Katherine & Charles wrote > > QUESTIONS: > > (1) Does anyone have copies of "The Filson Club"? Can someone > transcribe the information cited that indicates the line for Edward, > Cornelius, and James Carrico in the book? Are any primary sources > indicated? How reliable is this source? I believe the publication to which you refer is "The Carrico Family" by Homer Edwin Carrico (1951, Filson Club Historical Quarterly, vol. XXV, pp. 217-252). It was reprinted in 1981 as pp. 215-250 in "Genealogies of Kentucky Families" by Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore. It was republished in 1997 as "Family History: Kentucky Genealogies #1, 1700s-1800s," CD-185, by Broderbund. If you belong to the Filson Club, they will send you a photocopy. Otherwise, unless your local library has a copy, the cheapest, fastest way to get a copy is to buy the Broderbund CD. I have been working off and on for several months on turning Homer's paper into a Family Tree Maker File. I have all the individuals entered (that was the easy part), and now I'm working on adding the source text to each datum (that is the hard part). I have not finished, but nearly so. I would be happy to email this file to anyone, even in its current state, keeping in mind that I haven't finished sourcing it. I don't think I can face proof-reading it, so what I would request in return is that anyone finding errors please inform me, so I can fix them. Homer's paper is still under copyright, but I submit that I have changed the work sufficiently (value added) that the .FTW file now constitutes a new publication (under the concept of "compilation" copyright). As such, I own an implicit copyright to the .FTW file. I give anyone permission to use this file and to share it with other Carrico researchers provided they do not charge for it, post it where a fee is charged for access, or include it in a larger work or file that is for sale. In return, it behooves anyone who uses this file to either buy the Broderbund CD or join the Filson Club (or send them a donation). Anyone doing genealogy in Kentucky should do themselves a favor and join the Filson Club! And the Broderbund CD is a useful addition to the library of almost anyone doing genealogy in Kentucky. If we subvert the intention of the copyright law by pirating the work of others, the incentive to produce and publish will dry up. The profit motive is responsible for ! ! ! the vast majority of published works now at our disposal. Let's not kill the goose... <stepping down off soapbox> And now, under the concept of "fair use," here are the lines from Homer Carrico's article pertaining to Cornelius, Edward, and James (pagination is as in the 1981 GPC reprint, not the Filson Club original): p. 234 - "(3-7) Cornelius Carrico was born 1772 in Charles County, Maryland.122 He married first, Susanna Shanks in Nelson County, Kentucky, January 27, 1806;123 and second, Theresa O'Bryan, in Washington County, Kentucky, May 24, 1823.124 (No record has been found of issue, if any, of this second marriage.) "The child of Cornelius and Susanna (Shanks) Carrico was: "(4-1) Edward Carrico (1810- ), who married Matilda Dillehay (1811- ), daughter of John C. Dillehay, February 23, 1825.125 The children of Edward and Matilda (Dillehay) Carrico were:126 "(5-1) Thomas H. Carrico (1837- ). "(5-2) Susan M. Carrico (138- ). "(5-3) Lucetta J. Carrico (1839- ). "(5-4) James M. Carrico (1843- ). "(5-5) Robert J. Carrico (1848- )." Footnotes on page 247 - "122 The census of 1850 of Nelson County, Kentucky, gives age of Cornelius; names and ages of his son and grandchildren; but no mention is made of his wife Theresa, who it is presumed had died prior to that time. "123 Nelson County, Kentucky, Marriage Records shows marriage to Susanna Shanks. "124 Washington County, Kentucky, marriage records, Book 1, page 99. "125 Edward Carrico married Matilda Dillehay, according to Washington County, Kentucky, marriage records, father John C. consenting. "126 See footnote 122." As for Homer's reliability, I have no idea. As a secondary source, I would only trust those data for which he cites a primary source (and of course, even so, I would get a copy of that source to confirm it). Diana P.S. If you want to determine whether an ancestor of yours is on Broderbund CD-185, go to http://www.familytreemaker.com/ifftop.html and do a search.

Because of the problems inherent in the line I had obtained previously, I am building my Carrico line from scratch. Here is what I have - questions follow if anyone can help: [I know Martha Ann Carrico's father was Edward, I know when she married William Peter Montgomery, Sr. per marriage records] 1. Martha Ann Carrico, b. December 1839 at Washington County, Kentucky, d. ca. 1922 at Washington County, Kentucky     Father: 2. Edward Carrico, b. ca. 1810, d. January 1870 at Washington County, Kentucky     Mother: 2. Matilda Catherine Dillehay, b. ca. 1811 Spouse: William Peter Montgomery, Jr., b. 7 August 1833 at Washington County, Kentucky, m. Ann Woodward, 20 November 1855 at Washington County, Kentucky, d. 22 August 1910 at St. Dominics, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky     Father: William Peter Montgomery, Sr., b. 24 October 1798 at Washington County, Kentucky,     d. 19 June 1833 at Washington County, Kentucky     Mother: Mary "Polly" Yates, b. 1800 at Washington County, Kentucky, d. 1874 at Washington     County, Kentucky     He had property where dad was raised in Springfield, per Uncle Tip via conversation Dad and I had     with him on November 14, 1998 in Springfield.     Married 30 December 1862 at Home of Edward Carrico, Washington County, Kentucky. Children and grandchildren:   1 Mary Carro Polin Montgomery, b. ca. 20 April 1872, m. James B. "Jim" Ryan, 14 January 1896 at     St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, m. Richard Skidmore Mudd, 29 January     1907 at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky; 7 grandchildren
2. Edward Carrico, b. ca. 1810, d. January 1870 at Washington County, Kentucky     Father: 3. Cornelius Carrico, b. ca. 1772 at Charles County, Maryland     Mother: 3. Susanna Shanks     Parents information from "The Filson Club" by Homer E. Carrico. Spouse: 2. Matilda Catherine Dillehay, b. ca. 1811     Father: 4. John C. Dillehay     Married 23 February 1835 at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky. Children and grandchildren:   1 1. Martha Ann Carrico, b. December 1839 at Washington County, Kentucky, m. William Peter     Montgomery, Jr., 30 December 1862 at Home of Edward Carrico, Washington County, Kentucky, d. ca.     1922 at Washington County, Kentucky; 1 grandchild
3. Cornelius Carrico, b. ca. 1772 at Charles County, Maryland Spouse: 3. Susanna Shanks     Married 27 January 1806 at Nelson, Kentucky. Children and grandchildren:   1 2. Edward Carrico, b. ca. 1810, m. Matilda Catherine Dillehay, 23 February 1835 at St. Rose Priory,     Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, d. January 1870 at Washington County, Kentucky; 1     grandchild
4. John C. Dillehay Children and grandchildren:   1 2. Matilda Catherine Dillehay, b. ca. 1811, m. Edward Carrico, 23 February 1835 at St. Rose     Priory, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky; 1 grandchild
Ancestor families report created by Gene 4.2.1, Tue, Jan 12, 1999 QUESTIONS: (1) Does anyone have copies of "The Filson Club"? Can someone transcribe the information cited that indicates the line for Edward, Cornelius, and James Carrico in the book? Are any primary sources indicated? How reliable is this source? (2) Does anyone have the will for the Cornelius Carrico identified above?

Thank you for posting, John. I see my Catherine CARRICO and some of my WILLISes and TRIMBLEs. I would be interested in anything furhter you have on WILLIS or TRIMBLE in Sullivan Co. I'm descended from Sarah TRIMBLE, daughter of Joseph TRIMBLE and Catharine CARRICO. This is what I have for two generations from Sarah TRIMBLE: 1 Sarah TRIMBLE b: 23 Nov 1824 Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN . +John R. WILLIS b: 1824 Indiana m: ca. 1843 Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN . 2 Joseph WILLIS b: 1844 Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN d: Aft. 3 Feb 1912 . 2 Levi WILLIS b: 1845 - 1846 Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN . 2 Catharine WILLIS b: 1847 - 1848 Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN . 2 Charles B. WILLIS b: 1850 - 1851 Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN d: Aft. 1909 . 2 William Murphy WILLIS b: 6 May 1853 Carlisle, Sullivan Co., IN d: 3 Feb 1912 Fallon, Churchill Co., NV ....+Ida BROWN b: 30 Aug 1856 Lansing, Ingham Co., MI m: 17 May 1877 Chillicothe, Livingston Co., MO d: 24 Nov 1943 Fallon, Churchill Co., NV ..... 3 Conna WILLIS b: 1878 - 1897 ..... 3 Delight WILLIS b: 1878 - 1900 ........+Harold M. KNOBLOCH ..... 3 Jewell WILLIS b: 1878 - 1900 d: Aft. 1943 of Timber, Washington Co., OR ........+Alice __?__ ..... 3 Ross WILLIS b: 1878 - 1900 ..... 3 Virgil WILLIS b: 1878 - 1900 d: Aft. 1943 ..... 3 Nina WILLIS b: 25 Dec 1879 - 1880 Hannibal, Marion Co., MO d: 20 Apr 1956 San Jose, Santa Clara Co., CA ........+Walter DEAN m: ca. 1897 .....*2nd Husband of Nina Willis: ........+Albert Roy "Bert" STRAUB b: 7 Mar 1879 Waldo, Marion Co., OH m: 27 Dec 1905 Fallon, Churchill Co., NV d: 6 Jul 1969 San Jose, Santa Clara Co., CA ..... 3 Gladys WILLIS b: 20 Jun 1889 Hale, Carroll Co., MO d: Jul 1976 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT ........+Lawrence William CREHORE, Sr. b: 6 Oct 1879 Hannibal, Marion Co., MO m: 11 Aug 1917 Fallon, Churchill Co., NV d: 2 Apr 1950 Fallon, Churchill Co., NV . 2 Martha WILLIS b: 1854 - 1855 Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN . 2 Permelia WILLIS b: 1856 - 1857 Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN . 2 Homer WILLIS b: 1858 - 1859 Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN . 2 Eliza WILLIS . 2 James WILLIS . 2 Josiah WILLIS . 2 Margaret WILLIS . 2 Sarah WILLIS I have a good deal more on the descendants of Nina WILLIS because she is my maternal grandmother, but I have nothing else on Nina's or William Muphy's siblings. It's easy to miss John R. WILLIS in the 1850 Census because he's indexed on the Broderbund CD -- and who knows where else -- as "John MILLER"! Diana

Hello Roy and all!! Just going to chime in here with my Malinda/Verlinda Carrico b. May 12, 1777 Md. (various counties have been mentioned). Judy Jennings did find a death record at Richmond, Va. which stated Malinda's parents to be Peter and Catherine Carrico. You, also, ref. it in your letter i.e.: "Virlinda Wotring, white, female,---dgtr of Peter and Catherine Carrico----" (some believe death records and some not---I am prone to do so because, in 30-some years of searching, I have not come up with a Francis <g> --ref. info in Morton book ) I think John Sissom (this list) can also relate another "question" of Morton's book; same family/generation. Carol Mitchell, I recall, had some information on Monica several month's ago.(personal letter -not on this List). Hope she will share it with us all. Back to Peter Carrico b. 1722 Md.----there lies my problem. Your census of 1810 has "P. Carrico with l male 16-26 and l female (assume you meant female) 10-16 and 2 females under 10 ". If this is Peter b. 1722, it is unlikely (not impossible) that this Peter would be about 78 years old and fathering children-----this might mean that there was another Peter between the Md. Peter and my Melinda. Does this make sense??? I have the book Aurora Documents by (he preferred "translated") Carl Gower/Gauer? Ana Elisa Carrico's baptism is in the book. (Lutheran Church Records of Aurora, Preston Co., WVa.) I decend from Malinda/Virlinda Carrico and her husband Daniel Wotring whose family came from Whitehall, Pa. to Hagerstown, Md., for a few years, and finally settled in what is now Aurora, Preston Co., WVa. abt. 1790. They were Reformed, then Lutheran's. Wotring's were originally French in the 1500's-- then went to Switz. then to Germany and finally to U.S. early 1700's Have fun all!!! Carolyn

This is the URL for the New River Notes WWW Page historical resources page for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia. (Ashe, Alleghany, Watagua and Wilkes County, North Carolina and Grayson County, and Southwest Virginia). <http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm> If you don't have WWW acess I will send the information I downloaded which includes Tax list, Court Books, Maragies etc for Grayson Co., VA. Carol (Gehrs) Mitchell, 134 Schnauzer Lane, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 <carolmit@usaor.net> 724-847-4473 [using The Master Genealogist 3.5, WP8, Eudora]

Who is this Thomas Carrico, does someone have him fit into the family? Carrico, Thomas married McCart, Jane on 04 Oct 1744 in King George County, Virginia Carol (Gehrs) Mitchell, 134 Schnauzer Lane, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 <carolmit@usaor.net> 724-847-4473 [using The Master Genealogist 3.5, WP8, Eudora]

Thank you but Please I don't want to see anything about me, I want to see CARRICO Family information posted here and lets make this a great place to share CARRICO data. If you are interested in the CARRICO - TROUTMAN part of the family a TROUTMAN family member has put a wonderful amount of information on the GEN WEB Archives for Kentucky, including the CARRICO-TROUTMAN children & who they married, which include several other CARRICO Families. VITALS: Birth Records, KY, 1853, Marion Co. Parent Child Carrico, W M & Mary J O"Daniel 04/21/1853 S J Carrico F White VITALS: Birth Records, 1858, Marion Co. KY PARENT CHILD Carrico, Richard & Rose M Mugroves 03/08/1858 Lucinda E Carrico F W There is also this to be found on KY Gen Web Archives: BIO: BREWER, James T., s/o George & Anne (Carrico) Brewer BIO: BREWER, George W., s/o George & Anne (Carrico) Brewer BIO: CARRICO, George H., s/o George G. & Elizabeth (Cissell) Carrico If you don't have WWW capability contact me privately. Thank you. Carol (Gehrs) Mitchell, 134 Schnauzer Lane, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 <carolmit@usaor.net> 724-847-4473 [using The Master Genealogist 3.5, WP8, Eudora]

I am new to the list in the last week or so and was pleased to find one with so much information... thanks to Carol I guess. But.... now I also see that she was flamed by another for doing so, not only directly but to the whole list, most of whom I am sure could care less. Now I guess I am guilty of the same although mine can only be called a warm spot. If you want to flame someone please keep it one on one so others are not bothered. I will do the same. Bye. grege@pig.net greg ---------- From: Carol Mitchell[SMTP:carolmit@usaor.net] Sent: Sunday, January 10, 1999 10:14 AM To: CARRICO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CARRICO-L] Sorry to have posted so much Due to the below being the opion of many of the Carrico E-Mail group people, I wish to apoligize to the group for posting to much. Please forgive me for taking up so much of the Lists time. Thank you. I was just hopeing to get some corrections to errors in my family tree, if anyone can give me correctins please do so, I would hope to have the correct ancestors and not be chasing the wrong ones, but one never knows until one finds the proof. Thank you for your time. I hope this will make the list better. About Carol, what do I say!!! .... she is so arrogant and full of herself and critical of anyone who doesn't march to her tune that she is not in the least open minded to be able to even consider that something she pontificates may not be accurate or at some point challenged. ........ You know some people becomes doctors for respect and some people marry doctors for respect. ..Lots of others don't agree with every word and all the silly reports with all her endnotes does not make her data any more accurate that others in total. We would all love to have more documentation and if our forefathers hadn't taken such great pleasure in burning everything in sight, it might be an easier task today.... . She has posted so much to the Carrico list, you would think it was her own list. To think others might have a point of view, how dare they!!!!! Carol (Gehrs) Mitchell, 134 Schnauzer Lane, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 <carolmit@usaor.net> 724-847-4473 [using The Master Genealogist 3.5, WP8, Eudora] ______________________________

CORRECTION Hi everyone, I just joined the Carrico list and am enjoying the lively discussions. I hope someone will be able to help me establish my Carrico line back to Peter, the immigrant. Carol Mitchell seems particularly KNOWLEDGEABLE of the Carrico history. <snip> That's what happens when I do an e-mail when I'm exhausted. Still am. Hope that's the only error I made. Roy ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hi everyone, I just joined the Carrico list and am enjoying the lively discussions. I hope someone will be able to help me establish my Carrico line back to Peter, the immigrant. Carol Mitchell seems particularly knowledge of the Carrico history. My Carrico line is through Monica (sometimes spelled Monacah) Carrico (died 1815), second wife of John Turton Goff (c1738-1803). The second wife of James Goff (1735-1834), brother of John Turton Goff,, was Catharine Carrico who may or may not have been a sister of Monica. John Turton Goff and James Goff lived in Preston Co WV where they died. The information I've been able to find is sketchy and may not be completely accurate. This is as follows: "History of Preston County West Virginia", Volume I, by Oren F Morton, 1914: pages 331-332: "Peter, Francis, and Catherine Carrico arrived in 1786 on the Pulliam farm at the mouth of Wolf Creek. It is not known that their parents came with them. Of four other brothers, one settled in Culpeper, one in Charles county, Maryland, and one in Kentucky. The sons of Francis went West. Peter had but one son, Joseph, whose six sons lived mainly in Reno and Lyon [Districts]..." page 419: "CARRICO Francis - m. (- -) -c-2: 1. James - m. Nancy Holbert - O. 2. John - m. ------ Hood - Ind. 3. Eliza - m. Thomas Hebb. 4. Melinda - m. Daniel Wotring. 5. Prudence m. ------ Felton? 6-7. others. Catharine - sister to Francis - m. James Goff. Peter - bro. to Francis - m. (- -) - c-2: 1. Joseph - m. Sibbeth Holbert. 2. Anne E. - b. 1798" [married Thomas Hebb] "History of Preston County (West Virginia)", by S T Wiley, 1882: pages 427-428: "Peter Carrico, and William Hebb, a Revolutionary soldier, came from Eastern Virginia in 1790. Carrico settled where Gabriel Pulliam lives." 1810 Census of Monongalia Co WV (Preston Co was formed from Monongalia Co in 1818) P Carrico 1 m over 45, 1 m 16-26, 1 f 26-45, 1 m 10-16, 2 f u 10 "The Filson Club History Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 3, July, 1951: THE CARRICO FAMILY, by Homer Edwin Carrico, Dallas, Texas, pages 217-252 pages 219-220: PETER AND ANN (GATES) CARRICO Peter Carrico, Sr. ( -1765), place of birth unknown; died at Bryantown Hundred, Charles County, Maryland. He married first in 1720, in Charles County, Ann Gates (7-23-1690: circa 1737), the daughter of Robert and Dorothy Gates of St. Marys County, Maryland. Born to this marriage of Peter Carrico, Sr., and Ann (Gates) Carrico were: (2-1) Peter Carrico, Jr., born about 1722 in Charles County, Maryland. He was living in Benedict Hundred, Charles County, in 1775-78. He subscribed to the Oath of Loyalty and Support in Charles County in 1778. His name was shown as No. 300 in Peter Wood's Company, Charles County Militia, in 1778. He was residing in Montgomery County, Maryland, in 1790. Born to Peter Carrico, Jr., and wife (unknown) were: (3-1) Joseph Carrico, born about 1744 in Charles County Maryland. He died in Preston County, West Virginia, after 1803. He subscribed to the Oath of Loyalty and Support in Charles County, Maryland, in 1778. His wife's name is not known. Their son was: (4-1) Albert Coleman Carrico, born April 9, 1792, in Montgomery County, Maryland... [My note: If Albert was the only child, his father was about 48 when he was born.] (3-2) Alexander Carrico was born about the year 1750 in Charles County, Maryland, and died about 1840 in Indiana..." "The Wotrings of West Virginia", by Ruth P Wotring, 1989: page 270: Husband: Daniel Wotring Born 28Jun1776 Lehigh Co PA Married CA1876 Died 15Apr 1839 Aurora W.VA [Preston Co] Father: (John) Abraham Wotring Mother: Mary Margaret Troxell Wife: Malinda Carrico Born 12May1777 MD Died 17Sep1857 Aurora W.VA [Preston Co] Father: Francis Carrico Mother: -- -- ----- Chart, page 9: Francis Carrico, son of Peter Carrico Sr B M Mattawoman MD D Co???MD Bryantown Hundred & Ann Gates B 23July1690 Mattawoman MD D CA1737 Father: Robert Gates Mother: Dorothy [My note: The above source doesn't agree with the following.] "Preston County WV (then VA) Records 1853-1860 Births 1853-1859 Marriages 1853-1860 (1859 missing) Deaths 1853-1859", by Roy L Lockhart, 1998 Deaths, page 15: Virlinda Wotring, white, female, died Sept 14, 1857, near West Union [now Aurora, Preston Co], infirmity, age 80 years 4 months 2 days, daughter of Peter & Catharine Carrico, born Prince George(s) Co (Md), consort Daniel Wotring, informant William Wotring son. Can anyone on the list tie the above information together? Does anyone have any thoughts about this information? Any corrections? Can anyone tell me how Monica (Carrico) Goff fits in the family? I once saw a paper where a researcher listed her as born 1745, daughter of Bartholomew Carrico, but this is incorrect. Monica and John T Goff were married about 1780 (before Peter, Francis and Catharine Carrico arrived in Preston Co WV). She was still of childbearing age as she had three daughters by him. It is not known if she was previously married. Catharine Carrico and James Goff were married around 1790. She was much younger than her husband. Census records indicate she was born about 1765-75 while he was born in 1735. James Goff had 17 children by both his wives. These children were born when he was 48-76 years old! And without Viagra! I apologize for the length of this post (also for my last remark). Roy Lockhart 4215 18th Avenue Parkersburg WV 26101-6908 rlockhart1@juno.com 1-304-428-5898 ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Researchers, Mary J. CARRICO, the dau of Alexander CARRICO, the grandaughter of John Conley CARRICO, was born Abt. 1857 in Macoupin County, Illinois. I lost track of her after 1870. Does anyone have her in their line? Alternatively, does anyone have a marriage for Alexander CARRICO to anyone in Illinois between 1845 and 1860? (Probably nearer to 1854.) In 1864, the father of Mary J. CARRICO, Alexander CARRICO, married my great grandmother, Cassandra Margaret SMITH and had Laura Ann CARRICO, (1865 - 1948), who married George Leon DeBourney WHITE (1860 - 1917); John Alexander CARRICO, (1868 - 1931), who married Clara M. DEGROFF (1867 - 1948); and Sarah Emma Elizabeth CARRICO, (1874 - 1952), who married John C. BOTTIMER. Alexander CARRICO died 1874 and Cassandra Margaret SMITH married Josiah Goodson HARLAN (1837 - 1880), April 10, 1877 and had Cassandra Josephine HARLAN (1879 - 1880). According to the Carlinville Democrat for Thursday, September 10, 1874, "Mr. Alexander Carrico, who lived three miles east of town, after returning home from town Friday evening in getting out of his buggy stumbled over a can and fell to the ground striking on his head and breaking his spinal column. He died in a few hours. He was born in 1816." I would appreciate very much any additional knowledge of Mary J. CARRICO or family. John D. Sissom - JDSissom@JUNO.COM member: Wood Co Chap OGS sola fide

Alva, OK, January 2,1924 To My Grandchildren, The Lisk and Sherman Kids, Your Mother requests me to tell of my recollections of my grandparents. First, I will tell of my Grandfather John Conley Carrico, who was born in Virginia in 1778, and died in North Rock Woods, 7 miles N. W. of Carrollton, Illinois, in 1862, aged 84 years. He came to Greene County, Illinois, in 1827 and entered several thousand acres of land, in the timber near a never failing spring of water which was still flowing several years ago. He and Grandma lived in the house adjoining the log cabin I was born in on the 17th day of November 1840. My earliest recollection of them were his stories of his hunting expeditions in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where he killed bears, turkeys, panthers and smaller game. He had two bird dogs. One would take up brother bear's trail, and the other one would nip after Bear until he would take a tree, then Grandpa got in his work. As I was the only grandson near, I was his chum from early childhood till I was in my 17th year when I left home for school. I was possibly six years of age when we took our last hunt together. He failed to kill a squirrel after several shots and said to me, "I shall never hunt again", and never did. I was taught to fish by him. He was the most successful fisherman I ever saw for the big ones. I could beat him for small ones. I soon grew up large enough to hunt and kept us all in turkeys, ducks, pheasants and squirrels. There were hundreds of deer, but I knew little about hunting them, never got none. He was a model, law abiding man, and a religious one. No night passed he did not have family prayer, just him, and Grandma. He, as far as I know, never took a drink of whiskey, swore an oath, had trouble with his neighbors or strangers. He never spoke a cross word to me, and he and grandma never quarreled. He was a powerful man in his young days, a hard worker, an honest man, and one of the most even tempered men I ever knew. My Grandmother, Elizabeth Carrico, (maiden name Halbert) was born in Maryland in 1776, two years older than Grandpa. She died in 1862 aged 86. She was active up to her last sickness, her death occurred three months prior to Grandpas. She was one of the model women of her age and when a young woman must have been a beautiful one, even features, the finest blue eyes I ever saw, and a temper as good as angels. She was my model for a wife and her like is few and far between. Her squirrel pot pies and hot biscuits are a pleasant memory as but yesterday. Your Mama inherits some of her good traits. I trust all my grand children will so live that their grandsons can say so much for them as I do for my grandparents who died so many years ago. Your Grandpa, Samuel T. Carrico, in his 84th year.

Carrico Researchers: While searching for information, I found the following: The Carrollton (IL) Patriot for June 8, 1900, datelined Kane, said: "an interesting heirloom shown at the CARRICO reunion was the will of John CARRICO which was made in 1812. A letter of almost equal antiquity was read." This proves that a will existed, but the family connection is somewhat cloudy. I don't believe that this was for my John Conley CARRICO, although it is possible. I would certainly love to see it. Are there any suggestions as to places to look for said will? John D. Sissom - JDSissom@JUNO.COM member: Wood Co Chap OGS sola fide

Patti, Durn. No connection yet. It looks like we need to know your *great* grandparents' names. But then, I have a very small CARRICO/WILLIS database. We should post all of our communications to CARRICO-L, as well as to each other, because there are many much more knowledgeable people on the list than I am (I've only been at this less than a year). You don't know what you're saying when you offer to help Sullivan County researchers on these families. <heh,heh> I would *love* to spend a week or two at the County Library and the County Records office there! I would say, gather all the primary data you can (marriages, deeds, wills, etc.) -- in addition to what you can find out from your mother -- and post it, both to CARRICO-L and WILLIS-L. The more you share, the more connections you'll make. "A rising tide lifts all boats," was never truer than in genealogy. Fallon is in Churchill Co., NV, about 30 mi E of Reno. Fallon is the County Seat and they have a nice museum there, which has been tremendously helpful to me: They even had a photograph of William WILLIS's homestead and there were great obits in the local newspaper. However, I don't see any genealogical significance to my WILLISes having ended up there, except to William's descendants. As soon as they fix the Churchill Co. GenConnect Obits page http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Nv/ChurchillObits I'll go ahead and post William WILLIS's obituary there (and his wife's). I have already posted them in the GenForum WILLIS forum: http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/willis/ I'm sure we're not far from making a connection here. It's really exciting to have you join the list. Diana Patti Stoney wrote: > > Diana, thank you so much for the speedy reply. I am 99% sure I am > connected to the Peter Carrico who immigrated from Maryland to Indiana. > At least everything I have seen online thus far confirms that. In > addtion, my late father's sister began researching our lineage a few > years ago, and according to my mother she did in fact make it back to > Peter Carrico. It is this information I am going to take possession of > once I get to Indiana. > > My paternal grandparents were Alonzo Carrico and Gertrude > Brodie-Carrico. My maternal grandparents were Scott Willis and Goldia > "Bess" Willis-Griffith. All of them were from Haddon Twp., Carlisle, > Indiana, which leads me to suspect you and I are somehow related. > > The information as to your great-grandfather being buried in Fallon, > Nevada now has me looking at a map to determine were Fallon is in > relation to Las Vegas. Having only lived in this State for such a short > period of time, I am still unfamiliar with the locations of many towns. > I have, however, heard of Fallon. Perhaps it is not far from here and > my husband and I could take a trip there some day if the need arises. > (Besides, it would give me a GREAT excuse to take a trip to some of the > "western towns" I've been so badly wanting to visit here in Nevada!) > > With respect to your great-great- > grandfather(?) John R. Willis and Sarah Trimble; and her parents Joseph > Trimble and Catherine Carrico, once again I would suspect we are somehow > related from both sides. As best as I can determine, I am related to > everyone with the last name of Willis and Carrico who have ever resided > in Sullivan County. (I do not know if you know much about Sullivan > County, but it is a very small community. ESPECIALLY Carlisle, Indiana > where I grew up, and lived from the day I was born until the approximate > age of 19. Carlisle's population is somewhere around 500.) > > When I get to my mother's home in Sullivan on 1/19 I will have access to > my lvstoneys@hotmail.com address. Therefore, I can perhaps help you out > with the Willis line from Sullivan County if you so desire. In the > meantime I will email her and ask her if she knows of your great > grandparents, etc. When I get a reply I will provide you with any > information which might assist you. (I will be able to do this before > leaving this evening). > > Thanks again for your reply. I look forward to sharing with you any and > all information I receive on not only the Willis family, but the Carrico > family as well if you wish. > > Sincerely, > Patti

GenConnect & Rootsweb have just recently set up a series of Boards. The seven Boards I have set up are as follows: Query Board http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Carrico Bible Records http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/CarricoBibl Biographies http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/CarricoBios Deeds http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/CarricoDeed Obituaries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/CarricoObits Pensions http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/CarricoPens Wills http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/CarricoWill Please Bookmark these and use them for posting the appropriate information. Your surnames entered in the Surname Column are the only ones that will be indexed for Internet wide searches, so be sure to include every surname occuring in your message body that pertains to your family. Sincerely, John C. Hagan Listowner HAGAN-L and -D Listowner CARRICO-L and -D My URL: http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/jhagan1/hagan.htm E-mail: jhagan9@msn.com or jhagan9@ameritech.net

Pleased to meet you, Patti. Welcome to the delightfully obsessive world of genealogy! I do not have a direct link for you, but we are certainly in the ballpark here. My great-grandfather was William Murphy WILLIS, born 6 May 1853 in Carlisle, Sullivan Co., IN. William's parents were John R. WILLIS (b: 1824, IN; d: ?) and Sarah TRIMBLE (b: 23 Nov 1824, Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN; d: ?). Sarah's parents were Joseph TRIMBLE (b. 3 Feb 1796, Lexington, Fayette Co., KY; d. 12 Jan 1873, Sullivan Co., IN) and Catherine CARRICO (b. 15 Jan 1801, IN; d. 3 Jan 1871, Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN). I'm having a great deal of difficulty with the WILLIS line, but once you have connected to Catherine CARRICO, your ancestry is known back to the Maryland immigrant, Peter CARRICO. I suspect you are only one generation away from making a connection to these families. Who were your grandparents? Diana P.S. By the way, William Murphy WILLIS died 3 Feb 1912 in Fallon, Churchill Co., NV. He and his family immigrated there from Missouri in 1905. His wife, Ida BROWN (b: 30 Aug 1856, Lansing, Ingham Co., MI; m. 17 May 1877, Chillicothe, Livingston Co., MO) died in Fallon on 24 Nov 1943. Patti Stoney wrote: > > Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Patti Jane > Carrico-Stoney; I lived the first 37 years of my life in Indiana, and am > now residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, having moved here 3 years ago. > > My father was Lester Leon Carrico, (4/27/1916 - 1/12/96), my mother > Elizabeth Ann Willis-Carrico currently resides in Sullivan County, > Indiana. > > I am a beginner with respect to geneaology, having only discovered the > topic approximately one week ago. However, I have been extremely > successful in making contacts with various individuals researching the > Carrico lineage. However, I have been unable to find any mention of my > immediate family, as well as my father's siblings' children anywhere > online. Therefore, I am in the process of collecting this data and > would greatly appreciate any guidance one may care to provide in > assisting me in how to add this information to Rootsweb. > > Tomorrow evening (Jan. 12) my husband, Richard Stoney, and I are flying > back home to Indiana to visit my mother and family. At that time she is > going to provide me with much information regarding the Carrico family > from which I come. I will only have access to mail between January 12 > and January 25 at my LVStoneys@hotmail.com address. Therefore, I would > appreciate any and all replies to this message be directed to that > address during this time period. After January 25 I would ask that you > please use my main mailing address of LVStoneys@webtv.net. > > Thank you in advance for any help and assistance you might be able to > provide. I very much look forward to corresponding with you. > > Sincerely, > Patti Jane Carrico-Stoney > Las Vegas, Nevada > (formerly from Sullivan County, Indiana)

Carol, Please do not stop posting. I may be disheartened that you suggest my line is in error, but I would rather be correct than wrong. And, your efforts push me to find more source documents to obtain the real descent of my Martha Ann Carrico. As has been said, should someone disagree or not want the information, they can delete it. For me, I place it in my file in the hope that it will either help support what is there or provide others with avenues of research. It seems the opinion of most on the list is positive - this is the one I should think weighs most. Be well, Charles L. Mudd, Jr., Esq.

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Patti Jane Carrico-Stoney; I lived the first 37 years of my life in Indiana, and am now residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, having moved here 3 years ago. My father was Lester Leon Carrico, (4/27/1916 - 1/12/96), my mother Elizabeth Ann Willis-Carrico currently resides in Sullivan County, Indiana. I am a beginner with respect to geneaology, having only discovered the topic approximately one week ago. However, I have been extremely successful in making contacts with various individuals researching the Carrico lineage. However, I have been unable to find any mention of my immediate family, as well as my father's siblings' children anywhere online. Therefore, I am in the process of collecting this data and would greatly appreciate any guidance one may care to provide in assisting me in how to add this information to Rootsweb. Tomorrow evening (Jan. 12) my husband, Richard Stoney, and I are flying back home to Indiana to visit my mother and family. At that time she is going to provide me with much information regarding the Carrico family from which I come. I will only have access to mail between January 12 and January 25 at my LVStoneys@hotmail.com address. Therefore, I would appreciate any and all replies to this message be directed to that address during this time period. After January 25 I would ask that you please use my main mailing address of LVStoneys@webtv.net. Thank you in advance for any help and assistance you might be able to provide. I very much look forward to corresponding with you. Sincerely, Patti Jane Carrico-Stoney Las Vegas, Nevada (formerly from Sullivan County, Indiana)

I am enjoying every one of Carol Mitchell's postings. That is why I joined this list, to find out more about the Carrico line. Please don't stop. Bill

I'm not sure that I am following this at all!!! I don't know who Carol Mitchell is or which line she is researching and the CARRICO name is not my direct line but a sibling to one of my great x's grandfather married into the CARRICO family and I for one like to know about their children also. Maybe one message does not help me, whereas I would not have known of any of it had she not had taken her time and her generosity in so doing. If it doesn't pertain to you or you don't want to read it - delete it - go onto your line - or the next message. I now apologize for "overstepping" but I am working so many different lines and every little bit helps ME that I can find on the Internet or use as a lead further down the road. I enjoy doing this, and I hope that by my adding that wee bit of information to a sibling line that it might someday, in turn, help someone else. Thank you for letting a great grandmother spout off in reading all the messages to furnish information to HER descendants. Antoinette waughtel@oz.net Carol Mitchell wrote: > Due to the below being the opion of many of the Carrico E-Mail group > people, I wish to apoligize to the group for posting to much. Please > forgive me for taking up so much of the Lists time. Thank you. > I was just hopeing to get some corrections to errors in my family tree, if > anyone can give me correctins please do so, I would hope to have the > correct ancestors and not be chasing the wrong ones, but one never knows > until one finds the proof. Thank you for your time. I hope this will make > the list better. > > About Carol, what do I say!!! .... she is so arrogant and full of herself > and critical of anyone who doesn't > march to her tune that she is not in the least open minded to be able to > even consider that something she pontificates may not be accurate or at > some point challenged. ........ You know some people becomes doctors > for respect and some people marry doctors for respect. ..Lots of others > don't agree with every word and all the silly reports with all her endnotes > does not make her data any more accurate that others in total. > We would all love to have more documentation and if our forefathers hadn't > taken such great pleasure in burning everything in sight, it might be an > easier task today.... . She has posted so much to the Carrico list, you > would think it was her own list. To think others might have a point of > view, how dare they!!!!! > > Carol (Gehrs) Mitchell, 134 Schnauzer Lane, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 > <carolmit@usaor.net> 724-847-4473 [using The Master Genealogist 3.5, WP8, > Eudora]