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Jesse Thomas CARNEY[1]

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Name Jesse Thomas CARNEY Birth 4 Sep 1807 Davidson County, Tennessee Gender Male FamilySearch ID GBGV-KNX Name Jesse CARNEY [2] Name Jesse T CARNEY [2] Residence 1840 Davidson, Tennessee [2]
Residence 1850 Davidson County, Part Of, Davidson, Tennessee [2]
Residence 1860 1st Civil District, Cheatham, Tennessee [2]
_UID DCC4BEC249F74B4A8A68558B331C73A22B90 Burial 1867 Marrowbone, Cheatham, Tennessee Death 22 Sep 1867 Cheatham County, Tennessee Person ID I9668 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 29 Dec 2024
Father William CARNEY, b. Abt 1775, North or South Carolina, British Colony d. Abt 1849, Tennessee
(Age ~ 74 years)
Mother Rebecca "Virginia" GULLEDGE, Gullage, b. 1785, North Carolina Or Virgina d. Abt 1851, Probably Davidson, Cheatham County, Tennessee
(Age 66 years)
Marriage 22 Mar 1802 Davidson County, Tennessee Alt. Marriage 1803 Davidson County, Tennessee [3]
Family ID F5548 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth "Betsy" PONDER, b. 1809, Marion County, Mississippi d. 1880, Tennessee
(Age 71 years)
Marriage 4 Mar 1828 Marion County, Mississippi Children 1. General CARNEY, b. 1830, Marion, Mississippi, United States d. Yes, date unknown
2. Andrew Jefferson CARNEY, b. 23 Mar 1832, Davidson County, Tennessee d. 25 Apr 1885, Tennessee
(Age 53 years)
3. Harriet Amanda CARNEY, b. 16 Oct 1844, Davidson County, Tennessee d. 17 Sep 1928, Cheatham County, Tennessee
(Age 83 years)
4. Eunis P. CARNEY, b. 1848, Davidson County, Tennessee d. Aft 1910 (Age 63 years)
5. Amy CARNEY, b. 1849, Davidson County, Tennessee d. Yes, date unknown
6. George W. CARNEY, b. 15 Nov 1850, Marribone, Cheatham County, Tennessee d. 9 Apr 1910, Marrowbone, Cheatham, Tennessee
(Age 59 years)
Family ID F4817 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Nov 2024
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Notes - Biography
Jesse married Elizabeth Ponder on Mar 4, 1828 in Marion, Mississippi. [1]
Jim Carney adds Sep 2024: Jesse's tombstone is the only one still standing in the original family cemetery. Cheatham County was formed in 1856 from part of Davidson County.
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 Asee (Asa) Carney 5 in household and nearby a Brinkley household with 8 persons.
1850 Census Davidson Co. TN District 25
Alt Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1828, Marion Co. for Jesse T. - Could Rev. Jesse C. Carney be another person?
1 He and wife were land owners in North Davidson County on Little Marrowbone at the time of the Civil War. He received one or more land grants. Jesse owned slaves prior to war. The Civil War took both their livestock and their food. His grandson, Walter Davis, wound up living on a part of Jesse T. Carney's land at the time of Andrew Carnegie Davis's birth. The present house on that land has some of the original logs in its structure. Jesse T. Carney is buried on his former land; his tombstone is the only one there.
He bought a horse on 30 May for $55, Black, 15 hands high, 7 years old, star in the forehead, etc... Nashville Journal 17 June 1834
He appears on the tax rolls, census, etc.
1850 Census: Davidson County, Tennessee [2]
Jesse T Carney, 42
Elizabeth Carney, 35
A.J. Carney, 18 (Arnold Jefferson)
Harriet Carney, 5
Mary Carney, 1
Their children include: [3]
General Carney, born 1830
A.J. Carney, born 25 Mar 1832
Harriet P. Carney, born 1844
Eunice P. Carney, born 1848
George Carney, born 1850
Sources
? "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V287-XQK : 6 December 2014), Jesse Carney and Elizabeth Ponder, 04 Mar 1828; citing Marion,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 879,989
? "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCDC-4TY : 9 November 2014), Jessee T Carney, Davidson county, part of, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 32, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
? Rootsweb, Jesse T. Carney
see also:
1 Jim Carney Sep 2024 https://www.jnlcarney.com/carney/ land records, family interviews
Tax Record: "Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895"
The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tax Lists of Tennessee
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2883 #9546 (accessed 22 November 2024)
Name: Jesse T Carney; Residence Date: 1839; Residence Place: Davidson, Tennessee, USA.
- Biography
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Sources - [S818] John T. Palmer, Ph.D., John T. Palmer, Ph.D.
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 22 Jul 2023), entry for Jesse Thomas CARNEY, person ID KJ46-T62. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Feb 2022), entry for William CARNEY, person ID KLYS-M7V. (Reliability: 3).
- [S818] John T. Palmer, Ph.D., John T. Palmer, Ph.D.