Claiborne County Louisiana Archives Biographies.....Calhoun, John C. November 5, 1812 - May 12, 1877

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John C. Calhoun was born near Monticello, Fairfield County, 
S. C. on November 5, 1812, the second child, and oldest son 
of Margaret Henry and Alexander Calhoun. His mother died in 
1824, and his father followed in 1826, leaving six children.
Their aunt, Martha Henry Calhoun, took on the responsibility            
of raising the children on their father’s plantation until 
John became of age and assumed that responsibility.  In 
1832, his oldest sister married, and in 1835, John sold the
Plantation, moved the family to Troup County, Georgia; 
and joined the family of John and Mary Hawthorn Davidson.
Together, he and Mr. Davidson purchased a large plantation
adjacent to the Chattahoochee River near LaGrange, Georgia.
They became partners in the Troup County, Georgia Cotton 
Business.

It was on December 10, 1840, that John Calhoun married
Elizabeth Davidson in Troup County, GA. Both of these
families enjoyed much success in Georgia, and the first
four of John and Elizabeth’s eight children were born there.

In 1850, John and Mr. Davidson made the decision to sell 
their land and business in Troup County, and move to
northern Louisiana. They arrived very early in 1851, and
settled near Athens in Claiborne Parish, bringing with
them Samuel Younge Gladney. The last four of John and 
Elizabeth’s children were born in Claiborne Parish.

By 1870, John purchased more land in Arizona, LA. Where he
built a home and moved his family, leaving one of his 
sons to operate the cotton plantation, known as the 
Eagle’s Nest, near Athens.

John C. Calhoun died on May 12, 1877 in Arizona. Elizabeth
went to live with her daughter and son-in-law, Mary and 
Levi Lafayette Upton in Athens. She died on December 15,
1890.  Both John and Elizabeth along with Elizabeth parents, 
John and Mary Hawthorn Davidson, are buried in the Lower
Old Athens Cemetery.





Additional Comments:
Some associated families are: Corry, Sligh, Simmons, Upton, and Wafer

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