-----Original Message----- From: Tiffany Shoop <shoops@bigsky.net> >Looking for info on Sarah Elizabeth Carpenter's mother Rebecca Donaldson. >This is the info on my family. Sarah Elizabeth Carpenter Married George >Washington Nelson the parents of my ggrandfather Benjamin David (called >"Buck") Nelson who married Elizabeth (called Polly) Rushing. > >But what I'm looking for is Sarah Elizabeth Carpenters ggggrandparents also. >Sarah was daughter of William Bailey Carpenter and Rebecca Donaldson, and >William Bailey Carpenter was son of Benjamin Samson Carpenter and Milly C. ? >I'd like to go back further. Any help you have would be greatly >appreciated. >Thank you, my email is shoops@bigsky.net. >Tiffany >I've listed part of what I have below for your reference. > >1. BENJAMIN SAMSON CARPENTER was born 1771, and died 1836 in Dale Co, Al. >He married MILLY C 1806. She was born 1780 in South Carolina, and died >After 1850. > >Children of BENJAMIN CARPENTER and MILLY C are: >2. i. WILLIAM BAILEY CARPENTER, b. 1808, South Carolina; d. >October 30, 1883, Alabama >3. ii. JOHN G. CARPENTER, b. 1810, South Carolina >4. iii. SAMSON A. CARPENTER, b. 1816, South Carolina >5. iv. NANCY CARPENTER, b. 1821, Alabama >6. v. BENJAMIN CARPENTER, b. 1824, Covington Co, AL; m. EMILY >TRENATHAM TREVER, 26 Oct 1846, Pike Co, AL > > Notes for BENJAMIN CARPENTER: > Resides in Van Zandt Co, Texas in the 1850 census > >7. vi. HOLLEY CARPENTER, b. 1826, AL (states for Alabama) > > >Generation No. 2 > > >2. WILLIAM BAILEY CARPENTER (BENJAMIN SAMSON1) was born 1808 in South >Carolina, and died October 30, 1883 in Alabama. He married REBECCA SAVANNAH >DONALDSON 1832 in Alabama. She was born about 1815 in South Carolina, and >died April 1884 in Alabama. > >Children of WILLIAM CARPENTER and REBECCA DONALDSON are: > i. SAMPSON HARMON CARPENTER, b. May 26, 1833, AL; m. >ELIZA ??, Abt. 1852, b. Oct 22, 1836 d. Oct 30, 1904, Piney Grove Baptist >Cem, Geneva Co, AL. > > Notes for SAMPSON HARMON CARPENTER: > Resided in covington Co, AL in the 1860 census. > > Served during the Civil War in Co F 33rd AL Inf Rgt > > Not listed in 1870 census indicates deceased > > Notes for ELIZA ??: > Resided as a widow in Geneva Co, AL in the 1870 census > > ii. BENJAMIN DAVID CARPENTER, b. Nov 25, 1834, Coffee >County, AL; d. Oct 13, 1919, Buried S. Butler Cem, AL; > m. ELIZABETH WARE, Aug 17, 1856, Covington Co, AL; b. >Auf 31, 1838, Macon Co, AL; d. Jan 11, 1924, Buried > S. Butler Cem, AL. > > Notes for BENJAMIN DAVID CARPENTER: > Served in the Civil War Co E 2nd AL Calvery drawing a >pension. > > iii. EMILY CARPENTER, b. February 28, 1836, Alabama > > ***iv. SARAH ELIZABETH CARPENTER*, (my gggrandmother) b. Nov >13, 1838, AL; d. Oct 01, 1912, Buried in Antioch > Cem, Coffee Co, AL; married GEORGE WASHINGTON NELSON, >b. Feb 08, 1824, AL; d. May 19, 1892, Buried in > Antioch Cem., Coffee Co, Alabama. (they had 13 >children) > > Notes for SARAH ELIZABETH CARPENTER: > 1860 Covington Co, AL (Rose Hill Pct) > > 1870 Creshaw Co, AL (Townshi-p 6 Pct) > > 1880 Covington Co, AL (Rose Hill Pct) > > Tribe of Dane, bloodline part of tribe of Dane Sarah >Elizabeth Carpenter Nelson was half Indian (Cherokee) > (not documented) > > At the time Sarah Elizabeth Carpenter Nelson filed for a >military pension after the death of her husband George > Washington Nelson, she stated her Real and Personal >properties were, 80 acres of land located in Beat No H, Coffee > County with value of $100.00. One log house value at >$250.00, 1horse/mule $25.00, 2 cattle of all kind $5.00 for a > total of $205.00. Date April 22, 1897. > > Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON NELSON: > George Washington Nelson received land containing one >hundred and fifty-nine acres and thirty-four hundreths of an > acre. Homestead Certificate #17157. Application >#28890. This was listed in the East of St. Stephens Meridian, AL. > Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt. Dated Feb. 12, >1902. > > 1855 Farm Census for AL list 1 male and 1 female over >age 21 and 1 male under 21 > > *** 1860 Covington Co, AL(Rose Hill Pct) list George W Nelson >with wife, Elizabeth, and son William C, also twins > Emily M and James M. > > 1870 Crenshaw Co, AL (Rutledge Pct) list himself, wife, >Elizabeth with 7 children. > > > 1810 Covington Co, AL (District 3 4) list >himself, wife Elizabeth, with 8 children > > CONFEDERATE MILITARY RECORD > > Private G.W. Nelson > Company F 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment > > While Pvt Nelson was serving with the 33rd Inf Reg his >regimental commander was Samuel Adams, Col. C.S.A. The > 33rd Regiment saw action at Perryville, Ky, there it was >part of General Braxton Bragg's Army. Maj Gen Lenidas > Polk was Corp commander, Brigade Commander was Brig Gen >S.A.M. Wood. Gen Wood was wounded during the > battle of Perryville. > > The 33rd Reg took part in the battle of Stone's River or >Murfreesboro. The Reg was part of the 4th Brigade which was > still commanded by Brig Gen S.A.M. Wood. The >confederate army lost 10,266 men in the battle. This was one out > of every four that entered the battle December 31, 1862. > > On September 19th and 20th 1883, the battle at >Chickamauga Ga, was fought. Gen S.A.M. Woods Brigade was > part of Maj Gen P.R. Cleburne's Division of Lt Gen >Daniel H. Hill's Corps. The confederates won a great battle but > lost 17, 804 men, the Union loss was 16, 179. The >Chickamauga River ran red with blood according to accounts > of the battle. > > The 33 AL was under Brig Gen Mark P Lowery's Brigade Nov >23 when the battle of Chattanooga opened up. > Lt Gen William J Hardee was Corp Commander. The >Division Commander was Maj Gen P.R. Cleburne. > Confederate Army, Pvt Nelson was discharged honorably >from the Army Aug 1st 1864. > > The South lost 34, 979 men defending Atlanta, the Union >lost 31, 687 men. > > Confederate notes from Mae Huggins, Ft Walton Bch, FL >11/18/1996 > > v. NANCY CARPENTER, b. December 06, 1841, Alabama; m. BILL >BRACKEN > vi. SUSAN R. CARPENTER, b. March 04, 1843, Alabama. > vii. WILLIAM CARPENTER, b. January 18, 1845, Alabama. > viii. SUFFRONIA CARPENTER, b. January 19, 1847, Alabama. > ix. MARTHA CARPENTER, b. March 08, 1849, Alabama; m. EABIN E. >BALDWIN, march 08, 1879. > *** x. GILES B. CARPENTER, **b. Feb. 22, 1853, AL; d. Oct 10, >1929, Butler Co, AL; m. CHARITY BRACKEN on > Oct. 31, 1875; b. May 30, 1848; d. July 01, 1923. > ** xi. DANIEL DOZIER "DOSH" CARPENTER, b. Oct 31, 1854, AL; m. >OPHELIA STEWART. > xxi. CAREY C. CARPENTER, b. Nov 07, 1856, AL; m. C. E. "LIZZY" >CARTER, 1890, b. May 1872. > >3. JOHN G. CARPENTER (Benjamin Samson1) was born 1810 in South Carolina. >He married > SARAH JEMIMA BLUFORD 1834. She was born 1810 in Georgiana, Butler >Co, AL. > >Children of JOHN CARPENTER and SARAH BLUFORD are: > i. JAMES M. CARPENTER, b. 1835; m. MARY J ??, Abt. 1860 > > Notes for JAMES M. CARPENTER: > Listed in the 1850 and 1860 Coffee Co, Al census > > ii. JOHN J. CARPENTER, b. 1838. > iii. BENJAMIN R. CARPENTER, b. 1842; d. Sep 02, 1862 in >hospital at Enterprise, Miss. Enlisted Mar 11, 1862 at > Brandon, Covington County, AL. > iv. ZYLPHIA (also spelled Zelphia)CARPENTER*(Jeanette's >ggrandmother) b. May 08, 1844 d. July 16, 1890, > married RICHARD ASA SMITH, 1862; b. Mar 27, 1840; d. Jan >27, 1886. > > Notes for RICHARD ASA SMITH: > Richard A Smith served as a private in Company F, 33rd >Alabama Infantry, CSA. He enlisted on Mar 11, 1862 at > Brandon's Store in Rose Hill, AL. He was captured by the >Union forces on 30 Nov 1864 and sent to the prisoner or > War Camp, Camp Douglas in Chicago, IL. Presumably, he >remained a prisoner there until the end of the war. > > v. SAMPSON ADMIRAL CARPENTER, b. Feb 02, 1847; d. Apr 07, >1906; m. LUCRETIA V. SMITH, Mar 5, 1868, > Crenshaw Co, AL; b. 1853, Covington Co, AL. > vi. MATTHEW C. CARPENTER, b. 1850. > vii. AMANDA D. CARPENTER, b. 1858. > >4. SAMSON A. CARPENTER (BENJAMIN SAMSON1) was born 1816 in South >Carolina. He married > NANCY MAYBERRY 1838. She was born 1817 in South Carolina. > >Children of SAMSON CARPENTER and NANCY MAYBERRY are: > i. MATAMORGILLA CARPENTER, b. 1839. > ii. JOHN D. CARPENTER, b. 1842. > iii. ELIZABETH A. CARPENTER, b. 1844. > iv. CLARINDA CARPENTER,b. 1848. > v. NANCY A. CARPENTER, b. 1850 > vi. LEVI D. CARPENTER, b. 1850. > vii. JOSEPH H. CARPENTER, b. 1853. > viii. SAMSON J. CARPENTER, b. 1855, AL; d. Nov 10, 1932, >Galveston, TX; m. ELIZA JANE ST.CLAIR, May 20, 1874; > b. May 20, 1851, Lavaca Co, TX; d. Feb 02, 1927, >Williamson Con, TX. > ix. LOVDY PINKNEY CARPENTER, b. May 20, 1851, Coffee Co, AL; m. >WINFIELD SCOT "SCOOT" ST. CLAIR; > born 1848. > >5. HOLLEY CARPENTER (BENJAMIN SAMSON1) b. 1826 AL; m. SARAH J ? 1855. >She was > born1838 in South Carolina. > >Children of HOLLEY CARPENTER and SARAH J are: > i. MORPHINE B. CARPENTER. > ii. JOSEPHINE V. CARPENTER. > > >GENERATION 3 OF > SARAH ELIZABETH CARPENTER (MINE) and >two sisters of Sarah's husband George W. Nelson >(of MARY (NELSON) BRYANT AND SAVANNAH (NELSON) BRYANT > >GEORGE WASHINGTON NELSON b. Feb 08, 1824 AL d. May 19, 1892 bur. Antioch >Cem, Coffee Co, Al; married SARAH ELIZABETH CARPENTER*(William Bailey >Carpenter2,Benjamin Samson Carpenter1) (MINE), daughter of WILLIAM BAILEY >CARPENTER and REBECCA SAVANNAH DONALDSON. She was born Nov 13, 1838 Al, d. >Oct. 01, 1912 buried at Antioch Cem, Coffee Co, AL. They had 13 children. > >Children of GEORGE NELSON and SARAH CARPENTER are: > i. WILLIAM C (HALL) NELSON, b. 1855, Rose Hill, AL; d. 1936, >Kinston, AL.m. MARANDI ? > > ii. EMILY M NELSON, b. 1858, Alabama m.JAKE ALDRIDGE. > > iii. JAMES M "JIM" NELSON, b. Dec 27, 1860, AL; d. Dec 07, >1950, Bur. Antioch Cem, Coffee Co, AL married > FRANCES C. NELSON. > > iv. *MARY NELSON, b. Dec. 27, 1860, Alabama m.ANDREW JACKSON >"JACK" BRYAN(T) son of GILES BRYAN(T) > and ANNICE LOPER. > > v. ZELPHIA SUSANA NELSON, (Jeanette's ggrandmother), July 09, >1864, Crenshaw Co, AL; d. Apr 25, 1944, in > Okaloosa County, Florida m. STEPHEN "TEB" JACKSON. > > vi. BENJAMIN "BUCK" NELSON*, (my ggrandfather, father of my >granny), b. Nov 08, 1867, AL; d. Apr 25, 1944, and > Bur. at Antioch Church Cem. Coffee Co, AL. m. ELIZABETH >"POLLY" RUSHING, daughter of "OFF" RUSHING > (MATTHEW M. "MACK" RUSHING). She was born Oct 15, 1872, >died Jun 28, 1938 and Bur at Antioch Church > Cem, Coffee, Co, AL. > > vii. SAVANNAH (NANCY?) NELSON, b. 1869; d. 1946, Enterprise, >Coffee Co, AL m.DORSEY BRYAN(T). > > viii. AQUILLA "QUILLIE" NELSON,b. Jan 08, 1871, AL; d. 1959, AL >m. MARTHA ROGERS. > > ix. GEORGIANN NELSON* (Gina's gggrandmother) b. Nov 18, 1873, >AL; d. Feb 06, 1957, Mississippi married > WILLIAM JASPER ATWELL. > > x. VICTORIA "BABE" NELSON, b. 1876, AL; d. Jan 1962, Covington >Co, AL.m. BILL HENLEY son of ELMORE HENLEY > and REBECCA CARPENTER. > > xi. ELWOOD NELSON,b. Nov 08, 1878, AL; d. Mar 15, 1958, AL m. >ALICE ROGERS. > > xii. MANNIE B. NELSON, b. May 1881, AL; d. Dec 04, 1960, Bur. >Antioch Cem, Coffee Co, Alabama married > EULA CARTWRIGHT. > > xiii. BAMA NELSON, b. Nov 19, 1880, AL; d. Jan 01, 1964, Bur. >Antioch Cem, Coffee Co, Alabama m. GEORGE HOLMES. > > >In reference to "vi" above; Buck and Polly had 13 children too: > > 1. BURL NELSON > 2. ERNEST NELSON > 3. TOBE NELSON > 4. LENA NELSON > 5. LELA NELSON > 6. MAUDE NELSON > 7. MINNIE NELSON* (My grandmother) m. James Oscar Hataway. > 8. DELLIE NELSON > 9. KYE NELSON > 10. LEONARD "LINWOOD" NELSON m. ESTHER MADLYN "MATTIE" SPIVEY. > 11. EDLOW NELSON > > >MARY NELSON daughter of George Washington Nelson and Sarah Elizabeth >Carpenter, was born on >Dec 27, 1860 in AL. she married ANDREW JACKSON "JACK" BRYANT(T) Jan 04, >1885 in Coffee Co, AL, son of *GILES BRYAN(T) and ANNICE LOPER. > >Notes for Andrew Jackson "Jack" Bryan(t). >Jack Bryant accidently killed himself while hunting squirrels. > >Children of MARY NELSON and ANDREW J. BRYAN(T) are: > 1. *GILES BRYANT. > 2. KIMMY BRYANT. > 3. JEFFIE BRYANT. > 4. ALTO BRYANT. > > >SAVANNAH (NANCY?) NELSON also daughter of George Washington Nelson and Sarah >Elizabeth Carpenter, was born 1869, and died 1946 in Enterprise, Coffeee Co >AL married DORSEY B BRYAN(T) 1887, he was born 1868 in Coffee Co, AL; died >aft. 1920. > >Children of SAVANNAH NELSON and DORSEY BRYAN(T) are: > 1. *JILES W BRYAN(T), b. Aug. 30, 1889; d. Mar 01, 1964; m. >SARAH FLOYD; b. Dec 09, 1860; > died Nov 06, 1961. > > 2. AUGUSTA E. BRYAN(T), b. Jul 24, 1891; d. Florida; m. >JOSEPHUS RICHARDS, b. Oct 1889. > > 3. HANFORD ELWOOD BRYAN(T),b. Oct 08 1891? d. Feb 1972 m. >LILLIE SMART b. Dec 1895 Coffee Co AL > > 4. FANNIE BRYAN(T), b. Feb 1896; m. JOSEPH C. SMART b. Nov >1892, Coffee Co, AL > > 5. KIMMEY R BRYAN(T), b. Jan 28, 1898 d.Nov 1985, Florida m. >LIZZIE WALTERS b. 1900 > > 6. JEFFERSON BRYAN(T), b. 1902. > > 7. CLAUDIA BRYAN(T), b. 1904 m. MAX MCKLIN. > > 8. EDLOW BRYAN(T), b. Dec 25, 1905 d. Apr 1988, Geneva Co, AL >m. EMMA DAVIS d. Apr 1944. > > 9. ALTO BRYAN(T), b. 1909 d. 1940, Tuscaloosa, AL. > > 10. MAUDIE ALMA BRYAN(T), b. Sep 12, 1910 m. SYLVESTER HOLLAND, >b. Jan 30, 1906 d. 1987 Enterprise, Coffee > County, Alabama. > > >