Vince, Alkanah Washington "Cain" Carper was the oldest son of Nicholas (1799) and (2)Sarah (Nida) Carper. Cain was born 15 Oct 1839 after Nicholas & Sarah were married in Giles Co., VA 25 Oct. 1837. Cain had nine siblings. This Nicholas was first married to Lydia Smith 17 Apr 1826 and died in the childbirth of her son, Fleming H. Carper abt. 1828. I was probably the person who sent you info on this family as they are in my book, The Family von Nida. Jack Nida Jonesboro, GA http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/n/i/d/R-J-Nida-GA/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Vincent Edward Summers <vsummers@nrao.edu> To: <VACRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 10:32 AM Subject: [VACRAIG] A Tidbit More on CARPER for now... > I have a chance to do just a little more for now. Then on to playing > a computer game with my daughter! > > I have: > Jacob Carper b. bet. 1775-1776 d. 1827 > m. January 26, 1796 Botetourt Co., VA > Sarah Raymer b. 1775 d. 1838 > > One of the Issue I have is Nicholas. Now, all the issue I have listed > under Sarah are born from 1797 to 1823. Not impossible, but a bit > surprising, possibly. > > Someone (sadly I do not remember who!) sent me a file with a lot of > family members of this Nicholas b. 1799. They have him marrying a > Sarah Nida(y) the y being added by a different researcher, and I have > also him marrying a Lydia Smith. > > Now the troublesome part is that they list Nicholas as having a > different father (mother unlisted) -- Alkanah Washington Carper. Now > I gather that the data comes from the Peggy Grubb book, Carpers of > Roane, etc. Now, I believe it is well-stocked with documentation, but > I also believe she messed up on Elizabeth Harvey instead of Elizabeth > Shrider, or just Elizabeth, surname unknown... So I am not so certain > I buy Alkanah Washington Carper either. Yet, as I said, I am not > dismissing it. The same source lists an entire line of Alkanah Carper > descendants (the daughter of Nicholas, supposedly named after his > mother). > > Could the so-called Alkanah, the mother of Nicholas, who supposedly > lived in the household of Nicholas at one point, have been, not a > mother, but an Aunt, etc? > > Any input to help straighten all this out? > > Thanks, > Vince > > > ==== VACRAIG Mailing List ==== > CRAIG COUNTY GEN-WEB Web Site: >