James Ewell McCall
Birth – 11 Mar 1826, Lowndes, Alabama
Death – 1896, Yell, Arkansas
Burial – Old Shark Cem., Yell, Arkansas

Father – John McCall (1800-1849)
Mother – Sarah McColl (1804->1891)

Married:

Fannie Wood
Marriage – 29 Dec 1860, Dallas, Missouri
Birth – 4 Jan 1838, Johnson Co, Arkansas
Death – 1898, Yell, Arkansas
Burial – Old Shark Cem., Yell, Arkansas

Father – Isaac Wood
Mother – Anna Denton

Their Children:

1 F – Sarah McCall
Birth – Aug 1866
Death – bef 1870

2 M – Paul Jackson McCall
Birth – 16 Dec 1867, Arkansas
Death – 1952, Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico
Spouse – Minnie L. Saddler
Marriage – 26 Feb 1890, Yell, Arkansas

3 M – John Keener McCall
Birth – 1 Oct 1872, Gravelly Twp., Yell Co., AR
Death – 3 Jan 1965, Stayton, Marion Co., OR
Spouse (1) – Martha Olive “Ollie” Johnson
Marriage – 30 Nov 1893, Yell Co., Arkansas
Spouse (2) – Martha Azle Mercer
Marriage – 22 Sep 1918, Gravelly, Yell, Arkansas

4 M - William P. McCall
Birth – 1874
Death – 1895, Yell, Arkansas
Spouse – Minnie Zorn
Marriage – 27 Dec 1897, Yell Co., Arkansas

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Minifield 4th Oct 1846

My Dear Sir

I am sure you are very angry with me for not answering your kind letter sooner. But I found it impossible to do so. Not being acquainted with the ancient history of the Highlands. I applied to a cousin of mine, the Reverend Mr.? McColl of Glenorchay whose brother, Coll, a catholic priest collected a great mass of information throughout the Highlands and Gle. embracing a well written history as traditional information, ancient poetry?, or from these circumstances, I thought his brother the most likely person to give a correct outline of the history of the Clan McColl. The priest went to Australia some years ago where he died, he took all his manuscripts with him and what I now send is furnished by the Clergyman from memory alone, but it appears to me from what I heard in my younger days from old people to be quite correct as far as it goes. I think where he mentions that in after times the McColls became the vassals of the Stuarts should be suppressed. They the McC had at one time large possessions in Appin, but through the vicissitudes of the time and the bad faith and treachery of the Stuart who in common gratitude ought to have supported them they in the end lost all their lands, except that which I still hold. The priest before he embarked for Australia got the McColl crest and Motto engraved in London. He sent and impression of it to his brother, but in his letter to me he says the does not know how to take an impression from it. If there is any use in this information I am sorry you should want it so long but Mr. M Cooll has been from home for the last fortnight assisting his Brethren in administering the Sacrament in different parts of Argyllshire.
I hope you will be able to make out a good case for the poor McColls, this antiquity was never doubted. I shall be happy to hear from you . I am my dear Sir – Yours truly
Kul? McColl
[Note written on the side] The Chief man of the Clan McColl at above date

The History and tradition of the Clan McColl of Appin

The History and tradition of the Clan McColl of Appin

The history of the Clan McColl is very much lost in antiquity, yet the tradition still extant of the Clan shows their origin to have been both Noble an ancient. The name Coll or Cole or Colla, can be traced to an early period in the genealogy of families, both in Ireland and in Scotland, the first person of note of the name of whom I have read, was Coll or Colla, and Uamh-theistfir Coll, or Colla, the Monster a Prince in Ireland. In the 4th Century from whom it is said the McDonalds are descended. Whether the McDonalds take their origin from this Coll or Colla and Uamh-theist is difficult to determine, but it is a well known fact that the name Coll is still as well as in ancient times a name peculiar both? Clan McDonald. It is therefore evident that the Clan McColl must as the name of itself indicates, have come of the Colls of ancient times
The person from whom the McColls of Appin are descended is said to be Solla dubh (ie Black Solla or Solomon, Son of Coll, 2nd Son of McDonald, Kin or Lord of the Isles. This Solla dubh, had for his inheritance the Island of Coll, from which Island he fled and took up his residence in Lorn in the neighborhood of Oban, but having committed some crime in Lorn he absconded and went to Appin where he found protection. He had afterwards to fly from Appin and made his way to Rosshire when he settled and married the daughter of a Miller of the name Michael by whom the had several sons of whom the ancient family of the McCuloc[ink blotch here] of Glastuleih? in Rosshire. The wife of this same Solla dubh or black Solomon, the Son of Coll having died he left Rosshire with his Brother in law Michael, of whom the Carmichaels of Appin and returned to Appin where he married and settled for life, from whom the McColls are descended – a numerous and brave Clan in Appin in ancient as well as in Modern times – they had property a part of which, one of them still retain in Glencrain in Appin. It therefore appears that the McColls are a branch of the McDonalds, descended as the name indicates from Coll or Colla the 2nds Son of the Lord of the Isles Their crest is a Highlander with Shield and Dagger?-Motto
Ferris tigo
Maccollasky
(Ie seiath nehu Colla
or McColl’s Shield)
The McColls
In latter times became the vassals of the Stuarts of Appin – They fought their battles and at all times defended their cause with fidelity and bravery, but without anything like a suitable recompensation for their services

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This single photocopy pushed me on to find the rest of the charts, because it looked like it was part of a much larger charting of the McCall family line. I couldn’t find any of these charts in the Genealogy Library in Salt Lake City, UT, so I posted a note online at genealogy.com in search for them. I also began researching the names on the piece of the chart I had in my possession and posted some of my research online. While researching I discovered a link to the inventory of the Manuscripts Department at the Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This link outlined an inventory of the McCall Family Papers that contained genealogy for the McColl family of Marlboro County, SC. I called the library and ordered the collection in on microfilm.

When I recieved the film, I was excited to see that it contained the entire collection of charts, and solved the mystery about it’s origins and author. The charts began with a letter that said the following (and were in the same handwriting of the original chart):

Dec 11, 1990

Connie -
The clan genealogies were prepared by Duncan McColl of Bennettsville and Hugh McColl of Scotland sometime in the twenties or early thirties. Duncan McColl of Bennettsville did the ground work. A lawyer and prominent citizen of Bennettsville. His son now about 70 lives on South Main Street in Bennettsville.

John “Gurly” is my line and I believe to be basically correct. I do not know if SC/3 (Referring to the numbering on the charts) is correct but believe it probably is. John “Gurly”s son Malcolm was supposed to have married a Reynolds and died without issue. According to descendents consensus this is correct.

I am writing this from memory my records are in such a mess it will take much digging to be more specific but will try if there is any point upon which you may desire clarification. I will try. I believe these people – the ones going to Lowndes County, Alabama came out of Mountain Creek in Richmond County, North Carolina. I think I remember a land grant to a Paul McColl. Buried in Hayneville, Lowndes Co., Alabama is Nellie McRae widow of Daniel McColl who died in his mill pond on Mountain Creek about 1820 I think. Ellerby Springs is near Mountain Creek. Many of these McColl families passed through Marlboro County – stayed for years in fact – on their way south.

The first McColls on Mountain Creek was old John and his wife Catherine who came over about 1775 on the Jupiter of Larne from Appen Argylshire Scotland. The old cemetary in the middle of the woods has only two readable tombstones, the last one 1857 old John’s daughter Catharine and her husband red Hugh McColl – Secretary to Harmony Presbyterian Church record still in existence.

On second thought – please do not accept SC/3 as fact although it probably is. I cannot prove it either way. I accept SC/9 as basically factual because through the years it has proven so. The same opportunity has not been the same with SC/3. Some information in the History of Marlboro County is probably true but needs to be accepted with care.

John “Gurly” was alive thru the census of 1860 living with son Hugh’s widow – Dollie Cameron having probably died some time before. Descendants of Hugh erected a new tombstone to John “Gurly” in Stewartsville Cemetery. The old sandstone marker having become unreadable. How they knew it was his grave I do not know but they believe. The McColl cemetery two miles west of Clio has Hugh and Malcolm and Janet Cameron sister to Dollie and her husband a grandson of old John of Mountain Creek.

With Best Regards
OJ McColl

I also found this note in the same archives originally written to Hugh McColl in 1988. I don’t seem to have printed out the name of the letter’s author, but a portion of it gives more insight to the origin of these charts.

A Hugh McColl came from Appin sometime in the 20′s to the U.S. looking up McColls who had come over here – there were some in the North (Philadelphia) that he visited. Uncle D gave him the use of his car to look up the ones in Marlboro County and that Hugh McColl planned to incorporate what he got in a genealogicial McColl survey. He died during World War II in an automobile accident in Scotland on his way to work (or from) in an aluminum factory.

After the war, Aunt Rhett and Eleanor and later Mary Lynch, and Robin and I went to see his widow who lived at Ballachulish. When we were there (1966) her house was rented out and she was living in a trailer and we stood out in front of her house overlooking the Loch and the Pop of Glencoe. Mary Lynch who was there afterward said Mrs. MacColl said she was embarrassed not to ask us in.

I have posted scanned copies of all the charts online so they can be reference by other McCall, McColl, MacColl surname researchers:

• SC/1.1 David McColl (“the first”) d. 1809
• SC/1.2 Continued
• SC/2 Hugh & Anne McColl – Farmer of Upper Glasdrum Appin b. 1732
• SC/3 Duncan McColl (MacColls of Three Creeks)
• SC/4 Lauchliin MacColl & (1)Jeanette (2)Catharine
• SC/5.1 John & Sarah McColl – farmer in Glasdrum, Appin
• SC/5.2 Continued
• SC/6 John S. & Christina MacIntyre McColl (Granny McColl)
• SC/7 Big Solomon
• SC/8 John & Mary McLaurin McColl of Inverfolla, Appin, Argyll
• SC/9 John “Gurley” McColl Branch (Note: Owen Jasper McColl in the bottom right of the chart is OJ McColl)
• SC/10.1 John of Mountain Creek
• SC/10.2 Continued (Note: This is my family line)
• SC/11 Laurel Hill Branch of McColls
• SC/12 & SC/13 Hanna Ragland Branch
• SC/14 “Steady Hugh” McColl Branch
• SC/15 “Little Solomon”

Thanks to all of those in the past who participated in the research that created these charts – I know that I have found that these have been a great resource in giving me the directions to look for more specific information. Since my line is from SC/10.2 that’s where most of my genealogy research has been from and I can answer questions on.

Fran Stewart is also from this same chart (John of Mountain Creek), and she and her family have done extensive research that she has put online at McColl-Name.com.