GALLOWAY HOUSE: At the time of plotting and recording this house, there was only about six (6) feet of the chimney still standing, which was constructed of stone and mud. Judging from the amount of hand-made bricks near the chimney, it may be assumed that the chimney was finished off with these bricks. The fireplace opening measured 42″ wide, 37″ high, and 19″ deep. Mr. James E. Feemster told me that the cabin was approximately twelve (12) feet wide and forty (40) feet long. There were no signs of a front porch. The house was divided into four (4) rooms — two (20 on each floor. The front door was centered and flanked by windows, and had a rear exit directly across from the front door. Not only did the size of the house make it unusual, but the stairway to the second floor was centered in the middle of the cabin. Across the front, near the roof were three (3) firing portals.
This house may have been built by George King, Jr., sometime around 1781. Mr. King and his wife, Jane, were refugees from the low country when the British began to take over. King purchased two hundred (100) acres from Robert Dowdle for exchange of three (3) Negroes, Viz Cato, his wife Betty and child, Tenah. This tract was granted to James Brown in 1763 by Gov. Thomas Boone. Brown sold the land to Dowdle in 1779. In 1787, Mr. King sold this land to Alexander Galloway for five (5) pounds sterling. One thousand (1000) acres was in the tract. Alexander Galloway was born in Ireland in 1746 and died here on July 8, 1832. The house site is located 600 feet East of Highway 97 and 1.4 miles South of the junction of 97 and 322.
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Alexander Galloway and his brother William Galloway are my gggggrandfathers. Alexander’s daughter Nancy married William’s son, William. They moved to Tennessee and are buried in LIncoln County, Tennessee. Their son, William James married Mary Ann Lindsay. (also buried in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Their son, Samuel Erskine Galloway is my paternal grandfather. He married Lora Templeton in 1906. My father, Ernest Calvin Galloway was their only child I grew up in Nashville, Tennessee). After marrying Thomas Glenn Walkup in 1965, we moved to Charlotte, NC in 1967. After living there for 24 years we moved to Pittsburgh,PA and then to Indianapolis, IN. In 2004 we returned to the Carolinas and moved to Rock Hill, SC. In 2005 my husband died. In 2007, I moved to Fort Mill, SC where I currently reside. I would like to connect with Galloway family members who are currently living in SC and are descendants of Alexander Galloway. Williams’ only married son moved to Tennessee and is my ggggrandfather. Nancy Galloway is my ggggrandmother. I am also hoping to gain more information on the parents of William (born abt 1750 and Alexander (b abt 1746 in northern Ireland. I am searching for the ship that brought them to SC and the possible year of their arrival. I have found war pension records for their brother Peter who is buried in IN. I would like information on their other brother (believed to be James) and a sister who accompanied them on their voyage to Charleston from county Armagh , Ireland.
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