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Samuel Callison Sr.

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
1854 (aged 70–71)
Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Grainger County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Samuel Callison Sr. was the son of James and Mary Callison of Grainger County Tennessee. He was born in Virginia.

PROBATE RECORDS OF GRAINGER CO. TENNESSEE. DATE 1854 WE THE UNDERSIGNED FREEHOLDERS OF GRAINGER COUNTY. AFTER BEING DULY SWORN, HAVE PROCEEDED TO SET APART TO ELENDER CALLISON, WIDOW OF SAMUEL CALLISON DECEASED, SO MUCH OF THE CROP AND PROVISIONS ON HAND AS WILL BE SUFFICIENT IN OUR OPINIONS TO SUPPORT HER AND HER FAMILY ONE YEAR FROM THE DEATH OF HER SAID HUSBAND. WE SET APART FOR SID PURPOSES THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES TO WIT; EIGHT BARRELS OF CORN, TWENTY BUSHELS OF WHEAT. THREEHUNDREDFIFTY POUNDS OF BACON. FIFTY POUNDS OF LARD. SEVENTY POUNDS OF SOAP. AND WHAT LEATHER AND SALT NOW ON HAND. ALSO TWELVE DOLLARS IN MONEY TO DEFRAY THE INCIDENTAL EXPENCES OF SAID FAMILY. GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEALS, THIS 12th DAY OF APRIL 1854. CONFIRMED BY THE COURT RECORDED JUNE 20,1854 ROBERT LLOYD JOSEPH, BRYAN BEN PACK.
Samuel Callison Sr. was the son of James and Mary Callison of Grainger County Tennessee. He was born in Virginia.

PROBATE RECORDS OF GRAINGER CO. TENNESSEE. DATE 1854 WE THE UNDERSIGNED FREEHOLDERS OF GRAINGER COUNTY. AFTER BEING DULY SWORN, HAVE PROCEEDED TO SET APART TO ELENDER CALLISON, WIDOW OF SAMUEL CALLISON DECEASED, SO MUCH OF THE CROP AND PROVISIONS ON HAND AS WILL BE SUFFICIENT IN OUR OPINIONS TO SUPPORT HER AND HER FAMILY ONE YEAR FROM THE DEATH OF HER SAID HUSBAND. WE SET APART FOR SID PURPOSES THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES TO WIT; EIGHT BARRELS OF CORN, TWENTY BUSHELS OF WHEAT. THREEHUNDREDFIFTY POUNDS OF BACON. FIFTY POUNDS OF LARD. SEVENTY POUNDS OF SOAP. AND WHAT LEATHER AND SALT NOW ON HAND. ALSO TWELVE DOLLARS IN MONEY TO DEFRAY THE INCIDENTAL EXPENCES OF SAID FAMILY. GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEALS, THIS 12th DAY OF APRIL 1854. CONFIRMED BY THE COURT RECORDED JUNE 20,1854 ROBERT LLOYD JOSEPH, BRYAN BEN PACK.

Gravesite Details

There is no headstone for Samuel Callison, he is believed to be buried close to his wife Elender Morgan. and one of the field stones marks his grave.



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