my carrolls clearly start with elijah carroll who was born in nc in about 1807 but lived in nc where he married an elizabeth _______ , had children, moved to tenn, had more children and then moved to georgia to gilmer county where the last child was born. i am fairly certain that his grandfather was william carroll from virginia who married keziah currin and lived in north carolina in the northern part at first and then in lincoln county. william carroll was in the revolutionary war and filed for a pension and died in 1835. his wife moved to tenn and died there about 10 years later. the reason i am so sure there is a relationship between my elijah and that william carroll is that elijah was living close to him in nc and close to keziah in tn. when she died he then moved to ga where other carrolls were already living and spent the rest of his life there. can anyone provide help with a connection between these two men? i have looked carefully at william's four sons, and cannot determine which of them might be his father. two of them have their families detailed at the time keziah filed for a widow's pension but the other two were not detailed. if anyone knows these lines and has clues i would be very grateful to hear about it. i can be emailed at rlpayn@aol.com ray lewis payne