Carolyn,
In reply to your message of 30 SEP 00. You were looking for proof that
Benjamin F. CARSON who married Catherine JOHNS was the son of James P. CARSON
and Elizabeth BAGLEY.
I am interested in any old Carsons from IND and OH. I went through my
records looking for your Benjamin and Catherine, but only saw them on the
1850 Census with one small child. Do you know where they were in the 1860
Census? Do you have a list of their children? I think the only way to
prove the relationship might be through the deeds. Unfortunately I haven't
done the deeds from Jennings Co. IND. You would have to do all the CARSON
deeds and then see if Benjamin ended up with any of the land owned by James
P. Sometimes there is no deed from father to son, but later on the son ends
up selling the land, so it must have come down thru inheritance.
Good luck on your research,
Nancy