Re: William McCaleb/Ann Mackay
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In reply to:
Re: William McCaleb/Ann Mackay
Howard McCaleb 4/08/03
McCaleb/McKay MS, Claiborne Co.
In the book, Claiborne County, Mississippi by Katy McCaleb Headly is this information about the tombstone of William and Ann McKay McCaleb.The McCaleb Hermitage Cemetery is on the property that was once Hermitage Plantation, the home of William, Ann, and their ten children.
William McCaleb
Died April 7,1813
Aged 66 years
Ann, his wife,died
Oct.10,1821
Aged 73 years and 7 months
They were married in South Carolina where he held the rank of Captain in the Army of the Revolution, and sacrificed his youthful valor in the cause of American Independence.
She, amid the perios to which her husbnad was exposed displayed the devotions of the wife, and the courage of the heroine.