Deborah,
That story sounds familiar.
See number 94 at:
http://carpentercousins.com/Group7Desc/aqwg04.htm#136
Read the notes.
There is a bit of controversy over which Thomas was whom. The info at
Find-A-Grave for example is highly inaccurate. See:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62167424
What would be interesting is for you to sponsor a living male Carpenter
relative for Y-DNA testing. If they test for Group 7 that will help
triangulation the ancestry back to a common ancestor.
Out of curiosity, did your Malissa Minyard b. 13 Jun 1837 have a sister
named Margaret "Maggie" Minyard-163419 b. 7 Jul 1839 in Caroll county, MS?
She married a John Carpenter-158645 on 8 Dec 1877 in MS. If so, please
contact me off list at: jrcrin001(a)cox.net
John R. Carpenter
Carpenter Cousins Project
http://carpentercousins.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Adams via
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 4:59 PM
To: carpenter(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] CARPENTER Digest, Vol 9, Issue 33
I have not had DNA testing done although I appear to be a descendant of
Owen Carpenter who died answering the door while holding his newborn son
during the revolutionary war. For certain I am a descendant of Adam C
Carpenter b. 12 Aug 1829 and his wife Malissa Minyard b. 13 Jun 1837. Their
daughter Sarah Ellen Carpenter b. Jan 1859 married Eugene Blewett Bamberg
b. 22 Mar 1859 who had their last surviving child, My grand father, Andy L
Bamberg 6 December 1898.
On Jul 31, 2014 2:03 AM, <carpenter-request(a)rootsweb.com> wrote: