In a message dated 3/2/2007 3:03:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
carroll-dna-request(a)rootsweb.com writes:
Several early genealogists decided that Jesse of Duplin/Sampson County, NC
was the youngest son of this William. Serious dating of land transactions and
the age of his oldest child, etc. proved that was wrong. However, it got
written up that way in such things as the Sampson County Heritage Book and in
newspaper articles written by a college history professor. It would be good
if the DNA could be compared to see if there may have been a relationship at
all with this family.
Lura,
Might also be good to point out here that careful reading of the 1782 will
of William CARROLL (with wife, Elizabeth ____) in Granville Co, NC is one of
the strongest pieces of evidence for discarding the theory or oft' told tale
of Jesse CARROLL of Sampson/Duplin Co being that Wm. C's son.
Also I might mention here that the apparent erroneous info goes at least as
far back as a letter written in 1937......
shs
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