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Date: Oct 05 1998 16:40:27 EDT
From: HARVEY33(a)aol.com
Subject: McCormick Line
Hello,
Thanks to all of you for sharing information via this list that Kelly created for us to
share and explore our ancestry together. I enjoy reading all the
post to the list here and learning more about my McCormick cousins. My connection here is
a little different from others I've seen, but here goes!
I'm a 6th great-grandnephew of Elizabeth Carruth who married Thomas McCormick in 1728
in Ireland. Elizabeth and Thomas immigrated to America as did three of Elizabeth's
brothers and a sister. Her siblings that immigrated were Mary (Carruth) Huggins, Walter
Carruth, Adam Carruth, and Alexander Carruth. They all lived in the Lancaster Co., Pa.
area before moving on. Eliza.'s brothers and sisters families moved on to Va. and N.C.
One of her brothers, Alexander, died before this move and is buried in Pa. Two of
Elizabeth's brothers stayed
on in Ireland (Antrim County) and there are Carruths there today thought to be descendants
of brothers John Carruth and James Carruth, Jr. Elizabeth's father was James Carruth
and his will is on record in the Public Record Office, Belfast, Northern Ireland. James is
believed to of moved to Antrim Co., Ireland from Dumbarton, Scotland, near the area all
Carruths are thought to be from. Elizabeth's mom is believed to be Margaret Law. I
have other information going back, but will not at this time.
Elizabeth's brother Adam is through who I connect to her. Adam is my 6th
great-grandfather. Using just my Carruth (Carrouth) names from Adam to me,
next was Adam's son Robert. Robert was born in Va., grew up in N.C., and moved on to
Georgia with most of his family in 1794 settling in the present
day area of Madison County. Robert's son Adam was known as the, "Bell
Maker," and ran a Mill called Carruth Mill. His son, James Elbert Carruth, lived in
Madison County also and died in 1850. James Elbert's wife, Harriet Nance Andrew, moved
with their seven sons to nearby Elbert County Ga. where she had
family to help her with the raising of the children. From there an interesting thing
happened with our line of our family surname. The 1850 Census shows our name as Carouth,
and the 1860 and 1870 Census' show our name
as Carrouth, which it has been for ever more. It is unknown why the last name changed, but
a fact that it did. Six of James Elbert and Harriet's boys fought in the great Civil
War, with two of them dying from wounds received. The rest of the boys are found in
Elbert and Madison County after the war in various records and they all stayed on there
with the exception of one who
moved on to Cobb and Cherokee Counties in Georgia. One of James Elbert and Harriet's
boys was Robert Asbury Carrouth and he is my great great grandfather
for my Carrouth (Carruth) line. One of his sons was Thomas Sandford Carrouth who was named
for an uncle who died in the Civil War. Thomas is buried in
Royston, Ga. One of his boys was Robert Asbury Carrouth, named after his grandfather.
Robert Asbury moved on to Tallahassee, Fl. and raised two boys
with his wife Catherine. One of their boys is Stewart Jackson Carrouth (my father) and the
other is William Thomas Carrouth. They go by Jack and Bill and are both living in
Tallahassee, Fl. Finally, there is myself, Harvey Jack Carrouth.
Of coarse this only shows the direct ancestry from Eliza. to me with a few comments
sprinkled in, and only using my Carrouth (Carruth) surname. As all
of you know, the surnames really pile up as you go back. To keep it short I've just
used Carrouth (Carruth). The Carruth family is a proud Scot/Irish
group and recently I've tried to get as many descendants of this group as I can
contact, to join in an e-mail list like this one for the McCormick
surname. We have been learning some of all the Carruth (general spelling) families we did
not know of. You are more than welcome to join with your Carruth cousins on this list.
Well, I guess that's about enough from this
one old cousin (even if distant) for now. I hope this letter finds you all well and best
wishes to you and your families.
Take care,
Harvey Carrouth