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“Afrrican-American -Callis”
THE MOST FAMOUS CALLIS’ & KELLY’S ARE:
(The founders of the first African-American Fraternity . . .
http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/apa1906/jewels.htm
“HENRY ARTHUR CALLIS”
(married Paul Lawrence Dunbar’s Ex-Wife)
“Mrs. Paul Lawrence Dunbar became the first wife of Jewel Henry Arthur Callis and wrote the words to the Delta National Hymn”
http://www.deltasigmatheta.com/alphaluv.htm
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“GEORGE BIDDLE KELLY”
(The first African American engineer registered in the state of New York)
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Maybe these not so famous names might ring a bell to someone ….
These are all of Van & Louise (Green) Callis Children . . .
They all grew up in Lawrenceville, VA –
(Greentown)in Brunswick County …
The old house is probably still standing in ‘Greentown ( It was in 1992 )….
They all attended Brunswick High School in Lawrenceville, VA. . .
And also, they are the cousins of the Kelly’s & Moore’s. . .
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Ella(Rose) (callis) Baxter – lives in NJ
Lois (callis) Morgan – lives in NY
Jasper Callis – lives in NJ
Frank Callis – (decease)
Sarah (Otis) (Callis) McArthur –
{MY MOTHER} (decease)
Stanley Callis – lives in VA.
MACK (McArthur) Callis lives in NC or SC
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I know somone knows them . . .
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KIM MCARTHUR
Since I am a descendant of the “Callis”, the research of information might be of genealogy importance . . .
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http://genforum.genealogy.com/callis/messages/237.html
A Sandy Callis is looking for African-American Callis’ from
Emporia, Lawrenceville, Dolphin? area of Virginia.
She wants to confirm whether there is a Bi-Racial heritage.
She also mention a Channel(Kelly) Callis . . .
Kelly is probably the name of Channel Callis’ mother’s maid name . . .
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The Kelly’s are relatives of the “Callis’ “
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The “Callis” of Lawrenceville-Greentown & Emporia-Greenville
are “Tri-Racial” – Caucasian, Indian & African-American . . .
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Richard Kelley, the Son of George Biddle Kelley
(Founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity),
migrated from Virginia as a fugitive slave during the Civil War.
Some documents spell George Biddle Kelley last name as “Kelly” . . .
As a “fugitive slave” who migrated , Many Slaves would slightly
changed the spelling of their last name…
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The name “Kelley”
Spelling variations include: Kelly, Kellie, O’Kelly, and others.
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Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were:
Brian Kelly purchased land in Virginia in 1635 . . .
(This would be the Master’s Descendant)
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The Rev. Henry Jesse Callis, son of Henry Arthur Callis
(Founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity)
was born in 1858 in Matthews County, Virginia.
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My Grandfather, Van Callis’ father – Mack Callis was a slave . . .
He was freed early, he was an Overseer for the Master . . .
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My Grandfather’s people had an very early start migrating
to the North. . . .
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I was told that “Fred Green” my Great Great Great Grandfather
own slaves . . .
The “Green’s” were into the Slave-Trade Business . . .
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The “Green’s” left trails behind while exporting
slaves from Africa. . .
http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll
This map is of ‘Greenville, Liberia – Africa
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This is just the being of my research . . .
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KIM MCARTHUR
During the 1800’s many of the slaves of the Green’s and/or their associates were freed and given an option of either going North or going to a “Safe Place” in Africa …LIBERIA….
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http://www.monstermap.com/africa/liberia/greenville/
A map of Greenville, Liberia – Africa
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Liberian Letters from Virginia Ex-Slaves to their former “Master’s”
http://etext.virginia.edu/subjects/liberia/index.html
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http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam003.html
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809-1876), a wealthy Monrovia merchant who had emigrated in 1829 from Petersburg, Virginia, became the first black ACS governor of Liberia in 1841. . . .
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Liberia is a West Africa nation originally founded by freed slaves from the American South between 1820 and 1865 . . .
http://www.mrdowling.com/610-liberia.html
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The Tri- Racial Mix is of Caucasian,
Saponi Indian, & Liberian-African
as well as others . . . .
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KIM MCARTHUR
Below is a list of Freed Slaves of the Green’s and/or their associates with the last name “Green” , etc . . .
that returned to Liberia, Africa from Virginia as well as from other Southern States. . .
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/Liberia/pdfs/emigrant3e.pdf
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For those who are researching Powell’s, Walker’s , Johnson”s, etc . . . and come to a stand still of information, you might want to research List of Freed Slaves that returned to Africa. . . I am almost sure that some of these Freed Slaves descendants have migrated throughout Africa today . . .
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KIM MCARTHUR
The below information is of genealogy importance . . . .
Members who were Associated with
Indians (Saponi) that migrated
south to Mississippi . . .
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In the early days Mulatto was a common name label for people who were mixed with Caucasian, Indian, & African. . .
Members who were Tri-Racial in Greenville, Mississippi . . .
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GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
http://www.greenville.ms.us/community/facts/history.html
“This area is one of the country’s most significant sites of prehistoric
Indian culture. Thousands of years ago, mound building Indians lived here, utilizing the Mississippi River and its tributaries as a trade link for a continuing habitation. ”
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In 1838, the Mississippi Colonization Society established a settlement , called Greenville, at the mouth of the river in Liberia – Africa. . . .
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http://www.monstermap.com/africa/liberia/greenville/
A map of Greenville, Liberia – Africa
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Many sect-Groups associated with the Green’s , Today & during the early days were Baptist, Quakers, & Jewish . . .
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The Quakers were part of the Underground Railroad . . .
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(“Roberts” is a Green’s surname)
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JOSEPH JENKINS ROBERTS –
VIRGINIA’S NINTH PRESIDENT:
Joseph Jenkins Roberts
Most of us know that there were eight presidents from Virginia.
Did you say nine?
What about the famous Norfolkian who was president?
An anthology on President Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809-1876).
Virginia’s “ninth president” was a mulatto born in Norfolk, Va., and served six terms as president. He was also the first Black American to be governor of a commonwealth.
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This is of Genealogy importance in American-African history, based on information that include the American
Colonization Society, and the settlement and founding of the Liberian Republic.
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Many surnames in my family tree were returned to Liberia – Africa . . .
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The above are all necessary to complete an accurate genealogy research project . . .
For My Family Tree . . .
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KIM MCARTHUR
I’m a new contributor, but have been reading this forum for a few months.
I’m responding to the fifth message in this thread, in which Linda asked (in February 2002) where Lawson was, when he stopped at the Saponi town in 1701.
The best evidence for this and similar questions — and it differs widely from most of the older literature — is in Alan V. Briceland, Westward from Virginia: The Exploration of the Virginia-Carolina Frontier, 1650-1710 (Charlottesville: U of VA Press, 1987). Briceland has compared the early explorers’ journals and reports with USGS topo maps (most of them in the highly detailed 7.5 minute size). These, of course, weren’t available to nineteenth century researchers, on whose work a lot of erroneous historical markers, etc. are based. He also walked over much of the referenced terrain, in many cases in the company of local hunters, game wardens, park rangers and the like.
Anyway, in 1701 Lawson found the Saponi just below the Forks of the Yadkin River, on the east side, in or very near present Salisbury NC. They had been there about twenty years, having been forced to abandon their older site by raiding Iroquois federation members (probably Senecas). Before 1681 the main Saponi town was on an 80-foot bluff on the NE side of Staunton River, a bit west of present Charlotte Courthouse, VA. They had a secondary town, including the chief’s residence, about eight miles south and on the west side of the Staunton R. at the mouth of Roanoke Creek.
All of this was a good long while before Ft. Christanna, and the merging of various unrelated (or distantly related) groups into a more generic sort of “Saponi.” The towns of those other groups (Tutelo, Occaneechee and many others) are also located in Briceland’s study, if any trader happened upon them during the 17th century.
It is possible to argue with a few of Briceland’s assumptions, and a few of the conclusions that logically follow them; but one would have to be extremely well informed to do so, and I don’t really recommend it. However, if you do want to argue (do him the courtesy of reading his book, first), he’s a professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University.
[Responding to a response:] Briceland’s book is out of print. It is of course found in many libraries, but often as a reference work that doesn’t circulate. I got my circulating copy from the Virginiana collection of the Fairfax County (VA) Library. The computerized catalog of this system says it doesn’t circulate — but one copy does; you might want to mention that, if you fill out an Interlibrary Loan slip.
Of course, it won’t circulate until I return it.
[This message has been edited by PappyDick (edited 09-30-2002).]
PappyDick:
Welcome to the forum. Thank you for the response above. Do you know if the book you spoke of is still in print and available?
Brenda
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Life is a Rainbow made up of Many Different Colors…..
PappyDick wrote: I’m a new contributor, but have been reading this forum for a few months.
I’m responding to the fifth message in this thread, in which Linda asked (in February 2002) where Lawson was, when he stopped at the Saponi town in 1701.
The best evidence for this and similar questions — and it differs widely from most of the older literature — is in Alan V. Briceland, Westward from Virginia: The Exploration of the Virginia-Carolina Frontier, 1650-1710 (Charlottesville: U of VA Press, 1987). Briceland has compared the early explorers’ journals and reports with USGS topo maps (most of them in the highly detailed 7.5 minute size). These, of course, weren’t available to nineteenth century researchers, on whose work a lot of erroneous historical markers, etc. are based. He also walked over much of the referenced terrain, in many cases in the company of local hunters, game wardens, park rangers and the like.
Anyway, in 1701 Lawson found the Saponi just below the Forks of the Yadkin River, on the east side, in or very near present Salisbury NC. They had been there about twenty years, having been forced to abandon their older site by raiding Iroquois federation members (probably Senecas). Before 1681 the main Saponi town was on an 80-foot bluff on the NE side of Staunton River, a bit west of present Charlotte Courthouse, VA. They had a secondary town, including the chief’s residence, about eight miles south and on the west side of the Staunton R. at the mouth of Roanoke Creek.
All of this was a good long while before Ft. Christanna, and the merging of various unrelated (or distantly related) groups into a more generic sort of “Saponi.” The towns of those other groups (Tutelo, Occaneechee and many others) are also located in Briceland’s study, if any trader happened upon them during the 17th century.
It is possible to argue with a few of Briceland’s assumptions, and a few of the conclusions that logically follow them; but one would have to be extremely well informed to do so, and I don’t really recommend it. However, if you do want to argue (do him the courtesy of reading his book, first), he’s a professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University.
[Responding to a response:] Briceland’s book is out of print. It is of course found in many libraries, but often as a reference work that doesn’t circulate. I got my circulating copy from the Virginiana collection of the Fairfax County (VA) Library. The computerized catalog of this system says it doesn’t circulate — but one copy does; you might want to mention that, if you fill out an Interlibrary Loan slip.
Of course, it won’t circulate until I return it.
[This message has been edited by PappyDick (edited 09-30-2002).]
Thought I’d bring this one back…one of Pappy’s wonderful contributions:)
Before 1681 the main Saponi town was on an 80-foot bluff on the NE side of Staunton River, a bit west of present Charlotte Courthouse, VA. They had a secondary town, including the chief’s residence, about eight miles south and on the west side of the Staunton R. at the mouth of Roanoke Creek.
We live near there, Felicia and I have gone on trips trying to catch a vibe. We canoed from Staunton River State park down to the spot where the Roanoke converges with the Staunton River.
I just looked at Google maps, topo version, and the Staunton river doesn’t flow near Charlotte Court House that I can see. It’s the Roanoke that is up that way. I’m confused. I had luck contacting Dr. Briceland before. That book is wonderful. Get ahold of it. He makes so much sense of the scraps of historical evidence. It comes into focus.
I really want to know where that bluff is and where that chief’s town was. We can find it, and Felicia will get her thing going on and we’ll find out all we ever wanted to know. Can’t call it historical research, but it will all be three dimensional. Or should I say six dimensional.
I just looked at Google maps, topo version, and the Staunton river doesn’t flow near Charlotte Court House that I can see. It’s the Roanoke that is up that way. I’m confused.
Linda, they are the same river. Different name in different areas.
Hey guys, not sure if this is the place to ask but I have some new info and would like some help.
I am decended from Simeon Bethea. His mother was Ms. Lang: no one seems to know or remember her first name. Simeon was born in Chowan Co., NC (now Gates Co) about 1760. About 1771 he moved with his family to the Cheraw District, SC (now Marlboro Co) and settled between present towns of Tatum and McColl, SC below Beaver Dam Creek. About 1778 he moved to the Nashville area.
Does anyone have any info about this family and especially Ms Lang?
Thanks, Bob
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