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- Hi Bonnie,
I think that this may be the same family. I have been working on the
same line, but from the Virginia side. I am working off of researchdone several decades ago by my family out in Virginia. Thatinformation shows a line from Peter Wallace, Sr. to Sidney GregoryWallace (my greatgrandfather). The line I have looks more or less likethis:
1) Peter Wallace, Sr. m. Elizabeth Woods
2) Peter Wallace, Jr. m. Martha Woods (a cousin)
3) John Wallace m. Jane Miller
4) James Wallace m. Elizabeth Leach
5) Sterling Leach Wallace m. Mary Jones
6) Sterling James Wallace m. Ida Caroline Kennedy
7) Sidney Gregory Wallace m. Amarette James Pruden
I have been using the internet to try to flesh out this information.All references to John Wallace that I have found state that he wasborn in Rockbridge Co. (Augusta Co.), Virginia; that he married JaneMiller in Greenbriar, Virginia; that she died in Anderson Co.,Tennessee; and that he died later in Stillville, Indiana. I have alsofound reference to James Wallace being born in Greenbriar, Va. I don'tknow how accurate these internet sources are though.
However, I did find transcriptions for an Irwin or Wallace cemetery inAnderson Co., TN. Included were the following:
Elizabeth Wallace born 1807, died 11-20-1884
James Wallace born 1800, died 6-13-1877 "son of John and Jane Wallace"
I am looking for any information regarding the children of James andElizabeth and any information about her family.
Good luck,
Beth
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Wallace Family History by J. Montgomery Seaver, 1929; published byAmerican Historical-Genealogical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Page 23;
?H114 About 1730, a company of Scotch-Irish immigrants were landedat Philadelphia, and after a brief sojourn went out to Lancaster.Among them were the brothers, Peter and William Wallace, whose wiveswere sisters, named, respectively, Elizabeth and Hannah Woods. Earlyin the spring of 1735, they journeyed to Albermarle County, Virginia.Peter Wallace settled a little farther south and William went a shortdistance farther on. The children of Peter and Elizabeth were:Andrew, Adam, Samuel and Peter; all of whom were supposed to have beenborn in Ireland. Andrew m. Catherine Parks and settled near theAllegheny Mountains; the children of Peter Jr. were: Joseph, Samuel,Janet and Rachel; Samuel m. Esther Baker, and settled in CharlotteCounty having the following ch.: Caleb, b. 1742; Elizabeth, b. 1745;Andrew, b Sept. 25, 1748 and Samuel unrecorded and unheard of after hereturned to Scotland. Samuel and Esther later moved to Kentucky.?
His last sentence refers to Samuel, son of Peter, not of Samuel, sonof Samuel.
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?Caleb Wallace, was a United States Judge, ?Ever a leader among themen of his time;? active in shaping the legislation of Virginia beforethe Revolution, and of Kentucky, after her admission as a State, 1792.Graduated from Princeton, was a greaeat friend of President Madison;studied for and entered the Presbyterian ministry, in which he held adistinguished place until the troubled times preceding the breakingout of war, when he became a noted advocate of emancipation from thetyranny of King and Parliament; separation of Church and State;including entire freedom of conscience. He married first, his cousin,Sarah McDowell, b. Oct. 10, 1755 d. 1776 without issue; and second,1779, Rosanna Christian, (dau. Capt. Israel,) b.. 17544, by whom he had9 children as follows: Samuel McDowell, April 16, 1780; William C.,Oct. 16, 1781, d.y., Priscilla C., March 12, 1785; Caleb Baker, May22, 1787; John, Oct 13, 1789, Henry, March 24, 1796; WilliamChristian, April 15, 1794; Charles, Sept. 9, 1796; Christian, Nov 21,1800. His wife, Rosanna, d. Dec 4, 1804. His third wife was Mrs.Mary Brown(.) Caleb, d. 1814 in Woodford Co., KY.?
Mr. Seaver cites these sources as his references for the Wallaces inAmerica, which include the above Wallaces:
Ref # 55- The Wallace Family in America: by James A. Phelps. NewYrok, W.M. Clemens (1914), 27 pages.
Ref # 135- Private collection of Data.
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HUGH CAMPBELL WALLACE: Born Feb 10, 1863, at Lexington, Mo., is ofScotch-Irish ancestry. The first member of his paternal ancestry toarrive in this country was Peter Wallace, who settled in Albermarleco., VA., in 1724. His father, Thomas Batees Wallace, was appointedUnited States Marshall for Missouri by President Lincoln, with whom hewas personally acquainted. His mother was Lucy (Briscoe) Wilson, whowas a descendant of Dr. John Briscoe, who came with Lord Baltimorewhen he settledd, Md. In 1855 President Cleveland appointed at the ageof twenty-two, receiver of public moneys for the Territory of Utah.For four years he was President Cleveland?s advisor in thedistribution of offices in the State of Washington. Appointed in 1919by President Wilson, ambassador to France, and he reached Paris in thecritical moments of the Peace Conference. Took his seat in theSupreme Council, the others being Lloyd George, M. Clemenceau, Mr.Tittoni, and Baron Matsui. When he returned to America, The FrenchRepublic conferred on him the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor.Married Mildred Fuller, daughter of Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justiceof the United States.
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