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Surnames: Abbott, Carson, Newell, Rariden, Wamsley
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Does anybody know who Joseph S. Carson is in the following affidavit:
Found in the Wabash County Indiana Courthouse, Wabash, Indiana
Source: Miscellaneous Book R, Page 173
Affidavit or Statement of Isaac Vincent Wamsley:
State of Indiana, County of Wabash: Isaac Vincent Wamsley, a resident of Polk Township,
Huntington Co., Indiana, upon oath makes the following Statement of Facts: That he is 63
years of age. And that from about 1846 until 1871, was a resident of Wabash County,
Indiana. That he is a son of Isaac Wamsley, and the grand-son of Mary Rariden (Rarden)
who owned the northwest fractional quarter of section No 8 in township No. 27 North, range
No. 7 east, being 69 acres more or less, and who received from the state of Indiana a
Canal Grant Patent therefor; That my grand-mother, the said Mary Rariden, died in the
latter part of 1846, or early in the year 1847, a widow. That I was personally acquainted
with the family, and that to my knowledge, the only heirs left by the said Mary Rariden at
her demise, were: -my mother and father, Elizabeth and Isaac Wamsley. And her sons, (my
mother's brothers)
James Carson,
John Carson, and
Adam Carson
Seldon Abbott, a grand-child on his mother's side:
David and Rebecca Newell, daughter and son in law of May (sic) Rariden:
and John Carson,
Thomas M. Carson, grand children of Mary Rariden
That he has no knowledge of who Joseph S. Carson was but that he was not a direct heir of
Mary Rariden.
Also, that my father's name was Isaac Wamsley and not Isaac Warmsley.
Signed: Isaac V. Wamsley (seal)
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 10th day of October 1899. Signed: L. C.
Parmenter, Notary Public.
I hereby certify that the affidavit or statement of facts of which the above is a true
copy was stamped with U S Revenue stamp ten (10) cents and duly recorded October 24th.
A.D. 1899 at 4 O'clock P.M. George A. Wellman, R.W.C.