From: The Guilford Genealogist Vol 18, No 1 Fall 1990 by Nancy MAXWELL Revolutionary War pension applications show Andrew CARNAHAN was born on 11 June 1762 in Baltimore County, Maryland. The first record of his residence in North Carolina is State Grant No. 435 to Andrew and John CARNAHAN, dated 1 March 1780 for a tract of land containing six hundred and forty acres, lying and being in the county of Guilford on both sides of the Long Branch" In his pension application, Andrew CARNAHAN says that he continued to live in Guilford County one to two years once he was discharged from the army, after which time he moved to Davidson Co. TN. On 9 January 1783, he married Elisabeth, maiden name unknown. No marriage bond was found for this couple in Guilford Co., and the marriage may have taken place in TN. Andrew is on the 1787 Davidson Co. TN tax lists for 1787 with one taxable, and he was called for jury duty there in November 1790. Andrew CARNAHAN died 4 May 1839 in Rutherford County, TN Sarah CARNAHAN, widow of Andrew, applied for a widow's pension 19 March 1853. She had been totally blind since 1843. She received a certificate of pension 27 June 1855 and continued to receive Andrew's allotment of $44.66 annually. Her death date is unknown. The following is a list of Andrew and Elisabeth CARNAHAN'S children from a Bible page submitted with the pension application, the entries abstracted: Hugh CARNAHAN was born 6 April 1784 James CARNAHAN was born 18 December 1786 John CARNAHAN was born 18 March 1788 Thomas CARNAHAN was born 18 August 1790 Ann CARNAHAN was born 31 October 1792 Mary CARNAHAN was born 3 January 1795 For his second wife, Andrew CARNAHAN chose Sarah HILTON, born 6 November 1782, place unknown. Williamson, Tennessee records show a marriage bond for Andrew CARNCHAN and Sarah HELTON dated 5 February 1808. Bondsman were John CARNCHAN and Thomas Dave STEPHENS. The Bible record gives the date of marriage as 7 February 1808. No record of children has been found. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1400 databases on line