Letter regarding Rev Joshua Carman, a private from KY in 1812 moved to
Ohio. [ED: personal information has been removed]
Packet: NYPC
Date: 08-30-94 (05:01) Number: 154735
From: HELEN SILVEY Refer#: NONE
To: ALL Recvd: NO
Subj: CARMAN, REV. JOSHUA Conf: (5) GENEALOGY
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In going through my file I found the following copy of a letter dated
Apr., 6, 1939 to Mrs. <snip> Iowa:
"In answer to your query in regard to rev. Joshua Carman, we wish to
give you the following information:
"Joshua Carman appears to have been the founder of Rolling Fork, and
its first pastor. He was among the early settlers of Nelson
County, Kentucky, and was probably a native of western Penn.
Becoming fanatical on the subject of slavery, he induced the
Rolling Fork Church to withdrw from the Salem Association in
1796. He later found hemself unable to bring any considerable
number of Baptists to his views, and moved to Eastern Ohio,
where, it is said, he raised up a respectable Church, and
preached until his death.
"The Roster of the War of 1812 shows that Joshua Carman was a private
in Capt. Isaac Watkin's Company, Kentucky Mounted Valunteer
Infantry, commanded by Major Peter Dudley; enrolled Sept. 20,
1814 to Nov. 20, 1814. We have no record of his father or children.
"Do not find Josiah Lamma in Kentucky.
Sincerely, Bayless Hardin, State Historical society, Frankfort, Kentucky."
Helen in pleasantly warm Sacramento - low 90's, low humidity.
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