
1744 - 1799 (55 years)
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Name |
Andrew Carson |
Birth |
1744 |
Co.Antrim, Antrim, Ireland |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
20 Jan 1799 |
Burial |
Old Pisgah Cemetery, Gaston, N.C. |
Person ID |
I71194 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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Notes |
- FROM CARSON FAMILY RECORDS: ANDREW CARSON, SO FAR AS OUR INFORMATION GOES, WASTHE FIRST OF OUR CARSON FAMILY TO COME TO AMERICA FROM NORTH IRELAND. HE WASMARRIED TO PEGGY BLACKWOOD. THEY WERE IN A GROUP OF IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME TOWHAT IS NOW GASTON COUNTY, N.C. AND MADE THEIR HOME ON CROWDERS CREEK, UNDERTHE SHADOWS OF CROWDERS MOUNTAIN. THE CARSONS AND THE BLACKWOODS, OATES, FALLS,FERGUSONS, CRAWFORDD, WHITESIDES, AND OTHERS WERE AMONG THEM. THE OLD CARSONHOME WAS ON THE HILL, NOT FAR FROM THE SPOT WHERE PISGAH CHURCH NOW STANDS. THEGROUP ARRIVED CIRCA 1760. ANDREW FOUGHT IN BTL OF KINGS MT. 4 OCT 1780.
HIS WILL IS IN LINCOLN CO. CT.HSE.
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