This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DiH.2ACEB/1740 Message Board Post: To all Carson males: I just ordered a male Carson Y-DNA test (the 37 marker for greater accuracy) that I hope will help sort out my Carson connections in PA. I'm challenging other male Carsons to do the same. The more of us that do it, the more valuable my doing this will be. I may charge my cousins $25 each to cover the cost!! Here's a link: http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/c/carson/index.html So far, I've traced my Carson direct line in these locations: Scotland/Ireland (probably) Lancaster Co PA 1740s - 1750s Cumberland Co PA 1760s(probably) Caswell/Guilford NC 1770s Washington Co NC/VA and Washington TN 1784-1799 Buncombe NC 1800-1810 Haywood NC 1820-1840 Union GA 1850 (and Macon/Cherokee NC) Coryell TX 1851-1854 Jackson NC 1854 - 1860s(got disillusioned with Texas) Barbour AL 1850s-1874 Washington Co TX 1874-1879 Mills Co TX 1880-1917 Los Angeles California 1917-1920s Texas 1930 and later Today, most Carson branches in my direct line are in California and Texas. Of course, some are still in the counties in the sequence. Gary Carson