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Note NI19052 :

Individuals : Clark Martha S.
Martha S. Clark was the wife of George Marshall Bird, and matriarch of the large Bird Family of Big Cove, Alabama.
She and George are buried beside of each other with a simple sandstone marker that reads "BIRD".
rker that reads "BIRD".
For more information, please see "The George Marshall Bird Family", by Shannon D. Byrd.

Note NI19058 :

Individuals : Winkler Maybron Lee
Mr. Winkler was born to Andrew Porter and Lou Ella Hall Winkler. Mr. Winkler was a farmer as a young boy, then worked in the cotton mill in Huntsville called Lincoln Mills. He married Tula Burns Tipton of Gurley on April 20, 1940. His first son Thomas Lee Winkler was born on April 7, 1942. He had a daughter, Doris Ella Winkler Hobbs and a second son, Harvey Andrew Winkler.
nd a second son,
Mr. Winkler loved his family dearly, and had a special place in his heart for all his grandchildren.

Note NI19065 :

Individuals : Tipton Tula Burns
Mrs. Winkler was born in Owens Cross Roads on July 2, 1917, to Harvey Lee Tipton, Sr., and Lela Carpenter Tipton. She had one sister,Rutha Joe Tipton Lewis, and three half-brothers, Harvey,Jr., Lemuel, and Ben. She graduated high school at Riverton High School in Madison County, Al. She married Maybron Lee Winkler on April 20, 1940. She and Maybron Winkler had three children: Thomas Lee Winkler, b. 4/7/1942, Doris Ella Winkler Hobbs, and Harvey Andrew Winkler.
ris Ella Winkler
She was an expert seamstress for many years, and also worked at P.R. Mallory Capacitor, Inc. in Huntsville for many years. She moved to Ft. Payne, Alabama, after the death of her husband.
. She moved to Ft.
She loved to oil paint and created many beautiful oil paintings.
CONT She loved to oil paint and created many beautiful oil paintings.
She had 7 wonderful grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren at her death.
her
Having lost her mother at the age of 4, Mrs. Winkler valued her family very much, and loved all her children and grandchildren dearly.

Note NI19066 :

Individuals : Tipton Harvey Lee
Harvey Tipton was the son of Leumuel Meade Tipton and Rutha Joanna Knight Tipton.
ipton.
His first wife was Lee (Lela) Carpenter Tipton. Together they had two daughters: Tula Burns Tipton Winkler and Rutha Jo Tipton Lewis. Lee died at a young age with tuberculosis. After about five years, Harvey Tipton remarried to Verna Maples. Together they had three sons:
Harvey Lee Tipton, Jr., Lemuel Tipton, and Ben Giles Tipton.
Tipton, Jr., Lemuel Tipton, and Ben Giles Tipton.
Mr. Tipton was a sharecropper for many years. Later he ran a store in Gurley, Alabama. In the later years of his working life, he worked for the government measuring cotton farms throughout Madison County, Alabama.
roughout Madison County, Alabama.
He succumbed to a heart attack. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Church of Christ.

Note NI19067 :

Individuals : Carpenter Lee C. 'Lela'
Lee Tipton had two daughters, Tula Burns Tipton Winkler, and Rutha Jo Tipton Lewis.
Lewis.
Lee Tipton died of tuberculosis.
berculosis.
I do not know who had this marker put on this grave, and am very thankful it is there; however, the dates are not correct. Please note the notation in this entry.
otation
CONC in this entry.
Family links:
Parents:
Andrew Jackson Carpenter (1870 - 1943)
Annie Lou Owens Carpenter (1880 - 1972)

Note NI19068 :

Individuals : Winkler Thomas Lee
Thomas Lee Winkler was born on April 7, 1942, to loving parents, Mr. Maybron Lee Winkler and Mrs. Tula Burns Tipton Winkler.
nkler.
A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Mr. Winkler served on the U.S.S. Intrepid aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean, and was in the Cuban Crisis. After completing his tour of duty with the U.S. Navy, Mr Winkler worked for Kodak for several years, before taking a position with Fugi Film from which he retired. After his retirement from Fugi Film, he took a part time job with Altoona Health Care where he loved playing his guitar and singing for the residents.
e where he loved playing his guitar and
Mr. Winkler had two children by his wife, Mary Jane Stewart. They are Brian Lee Winkler and Emily Nicole Winkler. Mr. Winkler had two grandsons, Dylan Winkler and David Winkler and one granddaughter, Kayla Winkler, at the time of his death.
inkler and one granddaughter, Kayla
He married Mae Belle Story Winkler in 1975.
NT
Mr. Winkler has two siblings:
Doris Winkler Hobbs and Harvey Andrew Winkler
s two siblings:
Mr. Winkler had 2 nephews, 3 nieces, 5 great-nieces, and 3 great-nephews, and numerous cousins.
nieces, 5 great-nieces, and 3 great-nephews,
Mr. Winkler was a talented man in many areas, and was a tremendously hard worker, always giving his very best to any task he undertook.

Note NI19073 :

Individuals : Carpenter Andrew Jackson
Andrew & Annie Lou had the following children,
Lee D. dau, Alton son, John W. son, Mary L. dau., Archie R. Son, Burton son, Bertha dau., A.J. Jr. son,. Annie Lou's mother age 68 is living with them on the 1920 Lownds Co. Georgia census. Annie Lou & Andrew & children moved to Texas after 1920. Annie's daughter Leigh "Lela" had married & died in Lownds Co. Georgia.
ried &
Family links:
Parents:
Walter Otis Carpenter (1841 - 1912)
ONT Parents:
Spouse:
Annie Lou Owens Carpenter (1880 - 1972)*
ONT Spouse:
Children:
Lee C. Tipton (1900 - 1922)*
Alton Brooks Carpenter (1904 - 1977)*
John W "Johnny" Carpenter (1906 - 1977)*
Andrew Jackson Carpenter (1918 - 1994)*

Note NI19074 :

Individuals : Owens Annie Lou
She married Andrew Jackson Carpenter 5-21-1904 in Madison County Alabama. Their children, 1. Leigh Owens, 2. Alton Carpenter son, 3. John W. (Johnny) Carpenter son, 4. Mary L. Carpenter dau., 5. Archie L. Carpenter son, 6. Burton Carpenter son, 7. Bertha Carpenter dau., 8. Andrew Jackson Carpenter Jr. son.

Note NI19079 :

Individuals : Carpenter Walter Otis
Andrew & Annie Lou had the following children,
Lee D. dau, Alton son, John W. son, Mary L. dau., Archie R. Son, Burton son, Bertha dau., A.J. Jr. son,. Annie Lou's mother age 68 is living with them on the 1920 Lownds Co. Georgia census. Annie Lou & Andrew & children moved to Texas after 1920. Annie's daughter Leigh "Lela" had married & died in Lownds Co. Georgia.
ried &
Son of John C. Carpenter and Frances Buford. Married Frances Rebecca Sewell, with whom he had three children:
John Watkin Carpenter
Andrew J. "Dan" Carpenter
Josephine Carpenter Branum
After Frances' death, he married Martha Vann (daughter of Thomas Vann III and Sarah Walker and niece of the Martha Vann who was the grandmother of John Watkin Carpenter's wife Lavinia Branum).
ece of the Martha Vann who was the grandmother of
Walter Otis was the son of John C. Carpetner & Francis J. Buford they married 6-28-1842 Walter Otis was born in 1845.
ncis J. Buford they
Family links:
Parents:
John Charles Carpenter (1815 - 1874)
Francis J. Buford Carpenter (1821 - 1848)

Note NI19084 :

Individuals : Carpenter John C.
John Charles Carpenter, named after both grand-fathers was the son of Willis & Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross Carpenter, the second born of 16 children:
ldren:
He married 4 times.
1st to Elizabeth Lawler 10-29-1838, one daughter,
1. Nancy Ann born 1838 married John Russell in 1856. He died before 1860 and she married John Ellett in 1860. He was born 1832 in Madison County died 4-24-1872. Their children, James A. Ellett born 1861, Sarah, John, William & Mary. Can't locate them after the 1870 census. Elizabeth died after her daughter Nancy was born.
ensus. Elizabeth died
2nd to Frances J. Buford 6-28-1842,
Children;
2. Clement C. born 1843 m Victoria Sewel 10-11-1865 children, ((2a) Charles, (2b) Martha.
3. Walter Otis born 1845 (His tombstone is wrong) married Frances Rebecca Sewel 1865, Children: (3a) John Watkin Carpenter (3b) Josephine Carpenter Branum. (3c) Andrew Jackson Carpenter.
After Rebecca died Walter O. married 2nd to Martha Vann (daughter of Thomas Van III and Sarah Walker, neice of Martha Vann who was the grandmother of John watkin Carpenter's wife Lavinia Branum.
4. Andrew Jackson (Jessie) Carpenter b 1846 died before the 1870 census. Frances died after Andrew was born,
s wife Lavinia Branum.
3rd to Martha Ann Buford 1-18-1850, (she was his previous wife's sister)
children;
5. James W. born 1852 m Mildred Russell 3-2-1881
6. David W. b 1853 living 1874 on father's will can't find him on the 1880 census.
7. Pinkney Rosalee "Rosa" born 7-14-1855 married William Vann
8. Henry R. Carpenter b 1856 married 1st unknown, 2nd Nannie A. Power 4-9-1886 3rd Effie Watson 10-20-1916.
NT 7. Pinkney Rosalee "Rosa" born 7-14-1855 married William Vann
4th to Martha E. Green, Lane (Widow of Robert E. Lane) 2-2-1865. She had a son Samuel E. Lane. She & John C.'s children;
9. Minervia Jane Carpenter Dever born 1868,
10. Charles Allen Carpenter born 1871,
11. Harry N. Carpenter born 1873,
& John C.'s children;
CONT 9. Minervia Jane Carpenter Dever born 1868,
Martha E. Carpenter, (widow) married George W. McGaha 1-25-1876. George & his family were well known in the Paint Rock area, Jackson County Al.
married George W. McGaha 1-25-1876. George &
The 1880 census show George & Martha & Children, Samuel E. Lane age 11, Minervia J. Carpenter age 11, Charles A. Carpenter age 9, Harry N. Carpenter age 7, F.L. McGaha age 2 & M. McGaha age 4 months.
11, Charles A. Carpenter age 9, Harry N.
I have not been able to find Charles or Harry after 1880, no census records, marriage or death records, nothing at all.
or Harry after 1880, no census
Family links:
Parents:
Willis Carpenter (1788 - 1878)
Elizabeth Betsy Ross Carpenter (1792 - 1866)
T Willis Carpenter (1788 - 1878)
Spouses:
Elizabeth Lawler Carpenter (1820 - 1840)
Francis J. Buford Carpenter (1821 - 1848)*
Martha Buford Carpenter (1825 - 1862)*
Martha E. Lane/Carpenter McGaha (1845 - ____)*
a Buford Carpenter (1825 - 1862)*
Children:
Clement C. Carpenter (1834 - 1900)*
Nancy Ann Carpenter Ellett (1838 - ____)*
Walter Otis Carpenter (1841 - 1912)*
Andrew Jessie Carpenter (1846 - 1869)*
James W. Carpenter (1852 - 1948)*
David W. Carpenter (1853 - ____)*
Rosa L Vann (1855 - 1954)*
Minerva Jane Carpenter Dever (1868 - 1960)*
arpenter (1853 - ____)*
Note: Unsure where he is buried
1 CONT Minerva Jane Carpenter Dever (1868 - 1960)*
Burial:
Moon Cemetery
Owens Cross Roads
Madison County
Alabama, USA

Note NI19086 :

Individuals : Carpenter Willis
Willis Carpenter's grave marker stands beside his wife's stone cairn. Great-great-grandson Larry Carpenter as a child was shown two cairns identified as the graves of Willis and Betsy Ross Carpenter. The other cairn has since disappeared.
cairn has since disappeared.
Willis Carpenter's mother-in-law, "Grandma Ross," was "buried on the hill overlooking the spring," the first burial in New Hope cemetery. Willis and Elizabeth Ross Carpenter were buried at Byrd Cemetery, near their home, as were son Meshack Meshack, daughter Diana (Dicy) Walls, and others.
ck, daughter Diana (Dicy) Walls, and
Willis Carpenter was a veteran of the Creek War (1813-1814), an extension of the War of 1812, enlisting in the 2nd Regiment, East Tennessee Volunteer Militia, in Captain Thomas Sharp's Company, commanded by Col Lillard, at Rutledge, Tennessee on October 7 (or 14), 1813. One document says Oct. 7 and another says Oct. 14, the same day as Mastin Ross, his brother-in-law. He was honorably discharged at Knoxville, Tennessee on June 10, 1814. From November 1813 through April 1814, he was stationed at Fort Strother in present day St. Clair Co., Alabama.
13 through April 1814, he was stationed at
He married in Grainger County, Tennessee, May 1, 1814, to Elizabeth Ross and moved to Alabama with the Rosses (ref. ALABAMA SOLDIERS by Pauline Gandrud, vol. 4, p. 39). This was about December 1815. They settled close to New Hope, Madison County, 12 miles from the county line of Cotaco County (now Morgan County). Willis and Betsy Carpenter were the parents of 16 children, eight boys and eight girls, thirteen of which lived to adulthood.
and Betsy Carpenter were the parents
Customarily marriage banns were read aloud publicly in church on three consecutive Sundays. Valentine Moulder (1776-1833) was a Baptist Minister and was a Justice of the peace for 40 years. The notice he filed in the Grainger County court is a document that shows permanent creases where it has been folded for nearly 200 years. On the outside: "The Within complied with by me, Valentine Molder."
Marriage
Bains
W. Charpenter May 3, 1814
E. Ross
ded for nearly 200 years. On the outside: "The Within
"The within complied with" may mean that the marriage was performed as well as the thrice reading of the banns as required by law. This would comport with Willis Carpenter's statement that he married on May 1st, probably immediately following the third reading of the banns in church.
by law. This would
May 1, 1814, was a Sunday, and May 3rd was a Tuesday.
rried on May 1st,
On reverse (inside):
Notice in red or brown ink at the top which says ... Elizabeth Ross...followed by a second notice in black ink below which spells her name Elisabeth Ross:
(inside):
(brown ink):
I publish the bains
of Marriage Between
Willis Charpenter
& Elizabeth Rofs
notice in black ink below which spells her
(black ink):
May 1st Day 1814
this is to certify that the
Baines of Marriage between
O. Willis Charpenter & Elisabeth Ross hath
been thrice published as the
Law Directs by me(.)
(signed) Valentine Molder, d.d.
NT this is to certify that the
CONT Baines of Marriage between
CONT O. Willis Charpenter & Elisabeth Ross hath
CONT been thrice published as the
CONT Law Directs by me(.)
CONT (signed) Valentine Molder, d.d.
HUNTSVILLE ADVOCATE, 13 January 1877: "News from New Hope, Ala.--Willis Carpenter, living near here, is probably the oldest man in the county. He is 99."
, living near here, is probably the oldest man in the county. He
CONC is 99."
There are other conflicting statements in family papers as to the exact ages of Willis and Elizabeth Carpenter, and the censuses are unanimously contradictory. The 1850 census gives their ages as 50 and 48 respectively, while an affidavit dated Sept. 3, 1851, states he was 69 years old.
davit dated Sept. 3, 1851, states he was 69
There are even more conflicting ages for their children. Some researchers say they their sons James Madison and John Charles were born in Tennessee before the family moved to Alabama. Son John Charles Carpenter was born in Alabama in 1812, according to the 1870 census, while most other censuses say 1815 in Tennessee. James Madison Carpenter was born 1814 to 1818 in Alabama according to various censuses; 1816 according to descendants, though his tombstone in Texas says 1814. Their third son, Willis C. Carpenter, was born in Alabama in August 1816. Daughter Diana was born in Alabama in 1819 according to the 1860 census, though most others indicate 1820-21. Thomas was born 13 Feb 1820, though the 1850 census indicates he was 22 (born circa 1828). His second wife also wrote his birthdate as 1828 in her bible.
1820, though the 1850
On Feb. 5, 1821, Willis Carpenter served on a jury panel in Cotaco County (renamed Morgan Co. later in 1821), the earliest documentation of him in Alabama after his 1813-14 war record which shows several months of service were spent at Ft. Strother.
er in 1821), the earliest documentation of him in
Nov. 8, 1838, he bought 40 acres from George Russell, one of first settlers in New Hope, Madison County, in Sec. 35, Township 5, Range 2 East. He sold this Jan. 16, 1847, to Stephen Hastings.
e of first
Willis Carpenter acquired a tract of land in the low gap area of New Hope, known by various names in the early 19th Century to include Clouds Town and Vienna. Descendants today still own this property. On March 5, 1855 he applied for and received bounty land under The Bounty Land Act Of 1855. On Jan. 11,1860, Willis and Elizabeth Carpenter sold this 40.18 acres to their son Thomas Carpenter for $450.00 (Madison County Deed Book CC, p. 403). This was the farm near Byrd Cemetery where granddaughter Hester Vann grew up.
Elizabeth Carpenter sold this 40.18
On June 13, 1871 Willis Carpenter applied for a pension under the Act of February 14, 1871.
. 403). This was the farm near Byrd Cemetery where granddaughter
STATE OF ALABAMA
County of Madison
ONT On June 13, 1871 Willis Carpenter applied for a pension under the Act of
On this third day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, WILLIS CARPENTER aged 69 years, a resident of Madison County in the State of Alabama who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that he is the identical man who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain THOMAS SHARPE in the regiment of TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS commanded by COL. LILLARD in the war with the Creek Indians that he volunteered at Rutledge East Tennessee on or about the 14th day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirteen for the term of months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of near 4 months and was honorably discharged at Rutledge E. Tennessee on the day of February A.D. 1814 as will appear by the oath of said Capt Sharpe's Company - My discharge is either lost sold or destroyed and I do not now know what became of it.
discharged at Rutledge E. Tennessee on
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the "Act granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States, passed September 28, 1850. Willis X Carpenter Witnessth
D. M. Bradford
he may be entitled under the "Act granting Bounty Land to certain
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Willis Carpenter to be the identical man who served as aforesaid; and that is of the age above stated. Dickson Cobb JP
fore me the day and year above written, and I
Land Warrant to be sent to D.M. Bradford, Huntsville, Ala.
o be the
FORM FOR BOUNTY LAND UNDER ACT OF 1855
; and that is of the age above
STATE OF ALABAMA
County of Madison
1 CONT Land Warrant to be sent to D.M. Bradford, Huntsville, Ala.
On this 3rd day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Justice of Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Willis Carpenter aged 72 years a resident of Madison County in the State of Alabama who being duly sworn, according to law, declares he is the identical Willis Carpenter who received under act of 28 September 1850 a Land Warrant for forty acres for services in Captain Thomas Sharpe TN volunteer Company, East Tennessee Volunteers War of Creek Indians which Warrant he has sold.
CONC of 28 September 1850 a Land Warrant for forty acres for services in
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land, granted by the act passed the 3rd March, 1855, and he hereby declares that he has not applied for or received and he believes he is not entitled to, Bounty Land, except as above stated, and he hereby appoints Richard B. Brickell, of Huntsville, Alabama, his true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute his claim, and receive his Warrant when issued.
Willis X Carpenter
, and he hereby appoints
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written and I certify that I have no interest in the above claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
James H. Poor, A Justice of Peace
n to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written and I
CONC certify that I have no interest in the above claim and am not concerned
WAR OF 1812
Declaration for a Pension under Act of February 14, 1871
By A Pensioner under Previous Acts
CONT Declaration for a Pension under Act of February 14, 1871
State of ALABAMA
County of MADISON
1 CONT
On the 13th day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy one, personally appeared before me James H. Poor clerk of the Circuit Court, a Court of Record within and for the county and State aforesaid Willis Carpenter aged 91 years, a resident Near Owens Cross Roads, County of Madison State of Alabama, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he was married:(wife now dead). That his wife's name was Elizabeth Ross to whom he was married in GRANGER COUNTY EAST TENNESSEE on the First day of May 1813 (sic: May 1, 1814); that he served the full period of sixty days in the Military Service of the United States in the War of 1812; that he is the identical Willis Carpenter who enlisted in Captain Thomas Sharp's Company at Rutledge Tennessee on the 7th day of October 1813 and was honorably discharged at Knoxville, Tennessee 10th day of June 1814; that after enlistment at Rutledge joined his company at place called Fudge Plains, Granger County Tennessee marched from there to Campbells Station remained there about two weeks went from there to Kingston, Tennessee from Kingston to Fort Armstrong there to Fort Strother on the Coosa River remained at Fort Strother until about the 20th day of April 1814 then marched back to Knoxville Tennessee remained at Knoxville till he received his discharge, that he at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States adhered to the cause of the enemies of the Government, giving them aid or comfort, or exercised the functions of any office whatever under any authority, or pretended authority, in the hostility to the United Sates; and that he will support the Constitution of the United States; that he is not in receipt of a pension under a previous act.; that he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United Stats, under the provisions of the act approved February 14, 1871, and he hereby constitutes and appoints with full power of substitution and revocation, Lewis and Fullerton of Washington DC his true and lawful attorneys to prosecute his claim and obtain the pension certificate that may be issued; that his offices is at Owens Cross Roads, County of Madison State of Alabama that his domicile or place of abode is near Owens Cross Roads.
Willis X Carpenter
ppoints with full power of substitution
Attest:
James H. Poor
Robert J.Wright
ngton DC his true and lawful
CONC attorneys to prosecute his claim and obtain the pension certificate that
A descendant of Willis Carpenter, Ray Edward Walls, is Secretary General of the National Society of the War of 1812.
SAR Index:
NSSAR No 159957/TXSSAR No 9149
ross Roads.
CONT Willis X Carpenter
CONT
CONT Attest:
CONT James H. Poor
Children:
1. James Madison Carpenter (1814-1890)
2. John C. Carpenter (1815-1874)
3. Katie Carpenter 1818 AL., died young
4. Diana Carpenter Walls Provence born 1819-21 AL
5. Thomas Nathaniel born 2-13-1820 (or 1826)
6. Gideon Carpenter born 1822 died young
7. Meshack Carpenter, born 1824 Al.
8. Sarah, born 1825 Al. married Lewis Miller
9. Willis C. Carpenter, born Aug 1828 (family says 1818) d. 1905 in Choctaw Dist., Oklahoma
10. Sam Carpenter born c1828 died young
11. Elizabeth (Betsy) born 1830 Al, married Leland Silas Hunt
12. Martha born 1832 Al. married William Honea
13. William Lewis Carpenter, born 1834 Al
14. Nancy Ann "Nina" Carpenter Parkhill (1835-1904)
15. Francis Jane Carpenter Baker (1831 - 1920)
16. Caroline Carpenter born 1840 Al, married John Minzy Byrd
m Carpenter born c1828 died young
Family links:
Parents:
John Carpenter (1757 - ____)

Spouse:
Elizabeth Betsy Ross Carpenter (1792 - 1866)
3. William Lewis Carpenter, born 1834 Al
Children:
James Madison Carpenter (1814 - 1890)*
John Charles Carpenter (1815 - 1874)*
Willis C. Carpenter (1816 - 1905)*
Katie Carpenter (1818 - ____)*
Diana Carpenter Walls Provence (1819 - ____)*
Thomas Nathaniel Carpenter (1820 - 1913)*
Gideon Carpenter (1822 - ____)*
Meshack Carpenter (1824 - 1879)*
Sarah Carpenter Miller (1825 - ____)*
Sam Carpenter (1828 - 1828)*
Elizabeth Carpenter Hunt (1830 - ____)*
Francis Jane Carpenter Baker (1831 - 1920)*
Martha Carpenter Honea (1832 - ____)*
Nancy Ann Carpenter Parkhill (1835 - 1904)*
William Lewis Carpenter (1837 - ____)*
Caroline Carpenter Byrd (1840 - 1869)*
n Carpenter (1822 - ____)*
*Calculated relationship
24 - 1879)*
CONT Sarah Carpenter Miller (1825 - ____)*
Burial:
Byrd Cemetery
Owens Cross Roads
Madison County
Alabama, USA

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r (1831 - 1920)*
Created by: Ray
Record added: Nov 01, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 43823217

Note NI19087 :

Individuals : Ross Elizabeth Betsy
Her grave was marked by an ancient cairn.
Some family researchers list her date of death as June 2, 1866 (source not stated).
not stated).
Betsy Ross Carpenter was the daughter of Francis and Katie Ross according to some family members, based on a confusing family record stating also that Betsy was the sister of Mastin Ross, Sam Ross, and Rita Morrison (ref.,"Alabama Soldiers," by Pauline J. Gandrud & Bobbie J. McLane, vol. 4, p. 39, citing letter from Hester Carpenter Vann, October 1955.) Mastin Ross enlisted in the same company with Willis Carpenter, in Grainger County, Tennessee, during the War of 1812. Documentation clearly proves that Mastin Ross was the son of Charles and Lucy Ross of Grainger County who moved to Morgan County, Alabama, 1815-16 (on record May 11, 1819). Charles Ross was a Revolutionary War soldier from Virginia who returned with son Mastin to Tennessee after Lucy's death. Elizabeth Ross married Willis Carpenter in Grainger County, Tennessee, May 1, 1814, and they were the parents of 16 children. Their eldest daughter Diana was born in Alabama in 1819 according to the 1860 census, though most other censuses say circa 1820, one as late as 1822. On Feb. 5, 1821, Willis Carpenter was recorded in Cotaco County (renamed Morgan Co. later in 1821), the earliest documentation of him in Alabama after his 1813-14 war record which shows several months of service were spent at Ft. Strother.
(renamed Morgan Co. later in 1821), the
The Carpenters and Rosses were said to have moved together from Tennessee to Morgan County, Alabama, 1815-16 based on the births of children, though no extant record has been found prior to that of Mastin Ross in Morgan County May 11, 1819 (Cotaco County Superior Court Book 1, pp. 165-66) and the 1821 record of Willis Carpenter referenced above. Charles Ross's 1824 affidavit in his pension file states that his wife, Mastin Ross' mother, had been bedridden for five years prior (1819), inferring that they were in Alabama before her confinement in 1819.
ve. Charles
Family links:
Parents:
Charles Ross (1759 - 1831)
Lucy Ross (1754 - 1827)
other, had been bedridden for five years prior (1819), inferring
Spouse:
Willis Carpenter (1788 - 1878)*
ent in 1819.
Children:
James Madison Carpenter (1814 - 1890)*
John Charles Carpenter (1815 - 1874)*
Willis C. Carpenter (1816 - 1905)*
Katie Carpenter (1818 - ____)*
Diana Carpenter Walls Provence (1819 - ____)*
Thomas Nathaniel Carpenter (1820 - 1913)*
Gideon Carpenter (1822 - ____)*
Meshack Carpenter (1824 - 1879)*
Sarah Carpenter Miller (1825 - ____)*
Sam Carpenter (1828 - 1828)*
Elizabeth Carpenter Hunt (1830 - ____)*
Francis Jane Carpenter Baker (1831 - 1920)*
Martha Carpenter Honea (1832 - ____)*
Nancy Ann Carpenter Parkhill (1835 - 1904)*
William Lewis Carpenter (1837 - ____)*
Caroline Carpenter Byrd (1840 - 1869)*
ONT Elizabeth Carpenter Hunt (1830 - ____)*
*Calculated relationship
r Baker (1831 - 1920)*
CONT Martha Carpenter Honea (1832 - ____)*
Burial:
Byrd Cemetery
Owens Cross Roads
Madison County
Alabama, USA
(1837 - ____)*
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Note NI19088 :

Individuals : Ross Charles
Revolutionary War veteran.
CONT
He moved to Grainger County, Tennessee, by 1812, and with wife Lucy and son Mastin Ross moved to Cotaco County (now Morgan County) Alabama, about 1815-1816, though the earliest record in Alabama is dated May 22, 1819 (Cotaco County Superior Court Book 1, pp. 165-66, re Mastin Ross). Their daughter Betsy married Willis Carpenter who moved to Alabama with them and is on record in Morgan County on Feb. 5, 1821. The Carpenters moved to New Hope, Madison County, about 12 miles from the Morgan County line. Various later censuses of the Carpenter children show births in Alabama as early as 1814-15.
censuses of the Carpenter children show births in Alabama
CONC as early as 1814-15.
History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, by Thomas McAdory Owen & Marie Bankhead Owen, vol. 4, page 1463: ROSS, CHARLES, soldier of the American Revolution, aged 85, and a resident of Morgan County; private Virginia Continental Line; enrolled on May 27, 1824, under act of Congress of March 18, 1818, payment to date from April 26, 1824; annual allowance, $96; sums received to date of publication of list, $670.98.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in vol. xiv. Sen. doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.
Revolutionary Pension Roll, in vol. xiv. Sen. doc. 514, 23rd
Revolutionary War Soldiers in Alabama (1910) by Thomas M. Owen, page 106.
s in Alabama (1910) by Thomas M. Owen, page 106.
Alabama Soldiers by Pauline Jones Gandrud (1978), vol. 4, pp. 34-36, shows Mastin Ross, Rita Ross Morrison and Betsy Ross Carpenter as children of Francis and Katie Ross (sic) from an October 1955 letter from Betsy's granddaughter Hester Carpenter Vann quoting her 89-year-old sister Laura whose memory was excellent in some aspects though apparently confused in other particulars.
spects though apparently
Charles Ross returned to Warren County, Tennessee, with his son Mastin Ross (aka Martin Ross) after the death of his wife Lucy.
1 CONC Ross (aka Martin Ross) after the death of his wife Lucy.
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Charles Ross was born c1859 in Virginia and died 13 March 1831 in Warren Co., Tennessee, according to pension papers. He was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, serving in the 14th Virginia Regiment, Continental Line, which was raised in western Virginia, and seeing action with the special forces in The Battle Of Stony Point, and in the Siege of Charleston, in which he was captured; he survived 18 months as a prisoner of war on a British troopship and was discharged after the British forces surrendered at Yorktown ending the war. In his senior years, he received a veteran's pension for his military service. He was enumerated in a ledger of payments to U.S. pensioners which shows that he was enrolled at age 85 on 26 April 1824 at the rate of $8 per month while living in Morgan County, Alabama, having moved there from Grainger County, Tennessee, before May 11, 1819, prior to Alabama becoming a state in December 1819.
labama, having moved there from Grainger County,
He appears to be the Charles Ross enumerated in Surry Co. NC in 1790, 1800, & 1810. In 1810, he was next door to Senator Gideon Edwards, father of Meshack Edwards. The Edwards-Franklin home is still standing.
0. In 1810, he was next door to Senator Gideon Edwards, father
Charles Ross' wife Lucy died in or near Morgan Co., Alabama, 24 April 1827. Carpenter family legend states that Grand-ma Ross, the mother of Betsy Carpenter, Mastin Ross, and Rita Morrison, was the first person to be buried in New Hope Cemetery, twelve miles from the Morgan County line, and that after her death the family moved back to Tennessee. According to his pension file, Charles Ross returned to Tennessee with his son, Mastin. In the 1830 census Charles Ross was evidently the male age 70-80 (and born c1750-1760) enumerated with his son Mastin Ross in Warren Co, TN., where he died in 1831 according to pension record.
ently the male age 70-80
CONC (and born c1750-1760) enumerated with his son Mastin Ross in Warren Co,
WILLIAM ROSS (Revolutionary War pension #41989) "stated he was sixty-six years of age on the 20 March 1821 which would make his birth in 1754. He states after serving two years, he enlisted to serve during the war in the State of NEW JERSEY under Colonel William Davis in his Regiment in the State of VIRGINIA in the Continental Establishment.
Then, he states he hired a man to serve in his place by the name of CHARLES ROSS."
f VIRGINIA in the Continental Establishment.
The DAR lists William Ross with pension #41989 as Ancestor Number #A098623 and shows two members descended from him and his wife Sally Lamkin, NSDAR #53318 (Fannie Fisk Hindley) and #70007 (Jessie Hindley Bigford), both through son Jesse Ross and wife Pernina (Carroll). They show William Ross as born 1755 in VA. and died 5 Dec 1831 Wilkes Co., N.C.
NC Bigford), both through son Jesse Ross and wife Pernina (Carroll). They
On Rootsweb, William's wife is shown as Sally Lampkin. Some are showing him as b. 1755 while others are showing him as b. c1780, the brother of James and John, sons of James Ross and Sarah (Flint) of Chester Co. & Cumberland Co., PA. Obviously two generations are being confused. Which one married Sally Lam(p)kin, the one b. c1754 or the one b. c1780, and was the younger a son or nephew of the elder? James Ross who married Sarah Flint was the son of William Ross Jr. and Jean (Nesbit) Ross, with direct ancestry back to the lairds of Belnagore and Earl Ross.
oss who married
"A Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania" by Blanche T. Hartman (Pittsburgh, PA 1929, privately printed), Page 50, says James Ross (born 1752, Chester Co., PA) entered the Continental Army in 1778 a private in Captain Ligget's Company of Militia, married "about 1790" (sic?) Sarah, daughter of William Flint and had three sons,
James, William, John, died in 1806 in Cumberland co. PA
Will dated 26, 1805 and proved 18 NOV 1806.
of
CONC Militia, married "about 1790" (sic?) Sarah, daughter of William Flint and
Family links:
Spouse:
Lucy Ross (1754 - 1827)
1806 in Cumberland co. PA
Children:
Maston Ross (1791 - 1859)*
Elizabeth Betsy Ross Carpenter (1792 - 1866)*

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