CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 19

                        THE JOHN (unk) CARSON FAMILY of BLANCO COUNTY, TEXAS

SIXTH GENERATION (synchronized with the John C. Carson line)

Note: This line is being included because (2018) John (unk) CARSON is the son of Thomas Gibson Carson Jr. and because two of his daughters married into the BOYETT family of Brazos County, Texas. The Boyetts were a prominent family in Bryan, Texas, and intermarried with the John C. Carson family of Brazos County.

This chapter is supplemental to information in chapters 2 and 20.

2006    John (unk) CARSON was born on 15 March, 1786 in South Carolina. He was married to (2023) Sarah (Bates) CARSON on 10 June, 1910 in the Tombigbee area of Alabama, then Mississippi Territory. She was born about 1790 and was the daughter of (2316) Thomas Bates Sr. The children of John and Sarah were:
        +2008    Ann CARSON
        2246       William CARSON
        2247       James CARSON
        2318       Elizabeth CARSON

Sarah and John separated, with Sarah taking the two young boys and the girls staying with John. There is no trace of Sarah or the two boys, other than they were named in the will of Sarah's father, Thomas Bates, Sr., dated 20 June, 1820.

Before 1819 he married (2028) Nelly (unk) CARSON, probably in Madison County, Mississippi. She was born about 1790 in South Carolina and died about August 1832 in Madison County, Mississippi. Their children were:
       +2007    John CARSON Jr.
       2008      Betsy CARSON was born on 9 Feb., 1811
       2009     Ann CARSON was born 12 April, 1813
       +2010   Thomas Pinckney CARSON
       2011     Jane CARSON was born 23 July, 1821
      +82        Frances (Carson) BOYETT
      +2004   Martha (Carson) BOYETT
      2012      Amanda CARSON was born 20 Dec., 1828
      2013      Joseph CARSON was born 5 May, 1830
    + 2014    Robert CARSON was born 1 June, 1832

He was in the 1830 census in Madison County, Mississippi, and was in San Augustine County, Texas, between 1834 and 1844. There are Texas land abstracts to a John S. CARSON, dated 4 March, 1845, but it is not known if that is the same John Carson. The property was in Leon County, and there was some confusion concerning whether the man involved was this John Carson or John C. Carson of Brazos County, who didn't arrive in Leon County until the early 1850's. John appeared in the Texas state census of 1746 in Tyler, Texas.

On 12 Nov., 1836, a John S CARSON purchased Texas Scrip from Almazon Huston for 640 acres of land in the Robertson District, Leon County, Texas. He was in Natchez, Mississippi at the time. John sold the land to James Carson, Jr., of Natchez, Mississippi on Dec. 9, 1839. This is the only reference to John's middle initials, "S", which never appear on any other document. It is believed that James Carson is James Green Carson, but it is not known why he used "Jr.".

He married (2015) Lucy Elizabeth (Davis) CARSON on 19 July, 1857 in Limestone County, Texas. She was born on 19 Sept., 1840 in Christian County, Kentucky, (she would have been 54 years younger than John.) Lucy's first husband died in the War Between the States. They were probably married in Limestone County, Texas. Sometime after 1866, Lucy along with her parents and her siblings moved to Comal County, Texas. Their property was near the Kendall County line. After John's death, Lucy married for a third time in 1886. She died on 5 Aug., 1927 in Kendall County, Texas.

John became a recluse and lived on a ranch on the Cibolo River, 24 miles northwest of San Antonio. He married his fourth wife at about 90 years of age. She was young, but her name is not known. A short time thereafter, some Germans eventually found his decomposed body away out west of San Antonio toward Comfort or Boerne, Texas. They buried him on the spot. It was stated that he had a "cramp colic". His "widow" then vanished. Robert and another brother later found his horse and mule and learned of his fate. He died either in 1874 or 1875.

There were no children from the third or fourth wives.

SEVENTH GENERATION

82      Frances (Carson) BOYETT was born in Mississippi on 26 Nov., 1823 and died in Bryan, Texas on 20 Aug., was born in Mississippi on 26 Nov., 1823 and died in Bryan, Texas on 20 Aug., 1887. She was in Tyler, Texas in the census of 1860, and in Bryan, Texas for the censuses of 1860, 1870, and 1880. She was married to (139) James C. BOYETT, who was born in Tennessee in 1811 and died on 13 April, 1874. [Please see chapter 11 on the BOYETT family]. Their children were:
+140     Thomas Pinckney BOYETT [continued in chapter 11]
    952     John Robert BOYETT was born in 1841, served in the Confederate Army and
                died on 17 Dec., 1869. He is buried in the Bryan City Cemetery, Brazos Co., Texas
  +953    Martha Lucy (Boyett) GRAY
    954     Phoebe (Boyett) HEARNE was born on 25 April, 1856 and lived in Bryan, Texas
    955    James Cobb BOYETT [continued in chapter 11]
   956     William Carson BOYETT [continued in chapter 11]
+1975   Nathaniel L. BOYETT
   989     Nancy (Boyett) COOK was born on 2 July, 1854, and married (994) R. A. COOK

2004    Martha (Carson) BOYETT was born on 20 Sept., 1825 in Madison County, Mississippi. and died in Llano County, Texas (probably) between June, 1900 and April, 1910. She was married to (2003) Nathan L. BOYETT who was the brother of (139) James C. Boyett [Please see chapter 11 for more information on the Boyett family]. In 1850 she was living in Tyler County, Texas, with her sister Frances (Carson) BOYETT. In 1860 she was living in Burleson County, Texas. In 1880 she was living in Blanco County, Texas. In 1900 she was living in in Llano County, Texas with her daughter, (2017) Mary J. (Boyett) HAYWOOD. Their known children were:
    +2017 Mary J. (Boyett) HAYWOOD
    +2005 John BOYETT
     2024   Lucy BOYETT was born about 1860 in Texas, and was living in Burleson County, Texas
                 in 1870.
     2025   Lucinda BOYETT was born about 1864 in Texas and was living in Burleson County, Texas
                 in 1870.
     2026   Samuel BOYETT was born about 1866 in Texas and was living in Burleson County, Texas
                 in 1870.
     2027 Ellen BOYETT was born about 1869 in Texas and was living in Burleson County, Texas
                in 1870.

2007    John CARSON Jr.

2008    Elizabeth "Betsy" (Carson) PARKER was born on 9 Feb., 1811 in Mississippi and died on 6 Dec., 1863 in Bell County, Texas. She married (2249) Joshua Joseph PARKER.

2009     Ann (Carson) HERRING was born on 12 April, 1813 in Mississippi and died on 14 A;ril, 1899 in Macune, San Augustine County, Texas. She married 2250 Jacob Peter HERRING.

2010    Thomas Pinckney CARSON was born on 19 Aug., 1819 in Madison County, Mississippi, and died in 1868 in Blanco County, Texas. He married his first wife before 1844 probably in Tyler County, Texas. She was (2251) Elizabeth? (George)? CARSON who was born in Mississippi before 1844 and died on 19 Nov., 1851 in Tyler County, Texas. They had a daughter:
     2253    Mary Jane (Carson) FOSTER. She was born about 1849 in Texas and married (2254) Charles
                  FOSTER, who was born about 1845 in Massachusetts.

His second wife was (2252) Martha A. E. (Allison) CARSON. She was born in 1829 in Tennessee and died about 1880, probably in Blanco County, Texas. Their children were:
    +2255    John Pinckney CARSON
     2256     Amanda (Carson) GRALEN was born on 30 Sept., 1844 in Texas and died on 29 March, 1939 in
                   Bell County, Texas. She was married to (2257) Henry GRALEN. He was born in 1825 in France
                   and died between 1880 and 1900 probably in Brazos County, Texas.
     2258     Sarah CARSON was born about 1853 in Tyler County, Texas.
     2259     Joseph Thomas CARSON was born on 27 January, 1856 in Tyler County, Texas and died on 21
                   April, 1943. He was married to (2260) Sallie Emma (Goza) CARSON.
     2261     Emma CARSON was born about 1856 in Tyler County, Texas
     2262    Martha CARSON was born about 1858 In Tyler County, Texas
     2263    Margaret E. CARSON was born about 1862 in Tyler County, Texas

2014     Robert Cafferty CARSON was born 11 June, 1832 in Madison County, Mississippi. He moved with his family to San Augustine County, Texas later in that decade and stayed for a number of years. By 1850 he had moved to Tyler County, Texas and joined the Texas Rangers. By 1860 he had moved to Blanco County, Texas He was married to (2029) Mary Elizabeth (Green) CARSON on 29 Dec., 1860. He served in the War Between the States in the Third Texas Infantry, Luckett's Regiment. After the war he returned to raising cattle and Mexican goats in Blanco County until his death on 30 Nov., 1912. Mary was born in Mississippi in 1841 and died in 1925. Their known children were:
     +2030    Silas Green CARSON
     +2031    Lillie Jane (Carson) PALMER
     +2032    John Morman CARSON
     +2040    Frank Herbert CARSON

EIGHTH GENERATION

1975   Nathaniel L. BOYETT was born in June, 1847 and was married to (73) Martha A. CARSON, daughter of (63) Nathan Franklin CARSON. They were married on 9 Oct., 1872 and he died in Sept., 1873, less than a year later. She is not buried next to him. It is not known if they had any children.

2005 John BOYETT was born about 1862 in Texas, and was living in Burleson County, Texas in
1870. He moved to Arizona with his cousin on his mother's side, (2030) Silas Green CARSON.

2030    Silas Green CARSON was born 7 May, 1874 in Blanco County, Texas, and died 4 Nov, 1900 in El Paso, Texas. He had moved to Bisbee, Arizona, and while there was bitten by a rabid skunk while sleeping on the ground. He subsequently died of rabies in El Paso.

2032    John Morman CARSON was born on 29 Nov., 1861 in Blanco County. He married (2061) Sarah Arabell "Belle" (Payne) CARSON on 30 June, 1886 in San Marcos, Texas. He became a mining engineer and he and his wife and children moved to Mexico where he was employed in the Mexican silver mines in Chihuahua. He died there of gallstones on 17 Jan., 1908. With the Mexican revolution and the government basically nationalizing the mining industry, his eldest son, Robert, gathered up Belle and his sisters and headed back to Blanco Texas in a covered wagon in about 1908. They lived in the wagon for some months, until they could get settled again. Their children were:
     +2033    John Robert CARSON
     +2062    Mary Etta (Carson) THORNTON
        2070   Margaret (Carson) UNKNOWN

2040    Frank Herbert CARSON was born in 1881 and died in 1949. He was a civil engineer who built roads, airports, mining and hydroelectric infrastructure, and worked most of his life in Mexico. In the 1930's he disappeared from the family history due to the scandal of marrying a 13 year old Mexican girl while he was 58 and having 4 children with her. His descendents live now in Torreon, Mexico.

2255    John Pinckney CARSON was born on 30 Sept., 1844 in (probably) Tyler County, Texas, and died 29 March, 1939 in Bell County, Texas.   He was buried 30 March, 1939 in Greathouse Cemetery, Bell County, Texas. He married on 25 Dec., 1867 in Tyler County, Texas (2280) Mary Jane (Neil) CARSON, who was born 28 July, 1849 in Mississippi and died on 12 May, 1934 in Bell County, Texas, and buried in Greathouse Cemetery on 13 May, 1934. She was the daughter of Culbertson Cessna Neil and Sarah Ann (Ludlow) NEEL, and lived in Polk, Texas in 1850. John and Mary Jane lived in Tyler County, Texas in 1870 and 1880. In 1900 they were living in Milam County, Texas. In 1910 and 1920, they were living in Bell County, Texas.

John served in the Confederate army between 1862 and 1863 as a private, Company A, Second Regiment, Johnson's Brigade, Texas Mounted Volunteers, Colonel George H. Sweet, commanding. John enlisted on 1 Jan., 1862 in Blanco for 12 months. He was 16 years of age but his parents gave their verbal consent to Colonel Sweet. He was a private, Company B, Mounted Frontier Regiment, Colonel James E. McCord Commanding, T.S.T. John W. Lawhorn, Captain and commanding officer. The second enlistment was at Camp Verde, Texas on January 15, 1863 at 18 years.

The following is clipping from the Temple Telegram, circ. 1933, among papers of Lillie Carson Palmer.

                                                  "BROTHERS PARTED AFTER CIVIL WAR UNITED AGAIN"

"J.P. Carson, 88, venerated citizen of Heidenheimer for half a century, met his brother Joe Carson, 76, at Austin Sunday for the first time in 66 years.

Only last week they learned that they had been living within 70 miles of each other without knowing it.

F.C. Carson of Temple, son of J.P. Carson, took his father to Austin Sunday for the reunion. The two men recognized each other instantly and fell upon each other's shoulder, weeping so that neither could speak for some time.

When at last they straightened up, they began to talk excitedly about their brothers and sisters - som dea and some living.

Shortly after J.P. Carson returned to the family home in Blanco after the Civil War, the brothers parted and lost track of each other."

The following obituary is from the Temple Daily Telegram, Thursday, 30 March, page 2.

                                                         "J.P. CARSON, 94, TAKEN BY DEATH"

"J.P. Carson, 94, died at his home in Heidenheimer Wednesday afternoon after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Heidenheimer Baptist Church with Rev. B.B. Blaylock and Rev. Henry Ford officiating.

Mr. Carson was born Sept. 30, 1844. He served as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War and also served as a Texas Ranger. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Carso lived in Heidenheimer 30 years. His wife preceded him in death in May, 1934.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Edna Pitts of Houston and Mrs. L. T. Burton of Fort Worth; four sons, A.B., and C.A. Carson of Heidenheimer, Charles Carson of Chicago, and Frank Carson of Temple; a half-brother, Joe Carson of Austin, 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren"

The following obituary is from the Temple Daily Telegram, Monday, May 13, 1934, page 2.

                                                       "MRS. J.P. CARSON, 84, BURIED TODAY"

                              "Services to be held at Heidenheimer Baptist Church at 3 PM"

"Mrs. Mary Jane Carson, wife of J.P. Carson, age 84 years, died at her home at Heidenheimer Saturday morning at 7:10 o'clock after an extended illness.

She was formerly Miss Mary Jane Neel and was married to J.P. Carson December 25, 1867. She had lived in Texas all of her life and in Bell County for the past 26 years.

She is survived by four sons and two daughters, ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. One brother, E.W. Neel of Colmesnel, Texas survives"

Their children were:
     2281    Ida V. CARSON was born about 1868 in Tyler County, Texas and died before 1880 in Milam County,
                 Texas. In 1870 she was living in Tyler Texas.
     2282    Henry E. CARSON was born in Aug., 1870 in Tyler County, Texas, and died on 8 Aug., 1927 in
                 Temple, Bell County, Texas. He was buried on 10 Aug., 1927 in Greathouse Cemetery, Bell County,
                 Texas. He was married to (2283) Lillie Viola (Strickland) CARSON
    2284    Albert Benton CARSON was born in September of 1872 in Tyler County, Texas, and died on 14
                 July, 1945 in Bell County, Texas. In 1880 he was living in Tyler, Texas, in 1900 and 1910 he was living
                  in Milam County Texas. In 1930 he was living in Bell County, Texas
    2285   Edna Cary (Carson) PITTS was born in June, 1875 in Tyler County, Texas, and died 21 Oct.,
                 in Harris County, Texas. She married (2286) Dr. Mack William PITTS, Jr.
    2287   Rosa C. CARSON was born in January 1878 in Tyler County, Texas, and died about 1885 in Milam
                 County, Texas.
    2288   George N. CARSON was born in February, 1880 in Tyler County, Texas and died about 1905 in
                 Texas.
    +2265 Culley Clyde CARSON Sr.
    2289    Charles CARSON was born in July, 1887 in Tyler County Texas,
    2290    Franklin B. CARSON was born in November, 1889 in Tyler County, Texas. In 1900 he was living
                 in Milam County, Texas, and in 1910 and 1920 he was living in Bell County, Texas.
    2291    Mary Frances CARSON was born in June, 1892 in Tyler County, Texas. She married (2292)
                 Leonard Taylor BURTON.

NINTH GENERATION

2033    John Robert CARSON was born in 1887 and died in 1964. He had a daughter:
     +2034    Ruby Lucille (Carson) BIGGS

2062    Mary Etta (Carson) THORNTON was born 10 Dec., 1889 in Blanco, Texas. After Belle Carson (her mother) returned from Mexico, she became neighbors with the Thornton family in Blanco, so Mary Etta met and married (2063) William Langston THORNTON sometime in 1910 and by 1920 they had moved and were living in San Antonio, Texas with Belle Carson. William was a carpenter by trade and they lived with Belle until Mary Etta's death on 3 July, 1929. She is buried at Mission Burial Park South in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. They had one son:
    +2064    Robert Daniel THORNTON

2265    Culley Clyde CARSON Sr. was born on 9 Aug., 1882 in Tyler County, Texas. He married (2270) Elizabeth Luella Virginia (Peck) CARSON pm 25 Sept., 1910. She was born in Parksville, Tennessee and died 22 June, 1958 in Tyler, Texas. They were living in Milam County, Texas in 1900 and 1920. Their son was:
     +2266      Culley Clyde CARSON Jr.

TENTH GENERATION

2034    Ruby Lucille (Carson) BIGGS was born in 1913 and died in 1967. She had a daughter:
     +2035    Gypsy Joan (Biggs) CARPENTER

2064    Robert Daniel THORNTON was born 18 Nov., 1911 in McLennan County, Texas. He lived with his Aunt (2070) Margaret (Carson) Unknown after Mary Etta's death. He was a mechanic at
his uncle's garage, then joined the Army Air Corps when World War II started. Apparently, he was a bit of a devil as a boy, as he had had a run-in with the local sheriff when he was caught tipping over out-houses, and once getting together with some friends and putting a wagon up on top of the Bexas County Courthouse on Halloween. He was sent to El Paso, Texas initially in the Air Corps for training, then to Pullman Washington before being sent overseas to Europe. He met (2055) Marjorie Helen (Maynard) THORNTON while in the service and after a three week courtship were married on 29 May, 1942. Marjorie had been raised on a sheep ranch in Idaho, and was quite vocal about her ancestors, who had migrated from Connecticut to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Washington, and finally Idaho. They were indeed pioneers.

Robert remained in the Air Force for twenty years, retiring first in Sacramento, California, then some months later moving to San Antonio, Texas, where they remained until their deaths. Robert died on 6 December, 1987 at Willford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. They had one daughter:
    +2065    Patricia Eileen (Thornton) BLANCHARD

2266 Culley Clyde CARSON Jr. was born in 1916 in Heidenheimer, Bell County, Texas. He died on 16 June, 1996 in Durham, North Carolina. He married (2271) Dorothy (Scarborough) CARSON on 29 Aug., 1939. Their children were:
     +2267    Culley Clyde CARSON III
     2272      Carolyn V. CARSON was born on 7 Feb., 1949 in Manchester, CT
     2272      Linda F. CARSON was born on 8 Feb., 1952

ELEVENTH GENERATION

2035    Gypsy Joan (Biggs) CARPENTER was born in 1939 she had a son:
     +2039    Stephen Winselo CARPENTER

2065    Patricia Eileen (Thornton) BLANCHARD was born on 31 Dec., 1946 at Coolidge AFB in Antigua, British West Indies. Her family then moved to British Guiana, Washington D.C., Panama, and Sacramento, California, Glendale, California, then San Antonio, when Patricia was about 10 years of age. She married (2071) James Ellis BLANCHARD who was born on 20 February, 1946 in Kentwood, Louisiana. She works as a bookkeeper in a lawyers office in San Antonio, Texas (as of 2005), and has worked for lawyers most of her career. Her interests are genealogy, sewing, quilting, gardening, scrapbooking, movies, and reading.
They have two children:
     2068    Heather Leah BLANCHARD was born in Houston, Texas on 4 May, 1979, and she is
                   attending San Antonio College as of 2005.
     2069    David Christian BLANCHARD was born in San Antonio, Texas on 18 August, 1973, and
                   resides in Missouri as of 2005.

2267    Culley Clyde CARSON III was born on 25 Feb., 1945 in Westerly, Rhode Island. He is a medical doctor and is head of the department of urology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was a Rhodes scholar, graduated from Trinity College Cambridge and George Washington University School of Medicine, did his residency in 1973 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and had a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in 1978. He has written at least nine publications. His children are:
    +2268 Culley Clyde CARSON IV
    2322 Hilary CARSON

TWELFTH GENERATION

2039    Stephen Winselo CARPENTER was born in 1967

2268    Culley Clyde CARSON IV is an attorney with Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice in Durham, North Carolina (in 2007). He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and he attended Catholic University of America Law School in Washington DC. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Durham. He met his wife (2319) Sarah Elizabeth (Weitzel) CARSON while they were attending law school, both graduating in 1999, and marrying on 2 Oct., 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia They currently (2007) reside in Cary, North Carolina. They have two sons:
     +2269 Culley Clyde Carson V
    +2321   William Heiser Carson

THIRTEENTH GENERATION

2269    Culley Clyde CARSON V was born on 13 Feb., 2002

2321   William Heiser Carson was born on 15 Dec., 2005

SOURCES:

1.    Research by (2065) Patricia T. Blanchard, 13700 Judson Road, Lot #56, San Antonio, Texas 78233
       and (2039) Stephen Carpenter, P.O. Box 869, Youngsville, Louisiana, 70592

2.    Letter from (2016) Lillie (Carson) PALMER to William Waller Carson of Knoxville, Tennessee,
       dated 18 July, 1917. William Waller Carson was a descendent of Thomas Gibson Carson.

3.   Family records, William Waller Carson, Knoxville, Tenn., 1845 - 1930 LSU Library, bound manuscript, MSS
      #2919

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