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Note: Pronounced Kuh' well and almost as one syllable, it's not surprising that our CALDWELL name is found without the D in many records.
Marvin Tong, descendant of James' youngest son, James Andrew, told us that James' middle name was Alfonso, but I now question that James' middle name might have been Alexander instead, assuming he even had a middle name.
Photocopies of four incomplete portions of a letter signed by JAMES CALDWELL sent to us by Marvin Tong -- top half of one page, bottom half of two more pages (with the left edge of the top half of the first page with one of these), plus the address portion. Written in a different hand from the hand writing the letter: East Tennessee, Roan County, Kingston Post Office, ROBERT CALDWELL (Roane Co., TN, formed Nov. 6, 1801, from Knox Co.; county seat, Kingston; the only CALDWELL, any spelling / any year, in Roane Co. was John CALDWELL, 1830 census, p.8, S. TN River): . . . as soon as can to me and let me know how you're doing. I will inform you [widers] family they are all well at present would are doing as well as [then] can ask and has got plenty of everything that is needed and would be glad to see you all. James [Miliken] has grown to be very stout young man and his common weight is from one hundred seventy and they have lots of stock horses and hogs and cattle and sheep and lots of wheat and corn and plenty of everything that is need for ______ a ______ here is the last cease of the letter and how to you . . .
1836 Aug. 22, JAMES CALDWELL md. NANCY McKINNEY, Fayette Co., IL, Book A, p.10. --Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763--1900, http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html The only other CALDWELL marriage recorded in Fayette Co. during this period is 1840 June 20, John A. CALDWELL (of age) md. Sarah GLASS (required consent), Fayette Co., IL, Bk. A, p.16 (md. by James GLASS, J.P.), but it's not known if there was a connection between James and John.
1836 Aug. 22, JAMES CALDWELL md. NANCY McKINNEY, Fayette Co., IL, Book A, p.10; James was "of age," Nancy required consent; md. by Levi Lowry. --details courtesy Carol Tilson, e-mail, Oct. 26, 1999
1838 Sept. 10, JAMES CALDWELL of Fayette Co., IL, 40 acres, SE4 NW4, Section 15, Twp. 10N, Range 2E, Shelby Co., IL [Cold Spring Twp.], $1.25 per acre / $50.00 total price, Vol. 146, p.22. --Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/data_lan.html By 1844, JAMES had sold this land as it's not included in his tax record.
1840 March 12, JAMES COLDWELL md. [Mrs.] ELIZABETH WHITLATCH, Shelby Co., IL, Book 1, p.14. --Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763--1900, http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html
1840 Shelby Co., IL, census, p.173, by Bushrod W. Henry: line 14, JAMES CALDWELL, 2 M & 1 F 20-30 (b. ca. 1810-1819); 1 F 15-20 (b. ca. 1820-1824); 1 M & 1 F under 5 (b. ca. 1835-1840); 6 total; 2 engaged in agriculture. (JAMES age about 27; Thomas MALONE; Elizabeth age about 24; JAMES' sister Mary CALDWELL MALONE age about 17; Elizabeth's 2 children from her first marriage to Charles WHITLATCH). After their marriage in Greene Co., MO, Feb. 5, 1840, Thomas and Mary apparently went to Shelby Co., IL, to be with Mary's brother JAMES who had re-married in March. John Sphar line 7; Samuel Sphar line 11; Martin Sphar line 12; Duncan Sphar line 13; James Milican [Milliken] mentioned in James Caldwell's letter to his father is on the 3rd line after James Caldwell.
1840 Oct. 10, JAMES CALDWELL of Fayette Co., IL, patented 40 acres, SE4 NW4 Section 15, Twp. 10N, Range 2E, Shelby Co., IL [Cold Spring Twp.]. --Bureau Of Land Management, General Land Office Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
1844 Shelby County Tax Record Book: JAMES CALDWELL, pp.42, 90. --Shelby County, Illinois, Historical and Genealogical Society, http://www.shelbycohistgen.org/1844taxam.htm page 42, JAMES CALDWELL 40 SE SE 16 10 2 / $4 140 40 NW NW 16 10 3 / $3 120 38 1 1 - - 98 - 375 $0.79 $1.19 page 90, Jal CALDWELL 40 SW SW 16 10 2 / $3 120 0.24 - 54 1
1850 Shelby Co., IL, census, p.148A, Knob District, Sept. 21, 1850, John Allen: 805/805, JAMES COLWELL, 37 M, farmer, TN; ELIZABETH, 34 F, OH; Margarett, 7 F, IL; Robert, 5 M, IL; Sarah, 2 F, IL; Samuel WHITTEN, 44 M, IN [should read WHITLATCH, age about 14]; Mary, 13 F, IN. [Samuel and Mary were Elizabeth's children from her first marriage to Charles WHITLATCH.]
1855 Shelby Co., IL, state census, JAMES COLDWELL, p.72 (page image not available); William CALDWELL [b. VA], p.17
1856 July 3, JAMES CALDWELL md. [Mrs.] MATILDA AMOSE, by C.F. Dryden, M.G., Webster Co., MO. --History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing, 1889; reprint, Independence, MO: BNL Library Service, 1974), 181, Marriages, 1856.
A.D. 1858 Tuesday morning the 13th April. 2d day April Term. JAMES COLDWELL & MATILDA COLDWELL vs William EDWARDS } Civil action Now at this day comes in to court the defendant by attorney and by leave of the Court files herein a motion to quash the writ in this cause. --Webster County, Missouri, Circuit Court Record, Book A, 1855-1865, p.83. 1858 April 15. JAMES COLDWELL & MATILDA COLDWELL vs William EDWARDS } Civil action By an agreement of the parties this cause is continued until the next term of this Court and leave given Defendant to plede [sic] sixty days before the next term of this Court. --Webster County, Circuit Court Record, Book A, p.101.
1858 Thursday October 14. 4th day October Term. JAMES COLDWELL & MATILDA COLDWELL vs William EDWARDS } Petition for assignment of dower Now at this day comes in to court the attorney for the said MATILDA COLDWELL and to the Satisfaction of this Court makes it appear that since the last term of this Court, the said MATILDA COLDWELL the party for whose interest this cause was brought, has departed this life, and at her death the cause of action aborted. It is therefore considered and adjudged by this Court, that the defendant have and recover of and from the Surviveing [sic] plantiff [sic] all costs in this behalf lain out and Expense for which Execution may issue. --Webster County, Circuit Court Record, Book A, p.141.
1859 Nov. 15 (one bond for deed for the NW4 of NE4 and S2 of NW4, Section 16, Twp. 30, Range 19). For value received Twelve months after date I promise to pay P.G. BODENHAMER Fifty dollars Negotiable and payable without defalcation* or discount with 10 per cent interest per annum from due This Nov. 15th 1859. [signed] JAMES CALDWELL. [Phil G. Bodenhamer, Ozark Twp., p.792, 1860 census; p.315, 1870 census] *misappropriation of funds, a breach of trust concerning money
State of Missouri, County of Webster } SS, To the Wm. H. DEREBERY, Admr of Estate of JAMES COLDWELL deceased being duly sworn, says that JAMES COLDWELL late of said county of Webster on or about the 15 day of March 1860, departed this life, leaving no last will and testament, to the knowledge or information of this affiant; that said JAMES COLDWELL at the time of his death, had his mansion house or place of abode in said county of Webster situated in said county of Webster in the State of Missouri; that the names of the heirs at law, and next of kin of the said JAMES COLDWELL to the best of the knowledge and information of this affiant are as follows: Wm Jefferson COLDWELL resides in Burou [sic] County Ill, Robert A. COLDWELL, Sarah E. COLDWELL, Henry M. COLDWELL, Margaret COLDWELL, reside in Webster County Mo. & James A. COLDWELL That he reside[s] in the county of Green Missouri; that the affiant will make a perfect inventory, and faithfully administer, all and singular the goods and estate of the said JAMES COLDWELL that may come to his hands, and pay all debts against said estate out of the assets thereof, so far as the same may extend and the law direct, and account for and pay all assets which shall come to his possession. [signed] Wm H. DEREBERY Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19 day of March 1860. [signed] John Foster, Clerk
1860 March 20. Frederick V. Goss, Daniel Burford, and Wilson Merrill appointed to inventory and appraise the estate of JAMES CALDWELL deceased. 1860 March 20. Inventory of the estate of JAMES CALDWELL; filed with the probate court, April 26, 1860.
JAMES was a physician; his estate inventory included 4 syringes, a pair of pill bags, a case of surgical instruments, a pair of tooth twisters, one lot of medicine jars, a U.S. dispensatory (a book telling how to prepare and use medicines; an unofficial pharmacopeia), 8 volumes of medical books, and a list of debts owed to him for his services. His total estate, personal and real, less notes due, was appraised at $827.58.
no date March 19. Administrator's Sale. By virtue of an order of the county court of Webster county, made at the February term of said court, I will, in obedience to said order, on Tuesday the 19th day of March next, at the court house door in the town of Marshfield and during the session of the circuit court of said county, expose at public auction, all the interest of JAMES CALDWELL, deceased, in and to a parcel of land described as follows, to wit, nw qr of ne qr, and s 1/2 of the nw qr, sec 15 [sic; 16], twnsp 30, rge 19. / Terms of Sale.--A credit of twelve months will be given from the day of sale, the purch-er giving note with approved security, drawing interest at the rate of ten per cent from due, and a deed to be made on the complete payment of the purchase money. / F.V. Goss, Adm'r de lonisnon of the estate of JAMES CALDWELL, deceased. feb 3. (this land was in A.L. CALDWELL's name in 1865)
1864 March 22. I received of F.V. Goss, administrator of the estate of JAMES CALDWELL deseast five dolars and fifty five cents. [signed] Robert CALDWELL
ca. 1864, JAMES' dau. Margaret turned 21 (her husband John UPSHAW turned 21 Oct. 15, 1861) -- when did they receive Margaret's share of her father's estate (assuming she received her share)?
1865, JAMES CALDWELL's Webster Co. land, 120 acres in Section 16, Twp. 30N, Range 19W, was owned by his brother, A.L. CALDWELL.
ca. 1866, JAMES' son Robert A. turned 21, but he died after March 22, 1866, and before March 2, 1867.
1867 Jan. 24. Final Settlement. Notice is hereby given that I will apply at the next term of the Probate court of Webster county, Missoui, which commences on the Second Monday in April next, to make final settlement of my administration of the estate of JAMES CALDWELL, deceased, when and where all persons can attend if they see proper. F. V. Goss, Adm'r.
1871 July 10. Received of N. Rhodes Curator of the Estate of JAMES CALDWELL deceased the Sum of Twenty Dollars on my part of Said Estate. [signed] HENRY CALDWELL [Henry turned 21 in July 1871]
1871 July 17. Received of N. Rhodes Curator of the Estate of JAMES CALDWELL deceased, the sum of $53.54 in full of my part of said Estate. [signed] HENRY / his X mark / CALDWELL
1872 April 15. Second annual settlement of Nicholas Rhodes, Curator of JAMES CALDWELL. $84.61-1/2 balance remains in the estate. Recorded in Book A, p.83.
1878 May 2. . . . undersigned Curator of the estate of JAMES CALDWELL, minor heir, will make final settlement of said estate at the next regular term of the Probate court of Webster county, Mo., to be begun and holden in the town of Marshfield, on the 2d Monday in May, 1878. Nicholas Rhodes, Curator.
1878 May 13. Received from Nicholas Rhodes my Curator the Sum of One hundred $100.00 Dollars in full of balance due me as heir at law of JAMES CALDWELL deceased. [signed] James / his X mark / Caldwell [James Andrew turned 21 in May 1878, and this was the last transaction concerning his father's estate]
James is buried in the family cemetery near Strafford, Greene Co., MO; his grave is unmarked.
See LDS Ancestral File by Mary Julie Phillips, Walworth, NY 14568, submission AF85-001785, Film 1394465
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