Cemetery in Screven County.  Hannah Everett McCall died about 1818 and was buried beside him.

 

Children born to Charles McCall and Celete Ann "Nancy" Williams McCall include:

 

        John McCall                      born about 1757

        David McCall                    born about 1758

        George McCall                   born March 10, 1760

        Henry McCall                    born about 1762

        Eleanor McCall                  born about 1765

        William McCall                  born in 1766

        Francis McCall                  born in 1772

        Robert McCall                   born in 1773

        Charles McCall, Jr.             born in 1776

        Nancy McCall                    born about 1777

        Nathaniel McCall                born about 1780

        Mary W. McCall                  born about 1783

 

Children born to Charles McCall and Hannah Everitt McCall include:

 

        Sarah McCall                    born about 1814

        John McCall                     born about 1815

 

John McCall, son of Charles McCall and Celete Ann "Nancy" Williams McCall, was born at Society Hill about 1757.  He became a Revolutionary soldier and served as a private and as a lieutenant in Gen. Francis Marion's Brigade.  He and three of his brothers attached themselves to the Brigade which operated out of Snow Island.  The island was situated at the confluence of the Peedee River, Clark's Creek and Lynch's Creek.  The triangle-shaped island could be easily supplied and fortified and could only be ac­cessed across water.  From Snow Island Gen. Marion launched guerilla forays against the British, and night after night his men performed daring feats of warfare which were told and retold for generations.  John McCall remained in South Carolina when his family removed to Georgia.

 

David McCall, son of Charles McCall and Celete Ann "Nancy" Williams McCall, was born about 1758 in South Carolina.  He served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt. Giles Company, Col. William Hill's Regiment in 1782.  He received 200 acres in Effingham County, for his military service.  He was married about 1784 to Frances "Fannie" Fletcher.  She was a daughter of William Fletcher, a Revolutionary soldier and Elizabeth McIntosh Fletcher and was born in South Carolina July 11, 1767.  His land in Effingham county lay in Screven County when it was formed in 1793, and in 1796 was in Bulloch County when that county was created.

 

David McCall received a deed from John Fletcher and his wife Susannah Fletcher to 200 acres December 2, 1797 for $100, according to Bulloch County Deed Book A, page 25.  They sold the land two years later to Joseph Lewis for the same price, according to Book A, page 50.  He received "one prize and one blank" in the 1805 land lottery of Georgia.  David McCall owned eight acres on the Ogeechee River which he received from his brother William McCall May 8 1807, according to Bulloch County Deed Book AA, page 154. 

 

He moved again about 1808 to a new area, Telfair County.  On October 17, 1810 he deeded to slaves to his sons Selaway McCall and Abraham Lofton McCall, according to Telfair County deed records.  He died there early in 1844. 

 

Children born to David McCall and Frances "Fannie" Fletcher McCall, according to "Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia" include:

 

        Selaway McCall                born about 1786

        Jehu McCall                      born in 1788

        Catherine McCall              born in 1794

        David McCall, Jr.              born in 1802

        Abraham Lofton McCall   born in 1804

        James G. McCall               born in 1808

 

Selaway McCall, son of David McCall and Frances "Fannie" Fletcher McCall, was born about 1786 in South Carolina.  He was brought to Georgia by his parents.  He accompa­nied his parents to Telfair County about 1808.  Later he removed to Irwin County, Georgia.

 

"Salaway McCall of Irwin County" deeded Lot 75, 9th District composed of 202.5 acres to Isaac Briant of Putnam County, Georgia for $200 September 23, 1822, according to Henry County deed records.  "Sileway McCall" was appointed guardian of Martha Ann Bar­ton, "an illegitimate child" September 1, 1828 after he and his surety James Stratham posted a bond of $250, according to Irwin County court records.

 

"Sillway McCall" was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1840 census of De­catur County:

 

        "McCall, Sillway  white male    40-50

                                      white female  30-40

                                      white male    20-30

                                      white male    10-15

                                      white female   5-10

                                      white female   0-5

                                      white male     0-5

                                      white female   0-5"

 

He was last reported in Lee County, Georgia.

 

Jehu McCall, son of David McCall and Frances "Fannie" Fletcher McCall, was born in Effingham county in 1788, according to "Wiregrass Country of Georgia."  He received a land grant there.  He was married about 1811 to Catherine Brown who was born in 1795 to Phillip Brown.  Jehu McCall served in the War of 1812 in a militia de­tachment which was assigned in August 1813 to build forts on the frontier of Telfair County.

 

Jehu McCall was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1820 census of Telfair County.  Later he moved to Pulaski County, and about 1825 removed to Irwin County.  Catherine Brown McCall appeared as a charter member of Oaiqas Baptist Church there July 14, 1832.  He served as a justice of Irwin County Inferior Court from 1838 to 1841.  On March 4, 1844 he was appointed as the administrator of his father's estate.  When Wilcox County was formed in 1854 Jehu McCall found his residence in the new coun­ty.  He was elected Wilcox County tax collector in 1861.  He died there about 1863.

 

Children born to Jehu McCall and Catherine Brown McCall include:

 

        Mary McCall           born in 1812

        David McCall          born in 1817

        Saleta McCall          born in 1819

        Samuel J. McCall    born in 1821

        Eliza McCall           born in 1823

        Moses McCall        born in 1826

        Lucretia McCall     born in 1829

        George McCall       born in 1831

        Frances McCall      born in 1833

        John McCall          born in 1838

 

Mary McCall, daughter of Jehu McCall and Catherine Brown McCall, was born in 1812.  She was married December 16, 1832 to Rev. Hardy Hunter. 

 

David McCall, son of Jehu McCall and Catherine Brown McCall, was born in 1817.  He was married abut 1842, wife's name Elvy.  Children born to David McCall and Elvy McCall are unknown.

 

Saleta McCall, daughter of Jehu McCall and Catherine Brown McCall, was born in 1819.  She was married about 1836 to James Barrentine, according to "Wiregrass Country of Georgia."

 

Samuel J. McCall, son of Jehu McCall and Catherine Brown McCall, was born in 1821.  He was married about 1844 to Mary McIntyre.  He was a taxpayer in Irwin County in 1857, according to "History of Turner County, Georgia."

 

Eliza McCall, daughter of Jehu McCall and Catherine Brown McCall, was born in 1823.  She was married about 1840 to Rev. David Edward Hunter.

 

Moses McCall, son of of Jehu McCall and Catherine Brown McCall, was born in 1826.  Moses McCall was married to Flora Ann Dixon in Irwin County June 30, 1850, according to "Early Georgia Marriage Roundup."  Children born to Moses McCall and Flora Ann Dixon McCall are unknown.

 

Lucretia McCall, daughter of Jehu McCall and Catherine Brown McCall, was born in 1829.  She was married about 1848 to John Mixon.

 

George McCall, son of Jehu McCall and Catherine Brown McCall, was born in 1831.  George McCall was married December 25, 1851 in Irwin County to Sarah Mixon, according to "Early Georgia Marriage Roundup."  Children born to George McCall and Sarah Mixon McCall are unknown.

 

Frances McCall, daughter of Jehu McCall and Catherine Brown McCall, was born in 1833.  She was married about 1852 to George R. Reid.

 

John McCall, son of Jehu McCall and Catherine Brown McCall, was born in 1838.  He was married about 1861 to Susan McIntyre, believed to be a sister to Mary McIntyre.  of John McCall and Susan McIntyre McCall nothing more is known.

 

Catherine McCall, daughter of David McCall and Frances "Fannie" Fletcher McCall, was born in 1794.  She was married about 1814 to John McAnally.

 

David McCall, Jr, son of David McCall and Frances "Fannie" Fletcher McCall, was born in 1802.  He was married July 20, 1825 to Eleanor Johnson who was born in 1810, ac­cording to the SAR application of Thomas Screven McCall.  In 1835 they lived in Ap­pling County, Georgia.  They later lived in Lowndes County, Georgia.  It is believed that he died there.  She died July 13, 1888 in Willis, Texas. 

 

Eight children were born to David McCall and Eleanor Johnson McCall, including:

 

        John Francis McCall         born October 31, 1835

 

John Francis McCall, son of David McCall and Eleanor Johnson McCall, was born October 31, 1835 in Georgia.  He was married December 27, 1859 to Elverline F. Young who was born October 8, 1841 in Newton County, Georgia.  She died October 20, 1907 in Appleby, Texas, and he died there August 26, 1914.

 

Children born to John Francis McCall and Elverline F. Young McCall include:

 

        Screven Aaron McCall         born January 25, 1861

 

Screven Aaron McCall, son of John Francis McCall and Elverline F. Young McCall, was born January 25, 1861 in Valdosta, Georgia.  He was graduated from the University of Georgia and became a lawyer.  He was married March 24, 1891 to Florence Arnold Dean who was born in Magnolia, Texas October 28, 1868.  He died May 4, 1942 at Conroe, Texas, and she died May 7, 1944 at Georgetown, Texas. 

 

Two children were born to them:

 

        John Dean McCall             born January 4, 1892

        Kathleen McCall                born about 1899

 

John Dean McCall, son of Screven Aaron McCall and Florence Arnold Dean McCall, was born in Willis, Texas January 4, 1892.  He was married June 21, 1933 to Hazel Lillian Bradfield who was born October 18, 1899 in Fiskville, Texas.  He died March 23, 1962.

 

Five children were born to them, including:

 

        Thomas Screven McCall        born September 1, 1936

 

Thomas Screven McCall, son of John Dean McCall and Hazel Lillian Bradfield McCall, was born in Dallas, Texas September 1, 1936.  He was married August 2, 1958 to Carolyn Sue Wilson who was born January 14, 1937 at Bullard, Texas.  He became a minister.  In 1971 they lived at 6516 Aberdeen, Dallas, Texas.

 

Children born to Thomas Screven McCall and Carolyn Sue Wilson McCall include:

 

        Thomas Kevin McCall         born September 3, 1960

        Carol Kathleen McCall        born August 20, 1966

 

Kathleen McCall, daughter of Screven Aaron McCall and Florence Arnold Dean McCall, was born about 1899.  She was married about 1920 to Hobson Martin.  In 1971 they lived in Georgetown.  No children were born to them.

 

Abraham Lofton McCall, son of David McCall and Frances "Fannie" Fletcher McCall, was born in 1804.  He was married about 1828 to Elizabeth Luke, daughter of D. M. Luke.  Children born to Abraham Lofton McCall and Elizabeth Luke McCall are unknown.

 

James G. McCall, son of David McCall and Frances "Fannie" Fletcher McCall, was born in 1808.  He was married about 1830 to Rebecca McMullen, daughter of James McMullen, a Revolutionary soldier and lived in Lowndes County.  Children born to James G. McCall and Rebecca McMullen McCall are unknown.

 

George McCall, son of Charles McCall and Celete Ann "Nancy" Williams McCall, was born March 10, 1760 at Lynch's Creek, South Carolina in the Peedee District.  He was a Rev­olutionary soldier, serving under Capt. James Gregg and Major Thornby in Gen. Francis Marion's troops.  In 1779 his company was stationed at Ten-Mile House near Charleston for two months.  Just as their enlistment term expired, they learned that Sir Henry Clinton and his British regulars were approaching Charleston.  Major Thornby proposed to the troops that they volunteer to defend Charleston.  They do so, marched into the city and took part in the fighting until Charleston capitulated, according to "History of the Old Cheraws."

 

He was married about 1784 to Elizabeth Burnett.  He came to Effingham Countyin 1786.  George McCall had been selected to serve as a grandjuror in Effingham County, "but had moved out of the state," according to the August 26, 1790 edition of the "Georgia Ga­zette."

 

She died about 1799, and he was remarried about 1800 to Elizabeth Saunders, daughter of Nathaniel Saunders, Revolutionary soldier of South Carolina.  He received "one prize and one blank" in the 1805 Georgia land lottery.  They removed to Society Hill, South Carolina.  He died January 9, 1837 in Darlington, South Carolina, according to "Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia." 

 

Children born to George McCall and Elizabeth Burnett McCall include:

 

        Nathaniel McCall       born about 1786

        Elhannon McCall        born about 1788

        David McCall             born about 1791

        Harriet McCall           born about 1794

        Robert McCall            born about 1797

        Francis McCall           born about 1800

        William McCall          born about 1805

 

Children born to George McCall and Elizabeth Saunders McCall include:

 

        George Jay Washington McCall  born in 1801

 

Nathaniel McCall, son of George McCall and Elizabeth Burnett McCall, was born about 1780 in South Carolina.  He was married about 1810 to Sabrina B. Long.  Children born to Nathaniel McCall and Sabrina B. Long McCall are unknown.

 

Elhannon McCall, son of George McCall and Elizabeth Burnett McCall, was born about 1788 in South Carolina.  He was sued by Robert McCall, perhaps his nephew, in 1821 in Bulloch County.  He was married in 1822, wife's name Griner.

 

George Jay Washington McCall, son of George McCall and Elizabeth Saunders McCall, was born in 1801, according to Emma Alston Saunders, a descendant of Sumpter, South Car­olina.  He was married in 1829 to Harriet Rebecca Harlee who was born in 1809, accord­ing to "DAR Lineage Book," Volume 85, page 282.  She died in 1836, and he was remar­ried about 1838 to Louisa Caroline Huggins.  He died in 1871.

 

Children born to George Jay Washington McCall and Harriet Rebecca Harlee McCall in­clude:

 

        Harriet Rebecca McCall         born in 1833

 

Children born to George Jay Washington McCall and Louisa Caroline Huggins McCall in­clude:

 

        Belvadera McCall               born about 1840

 

Harriett Rebecca McCall, daughter of George Jay Washington McCall and Harriet Rebecca Harlee McCall, was born in 1833.  She was married in 1853 to Swepson Harrison Saunders  who was born in 1826.  He died in 1882, and she died in 1899.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Emma Alston Saunders         born about 1860

 

Belvadera McCall, daughter of George Jay Washington McCall and Louisa Caroline Huggins McCall, was born about 1840.  She was married about 1859 to Moses Sanders Haynesworth, according to Viola H. Jones in "DAR Lineage Book," Volume 198, page 206.

 

Henry McCall, son of Charles McCall and Celete Ann "Nancy" Williams McCall, was born about 1762 in South Carolina.  He became a "sergeant of horse" during the Revolution­ary War, according to "History of the Cheraws."  He came to Georgia with his rela­tives, but later returned to South Carolina.

 

Eleanor McCall, daughter of Charles McCall and Celete Ann "Nancy" Williams McCall, was born about 1765.  She was married at Ogeechee, Georgia July 3, 1786 to McKeen Green, Jr, son of McKeen Green, Revolutionary soldier of Georgia.  An account of the wedding was carried in the July 27, 1786 edition of the "Georgia Gazette."

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Harris Green                   born about 1786

        Selete Green                   born about 1788

        Jane Green                      born about 1790, married Henderson

        Sarah Green                    born about 1792

        Ann Green                       born about 1795

        William Green                born about 1798

        James Green                    born about 1802

 

William McCall, son of Charles McCall and Celete Ann "Nancy" Williams McCall, was born in 1766 at Society Hill, according to "McCall-Tidwell and Allied Families."   At age 16 he was one of "Marion's Men" and fought in the Revolutionary War.  Three years later he accompanied his parents in a move to Georgia.  He received a land grant in Bulloch County for his military service.

 

He was a member of the Baptist Church having been baptized in the Welsh Neck Baptist Church by his grandfather Rev. Robert Williams who was its pastor.  He was married in 1789 to Ann "Nancy" Fletcher, daughter of William Fletcher, a Revolutionary soldier  of South Carolina and Elizabeth McIntosh Fletcher, according to "Roster of Revolution­ary Soldiers in Georgia."  She, a sister of Frances "Fannie" Fletcher was born in 1767 in Cheraws District.  In 1789 he was ordained a Baptist minister.

 

He received a land grant for his Revolutionary service in Effingham County January 24, 1791 for "200 acres bounded on the southwest by the Great Ogeechee River, on the southeast by Walter Kelly's land, on all other sides by vacant lands," according to Effingham County Deed Book UUU, page 265.

 

In 1793 he was in Screven County where Ann "Nancy" Fletcher McCall died in 1796.  In that year he owned over 1,000 acres of land in Effingham, Screven and Bulloch Coun­ties.  In 1796 he was the first justice of the peace of Bulloch County.  He was remar­ried there in 1800 to Mary Pearce, daughter of Joshua Pearce, Jr. of Screven County.  "William McCall, Esq of Bulloch County" gave a deed to his brother David McCall, planter  to 300 acres "surveyed for Fletcher" for $100 March 10, 1800, according to Bulloch County Deed Book A, page 30.

 

On April 11, 1803 William McCall and Josiah Everett, "planters of Bulloch County" re­ceived a deed from John Hagins to 900 acres on Spring Creek For $1000, according to Bulloch County Deed Book A, page 108.  He sold his interest in the land to Everett April 11, 1803 for $668.  "Sharrod McCall and Margaret McCall" witnessed the deed.  He received "one blank and one prize" in the 1805 land lottery of Georgia.

 

In 1805 he paid taxes on over 2,000 acres of land.  He was a grandjuror in the Septem­ber 1809 term of Screven County Superior Court.  He appeared as the head of a house­hold in the 1820 census of Screven County.

 

 

William McCall died there January 12, 1830 at age 63 and was buried in the McCall Cemetery located on his plantation.  His grave was marked by D.A.R. of Sylvania, Geor­gia as that of a Rev­olutionary sol­dier.  His land was divided in 1832 by seven sons, William McCall not participating.

 

Children born to William McCall and Ann "Nancy" Fletcher McCall include:

 

        Moses Nathaniel McCall              born October 28, 1792

        George Robert Francis McCall    born in 1794

        Celete McCall                               born in 1795

        William McCall                            born in 1798

 

Children born to William McCall and Mary Pearce McCall include:

 

        Charles H. McCall                        born about 1801

        Joshua William Pearce McCall    born in 1802

        Mary McCall                                 born in 1805

        Francis Stephen McCall               born October 10, 1810

        John G. McCall                             born in 1812

        Sarah McCall                                 born in 1815

 

Moses Nathaniel McCall, son of William McCall and Ann "Nancy" Fletcher McCall, was born October 28, 1792 in Bulloch County.  His family was located in Screven County in the  following year.  He began a career of public service as a schoolteacher with an inter­ruption to serve in the War of 1812.  He served in the militia in the Indian wars in 1818.  In one of the battles with the Indians he was wounded and a companion, Bryan Odom carried him on his back to save him from the Indians.

 

He was married April 4, 1820 to Caroline M. Griner, daughter of Philip Griner of Bul­loch County, according to Bulloch County Marriage Book 2A, page 26.  He was one of the heirs of Henry McGee and participated in his estate, according to Screven County Will Book I [1811-1829], page 189.  He was mentioned as a justice of the peace July 5, 1823 in Henry County Will Book A, page 317.

 

He was elected a magistrate, later a judge of the inferior court, and in 1825 he was elected to the state legislature by Screven County voters.  In 1827 he was ordained as a Baptist min­ister and was the first pastor of Middle Ground Baptist Church in Screven County.  He continued in the pulpit until he was 90 years old. 

 

Caroline M. Griner McCall died in 1835.  He was remarried in April 1836 in Screven County to Catherine Porter Dopson, daughter of Thomas Porter of Chatham County and widow of William P. Dopson.   In 1847 he served on a committee to locate the town of Sylvania, county seat of Screven County. 

 

The Georgia Secession Convention was held January 19, 1861 in Milledgeville, then the state capital, and the McCall men volunteered as a group.  He joined as a chaplain in the Confederate Army, volunteering at the same time as five of his sons.  He served the entire four years of the war, according to the "Christian Index."

 

Moses Nathaniel McCall died on his plantation April 21, 1885 at the age of 93.  He was buried in Middle Ground Baptist Church Cemetery.  Catherine Porter Dopson McCall died October 29, 1887 and was buried beside her husband.

 

Children born to Moses Nathaniel McCall and Caroline M. Griner McCall include:

 

        Mary McCall                          born about 1822

        Louisa McCall                        born about 1823

        Philip Griner McCall              born about 1825

        George Robert McCall            born about 1827

        Moses Nathaniel McCall, Jr.   born January 6, 1831

        Sarah McCall                           born about 1832

        Susannah McCall                     born about 1833

 

Children born to Moses Nathaniel McCall and Catherine Porter Dopson McCall include:

 

        Thomas K. McCall                born April 12, 1839

        Charles P. McCall                  born about 1842

        Joshua A. McCall                  born about 1845

        Daniel Tucker McCall           born about 1847

        William C. McCall               born about 1849

        Catherine McCall                 born about 1852

        Evelyn Porter McCall           born about 1856

 

Mary McCall, daughter of Moses Nathaniel McCall and Caroline M. Griner McCall, was born about 1822.  She was married about 1839 to James Robbins.  Children born to them include:

 

        Sarah Robbins                    born about 1841

        James Robbins                    born about 1843

        Moses Robbins                    born about 1856

        Archibald Robbins               born about 1859

        Ella Robbins                        born about 1863

        Dicey Robbins                     born about 1866

        Catherine Robbins               born about 1870

 

Louisa McCall, daughter of Moses Nathaniel McCall and Caroline M. Griner McCall, was born about 1823.  She was married about