I knew about the Carthage, Tx location, but because there wasn't supposed to have been any Indian incidents in that area in 1868-70, we kind of discounted it. However, now that I have census information showing Carroll first lived in Kaufman County and the settling by his kids in Van Zandt County, I'm wondering if perhaps SOMETHING didn't happen around Carthage, TX. According to my dad, Thomas (Carroll's son) told my grandmother something about there being an attack in and around Carthage when they were moving (we always assumed from TN to TX but it might have been when they were moving from Kaufman County) and everyone was killed but Tom's brothers. I've been able to narrow down the timeline to 68/70 from census records and it appears that both Carroll & Emaline died around the same time. I'm wondering if there are any old newspapers in the area that might have a story about it. O sweet mystery of life (and death)........ Any ideas of where I could be searching? Gwinnetta