Susan Davis Kollock

(1793-1854)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Susan Davis Kollock was born on December 21, 1793. She died on March 31, 1854.

Places of Residence

• Camden, SC, between 1833 and 1837. In Camden, Kershaw County, the Witherspoons lived in a pleasant house which still stands, with ample grounds at the corner of York and Lyttleton streets [1].
• Hillsborough, NC, until 1833. Susan's husband, Rev. Dr. John Knox Witherspoon, [Sr.], severed his connection with his Hillsborough congregation over an irreconciable diffenece on the question of slavery. He accepted the pastorate of Bethesda Presbyterian Church [1].
• Columbia, SC, between 1837 and 1839 [1].
• Tusculum Farm in Orange County, NC, from 1839. Susan and her husband, John Knox Witherspoon, [Sr.] returned to Hillsborough to try to make a living on the Tusculum Farm, although her husband was then suffering with a fatal infection or growth in his chest. He died on the farm in 1853 [1].

Relatives

• Spouse: John Knox Witherspoon, [Sr.] (1791-1853) [1].
  Children:
  
  • one son, John Knox Witherspoon, [Jr.] (b. 1816) [1].
  • one daughter, Mary Nash Witherspoon (b. 1827)  [1].
• Siblings: two sisters, Lydia Kollock (d. 1880) and Mary Goddard Kollock.
• Others: Denah McEwen Witherspoon  (granddaughter, 1837-1859) [1], Elizabeth McEwen (daughter-in-law) [1], William G. Bowers (son-in-law) [1] and Henrietta Howard Holdich  (niece, 1841-1914).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).