David Caldwell

1725 - 1824  (99 years)

• Name	David Caldwell
  Birth	22 Mar 1725	Lancaster Co, PA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Will	14 Mar 1822	Guilford Co, NC   [3]
  	Recorded 8/1/1824
  Death	28 Aug 1824	Guilford Co, NC   [1, 2]
  Probate	01 Feb 1825	Guilford Co, NC   [3]
  	Estate Inventory
  DAR.org	07 Nov 2023
  	See Notes
  Burial	Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC   [2]
  	Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  Person ID	I3037	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Andrew Caldwell,   b. 18 Sep 1691, Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland d. Between 23 Jun 1757 and 14 Jan 1758, Drumore, Lancaster Co, PA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha ???,   b. 1694, Ireland bur. Quarryville, Lancaster Co, PA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1718	Ireland
  Family ID	F410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel Brown Craighead-xx,   b. 1742, Lancaster Co, PA d. 12 Jun 1835, Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	1766
  Notes	Children: dau Anna Caldwell 1762 - 1863 - married William Hunter 1760 - 1840 son Samuel Craighead Caldwell 1765 - 1826 - married Abigail Bain Alexander - married Elizabeth Lindsey son Alexander Caldwell 1770 - 10/2/1841 - married Sarah Davidson son Andrew Jackson Caldwell 1771 - 1845 - never married son James Edmund Caldwell 1772 - 1836 - married Ruth Penelope Davidson dau Martha Caldwell 1775 - 1826 son David Stewart Caldwell 10/7/1777 - 1857 ?? Stewart? - married Susan Clarke son Thomas Caldwell 10/7/1777 - 1859 - married Elizabeth Doak 1780 - 1848 dau Mary Eveline Caldwell 1820 - 1855 son John Washington Caldwell 1780 - 12/8/1844 - married Margaret ??? ?? dau Mary Jane Caldwell 1828 - 1832 dau Margaret A Caldwell 1838 - 1855 son Robert Craighead Caldwell 1789 - 1878 - on 7/13/1825 in Guilford Co, NC married Maria B Latta 1808 - 1849 - in 1851 married Marjory Woodburn 1815 - 1852 - in 1855 married Mary Clancy 1795 - 1872
  Photos		Caldwell-David-(Rachel-(Craighead)-NC-Guilford-TS-1
  Family ID	F1047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Mar 1725 - Lancaster Co, PA Will - Recorded 8/1/1824 - 14 Mar 1822 - Guilford Co, NC Death - 28 Aug 1824 - Guilford Co, NC Probate - Estate Inventory - 01 Feb 1825 - Guilford Co, NC Burial - - Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  - ** See marriage notes for list of children ** -- See misc notes -- mother was Martha ??? -- NOT Ann Stewart -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found at DAR.org on 11/7/2023 CALDWELL, DAVID Ancestor #: A018200 Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: 3-22-1725 PENNSYLVANIA Death: 8-25-1824 GUILFORD CO NORTH CAROLINA Service Source: SAUNDERS, COL RECS OF NC, VOL 10, PP 913, 916 Service Description: 1) MEMBER OF NC PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, 1776 RESIDENCE Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: 2013-02-26 08:49:45.0, By: 1) County: GUILFORD CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA SPOUSE Number Name Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 1) RACHEL CRAIGHEAD Hint: Click on the member number to see more. ASSOCIATED APPLICATIONS AND SUPPLEMENTALS Nat’l Add Num Vol. Docs Child [Spouse #] Spouse 18885 SAMUEL C [1] ABIGAIL ALEXANDER PURCHASE 20722 S C [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 20724 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [1] ABIGIAL ALEXANDER PURCHASE 24439 SAMUEL [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 24875 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 35607 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 35958 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 38647 SAMUEL C [2] ELIZABETH LINDSAY PURCHASE 38649 SAMUEL C [2] ELIZABETH LINDSAY PURCHASE 44607 SAMUEL C [2] ELIZABETH LINDSAY PURCHASE 44828 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 51480 SAMUEL C [2] ELIZABETH LINDSAY PURCHASE 56587 THOMAS [1] ELIZABETH DOAK PURCHASE 64839 S C [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 70686 SAMUEL [1] ABIGAIL ALEXANDER PURCHASE 72558 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [1] ABIGIAL ALEXANDER PURCHASE 74905 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 77603 S C [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 86104 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 95121 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 104817 JAMES [1] RUTH PENELOPE DAVIDSON PURCHASE 108190 JAMES [1] RUTH PENELOPE DAVIDSON PURCHASE 116363 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 119143 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 140716 DAVID [1] SUSAN CLARKE PURCHASE 140717 DAVID [1] SUSAN CLARKE PURCHASE 140718 DAVID [1] SUSAN CLARKE PURCHASE 141510 SAMUEL C [2] ELIZABETH LINDSAY PURCHASE 148924 JAMES [1] RUTH PENELOPE DAVIDSON PURCHASE 151803 JAMES [1] RUTH PENELOPE DAVIDSON PURCHASE 159653 SAMUEL [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 159654 SAMUEL [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 159655 SAMUEL [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 160722 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 193025 SAMUEL C [2] ELIZABETH LINDSAY PURCHASE 193027 SAMUEL C [2] ELIZABETH LINDSAY PURCHASE 217667 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 226256 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 226257 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 226258 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 226259 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 240628 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 240629 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 251457 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 256803 DAVID [1] SUSAN CLARKE PURCHASE 262069 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [1] ABIGIAL ALEXANDER PURCHASE 290402 THOMAS [1] ELIZABETH DOAK PURCHASE 302708 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 311403 JAMES [1] RUTH PENELOPE DAVIDSON PURCHASE 320689 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [1] ABIGAIL BAIN ALEXANDER PURCHASE 321014 SAMUEL C [2] ELIZABETH LINDSAY PURCHASE 337035 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 355305 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 359976 THOMAS [1] ELIZABETH DOAK PURCHASE 364496 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 364497 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 278678 361 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 373182 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 377848 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 380004 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 381090 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 388302 JOHN W [1] MARGARET CABE PURCHASE 388303 JOHN W [1] MARGARET CABE PURCHASE 405838 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 409043 DAVID [1] SUSAN CLARKE PURCHASE 486133 JAMES [1] RUTH PENELOPE DAVIDSON PURCHASE 486593 SAMUEL [1] ABIGAIL ALEXANDER PURCHASE 495622 DAVID [1] SUSAN CLARKE PURCHASE 500776 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [1] ABIGAIL BAIN ALEXANDER PURCHASE 509249 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 513951 JAMES [1] RUTH PENELOPE DAVIDSON PURCHASE 560378 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 585148 S SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 602394 S SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [1] ABIGIAL ALEXANDER PURCHASE 413629 508 S SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 625166 S SAMUEL C [2] ELIZABETH LINDSAY PURCHASE 639789 577 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [1] ABIGIAL ALEXANDER PURCHASE 662145 JOHN W [1] MARGARET CABE PURCHASE 678536 S JOHN W [1] MARGARET CABE PURCHASE 686436 S JOHN W [1] MARGARET CABE PURCHASE 686437 S JOHN W [1] MARGARET CABE PURCHASE 688128 S JOHN W [1] MARGARET CABE PURCHASE 343440 646 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [1] ABIGIAL ALEXANDER PURCHASE 721966 S DAVID [1] SUSAN CLARK PURCHASE 919086 JAMES [1] RUTH PENELOPE DAVIDSON PURCHASE 923428 JOHN WILLIAM [1] MARGARET CABE PURCHASE 923429 JOHN WILLIAM [1] MARGARET CABE PURCHASE 923430 JOHN WILLIAM [1] MARGARET CABE PURCHASE 926145 ALEXANDER [1] SARAH DAVIDSON PURCHASE 970716 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 970717 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE 1002912 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [1] ABIGAIL BAIN ALEXANDER PURCHASE 1003544 JAMES [1] RUTH PENELOPE DAVIDSON PURCHASE 1034665 SAMUEL CRAIGHEAD [2] ELIZABETH LINDSEY PURCHASE = Supporting documentation available = Descendants list available for this member and this ancestor = Descendants list available for this member but not this ancestor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found at findagrave.com on 11/7/2023 Rev David Stewart Caldwell Sr. VVeteran ?? Stewart? -- s/b Andrew Birth: 22 Mar 1725 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Death: 28 Aug 1824 (aged 99) Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Burial: Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Memorial #: 40478760 Bio: Sacred to the memory of the Rev David Caldwell DD who was born in Lancaster Co Pa graduated at Princeton College NJ moved to NC at a period not exactly known and organized the churches of Buffalo and Alimance (sic) over which he pious faithful and beloved sustained the office of Pastor more than sixty years and departed this life 28th of August AD 1824 aged near one hundred years. These slabs were erected by RC & JW & Caldwell Maj R. Donnell Revolutionary War Vet. Born on March 22, 1724 to Andrew and Martha Caldwell, David Caldwell and his three younger brothers spent their childhood on the family farm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. After practicing carpentry until he was twenty-five, David was so compelled to enter seminary that he agreed to waive his right to the family inheritance if his brothers would assist with tuition for the College of New Jersey at Princeton. After graduating in 1761, he remained at Princeton long enough to receive a Presbyterian commission two years later. After becoming an ordained minister, Caldwell was tasked with organizing congregations in North Carolina. In 1766 he married Rachel Craighead, daughter of prominent minister Alexander Craighead and assumed leadership of Alamance and Buffalo congregations near modern Greensboro two years later. In addition to religious duties, Caldwell operated a classical academy with up to sixty pupils annually. He also became a self-taught physician. His fees were inadequate to provide for his family of nine, even when supplemented with his ministerial stipend. Therefore, he turned to agriculture, where he characteristically found success. Caldwell was crucial to North Carolina's war efforts in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. An excellent orator, he advanced the Patriot cause from the pulpit. So influential was Caldwell that, according to biographer Eli Carruthers, both of his congregations volunteered to the last able man. During the War of 1812, recruiters asked a frail Caldwell to boost patriotism among his flock. Caldwell delivered a stirring invocation, forcing recruiters to choose from droves of volunteers. After a lifetime of dedicated service to country and community, Caldwell died on August 25, 1824, less than a year from his centennial. He is buried at Buffalo Church in Greensboro. Revolutionary War Vet. Contributor: Ronald C. Brewer Family Members Parents Andrew Caldwell 1691-1757 Martha Ann Stewart Caldwell 1694-1738 ?? Martha-yes -- Ann Stewart-no Spouse Rachel Brown Craighead Caldwell 1742-1835 Siblings Robert Caldwell 1719-1754 Alexander Caldwell 1727-1784 Andrew Caldwell 1731-1805 John Caldwell 1736-1812 Children Anna Caldwell Hunter 1762-1863 Samuel Craighead Caldwell 1765-1826 Alexander Caldwell 1770-1841 Andrew Jackson Caldwell 1771-1845 James Edmund Caldwell 1772-1836 Martha Caldwell 1775-1826 David Stewart Caldwell 1777-1857 ?? Stewart? Thomas Caldwell 1777-1859 Robert Craighead Caldwell 1789-1878 Created by: Michael Bell (46911790) Added: 9 Aug 2009 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40478760/david-stewart-caldwell Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40478760/david-stewart-caldwell: accessed 07 November 2023), memorial page for Rev David Stewart Caldwell Sr. (22 Mar 1725-28 Aug 1824), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40478760, citing Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Michael Bell (contributor 46911790). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] DAR.org. [S25] Findagrave.com. [S46] See Documents.