It has been brought to my attention that I have the correct parents for
James Alfred as Isaac and Mary Campbell, but Isaac was not the son of
William Carmack of Lee Co. He was the son of Cornelius Carmack and Mary
Cookson. (Thank you, Gail). To my knowledge the rest of the
information is correct .
I have not researched any of the Carmacks in Indiana, I just went there
to find James Alfred because of the 2 Alfreds shown married to Minerva
Crocket. I hope all will accept my apology, because I am very sorry.
Betty
From: densmom(a)webtv.net Date: Wed, Dec 30, 1998, 1:55am To:
CARMACK-L(a)rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Alfred and James Alfred Carmack
Dale,
Yes, these are 2 separate men. Alfred, son of William Carmack and
Elizabeth Walker, born 14 Jun 1814. The other is James Alfred
Carmack, son of Isaac Carmack and Mary Campbell, born 8 Jan 1814. The
father of Isaac was the William of Lee Co. VA. who died in 1851. This
William in 1826 took his family to Indiana, with the exception of Levi.
(James Alfred would have been 12 years old) Then he returned to Lee Co.
(Source: Carmack Family History, compiled by Mrs. Jake Morris).
The descendants of the Indiana families have claimed that their James
Alfred had married Minerva Crockett first and had the 3 sons and a
daughter, and that his 2nd marriage was to Eliza Ann Rhodes about 1840,
3rd marriage was to Delila Jane Moore about 1845, his 4th marriage to
Sarah Bond Lowery, about 1852 and his 5th marriage to Jane Haymaker
about 1865.
The other Alfred (not James Alfred) has been claimed to have married
Minerva Crockett, and had the same 4 children. Because this Alfred, son
of William and Elizabeth Walker is brother of my G.G.Grandfather Isaac,
I wanted to solve this problem. I used Census records to find them both
and did so:
1850 C. Sullivan Co. TN shows: Carmack, Alfred 36,bp VA, Minerva 30, bp
TN, Robt. 5, Augustus 7/12. (Note: this family is found in Washington Co
in 1860 with additional child Lavinia age 10 and in 1870 they are back
in Sullivan Co. TN and have the son Wade, 9 yrs old.) This is surely the
son of William and Elizabeth Walker.
1850 C. Vermillion Co. INDIANA, shows Alfred Carmack 36 bp TN, Delila
Jane 30 (?), bp Ohio, Mary Jane, 9, bp Indiana, Eliza Jane, 1, bp
Indiana. This is surely the son of Isaac and Mary Campbell and he could
not be the father of Robert, Augusta, Lavinia and Wade or married to
Minerva Crockett. (Note: I have a Family Group Sheet showing Alfred
married Elizabeth Ann Rhodes on 16 Sep 1840, with 1 child, Mary Jane
(she marr. Zera Castle 1859 in Vermillion Co, Ind) This census shows he
has married Delila Moore by 1850 and has a daughter by her probably. I
have a bit more on their family that I won't list here.
Enough already, I just wanted to show both men in different places at
the same time and who was married to Minerva Crockett. (Dale you made me
do it, didn't you? After all.)
Betty