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  • Name: John Calvin McELWEE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 19 Jan 1765 in Brunswick Co, Virginia b
  • Death: 11 May 1843 in York Co, South Carolina d
  • Burial: Bethany Churchyard, York Co, South Carolina u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William II McELWEE Birth: 1718 in County Tyrone, Ireland Death: Jun 1807 in York Co, South Carolina
  • Mother:
  • Janet BLACK Birth: 1738 Death: 25 Dec 1825 in York Co, South Carolina

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. William MCELWEE Birth: 15 Oct 1791 in York Co, South Carolina Death: 29 Jun 1870
  2. George Lesslie MCELWEE Birth: 22 Feb 1793 in York Co, South Carolina
  3. John Robinson MCELWEE Birth: 11 Feb 1795 in York Co, South Carolina Death: 25 May 1847 in York Co, South Carolina
  4. Grace Lesslie MCELWEE Birth: 23 Mar 1797 in York Co, South Carolina Death: 29 Jul 1864
  5. Eleanor MCELWEE Birth: 3 Mar 1799 in York Co, South Carolina Death: 29 May 1812
  6. James MCELWEE Birth: 13 May 1801 in York Co, South Carolina Death: 26 Mar 1875 in York Co, South Carolina

Marriage: Children:
  1. Samuel McELWEE Birth: 24 Aug 1806 in York Co, South Carolina Death: 23 Sep 1841
  2. Lawson McELWEE Birth: 15 Feb 1809 in York Co, South Carolina Death: 17 Sep 1841
  3. Jane McELWEE Birth: 22 Aug 1811 in York Co, South Carolina Death: 8 Dec 1895
  4. Mary Turner McELWEE Birth: 8 Jul 1814 in York Co, South Carolina Death: 13 Sep 1841
  5. Margaret Emeretta McELWEE Birth: 23 Jun 1817 in York Co, South Carolina Death: 23 Aug 1905
  6. Job S B McELWEE Birth: 11 Nov 1819 in York Co, South Carolina Death: 1 Dec 1828
  7. Martha E A McELWEE Birth: 23 Jun 1824 in York Co, South Carolina Death: 20 Nov 1841

Bibliography
  1. Jones, June, Stapleton-DeLong-Mowery families, private email, 12/1/2002. Author address: JonesJuneM at aol dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002].
  2. Hutten, Karen, Briggs-Leslie. WorldConnect db=briggs2, visited 11/29/2008. Author address: klhutten at hotmail dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Karen Hutten 7/7/2007].
  3. Lesslie, Samuel B, Lessley Family Records - Samuel Lesslie of the Carolina Waxhaws and Descendants. Claremore, OK: author, 1983. NYPL APV (Lessley) 84-2870. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LesslieSB LESSLIE p[0-9]*].
  4. Murphy, Marion F, Early Leslies in York County, South Carolina: their rmigrations to Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas, their ancestry and descendants. San Diego, CA: author, 1976. NYPL APV (Leslie) 77-13. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Murphy LESLIE p[v0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Karen Hutten 7/7/2007, LesslieSB LESSLIE p375, Murphy LESLIE p16]
1765 [Ref: Murphy LESLIE p15b],
place:
[Ref: Karen Hutten 7/7/2007, Murphy LESLIE p16],
parents:
[Ref: LesslieSB LESSLIE p375, Murphy LESLIE p15b, Murphy LESLIE p16]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: LesslieSB LESSLIE p375, Murphy LESLIE p19]
24 Apr 1843 [Ref: Karen Hutten 7/7/2007],
place:
[Ref: Karen Hutten 7/7/2007]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Murphy LESLIE p19]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jane LESSLIE
date:
abt 1790 [Ref: Murphy LESLIE p19]
abt 1795 [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002],
names:
[Ref: Karen Hutten 7/7/2007, LesslieSB LESSLIE p367, Murphy LESLIE p15a]
___ McELWEE & Janes LESSLIE [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002],
child:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002, LesslieSB LESSLIE p376, Murphy LESLIE p19]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret CRAWFORD
date:
[Ref: Murphy LESLIE p19],
child:
[Ref: Murphy LESLIE p19, Murphy LESLIE p20]
Research Notes:
participated in Battle of Kings Mountain in Rev War [Ref: Murphy LESLIE p19]

founder and elder of Bethany Church, York Co, South Carolina [Ref: Murphy LESLIE p19]



Pedigree of John Calvin McELWEE
          /-----William McELWEE
 /-----William II McELWEE
John Calvin McELWEE
 \-----Janet BLACK



Descendants of John Calvin McELWEE
1. John Calvin McELWEE m1. Jane LESSLIE m2. Margaret CRAWFORD
m. Jane LESSLIE father: George LESSLIE mother: Mary (LESSLIE)
m. Margaret CRAWFORD