Biography
Age ten when moved to Lunenburg, Charlotte Co., Va. Early settler of Mercer Co., Bogle, Ky (1787).
He was the founder of the Caldwell settlement outside of Danville, KY:

I find other records to suggest he was born 21 JUL 1721 in PA, and 5 July 1732.

Robert is buried on his farm Caldwell/Irvine Cemetery, Boyle Co., KY along with his wife.
Facts
  • 6 Jun 1719 - Birth - ; Cub Creek, Lunenburg (Charl
  • 30 Jul 1806 - Death - ; Danville, Mercer Co. (Boyl, KY
Ancestors
   
Joseph Alexander Caldwell
9 Jan 1657 - 3 Sep 1730
 
 
John Caldwell
9 Jan 1683 - 6 Oct 1750
  
  
  
Jane Mcghee (Mcghie) Caldwell
6 Jun 1660 - 1740
 
Robert Caldwell
6 Jun 1719 - 30 Jul 1806
  
 
  
LIVING
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Margaret Phillips
- 1746
  
  
  
LIVING
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) John Caldwell
Birth9 Jan 1683Ballyogan of Record
Death6 Oct 1750 Cub Creek, Lunenburg (Charl
Marriage4 Jan 1704to Margaret Phillips at County Derry, Ireland
FatherJoseph Alexander Caldwell
MotherJane Mcghee (Mcghie) Caldwell
PARENT (F) Margaret Phillips
Birth
Death1746
Marriage4 Jan 1704to John Caldwell at County Derry, Ireland
FatherLIVING
MotherLIVING
CHILDREN
MJohn Caldwell
Birth20 Mar 1715IRE
Death30 Oct 1795Maury Co. TN
Marriage1746to Jane Kennedy at Old Cub Creek Church, VA
MRobert Caldwell
Birth6 Jun 1719Cub Creek, Lunenburg (Charl
Death30 Jul 1806Danville, Mercer Co. (Boyl, KY
Marriage1754to Mary LOGAN
MJames Caldwell D.D.
Birth14 Apr 1724Cub Creek, Lunenburg (Charl
Death24 Nov 1781Elizabethport, Essex Co. (Union
Marriage14 Mar 1763to Mary Hannah Ogden
MWilliam Findley Caldwell
Birth1 Feb 1704
Death1761
Marriage1727to Rebecca PARKS (PARQUE)
MThomas Caldwell
Birth10 Apr 1706Co. Donegal, Ireland
DeathJan 1770Cub Creek, Lunenburg (Charl
Marriageto Mary Jane Parks
MDavid Caldwell
Birth7 Jul 1709Co. Donegal, Ireland
Death1769Cub Creek, Lunenburg (Charl
Marriageto Mary Dudgeon
FMargaret Caldwell
Birth16 Mar 1712Co. Donegal, Ireland
Death1791Danville?, KY
Marriage2nd husband - m. 1738to William Rogers at Lunenberg Co. VA
Marriage1st husbandto James Mitchell
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Robert Caldwell
Birth6 Jun 1719Cub Creek, Lunenburg (Charl
Death30 Jul 1806 Danville, Mercer Co. (Boyl, KY
Marriage1754to Mary LOGAN
FatherJohn Caldwell
MotherMargaret Phillips
PARENT (F) Mary LOGAN
Birth11 Dec 1734VA
Death1815
Marriage1754to Robert Caldwell
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
FMargaret Caldwell
Birth29 Oct 1755
Death1807
Marriageto John Cook
MJohn C. Caldwell
Birth22 Sep 1758
Death9 Nov 1804
Marriageto Judith
MDavid Caldwell
Birth7 Jun 1760
Death
Marriageto ?
MWilliam T Caldwell
Birth13 May 1762
Death1827
Marriageto Mary Wickliffe
MPhillips Caldwell
Birth25 Jan 1767
Death
FJane Caldwell
Birth31 Mar 1770
Death1804
Marriage1st husbandto Robert Logan
Marriage2nd husbandto Samuel Pottinger
MSamuel Caldwell
Birth9 Dec 1771
Death1835
Marriageto Ann Balch
FMary Logan Caldwell
Birth23 Aug 1773
Death
Marriageto R. C. Palmer
FElizabeth Caldwell
Birth2 Jul 1776
Death
Marriageto Samuel Grundy
MJames Logan Caldwell
Birth8 Jan 1778
Death1850
MarriageAFT 1832to Phoebe Caldwell
Marriage1795to Susan Slaughter
MarriageBEF 1832to Phoebe Henderson
MRichard Caldwell
Birth1 Oct 1781
Death
MRobert Caldwell
Birth23 May 1764Virginia
Death1837Adair Co., KY
Marriage1786to Hannah Willis
Descendancy Chart
1 Robert Caldwell b: 6 Jun 1719 d: 30 Jul 1806
+ Mary LOGAN b: 11 Dec 1734 d: 1815
2 Margaret Caldwell b: 29 Oct 1755 d: 1807
2 John C. Caldwell b: 22 Sep 1758 d: 9 Nov 1804
3 Robert Smith Caldwell b: 1 Jul 1783 d: 10 Aug 1830
+ Mary (Polly) Shelby b: 26 Apr 1785 d: 1 Jun 1847
4 John Caldwell b: 25 Aug 1806
4 Eliza Penelope Caldwell b: 11 May 1809 d: 4 Apr 1862
4 Jane E Caldwell b: 27 Mar 1811
4 Julia S Caldwell b: 2 Sep 1815
4 Moses S Caldwell b: 9 Sep 1818 d: 6 Mar 1832
4 Robert Seaton Caldwell b: 21 Oct 1820 d: 4 Aug 1924
4 Susan A. Caldwell b: 3 Oct 1827
4 Marl L Caldwell b: ABT 1824
2 David Caldwell b: 7 Jun 1760
+ ?
2 William T Caldwell b: 13 May 1762 d: 1827
+ Mary Wickliffe b: 1771
3 Robert W Caldwell b: 1790 d: 1815
3 Sarah Caldwell b: 1791 d: 1815
3 Charles Caldwell b: 1792 d: 1864
3 Lydia Caldwell b: 1795
3 Thomas Caldwell b: 1798 d: 1798
3 Mary T. Caldwell b: 1800 d: 1856
3 William Thomas Caldwell b: 1809 d: 1830
3 Sarah Jane Caldwell b: 1807 d: 1820
3 Elizabeth Caldwell b: 1809 d: 1810
3 Martin Nathan Caldwell b: 1811 d: 1826
2 Phillips Caldwell b: 25 Jan 1767
2 Jane Caldwell b: 31 Mar 1770 d: 1804
2 Samuel Caldwell b: 9 Dec 1771 d: 1835
3 Hezekiah James Caldwell b: 1799 d: 1822
3 Martha Caldwell b: 1801 d: 1802
3 John James Madison Caldwell b: 1807 d: 1818
2 Mary Logan Caldwell b: 23 Aug 1773
2 Elizabeth Caldwell b: 2 Jul 1776
2 James Logan Caldwell b: 8 Jan 1778 d: 1850
+ Phoebe Caldwell b: 28 Feb 1784 d: 1869
+ Phoebe Henderson b: 1786 d: 21 Sep 1832
2 Richard Caldwell b: 1 Oct 1781
2 Robert Caldwell b: 23 May 1764 d: 1837
+ Hannah Willis b: 1762
3 David Caldwell b: 3 Nov 1787
3 Nancy Caldwell b: 21 May 1789
3 Robert Caldwell b: 8 May 1790
3 J Willis Caldwell b: 1791 d: 1848
4 Phoebe Caldwell b: 1817
4 John C Caldwell b: 1821
4 David Caldwell b: 1827
4 William Caldwell b: 1828
4 James Caldwell b: 1833
4 Robert Caldwell b: 1815
6 Nannie Barksdale d: 1966
4 George Edward Caldwell b: 25 Jan 1823 d: 1872
+ Margaret Ann White b: abt.1825
5 James W Caldwell b: 1850
5 Isaac W. Caldwell b: 1859 d: 1940
6 Iris V Caldwell b: Abt. April 1887
+ Mollie H. George b: Abt. April 1865
6 Nellie Caldwell b: Abt. 1900
+ Ida Northington Scobey Floyd b: 25 Apr 1877 d: 20 Sep 1967
6 Aubra Bryan Caldwell b: 1 Aug 1908 d: Jan 1968
6 Isaac W Caldwell b: 15 Feb 1913 d: 16 Jan 1978
7 Donald Ray Caldwell b: 15 Aug 1934 d: Jan 2000
9 Andrew Michael Caldwell Murray b: 26 Apr 1997 d: 26 Apr 1997
6 Margaret Jane (Peggy) Caldwell b: Jun 1918 d: Living in Flint, Mi.
6 Laverne Caldwell b: Aug 1919 d: Dec 1993
+ ?
10 LIVING
8 Vernon Stout b: 9 Oct d: Sep 1980
7 Judith Diane Stout b: 11 Jul 1944 d: 30 Oct 1981
10 LIVING
3 William Caldwell b: 5 May 1793
3 Varner Caldwell b: 26 Dec 1794
3 John Caldwell b: 24 Feb 1798
3 Edward Caldwell b: 25 Apr 1800
3 Hannah Caldwell b: 2 Jan 1802
3 Henry Logan Caldwell b: 22 Dec 1804
3 Mary Caldwell b: 25 Oct 1809
3 Warren Caldwell b: 2 Jul 1811 d: 1874
3 Joseph Caldwell b: 1 Jun 1813
3 James Caldwell b: 3 Aug 1803 d: 4 Apr 1873
+ Mary M. Bushart b: 23 Dec 1807 d: 11 Jul 1883
4 Louis Oscar Caldwell b: 2 Apr 1851 d: 8 Nov 1931
4 Charles A. Caldwell b: 11 Oct 1848 d: 18 Sep 1851
4 Mary G. Caldwell b: 2 Apr 1846 d: 11 Jul 1883
4 Varner Houston Caldwell b: 16 Feb 1843 d: 15 Apr 1893
4 Jasper W. Caldwell b: 14 Jul 1840 d: 12 Jun 1842
4 JPE Caldwell b: 23 Jan 1838 d: 9 Sep 1845
4 Hannah R. Caldwell b: 21 Oct 1835 d: 5 Oct 1857
4 Ann J. Caldwell b: 28 May 1833 d: 31 Jan 1917
4 John W. Caldwell b: 22 Aug 1830 d: 19 Mar 1883
4 Robert C. Caldwell b: 23 Oct 1828 d: 31 Jul 1879
+ ?
+ ?
4 William Henry Caldwell b: 16 Dec 1826 d: 3 Jun 1917
+ Jane C. Park b: 1829 d: 1903
5 Albert E. Caldwell b: 7 Apr 1862 d: 6 Apr 1940
5 James Issac Caldwell b: 28 Apr 1863 d: 11 Nov 1938
5 Mary Matilda Caldwell b: 2 Jun 1864 d: 4 Dec 1941
5 William T. Caldwell b: 10 Nov 1865 d: 21 Dec 1901
5 Doc John Caldwell b: 27 Mar 1867 d: 12 Jun 1916
5 Charles Pierce Caldwell b: 19 Dec 1868 d: 10 Mar 1930
+ Georgia Sanders b: 26 Oct 1875 d: 7 Apr 1963
6 Nell Caldwell b: 1897
6 Georgie B Caldwell b: 1899 d: 1956
+ Evelyn Brown Pruett b: 1906 d: 1977
8 Sarah Kathryn Caldwell b: 21 Sep 1963 d: 24 Oct 1983