Patrick CALHOUN^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1727 - 1796  (68 years)

• Name	Patrick CALHOUN  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	11 Jun 1727	County Donegal, Ireland   [10]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	Patrick Calhoun Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about upgrading this memorial... Birth:  Jun. 11, 1727 County Donegal, Ireland Death:  Jan. 15, 1796 Calhoun Falls Abbeville County South Carolina, USA Early SC Pioneer. The history of the upstate of South Carolina would not be complete without mentioning Patrick Calhoun. Born in Ireland and immagrated to Pennsylvania, he came to South Carolina after Braddock's defeat, around 1755. He became captain of the South Carolina Rangers June 5, 1764. He was a member of the South Carolina assembly 1769-1772, & 1775-1776. He was a member of the South Carolina and Provincial Congress from 1776-1796, and also a member of the South Carolina legislature. He married twice, first to a Ms. Craighead, who died in 1766, and then to Martha Caldwell, who was the mother of US Vice President John C. Calhoun. Patrick, John C. Calhoun's father, also was a fierce Indian fighter as noted in the Battle at Long Canes SC that began the French & Indian war in SC on Feb 1, 1760. Many of the settlement was killed in that battle including Patrick Calhoun's aged mother of 76. Patrick Calhoun had Andrew McComb a local millwright to carve a stone to the memory of Catherine Calhoun & the other 22 slain, about twenty years later, which still stands. Patrick bacame a deputy Surveyor for the Ninety Six Distict and laid out many of the tracts of his close neighbors. Patrick surveyed almost up to his death. His son John C. Calhoun had a marker erected for him around 1840 that was cut in Washington D.C.    Family links:   Parents:   Catherine Montgomery Calhoun (1684 - 1760)    Spouse:   Martha Caldwell Calhoun (1750 - 1802)*    Children:   Catherine Calhoun Waddell (1775 - 1796)*   William Caldwell Calhoun (1776 - 1840)*   James Calhoun (1779 - 1843)*   John C. Calhoun (1782 - 1850)*   John Caldwell Calhoun (1782 - 1850)*   Patrick Calhoun (1784 - 1840)*    Sibling:   James Calhoun (1716 - 1760)*   Patrick Calhoun (1727 - 1796)   *Calculated relationship   Inscription: Patrick Calhoun the father of Catherine, William, James, John Caldwell, and Patrick Calhoun, Jr. Born in the County of Donegal, Ireland June 11,1727, and died January 15, 1796 in his 69th year.   Note: I   Burial: Calhoun Cemetery Abbeville County South Carolina, USA   Created by: David Gillespie Record added: Aug 05, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 28792935  [1]
  MILI	He became captain of the South Carolina Rangers June 5, 1764. He was also a fierce Indian fighter as noted in the Battle at Long Canes SC that began the French & Indian war in SC on Feb 1, 1760. Many of the settlement was killed in that battle including Patrick Calhoun's aged mother of 76.  [1]
  _UID	5891BC43AD9D460CA45C29D825350DD3BFA3
  Death	15 Jan 1796	Rossdhu Plantation/Calhoun Falls, near Abbeville/Abbeville County, South Carolina   [1, 10]
  Burial	Calhoun Family Cemetery, Abbeville County, South Carolina   [1, 11]
  Person ID	I178764	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Patrick CALHOUN,   b. Donegal, Ireland d. Bef 1755, Albemarle County, Virginia
  Mother	C/Katherine MONTGOMERY   d. 1760, killed by Indians
  _UID	96A6C0E4AC8344DABC501F6D8E8E21575997
  _UID	96A6C0E4AC8344DABC501F6D8E8E21575997
  Family ID	F121494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane CRAIGHEAD   d. 1766
  _UID	F676358E1977486FBACFA325B72016EFA3C1
  _UID	F676358E1977486FBACFA325B72016EFA3C1
  Family ID	F121557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Martha CALDWELL,   b. 1750, Cub Creek, Charlotte County, Virginia d. 15 May 1802, Abbeville County, South Carolina (Age 52 years)
  _UID	E85C76B419564BB9B5E71A883F6D8C0A616B
  _UID	E85C76B419564BB9B5E71A883F6D8C0A616B
  Children	1. William Caldwell CALHOUN,   b. 1726   d. 1840 (Age 114 years)   2. James CALHOUN,   b. 1779   d. 1843 (Age 64 years)   3. John Caldwell CALHOUN, Sr.,   b. 18 Mar 1782, Long Canes, Pendleton District, South Carolina d. 31 Mar 1850, Washington, D.C. (Age 68 years)   4. Patrick CALHOUN,   b. 1784   d. 1840 (Age 56 years)   5. C/Katherine CALHOUN,   b. 1775   d. 1796 (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F121519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

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