2.
Owen Willis "Willis" Charpenter
NAME:
[O]ne other thing that I have continued to point out & it is not a mistake by the clerk who recorded it. Willis's name, barely legible above the re-write in dark ink on the marriage bains confirms that his full name was O. Willis Charpenter. Now the Charpenter may have been a mistake but not the O. One of his sons was named Willis C., not Jr. Larry
NOTE: We need to confirm or discount that O. is for Owen. Any proof either way? JRC
MARRIAGE:
Willis & Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross's marriage record is listed Willis Charpenter. That is not an easy mistake to make, the clerk would have been told Charpenter. On all the records I can find he is listed as Carpenter.
Larry Carpenter e-mail: ldcarpenter@knology.net
Born abt 1778/1785 maybe in Warren Co., NC - d. 1878/1885 Madison Co., AL at about age 105 - bu. Byrd Cem., Owens Crossroads, AL. He moved to Granger Co., TN in 1813 then removed to Madison Co., AL in 1883 and took his mother in law Ross with him. He lived to be about 105 with 16 children from his wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Ross. She was b. 1782 d. 2 Jun 1866 and they m. 1 May 1813/14 Granger Co., TN. - 16 total children - they include ...
Willis Clement Carpenter - aka Willis Jr. - went to TX - m. Mary Tucker
Nathan Carpenter
Meshack Carpenter
Thomas Nathan Carpenter
CENSUS: 1860 US Census - living next door to Meshack. See son's notes.
CENSUS: 1870 US Census - Living with daughter Martha & her family. See Martha's notes.
GRAVE:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43823217
Willis Carpenter
Birth: 1788
North Carolina, USA
Death: 1878
Owens Cross Roads
Madison County
Alabama, USA
Willis Carpenter's grave marker stands beside his wife's stone cairn.
Willis Carpenter's mother-in-law, "Grandma Ross," was "buried on the hill overlooking the spring," the first burial in New Hope cemetery. Willis and Elizabeth Ross Carpenter were buried at Byrd Cemetery, near their home, as were son Meshach, daughter Diana (Dicy) Walls, and other relatives.
Willis Carpenter was a veteran of the Creek War (1813-1814), an extension of the War of 1812, enlisting in the 2nd Regiment, East Tennessee Volunteer Militia, in Captain Thomas Sharp's Company, commanded by Col Lillard, at Rutledge, Tennessee on October 7 (or 14), 1813. One document says Oct. 7 and another says Oct. 14, the same day as Mastin Ross, his brother-in-law. He was honorably discharged at Knoxville, Tennessee on June 10, 1814. From November 1813 through April 1814, he was stationed at Fort Strother in present day St. Clair Co., Alabama.
He married in Grainger County, Tennessee, May 1, 1814, to Elizabeth Ross and moved to Alabama with the Rosses (ref. ALABAMA SOLDIERS by Pauline Gandrud, vol. 4, pp. 35-36). This was about December 1815. They settled close to New Hope, Madison County, 12 miles from the county line of Cotaco County (now Morgan County). Willis and Betsy Carpenter were the parents of 16 children, eight boys and eight girls, thirteen of which lived to adulthood.
Customarily marriage banns were read aloud publicly in church on three consecutive Sundays. Valentine Moulder (1776-1833), a Baptist Minister, was also a Justice of the Peace for 40 years. The notice he filed in the Grainger County court is a document that shows permanent creases where it has been folded for nearly 200 years. On the outside: "The Within complied with by me, Valentine Molder."
Marriage Bains
W. Charpenter May 3, 1814
E. Ross
"The within complied with" may mean that the marriage was performed as well as the thrice reading of the banns as required by law. This would agree with Willis Carpenter's statement that he married on May 1, 1814, immediately following the third reading of the banns in church. May 1, 1814, was a Sunday, and May 3rd was a Tuesday.
On reverse (inside):
Notice in red or brown ink at the top which says ... Elizabeth Ross...followed by a second notice in black ink below which spells her name Elisabeth Ross:
(brown ink):
I publish the bains
of Marriage Between
Willis Charpenter
& Elizabeth Rofs
(black ink):
May 1st Day 1814
this is to certify that the
Baines of Marriage between
O. Willis Charpenter & Elisabeth Ross hath
been thrice published as the
Law Directs by me(.)
(signed) Valentine Molder, d.d.
HUNTSVILLE ADVOCATE, 13 January 1877: "News from New Hope, Ala.--Willis Carpenter, living near here, is probably the oldest man in the county. He is 99."
Ray Edward Walls' lineage application for the General Society of the War of 1812 lists Willis Carpenter's date of death as 13 January 1877 (same date as the Huntsville Advocate newspaper article).
There are other conflicting statements in family papers as to the exact ages of Willis and Elizabeth Carpenter, and the censuses are unanimously contradictory. The 1850 census gives their ages as 50 and 48 respectively, while his affidavit dated Sept. 3, 1851, states he was 69 years old.
There are even more conflicting ages for their children. Some researchers say that their sons James Madison and John Charles were born in Tennessee before the family moved to Alabama. Son John Charles Carpenter was born in 1812 in Alabama, according to the 1870 census, while most other censuses say 1815 in Tennessee. James Madison Carpenter was born 1814 to 1818 in Alabama according to various censuses; 1816 according to descendants, though his tombstone in Texas says 1814. Their third son, Willis C. Carpenter, was born in Alabama in August 1816. Daughter Diana was born in Alabama in 1819 according to the 1860 census, though most others indicate 1820-21. Thomas was born 13 Feb 1820, though the 1850 census indicates he was 22 (born circa 1828). His second wife also wrote his birthdate as 1828 in her bible.
On Feb. 5, 1821, Willis Carpenter served on a jury panel in Cotaco County (renamed Morgan Co. later in 1821), the earliest documentation of him in Alabama after his 1813-14 war record which shows several months of service were spent at Ft. Strother.
Willis Carpenter acquired a 40-acre tract of land in the Low Gap Area of New Hope as a squatter, known by various names in the early 19th Century to include Clouds Town and Vienna. Descendants owned this property through the 20th Century.
On March 5, 1855 he applied for and received title to this land under The Bounty Land Act Of 1855. On Jan. 11, 1860, Willis and Elizabeth Carpenter sold this 40.18 acres to their son Thomas Carpenter for $450.00 (Madison County Deed Book CC, p. 403). This was the farm near Byrd Cemetery where granddaughter Hester Vann grew up.
This land was off Low Gap Road next to "The Trail he helped Andrew Jackson Blaze" that later became known as Old Gurley Pike. Larry Carpenter said, "Elizabeth Carpenter gave all the Carpenter land acquired by Thomas & her father & uncles etc," to some one "who has sold it all except a small section where the original house stood."
Nov. 8, 1838, he bought 40 acres from George Russell, one of first settlers in New Hope, Madison County, in Sec. 35, Township 5, Range 2 East. He sold this Jan. 16, 1847, to Stephen Hastings. This land lay on the south side of New Hope. Larry Carpenter said, "They bought this land that was closer to New Hope so the younger children could attend school.....they sold it later."
On June 13, 1851 Willis Carpenter applied for a pension under the Act of February 14, 1851.
STATE OF ALABAMA
County of Madison
On this third day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, WILLIS CARPENTER aged 69 years, a resident of Madison County in the State of Alabama who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that he is the identical man who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain THOMAS SHARPE in the regiment of TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS commanded by COL. LILLARD in the war with the Creek Indians that he volunteered at Rutledge East Tennessee on or about the 14th day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirteen for the term of months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of near 4 months and was honorably discharged at Rutledge E. Tennessee on the day of February A.D. 1814 as will appear by the oath of said Capt Sharpe's Company - My discharge is either lost sold or destroyed and I do not now know what became of it.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the "Act granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States, passed September 28, 1850. Willis X Carpenter Witnessth
D. M. Bradford
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Willis Carpenter to be the identical man who served as aforesaid; and that is of the age above stated. Dickson Cobb JP
Land Warrant to be sent to D.M. Bradford, Huntsville, Ala.
FORM FOR BOUNTY LAND UNDER ACT OF 1855
STATE OF ALABAMA
County of Madison
On this 3rd day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Justice of Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Willis Carpenter aged 72 years a resident of Madison County in the State of Alabama who being duly sworn, according to law, declares he is the identical Willis Carpenter who received under act of 28 September 1850 a Land Warrant for forty acres for services in Captain Thomas Sharpe TN volunteer Company, East Tennessee Volunteers War of Creek Indians which Warrant he has sold.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land, granted by the act passed the 3rd March, 1855, and he hereby declares that he has not applied for or received and he believes he is not entitled to, Bounty Land, except as above stated, and he hereby appoints Richard B. Brickell, of Huntsville, Alabama, his true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute his claim, and receive his Warrant when issued.
Willis X Carpenter
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written and I certify that I have no interest in the above claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
James H. Poor, A Justice of Peace
WAR OF 1812
Declaration for a Pension under Act of February 14, 1871
By A Pensioner under Previous Acts
State of ALABAMA
County of MADISON
On the 13th day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy one, personally appeared before me James H. Poor clerk of the Circuit Court, a Court of Record within and for the county and State aforesaid Willis Carpenter aged 91 years, a resident Near Owens Cross Roads, County of Madison State of Alabama, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he was married:(wife now dead). That his wife's name was Elizabeth Ross to whom he was married in GRANGER COUNTY EAST TENNESSEE on the First day of May 1813 (sic: May 1, 1814); that he served the full period of sixty days in the Military Service of the United States in the War of 1812; that he is the identical Willis Carpenter who enlisted in Captain Thomas Sharp's Company at Rutledge Tennessee on the 7th day of October 1813 and was honorably discharged at Knoxville, Tennessee 10th day of June 1814; that after enlistment at Rutledge joined his company at place called Fudge Plains, Granger County Tennessee marched from there to Campbells Station remained there about two weeks went from there to Kingston, Tennessee from Kingston to Fort Armstrong there to Fort Strother on the Coosa River remained at Fort Strother until about the 20th day of April 1814 then marched back to Knoxville Tennessee remained at Knoxville till he received his discharge, that he at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States adhered to the cause of the enemies of the Government, giving them aid or comfort, or exercised the functions of any office whatever under any authority, or pretended authority, in the hostility to the United Sates; and that he will support the Constitution of the United States; that he is not in receipt of a pension under a previous act.; that he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United Stats, under the provisions of the act approved February 14, 1871, and he hereby constitutes and appoints with full power of substitution and revocation, Lewis and Fullerton of Washington DC his true and lawful attorneys to prosecute his claim and obtain the pension certificate that may be issued; that his offices is at Owens Cross Roads, County of Madison State of Alabama that his domicile or place of abode is near Owens Cross Roads.
Willis X Carpenter
Attest:
James H. Poor
Robert J.Wright
National Society of the War of 1812: Willis Carpenter, Lineage Number 5639-S1 (First Supplemental).
A direct descendant of Willis Carpenter's daughter Dicey Carpenter Walls, Ray Edward Walls, Ph.D., is the Secretary-General of the General Society of the War of 1812. General Society (national) number is 5639-S1 (First Supplemental) and State Society number is Tx 310-S1 (First Supplemental).
SAR Index: NSSAR No 159957/TXSSAR No 9149
Children:
1. James Madison Carpenter (1814-1890)
2. John C. Carpenter (1815-1874)
3. Katie Carpenter 1818 AL., died young
4. Diana Carpenter Walls Provence born 1819-21 AL
5. Thomas Nathaniel born 2-13-1820 (or 1826)
6. Gideon Carpenter born 1822 died young
7. Meshach Carpenter, born 1824 Al.
8. Sarah, born 1825 Al. married Lewis Miller
9. Willis C. Carpenter, born Aug 1828 (family says 1818) d. 1905 in Choctaw Dist., Oklahoma
10. Sam Carpenter born c1828 died young
11. Elizabeth (Betsy) born 1830 Al, married Leland Silas Hunt
12. Martha born 1832 Al. married William Honea
13. William Lewis Carpenter, born 1834 Al
14. Nancy Ann "Nina" Carpenter Parkhill(1835-1904)
15. Francis Jane Carpenter Baker (1831 - 1920)
16. Caroline Carpenter born 1840 Al, married John Minzy Byrd
Family links:
Parents:
John Carpenter (1757 - ____)
Spouse:
Elizabeth Betsy Ross Carpenter (1792 - 1866)
Children:
James Madison Carpenter (1814 - 1890)*
John C. Carpenter (1815 - 1874)*
Katie Carpenter (1817 - 1817)*
Willis C. Carpenter (1818 - 1903)*
Diana Carpenter Walls Provence (1819 - ____)*
Thomas Carpenter (1820 - 1913)*
Gideon Carpenter (1822 - ____)*
Meshach Carpenter (1824 - 1879)*
Sarah Carpenter Miller (1825 - ____)*
Sam Carpenter (1828 - 1828)*
Elizabeth Carpenter Hunt (1830 - ____)*
Francis Jane Carpenter Baker (1831 - 1920)*
Martha Carpenter Honea (1832 - ____)*
Nancy Ann Carpenter Parkhill (1835 - 1904)*
William Lewis Carpenter (1837 - ____)*
Caroline Carpenter Byrd (1840 - 1869)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Byrd Cemetery
Owens Cross Roads
Madison County
Alabama, USA
Created by: Ray
Record added: Nov 01, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 43823217
FAMILY:
The following is a recap of the above plus other nuggets of info.
THE CARPENTER FAMILY
OF NORTH ALABAMA
By Larry D. Carpenter
I purchased The Carpenter Cousin Y-DNA test kit. The results: Chris Carpenter, 4 generations removed from Willis thru his son Willis Carpenter II and myself, 4 generations removed thru Willis’s son Meshack are a 100% match. We are related all the way back to Willis and Willis is not related to any of the other southern lines he was thought to belong to. I believe we are related to The Carpenters’ of Dekalb County Georgia. No proof yet. This is a work in progress updated when new information becomes available.
Our highest percentage match (1.8%) is to people with an origin of Spain, which is consistent with a European continental origin. The Carpenter surname in German is Zimmermann, in French it is Charpentier, pronounced Shar Pon’tee ay. A variant spelling is Carpentier. I believe that we are of French & Iris origin. I have been told since my earliest memories that we are “Irish” that our family came from Ireland.
On Willis’ & Betsy’s marriage record his last name is spelled Charpenter. They were either still using the French version of our name or it was a mistake made by the clerk who recorded it.
The story is that John Carpenter married Jane Tucker. They had 5 children, 1. John, 2. Robert, (Bob) 3. Dempsey, 4. Diana, 5. Willis. (Need information on this family, the remaining children etc.) They never lived in Alabama and I have not been able to locate any record of them anywhere. I don’t know if this information is accurate or not. I’ve heard they were from North Carolina and I’ve also heard they were from Kentucky & Virginia. What we do know so far is:
Willis born in Warren Co. North Carolina around 1789, died 1878, buried in Byrd Cemetery Owens Cross Roads Al, married Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross in Grainger County Tennessee on 5-1-1814. Betsy was born North Carolina around 1792, died 1866, buried Byrd Cemetery Owens Cross Roads Al. (James & Jimmie Ruth Carpenter Richards of New Hope Alabama purchased a marker and placed it at Byrd Cemetery in Betsy’s memory. She is the daughter of Dr. James Lauler Carpenter). We also placed one donated by the VA for Willis.
There are so many conflicting accounts of Willis and Betsy, such as their ages and their parentage, which is not uncommon among very large families where there’s a lot of illiteracy. A newspaper article in The Huntsville Advocate 13 January 1877 “News from New Hope, Alabama-Willis Carpenter, living near here, is probably the oldest man in the county, he is 99“. He was probably only 88 at that time, he died the following year.
Betsy is said to be the daughter of Francis & Katherine Ross, but there are no census records of them in this area. I can’t find any trace of them at all. The story is that there were 2 girls, Elizabeth (Betsy) another daughter Rita who married a Morrison; (marriage bond Grainger Co TN for Hanna R.R. Ross married William Morris 5-16-1815, is this our Rita?) And a son, Mastin.
I did find Mastin/Maston in Morgan County Alabama in May 1819. Maston married Nancy Hodges around 1810 in Grainger County Tennessee, she was the daughter of Thomas Hodges of Grainger Co. TN.
In researching Mastin’s parents we find that if this Maston is the brother of our Betsy then she was the daughter of Revolutionary War Veteran Charles Ross and his wife Lucy, who are Maston Ross’s parents. Could their names have been Charles Francis & Lucinda Catherine “Lucy” Ross or “Katie” Ross?
In researching the Ross name, we find a Charles Ross in Surry Co. NC records, the county where a Charles Ross appears in 1790, 1800, and 1810, several incidental mentions, all preceding 1810 and none after so they are consistent with a departure after 1810 for Tennessee/Alabama. Only one was of real interest, a deed from Charles Ross of Surry County to Branch Tucker of the same county, 50 pounds of silver for 100 acres in Surry Co., 16 Oct 1807. There was a Branch Tucker in Southside Virginia in the late 1700's. I wonder if Charles wife Lucy was a Tucker? She and Charles were both from Virginia.
Charles Ross served in the 14th Virginia Regiment, Continental Line in The Revolution, with service in the Special Forces at the Battle of Stony Point, and was captured in the Siege of Charleston. He survived some 18 month as a prisoner of war on a British troopship. (Old John Carpenter of the New England-Virginia line who served in the 12th Virginia Regiment was a prisoner on the same ship). Charles was discharged after the British forces surrendered at Yorktown ending the war. Per affidavit of Charles Ross-20 Aug 1807-Surry County N.C.- he was personally acquainted with Robert Quillen, late a soldier in the First Virginia Regiment in The Revolutionary War. Quillen and Ross were made prisioners at the fall of Charleston.
The History of Caldwell County Missouri states that Charles & Lucy had two daughters and one son. The Ross & Carpenter families You can also view the family at http://findagrave.com Willis’s memorial #43823217 and Elizabeth’s memorial #43823375. Click on the memorial Numbers on the pages and you can see the spouse & children of each family. Findagrave is an excellent source to find families. Charles & Lucy’s children are as follows;
1. Elizabeth (Betsy) born c1793, NC 2. Rita Ross Morris born c1794, NC 3. Mastin was born c1791 NC & enlisted in the War of 1813 in Grainger County TN so Charles and Lucy Ross spent some time there, but they were in Morgan County Alabama by April 1824 when Charles applied for a pension for his military service. (According to Charles’ pension papers in 1824, Lucy had a vein disease in her legs and had been confined to bed for 5 years. That proves they were here prior to 1819. Lucy born 1754 VA. died in Morgan County 24 April 1827 and Charles born 1759 VA. died in Warren Co. TN On 13 March 1831. Son; Maston Ross, Warren Co TN was appointed administrator of their estate. I went to Morgan County Courthouse in Decatur. An estate record naming the remaining children would have solved this mystery, but it was not to be. Most of the records were destroyed in a fire in the 1890’s and another one in 1910. There’s not much left. But I did find proof of Maston being there as early as May 22, 1819. The Ross’s lived near Somerville, in what was originally Cotaco (Co ta co), County, renamed Morgan County in1821. Maston & Nancy acquired 160 acres in Morgan County Al. Willis Carpenter is recorded as having served on a jury panel in Co ta Co County (Morgan) Al. February 5, 1821. There were other Carpenter & Ross families in Morgan & Madison County at the same time so that may have been another Willis but we think that Willis & Betsy settled briefly in Morgan County before moving to Madison County & squatting on land there around 1821. They arrived by wagon on board a flatboat, a more suitable landing was in Morgan County.
Both families were here before Alabama became a state in December 1819 and therefore are among the First Families of Alabama. I believe the Ross family came to this area with Willis & Betsy in 1816-1817. There is no doubt that Mastin & Elizabeth were brother & sister. The circumstantial evidence is overwhelming.
The story about Grandma Ross being buried in New Hope Cemetery is probably true. We are in the process of placing a marker there in her memory. I have researched all the cemeteries in Morgan County and can’t find Katie or Lucy Ross.
The list of children of Francis & Catherine Ross comes from Pauline J. Gandrud & Bobbie J. McLane’s “Alabama Soldiers”, from a letter written to Pauline in Oct. 1955 by Hester (Carpenter) Vann. (Hester and her sister Laura are the original recorded sources of the John and Jane (Tucker) Carpenter claim too, so the reliability of their information is questionable -They apparently got the Francis & Katherine Ross part wrong no doubt due to an over anxious family member trying to connect our family to a well known family. Willis C. Jr. married a Tucker so Jane Tucker is probably wrong too. She also said that Grandma Katie (Lucy) died and son Sam died and the family moved back to Tennessee. I believe this was 1829-1830. Could Sam have been Rita’s child?
If they had something that proved their belief, they didn’t share it with anyone who has recorded it. It could have been a family tradition, in which case it could be seriously flawed by faulty memories over the years, as they often are. Some of it lines up with facts; other parts don’t so it’s up in the air as to how true it might be.
We know that Willis enlisted in the War of 1812, at Rutledge Tennessee (Grainger County) 10-14-1813. He served in the 2nd Regiment East Tennessee Volunteer Militia in Captains Thomas Sharps’ Company commanded by Col Lillard during the Creek Indian War. He enlisted for a period of 90 days. This regiment of about 700 men was assigned to fill the ranks at Fort Strother for Andrew Jackson after the December 1813 “mutiny” of his army. This regiment was used to keep the lines of communication open and to guard supply lines. He joined his company at Fudge Plains, marched from there to Campbell’s Station, from there to Fort Armstrong and from there to Fort Strother on the Coosa River, (what is present day Ohatchee, Alabama). He remained at Fort Strother until about the 20th day of April 1814 then marched back to Knoxville Tennessee and remained at Knoxville until he received his discharge June 1814. (This information taken from pension application records.)
The story about him helping blaze a trail for Andrew Jackson, that later became Old Gurley Pike is probably true as he cleared land & squatted near the trial after the war;
but not the story that he served in the Battle of New Orleans. The New Orleans Campaign didn’t begin until December 1814, Willis was already discharged.
In early 1813 Andrew Jackson and his 2,500 men marched to Huntsville Alabama, crossed the Tennessee River at Ditto’s Landing and established a supply base nearby named Fort Deposit. They next penetrated the rugged terrain of enemy territory and began construction of Fort Strother on the Coosa River at a spot known as Ten Islands. Fort Strother became the main rendezvous point for the American armies during the Creek Indian War.
Willis served with the same regiment as Maston Ross, Elizabeth’s brother. They enlisted together & served together. Evidence points to the families knowing each other. Willis & Elizabeth were married in Grainger County Tennessee 5-1-1814. Their first two sons were born in Tennessee.
They traveled by covered wagon & by flatboat down the Tennessee River. A third infant child - Katie - died during the move to Alabama & is buried on the Tennessee River bank.
They were early settlers in Madison County, living on a farm adjacent to “The Trail" ,Old Gurley Pike, as squatters.
They bought 40 & 18/100 acres tract of land in New Hope 11-8-1838, known by various names in the early 19th century to include Clouds Town and Vienna from George Russell so that the younger children could attend public school. They sold this tract of land to Stephens Hastings January 6, 1847.
They received a land grant from the government, Paten United States Certificate # 602 dated August 4, 1850. On March 5, 1855 Willis applied for and received bounty land under The Bounty Land Act Of 1855. (According to deed book CC-P 403-Madison County Court House Records he and Elizabeth sold 40-18/100 acres to Thomas Carpenter for $450.00, 1-11-1860). On June 13, 1871 he applied for a pension under the Act of February 14, 1871. (See attached)
The following information is taken from census records, marriage records, deeds, wills etc. Willis & Betsy’s children are as follows: Any corrections to this record are appreciated.
1. James born 1814 Tennessee, died 1-11-1891 buried Gober Cemetery in TX. (Indian Territory) James’s family donated the land for Gober Cemetery. He married 1st Amelia Cook 8-7-1838. They sold their property in Al, 10-8-1840 and moved first to Missouri, then to Arkansas & later to Texas. Their children:
(1a.) Francis Elinore born MO 1841 married William Morrison 4-26-1863. Francis died soon after because William Morrison married Frances’ half sister Melvina Carpenter 1-3-1868 in Fannin Texas. Francis & William had no children.
(1b.) James Madison Jr. born AR 8-10-1845 married Margaret Evelyn “Maggie” Cook. Their children per 1880 census, John Willis age 10, James Elbert age 9, Martha E. age 7, & Mary Minnie Belle age 4, plus William Allison born 1881 & Robert Eugene born 1884. James Madison Jr. died 10-16-1902 buried Gobler Cemetery.
(1c.) Rachel, born AR 1846. Amelia likely died in childbirth with Rachel, I can’t find anything on Rachel.
James married 2nd Mary Bone, 4-8-1849 in Fannin Co. Texas. Mary was born 1827 in MO died after 1859. Their children:
(1d.) Melvina married William Morrison 1-3-1868 after her half sister Frances died. William died shortly thereafter, he is not on the 1870 census. Melvina married 2nd to Johnson Bassham (who was 30 years older than she) on 3-15-1870, their children, James J. born 1872, Luther S. born 1876 & Zeph born 1879.
(1e.) Nancy Elizabeth Carpenter married Zephariah Pennington 9-19-1872 in Fannin TX, their children, Mary E. dau, born 1873, Louis Valentine son, born 1877, Willie A. dau, born 1888, Texie B. dau, born 1893 & Hulda-Hattie daughter. (there were 2 other children that died before the 1900 census).
(1f.) Alfred Stephen born 1854 TX., married Martha E. Boothe 8-27-1879 in Fannin County TX, their children, Evie dau, born 1883, J (Jimmie) son born 1888, Maggie dau, born 1890, Albert R. son, born 1894, & Vilola H. daughter born 1896.
(1g.) Permelia born 1855 TX married John D. Woodson 4-04-1876 in TX. (Johns’ 1st wife died & he & the children migrated to TX). Permelia likely died in childbirth with their son James Tucker “Ray” Woodson born 1877. John is on the 1880 census as widower with daughters, Martha E. born 1861, Nancy C. born 1863 & J.T. Woodson son, born 1877.
(1h.) Mary born 1859 TX. married Thomas Whitaker 2-15-1874 in Fannin TX, she married 2nd to E. M. VanDerhoof 3-17-1878, one son Charles. She married 3rd to D. C. Cantrell 2-19-1882 Fannin TX.
Her mother Mary Elizabeth Bone Carpenter died during or after her birth No burial or death information available.
James married 3rd to Sarah E. Trully in Kauffman County, Tx 2-3-1869. There is no record of James on the 1870 census reports anywhere.
The 1880 Fannin County TX census shows James as widower, children:
(1i.) Thomas Carpenter.
(Thomas Benton Carpenter 1868-1887 married Emma Francis Elizabeth Yates, their children, Margaret Carpenter 1883, Emma Francis Carpenter 1885-1901, Willie Benton Carpenter Gunnels 1887-1925.)
(1j.) Alverado R. “Alva” Carpenter (1870-1922, married his first cousin, Pinkie Arbelia Carpenter, daughter of Thomas Franklin Carpenter. Their children, Rosa Carpenter Todd born 11-1-1889 died 12-31-1968 TX, Lillie Mae Carpenter McNatt born 12-22-1891 died 9-7-1965 TX, & Mattie Carenter Longmore.
(1h.) Mary Carpenter VanDerhoof daughter age 21, Charles VanDerhoof g-son age 5 were living with Willis & family.
Sarah & Mattie were not on the 1880 census reports.
(1k.) Mattie born 1878 likely died during birth with her mother.
2. John C. born 1815 in Tennessee, (probably named after both grand-fathers, John & Charles)
married 1st. Elizabeth Lawler 10-29-1838, one daughter,
(2a.) Nancy Ann born 1838 m 1st to James Russell in 1856, 2nd to John Ellett in 1860, children; James A. Ellett, Sarah, John, (died young), William, (died young), & Mary.
2nd to Francis Buford 6-28-1842 their children,
(2b.) Walter Otis Carpenter born 8-20-1845 died 4-18-1912 married 1st to Francis Rebecca Sewell 1865, Their children,
a. John Watkin Carpenter married Lavinia Branum, their children: William Walter, born 4-16-1888 died 9-3-1898 of malaria age 10. Andrew Gordon 1891-1966, Oscar H. 1893-1898, Mattie Josephine Carpenter Turner 1896-1984, Allen Carpenter 1903-1918 killed
in a hunting accident, Tressye Nell Carpenter Maples 1908-2008, Woodrow Wilson Carpenter 1912-1966.
b. Josephine Carpenter married Robert Benjamin Branum; their children, Robert Otis, Carrie Lou, Pearly, Elmer, Jessie & Benjamin Branum.
c. Andrew Jackson “Dan” Carpenter married Annie Lou Owen 5-21-1904, Annie Lou had one daughter born April 1899, that child is listed on the 1900 census reports as Harvey Lee & is erronously listed as grand-son to head of household. Her name was likely “Harvie Leigh” (Lela) Owens. The 1910 AL census list the following children; 1. Leigh Carpenter dau., (Harvey had been dropped along with the Owen last name, she was simply listed as Leigh “Lela” Carpenter & probably never knew that Andrew wasn’t her biological father.) 2. Alton son, 3. John W. son, 4. Mary L. dau., 5. Ossie P. dau., 6. Archie R. son. The 1920 Lowdes Co Ga Census list 3 additional children, 7. Burton (twin) son, 8. Bertha (twin) dau. 9. Andrew Jackson Jr. “Jay” son.
Annie’s mother age 68, was living with them on the 1920 Lowdes Co Georgia Census. Leigh “Lela Owens/Carpenter married Harvey Tipton, she died in Lowdes Co GA 1922.
After Francis died Walt married 2nd to Martha Vann (daughter of Thomas Vann III and Sarah Walker, niece of Martha Vann who was the grandmother of John Watkin Carpenter’s wife Lavinia Branum).
(2c.) Clement C. (probably named after Clement Comer Clay, Alabama Governor) born 1843, died before 1900, married 1st to Victoria Sewell 10-16-1862 children: (3a) Charles W. born1865, (3b) Martha C. born 1868 & (3c) Ophelia P married Milas J. Green (3d) Nannie Bea married William K. Parker.
Clement C. married 2nd to Jennie Matthews 1-12-1886.
(2d.) Andrew J. “Jessie” born 1846 died before the 1870 census. He was not listed on his father’s will in 1874.
John C. married 3rd to Martha Ann Buford 1-18-1850. children:
(2e.) James William born 1851, d 4-8-1948, m Mildred P.. Russell 3-2-1881,
(2f.) Henry Robert born 1852 died 1937. He married and was widowed by the 1880 census where he was living with his half brother Clement C. He married 2nd to Nannie A. Power 4-9-1881, he married 3rd to Effe J. Watson 10-20-1916, she was the widow of James W. Watson & was the daughter of Anderson Haymer.
(2g.) David Wesley born 1853 died before 1900. I can’t find anything on him after the 1880 census where he is living with his half brother W.O. Carpenter.
(2h.) Pinkney (Rosanna “Rosa”) born 8-14-1855 married William Vann 2-19-1880. She died 10-19-1954 in Montgomery Co. TX. She is named in her father’s will as Pinkney R. After her mother died, she lived with her half brothers’ C.C. & Walter O. “Walt". according to census records. Walt is listed as parent/guardian on her death certificate. She apparently didn’t like the name Pinkney; it could have been an nickname & didn’t use it, she was simply called “Rosa” Lee Vann and is buried as such.
John C. married 4th to Martha E. Lane 2-2-1865. (She was born Martha E. Green, she married 1st to Robert E. Lane, one child Samuel E. Lane & second to John C. Carpenter their children;
(2i.) Minerva Jane Carpenter b 12-12-1868 married Rayford E. Dever They are buried in Scurry TX, they had 11 children, Charles E., Mattie A., Bettie M., Jasper Haywood, Perry Claude, Ollie Otto, Harvey Alfonzo, Otis M., J. Lawrence, Eugene R., Donnie Louise Dever Chorn.
(2j.) Charles A. Carpenter born 1871 married Nellie Bush 2-22-1894 Madison County Al, children John R. Carpenter (died young) & Bessie Carpenter Moss dau.
Charles married 2nd to Carrie West 12-29-1909 in Fannin TX
(2k.) Harry McKinley Carpenter born 1873 married Martha Moor in Delta TX 1-25-1903 he died in Midland County Tx 1938.
After John C. died several of the children from his previous wife lived with C.C. and also with Walter O. “Walt”, their half brothers.
Martha E. Carpenter,Widow of John C. Carpenter married 3rd to George W. McGaha of Paint Rock AL, 1-25-1876. The 1880 census show George & Martha & children Samuel E. Lane, Minerva J. Carpenter, Charles H. Carpenter, Harry M. Carpenter, Francis L. McGaha age 2 and Martha McGaha age 4 months. There was another daughter Nannie B. McGaha born after 1880.
3. Infant daughter - Katie ? - born 1816 -1817, Family stories say she died during the move to Alabama & was buried on the banks of the Tennessee River.
4. Willis C. Born August 10, 1818 in Alabama, died 11-6-1903 in Choctaw Indian Territory, Bryan County Oklahoma, married 1st to Mary Tucker 1-2-1848, in Marshall County Alabama. Mary was born May 18, 1827. Their children;
(4a.) Thomas F. born 1849 married 1st to Victoria Lucy “Pinkie” Buford, one daughter Arabela “Pinkie” Carpenter. She married Alverado “Alva” Carpenter son of James Madison Carpenter Sr. & his 3rd wife Sarah E. Trully.
Thomas F. married 2nd to Linna Carter.
(4b.) Mahala C. born 1851 married Charlie Carral.
(4c.) Sarah Ann born 1853.
(4d.) John Willis Born 9-1856 Al, married 5-23-1880 in Jackson County Al, Sarah Jane Davis, their children; John C married Josie Walker, James Willis “Jack” married Blanche Wellborn, Thomas Franklin, Mary Catherine married John Ernest Davis, Bettie Carpenter, Charles Allen married Clara Opal Ledbetter, Alice Jane married 1st uninown Bloomer, 2nd to Sam J. Tullos.
(4e.) Mary Elizabeth “Bettie" born 1859 married Lewis W. James 4-4-1880 in Jackson Co Al, they moved to TX and then to OK with Willis, their children, Frank James, Coleman Younger James.
(4f.) William Wallace born 1861 died 4-21-1932, married 1st to Lula James, sister to the James boys who married his sisters. (no children) 2nd to Belle Bennett, (she was 19 he was 45), children, Ruby Carpenter Hale, Raymond Carpenter.
(4g.) Cornelia W. born 1863 married Joshua J. Wellborn
(4h.) Margaret M. “Maggie” born 1866 married William Clinton James in AL, then moved to TX & then to OK with Willis, their children, Lula James/ Jones, Nora James/ Riggs, Smith Marvin James, Jessie James, Lewis James, Thelma Gussie James, & William Wilmer James.
The entire family is on the 1880 Census reports, Langston, Jackson County Alabama. They moved to Texas after 1880, Mary died there in December 1884 in Morris Texas. Her tombstone says wife of W.C. Carpenter. This is the only verification that Willis Jr. had a middle name.
Willis married 2nd to Margaret “Maggie" Richardson 11-19-1885 in Morris County Texas. Margaret had to have been married at least once, she states on the 1900 Choctaw Indian Territory census reports she is the mother of 8 children, 5 still living. The census report also shows Willis & Maggie living with Willis’s son William Wallace Carpenter. Willis & Maggie both died there in 1903. Oklahoma was admitted as a state by 1907 and Indian Territory ceased to exist.
5. Diana (Dicey) born 1819 Al. died 1870-1880 married (1st) Henry Walls 5-26-1836. He was born Oct 23, 1810 in Anderson Co., TN died 3-10-1849 (son of Daniel Wall and Sarah Harless from Tennessee & Virginia) children, (1A.) Sarah Ann ElizabethWalls b 1836, married Thomas Franklin Hunt, (2A). John Willis Walls (1903-1904) married Mary Ann Celeste Selvage (Selvidge) 8-7-1856. (3.) Louise Catherine Walls b 1841 Married John Henry Guffey. (4.) William Willis Walls b 1843 married Mary Cobb, 2nd to Nancy Miller, 3rd to Martha (Owens) Ellett. (There were rumors that William fathered children from all wives at different times than the marriage documents show. there was a Tabithia Cobb & Cobb & Hunt children living with C.C. and Walt Carpenter families during the 1870’s.
(2nd) Dicey married James A. Province 4-2-1856, he was born 1801, son of William Provence b1772 & Rachel Cooper) Provence. He and Dicey had one daughter together, Ellen Provence born 1862. James died between 1862-1870 and Dicey married (3rd) a Mr. Beshears and was widowed again or separated by 1870.
6. Thomas born 2-13-1820 AL. Died 1-24-1913, buried at Chandler Cemetery, east of Owens Cross Roads. (census records indicate he was born 1826)
He married 1st Phoebe Tabor, 9-24-1851. Phoebe born 1827 Washington Co TN died 1856 was the daughter of John H. & Alice Bayless Tabor. Children:
(1). Mary Elizabeth (Lizzy) b 9-19-1852 m Thomas Lewis Baker 11-9-1866. Thomas served in the Civil War.
They had 13 children, #1. James Allen born 1867 died 1950, married Lucy Lyon
#2. William Thomas “Tommie b 1869 d 1937 married Nancy C. Craft 2nd Rosa Lee Cobb. #3. Absalom Dykus “Dyke” b 1870d 1936 married Eliza America Chandler #4. Phoebe Mary b 1874 d 1951 married Edward Buford Ford #5. John William b 1876 d 1935 Ellis TX married Nancy E. Armstrong #6. Vitimus J. “Issy” b 1878 d 1954 TX, married Mary Ellen Ellett TX # 7. Hester Ross b 1881 d 1897, #8. Paul Delanor b 1883 d 1897 married Elizabeth Bradford # 9. Silas Charles b 1886 d 1897, #10. Clarence P.
b 1888 d 1953, #11. Ella Belve Dora b 1892 d 1945 married William Alfred Smith, #12. Nora S. Louise (twin) b 1895 d 1979 married Walter Freeman Chaney #13. Zorah (twin) b 1895 died four day short of being a month old.
Thomas married 2nd to Hester Ann Chandler, 4-27-1863. Hester born 1834 died 2-10-1910 was the daughter of William Robert Chandler and Eliza Moon. Thomas was overseer for the Childress Plantation, a large farm at Fearns Quarter, near present site of Guntersville Dam. their children,
(2). John W b 7-29-1864 d 8-5-1864,
(3). Eliza Marie b 10-4-1865 died at birth,
(4). Laura Caroline b 12-10-1866 d 9-3-1957 m Newton C. Worley 10-8-1892,
(5). Thomas Nathaniel b 8-9-1868 d 1936 m Nellie Lee Vann 9-27-1904, children, 1. Robert Earl 1905-1937, 2. Samantha Elizabeth 1906-2000, 3. Virginia Carpenter Moore 1908-1998, 4. Dora Carpenter Hereford 1910-1990, 5. Mary Ben Carpenter Dunaway 1912-1997, Wilburn Howard Carpenter 1915-1968.
(6). Virginia Ann b 3-3-1870 m William Richard Williams 1896,
(7). Dr. James Allen Carpenter of New Hope AL b 6-25-1872 d 3-9-1954 married Jimmie Obera Butler April 24, 1901, their children, 1. George Butler 1902-1920, 2. Laura Jane Carpenter Gillespie 1904-1992, 3. Thomas Edward 1905-1917 drowned, 4. infant daughter, 5. Dr. James Lauler Carpenter 1909-1974, 6. Robert Allen born 12-24-1910.
Jimmie never recovered after the birth of Robert Allen, she died Janurary 1911.
Dr. James Allen married Margaret “Maggie” Ivey Janurary 20, 1914, their children 6. infant son 1915-1915, 8. infant son 1916-1916, 9. Lawrence Franklin 1917-2000, 10. David Earl 1920-2006, 11. Margaret Obera Carpenter Butler 1921-1986.
(8). Alice b 4-30-1874 m David Jetton,
(9). America Ella b 6-25-1877 d 2-5-1892,
(10). Hester Lee b 1880 d 1970 m Robert Wiley Vann,
(11). Magnolia B. Carpenter b 2-20-1882 d 4-20-1883.
7. Infant son Gideon, born 1822 Al, died young
8. Meshach, born 1824 Al., - His name comes from the bible, Book of Daniel, shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - see below
9. Sarah born 1828 Al. married Lewis Miller 7-17-1852 They are shown on the 1860 Census, Lewis well-digger and wife Sarah, and two children: 1. Nancy E. age 6 (b.c1854 Al. married her cousin William Willis Walls son of Diana (Dicey) Carpenter Walls, and 2. Mary age 2 (b.c1858 AL). The 1870 census shows Sarah age 42 no husband listed, Two daughters Nancy 15 (1855) Al and Frances age 10 (b 1860 Mary Francis?). The 1880 Census shows Sarah age 51 (b. 1829) Widowed. Nancy Walls (widow, she was divorced) and son Lewis Walls living with her.
10. Infant son Sam, born 1829 Al, died young (un-sure this was one of their children)
11. Elizabeth (Betsy) born 1830 Al, married Silas Madison Hunt 7-15-1848 Madison Co. Al. Silas born 1827 was the son of William Hunt of Madison County.
The 1850 AL census reports list Madison age 23, wife Elizabeth age 20 with one child William age 1 born 1849. I can’t find anything after the 1850 census, they just disappeared. Elizabeth may have died in childbirth with a second child. No census records, no death or burial information available.
12. Martha born 1832 Al. married William J. Honea (Honey) born 1821. William was a widower; his first wife was Mary Ballan Honea. They married in Jackson Co Al 6-25-1843 their children, 1. George, 2. Martha, 3. William T. 4. Benjamin, married Meshack’s & Elizabeth Colston’s daughter Sarah Jane Carpenter, 5. Sarah 6. Emily, 7. Jane & 8. Catherine (Kitty)
William J Honea and Martha Carpenter Honea’s children, I Cannot locate a marriage record for them, Their children,
9. John b 1863, 10. Shadrach Meshach born 1867 married Bertha S. Perry 2-18-1891 in Madison County, 3 children, Ala May, Ollie E. & Ernest Honea, 11. Samuel M. b 8-30-1868 d 4-7-1943, 12. Lewis Jackson b 1869, 13. James Willis b 1871. 14. Frank b 1872, 15. Hugh b 1875, 16. Emmett b 1877.
Willis was living with them during the 1870 Census. .
13. Nancy A. (Nina) born 3-15-1834 Al. married Edward Parkhill 8-7-1868. She died 8-4-1904. (They had no children), Edward born 2-27-1834 died 3-22-1904. Nancy & Edward are buried in Baker cemetery Owens Cross Roads Al he served in the Civil War & has a military marker, Nina is said to be in an unmarked grave next to him.
14. Francis Jane, born 8-3-1836 Al, died 4-18-1920, Married Absalom Perry Baker Sr 5-29-1860. AP was born 8-1-1821 d 10-12-1866, son of John Webster Baker and Mahala Glover, Francis was his second wife, their children are as follows: #1. Mahala Cassander b 1861 d1940 m James S. Webster. # 2. Absalom P. Baker Jr. (boss) b 1862 d 1944 m Alabama Butler, 2nd to Myra Hammer. #3. Mary Jane born 1864 married James Poor. #4. Robert William (Will) b 1869 d 1955 m Pherby I. Moon. #5. Frances Paralee “Fannie” b 1873 m George W. Barnett 2nd to Andrew J. Brooks. #6. George Washington (twin) married Julia Maria Lyon. #7. Pinkie Baker (twin died at birth).
15. William L. (Lewis) born 1838 AL, married Eliza A. Wiley 7-31-1855, daughter of William J. Wiley and Elizabeth Webster in Madison County Al. They are on the Madison County census records for 1860 & 1870 with on child James born 1860. I can’t find anything on them after the 1860 census.
16. Caroline, born 1840 Al, married John Minzy Byrd born 1838. He was the son of Wm & Mary (Adair) Byrd of TN & AL. Caroline died 1871 & John died 1877. According to the 1870 census, he was a laborer on the William Owens farm. According to family stories, the Byrds moved to Louisiana & Arkansas, probably after John died.
He & Caroline had 3 children,
1. James William Byrd born 12-20-1864 died 10-2-1959 in Wasco, Kern, California. He married Idamay Florence Ramsey in TN. She died 1943 in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
2. Mary Elizabeth Byrd born 1866 in Owens Cross Roads AL.
3. Rachel Byrd born 1869 in Owens Cross Roads Al.
Meshach, born 1824 Al, died late 1878 or early 1879, married 1st Elizabeth Colston 3-5-1848. They are listed in the 1850 Census with William W. age 1 and Sarah Mills age 42 (no stated relationship). My dad said his name was Shadrach Meshach Carpenter but I can’t find any record of it on any paperwork. It is probably true as his nephew’s, Martha’s son was named Shadrach Meshach Honea.
Meshach Carpenter married 2nd to Rachel Owens 9-16-1858 in Madison County Alabama. Rachel born in 1820 was Rachel (Mollie) Miller. She was the widow of Demarcus Owens whom she had married 9-29-1851. They had one daughter Nancy Owens born 1852. Rumor has it that Rachel was half Cherokee Indian.
The 1860 Census list Meshach & Rachel with Elizabeth’s children: Elizabeth likely died in childbirth.
1. William W. Carpenter born 1849 died 1892 married Sarah Emma Freeman 2-6-1888. He was 39 she was 26. Emma born 8-10-1862 died 8-4-1898; they had 2 children.
1A. Joseph W. (William) Carpenter born Nov. 13, 1888, died 4-13-1969, married Martha Pernie McCluskey. She was the daughter of Benjamin McCluskey & Helena Jones McCluskey. His WWI draft registration states he was married and had 2 children & he lived at Toney Al. Toney Al is where his mother Emma Freeman Carpenter lived. Joseph & Pernie’s children:
(a) Hammond Clifford Carpenter b. 10-19-1911, d. 2-21-1964 married Capitola (Cappie) Kathryn Moon b. 11-20-1915, d. 7-20-1999. They went to Hillsboro County (Tampa) Florida in 1944 to get married, Florida Dept. of Health certificate #23557, he was 33 & she was 29.
After Hammond died his widow Capitola (Cappie) Moon Carpenter married 2nd to Webster Kiplinger Mayfield 4-2-1965 in Madison Co Al. She was the daughter of Delilah Maples & John Eugene Moon.
(b) Francis Pauline Carpenter married William Thomas Darnell “TD” Carpenter after 1940 and divorced before September 1949. T. D. born Summerville Chattanooga County Georgia, son of Thomas Darnell Carpenter and Mary Sue “Susie” Warren.
Fancies & T.D.’s children,
1. William Darnell “Billy” Carpenter b 2-3-1941 married Ida Elizabeth Hall. Their children, Cathy Geraldine Carpenter b 7-17-1972 Georgia, Tammie Lee Carpenter b 12-20-1968 Georgia, Teresa Ann Carpenter b. 9-4-1973 Georgia.
“TD” married three times he died 2-15-1971 (found beaten in his home).
2. Claude (aka Clyde) Alexander Carpenter born 21 Apr 1891, d. 22 Dec 1963, at Fairfield, Jefferson Co. Al. He moved to Birmingham Alabama by the time he registered
for the WWI draft in 1917 at which time his draft card shows he was married to Hazel and had 3 children. Her name was Hazel Mae Poe. She was the daughter of Thomas Pinson Poe & Isabelle (Price) Poe. I can’t find anything before the 1930 census which
shows only 2 daughters. Where are the older children? (a) Unknown (b) unknown (c) unknown
(d.) Dorothy B. Carpenter age 5 born 1925
(e.) Lois M. Carpenter age 2, born 1928
Apparently William died 1891-1892 because Emma Carpenter married William David Newby 9-25-1893. She died 5 years later.
2. Vester Amanda/Vesta Ann, “Bettie” Carpenter born 1852 died 2-19-1924 married James Pierce 8-17-1884 in Jackson County Alabama. This was the second marriage for James. The minister who married them was George M. Honea son of William Honea and Mary Ballan. Their marriage certificate list James as colored, (as in Indian, he would have been listed negro if he were black) They had one child,
(2a) John Fletcher Pierce born 6-2-1885
“Bettie” was widowed between 1885-1900. On the 1900 census she is listed as widow with son John Fletcher Pierce age 16, living in the Garth community in Jackson County Alabama.
John F. Married Sarah Malinda Moss, their children,
(a1). William Wesley b 1901, (a2). Viola Elizabeth b 1902, (a3). Ophella Annie b 1903, (a4). James Lafayette b 1906, (5a). Martha Lou b 1909, (6a). Sara Francis Jane b 1910, (7a). Rosy Lee Della b 1913, (8a). Evia Lee Oma b 1915, (9a). Mary Lou b 1917, (10a).John Fletcher Jr. B 1919, (11a). Frank Edward b 1921.
On the 1910 & 1920 Census Bettie, Widow is living with son John Fletcher & family. She died in 1924.
3. Sarah Jane Carpenter born 4-28-1853 died 3-14-1939 married Benjamin A. Honea step-son of her aunt, Martha Carpenter Honea 12-30-1877 in Jackson Co Al., Benjamin born 11-14-1851 died 3-12-1919 buried Trenton Cemetery, Jackson County Alabama. Their children: W. H. (Will) Honea born 9-10-1882, died 5-14-1961, Winnie R. Honea born 6-22-1886, died 11-16-1976, and Benjamin B. (Bennie) Honea born 3-24-1892, died 12-15-1976. George T. Honea born 3-16-1879 died 12-4-1995. They are all buried in Trenton Cemetery, Jackson County Alabama.
4. Martha C. C. Carpenter born 1855 married George T. Friar 12-12-1876. George born in Jackson County Al 1-8-1857 d 5-18-1933 was the son of James S. & Mary Eason Friar. He is buried in Mannsville Cemetery Johnston County Oklahoma.
The 1880 Al census list them with one son. James T. Friar born 1-10-1878 Al died 3-14-1948, buried in Mannsville Cemetery, Johnston County Oklahoma. James T. Married Julia Lavenia Maples 1900 in Al. Julia’s parents were Edward Noah Jr. & Lucinda
Maples of New Hope Al. Their children, Thomas E. age 10, Oddie B. age 7, b 3-15-1903 d 7-21-1918, buried Mannsville Cemetery, Mattie age 4 & Elsa M. age 7 months.
Martha died by 1882, George married 2nd to Martha R. McMillan 7-24-1883 Madison County Alabama. He married 3rd to Sarah Ann (Patrick) Thomas 12-22-1891. (Ex-wife or widow of Charles J. Thomas. They had one daughter, Matilda Thomas. She married
Thomas R. Moon.) Sarah was the daughter of Green Patrick & Matilda Sutton, sister of Mary Patrick who married Meshach Carpenter. Sarah born 4-25-1854 died 3-21-1926 new Hope Al. George moved to Oklahoma after her death.
5. Mary Isabelle (Mollie) Carpenter b 1859 died 1947, was Meshach & Rachel’s daughter. Some of her family called her Queen Victoria. Rachel died during childbirth with her 3rd child, she and Meshach’s second child around 1861-1863. What happened to her daughter Nancy Owens born 1852? Did she go to the Owens’ family?
Mary Isabelle (Mollie) married George Monroe Moon Jr. 10-30-1878. He was the son of David Nathaniel Moon & Mary Womack Moon. (widow Mary married Rev. George M. Honea). He was born 1859 died 1930 Paint Rock Valley, Jackson County Alabama. Their tombstone says they were born in 1869, that is incorrect they were both born 1859. Mary & George were both 19 yrs old when they married. They are both buried in an unmarked cemetery at Garth/Jackson Co. Al on Co Rd #1 and Co. road #301. Some call it Latham Cemetery #2, Guerin Cemetery & Garth Cemetery. Their children: 1.George Martin Moon m Laura Christmas Osmer. 2. Homer A. Moon b 5-16-1895 m Lula Mae Osmer, 3. James O. Moon b 1886 married Alice Osmer, (there are several Osmer family members buried in the same cemetery.) 4. Annie Moon b 2-8-1887, married Tom Osmer. 5. Ella Moon m George Long, 6. Janie Moon m Henry Taylor, 7. Lula Mae Moon m Matt Little. There were other children.
Meshach Carpenter married 3rd to Mary E. Patrick 2-13-1872. Mary b. Jan. 1848, (She was 24 years younger than Meshach, a year older than his son William).
They had 3 children:
6. Emily Jane (Aunt Ema) born 1876 died 1939 buried Byrd Cemetery, Married Benjamin White, 4-11-1893 children: Nellie O. White b 7-1894, Mattie E. White b 6-1896. Joseph W. White, there were other children.
7. James Thomas, (Jim Shack) see below:
8. Temple Eliza (Tempi Liza) (Aunt Dye) born 3-29-1879, d 3-24-1976 married Clem (Clemont C.) Lanier . 6-14-1900. They are buried Byrd Cemetery Owens Cross Roads Al. Children: Richard Clay Lanier b 10-17-1901, John Clarence Lanier b 12-17-1902, Clara May Lanier b 1-29-1904, J. B. Lanier b 4-20-1905, Street Lanier b 2-25-1907, William Edward Lanier b 7-1-1908, Le Roy Lanier b 9-19-1909, Callie Ann Lanier b 11-16-1913, Clifton Clinton Lanier b 12-7-1914, Tella Lanier b 1-2-1917, male Lanier b 1-2-1917 married a Sisk, James Hulet Lanier b 1920 d 2009 Roscoe Marion Lanier b 4-25-1923.
According to all my relatives Meshach died before Aunt Dye was born. The census records support this. There is no record of him on the 1880 census. My dad said he
was told that Meshack dropped dead of a heart attack behind a mule, plowing a field, he was 55. He died within a year of his father Willis.
1880 Soundex Census shows Mary as head of household, age 32, Children: Emma J.
Daughter age 4, James T. Son age 2, Eliza, Daughter age 1.
Mary’s parents, Green Patrick & Matilda J. Sutton m 12-24-1842. Their Children: Freeland married Martha Friar 1-15-1877; Eveline married John T. Cowan 12-4-1875.
Sarah Ann Patrick married Charles J. Thomas one daughter Matilda Thomas. 2nd to George T. Friar.
Mary had a son Robert Horace born 4-27-1883; he married Emma Lindsey 5-29-1909, 2nd to Ada May Clark 12-16-1926. They had 2 sons,
Fred A. Carpenter born 10-24-1920 (still living as of today 5-23-2012 he is 92) married 1st Ophelia Cowart 7-2-1942-1944, 2nd to Kathleen Idella Eakes 3-10-1949, their children: Robert Horace Carpenter born 6-8-1954, died 4-23-2010, Carolyn M., Michael Albert, Alice Hill, Sandra K. Carpenter, Carrie Darleen Lawson, Deborah Diane Carpenter, Opal J. Barnett, Freddie R. Carpenter, Steve O. Carpenter, Rhonda Kaikkonen, & adopted daughter Lee an Holcomb.
Edward Horace Carpenter born 7-17-1924, died 1-22-1976 married Imogene Cowart 5-24-1945. There is a 2nd record for a marriage for Edward Horace & Imogene Carpenter 1-12-1971.
Deed book 83 page 261, Green Patrick to Mary E. Carpenter. The State of Alabama Madison Co. in consideration of $1.00 & the care & support of me during my natural life to Green Patrick by Mary E. Carpenter begets acknowledge 40 & 12 acres in Madison County Dated Feb 1898. He also deeded an equal amount of land to his son Freeland.
1900 Census shows Mary as head of household, age 52, Children. James T. age 22 & Robert H. age 17 living with her. The girls were married and gone.
James Thomas (Jim Shack), (probably named after Madison County Sheriff James Thomas) born 12-9-1877 died 8-22-1951, married Nannie B. Maples 2-2-1901. She was born 9-6-1884 and died 4-11-1963. They are buried at Byrd Cemetery.
James & Nannies Carpenter’s children:
1. Hattie Mae born 6-1-1902 died 4-7-1989 married James Herbert Craft 12-23-1918. Herbert born 12-23-1918 died 2-14-1964. Children: 1A. Mattie married Edward Keel, one child J.E. Keel, 2A. Tressie married Charlie Collins, Children: Donald Ray & Terry Lynn. 3A. Mildred married Forrest Berry, Children, Alice, Jerry,
2. Robert Dewey born 12-18-1905 died 2-2-1989 See below:
3. Allen born 1906 died 1906, grand-ma called him (Little Allen) He died while still an infant sleeping with his parents, smothered……….
4. Laura B. Carpenter born 10-14-1908, died 6-26-1986 married Thomas Gordon Cowan 7-24-1926. Gordon born 9-9-1900 died 11-30-1980. They are buried at Byrd Cemetery. Children: Margaret Cowan born 1927 married O’Neal Martin, their children: Larry Wayne, Johnny O’Neal & Ricky Carlos Martin.
Maywilla Cowan born 1929 married W. D. (Dee) Stephens children: Roger, Glenn & Charles Martin & daughter Linda Cowan Castle.
Joyce Cowan married Nelton Maples. Children; James Danny born 7-2-1951, Joy Gail born 8-5-1953, and Thomas Keith born 7-7-1961. Marsha Renee born 8-9-1963.
5. Mamie Maria Carpenter born 10-29-1911, died 12-15-1939, married Duke Cowan 11-22-1928 Children: Mary Jo married J.W. Byrd, children: Steve Byrd & Rhona Byrd.
James Earl Cowan married Lucille Byrd. Children: David, Keith & ?
6. Fannie Williams Carpenter born 1913 married 1st Francis W. Glover 4-26-1930 one daughter. 2nd to George Bennett of Paint Rock, Jackson County Alabama. No children. Fannie died due to complications of pregnancy.
7. Nannie Louise born September 16, 1915 married Lonnie Orville Clarke 1-20-1933. One child, Josephine (Jo) White she had one daughter Julie Marcella. 2nd to Avery Acklin in 1979. Louise died at the age of 96 a few weeks short of her 97th birthday.
8. Vivian Erlyene born 2-1-1921 married John P Stevens Jr. 7-15-1937. Children: John C (Carpenter) Stevens &? They are both buried in Munford Cemetery, Munford AL.
9. Amy Evelyn born 6-26-1926, died 6-19-1980 married Bonny Joe Smith 5-8-1944, 2 children Bud Smith & Mary Jo Smith 2nd to Gene Mayer, 2 Children Donzella (Donnie) Mayer & Teresa (Terri) Mayer. 3rd to Gordon Allen Worley, no children.
10. Grandmother had another child who miscarried in the early stages of development…
Children of Noah & Mary Emaline Vann Maples, 1. Nannie B. Maples Carpenter
2. Albert Preston Maples 3. Harry E. Maples 4. Noah Jefferson (Jeff) Maples 5. Lucy Maples Lemley 6. Dosha Florence Maples Lyon/Worley 7. Henry Dewey Maples.
Noah was the son of Jonas & Martha L. Baker Maples. Jonas was the son of Edward Noah Sr. & Jane Moon Maples. Edward Noah b 1798 was the son of William Cordra b 1766 & Nancy Long Maples. William Cordra was the son of Josiah Maples Sr. b 1746 & Ruthea Sweeney Maples. Josiah was the son of William b 1727 & Prudence Comstock Maples. William was the son of Steven b 1688 & Patience Fargo Maples
Robert Dewey Carpenter, (Named after Dewey Maples) born 12-18-1905, Died 2-2-1989 Married Bertha Webster 8-20-1926. (No children)
Robert Dewey Carpenter born 12-18-1905 married R. Lillie Clayton Perry born 3-15-1916 died 9-4-1980., she was the daughter of Elisha Jasper Perry b August 1872 Indiana d 7-15-1944 & Willard Sylvesta Odham born 1882 died 1945. They are buried Mount
Pisgah Cemetery, Limestone County Alabama. Their Children: 1. Birdus Edward (Uncle Bird) born 1908 died 4-14-1940, buried at Mt Pisgah Cemetery 2. Olsford Lee Perry b 3-
21-1910 d 3-21-1964 buried Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens Florence Al. 3. James Jasper (Uncle Peck) born 7-8-1896 died 6-14-1968 buried Railway Cemetery Wayne Co. Tn.
4. Ora Cartel (Aunt Cartie) born 6-6-1906 died 3-10-1965 buried at Railway Cemetery Wayne Co. Tn. 5. (Aunt Becky) Rebecca O. Perry/ Glass born 2-15-1912 died 2-23-1963 buried Railway Cemetery Wayne Co. Tn. 6. Aunt Edith J. Perry/ Jewell born 2-28-1905
died 1-26-1965 buried Athens City Cemetery, Limestone Co Al, 7. Aunt Doris Lura Perry/ Burroughs born 5-1-1931 died 8-26-1997 buried Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Athens, and Limestone county Al
Elisha Jasper Perry was the son of James Albert Perry and Hannah Patmore Perry. James Albert was the son of James L. Perry of Virginia and Annie Catherine Allen Perry. James L. Perry was the son of George William & Elizabeth Fagg Perry of Virginia. George William was the son of Pierce Perry & Mary Burris Perry.
Willard S. Oldham Perry was the daughter of George Edward Oldham & Margaret Jane Thornton Oldham, George Edward was the son of McKinney Oldham. McKinney Oldham was the son of Thomas Oldham & Sarah McKinney Oldham TN.
Robert & Lillie married 3-29-1945, they are buried in Maple Hill Cemetery; their children:
1. Geraldine born 3-28-1946 died Sept 26- 2002, buried Valhalla Memory Gardens, Huntsville. She married O’Neal Glover, 2 children Curtis Wayne, Gerald (Jerry), second to, Raymond Baker, no children
2. Barbara Ann born Sept.9-1949 died 4-23-2001; Married Arvie Glen Self, 2nd to Hubert Shannifelt, one child Sherry Jane, she and her dad were killed in a car crash. Buried in Byrd Cemetery, 3rd to O’Neal Maroney. Their children: Shirley Ann, James, & Donald Lee, Mary Elizabeth died at 7 weeks, buried Huntsville Memory Gardens unmarked grave. James born 10-9-1973 died 6-8-1994 drowned while swimming in the Tennessee River. He is buried Madison City Cemetery. Barbara Ann is buried at Madison City Cemetery, city of Madison, Madison County Alabama.
3. Larry Dewey born March 17, 1951, (I will not be buried, I don’t want bugs crawling on me when I’m dead, I have left instructions that I be cremated) married Martha Gail Franklin 7-2-1971. Children Angela Darlene married Jason Gray, 3 children, Katherine, Nicole and Jason Jr. Brian Keith Carpenter Married Elisa Heron, no children; Brian has 2 children, Colton Chisenall Carpenter & Christina Patterson.
4. James E. (Jimmy) born 1-10-1953 died September 14- 2003 buried at Scott Road Holiness Church Cemetery, Scott Road, Hazel Green Alabama. He married Nancy Gail Castle. They have an adopted daughter, Heather. She has 3 children. (Jimmy was a veteran, served stateside during the Viet Nam war in the 82nd Air Born Division, Ft. Bragg NC.
Larry D. Carpenter
2325 Cardinal Ave. NW
Huntsville Al. 35816
Key to Source References
Ancestry.com U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 [database online], Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 2007. Original data: Ledgers of Payments 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 from Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872 [National Archives Microfilm Publication T718, 23 rolls]; Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Record Group 217; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
B&SS” Byron and Samuel Sistler” Tennesseans in the War of 1812, Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., Nashville, Tenn., 1992, p. 439
DW: David Wilkinson: Wilkinson/Miller Family.
bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=judivad&surname=R, Updated: 2008-07-01.
G&M: Pauline Jones Gandrud and Bobbie Jones McLane: Alabama Soldiers, Revolution, War of 1812 and Indian Wars, privately published, 1980, 1989, Vol. IV, Surnames CA through Coker, pp 34-36.
J&G1: Kathleen Paul Jones and Pauline Jones Gandrud: Alabama Records-Volume 74, Morgan County: Privately published, New Market, Ala., March 1942, pp. 70-71.
J&G2: Kathleen Paul Jones and Pauline Jones Gandrud: Alabama Records, Volume 49, Morgan County, first published in 1938, reprinted by Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1980, pp 42-43.
PC: Pollyanna Creekmore: Grainger County, Tennessee Federal Census of 1810, Population Schedule (Third Census) and County Tax Lists for 1810, McClung Historical Collection, Lawson McGhee Library, Knoxville, Tenn., 1956, p. 2.
VDW” Virgil D. White: Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol. III: N-Z, The National Historical Publishing Co., Waynesboro, Tenn., 1992, p. 2955.
Morgan County Court House, Decatur, Al. Genealogical Society. Inc. Al Biographies Vol. IV, p. 1463. Revolutionary War Certificate #19262, Charles Ross. Alabama Agency. Morgan County Superior Court Records. New Hope Historical Society Inc., New Hope Alabama. And 1860 Fannin TX film # 4191104. 1850 and 1860 Fannin TX film # 4191104 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3046570/carpenter 1860.jp oage2.jpg
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MARRIAGE: Any relation?
North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004 about Willis Carpenter
Name: Willis Carpenter
Spouse: Sally Duberry
Marriage Date: 28 Jul 1837
Marriage County: Northampton
Marriage State: North Carolina
Source: County Court Records at Jackson, NC & Family Histoy
No image available
Source Citation: Data Source: County Court Records - FHL # 0275918-0275919 and 0418147 item 6.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data:
Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in published books cataloged by the Library of Congress, or county records in possession of the individual county clerks or courthouses.
North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina County Marriage Indexes. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Carolina Marriage Index, 1962-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina.
CENSUS: 1840 US Census - Same person? Age fits.
1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Willis Carpenter
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): District 911, Cobb, Georgia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 5
Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: District 911, Cobb, Georgia; Roll: 39; Page: 244; Image: 897; Family History Library Film: 0007042.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
CENSUS: 1850 US Census
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Willis Carpenter
Age: 70
Birth Year: abt 1780
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Cross Keys, DeKalb, Georgia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Willis Carpenter 70
Jane Carpenter 37
Thos A Carpenter 12
Willis L Carpenter 10
Arthur T Carpenter 4
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Cross Keys, DeKalb, Georgia; Roll: M432_67; Page: 108B; Image: 328.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
CENSUS: 1860 US Census - not found - Did he die?
5.
Katie Charpenter
12.
Sam Charpenter
15.
Nancy A."Nina" Carpenter