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    1. [OHJEFFER] James TORRENCE or TARRANCE, Legal Guardian of CARREL or CARROLL children, 1818
    2. Eric
    3. James TORRENCE/TARRANCE and CARREL/CARROLL in Jefferson County, Ohio, 1818. Philip CARREL/CARROLL of the Jefferson County, Ohio area (Jefferson, Harrison and/or Carroll Counties) died intestate 10 December 1813 probably while serving at Fort Detroit with Captain Stanton Sholes' Company, Regular U.S. Army, 2nd Division Artillery. He left his Widow Mary Carrel and nine minor children in Jefferson County. Five years later, in 1818, the Court in Steubenville appointed a James Tarrance of Jefferson County as legal guardian of these children. The guardian James Tarrance somehow became the Warrantee of Bounty Land Certificate # 715, with Philip Carrel listed as the soldier, and later surrendered this Bounty Land for 5 years half-pay for Philip, under the Act of April 16, 1816, presumably for the benefit of the Carrel children and Widow. I believe James Tarrance was one of the original Elders of Two Ridge Presbyterian Church, near Wintersville? Also an Ephraim Cellars was appointed as Estate Administrator for Philip Carrel's Estate in 1814, and it is certain that he was one of the founders of Two Ridge Presbyterian Church, according to Doyle, etc. My question is to this list is, does anyone have any information about the Carrel/Carroll family or of James Tarrance or Torrence in Jefferson County in the early 1800s? I would appreciate even the smallest clue, and any connection to the Two Ridge Presbyterian Church. Thank you for your attention, Eric Olson Seattle

    07/04/2003 11:08:28