Jenner CARNEY

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Dr. Hiram B. Carney, dealer in drugs and general merchandise, was born in Davidson County, March 31,1837. He is of German-Irish de- scent and the son of E. B. Carney and Unity (Lewis) Carney. His par- ents were both born in Tennessee. His father, born in 1811, was a farmer by occupation. He died in 1878. The mother of Dr. Carney was born in 1821 and died in 1852.

The life of Dr. Carney was spent on the farm until at the age of twenty-one years he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. J. P. Dromgoole in 1858, at Shelbyville, Tenn. In 1859 he continued the study of medicine at Ashland City under Dr. Joseph Hudson, attended lectures at Nashville University and then practiced medicine at Ashland City. In 1879 he took a second course of lectures at Vanderbilt University and graduated in 1880. Since that time he has been doing only an office practice. In Octcter, 1882, he began the drug business, also general merchandise and is in that busi- ness at the present. November 20, 1860, he was married to Miss Ten- nessee Lenox, born in what is now Cheatham County in 1844. By this marriage two children were born, Ellata and Jenner. He is a Democrat and was made a Mason in 1872; he is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a prosperous physician and for twenty-five years has been the leading physician of this county.

Hiram married Tennessee LENOX on 20 Nov 1860 in Cheatham County, Tennessee. Tennessee was born in 1844 in Davidson County, Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Ennis B CARNEY
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• Residence: 1850, Davidson County, Part Of, Davidson, Tennessee
• Residence: 1860, 1st Civil District, Cheatham, Tennessee
• Residence: 1870, Cheatham, Tennessee

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At time of 1840 Census, four Carney families owned adjacent properties in Davidson County, Tennessee:
Ennis B. Carney 5 in household
Jesse T. Carney 5 in household
Joshua Carney 7 in household
Willliam Carney 3 in household
Asee (Asa) Carney 5 in household
and nearby a Brinkley household with 8 persons.

Farmer by occupation.

Ennis married Unity W. LEWIS on 2 Feb 1833 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Unity was born on 12 Nov 1818; died on 22 Apr 1856 in Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee; was buried in Forest Hill Cem., Ashland City, Cheatham, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Four Carney men were established in Davidson Co, TN by 1798. In July 1799 John, William and Elijah Carney purchased land as evidenced in Davidison County Court Minutes:
"(p.20) Isaac Earthman to oversee the Road beginning at the foot of the ridge thence to the head of Long Creek, down sd cr about one mile to a tree marked with a large O with all hands above Dry Fork East & West of sd Creek to wit Wm Smith Jno Carney Wm Carney Elijah Carney . . . and all taxables in sd bounds."

Elijah CARNEY and Vincent CARNEY bought more land on Dry Fork Creek the same day (6 Jun 1809) from Frederick Stump. All four of these men were listed on the rolls of the 1812 Davidson County Militia. John CARNEY and William CARNEY bought land on near-by Marrowbone Creek in 1812. William Carney Married Rebecca Gulledge, 22 Mar 1802 already in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

Document: Land Claims Ms. Territory 1789-1834 Claim Name: William Carney May 26, 1807 Orig Name: Edward Murray Quant: 1,000f. Situation: Bayou Pierre Derived: Spanish Aug 20, 1795 Note: Asignee of Edward Murray William died between 1846 (he witnessed a land transaction in 1846) and 1850 where Rebecca was listed as a widow with sister and grandson living with her.

Census of 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee show William Carney with matching family through the years.

William and Rebecca lived on Lt. Marrowbone Creek in NW Davidson Co. near the Cheatham Co. line. In a court transaction at the Archives, where Wm. was brought in to settle a dispute between James & Henry Carney. William witnessed a land transaction between his sons Jesse T. and Ennis Braxton October 22, 1848 but Rebecca was listed as a widow on 1850 census. Death estimated about 1849.

Per: June Carney Pollard Separate Baptist Church of Christ membership list kept by Reverend Heaton, Pastor of the Church (located on Marrowbone Creek in Davidson County, Tennessee (now Cheatham County) was the name of William CERNEY/CERNY as transferee to this church.

Reference: Davidson County, Tennessee Court Minutes - 1792/1813 May 13, 1808 - Court awarded Willilam KERNEY $30 for keeping and maintaining the poor of the County and Ulrick Carpenter. Reference: Davidson County, Tennessee Deed Records Warranty Deeds Index Book M - page 144 - Registered March 09, 1818 - William KERNEY bought 100 acres on Marrowbone Creek from John Stump on October 28, 1816 - Filed March 09, 1818 Reference: Book - "Pioneers of Davidson County, Tennessee" - By: Edythe R. Whitley "William Carney - member of 1812 Captain McCormack's Militia Company. These men lived in the area that later became part of Cheatham County. #1625 (Militia Member Number) William was a Farmer Per: June Carney Pollard "On October 25, 1810, William Gulledge and William Carney sold to John Morris, 50 acres of Willliam Gulledge's half land located in Robertson County, Tennessee" Reference: Book - "Tax List Index" Tennessee State Library - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Page 86 Carney, William - 1798 - Sumner County Page 13 Carney, William - 1829 - Davidson County

John Blackburn witnessed the marriage of William Carney & Rebecca Gullage. Davidson County, Tennessee Court Minutes July, 1799 page 20 Isaac Earthman to oversee the Road beginning at the foot of the ridge thence to the head of Long Creek, down said creek about one mile to the tree marked with a large O with all lands above Dry Fork East & West of said Creek to wit: William Smith, JOHN CARNEY, WILLIAM CARNEY, ELIJAH CARNEY...and all taxables in sd bounds. Davidson County, Tennessee Land Transaction William Carney from John Stump July 03, 1812 Filed November 26, 1812 I-367 100 acres Marrowbone Davidson County, Tennessee Land Transaction William Carney - William Anderson December 29, 1829 Filed December 29, 1829 V 105 152 acres Little Marrowbone

At time of 1840 Census, four Carney families owned adjacent properties in Davidson County, Tennessee:
Ennis B. Carney 5 in household
Jesse T. Carney 5 in household
Joshua Carney 7 in household
William Carney 3 in household with one male 60-70yrs old, female 40-50 & 15-20
Asee (Asa) Carney 5 in household
and nearby a Brinkley household with 8 persons.

According to Joshua Carney census in 1880 at age 64, his father was born in South Carolina, Mother in Virginia.

Possible Arthur Carney Connection:
Arthur Carney took the oath of allegiance, Natchez Dist., 1789; petitioners, MS Territory, 1802

In 1797 he m. Celeste ann Brasher, b. about 1783. She apparently d. in childbirth the following year. Their daughter Elizabeth Louisa (or Louisiana) m. Joseph Nicholls; they resided in E. Feliciana Par., LA.

Mississippi Court Records
[p.4] ADAMS COUNTY 1802--
page 9

Eldergills, John.
2 November, 1807.
To Prosper King, 1000 acres of land in the Spanish Dominion of West Florida.
To Richard King, 1000 acres in the Spanish Dominion of West Florida. "I leave unto Richard King 2/3 of $3280. due me from the estate of Arthur Carney, amount now in the Supreme Court of this Territory."
Wit: James Stewart, Daniel Greenleaf, Hezekiah Clark.
Exrs: Felix Hughes and Morris Custard.

Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory

Certificate Entered: 26 May 1807
Certificate: 795
Certificate Date: 19 May 1807
Recorded: Vol 3 Page 465
Claim Name: William Carney
Orig Name: Edward Murray
Quantity: 1,000f.
Situation: Bayou Pierre
Derived: Spanish 20 Aug 1795
Comment: assignee of Edward Murray

William married Rebecca "Virginia" GULLEDGE (GULLAGE) on 22 Mar 1802 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Rebecca (daughter of William GULLEDGE (GULLAGE) and Bathsheba (Barsheba) WATTS) was born in 1785 in North Carolina Or Virgina; died about 1851 in Probably Davidson, Cheatham County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Per: Robert Carney of Williamsburg, Virginia Rebecca may have had two brothers - William and Frederick Gullage. Tabitha probably ended up living with Rebecca after William Carney died.

Rebecca Carney age 65, found living with Tabitha (Gulledge) Dare age 60, and George Hampton in 1850 Census, for Davidson County, TN. - Living just down the road from son Asa Carney and family. Also in area is Jesse T. Carney and family, as well as Frensley and other familiar families on same census page.

Found Marriage record on page 69 of Record Book
Carney William to Rebeccah Gullage 3/22/1802 Bondsman - Edwd. Blackburn