Follow up email from Gordon Pace. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Siriuspace@aol.com> To: <PACE-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <predmore@intcon.net> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 11:37 AM Subject: William Carroll Pace of Marion Co, AR > On Nov 11 Julie Predmore sent me a message re William Carroll Pace which I > forwarded to the Pace mail list. Here are my comments concerning his > ancestry. > William Carroll Pace was b. 1827 in Rutherford Co, TN and d. aft. 1869 in > Bull Shoals, Marion Co, AR. He married Mary Emalina McCracken on 2/19/1847 > in Rutherford Co. I believe William is a grandson of William Pace, Jr., who > is a son of William Pace, Sr. and Ruth Lambert. > William Pace, Jr. was b. 1771 in Edgecombe Co, NC and died aft. 1863 in > Marion Co, AR. He married Isabella Falkenberry. > The problem with this scenario is that I don't know for sure who the father > of William Carroll Pace was. I have not been able to find a record of the > children of William Pace, Jr. I have an abstract of the 1810 census of > Rutherford Co, TN which lists five Pace families. I believe these are > William Pace, Sr. and his sons James, John, Wilson and William, Jr. But my > abstract does not include the detail about children and age ranges. Does > anyone have this? > Earl Berry in "History of Marion Co" said that William Carroll Pace MIGHT be > the son of Bartley Pace who was a son of a William Pace, Jr., b. 1771 in NC. > Julie expressed the opinion that, since Mr. Berry used the word "might" that > this statement can be disregarded. I don't agree - it would be very helpful > to know what Mr. Berry actually knew about this Bartley Pace. At any rate I > have not found any reference to this Bartley Pace in the limited documents I > have searched. > At this point I have not been able to determine who the sons were of William > Pace, Jr. and Isabella Falkenberry, other than the possibility of Bartley. I > am hoping that someone on this list has some information on this. > William Carroll Pace and his wife Mary are on the 1850 census of Rutherford > Co, TN.(McCrackin District) (the name is shown as Carol W. as he was often > referred to as Carroll or Carl). > Living nearby is William Pace and Isabella, ages 77 and 76 who I believe to > be his grandparents. Also living nearby is a James Pace age 34 and wife Mary > with children Margaret 9, Mary M. 6, and Elizabeth 2. This is probably a son > of William Pace, Jr., or perhaps a brother of William Carroll Pace. > Someone suggested that William Carroll Pace was a son of William, Jr. but > this would mean that he was born when his mother, Isabella, was 53, which > seems very unlikely. > As to the John Pace who m. Sarah McCracken he was a son of John Pace and > Sarah Anderson. The elder John Pace was a brother of William Pace, Jr. > My information on the McCracken ancestry came from Jane McEndree > (janemc@airmail.net) and Joy Shaw (gommie@swbell.net) They are on the > McCracken mail list. > Finally the Brittan Pace who is found in deeds with William Carroll Pace and > other relatives may be the Brittain Pace who was a son of William Pace, Sr. > and Ruth Lambert - although it is also possible that he was a grandson of > William Pace, Sr. since he was not mentioned in his will. > So, can anyone help clear up this mystery? > Gordon W. Pace >