Well Hello!!!!!! I have been patiently reading all these Roll Call's and you're the first one with any KY connection. Amazingly, Bowling Green, KY. My search is for the ancestors and siblings of one Elliott Carroll(dob ~ 1870), my grandfather I found him on the 1910 Census in Warren CO, KY. with his wife, children and in-laws. The in-laws name may be spelled wrong as our family has Mattie Carroll's maiden name as Hurt, not Hurd. Wife Mattie 34, Kentucky (dob~1876) Son Joseph 08, Kentucky Daughter Margaret 06, KentuckySon Elliott 03, (dob~1907) KentuckyFather-in-law James Hurb 73, Kentucky (dob~1937)Mother-in-law Mary 71, Kentucky (dob~1839) Son Elliott was one of twins named Elliott Sherwood and Elliott Scherer I know, from an old newspaper notice, that Elliott was one of two son's and his mother, a widow moved to Bowling Green. She remarried, to a Wise ? Perhaps I'm related to your cousin Faye? My grandparents moved to Indiana after this census but my grandmother was returned to Bowling Green for burial. If Carroll's are not the Smith's of Ireland they certainly are south of the Mason-Dixon!! Thanks for reading. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: Doyle Sanders <gunnyd@swbell.net> To: <CARROLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:05 AM Subject: Re: [CARROLL] Carroll roll call > 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 >