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Henry H.Carico is a big brick wall! He claimed on his civil war pension application that
he was born in Virginia in Feb 1820. However, he gives various ages in the Census, most
frequently 1822. He died in Texas in 1912. Abel & Isabella have a son born in 1820
that appears in every census from 1820 to 1840. In 1850, my Henry is found in Smyth Co.
Virginia, as a laborer with some people named Lasley. And the son born in 1820 is no
longer listed w/Abel&Ibby. They all (Lasleys & Henry) moved to Sullivan Co. Tenn
where Andrew Lasley (son of landowner in Smyth Co) and Henry married local girls (Henry
married Mary Ruth Droke). Henry & Mary Ruth alternated residences between Washington
Co Virginia & Sullivan Co Tenn. I have no hard evidence that Henry is Abel &
Isabella's son. Henry's youngest daughter was named Isabella. My great
grandfather (his second son) is named "William James Carico" and these are the
names of Abel's two sons (and perhaps of Henry's brothers). None !
of this is proof, but it is suggestive. I have not found a will for Abel. For Abel
& Ibby, I have the following children: William D., b. 1814, maybe Henry b. 1820,
Jane, b. about 1825, Rosamon b. 1827, Rebecca B. 1830 and James D. b. 1831. I am going to
search land records next - Abel's land. Henry never owned any land himself. His
wife's family had land but never gave any to Henry. Mary Ruth died in 1879, at age
43, after bearing 12 children in 23 years. Henry moved to Texas sometime in the 1890s
along with several children, I assume because Texas was offereing land to Civil war
Veterans and their offspring. He died in the Confederate soldiers home in Austin. Thus
far, the only descendents identified are from his first son, Johnson Philip, from my great
grandfather (William James) and from his younger sister Laura (married a Fulkerson).
There could be others and I keep hoping one of them will turn up and have the family
bible!