Add PA to your list of CARROLL locations, my George CARROLL was born in Bedford co PA in 1810, father may have been Anthony but can't find much on him. They lived in Somerset and Cambria cos. Bedford, Somerset and Cambria were all one co at one time. They were in the Johnstown flood, does any of this connect with anyone? Thanks, Virginia Loder Doyle Sanders wrote: > I have only been on the list a short while, but I am beginning to see that my > search is almost futile. It is now apparent that Carroll's are the Smith's of > Ireland. Does anyone have a general consensus of when the Carroll migration > began to this country. My John Wilson Carroll was born in North Carolina in 1793 > which means at least his father was born in about 1765-1770. > > Just in the past week, I have seen New England Carroll's, Georgian's, New Jersey > and of course Irish. > > Would there be a consensus on this list as to the most knowledgeable persons > concerning this family. Surely this line has a common ancestor. > > At least two of my cousins, Faye Carroll of Bowling Green, Kentucky and Virginia > Lee of Coweta, Oklahoma and myself, have been looking for years trying to find > just one shred of evidence of the early life of John Wilson Carroll. Admittedly > he is hard to track, being somewhat nomadic in his travels before arriving in > Kentucky. At one time I thought I'd find his roots in Maryland or his father, > but we have not established his parentage. Family lore states he was born in > Chester County, South Carolina, however, subsequent findings state he was born in > North Carolina. All of the Carrolls of Grayson, Hart, Edmonson, Barren and > Warren Counties, Kentucky can trace their ancestry to this man. Many Kentucky > Wilmoth's and Constants can do the same as well as many of the Sanders in the > same area. > > Doyle Sanders > Tulsa, OK