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Mary Ann Polly CARNEY

Mary Ann Polly CARNEY

Female 1814 - 1882  (68 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Ann Polly CARNEY was born on 8 Jun 1814 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee (daughter of Vincent CARNEY and Mary "Polly" GOLDSBERRY); died on 2 Nov 1882 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in 1882 in Carney Family Cem, Davidson Co, Tennessee.

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    • FamilySearch ID: KJ46-MPC
    • _UID: 918DBCDA9A9346E48F04170286AD45F625BD

    Family/Spouse: William D. FRENSLEY. William (son of William Lee FRENSLEY and Susannah G. Elizabeth CHILES) was born on 11 Aug 1811; died in 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Mary J. FRENSLEY was born in 1838 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; and died.
    2. Charlotte FRENSLEY was born in 1840 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; died in 1861.
    3. Thomas Riley FRENSLEY was born on 21 Jul 1848; died in Nov 1917 in Lagrange, Brevard County, Florida; was buried in 1917 in Lagrange, Brevard County, Florida.
    4. Susan F. FRENSLEY was born about 1852 in Davidson County, Tennessee; and died.
    5. John Fletcher FRENSLEY was born about 1854 in Davidson County, Tennessee; died about 1879.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Vincent CARNEY was born about 1773 in Probably North Carolina (son of John CARNEY and Unproven); died on 24 Feb 1844 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in 1844 in Davidson County, Tennessee.

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    • FamilySearch ID: KJ4X-T11
    • _UID: BCB6DB197F064FE093FA5321FAAF252F1848

    Notes:

    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]


  2. 3.  Mary "Polly" GOLDSBERRY was born about 1775 in Virginia (daughter of John Baptist GOLDSBERRY and Mary BRUCE); died about 1815 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee.

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    • FamilySearch ID: G9BZ-KQ7
    • Name: Polly
    • _UID: 5D0E03B42CFE46969DFAA7A37564FEF9D9B8

    Notes:

    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.

    Children:
    1. Mary Caroline CARNEY was born about 1809 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; and died.
    2. Eberline CARNEY 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.
    3. 1. Mary Ann Polly CARNEY was born on 8 Jun 1814 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; died on 2 Nov 1882 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in 1882 in Carney Family Cem, Davidson Co, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John CARNEYJohn CARNEY was born in 1748-1752 in North Carolina (son of Captain Thomas Arthur CARNEY (KEARNEY) and Elizabeth ADERTON); died in 1838 in Davidson County, Tennessee.

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    • FamilySearch ID: G27R-FK9
    • _UID: 96D001F737C54CEBA59D6CC8079B38BFA06E

    Notes:

    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]


  2. 5.  Unproven and died.

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    • FamilySearch ID: G5LV-3SS
    • _UID: B769D72816BA4D0E88191BB4990DA3787B45

    Notes:

    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..."

    Children:
    1. William CARNEY was born in 1770-1775 in North or South Carolina; died about 1849 in Tennessee.
    2. Elijah CARNEY was born in 1771 in North Carolina; died in 1851 in Davidson County, Tennessee.
    3. 2. Vincent CARNEY was born about 1773 in Probably North Carolina; died on 24 Feb 1844 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in 1844 in Davidson County, Tennessee.
    4. Lucy CARNEY was born about 1779 in North Carolina; and died.
    5. Martha "Patsy" CARNEY was born on 4 Apr 1783 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; died on 19 Jun 1871 in Launca County, Texas.

  3. 6.  John Baptist GOLDSBERRY was born on 31 Jul 1742 in St. Mary's County, Maryland (son of Robert GOLDSBOROUGH and Elizabeth SEALE); died about 1829 in Giles County, Tennessee.

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    • FamilySearch ID: L6FC-XSC
    • _UID: A72A2ADF2872485084A6ECA999FE88A7917F

    Notes:

    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]


  4. 7.  Mary BRUCE was born about 1755 (daughter of James BRUCE and Margaret THORPE); died after 1801 in Brunswick County, Virginia.

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    • _UID: 29B83DA49EC5442F859B26654C67AB06A733

    Notes:

    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

    Children:
    1. Sarah GOLDSBERRY died about 1860.
    2. Robert GOLDSBERRY died about 1895.
    3. Jonathan GOLDSBERRY died about 1855.
    4. Hannah GOLDSBERRY died about 1857.
    5. Margaret GOLDSBERRY and died.
    6. Elizabeth Seale GOLDSBERRY was born about 1773 in Virginia; died about 1835 in Davidson County, Tennessee.
    7. 3. Mary "Polly" GOLDSBERRY was born about 1775 in Virginia; died about 1815 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee.
    8. James GOLDSBERRY was born in 1786 in Virginia; died in 1858 in Giles County, Tennessee.
    9. Henry S. GOLDSBERRY was born in 1800 in Virginia; died in 1850.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Captain Thomas Arthur CARNEY (KEARNEY)Captain Thomas Arthur CARNEY (KEARNEY) was born about 1732 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, British Colonial America (son of Arthur KEARNEY, Carney and Sarah Ann ALSTON); died in 1783 in Georgia.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GW64-7R5
    • Name: Arthur CARNEY (KEARNEY)
    • _UID: 9C08137314704D8FA601A7F0368C3B4A0FEF

    Notes:

    I preface this particular person's lineage with the caveat that this is a 'best evidence' assumption based on facts and DNA evidence. Positive proof of Iklennabee's and John Carney's (B:1748-1750) father is NOT available and based on conclusions.

    Background: It is concluded that the father of Iklennabee was likely a white man who married a Choctaw Indian woman. In Choctaw language, iklanna means 'half' in relation to blood (brother), and the full meaning was "Half-blood Warrior". Many Choctaw families helped their daughters select a trader as husband. Both Traders and elite Choctaw families sought these unions but chiefs like Franchimastabe and Taboca controlled the actions of such foreigners who wished to become part of Choctaw Society. Elite power became increasingly associated with these foreigners and their imported goods. Only elite Choctaws had marriageable access to traders and only elite Choctaw women married these traders in the late eighteenth century.

    DNA testing of several Carney Family volunteers has confirmed the Mississippi John Carney (B: 1775) line is related through an exact match with 37 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) That 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.

    This leads us to conclude that John of Tennessee and John of Mississippi have a common male progenitor although the evidence points out it cannot be the same father, thus a generation is skipped and John of Tennessee is actually the uncle of John of Mississippi. These families are found together in eastern North Carolina, which later became Tennessee with ample evidence of association with each other and each other's friends and acquaintances. This father/grandfather of the two men, points to a Carney/Kearney man who probably entered the country from Ireland around 1731, arriving in all probability in either eastern Florida (later state of Mississippi), or colonial Georgia. Some evidence points to his being a Flax Linen Spinner/Trader from Northern Ireland who took up Trading in the new land, and some evidence points to his coming in as an Irish-Scott brigade soldier/farmer given land and passage by the French Military in exchange for service, and may indeed be the same former Flax Spinner. We do not know if this was a trader or soldier for certain. Not long after his arrival in America, this first Arthur Carney from Ireland had a son, Arthur Carney (Kearney), born in about 1735. It is known that he also had a son named Jeremiah (brother to Arthur B:1735) and another son named William who was a prolific and successful trader among the Indians (documentation maintained). Arthur Carney B: 1732 is also known as Thomas Arthur Carney but apparently usually used his middle name Arthur in most documentation.

    Arthur Carney (B:c-1732) became a trader also, sometime after age 19 and his authorized area for trading was in Choctaw Territory, whereby this authority required he remain at his trading site 6 months out of the year. Most traders spent somewhat less, around 3 to 6 months of the year actually at their post, plus travel time - and like others, Arthur maintained a tobacco plantation and a white wife and family back 'home' for the other 6 months of the year. Documentation shows that Arthur was an active trader and land holder and was quite a successful businessman.

    Arthur was offered, and took a Choctaw Indian wife - whose name is uncertain, but was from a prominent family; and from this union his wife bore Iklannabee, born around the year 1758. Arthur was married to a white woman also while in North Carolina and later Georgia where he based some of his holdings. Her name was Elizabeth Aderton, as noted in several dealings outlined below. From this marriage, Arthur had at least one daughter, Margaret Carney, and three sons - Jeremiah Carney (not Jerry), Arthur Carney (Indian Trader), and John Carney B:1748. Pending further documentation, Arthur may have a possible fourth son, a trader William Carney who died in 1795 without children.

    The French withdrew from east Florida/Mississippi October 16, 1762 and ceded their claims in eastern Florida (Louisiana, Mississippi, etc) to Spain. The following year, the treaty of Paris gave Britain nearly all of France's holdings in America, setting the stage for dispute and conflict and a confusion of loyalties for the colonist. Who did they recognize as the true masters and heirs and to whom would they side with when the war of Independence broke out in 1776?

    By October 1775 all branches of government in the Georgia Colony were gone except for the Judicial branch after being overtaken.
    In December 1775 what was left of the Provincial Congress appointed a new Council of Safety. They were to organize a battalion to defend Georgia. On Jan 7th, 1776 the battalion was further organized by elected and commissioned field officers. This is when the prominent and wealthy ARTHUR CARNEY was "elected or commissioned" as a "Company Officer" with a rank of Captain, of the Fourth Company. John McIntosh, Jr Captain and Lachlan McIntosh JR 1st Lt were commissioned for the third Company. Capt Carney had 2 Lieutenants, 4 Sergents, 4 Corporals and 48 Sentinels in his company.

    In August 1777, Captain Arthur Carney was taken prisoner by the British at St. Simons Island, Georgia "Their crews captured and carried away Captain Arthur Carney, five citizens, several negroes, and as much household furniture as could be conveyed in the barges." For any number of possible reasons, Arthur deserted to the British on the "10th of August 1777, and subsequently joined the enemy." His son Arthur (B: 1755/D:1804) was also a Tory he too sided with the British. After the war 100,000 loyalist were dispersed to all parts of the Empire, from Britain to Mississippi, West Indies, Canada and Florida.

    Unfortunately, Arthur did not survive the war and was killed during the waning hours of the war in 1783. His property of 300 acres at Sunbury, was put up for auction in August 1781 as confiscated property, even before his death. This disposal of assets continued after his demise with other properties of "late the property of Arthur Carney...being persons named in the Act of Confiscation and Attainder, as enemies to the State." Public sale held at Sunbury February 1785. This was followed by Confiscated Estates sales in St. Patrick's Parish (now Glynn County), and others.

    Partial Documentation (more on file):
    1761- P 495 Jacob Lockerman of St Johns Parish, to ARTHUR CARNEY. Bill of Sale dated 1761, for his stock of cattle in said parish, and two flats (Boats) Witnesses L James Aderton, George Noble.

    COMMENT: This sale witness, James Aderton confirms the ties our Arthur Carney with his wife Elizabeth Aderton and her family.

    P 88 Kenneth Baillie, John Elliott, Grey Elliott, Trustees for the Town of Sunbury to ARTHUR CARNEY. Deed dated May 5, 1760 , for town lot 393 in Sunbury, size 70X130'. No Witnesses.
    P89 James Maxwell, Kenneth Baillie, John Elliott, Trustees of the Town of Sunbury, to Samuel Tomlinson. Deed dated Jan 4, 1762 for lot #314 in Sunbury, size 70x130'. Witnesses: James Lockerman, Abraham Williams, Transfer recorded with deed, from Tomlinson to Arthur Carney, dated Dec 27, 1762

    P 90 William Braswell to ARTHUR CARNEY. Bill of Sale for slave dated 9-11-1763. Witnesses: Alexander Kilpatrick, Sanders Colson. Deed signed by William Bracewell.

    P255 Marriage Contract dated Sept 22, 1763, between Cornelius Rain and Margaret Lucas, widow, whereby her property consisting of six negroes is to remain hers, free from any clam on his part of his liabilities. Witnesses ARTHUR CARNEY and Elizabeth Carney. Probated by Arthur Carney in St Johns Parish before Francis Lee. J. P. of said Parish.
    COMMENT: This marriage Contract probated by Arthur, and witnessed by him and his wife Elizabeth further document his wife as Elizabeth Aderton.
    Thursday, July 28, 1763, Savannah, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings (Georgia Gazette) Notices: I hereby acknowledge that the words I inadvertently dropped to the prejudice of the characters of Arthur Carney, planter, and William Baker, carpenter, in respect to their being privy to or concerned in clandestinely conveying away horses from the northward, is without proper foundation and I never knew anything dishonest in either of them (Signed) John Hobbs. St John's Parish

    December 1764 Colonial Records of Georgia - Text version of Arthur petition for 500 acres
    A Petition of Arthur Carney, setting forth that had granted him two hundred and fifty Acres of Land ...
    Desirous to obtain an additional Tract having a Wife two Children and ten negroes Therefore praying
    for five hundred Acres upon a Branch of Turtle River not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the Said Petition is granted---Dec 1764
    P9
    Samuel Tomlinson of St George Parish, carpenter, to ARTHUR CARNEY Bond for Title dated Dec 27, 1762, agreeing to make title to 250 acres on the Altamaha River bounded S. E. by George Moore, Witnesses: John Martin, Abraham Williams.

    Arthur Carney Land Grant
    100 Acres St Philip Parish
    Surveyed Nov 18, 1760 Plat Book C page 38
    Granted May 21 1762 Grant Book D, Page 134
    Bounded on the Southwest by Thomas Goldsmith and North by Josiah Powell
    (This was in the 1732-1758 District of Ogeechee (above Canoochee River) 1758-1777 Parishes of St Phillip Effingham County by 1777, Below the Canoochee River was in Chatham County by 1777 (Savannah)
    St Simons was St James Parish, From the Altamaha to the Turtle River became St David Parish from the Turtle to the Little Satilla, St Patrick, Little Satilla to the Great Satilla, St Toms, Great Satilla to the St Mary's St Mary - created in 1765

    Carneys Cowpen - In 1776 Bernard Romans Travel south of the Altamaha River The Trip to Brunswick was in April 1773 but the trip to St Mary's Rivers was in Summer of 1776; The Kings Rd to St Augustine? Follows the Old Post Rd at the county line of Brantley and Glynn Counties. One evening Bartarm stopped at a cowpen, probably Carney's Cowpen "Carneys are in the Earliest Land Grants of GA English Crown Grants as early as 1747. He lodged that night at a cowpens, identified by Francis Harper as belonging to Arthur Carney, a prominent planter in that sparsely settled region...

    Land Summary:
    Carney, Arthur 100 acres, St. Philip Parish, May 21, 1762
    150 acres, St. John Parish, December 3, 1761
    500 acres, south side of the Altamaha River, February 3, 1767
    500 acres, St. Patrick Parish, June 7, 1774
    300 acres, St. Thomas Parish, November 1, 1774
    150 acres, St. David Parish, November 1, 1774
    300 acres, St. Patrick Parish, December 6, 1774
    P 119 ARTHUR CARNEY of St. David's Parish, palnter, to JAMES BUTLEr ST Patrick's Parish, planter. Deed dated Dec #, 1773. Conveys 300 acres in St Patrick's Parish granted Feb. 3, 1767, to John, William and Jane Carney; thereafter said John CARNEY by his Power of Attorney dated May 15, 1773, appointed said Arthur to sell his undivided interest in said lands: and William and Jane Carney had also granted the grantor Arthur their Power of Attorney to do the same. Witnesses Robert Andrew, Andrew Cunningham. Probated by Andrew before James Spauling. JP
    P122 ARTHUR CARNEY and Elizabeth his wife, of ST. David's Parish, James Butler of same place. Deed dated Dec 3, 1773, conveying 250 acres in St Patrick's Parish deeded by John Duncan and Catherine his wife to said Arthur Carney on Jan 2, 1772, same lying on south side of a branch of Turtle River. Witnesses: Andrew Cunningham, Robert Andrews. Probated by Andrews before James Spaulding J. P. Siad land having bene granted said John Duncan July 2, 1771

    Additional Sources: Over 500 pages of Notes, Records and Files at the Carney DNA Project Jim Carney www.avocadoridge.com/jim March 2010

    Thomas married Elizabeth ADERTON. Elizabeth (daughter of Jeremia Ira ADERTON and Ann Price LUCKETT) was born about 1733 in Rowan County, North Carolina; died about 1769 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth ADERTON was born about 1733 in Rowan County, North Carolina (daughter of Jeremia Ira ADERTON and Ann Price LUCKETT); died about 1769 in Mississippi.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: GW6H-QC7
    • _UID: F0F105DAE81445068AB35376AE724B67DF9B

    Notes:

    The wife of GA Arthur Carney was Elizabeth Aderton of Rowan Co. NC per will of her father which identified her...I'm not sure but Arthur Carney of GA may have been from Rowan Co. NC

    Partial Documentation (more on file):
    1761- P 495 Jacob Lockerman of St Johns Parish, to ARTHUR CARNEY. Bill of Sale dated 1761, for his stock of cattle in said parish, and two flats (Boats) Witnessess L James Aderton, George Noble.

    COMMENT: This sale witness, James Aderton confirms the ties our Arthur Carney with his wife Elizabeth Aderton and her family.

    P255 Marriage Contract dated Sept 22, 1763, between Cornelius Rain and Margaret Lucas, widow, whereby her property consisting of six negroes is to remain hers, free from any clam on his part of his liabilities. Witnesses ARTHUR CARNEY and Elizabeth Carney. Probated by Arthur Carney in St Johns Parish before Francis Lee. J. P. of said Parish.
    COMMENT: This marriage Contract probated by Arthur, and witnessed by him and his wife Elizabeth further his wife Elizabeth Aderton

    Elizabeth married George Arons when Arthur Seniour died, who also had similar views of her and her husband towards the war... George was also on the Banished list with the Carney's:

    REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS.

    M c Coy of S l Andrews,

    John Shave Jun'r ,
    Richard Shave,
    Arthur Carney Sen'r his heirs devisees or Assigns,
    Arthur Carney Jun'r ,
    William Dawson, of Newport ferry,
    Charles Watts Ship Carpenter of Colonels Island,
    Shepherd of Colonels Island,
    James Carson of South Carolina,
    William Clark,
    ?Sir Patrick Houstoun Baronet,
    John Martin Jakill, his heirs devisees or Assigns,
    James Kitchen,
    John William Williams,
    Reymond Demere Jun r ,
    John Proctor,
    Daniel M c Girt,
    Tames M c Girt,
    George Arons.

    Other Sources: Over 500 pages of Notes, Records and Files at the Carney DNA Project Jim Carney www.avocadoridge.com/jim March 2010

    Children:
    1. 4. John CARNEY was born in 1748-1752 in North Carolina; died in 1838 in Davidson County, Tennessee.
    2. Trader Arthur CARNEY (KEARNEY) was born about 1750-1760 in North Carolina; died on 6 Jul 1804 in Mississippi.
    3. Jeremiah CARNEY (KEARNEY) was born in 1767; and died.
    4. Margaret CARNEY (KEARNEY) was born in 1769 in North Carolina; died before 23 May 1793 in Midway, Liberty, Georgia.

  3. 12.  Robert GOLDSBOROUGH was born in 1686 in , St. Mary's, Maryland; died on 12 Sep 1756 in , St. Mary's, Maryland.

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    • FamilySearch ID: L6FC-XJM

    Robert married Elizabeth SEALE. Elizabeth was born about 1692 in Maryland; died in 1757 in St. Mary's, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Elizabeth SEALE was born about 1692 in Maryland; died in 1757 in St. Mary's, Maryland.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: LCZP-27P

    Children:
    1. 6. John Baptist GOLDSBERRY was born on 31 Jul 1742 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died about 1829 in Giles County, Tennessee.

  5. 14.  James BRUCE was born about 1710; died before 5 Sep 1778 in Brunswick County, Virginia.

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    • _UID: 555C29EC6C844D89B4222F9F205E6D3B56EF

    James married Margaret THORPE about 1750 in (Probably) Southampton County, Virginia. Margaret (daughter of Timothy THORPE and Mary PERSON) was born about 1716 in Southampton County, Virginia; died after 1787 in Brunswick County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Margaret THORPE was born about 1716 in Southampton County, Virginia (daughter of Timothy THORPE and Mary PERSON); died after 1787 in Brunswick County, Virginia.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: D7941D2A53D1441E810DC282BDC170E1D9DA

    Children:
    1. 7. Mary BRUCE was born about 1755; died after 1801 in Brunswick County, Virginia.