Researching:
I Blake CARLTON of Greenville Co, SC, b. 1764 NC - died 1850-1855 Palmetto,
Campbell
Co., GA married Agnes _____
II James C. Carlton b. 1808 SC m#1: Elizabeth Akin/Aiken abt 1830 GA
m #2 Manervia Jane SMITH 14 Dec 1865 White Co, AR
III James Carlton b. 1835 AL married Jane (MN?) 1 Dec 1857 in
Itawamba Co, MS
they had one child: Frances Katherine "Kate" Carlton b. 6 Oct
1858. Kate was
the only child. Kate's mother Jane was married to George A.B.
Hardin and after
the death of Hardin, Jane married James Carlton who was 15 years
her junior.
James deserted the family before 1860. 1860 Census Jane is
using the name
HARDIN and head of hhold. Kate always went by Kate HARDIN.
I haven't been able to find anything on James Carlton after he deserted Jane
and Kate. Info I have is he went to AR and died there.
Kate was Bobby's great grandmother. She married William Stephen Duke in Lee
Co MS.
Bobby & Emma (Shrum) Butler Duke