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Biographical Sketches of Colonials -C-

Cable, John, planter. Wife: Ann Barbary. Resident of Abercorn. Children:

1. Abraham Cable, left 100 acres of swamp land adjoining the lands of Hugh Ross.
2. Elizabeth Cable, left 100 acres of pine barren land.
3. Mary Cable, left 50 acres of land adjoining that of her brother.

Tallow is animal fat. Tallow Chandlers engaged in tallow candle making and also in the trade of oils. Traditionally, tallow chandlers operated separately from other chandlers. Beeswax candles were used in churches and noble houses, while tallow candles were used in other homes. Calwell, John, tallow chandler of Temple-Barin in London which he attempted to have as a trade in Frederica, but soon quit it. Wife: Constance. Had two children by 1738, and another one by 1743. In Frederica, Calwell was tythingman and Third Bailiff. He served as a valiant soldier and was an engineer on an expedition with General Oglethorpe expedition into St. Augustine. He owned a number of storehouses in Frederica, exporting goods to Carolina, Pennsylvania and New York and enjoyed prosperity. Calwell built a large home in Frederica, described by Secretary William Stephens (1745) as the "best in town". Major William Horton and Mr. John Calwell were appointed Constables of Peace at Frederica in 1743. A letter from John Calwell dated 14 September 1746 gave an account of his improvements at Frederica, and asked for two town lots for two of his children, and a grant of 500 acres for himself. Two town lots granted his sons, provided they are old enough to cultivate the same, if they are 16 years old. That much more contiguous land to Frederica be granted Calwell as may make up 500 acres with the Lot he already owns. On 5 October 1753, Mrs. Constance Macintosh petitioned the Board in behalf of her son, Henry Calwell, setting forth that at the time the Magistrates of Frederica were suspended, the late Honourable Trustees were pleased to offer her late husband, John Calwell, deceased (who was one of them) a tract of land to the northward of the colony in consideration of his services, and on supposition, that he might at that time choose to leave Frederica; that her husband did look out for a tract of land, but he departing his life before he made an settlement thereon, she did sometime after settle a tract on the north east part of a place known by the name of Caldwells Point, and near the lands possessed by Mr. Daniel Demetre on the north side of the Sapola River in behalf of her son, Henry, which she sometime ago applied to this Board to have laid out, but had yet received no answer...She had been lately informed that Mr. Roderick Mackintosh had obtained a Warrant to lay out a Tract of five hundred acres of land on the said point, which she apprehended would interfere with the land she had already settled. The Board referred to the letter of Benjamin Martin dated 15 March 1746 in which the Trustees had resolved to grant to the late John Calwell, deceased, as much land as would make up, with what he then possessed (which was 50 acres), five hundred acres. The Board noted that this request appeared to be the same land, and inquiries wereto be made.

Camp, William, was granted 300 acres in St. George Parish, July 1760

Campbell, Upheame, soldier and tailor in the regiment of General Oglethorpe. Leased the Campbell house.

Campher, Christian, laborer. Wife: Mary. Owned 45 acres of land in Christ Church Parish, known as Lot No. 10, Third Tything Ansons Ward; Lots No. 41 and 42 in St. Gall, Christ Church Parish; and Lots No. 204 and 223 in Sunbury. Children:

1. Jeremiah Campher.
2. Ann Nichols.

Camuse, Joseph, carpenter, born in Georgia, was the son of Jacob Camuse, Sr. Children:

1. Joseph Camuse
2. Elizabeth Camuse

Candler, William was born 1735 in Ireland, died 1787 in Richmond County, married Elizabeth Anthony, daughter of Joseph Anthony and his wife, Elizabeth Clark. He was a Colonel of a Regiment called "Regiment of Refugees of Richmond County" and was at the Siege of Augusta, Kings Mountain and Siege of Savannah. Children:

1. Mary Candler married Major Ignatius Few
2. Henry Candler married Miss Oliver
3. Joseph Candler.
4. William Candler married Miss Guthrie.
5. John Candler
6. Charles Candler, died young
7. Amelia Candler.
8. Falby Candler.
10. Elizabeth Candler married John A. Deveaux.
11. Mark Anthony Candler
12. Daniel Candler born 1779 in Columbia County, died 1816, married Sarah Slaughter, daughter of Samuel Slaughter of Virginia.

Cannon, Daniel, carpenter from Saffron Hill, Second Bailiff, one of first settlers. Sons: Joseph and Daniel. In the ruins of his excavated house were found artifacts indicating the possible existence of a workshop for carpenters. Cannon left Frederica in 1740 for Charles Towne, where he died in 1743.

Colonel Carr owned several 500-acre tracts in Liberty County on the old site of Sunbury, Georgia and was probably buried in this cemetery. Only several markers are visible. Carr, Mark, Colonel was probably the single-most enterprising planters in Georgia. His first plantation was located on St. Simons Island and one of the few in that locale because of the constant danger of raids by the Spanish Indians. It as described in the Court of the Queen at Westminster on February 11, 1744 by Lt. Colonel Alexander Heron (in giving his report to the Trustees of the agricultural progress being made in the Colony): "...that all sorts of garden stuff grow extremely well, and particularly asparagus, all the year round without dunging the lands...That he himself (Col. Heron) occupied one field on St. Simons four years. That on three or four acres, he had 53 bushels of indian corn cleared, besides a third more at least spoil or lost at the time of the invasion (Spanish). That vines thrive extremely well and that he himself grated European vines on the wild ones on the island. And that in one year, there have been shoots of twenty seven feet from the grafting as big as his finger. That cotton grows on the land by one great necessity...that he has while mulberry trees which grow very well, but they are not the natural product of the country. That he thinks silk, wine oyl, and cotton may be raised very well there...that the wood of St. Simon's is chiefly Live Oak...."

Colonel Carr described his settlement problems in a letter to the Trustees dated May 12, 1752:

"In the beginning of the year 1739, General Oglethorpe put me in possession of 500 acres of land on the main to the south of Frederica called the Hermitage, and the year following a tract of the like quantity to my second son, Thomas, as called Carrsfield, on both of which I made very considerable improvements at a large expense, but in the year 1740 while I was in Virginia on his Majestys service, my whole improvements, with my stock, was destroyed by Spanish Indians and several of my people cutt off, and by a moderate computation, my loss was several hundred and 50 pounds. Soon after my return from Virginia, the General not thinking me safe there, granted me an island to the south of my former settlement which he called Blyth, wherein I likewise built two brick, with several outhouses, as well as made very large mprovements in cultivation, but by the withdrawing of the regiment these improvements not only became invaluable, but I was exposed and it became dangerous for me and my servants to remain upon it, and consequently, my money and time was in a great measure sunk. You obliged me to moved into a less exposed neighborhood and I was advised to fix on Midway River where you pleased to grant my son, Thomas, 500 acres of land and also another tract of like quantity to me which was granted to, but resigned by Charles Ratcliff. On these lands, I have made larger improvements than ny person in the neighborhood, but to my great disappointments two-thirds (as the Surveyor can inform you) proves unfitt for any manner of cultivation and must soon want land to plant, unless I can gett an addition. Therefore, I request that you will grant my son, William, who is now near twenty one years of age, 500 acres of l and on the north side of Newport River, about four miles southwest on the same neck where I am settled, and likewise that you would allow me to exchange the tract of land laid out for Lt. Archibald Don on Midway River which I have made appear to you I purchased from him, for the like quantity on Newport River adjoining the same. Gentlemen, as I presume that no person that ever was in Georgia has given better prooff of his zeale and industry to improve the Colony that I have done, I need not assure you that I shall continue in it, and your obliging me with my request, I hope will enable me to retrieve the uncommon losses I have sustained, which has been much more than I can mention or chooses to trouble you with, as it is a truth well-known to you, I am. Your very obedient humble servant, Mark Carr. P. S. I lay no claim to the lands formerly granted to me or my son at Hermitage, Carrsfield, or Blyth, which I resign (to remove here I have requested), notwithstanding my improvements thereon."

Colonel Carr did receive the above requested lands for himself and his sons, on the Newport River in Liberty County. In January of 1755 he was returned to the Legislature, representing Midway District, and in May of 1762, he was granted 220 acres in St. Andrews Parish. The Last Will and Testament of Colonel Mark Carr, St. Patrick's Parish, dated 8 June 1767, probated 4 December 1768 bequeathed his sons lands as follows: William, town lot in Frederica, No. 1 North; Thomas, Frederica town lot No. 21 North; Elizabeth, daughter of Elizabeth Rutherford, my island on northside of Midway River and tract on the main fronting on the island which I purchased of John Cubbage. His first wife was Elizabeth Rutherford, and second wife, Grace, who was a widow when she petitioned for land in April of 1772. 100 acres were granted to her and her two children, in St. John Parish, Liberty Co., adjoining the land of her son, William Carr (deceased) and Abraham Williams. She had three Negro slaves to work the 100 acres granted. Issue: William Carr of Sunbury; Thomas of the Midway River; Elizabeth who married Mr. Rutherford and was bequeathed by her father an island on the northside of the Midway River; and Judith. Thomas Carr petitioned the Georgia Council of the Governor for land on the Midway River in Liberty Co. In 1748, and received it. In 1790 he was a Justice of the Inferior Court of Richmond Co., but by 1794, he was a resident of Camden Co.

Carr, William, was born ca 1732, Deceased by 1772, was a son of the affluent Colonel Mark Carr. He was granted 500 acres of land on the westside of Newport River, Liberty Co. Apparently William Carr had substantial acreage on the North Newport River where he planted rice, cotton and other crops. William Carr, planter of New Newport leased to Samuel Stevens, planter of South Carolina, April 25, 1759, Sunbury, 500 acres on north branch of the Newport River in the District of Midway, bound south on lands of Colonel Mark Carr, for one year. William and Mary Carr of North Newport to Samuel Stevens, planter of South Carolina, Indenture of Release, April 26, 1759, Sunbury, the property is free of all manner of dowers, and especially the dower of Mary, the now wife of him, the said William Carr. On 12 May 1761 he sold to Grey Elliott, John Gordon and Francis Arthur for 726 pds., 3 shillings and 9 pence, three Negro men by the name of: Peter, Ceaser and Baalam; two Negro boys, George and Captain; six Negro women, Cloe, Jenny, Sue, Nannah, Hannah and Phillis; one Negro girl, Kate or Kale; 140 head of cattle and horses; 100 hogs; and 500 acres of land located on the North Newport River, bounded eastwardly by the land of Richard Hazzard land and westwardly by land of John Burnett.

Cawthorn, William Danby, 200 acres in St. Georges Parish, October 1759

Christe, Jo. Gotfred, labourer and taylor, Saltzburger, arrived February 1735/1736. Resident of Ebenezer.

Clark, Hugh, planter, buried in the town of Sunbury along side his deceased wife, and children. Brothers: William and Angus. Sister-in-law: Sarah Stephens, he left a tract of land on the St. Marys River. Daughter: Barbara.

Clark, Lawrence, Mariner, and his wife, Elizabeth. Elizabeth to have use of the house in Yamacraw facing the street "now occupied by William Saunders" during her widowhood. Brothers: Morris, Edmond and John in Great Britain. Children:

1. Matthew Clark

Clark, William, born 1725, came to the colony in 1735 along with the Scots from the Highlands (New Inverness) in the Prince of Wales, George Dunbar, Master. He resided among the Scots at Darien, then later at Savannah, but at the time of his death in 1796, was a resident of the Bahamas.

Clarke, Elijah, General, was born 1736 Edgecombe county, North Carolina, died 15 December 1799, Richmond County, Married 1760, in North Carolina, Hannah Arrington (1737-1827). The couple removed to Georgia to locate on the "ceded lands", in 1774 (Wilkes County). They are burned on their plantation in Lincoln County called Woburn. His fame took place as he served as a General during the American Revolution. Children:

1. John Clarke born 1766 North Carolina died 15 October 1832, Florida, married Mary Williamson, daughter of Colonel Micajah Williamson.
2. Gibson Clarke, born 1772, died 1820 married Susanna Clark and moved to Mississippi.
3. Elijah Clarke, Jr. married Margaret Long.
4. Nancy Clarke married Jesse Thompson.
5. Elizabeth Clarke married Benajah Smith.
6. Sarah Clarke married 1st, Col. Charles Williamson, son of Colonel Micajah Williamson, and 2nd, William J. Hobby.
7. Frances Clarke born 1781 married Edwin Mounger.
8. Susan Clarke, died young.

Beverley, England

Beverley Minister, in Beverley, England, considered to be East Riding of Yorkshire. There is an interesting history of Beverley, which was founded about 700 A. D. During the 17th century, it was a town of the plague, which killed many persons. During the English Civil War when the people of Hull refused to open the gate to King Charles I, the king spent three weeks as a guest in a house at North Bar in Beverley. This is where William Cavendish defeated Thomas Fairfax to reclaim the town for the royalists and fromm tis place launched another Siege of Hull. When the parliamentarians won the Civil War and established the Commonwealth of England, ale houses were shut down on Sundays and people no longer took in the theatres or horse races. This was when the Puritans visited the Church of England houses of worship and destroyed anything they thought to be idolatrous, however they did not visit Beverley Minster. The Quakers in Beverley were strongly oppressed by the Puritans. When Charles II came into power, the English Restoration was well received at Beverley and his royal coat of arms still hangs in the Minster. During the Georgian era (1714 to 1730), Beverley was the town of East Riding of Yorkshire.

Clay, Joseph, son of Ralph Clay and his wife, Elizabeth Habersham of England, settler of Savannah. Clay was born in 1741 in Beverley, England, died 1805 in Savannah. He married Ann Legardiere (1745-1821). Left a son, Joseph. "He was a rarely intellectual man and made himself famous as a lawyer, statesman and clergyman." Clay & Woodruff, attorney, practised law in Savannah for many years. Later he was Judge of the U. S. District Court and a member of the State Convention which adopted the Constitution of 1798. "In 1802 in the full tide of worldly fame and prosperity, he became a Baptist clergyman. A son, Thomas Savage Clay, died in Bryan County in 1848 on the family estate." Joseph Clay died November 1803, aged 63. Had a son, Joseph. Children:

1. Joseph Clay married Mary Ann Savage.
2. Ann Clay married Thomas Cummings.
3. Elizabeth Clay married Thomas Young.
4. Betsey Clay married Dr. James Box Young.
5. Sarah Clay married William Wallace.
6. Kitty Clay married 1793, Joseph Stiles.

Clee, Samuel, merchant. He first resided in Savannah where he worked for Abraham Minis as an accountant. But in 1744 Minis charged Clee with embezzlement, but he was later acquitted.

Cocke, Zebulon was born 1734 in North Carolina, died Burke County, married Sarah (Perry) Field, and they removed to Burke County in 1764. Children:

1. Caleb Cocke.
2. Isaac Perry Cocke married Almeda Griffin, daughter of William Griffin and his wife, Mary Booker Barnett
3. John Cocke, born 1784 married Lydia Davis, daughter of Benjamin Davis and his wife, Elizabeth Daniel.

Coles, Joseph, Miller and Baker, arrived in the colony on 1 February 1733, aged 28, and was granted Lot No. 27 in Savannah. He was dead 4 March 1735. His wife, Anne (born 1700) remarried Thomas Salter on 9 September 1736 and resided with him on Lot No. 68. Her daughter, Anne, aged 13, was sent at the charge of the Trustees.

Cooper, Richard, of Carolina, petitioned for a grant of 500 acres near Abercorn, he having mrried the daughter of Joseph Barker. They suspected that it was a contrivance to settle the family there and to elude the resolutions of the board. 30 December 1743.

Corneck, James, plasterer, arrived in the colony 1 February 1732-3 and was granted Lot No. 188 in Savannah. Corneck (or Cornock) was one of the 1738 dissidents of Savannah who went to Carolina for awhile. Ultimately he returned to Savannah, working at the parsonage house in June of 1740. At the time of his death, his trade was that of a bricklayer. Children:

1. John Corneck was bequeathed the old Savannah house and half lot
2. Joseph Corneck to have the new house and other half of the lot situated on the East End of the half lot bequeathed to son, John.

Craus, Lemand, born 1700, labourer, Saltzburgher, arrived February 1735/6. Wife, Barbara, born 1702. Resident of Ebenezer .

Cross, Thomas, a soldier belonging to the Independent Company or Rangers, stationed on St. Simons Island. In December of 1738 he ran away, probably to Charlestown, but he returned because he was found in the colony in 1746. His wife, Judith Clark Cross, arrived in the colony on 29 June 1734. Cross was one of the soldiers who remained in Georgia after the regiment was disbanded, going to Savannah to become a bricklayer. Children:

1. Eleanor Cross married Peter Sliterman.

Cross, William. Wife: Elizabeth. He was granted Lot No. 217 in Savannah, but the lot was swampy and overflowed. Upon the death of his wife, he bequeathed his estate ot William Cross, the son of Benjamin Cross, his brother; then to Thomas James Doucott, the son of John Doucott, late of Annapholis Royall in Nova Scotia.

Currie, John died 27 September 1799, aged 37 years, buried Colonial Cemetery, Savannah.

Cuthbert, George was of Inverness, who arrived in the colony 10 January 1735-6 and settled at Darien. He was apparently appointed by Oglethorpe as a cattle hunter with six servants during 1738-1739. He bequeathed Mary, his wife, an annuity of 300 pounds Sterling for the rest of her life as well as a Negro woman named Rose and her child (to settle their Marriage Agreement). Others named were: James Chapman (cousin); Joseph Cuthbert, the second son of James Cuthbert of Savannah; and George Cuthbert, the eldest son of James Cuthbert. Savannah River Plantations (pp.147) mentions: "There was living in Georgia at this time a Scot, George Cuthbert, presumably a relative of Daniel Cuthbert. George Cuthbert had arrived in the Province in 1753 and had already acquired 650 acres of land and 29 slaves by 1763."

However, the emigration records show that George arrived in the colony in 1735/6. According to the probate of estate of George Cross (above), he left substantial money or properties. George purchased 500 acres of land from Frederick Augustine in May of 1765, as well as adjacent estates to form the nucleus of a working plantation which became known as the Drakies plantation. At George’s death, Dr. James Cuthbert assumed the management of the Drakies, but he died two years later. This James lived at the Drakies Plantation. James, in his will, named his wife, Anne and their Children:

George, Joseph, Elizabeth and Lewis Graeme Cuthbert. George was bequeathed Castle Hill in Inverness, Scotland, and all of the other estates owned by James in Great Britain. Joseph had to complete the administration of the estate of his uncle, George Cuthbert. The inventory was valued at over two thousand pounds. George was christened 7 November 1710 Parish of Inverness, in Inverness, Scotland, the son of John Cuthbert and his wife, Barbara Duff. He left Inverness, Scotland in 1735, arriving in Georgia 10 January 1736, along with the other Highlanders which Oglethorpe transported to the colony to fight the Spanish. He settled at Darien, the community first named New Inverness after the old Scottish home, a settlement serving as a vanguard to Florida. Cuthbert was an enterprising man. By 1738 he was described as a cattle hunter having six servants, at the annual expense of 174 pounds. Cuthbert died 14 April 1768, was from lower South Carolina where the name is yet extant and one of them was a brigade commander during the War of 1812. John and Seth John Cuthbert fought on the rebel side during the American Revolution at Savannah.

Cuthbert, Joseph, died at his Savannah plantation July 1791.