This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DiH.2ACEB/1690.2.1.1
Message Board Post:
Betty,
I have no specific information connecting your Samuel W. Carson to our Carsons but he
could very well be. The name Samuel appears in my family repeatedly starting with Samuel
Carson (middle name probably John) by 3g grandfather born 1804 in Buncombe NC (son of
David and Catherine Carson) who married Nancy Queen. I think Samuel was probably named
after an uncle or other relative. Our David Carson family was in eastern TN (Washington
Co most likely) from the 1780s until 1799, then moved east into Buncombe NC by 1800.
Many of the Carsons in TN seemed to start off in eastern TN (arriving 1780-1790) in
Washington/Greene counties. The earliest names we found in Washington and Greene Co TN in
the 1780s were Samuel, William (Sr Jr and at least 1 more), David (Sr Jr and 2 others),
John (Sr and Jr), Robert Carson (Sr Jr and one more), Moses, Andrew and James. The
challenge is that these Carsons seem to be related and they also named their sons the same
names, so there are multiples (tough to sort out).
Our David Carson was possibly the son of the William Carson who died in Washington County
TN 1790 leaving a widow named Margaret (David administered the estate). David apparently
had a brother named Robert (the father of Shadrack Carson born c1805) because, when Robert
died in TN around 1820, his son Shadrack was sent to Haywood Co NC to live with a relative
(David was the only Carson household in that county other than his son Matthew).
Washington County road order records in 1790 indicate that David and Robert were sons of
William, and we know that our David was related to a Robert. I think that the William Jr.
who died in 1796 (leaving a widow named Ruth) may be their brother. David and Robert
provided security for his estate.
What part of TN was your Samuel W. Carson from? And, what were some brothers' names
if you have those?
Gary