Flanders Isham Callaway

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Flanders Isham Callaway

Birth
Lunenburg County, Virginia, USA
Death
22 Feb 1829 (aged 76)
Montgomery County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.6216432, Longitude: -91.0343291
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Flanders Callaway was the son in law of Daniel Boone and Rebecca Bryan Boone, the husband of Jemima Boone. He was the father of Captain James Callaway. Flanders was with Daniel Boone and a party of men at the rescue of Jemima and the Callaway girls, when they were kidnapped by the Shawnee in 1776.

His DAR record recognizes patriotic service but not offIcial service in the military, so he would not be considered a veteran:
CALLAWAY, FLANDERS DAR Ancestor
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 12-9-1752 VIRGINIA
Death: 2-22-1829 MONTGOMERY CO MISSOURI
Service Source: SPRAKER, THE BOONE FAMILY, PP 120-121
Service Description: 1) ASSISTED IN DEFENSE OF FORT BOONESBOROUGH
RESIDENCE 1) City: FORT BOONESBOROUGH - County: KENTUCKY CO - State: VIRGINIA
SPOUSE 1) JEMIMA BOONE

Children documented in the DAR:
SUSANNAH [1] THOMAS HOWELL
JAMES R. [1] NANCY HOWELL
JOHN BOONE [1] ELIZABETH CATON
TABITHA [1] ABRAHAM DARST
Flanders Callaway was the son in law of Daniel Boone and Rebecca Bryan Boone, the husband of Jemima Boone. He was the father of Captain James Callaway. Flanders was with Daniel Boone and a party of men at the rescue of Jemima and the Callaway girls, when they were kidnapped by the Shawnee in 1776.

His DAR record recognizes patriotic service but not offIcial service in the military, so he would not be considered a veteran:
CALLAWAY, FLANDERS DAR Ancestor
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 12-9-1752 VIRGINIA
Death: 2-22-1829 MONTGOMERY CO MISSOURI
Service Source: SPRAKER, THE BOONE FAMILY, PP 120-121
Service Description: 1) ASSISTED IN DEFENSE OF FORT BOONESBOROUGH
RESIDENCE 1) City: FORT BOONESBOROUGH - County: KENTUCKY CO - State: VIRGINIA
SPOUSE 1) JEMIMA BOONE

Children documented in the DAR:
SUSANNAH [1] THOMAS HOWELL
JAMES R. [1] NANCY HOWELL
JOHN BOONE [1] ELIZABETH CATON
TABITHA [1] ABRAHAM DARST

Inscription

Revolutionary War Patriots
Siege of Fort Boonesborough-1778
Marked placed by Valley of the Meramec Chapter NSDAR
2015