Capt. James Callaway, grandson of Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits mad']'e him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the Commonwealth of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of...

. Callaway County, Missouri

Callaway County, Missouri

Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 44,332. Its county seat is Fulton. The county was organized in 1820. It was named for Capt. James Callaway, a grandson of...

 was named after Capt. Callaway.

Birth and early life

James Callaway, was born in Kentucky September 13, 1783 to Flanders Callaway and Jemima Boone, Daniel Boone's daughter. In 1798 his family moved to Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

. He returned to Kentucky in 1799 to complete his education. In 1805 he married the former Nancy Howell, and the couple settled in Howell's prairie, in St. Charles County, where he built a home. He was involved in the fur trade and local business. He was a deputy sheriff in St. Charles County for several years.

Military service and death

Callaway was appointed Cornet of a troop of Missouri Rangers in 1808. He was promoted to Captain in 1812, and the following year raised a company, for either the ongoing conflicts with indigenous people or the War of 1812 (accounts differ.) He participated in the expedition of General Howard in 1813 and the Battle of Credit Island in 1814 in a military capacity. Callaway died in battle with Native Americans near Loutre Creek in March 1815. He was buried by his father where he had been killed in what is now Montgomery County, Missouri.

External links

• Captain James Callaway biography from History of Callaway County Missouri, 1884, page 94 - 98 on the Callaway County official website
• Callaway Family Association