Richard MOSES

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Henly is buried in the Vincent Carney Family Cemetery on Dry Fork Road on the hill by Denton's Chapel Methodist Church, Whites Creek, Davidson County, TN. H. Moses was a soldier in the war of 1812 in Milledgeville, Georgia.

Henry married Eberline CARNEY on 3 Apr 1827 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Eberline (daughter of Vincent CARNEY and Mary "Polly" GOLDSBERRY) was born on 23 Sep 1812 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; died on 18 Jun 1898 in Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in 1898 in Dry Fork Road Ce, Whites Creek, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eberline is buried with tombstone in the Vincent Carney Family Cemetery on Dry Fork Road on the hill by Denton's Chapel Methodist Church, Whites Creek, Davidson County, TN.

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Vincent was a farmer. He also was a member of Captain Roger's Old Militia Company, #1846 (1812) Davidson County, Tennessee.

References: 1820 Census - Davidson County, Tennessee - 1 male - over 45 1 female - 26/45 1 female - 10/16 2 females - under 10
1830 Census - Davidson County, Tennessee Vinson Kerney 2 males - 50 to 60 2 males - under 5 1 female - 20 to 30 1 female - 15 to 20
1840 Census - Davidson County, Tennessee 3 males - under 5 2 males - 5/10 1 male - 60/70 1 female - 5/10 1 female - 40/50 1 female - 70/80 - NOT Hepsey/Hixey - Who was she????? 2 female slaves under 10 1 female slave between 36 & 55 Employed in Agriculture
Davidson County, Tennessee Marriage Records January 2, 1789/1849 - page 92, book 1 Neighbor in 1840 of the following: J.B.G. Carney - son of Elijah Carney William Frensley - son-in-law Henly Moses - son-in-law E.M.H. Carney - son of Elijah Carney Elijah Carney - brother???
Davidson County, Tennessee Will Books, Vol 13 (1843-1846), page 45 Extract of Will of Vincent Carney dated February 23, 1844 - deceased by April 1844 daughter, Caroline Rose daughter, Ebaline Moses daughter, Polly Frensley son, William wife, Hexey (Hepsey/Hixey) - - -"to raise and support other children until youngest son is 21"--- younger children: George, Margaret, Allen, Thomas, Henry, Patsy
Book: "Pioneers of Davidson County, Tennessee" - By: Edythe R. Whitley "The men in Captain Roger's Old Militia Company lived in the North East part of Davidson County from Dry Fork/Whites Creek to Sycamore Creek"
Tax List Index - Tennessee State Archives, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee page 18 - Vinson Kearney - 1805 - Davidson County, Tennessee page 54 - Vincent Carney - 1811 - Davidson County, Tennessee page 14 - Vincent Carney - 1829 - Davidson County, Tennessee Source: Tennessee State Archives - Roll #1605 - Davidson County - Court Minutes - 1808/1819 April 1813 - Page 1043 "Daniel Reeves allowed the sum of $5, appraised value of a stray horse taken up by Vincent Kerney"
Davidson County, Tennessee Land Transaction Vinson (Vincent) Carney - Grantee from Frederick Stump November 24, 1808 Filed June 06, 1809 G-465 100 acres Whites Creek Davidson County, Tennessee
Land Transaction Vinson (Vincent) Carney - from C. Waggnor May 27, 1816 File 9-1816 L 327 100 acres Whites Creek Davidson County, Tennessee
Land Transaction Vinson (Vincent) Carney - from J. Stump April 6, 1831 File 5-861 (Filed April 26, 1831) 34 acres Dry Fork - Whites Creek

Davidson County Will Book 13, p. 45:
I, Vincent Carney do make and publish this as my last Will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all other Wills by me at any time made.
First - I direct that my funeral expenses and all my debts be paid as soon after my death as possible out of any money that I may die possessed of or may first come into the hands of my Executor.
Secondly - I give and bequeath to the heirs of my daughter, Caroline Rose the sum of one dollar.
Thirdly - I give and bequeath to my daughter, Ebaline Moses twenty-five dollars.
Fourthly - I give and bequeath to my daughter, Polly Frensley twenty-five dollars
Fifthly - I give and bequeath to my son William Carney fifty dollars.
Sixthly - my will and desire is that all the rest and residue of my estate remain in the possession of my wife Hixey Carney for to raise and support my children until my youngest living son shall arise to the age of twenty one provided that she remain a widow that long. My will and desire is that when my youngest living son shall arise to the age of twenty one that all my estate real and personal be sold on a credit of twelve months and the procedes thereof to be equally divided between my said wife Hixey Carney and my sons and daughters. George Carney Margaret Carney Allen Carney Thomas Carney Henry Carney and Patsey Carney but in case my wife should die or marry before my youngest living son shall arise to the age of twenty one then and in that case all my estate to be sold and divided as above mentioned.
Lastly - I do hereby nominate and appoint Henry Holt my Executor. In witness whereof I do to this my will set my hand and seal this the twenty third day of February eighteen hundred and forty four.
Vincent (X) Carney
Signed, sealed and published in our presence and we have subscribed our names here to in the presence of the testator this 23rd day of February 1844. Test., Jonathan R. Garrett Wilkins T. Garrett


Rule Docket #1815 W. J. Waggoner & others vs William Carney & others
Suit to divide property of Vincent Carney as youngest son Henry reaches age 25. Copy of Vincent's will in file. Probably around 300 pages accounting for back and front of some. The property is 437 acres of land. A number of depositions dealing with the cutting of timber on the land over the years since Vincent Carney's death.

Amended Bill of Complaint of George W. Waggoner, Margaret Carney, Henry Carney and Henry Holt Executor of Vincent Carney decd. Against William Carney, George Carney, Allen Carney, Thomas Carney (one place this surname is given a Cooper but apparently a mistake), Wiley Gourd and Patsy Gourd formerly Patsey Carney all defendants being citizens of Davidson Co. except Wiley Gourd and wife Patsey and the complainants being residents of Davidson Co. Tn. Original bill filed 13 August 1857. State that in March of 1844 Vincent Carney died at his residence.

Vincent married Mary "Polly" GOLDSBERRY on 7 Mar 1808 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of John Baptist GOLDSBERRY and Mary BRUCE) was born about 1775 in Virginia; died about 1815 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A grave marker (round stone) for Polly Carney was seen by Leonard Lawson Carney for many years in Dry Fork Road cemetery on the hill by Denton's Chapel Methodist Church, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee. Polly was a sister of Elizabeth C. Goldsberry, wife of Elijah Carney, suspected brother of Vincent Carney. References: 1820, 1830 and 1840 Census - Davidson County, Tennessee Will of Vincent Carney Marriage Record Giles County, Tennessee Chancery Court Records "Polly" is buried in Vincent Carney Cemetery on Dry Fork Road, on hill above Denton's Chapel Methodist Church, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee. When Leonard Lawson Carney was a boy and a young man, he saw a carved round stone in the cemetery near the edge of the road with the name "Polly Carney" and dates on it. In 1981, that stone was no longer there or at least it was not visible when Leonard and Glenda walked a ways in the cemetery.

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John Carney was born in North Carolina around 1748-1750, as determined from censuses of him and his children. K. Johnson has birth as 15 Apr 1748. Most of his children were also born in North Carolina, but some (if not several), as noted on the Census rolls including sons William, Elijah and Vincent, and daughter Lucy - may have been born in east North Carolina/Tennessee. Martha "Patsy" Carney the last daughter was born about the time the family may have came up through the Natchez Trace in 1782/83 and settled in White's Creek, Davidson County, North Carolina (later Tennessee), which had just formed as a county in 1783. At that time, over 80% of western North Carolina was still Indian Lands which surrounded Davidson County isolated in the middle of this semi-hostile territory with only 200 able bodied men in all settlements. Until the Indian wars ended in 1795, only a trickle of settlers entered. It is important to note, that Tennessee was not formed until 1790 as it was entirely organized and ceded from western North Carolina. It is possible, some of the family children did not move far at all from their birth places and the borders were what moved.

It is suspected John Carney was related to William and Arthur Carney, who were Indian Traders found trading in these areas from 1783 onwards, in towns such as St. Augustine, Pensacola, Mobile, Chickasaw Bluffs, New Orleans Fernandina, Bon Secour, etc. Other traders of note were Turner Brashear, Lachlan and John McGillivray, John Turnbull, and others. Turnbull has a close family relationship with the Carneys as seem to be locally the Brashears (Brassiers) and the Leflore's

DNA testing of several Carney Family volunteers has confirmed the Mississippi John Carney (B: 1775) line is related through an exact match with 46 markers to the Tennessee John Carney (B: 1748) line. Despite other researchers speculation, we cannot merge Iklannabee into John Carney (B: 1748) who is believed to be his half-brother. Reasons: (1) This John Carney has children with sufficient documentation proving that they were born and partially raised in the North Carolina and then arrived in Tennessee territory in 1783 - Iklannabee birthdate firmed up about 1758 and would have been father at 12. (2) Iklannabee was Indian in appearance, and ? breeds were not then allowed to own land in Tennessee/North Carolina or serve as juror. (3) It is shown in several Censuses that John and his children were never mentioned to be anything other than white.

The plausible conclusion as evidenced by the DNA testing and rolls, censuses, land deeds, etc is that Iklannabee of Mississippi and John Carney (B: 1748) of Tennessee have the same father, believed to be the same Indian Trader who plied his wares in Indian Territory. The Choctaw Indian Territory extended from Mississippi to eastern Alabama and up the Natchez Trace into Tennessee.

The first mention of John Carney in official records is in 1787, four years after arrival confirmed when he was a juror in a trial. Reference: Book - Davidson County, Tennessee County Court Minutes 1783 - 1792 by: Carol Wells page 31 - April 1785 Court Session - "John Boyd vs Ja. Rains. Trespass. Assault & Battery (page 127) Jury: John Cox, C. Ruddle, William Crutcher, John Buchanan, Jn. Tucker, Moses Larracy, Sam' Martin, Samuel Desson, JOHN KARNEY, Wm. Gower, Mark Nobles, Ed Hogan, Ed Hickman. Wit. Francis Armstrong, Wit. Wm. Crutcher. Def' came to plaintiff house picked up a chair, knocked plaintiff down, bit his thumb.

The Carney men, John, William and Elijah are later mentioned on the 1798 Sumner County Tax Roll. Sumner County was formed from the right (east) portion of Davidson County. A year later, they are also mentioned again in a road improvement filed in 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.

Elijah CARNEY and Vincent CARNEY bought more land holdings on Dry Fork Creek on the same day (6 Jun 1809) from Frederick Stump. John CARNEY and William CARNEY bought land on nearby Marrowbone Creek in February, 1812. John Carney bought land known as "Edward Blackburn's old place" on March 25, 1812 - 40 acres on Marrowbone. This follows the worst earthquake in U.S. History which occurred February 7th in Northwest Tennessee where a vast land area drops several fee, tidal waves and a back flowing Mississippi River result in 13,000 acre Reelfoot Lake.

During the war of Independence from English rule, John Kearney (Carney) was assigned to The Army of General George Rogers Clark and Crockett's Regiment with Richard Brashear who was at Cahokia on 31 may 1780. John is believed to be related to Arthur Kearney, who married Celeste Brashear indicating at least a familiarity with the Brashear family further strengthening the connection to Arthur as John's relative. Most of Brashear's regiment resettled in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. This would fit with John's resettlement of his family after service from North Carolina to Tennessee in 1783 following the war. Source Book: "Pioneers of Davidson County, Tennessee" - By: Edythe R. Whitley "The men in Captain Roger's Old Militia Company lived in the North East part of Davidson County from Dry Fork/Whites Creek to Sycamore Creek"

By 1790, The newly formed United States had 230,000 immigrants from England, and the second most prolific immigrants were 142,000 settlers from Ireland. Together with other immigrant nationalities and all their descendants, the population was now 3,929,326. In 1917, The Irish (later termed Scotch-Irish in 1970's), begin deserting Ireland following 100 years of leasing land with oppressive rents by absentee Anglo landlords and a crumbling linen trade, famine and droughts. The Presbyterians who predominated the Irish were disadvantaged by the Penal laws of the Church of England, but were just a likely to become Methodists and Baptists upon settlement in America. It is estimated over 200,000 Ulster Irish-Scotts relocated to America, followed my more when the potato famines later occurred. Most of the earlier settlers found there independent and unique ways were unwelcome in Boston, Philadelphia, etc unlike the potato famine refugees in later years, and found themselves traveling to the backwoods of America and the Appalachian region, settled almost exclusively by these Irish. The typical migration involved small networks of related families/clans that settled together, intermarried and avoided outsiders. After many years of English oppression in Ireland, these Irish were ardent patriots of their new land America.

Later, it is noted there were four of these men (John, William, Elijah and Vincent) listed on the rolls of the 1812 Davidson County Militia. John and William were in one regiment, and Elijah and Vincent were in another. It is believed that this John was not a participant, but it would have been nephew John Jr. (B:1775) , as this John would have been in his 60's. It cannot be ascertained with certainty if these Militia members were involved in only defense or saw any action in nearby states against the Spanish. Militia members were not entitled to land grants following the war, only those who served for three years in the regular military.

We find JOHN KERNEY in the 1830 Davidson County, Tennessee Census 2 males - under 5; 1 male - age 15/20; 1 male - 80/90; 1 female - under 5; 1 female - age 15/20; 1 female - age 20/30; 1 female - age 60/70; 1 female - age 80/90. This would indicate he was married as late as his eighties, but to whom it is not known.

The rest of the family is well documented in the area for years to come with children, families, extended families etc, but further mention of John Carney after 1830 is not confirmable in context to be our John Carney, and his death was believed to be around 1838.

John married Unproven. Unproven and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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I would love to speak to anyone who can PROVE who John's wife was... I certainly don't believe it was Naomi Knox and others put forward without proof.

From June Pollard, March 2006 (now deceased);
"Jim, Dr. Charles Hackett (deceased-retired prof. from the Univ. of TX in Austin) told me sev. years ago that Martha Carney Blackburn stated her parents were from "Maryland" - Dr. Joe Rude, a desc. of the Blackburn family of TX, stated before his death that the Blackburns always knew that John Carney was the father of Martha but did not know the name of Carney's wife...Charles speculated that just MAYBE the middle names Martha gave to her sons: Rose, York (maybe other names I cannot look up right now) would be a clue to her mother's maiden name..."

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Source: Chancery Court Giles County, Tennessee Woodruff Files "0" through "R", 1830-1900 - File Box "R" - 2 case 2323 Source: Will of Robert Goldsberry Source: Brunswick County, Virginia Court Records Greensville County, Virginia Court Records Source: Marriage Records of Tennessee Giles County, Tennessee Court Papers Will of Sarah Goldsberry 1820 - 1830 - 1840 - 1850 - 1860 - Census of Giles County, Tennessee Source: 12 September 1757 Account submitted by John's mother, Elizabeth, stated John's date of birth Named as son in his Father's will. Chancery Court, Giles County, Tennessee Woodruff Files O though R 1830-1900, File Box R-2, Case #2323 John B. Goldsberry was a Witness to a Land Transaction 03 May 1791 between James Bruce and his wife Ann and James Vaughan and his wife Susannah in Brunswick County, Virginia. Another Witness was Buckner Harwell who apparently moved to Giles County, Tennessee at the same time John Baptist Goldsberry moved there. Recorded in Court 23 May 1791 - Deed Book 15 - Pages 76 and 77 and 78. 26 August - Received gift of 100 acres from James Bruce 02 May 1785 - St. Andrews Parish Vestry 1791 - Paid by Overseers of the Poor for Thomas Cannon 1792 - Paid by Overseers of the Poor for Joseph Cannon 25 Jan 1795 - Sold land with Mary, his wife August 1795 - Processions Book 1797 - Sold land to Smart Hawkins 1800 - On Tax List - District of Hartwell Tucker - St. Andrews Parish Reference: The Virginia Genealogist - Vol.11, #1, Jan-Mar 1967, Page 37 1800 Tax List for Brunswick County, Virginia John B. Goldsberry - 3 white male tithables - 5 horses - 1 negro tithable - 1 negro aged between 12 & 16 MR.GOLDSBERRY AND HIS FAMILY MOVED FROM KERSHAW DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA TO TENNESSEE ABOUT 1808. THEY FIRST SETTLED ON WHITE'S CREEK IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. MOST OF THE FAMILY REMOVED THERE. HENRY GOLDSBERRY MOVED TO GILES COUNTY WITH SARAH AND JAMES. LAND WAS SOLD AND DIVIDED AMONG HIS HEIRS. MOST OF THE GOLDSBERRY HEIRS LIVED IN THE NASHVILLE AREA.

John married Mary BRUCE before 5 Sep 1778. Mary (daughter of James BRUCE and Margaret THORPE) was born about 1755; died after 1801 in Brunswick County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sources: Title: Name Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Text: Jackie McInnis 213 Whittington Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37923 Title: Date of birth Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Text: Jackie McInnis 213 Whittington Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37923