Arthur,
I mull the question over from time to time, but my mulling has lead me to
no fairly certain conclusion about Philip Benjamin's lineage. Every time I
mull, I come up with a different father. Right now I am wondering if it was
the child of William Carawan (I) (died 1804), whose will states his wife was
pregnant. Often in such a situation, the child would be named for the dead
father if a boy. These Carawans cause no end of complications.
If anybody has a different guess, please let us all know.
Merlin Berry
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In a message dated 5/3/2001 10:05:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
wolfsram(a)alaweb.com writes:
Subj: Phillip B./William Fillmore Carawan
Date: 5/3/2001 10:05:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: wolfsram(a)alaweb.com (wolfsram)
Reply-to: CARAWAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: CARAWAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Hi there.
Heckuva thing going here...I'm putting together everything that has been
posted but I still can't seem to link my ancestors to yours....some help is
needed.
My great grandfather was William (Billy) Fillmore Carawan, son of one
Phillip Benamin Carawan. I have found Phillip B Carawan among tax records
in the Civil War era, but I have yet to find any record of ancestors of
said gentleman. He was born c. 1831 in Hyde Co., and may have gone by the
name Benjamin. Married to Ann Mariah, then to Martha Giles (c. 1860).
Anybody who can help me out here, please write. While my research has not
taken me any deeper into my ancestry, this baby is certainly branching
out!:)
peace
Arthur Carawan
Dothan AL