Hi, hate to butt in but I may have some children of your Texas to Alabama CARPENTERs in my family graveyard. See if these ring a bell. Phoebe J. daughter of J.O. and E. G. (C?) CARPENTER 01/27/1885 - 02/24/1895 Joseph O Son of J.O. & E.G. 02/01/1896 - 04/26/1896 Charles C. Son of J.O. & E.G. 02/02/1903 - 11/06/1903 Thoedore R. CARPENTER 02/27/1905 - 04/21/1906 These names came from a graveyard in Holmes Co. Florida (on the Alabama border) Evelyn White South Carolina > ** Original Subject: Re: Texas Carpenters > ** Original Sender: LouisSMU@aol.com > ** Original Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 11:05:23 EDT > ** Original Message follows... > > Dear Pat, > > As I am sure many will tell you in responding, Southern Carpenters are much > harder to trace as the records are not as intact as our Yankee kin. See, > this little skirmish known as the War of Northern Aggression caused all type > of havoc with record keeping. Also, we were busy settling the frontier, > while our northern cousins sat around making things. > > On a more serious note, I have been working on Isaac Carpenter of NC clan (b. > 1764, d. 1837). He was a RS. To date, his ancestry has always been a > mystery although the group I am researching with is getting closer to > unlocking the mystery. Family legend and a great deal of misinformation on > the Net shows "William Fauntleroy Carpenter" to be the father of Isaac > linking them to the Cornwall Carpenters of Dr. Nathaniel Carpenter of VA and > his brother Corynden Carpenter of Cornwall who left a substantial fortune. > My cousin, Donna Jo Wright, along with others hired Peter Wilson Coldham to > research this problem when an affidavit of David Carpenter, son of Isaac, > surfaced in a trunk in the early 1980's. This affidavit was an attempt to > claim Corynden's fortune although the Chancery court denied the claim for > lack of evidence. This research is published in an article by Coldham in the > National Genealogical Society Quarterly. I believe it is in the Winter 1985 > edition. Our research has led me to believe that Isaac is a descendant of > the Tidewater Carpenters. I hope to publish an article on this research > someday. > > As far as Texas Carpenters, one of Isaac's many sons, Jesse Carpenter, > migrated to Chambers Co., AL with his father-in-law, William Threadgill, then > on to Pike Co. AL near Troy where he was very successful, owning over 800 > acres, a cotton gin, grist mill. Five of his sons fought for the > Confederacy. My great grandfather Coleman Nathaniel was in the 15th AL and > captured at Gettysburg where he was interned at Pea Pod Island until the end > of the war. > > After the War Between the States, Coleman Nathaniel, Mahone, Andrew, and > other brothers GTT (Gone to Texas), like everyone else did. Andrew went to > Concho Co, Mahone to Hamilton then to Burnet Co., and Cole to Coryell Co. > Mahone and Cole are buried with their families in the Copperas Cove Cemetery > in Coryell Co. > > Hope this provides you with some "Southern Carpenter" info. > > Louis Carpenter >** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** > Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com