William Carter Carroll was the son of George and Mary (Unknown) Carroll. George was born in Ireland c. 1790 and Mary was born in North Carolina c. 1798. The children in the 1850 Campbell County census were listed as follows: Elvira age 27, William age 23, Louisa age 17, Elizabeth age 11 and Phillip H age 9. Elvira was born in North Carolina and William was the first child born in Tennessee. The family should be somewhere in Tennessee for the first time in 1830. William's occupation before the Civil War was given as wagoner and farmer in census records.
Aside from census and regarding the identity of William's parents, Dr. John Jones gave an affidavit in the pension file of Mary Carroll on July 25, 1889, a portion of which read as follows:
"The claimant's husband was named William Carroll. I KNEW HIS FATHER, GEO CARROLL, AN IRISHMAN, HIS MOTHER AND ALL THE FAMILY."
Dr. Jones also gave testimony, he gave several affidavits over a period of years, that he did not treat George Carroll as George had died before he began to practice medicine in 1854.
William and Mary "Mundy" were married in Claiborne County at the home of Mary's parents, Samuel and Delilah Monday, on July 17, 1851. They had the following five children:
Harriet Melviney/Levina born 2/24/1853
Samuel born 8/21/1854
Mary Elviry/Olivet born 8/12/1858
Jordon born 8/11/1860
Margaret born 9/8/1862
The variation in the names of Harriet and Mary are the names Mary used at various times in her pension file.
William enrolled in Company C, 1st Reg't East Tennessee Infantry on February 22, 1862 at Cumberland Ford, Kentucky. Company C was commanded by Captain Vincent Myers and the 1st Regiment commanded by Col. Robert K. Bird. There were affidavits in Mary's widow pension file from family members and neighbors stating that they urged William not to enlist due to his poor health. He had always had lung problems. Surprisingly enough, Mary did get a pension, even though some friends and family testified that they believed his disability was present before enlistment.
Harrison Carroll and Elizabeth Pierce identified themselves as William's brother and sister and gave testimony in Mary's pension file, primarily regarding his health. Others testified regarding brothers William and Harrison. The brothers had served together in the same regiment and company.
Mary Carroll gave testimony that William's father was from Ireland and his mother from Virginia. She said they both died of consumption. Elizabeth Carroll's cause of death in 1895 was said by a granddaughter, a nurse, to have been consumption. She said that Elizabeth's symptoms as described to her were those of consumption, or what is today called tuberculosis.
Captain Myers gave the following statement regarding Mary's application for a widow's pension. It is as written, run-on sentences maintained. I changed the pronouns to names for clarification:
"William Carroll died on July 6, 1862. [This does not agree with the date on his headstone.] Carroll became disabled while performing duties of a soldier a few weeks prior to his death in 1862 as consequence of taking cold in the spring of 1862 while stationed at Cumberland Ford, Kentucky with Myers' command they were ordered to Cumberland Gap to attack the enemy there near said Cumberland Gap. Lay there a day or so without any cover. It was very cold weather. The sickness of the said Carroll was incurred then and there. He was never well any more while he lived. While the sickness was incurred Carroll was performing duty of the following character, namely he was marching, standing guard some two days and nights. Carroll's sickness lingered some three or four months. He was unable to travel or be carried during their march. When Myers' command was within 3 or 4 miles of Carroll's home, he sent William home, where he died in a few days."
Pictures of the Carroll family and of the Monday-Carroll Bible were given to me by the great granddaughters of William and Mary Monday Carroll. These dear cousins were my tour guides on two trips to Campbell County. They opened their homes to me. They took me around to the cemeteries where our Carrolls, Pierces and Mondays are interred. Tennessee's cemeteries are not always well manicured lawns. Some are stuck out in the middle of fields with few if any stones still standing. Until my trips to Tennessee I had no idea so many cemeteries had been abandoned and left to Mother Nature -- and livestock and plows.
© 2013 Janet on Find A Grave, Memorial 9549495.
© 2018 revised, Janet on Find A Grave Memorial 9549495.
Aside from census and regarding the identity of William's parents, Dr. John Jones gave an affidavit in the pension file of Mary Carroll on July 25, 1889, a portion of which read as follows:
"The claimant's husband was named William Carroll. I KNEW HIS FATHER, GEO CARROLL, AN IRISHMAN, HIS MOTHER AND ALL THE FAMILY."
Dr. Jones also gave testimony, he gave several affidavits over a period of years, that he did not treat George Carroll as George had died before he began to practice medicine in 1854.
William and Mary "Mundy" were married in Claiborne County at the home of Mary's parents, Samuel and Delilah Monday, on July 17, 1851. They had the following five children:
Harriet Melviney/Levina born 2/24/1853
Samuel born 8/21/1854
Mary Elviry/Olivet born 8/12/1858
Jordon born 8/11/1860
Margaret born 9/8/1862
The variation in the names of Harriet and Mary are the names Mary used at various times in her pension file.
William enrolled in Company C, 1st Reg't East Tennessee Infantry on February 22, 1862 at Cumberland Ford, Kentucky. Company C was commanded by Captain Vincent Myers and the 1st Regiment commanded by Col. Robert K. Bird. There were affidavits in Mary's widow pension file from family members and neighbors stating that they urged William not to enlist due to his poor health. He had always had lung problems. Surprisingly enough, Mary did get a pension, even though some friends and family testified that they believed his disability was present before enlistment.
Harrison Carroll and Elizabeth Pierce identified themselves as William's brother and sister and gave testimony in Mary's pension file, primarily regarding his health. Others testified regarding brothers William and Harrison. The brothers had served together in the same regiment and company.
Mary Carroll gave testimony that William's father was from Ireland and his mother from Virginia. She said they both died of consumption. Elizabeth Carroll's cause of death in 1895 was said by a granddaughter, a nurse, to have been consumption. She said that Elizabeth's symptoms as described to her were those of consumption, or what is today called tuberculosis.
Captain Myers gave the following statement regarding Mary's application for a widow's pension. It is as written, run-on sentences maintained. I changed the pronouns to names for clarification:
"William Carroll died on July 6, 1862. [This does not agree with the date on his headstone.] Carroll became disabled while performing duties of a soldier a few weeks prior to his death in 1862 as consequence of taking cold in the spring of 1862 while stationed at Cumberland Ford, Kentucky with Myers' command they were ordered to Cumberland Gap to attack the enemy there near said Cumberland Gap. Lay there a day or so without any cover. It was very cold weather. The sickness of the said Carroll was incurred then and there. He was never well any more while he lived. While the sickness was incurred Carroll was performing duty of the following character, namely he was marching, standing guard some two days and nights. Carroll's sickness lingered some three or four months. He was unable to travel or be carried during their march. When Myers' command was within 3 or 4 miles of Carroll's home, he sent William home, where he died in a few days."
Pictures of the Carroll family and of the Monday-Carroll Bible were given to me by the great granddaughters of William and Mary Monday Carroll. These dear cousins were my tour guides on two trips to Campbell County. They opened their homes to me. They took me around to the cemeteries where our Carrolls, Pierces and Mondays are interred. Tennessee's cemeteries are not always well manicured lawns. Some are stuck out in the middle of fields with few if any stones still standing. Until my trips to Tennessee I had no idea so many cemeteries had been abandoned and left to Mother Nature -- and livestock and plows.
© 2013 Janet on Find A Grave, Memorial 9549495.
© 2018 revised, Janet on Find A Grave Memorial 9549495.
William Carter Carroll was the son of George and Mary (Unknown) Carroll. George was born in Ireland c. 1790 and Mary was born in North Carolina c. 1798. The children in the 1850 Campbell County census were listed as follows: Elvira age 27, William age 23, Louisa age 17, Elizabeth age 11 and Phillip H age 9. Elvira was born in North Carolina and William was the first child born in Tennessee. The family should be somewhere in Tennessee for the first time in 1830. William's occupation before the Civil War was given as wagoner and farmer in census records.
Aside from census and regarding the identity of William's parents, Dr. John Jones gave an affidavit in the pension file of Mary Carroll on July 25, 1889, a portion of which read as follows:
"The claimant's husband was named William Carroll. I KNEW HIS FATHER, GEO CARROLL, AN IRISHMAN, HIS MOTHER AND ALL THE FAMILY."
Dr. Jones also gave testimony, he gave several affidavits over a period of years, that he did not treat George Carroll as George had died before he began to practice medicine in 1854.
William and Mary "Mundy" were married in Claiborne County at the home of Mary's parents, Samuel and Delilah Monday, on July 17, 1851. They had the following five children:
Harriet Melviney/Levina born 2/24/1853
Samuel born 8/21/1854
Mary Elviry/Olivet born 8/12/1858
Jordon born 8/11/1860
Margaret born 9/8/1862
The variation in the names of Harriet and Mary are the names Mary used at various times in her pension file.
William enrolled in Company C, 1st Reg't East Tennessee Infantry on February 22, 1862 at Cumberland Ford, Kentucky. Company C was commanded by Captain Vincent Myers and the 1st Regiment commanded by Col. Robert K. Bird. There were affidavits in Mary's widow pension file from family members and neighbors stating that they urged William not to enlist due to his poor health. He had always had lung problems. Surprisingly enough, Mary did get a pension, even though some friends and family testified that they believed his disability was present before enlistment.
Harrison Carroll and Elizabeth Pierce identified themselves as William's brother and sister and gave testimony in Mary's pension file, primarily regarding his health. Others testified regarding brothers William and Harrison. The brothers had served together in the same regiment and company.
Mary Carroll gave testimony that William's father was from Ireland and his mother from Virginia. She said they both died of consumption. Elizabeth Carroll's cause of death in 1895 was said by a granddaughter, a nurse, to have been consumption. She said that Elizabeth's symptoms as described to her were those of consumption, or what is today called tuberculosis.
Captain Myers gave the following statement regarding Mary's application for a widow's pension. It is as written, run-on sentences maintained. I changed the pronouns to names for clarification:
"William Carroll died on July 6, 1862. [This does not agree with the date on his headstone.] Carroll became disabled while performing duties of a soldier a few weeks prior to his death in 1862 as consequence of taking cold in the spring of 1862 while stationed at Cumberland Ford, Kentucky with Myers' command they were ordered to Cumberland Gap to attack the enemy there near said Cumberland Gap. Lay there a day or so without any cover. It was very cold weather. The sickness of the said Carroll was incurred then and there. He was never well any more while he lived. While the sickness was incurred Carroll was performing duty of the following character, namely he was marching, standing guard some two days and nights. Carroll's sickness lingered some three or four months. He was unable to travel or be carried during their march. When Myers' command was within 3 or 4 miles of Carroll's home, he sent William home, where he died in a few days."
Pictures of the Carroll family and of the Monday-Carroll Bible were given to me by the great granddaughters of William and Mary Monday Carroll. These dear cousins were my tour guides on two trips to Campbell County. They opened their homes to me. They took me around to the cemeteries where our Carrolls, Pierces and Mondays are interred. Tennessee's cemeteries are not always well manicured lawns. Some are stuck out in the middle of fields with few if any stones still standing. Until my trips to Tennessee I had no idea so many cemeteries had been abandoned and left to Mother Nature -- and livestock and plows.
© 2013 Janet on Find A Grave, Memorial 9549495.
© 2018 revised, Janet on Find A Grave Memorial 9549495.
Aside from census and regarding the identity of William's parents, Dr. John Jones gave an affidavit in the pension file of Mary Carroll on July 25, 1889, a portion of which read as follows:
"The claimant's husband was named William Carroll. I KNEW HIS FATHER, GEO CARROLL, AN IRISHMAN, HIS MOTHER AND ALL THE FAMILY."
Dr. Jones also gave testimony, he gave several affidavits over a period of years, that he did not treat George Carroll as George had died before he began to practice medicine in 1854.
William and Mary "Mundy" were married in Claiborne County at the home of Mary's parents, Samuel and Delilah Monday, on July 17, 1851. They had the following five children:
Harriet Melviney/Levina born 2/24/1853
Samuel born 8/21/1854
Mary Elviry/Olivet born 8/12/1858
Jordon born 8/11/1860
Margaret born 9/8/1862
The variation in the names of Harriet and Mary are the names Mary used at various times in her pension file.
William enrolled in Company C, 1st Reg't East Tennessee Infantry on February 22, 1862 at Cumberland Ford, Kentucky. Company C was commanded by Captain Vincent Myers and the 1st Regiment commanded by Col. Robert K. Bird. There were affidavits in Mary's widow pension file from family members and neighbors stating that they urged William not to enlist due to his poor health. He had always had lung problems. Surprisingly enough, Mary did get a pension, even though some friends and family testified that they believed his disability was present before enlistment.
Harrison Carroll and Elizabeth Pierce identified themselves as William's brother and sister and gave testimony in Mary's pension file, primarily regarding his health. Others testified regarding brothers William and Harrison. The brothers had served together in the same regiment and company.
Mary Carroll gave testimony that William's father was from Ireland and his mother from Virginia. She said they both died of consumption. Elizabeth Carroll's cause of death in 1895 was said by a granddaughter, a nurse, to have been consumption. She said that Elizabeth's symptoms as described to her were those of consumption, or what is today called tuberculosis.
Captain Myers gave the following statement regarding Mary's application for a widow's pension. It is as written, run-on sentences maintained. I changed the pronouns to names for clarification:
"William Carroll died on July 6, 1862. [This does not agree with the date on his headstone.] Carroll became disabled while performing duties of a soldier a few weeks prior to his death in 1862 as consequence of taking cold in the spring of 1862 while stationed at Cumberland Ford, Kentucky with Myers' command they were ordered to Cumberland Gap to attack the enemy there near said Cumberland Gap. Lay there a day or so without any cover. It was very cold weather. The sickness of the said Carroll was incurred then and there. He was never well any more while he lived. While the sickness was incurred Carroll was performing duty of the following character, namely he was marching, standing guard some two days and nights. Carroll's sickness lingered some three or four months. He was unable to travel or be carried during their march. When Myers' command was within 3 or 4 miles of Carroll's home, he sent William home, where he died in a few days."
Pictures of the Carroll family and of the Monday-Carroll Bible were given to me by the great granddaughters of William and Mary Monday Carroll. These dear cousins were my tour guides on two trips to Campbell County. They opened their homes to me. They took me around to the cemeteries where our Carrolls, Pierces and Mondays are interred. Tennessee's cemeteries are not always well manicured lawns. Some are stuck out in the middle of fields with few if any stones still standing. Until my trips to Tennessee I had no idea so many cemeteries had been abandoned and left to Mother Nature -- and livestock and plows.
© 2013 Janet on Find A Grave, Memorial 9549495.
© 2018 revised, Janet on Find A Grave Memorial 9549495.
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