Hey all,
Thanks for writing back, your help is much appreciated! I'm really
interested in that book that John C Karriker has. I believe my
forefathers were mostly in southern Illinois and North Carolina, as Tad
mentioned.
This is how I trace back to Philip:
Philip Karcher GGGGGG-Grandfather
Andrew Carraker GGGGG-Grandfather
Jacob Carraker GGGG-Grandfather
Daniel Carraker GGG-Grandfather
Mathias Caraker GG-Grandfather
Oscar Carriker G-Grandfather
Oscar W. Caraker Grandfather
Michael L. Caraker Father
Jonathan Caraker Myself
Most of my knowledge of the Caraker family background has come from
genealogy sites online, and from a book I purchased from Mary Sue Beis.
She has done much research on the Caraker (and all other spellings) family
and has a book chock full of stories, history, facts, photocopies of
documents, and pictures. It's not actually a book per se, but a 3 ring
binder. But the information is what is important, not the presentation.
She didn't have e-mail yet the last time I spoke to her on the phone. So
you'd have to call her to arrange an order for one of her books. You can
reach her at 573-686-8426 or 573-785-2420. I would highly recommend
getting a copy.. she only charged me $20 for her troubles.
I was looking around online, and found the following site:
http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/military/mil10.txt
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in
Organizations From the State of Alabama.
If you scroll down (it is probably best to do a 'find in page' from your
browser on Caraker) you can see this line:
Capt. Caraker's Co., Infantry (Milledgeville Guards)
Does anyone know anything about this Capt. Caraker? Who he was exactly,
and what role he played in the war? I'd be very interested to hear any
information about how that part of our nation's history ties in with our
family history.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Jonathan Caraker