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Name: Absolum CARSON
Given Name: Absolum
Surname: Carson
Sex: M
Birth: 1792 in Greene Co., TN
Death: <1860> in Cleveland, Bradley Co., TN
Census: 1860 District 2, Bradley Co., TN-pg 167
Note:
Oct 23, 1847: Petition signed by people in Bradley County.
To the Legislature now in Session, assembled in Nashville, Tennessee, the petition of
Absalom Carson a citizen of Bradley County and State aforesaid, would represent to your
body that he has lost the sight of his right eye caused by a lick, and when he labors his
eye gives him so much pain that it renders him incapable of performing labor enough to
support himself and family. Now from the premises, your petitioner would pray you to grant
him the privilege of Hawking and Peddling or of retailing Spirituous Liquors without
license, whichever your body may see fit to do. Said Stock not to exceed from one hundred
and fifty to two hundred dollars.
Father: Andrew CARSON b: 1767 in Paxton Twp., Lancaster Co., PA
Mother: Elizabeth HANNAH b: 1768 in Hopewell, Cumberland Co., PA
Marriage 1 Martha (Patsey) GLASS b: 1798 in Washington Co., TN
Married: 07 Sep 1814 in Greene Co., TN
Children
Sarah CARSON b: <1822> in TN
Nancy CARSON b: <1829> in TN
Wilson E. CARSON b: <1815> in TN
Lincoln Collen CARSON b: <1817> in TN
Mary A. CARSON b: 1818 in TN
John B. CARSON b: 1827 in TN
Luther Calvin CARSON b: 1820 in TN
Susanna CARSON b: 1833 in TN
Elizabeth CARSON b: <1840> in TN
Martha CARSON