ELI GALLOWAY was born April 17, 1820
in Buncombe County, North Carolina, and died
February 28, 1896 in Transylvania County, North
Carolina. He married ELIZABETH OWEN Abt.
1840 in Henderson County, North Carolina,
daughter of -- OWEN and MARY ADAMS. She
was born December 28, 1817, and died July 14,
1881 in Transylvania County, North
Carolina.
Notes for ELI GALLOWAY:
Transylvania County Registry, Book 2, Page 329
[uncorrected for spelling, punctuation or
grammar]
North Carolina Transylvania County
This indenture made and entered into this
the 11th day of April A.D. 1868 between Jackson
Owen and Mary Ann Owen of the first part and
Eli Galloway of the other part both of the
State and County aforesaid witnesseth that in
and for consideration of three hundred dollars
to me in hand paid by the said Eli Galloway the
receipt whereof I do acknowledge and release
acquit and discharge to the said Eli Galloway
his heirs executors administrators and by thee
present doth grant bargin sell and confer to
the said Eli Galloway his heirs and assins for
ever a certain pice or parcel of land
containing fifty acres actuated and being in
the State and County aforesaid on the West
prong of French Broad River on the North
side.
beginning at a black oak near the top of the
mountain then south 7 1/2 West 63 poles to a
maple near a hollow, thence North 750 West 130
poles to a stake thence North 7 1/2 East 60
poles to a stake thence South 750 East 130
poles to the beginning corner containing fifty
acres more or less.
Together with all the woods waters ways
mines and minerals and appurtenances unto the
said Eli Galloway his heirs executors
administrators and assigns forever claims or
claimes made by me or any other person or
persons either in law or in equity. In
testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my seal this day and date above
written.
Jacon (his x mark) Owen
Mary Ann (her x mark) Owen
Wm R. Garren
and Maryon Owen (name interlined before
signed)
More About ELI GALLOWAY:
Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery,
Transylvania County, North Carolina
More About ELIZABETH OWEN:
Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery,
Transylvania County, North Carolina
Children of ELI GALLOWAY and ELIZABETH OWEN
are:
i. JOSIAH2 GALLOWAY.
ii. RILEY M. GALLOWAY.
iii. WARREN GALLOWAY.
iv. SARAH GALLOWAY, b. Abt. 1841,
Henderson County, North
Carolina1; m.
TYRAH MCCALL, July 25, 1859, Henderson
County, North Carolina2; b. Abt. 1839, Henderson
County, North Carolina3.
More About SARAH GALLOWAY:
Occupation: Homemaker
More About TYRAH MCCALL:
Occupation: Farmer
More About TYRAH MCCALL and SARAH
GALLOWAY:
Marriage: July 25, 1859, Henderson County,
North Carolina4
Marriage Fact: July 25, 1859, Performed by B.
E. Chasteen
v. ROBERT MONROE GALLOWAY, b. 1841,
Henderson County, North Carolina; d. September
05, 1864, Camp Douglas, Illinois; m. SARAH JANE
MCCALL, August 21, 1859, Henderson County,
North Carolina4; b.
November 06, 1840, Henderson County, North
Carolina; d. March 04, 1869, Henderson County,
North Carolina.
More About ROBERT MONROE GALLOWAY:
Military service: Confederate States Army
More About ROBERT GALLOWAY and SARAH
MCCALL:
Marriage: August 21, 1859, Henderson County,
North Carolina4
Marriage Fact: August 21, 1859, Performed by W.
R. Galloway, J. P.
vi. SELENA GALLOWAY, b. April 1843,
Transylvania County, North
Carolina5; d.
1938, Transylvania County, North
Carolina; m. ANDREW JACKSON MCCALL, Abt.
18575; b.
September 15, 1834, Transylvania County,
North Carolina; d. January 24, 1916,
Transylvania County, North Carolina.
More About SELENA GALLOWAY:
Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery,
Transylvania County, North Carolina
Occupation: Housekeeper
More About ANDREW JACKSON MCCALL:
Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery,
Transylvania County, County, North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
More About ANDREW MCCALL and SELENA
GALLOWAY:
Marriage: Abt. 18575
vii. CLIFFORD GALLOWAY, b. September
14, 1845, Transylvania County, North Carolina;
d. September 15, 1915, Canada Township, Jackson
County, North Carolina6;
m. (1) REBECCA --; m. (2) LUCRETIA PENETTA
OWEN, 1864, Transylvania County, North
Carolina; b. March 03, 1848, Transylvania
County, North Carolina7;
d. May 29, 1935, Transylvania County, North
Carolina.
More About CLIFFORD GALLOWAY:
Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery,
Transylvania County, N. C.
Cause of Death: Pellagra
Marriage Bond: June 08, 1864, Transylvania
County, North Carolina
Notes for LUCRETIA PENETTA OWEN:
The 1850 Macon County census lists Penetta as
Lucretia Penetta.
More About LUCRETIA PENETTA OWEN:
Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery,
Transylvania County, N. C.
viii. EMALINE GALLOWAY, b. January 23,
1848, Henderson County, North Carolina; d. July
26, 1904, Transylvania County, North Carolina;
m. HANSEL MCCALL, September 1861, Transylvania
County, North Carolina8;
b. November 16, 1842, Henderson County, North
Carolina; d. July 04, 1927, Transylvania
County, North Carolina.
More About EMALINE GALLOWAY:
Occupation: Housekeeper
More About HANSEL MCCALL:
Occupation: Farmer
More About HANSEL MCCALL and EMALINE
GALLOWAY:
Marriage: September 1861, Transylvania County,
North Carolina8
Marriage bond: September 05, 1861, Transylvania
County, North Carolina
ix. RUFUS JUSTICE GALLOWAY, b. 1850,
Transylvania County, North Carolina; d. March
15, 1937, Hamburg Township, Jackson County,
North Carolina9; m.
HESTER ANN REID, January 19, 1868, Transylvania
County, North Carolina10; b. November 28, 1848, Macon
County, North Carolina11; d. January 28, 1940,
Transylvania County, North Carolina.
More About RUFUS JUSTICE GALLOWAY:
Burial: Toxaway Baptist Church Cemetery,
Transylvania County, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Unreadable on death
certificate
Occupation: Farmer
More About HESTER ANN REID:
Burial: Toxaway Baptist Church Cemetery,
Transylvania County, North Carolina
More About RUFUS GALLOWAY and HESTER
REID:
Marriage: January 19, 1868, Transylvania
County, North Carolina12
Marriage Fact: January 19, 1868, Performed by
Levi Butler, M. G.
x. SYLVANUS "VESS" GALLOWAY, b.
November 30, 1852, Transylvania County, North
Carolina; d. December 03, 1930, Gloucester
Township, Transylvania County, North
Carolina13; m. DARCUS L.
FISCHER, January 24, 1876, Transylvania County,
North Carolina14; b.
February 12, 1856, Transylvania County, North
Carolina; d. March 12, 1939, Transylvania
County, North Carolina.
More About SYLVANUS "VESS" GALLOWAY:
Burial: December 04, 1930, Macedonia Baptist
Church Cemetery, Macon County, North
Carolina
Cause of Death: Dropsy
Occupation: Farmer
More About DARCUS L. FISCHER:
Burial: Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery,
Macon County, North Carolina
More About SYLVANUS GALLOWAY and DARCUS
FISCHER:
Marriage: January 24, 1876, Transylvania
County, North Carolina14
Marriage Fact: January 24, 1876, Performed by
J. H. Duckworth, Bapt. M.
xi. PERMELIA GALLOWAY, b. 1862,
Transylvania County, North Carolina; m. --
MCCALL.
xii. FLOYD GALLOWAY, b. Abt. 1867,
Transylvania County, North Carolina; d.
Texas?.
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Endnotes
1. 1880 Federal Census of Transylvania
County, North Carolina, by Frankie Monteith,
Brevard, 1985.
2. Transylvania County, North Carolina,
Marriage Index.
3. 1880 Federal Census of Transylvania
County, North Carolina, by Frankie Monteith,
Brevard, 1985.
4. Transylvania County, North Carolina,
Marriage Index.
5. 1900 Federal Census of Transylvania
County, North Carolina, extracted/published by
Frankie Monteith, Brevard, 1991, p. 99.
6. North Carolina Certificate of Death,
Certificate No. 9.
7. Macon County NC in the 1850 Census, A
Snapshot in Time, McRae & Leverette,
Teresita Press, Franklin, 1997, p. 122.
8. Marriages of Transylvania County,
North Carolina, 1861 Through 1899, by Lillian
Ledbetter Stumpp, Idaho Falls, 1985.
9. North Carolina Certificate of Death,
Filed April 6, 1937.
10. Marriages of Transylvania County,
North Carolina, 1861 Through 1899, by Lillian
Ledbetter Stumpp, Idaho Falls, 1985.
11. Macon County NC in the 1850 Census, A
Snapshot in Time, McRae & Leverette,
Teresita Press, Franklin, 1997, p. 122.
12. Marriages of Transylvania County,
North Carolina, 1861 Through 1899, by Lillian
Ledbetter Stumpp, Idaho Falls, 1985.
13. North Carolina Certificate of Death,
Certificate No. 88-7087.
14. Transylvania County, North Carolina,
Marriage Index.
- Philip Underwood
Sheppard
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