I am looking for information on my ggggrandfather Samuel Carr. According to the 1850 census he was born in Alabama in about 1813. He married Nancy McMillin in 1845 in Mississippi. He is in the 1850 Winston County MS census. None of the family is in the Winston County 1860 census and his widow is in the 1870 Winston County census. I have heard he was killed in the Civil War but have no proof of this yet. A Samuel Carr is listed in the 30th Mississppi Infantry (formed in Attala county). I have also heard his parents were William Karr and Nancy Sharp from North Carolina and his Grandfather was Samuel Kerr also from North Carolina I have no proof of this either. If you have any information on ANY of this I would appreciate the help. I can not find Samuel in Alabama or his parents in North Carolina. Thanks! Margaret Snow] msnowzoo@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

Margaret Snow wrote: > I am looking for information on my ggggrandfather Samuel Carr. According to the 1850 census he was born in Alabama about 1813. ---- No doubt Samuel believed he was born in Alabama, as he more than likely grew up there, and that's why he or his wife reported his birth place as Alabama to the census taker. Alabama's statehood was not until 1819, and was not a territory until 1817. Prior to 1817, it was part of the Mississippi Territory, which was created in 1798, and took only the lower one third of present day AL and MS. At the time of the 1790 census AL's only county was Washington, and unfortuately the census for that year are lost. By 1810, there was Baldwin County, created partly out of Washington. There are census records for Washington Co., AL in 1810, but not Baldwin. Other consideration for Samuel's birth in 1813 is Spanish West Florida, which is present day Baldwin Co. and Mobile Co., AL, or more than likely the state of Georgia. The 1820 census of GA shows several Carr Clans in North GA, and else where. Many NC folks settled in N. GA and NE GA. In the 1820 Census for Elbert County, GA is found Samuel, David, John, William and Hugh Carr. There are other counties to check also. The 1830 US Census shows a Samuel Carr in Montgomery Co., AL, as well as the 1840 census, along with a Moses and a John Carr. > his widow is in the 1870 Winston County census. I have heard he was killed in the Civil War but have no proof of this yet. ---- I found one Civil War widow claim for a Nancy Carr in MS, but the soldier was not Samuel. But that does not mean the on-line records are complete. If Samuel died in the war, his wife should have file a pension claim. Lee Ramsey > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >