Callaway Place — 1814
Whitfield County, Whitfield County, Georgia
Marker Inscription
"Callaway Place" - 1814. Jesse Callaway, soldier of 1812, son of Joseph Callaway, soldier of '76, lived in this house from 1852 to 1867. The house, built with bricks made on the place, remained in the family until after 1900. It is said to have been built about 1814. Callaway, born in Wilkes County in 1796, was a Sergeant in Capt. Jones' Co., Col. Booth's Regiment, Ga. Militia, 1814-15. He was married 4 times and had 18 children, most of them having living descendants in Ga. Deeding this house to his son John in 1867 he moved to another house on his land 2 miles north, where he died in 1875 and is buried in a family cemetery. 155-29C GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Erected by Georgia Historical Commission
The Story
Said to have been built around 1814 of bricks made on the site, this house was home to Jesse Callaway from 1852 to 1867 and stayed in his family past 1900. Born in Wilkes County in 1796, Callaway served as a sergeant in the Georgia Militia during the War of 1812, and was the son of a Revolutionary War soldier. Married four times with eighteen children, he left descendants across the state before deeding the house to his son and moving north, where he died in 1875.
Why it matters
The homestead ties one North Georgia family across two of the young nation's wars, illustrating how militia service and large farm families anchored the early frontier.
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