The Carson Family

From Washington County, Virginia 
To Rockcastle County, Kentucky
To Jellico, Tennessee
To Davie, Broward County, Florida

David Carson Jr., born about 1780

David Carson was born about 1741 (not documented) and died about 1803. He lived and worked as a surveyor in and around Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. He was active in religious affairs, community affairs, and the military. 

About 1765, he married Elizabeth Dysart (sister of Col. James Dysart?) who was born about 1745. Their sixth child (fourth son) was David Jr.

David Carson Jr., born August 20, 1780 in Abingdon, Washington Co., Virginia and died June 28, 1839 in Fayetteville, Lawrence Co., Indiana. On September 26, 1799 in Cedarville, Washington County, Virginia, David married Cynthia Meek, the daughter of Samuel Meek and Elizabeth Campbell. After he divorced Cynthia Meek Carson on December 13, 1820, David Carson Jr. on March 22, 1823 married Elizabeth Cathers, the widow of Jonathan Sellers, and moved from Rockcastle Co., Kentucky to Indiana.

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Ransom Carson, a son of David Carson, Jr. and Cynthia Meek recorded some of his family history in his Bible.

Information on Ransom Carson can be found in "Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendents" by Ila Earle Fowler (1951).

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