Dear Ann, I have two James Carroll Carter's in my line! One fits with yours except for the birth date!!!!! Her is the info I have: James Carroll Carter b. abt. 1831 in probably Jackson Co., TN. He married Melinda J. Hasten on 31 Dec 1860 in Union Co., IL. He is in the 1850 census in Jackson Co., TN with old Ruth Carter. He is in the 1860 census in Union Co., IL with relatives, Priscilla Carter, Alsie Carter, little Ruth Carter and old Ruth Carter. He is in the 1870 census of Williamson Co., IL, just he and Melinda. He is in the 1880 census of Williamson Co., IL with Melinda and two children: Nellie, 8, dau, and Bertie, 6, son. This sounds like the same family to me!!!! I have been searching for more info on him as I believe he is the brother to my John Campbell Carter who was born abt. 1829 also in Jackson Co., TN. John died in 1862 in the union army. His widow, Serena lived on in Williamson Co., IL until her death in 1932! James Carter signed as affidavit in Serena Jackson Carter's widow's pension file stating that he knew both John and Serena before they married and was present at their marriage in Monroe Co., KY. If you check the census records of Williamson Co., IL you will find that James is always living very near Serena Jackson Carter!!!! Serena Jackson and John Campbell Carter named their first son James Carroll Carter!!!!! I'm so excited about your post that I am beside myself writing this message to you!!! This is the very first time that any post has connected with me on this list!!!! Please write me right away with your thoughts!!! Anxious to hear from you! Best regards, Judy Lee Watts In a message dated 10/7/01 10:25:52 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 17:05:40 -0400 From: "Jim Smyth" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: [CARTER-L] James Carol Carter Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Looking for info on James Carol Carter b. TN July 1814, married Malinda Hastings 1859, died 1915 probably in Union Co., IL. Children: Bert Thomas and Nellie. Ann >>