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My great-grandfather, George Pinckney Carlock of Union County illinois was the son of
Elder Moses Carlock by Moses' second wife Milda May. Recently we discovered a note
book in a pile of stuff left by George's daughter. The notebook apparently outlines a
series of sermons delivered by George ca 1900. However, the notebook contains a second
item which is a first person account of a portion of the life of his father Elder Moses
Carrlock and in fact may be the handwriting of Moses himself. It is hard to tell.
Here is the sketch by Moses. It ends aburptly. He menions and eldst sister who marries
John H. Corzine in feb 1840. Thsi sister and husband are totally unlknow to me. If
anyone can identify them I would appreciate it.
Memoir of Short Sketch of the Life of Eld. Moses Carlock
I was born in the State of Tenn., Wilson Co. Sept the fifth A.D. 1828.
My parents Eber and Penelope Carlock were both of them strictly religuous and were members
of the Baptist Church from my earliest recollections and tried to train their children up
in the fear of the Lord. Although they were poor as regards the things of this world,
they were rich in faith and heirs of immortal life. My father sent me to school when very
young and I learned to read when very young and was the subject of reiguous impressions
from my very childhood.
I took great delight in reading the Bible, more particularly the historical parts of the
Old Bible. I also loved to read the New Testament especially the four gospels which give
an account of the life, teachings & sufferings, death, burial & resurrection &
ascension of our blessed Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.
But those feelings and impressions were not permanent or lasting. in the midst of Joyous
mirth & folly and being led away by the allurements of this world. those good
impressions to some extent passed away.
When I was eleven years old in the year A.D. 1839 it was that my father came to Ill. Here
I was more exposed to bad company than I was in Tenn. but it never went as far as
wickedness as many do for I donot reollect of swearing an oath in my life.
In the Winter of 1840 a providential occurence took place which caused me to feel very
serious. It was this my eldest sister was married in Feb 1840 to a man by the name of
John H. Corzine. About some two or three weeks after they were married she my sister went
to her husband's fathers which was only about a mile from where we lived. She was to
have been home in the evening but she did not come home that night. Her husband seemed
careless and did not go to see about her that night. The next morning mother sent Eli
Carlock, my brother on the hunt of her. He was not gone long until he came back with the
awful news that he had found her dead in the road. She died alone and no one could tell
the cause of her death. I recollect hearing my mother say that she did not see how she
could endure it if she did not beleive that my dead sister was a Christian.
I thought that it must be a great thing to be a Christian and determined in my own mind to
be a Christian sometime. Thus time passed away. I went preaching when I could get to go.
There was no preaching in those days like there is now of days. There were only two
baptist preachers that I knew of at that time and they were West & Dilda. I never
heard West preach very often but I have heard Simeon Dilda preach many a time and there is
one thing strange about myself. I could not help shedding tears while hearing him preach
but I don't know whether it was for joy or sorrow. Thus time passed on.