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Author: SUZIEB
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I am glad you send the Andrew/Temperance correction. I was confused.
Andrew Carson left a will in Iredell County NC, naming his son Andrew Washington (A.W.)
Carson and leaving slaves to him. Then he attached a codicil to the will after A.W. moved
to Henry County TN redistributing the slaves because he did not want to break up families.
And Andrew mentions in the will that A.W. moved to TN.
A.W. Carson left a will in Henry County TN naming his children. He is buried in the
Carson Family Cemetery and his tombstone notes that he was born in Iredell Co NC. I also
have a copy of a letter he wrote back to his uncle, Placebo Houston after he moved to
Henry Co. The original is held in a collection at the University of North Carolina.
I descend from A.W.'s daughter, Mary Young Carson, who married William Whitlock Lyon
(her second husband) They divorced and she took back her first husband's name of
Douglas and that is what is on her tombstone in the same Carson Cemetery, along with the
note that she was born in Iredell County NC
Jerusha Harmony Lyon, who married William Henry Morris, is Mary's daughter and my
father's grandmother, whom he knew very well. Jerusha is also buried in Carson
Cemetery. There are several deed and court records involving the original property of
A.W. Carson and it's descent through the children, including a lawsuit between Jerusha
and Robert Lyon, her brother. Robert wanted to sell the property and split the proceeds.
Jerusha did not want to sell. The property did not sell.
Robert Love Morris is the son of Jerusha. He is my grandfather and is also buried in the
Carson Cemetery.
My first cousin still owns this property which was certified many years ago as a Tennessee
Century Farm, noting that it is a working farm and has been in the same family for over
100 years.
I am absolutely certain of my research back to Andrew Carson and Temperance Carson. I
have been to his gravesite in Iredell Co NC and have Revolutionary War records and
numerous other items written many years ago in Iredell Co NC about his life and lineage.
If there are any more questions, please let me know.
Suzie
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