I know that this is somewhat long, but if anyone has additions to this please let me know.... orrrrr if you'd like to know where I got my info from, (some fantastic stories here, I'll send some of those along toooooooo!) my information came from A History of Watauga County, North Carolina, written by: John Preston Arthur, printed 1915. Very interesting!!!! Descendants of William Farthing 1 William Farthing +Mary Dudley 2 Dudley Farthing 1749 - 1826 +Annie Watkins 1747 - 1812 Married: February 02, 1778 3 William Watkins Farthing 1782 - +Polly White Hallyburton Married: February 09, 1804 4 Dudley Farthing 1804 - 1895 +Nancy Mast 1809 - 1882 Married: 1831 5 William Judson Farthing 1832 - 1865 5 Susan Farthing 1833 - 1915 5 James Martin Farthing 1835 - 1862 5 Mary White Farthing 1837 - 1914 +Newton Moore Married: 1860 5 Thomas Jefferson Farthing 1838 - 1862 5 John Young Farthing 1840 - +Polly Farthing 5 Henry Harrison Farthing 1841 - +Sarah Catherine Baker Married: November 29, 1872 5 Martha B. Farthing 1843 - 1843 5 Joseph Farthing 1844 - 1844 5 [4] Lewis Williams Farthing 1845 - +[3] Nancy McBride 5 Sarah Carolina Farthing 1849 - +Warren Greene *2nd Husband of Sarah Carolina Farthing: +Anderson Cable 5 [2] Wiley Hill Farthing 1850 - +[1] Rachel Louisa Farthing 5 Nancy Emeline Farthing 1852 - 4 Martha Rebecca Farthing 1805 - 1872 aka: Patsy +Thomas Finley Shearer 1803 - 1859 5 Elizabeth J Shearer 1829 - 1869 5 Robert Finley Shearer 1831 - 1883 +Kathryn Pressnell 5 Mary B. Shearer 1833 - 1924 +Alexander Elrod 5 Sarah Louisa Shearer 1833 - 1874 +F. E. C. Pressnell 5 Thomas H. Shearer 1836 - 1862 5 John Dudley Shearer 1838 - 1928 +Eliza A. Townsend 1850 - 1914 6 Josephine Shearer +Perry Bradley 5 Anna Watkins Shearer 1838 - 1916 +David Worley Underwood 1839 - 1868 6 Eliza Jane Underwood 1871 - 1941 +James Porter Carroll 1856 - 1931 7 Claris Carroll 7 Ann Marie Carroll 7 James Carroll - 1917 7 Helen Carroll 1890 - 1977 8 Marcelene Carroll 8 Donald Carroll 8 Norman Carroll 7 Jessamine Frances Carroll 1899 - 1976 7 Anna Ervin Carroll 1901 - 7 Charles Carroll 1904 - 8 Betty Lou Carroll 8 James Carroll 8 Robert Lee Carroll 7 Clifford Luther Carroll 1893 - 1970 +Emma Ione Sleisher 1891 - 1990 Married: June 18, 1916 in Emporia Kansas 8 James Porter Carroll 1917 - +Billie Lois McCollum *2nd Wife of James Porter Carroll: +Ellis Marie Baxter 1936 - Married: November 25, 1971 in Bellville, Illinois