CARPENTER, William - Tippah Co., MS
Ref: Reply for hughgood(a)gte.net, dated 97-09-27:
Concerning William Carpenter, son of Owen Carpenter, Jr. of Tippah County,
MS; ...and..brother to John Marion Carpenter - direct line of Jack Fryar,
Midland, TX
I show William Carpenter, born about 1810 in (probably) Lincoln Co., TN;
died 1858 inTippah Co., MS; married Ann Jane �Nancy� Green, born about 1816
in TN....myincomplete documentation follows:
CENSUS RECORDS:
1850 Tippah County, MS Census
Sheet 553 - Dwelling #868
Carpenter, William 39 M TN (Farmer-1400)
Ann G. 34 F TN
McCoy, Sarah 40 F TN
Joseph 48 M TN
COUNTY RECORDS:
Tippah County, MS Register of Claims, Probate Court, 1854-1880 William
Carpenter,
Page 52, Jan. 15, 1855
Tippah County, MS Circuit Court, Sept 1851 Term
#3540 Isaac Cunningham v. William Carpenter and Charles E. McCoy. Sept.,
1851. note of Oct. 2, 1847, for a cotton gin sold by Cunningham to Carpenter
and McCoy. Gin ordered was a 60-saw gin guaranteed to pick 2 1/2 bales a day
or, if pushed, 3 bales a day. Sold for $160. Deft. states that the gin picked
only 1 1/2 bales a day. The brush flew all to pieces and had to be repaired
seven times. They returned it to Hudsonville, Miss., and were offered
another gin formerly owned by Nelms N. Northcross. Carpenter returned with
the old gin, which still does not work properly. Judgement for the
plaintiff.
DEED RECORDS:
Tippah County, MS Book B, Page 176
13 July 1838 William Carpenter and Wife Ann G. of Hardeman County, TN to
Owen Carpenter.
TAX RECORDS:
1837 Tippah County, MS Tax Roll
Carpenter, William
PRINT RESOURCES:
Source: TIPPAH COUNTY (MS) HERITAGE, page 247
Wiliam Carpenter's wife Nancy Jane married C.H. Medlock after William died.
Source: Martini, Don, TIPPAH COUNTY (MS) DEATH NOTICES, 1837-1991, page 22
CARPENTER, WILLIAM, dec (PR, 1854-1858) widow - Nancy Jane Carpenter
(1854); 1858; Nancy Jane Medlock, alias Carpenter, petition for dower of
estate of
William Carpenter, dec/1858; B.B. Booker and wife Sarah petition for
allotment to
dower/cit Nancy Medlock and husband C.H. Medlock.
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Note: Benjamin B. Booker married Martha Carpenter, dau of Owen Carpenter,
Jr.....Owen Jr. is living with them on 1860 census of Tippah County,
MS...there are still lots of Bookers in Tippah County and I have lots of
records..I have never checked the deed data that shows William to have been
in Hardeman County, TN....which I don�t think is far away........I don�t have
a 1850 Yalobusha County, MS census...would you include this in your reply.
There may be a connection between the Sarah McCoy on the 1850 census and the
�cotton gin lemon�.....Nancy�s maiden name may have been McCoy....I got Green
from some other researcher...as you can see, I have not proved it...it seems
to be a common Carpenter first name...my John Marion Carpenter had a son -
Green C. Carpenter, buried next to him in Tippah Co., MS who came home ill
from The
War and never got well....died without a family.
Hope to hear from you soon. I will be glad to mail to you an outline of all
the
descendants that I have of Owen Carpenter, Sr. if you wish......but (much to
my dismay) I think we need additional research on William Carpenter who
married Susan (Terrell?)
Jack Fryar
Midland, TX