William CALK 975
- Born: 7 Mar 1740, , Prince William Co., Virginia, USA 975
- Marriage: Sarah Elizabeth CATLETT about 1738
- Died: 18 Oct 1823, , Montgomery Co., Kentucky, USA at age 83 975
- Buried: Hinkston Vale, Montgomery Co., Kentucky, USA 975
General Notes:
"William Calk was born on 7 March 1740 at Prince William County, Virginia; May have been in Delaware or Maryland. He married Sarah Elizabeth Catlett, daughter of Robert Catlett and Mary Ann Floyd, circa 1763 at Prince William County, Virginia.5 William Calk died on 18 October 1823 at Montgomery County, Kentucky, at age 83. He was buried after 18 October 1823 at Hinkston Vale Farm, Montgomery County, Kentucky. His estate was probated on 30 November 1823 at Montgomery County, Kentucky.
He was educated by schoolmaster, John Sleep according to a contract dated 8 April 1758. He and Sarah Elizabeth Catlett resided circa 1763 at Prince William County, Virginia. William Calk resided on 24 January 1766 at Orange County, North Carolina, where he had purchased land on the Dan River after traveling here with his half-brother, James Calk, Jr. in November 1765. He resided on 24 March 1767 at Prince William County, Virginia, on his father's plantation after leaving North Carolina in 16 March.
With the political climate as it was, and the stories of the land beyond the mountains, William Calk left his family in March 1775 and traveled to Kentucky. His journey is detailed in his journal, which has been handed down to his descendants of today. Settling at Boonesborough in present-day Madison County, he helped survey the town, and built a cabin there. About two months after arriving at Boonesborough, he (along with his companions, Enoch Smith and Robert Whitledge) explored eastward past the boundary of the Transylvania Company grant. In this exploration, they went about thirty miles to the present Montgomery County where William Calk marked the area surrounding a spring (later known as Calk's Spring) for his own. He and Sarah Elizabeth Catlett resided circa 1776 at Boonesborough, Kentucky. In 1779, William Calk erected a cabin near the springs in Montgomery County with the help of John Harper. He did not move there immediately, but used it as a hunting cabin for which it became well known. In 1780, he claimed 400 acres there showing the cabin, fencing, and a crop of corn as improvements. He probably moved his family there after about 1785. William Calk appeared on the census of 22 August 1800 at Montgomery County, Kentucky. He left a will at Montgomery County, Kentucky, on 22 September 1822; In his will, William Calk named his wife and his eight children."
William Calk was in Fort Boonesborough ca 1775-1778, acc. to Ellis et al. 975,4734,4735
Noted events in his life were:
• Tax Lists: 1800, , Montgomery Co., Kentucky, USA. 4736 White Males: 1 > 21, 1 16-21; Blacks: 6> 21, 8 total blacks, 12 horses. 21 entries of land ranging from 60-6,000 acres in Montgomery, Clark, and Madison Cos.
• He had an estate probated on 30 Nov 1823 in , Montgomery Co., Kentucky, USA. 975
William married Sarah Elizabeth CATLETT, daughter of Robert CATLETT and Mary Ann FLOYD, about 1738. (Sarah Elizabeth CATLETT was born about 1755 in , Prince William Co., Virginia, USA 975 and died on 20 Nov 1826 in , Montgomery Co., Kentucky, USA 975.)
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