Hillary Mosely Callaham

Male 1837 - 1912  (74 years)


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  • Name Hillary Mosely Callaham 
    Born 08 Oct 1837  Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 06 Mar 1912  Lynchburg, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • CENSUS RECORDS

      1850 Census
      Name: Mosely Collahan [Mosely Callaham]
      Age: 13
      Birth Year: abt 1837
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Home in 1850: Campbell, Virginia
      Gender: Male
      Family Number: 774
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William M Collahan 32
      Frances Collahan 50
      Letticia Collahan 21
      Elisha Collahan 17
      Achillas Collahan 15
      Mosely Collahan 13
      Merryman Callahan 10

      MILITARY RECORDS

      National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss

      Name: Hilery M. Callaham
      Side: Confederate
      Regiment State/Origin: Virginia
      Regiment: 11th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
      Company: C
      Rank In: Private
      Rank Out: Private
      Film Number: M382 roll 9

      Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
      Name: Hillary Mosley Callaham
      Age at Enlistment: 23
      Enlistment Date: 24 Jul 1861
      Rank at enlistment: Private
      State Served: Virginia
      Survived the War?: Yes
      Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Virginia 11th Infantry Regiment on 24 Jul 1861.
      Birth Date: 8 Oct 1837
      Death Date: 6 Mar 1912
      Death Place: Lynchburg, Virginia

      U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
      Name: H M Callaham
      Side: Confederate
      Roll: M598_113
      Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865

      He was captured at Milford Station on May 21, 1864 and was exchanged from Point Lookout, Md. on February 18, 1865. Hillary was paroled at Campbell Court House on May 31, 1865.
    Person ID I35928  Master File
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2016 

    Father Elisha Callaham,   b. Abt 1795,   d. 22 Jan 1879, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Mother Frances Herndon,   b. ca 1795, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1865, Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Married 23 Jun 1817  Campbell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers.
      Name: Frances Herndon
      Gender: Female
      Spouse Name: Elisha Callaham
      Spouse Gender: Male
      Marriage Date: 23 Jun 1817
      County: Campbell
      State: Virginia
    Family ID F14797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart