McCALLUMS DANIEL McCALLUM • ISABEL SELLARS Their Antecedents, Descendants and Collateral Relatives A COMPILATION BY .<::, Loms FARRELL, CoLoNEL U.S. ARMY RETIRED No. 799H FLORA JANIE HAMER HOOKER No. 92S 1946 PUBLISHED BY THE COMPILERS FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION Copyright, 1946 Colonel Louis Farrell, Jackson Boulevard, Nashville 5, Tennessee and Mrs. Flora Hamer Hooker, Hamer, South Carolina PRINTED IN THE U.S. A. BY THE WILLIAMS PRINTING COMPANY, INC., SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA McCALLUMS THIS COMPILATION IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED to ANGUS McCALLUM 1774 - 1849 Who kept the first family records to DUGALD McCALLUM 1800- 1881 Who pioneered in writing a record of the McCallums to XANTIPPE LITTLE McCALLUM WILSON 1826 - 1901 Who was known as the McCallum Family Historian to JAMES CALVIN McCALLUM 1824 - 1893 Who gathered and compiled McCallum Family Records to ANGUS JACKSON McCALLU:M: 1853 - Living 1946 Who preserved McCallum records which provided valuable information and help to the compilers of this book to JANIE BROWN McCALLUM HAMER 1861 - 1941 Who inspired an interest in others to collect and preserve in permanent form a history of the McCallum Family ,-· ANGUS McCALLUM DUGALD McCALLUM XANTIPPE LITTLE McCALLUM WILSON JAMES CALVIN McCALLUM ANGUS JACKSON McCALLUM JANIE BROWN McCALLUM HAMER :,1. 1 ,· \ .~~. -~g-l fit),..,.. ~) INTRODUCTION HIS Compilation deals with the descendants ot Daniel McCallum who emigrated from Kenteyre, ( Cantire, Canteyre), Argyllshire, Scotland in 1770 and settled finally in what is now Robeson County, North Carolina. No real effort has ever been made to trace his relatives or the McCallum Clan in Scotland; however, it seems proper to state that there are two theories regarding the Clan McCallum. The first theory is that it was a sept of the Clan McCampbell and was originally called McCampbellmore (More Campbells) this being shortened to MacCallum or McCallum. The second theory is that the McCallum Clan was a sept of the Clan McLeod of Lewis and that the Clan McCallum lived on the Island of Raasay, which is about fifty miles from the Island of Lewis, the home of the Clan McLeod. The Clan McCallum was a small clan in Argyllshire and was an offshoot of the McCallums of Raasay. This Argyllsbire Clan became extinct and was succeeded by another branch who took the name Malcolmson and has been known by that name since 1779. The emigrant Daniel McCallum was born in 17 40 and his family may have been among the last of that name in Argyllshire. The Clan McCallum were Highland Covenanters and their devotion and loyalty to the history and traditions of that fascinating land of Robert Bruce and William Wallace has been note\!orthy. Following the defeat of "Bonnie Prince Charlie" at the Battle of Culledon in 17 46 and the disarmament of the Highlanders, they were disheartened and discouraged and petitioned the Crown for the privilege of colonizing in America. This petition was granted with the stipulation that they must take oath not again to bear arms against the English Crown. These Covenanters were conscientious and consistent in recognizing the sanctity of the oath, hence there are very few Macs enrolled in the Revolutionary Army; however, in some cases the oppression and brut­ ality of the British troops were such that some of the emigrants felt that the Crown had broken its part of the agreement and they were no longer bound. The oath not to bear arms was not construed as preventing acts of sabotage and North Carolina history is replete with accounts of assistance given the Revolutionary Army by these Highlanders. The emigrants usually landed in the vicinity of Wilmington - then known as Scotland Neck - and made their way up the Cape Fear River and settled in the territory then included in Bladen County, North Carolina. Amongst these early settlers we find the names McMillan, Gilchrist, McKay, McAllister, Smith, Little, Brown, McLauchlin, McNeill and Sellars - names you will very often find in this compilation. Daniel McCallum, the subject of this compilation, is credited with having told some of his children: "My grandfather, ___ McCallum, was born about the middle of the Seventeenth Century and his wife was a McEwen. My father, Archibald McCallum, was born in 1690 in Kenteyre, Argyllshire, Scotland and married Effie McCarter. I had several brothers and one sister, all the brothers dying young. I was born in 1740. The family was part of the Clan Campbell and were from Campbelltown". (The London Times Atlas shows Campbelltown to be the principal city in Kenteyre) . There is little to be added. to this statement except that Archibald McCallum died about 1750 and his wife, nee Effie McCarter, died about 1760 in Kenteyre. There is no known record showing information regarding his brothers or sister or other relatives; however, mention is made later on of certain McCallums who came to North Carolina about 1770_ The name was spelled McColom, MCollom, McCollum, McCollom and McCallum by some of the early members; however, the gravestones of Daniel and his wife show Mccallum and this is the spelling now used by his descend­ ants. TABLE OF CONTENTS PLAN ------------- _------------- ----- -------------------------------------------------------- 15 McCALLUMS: Daniel McCall um ____________________ ______________ _____ ___________________ _______________ 16 Memoirs of Angus McCallum -------------------------------------------- __________ 17 Obituary of Angus McCallum ------------------------------------------------------- 19 Archibald McCall um __________ . ----------------------------------------------------------- 20 Daniel McCall um, Jr. --------------------------------------------------------- 21 James McCall um __________ ·------------- ___________________ ------------------------ 23 Rev. Angus McCall um _________________ --------------------------------------------------- 30 Brown McCallum ------------------------------------------------------- 30 Other McCall urns _. __ .. --------------------------------------- --------------------------- 65 F AM'LY RECORDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 BIBLE RECORDS -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 WILLS Daniel McCall um (No. 2) -------------------------------------------------- ______ 31 Angus McCallum (No. 5)---------------------------------------------- 32 Archibald McCallum (No. 6) ---------------------------------------------------- ___ 34 Daniel McCallum (No. 8 )-------------------------------------------------------- 36 John McCallum (No. ll) ________ ------------- -------------------- ________ ___ ___ 3 8 Dugald McCallum (No. 15) .----------------------------"-----------·----- 40 Samuel Brown ----------------------· ----------------------------------------------------------- 54 Neill Smith ____ _____ ______ ----------------------- ________________ ------------------· ____ ________ 62 List McCallum Wills, Lumberton, N. C. _________ ------------------------------- 41 List Bro":ll Wills, Lumberton, N. C. ------------------------------------------- 42 CEMETERY RECORDS ________________ --------------------------------------------------------- 44 REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS ------------- ---------------------------------- ________________ 45 .COMMUNICANTS OF ASHPOLE CHURCH ____ ------------ ________________ 46 HISTORY OF ASHPOLE CHURCH ------------------------- -------------------------- SO COLLATERAL RELATIVES BROW1~S -------------- ________ ---------------------------------- ______ 53 Angus Brown ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 7 Rev. Daniel Brown ---------------------------------·------- ---------------------------- 56 Hugh Brown _____________ ------------------------------ ___________ ·--------------------- ___ 56 Samuel Brown . ___________________ ·---· -------------------- __________ ___________________ 53 Brown Records, Archives, North Carolina 5 5 LITTLE ------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- __ __ 59 SELLARS _-------------------------------------------------------- 60 SMITHS _---------------- --------------- ----·----------------- ------------------------------------ 61 M cLA CHLAN ________________ ----------------- ___ -------------------------------- _____ ______ __ __ 63 GENELOGICAL RECORDS OF THE McCALLUMS ------------------------ 67 ADDENDA------------------------------------ -------- 183 INDEX ----------------------------- 213 McCALLUMS The above Coat-of-Arms is used by a number of the descendants of Daniel McCallum. COAT-OF-ARMS of the McCALLUM FAMILY In heraldic terms, the coat-of-arms of this family is given as follows: "Argent a saltire azure between four heads couped gules." When this is translated into non-technical terms, it means that on a field of silver is superimposed a blue saltire or St. Andrews Cross between four red bucks' heads depicted as having been cut off smoothly from the body. The symbolism used in this coat-of-arms is explained as follows: Among the Ordinaries of Heraldry, the saltire is most significant. It may be described as a diagonal cross. "The saltire or St. Andrews Cross," writes one authority, "is a symbol of resolution." Tradition has it that St. Andrew suffered martyrdom upon a cross similar to the saltire. The bucks have broad and palm-like horns. In Heraldry, they are classified among the stags 2.lld one authority states that "the stag, whose gait and appearance is very sta.tely1 has above others two excellent qualities, namely, quickness of