Hello Cheatham County researchers: I'm seeking data on the ancestors and descendants of William CARNEY and his siblings. Four Carney men were well established in Davidson Co., TN by the year 1799. Elijah Carney and Vincent Carney bought land on Dry Fork Creek the same day (6 Jun 1809). John Carney and William Carney both bought land on near-by Marrowbone Creek in February 1812. All four of these men were listed in Militia Companies of Davidson Co. in 1812. Within a five-year period, 1802-1806, William, Elijah, and Vincent were married, indicating by their age bracket that they were probably brothers. William married Rebecca GULLEDGE; Elijah married Elizabeth C. GOLDSBERRY; Vincent married Polly GOLDSBERRY; Lucy Carney, their sister, married John BLACKBURN; another sister, Martha "Patsy" Carney, married Edward BLACKBURN. William, Elijah, and Vincent were listed in the 1820, 1830 (spelled KERNEY), and 1840 censuses of Davidson Co. A John Carney (Kerney) appeared with the other three in the 1830 census. Family records appear to substantiate the children of Elijah and Vincent. Most Carney researchers are reasonably certain that Asa, Jesse T., Joshua, and Ennis Braxton Carney were the male children of William Carney and his wife, Rebecca Gulledge. (Joshua Carney and his first wife Sina Paralee BINKLEY were my g-g-grandparents; Joshua's second wife was Judith Jane DEMONBREUN). In the 1840 Davidson Co. Census, these four men with ages between 20 and 40 years lived on property adjoining William's who was then between 60 and 70 years old. In the 1840 census William and Rebecca were living on Marrowbone Creek in Cheatham Co. with all of their male children nearby. He is not listed in the 1850 Census. Rebecca still resided at the homeplace with her sister, Tabitha Dar, at the time of the 1850 census. She disappeared from the census records after that date. As you know, in 1856 Cheatham Co. was formed from Davidson, Dickson and Montgomery Counties. The Marrowbone area is located at the border of Davidson and Cheatham counties; my Joshua Carney lived on 781 acres of land lying in Cheatham Co., Civil District No. 1, on the waters of Big Marrowbone Creek. Bob Carney Williamsburg, VA