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Author: thomashboyd
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Hi,
What is the source of the information that you have on William Davis Carrington?
I have that he was born either about 1836 in Tennessee (1850 census) or 1831 (Daughters of
the Republic of Texas Ancestor Album) instead of your 1825 in Orange County, NC. I
don't think that his parents William Davis Carrington and Fanny Cozart were living in
NC in 1825. By then they had moved to Pleasant Exchange, Henderson county, TN.
You indicate that he died at the Battle of Shiloh which was April 1862. The Daughters of
the Republic of Texas book also indicates that he died in 1862. However, I have found
muster rolls from both the 14th Mississippi infantry and the 6th Mississippi Calvary in
1863 and 1864. He originally enlisted as a private in the Company K of the 14th MS
infantry in May 1861. He was transferred to Company H (Captain Richards) of the 6th MS
Cavalry and promoted to Lieutenant in Feb 1864).
Tom
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