Individual Details

Elizabeth was the third child of James Willson and his wife Martha Calhoun. She was five years of age when her father was killed at the Battle of Cowpens on 17 Jan 1781. Her mother was the daughter of James Calhoun, Sr. And a first cousin of John C. Calhoun. Four years after the death of her husband, Martha Willson married William Anderson (whose surname was adopted by her four children).

John and Elizabeth (Willson) McWhorter settled on a land grant of one thousand acres at Pickens (now Oconee County) South Carolina, in 1805. In that year, John became a charter member and Co.-founder of the historic Bethel Presbyterian Church above Walhalla. He subsequently became a ruling Elder and Clerk of Session. Elizabeth died on July 10, 1840, and was buried in the Bethel Church Cemetery where her grave marker still stands. John moved to Walker Co., GA, following his wife’s death, and died there on February 19, 1855, where he was buried at Fairview Cemetery (five miles south of Lafayette, at the foot of Pigeon Mountain).

Birth	15 Mar 1776	South Carolina
Marriage	Abt 1795	Abbeville County, South Carolina - John B. McWhorter
Death	10 Jul 1840	Washington County, Arkansas

Spouse	John B. McWhorter (1768 - 1855)
Child	James McWhorter (1796 - 1841)