A Simon Carlisle was a Methodist minister in Smith Co TN. I had wondered if he's connected to the Edgecomb Carlisles. Simon & Wm Carlisle owned land in Jackson Co TN, very near the Smith Co. line. This Wm was a Rev. soldier; applied 3-21-1833 Jackson Co from Geneal. Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files Vol I by V. White: b. Guilford Co NC, moved tp VA to Green Co KY to Fayette KY to Nelson KY to Madison KY back to Green KY then in 1801 to Jackson TN. I believe a Wm who's buried Bedford Co TN is also a Rev. Vet. > > 2. William Carlisle, JR. b: 1736 (I'd like to find out more about this > William--my husband's line has a William Carlisle that fought in the Rev > War--maybe they are one and the same William.) > > Coleman Carlisle was an early Methodist minister who was a circuit > rider. He married the daughter of another Methodist minister (Glenn). > There were several others who were Methodist ministers also. >