Hi Wanda - DAR records are submitted by family members and there is no doubt that family
members thought that he was a Rev. War vet. What I said was that the Revolutionary War
records of James Carnahans (and there are several) do not show one for him. You have to
sort through them all to determine which is which. Family members could easy show the DAR
(in days past - they are much pickier now) that there was a Rev. War record for A James
Carnahan and they would accept it as being their James Carnahan. All the Rev. War records
for James Carnahans are already spoken for : ) and with back-up research, too. It
doesn't mean he didn't serve - it just means that I haven't found a record of
his service yet. Linda
wmc2310(a)ftc-i.net wrote:
I have only been on this list a couple days. Just for fun, I now went
into the DAR files and find a Capt. James Carnahan with spouse Jane
Freyer. Therefore, I feel that you could safely say he was a patriot in
the Revolution.
wanda casker in south carolina
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Phil - Thank you - this is a wonderful obit. This line was one that Cora
Lynn Davis wrote down in the late 1800's. Her mother was the 1/2 sister of
General James R. Carnahan.
(For those who don't know - Cora Lynn Davis b. 1863 was an enthusiastic
Carnahan researcher )
She gives the Carnahan ancestry of James R. Carnahan as:
General James R. Carnahan
James Aikman Carnahan and Martha Ann Dawson
James Carnahan and Elizabeth Aikman
James Carnahan and Jane Freyer (of Kentucky)
William Carnahan (of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania)
Cora Lynn Davis mentions that James Carnahan who married Jane Freyer was
in the Revolutionary War. I don't believe that I have seen any military
records that I can positively identify as his, though. Linda
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