The Carson Family
From
Washington County, Virginia
To Rockcastle County, Kentucky
To Jellico, Tennessee
To Davie, Broward County, Florida
Who were David Carson's Parents?
David Carson is the earliest family member in this Carson line that we are able to identify. There is no agreement on who are his parents or from where he came. Some clues:
* James Carson, born about 1766, is thought to be the oldest child of David and Elizabeth (Dysart) Carson. On January 23, 1789 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, James Carson married
Isabella Gibson.
Rockbridge County was created October 20, 1777 from Old Augusta and Botetourt Counties. Botetourt County was created from Old Augusta County November 7, 1769. Old Augusta County was located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and was created on November 1, 1738 when Orange County was divided.
* David Carson was in Washington County, Virginia as early as 1772. (At that time he was already married to
Elizabeth Dysart.)
Washington County is located in the southwestern corner of Virginia at the southern end of the Shenandoah Valley.
* James Dysart, a relative of Elizabeth (Dysart) Carson, married
Agnes Beaty in 1775. Agnes Beaty was the daughter of John Beaty who settled on Kerr's Creek (aka Tees Creek) in Rockbridge County, Virginia about 1750.
VIRGINIA CARSON CONNECTION?
We have no reason to believe that David Carson (1741 - 1803) was related to the brothers Charles Stewart Carson and Lieutenant John Carson discussed below.
In 1748, Dr. Thomas Walker (who in 1752 became a
deputy surveyor of Augusta County, Virginia) led a party (including Colonel James Patton,
Colonel John Buchanan, and Major Charles Campbell) that explored southwest
Virginia. They surveyed and claimed land under the James Patton grant. (Some of
which had been surveyed earlier by John Buchanan.)
Source: Page 43 Summers “History of Southwest Virginia”
In 1748, John Buchanan surveyed an area in
southwest Virginia for
Charles Campbell, called Buffalo Lick. After salt water was discovered on the
land around 1781, it was called Saltville. Charles Campbell was the father of
Col William Campbell (of the Battle of Kings
Mountain). Col William Campbell, who inherited the land from his
father, had two children: Sarah Buchanan Campbell and Charles Henry Campbell
(who died at age five). Sarah Buchanan Campbell in 1793 married Col Francis
Preston. From 1808 to 1819, Charles S Carson, executor of James King, was involved in the
salt works.
Source: Page 584 Summers “History of Southwest Virginia”
Charles S Carson was a solder in the war of 1812. His brother Lieutenant John
Carson died in 1781 from wounds received from the battle of Eutaw Springs in
South Carolina. Their sister married Charles Stewart Bekem. Charles Stewart
Bekem's sister, Sallie K
Bekem, married William King of Saltsville.
Source: Page 791 Summers “History of Southwest Virginia”
In 1774, Lieutenant John Carson had 130 acres on the North Fork of the Holston
River surveyed. In 1774, Robert Carson had 190 acres on the North Fork of the
Holston River (Rich Valley) surveyed.
Source: Page 812 Summers “History of Southwest Virginia”
At a Court for Washington County held, November
19th, 1782: “On Motion of John Carson, ordered that summons issue for Francis
Kincannon respecting the boundary lines of their land.”
Source: Page 1126 of "Annals of Southwest Virginia" by Lewis Preston
Summers.
Source: General Index to Deeds: Washington Co. Va. Will Bk. B. ( This may be
labeled Deed Bk. B) (File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Judy
Tillison Wright)
p. 433 Estate of Charles Carson mentions boarding and schooling of children Wm.
and Jane BAKERN (BAKEM?), James, Margaret, Sally, John Charles, Jane from
1815-1820
pgs. 432, 434, 442 Charles Carson Settlement of Estate, 1819- 1820. (See Will Deed
Book B p. 412)
p. 438 Charles S. Carson, dec. was executor of James KING, deceased.
Our Carson Cousins [Quarterly Newsletter]
Vol 6 No 2, Feb 1997
Betty J Carson, Editor
366 Sease Hill Road
Lexington, SC 29073-8977
Notes from pages 32-36
* John Simpson married Betsey Buchanan and they had son
George Simpson. George Simpson immigrated to New Castle Delaware in 1788 and to
western Virginia in 1794. He engaged in business with William King of the salt
works.
* James Carson, Sr married Nancy Buchanan, sister of Betsy Buchanan and had at
least two children: James Carson, Jr and Charles Carson.
* James Carson, Jr married Miss Stewart and their children were: John Carson,
Charles Stewart Carson, and Jane Carson.
* John Carson emigrated from Ireland to Cecil Co Maryland before the Rev War.
Lieutenant John Carson was in the Continental Line for 3 years. Lieutenant
John
Carson never married and died in 1781.
* Charles Stewart Carson in 1794 was living in western Virginia with William King
of the salt works. Around 1801, William King, his brother James, and Charles
Stewart Carson went into the mercantile business in Nashville, Tennessee.
Charles Stewart Carson never married and died in 1815.
* Jane Carson in Ireland married Bekem. Jane and Bekem immigrated to America in
1803. Their children settled in Washington Co, Va.
From 1795 through 1797, David Craig and Martha his wife, of County of Northumberland, State of Pennsylvania sold a number of lots in and around the Town of Abingdon, Virginia.
Charles Stewart Carson was a regular witness. William King and Charles Carson were among the buyers.
In the same time frame, the Commonwealth of Virginia gave to Robert Campbell, William Y. Conn, and Robert Craig “Authority to take acknowledgement of Martha Craig.”
(Question:
Is this the same David Craig who married Margaret Carson?)
In the same time frame, William King purchased “one Negro boy named George” for $300. Witnesses were
Chas S Carson and Samuel King.
In the same time frame, the Trustees of the Town of Abingdon were selling lots. Charles Carson purchased lots # 65 and # 68.
Charles Carson and Rachel his wife also sold property in and near the town.
Source: "Annals of Southwest Virginia" by Lewis Preston Summers, Pages 1328 - 1337
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The 1810 Federal Census for Washington County, Virginia lists: Charles S Carson, David Carson, and Saml Carson.
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We do not know how David Carson
(1741 - 1803) was related to the Samuel Carson, born about 1739, of
Washington County, Virginia discussed below.
Samuel Carson of Washington County, Virginia was the father of: David, born April 15, 1774 who on January 29, 1804 married
Mary DeBusk; and Samuel, born about 1777 who about 1805 married Katherine Margaret
DeBusk. (Mary and Katherine Margaret were the daughters of Elijah DeBusk and
Catherine Rouse.)
Around 1800 the sons of David Carson (1741 - 1803) relocated from Washington County, Virginia to Tennessee and Kentucky.
After 1830 the sons of Samuel Carson, born about 1739, relocated from Washington County, Virginia to Illinois.
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In Family Tree Y-DNA studies, a 4th great grandson of David Carson (the deputy surveyor of Washington County, Virginia) and a
4th great grandson of
Samuel Carson (born about 1739 of Washington County, Virginia) at 37
markers had a Genetic Distance of three.
Distance: 3 - Related
34/37 You share the same surname (or a variant) with another male and you mismatch by three 'points' --a 34/37 match. Your mismatch is likely within the range of most well established surname lineages in Western Europe.
In comparing Y-DNA 37 marker results, the probability that the two subjects shared a common ancestor within the last...
COMPARISON CHART
Generations Percentage
4
11.92%
8
46.90%
12
75.95%
16
90.91%
20
96.95%
24
99.06%
28
99.73%
Since each marker has a different mutation rate, identical
Genetic Distances will not necessarily yield the same probabilities. In other
words, even though the David Carson descendant has a Genetic Distance‡ of 3
from the Samuel Carson descendant, someone else with the same Genetic Distance
may have different probabilities, because the distance of 3 was prompted by
mutations in different markers, with different mutation rates.
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Copied from “Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fayette County,” 1910
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois Edited by Newton Bateman, LL D, Paul Selby, A.M. and History of Fayette County Edited by Robert W. Ross John J Bullington, Munsell Publishing Company Publishers, 1910 A Reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc. 1972 pages 729 and 730 (Notes handwritten on page in parenthesis)
William Lane Carson
CARSON, William Lane, for more than four score years a resident of what is now Carson Township, Fayette County, Ill., which was named in his honor, and during all his mature life identified with the best agricultural interests of the county, is now passing the waning period of life in the midst of every material comfort that wealth can afford, conscious of the deep respect and cordial regard of a host of friends. Mr. Carson was born in New Abingdon, Washington count, Va., September 15, 1828. His parents were
David and Mary Debusk Carson, natives of that State, and the birthplace of his paternal grandfather,
Samuel Carson, was in County Downs, Ireland. He came to America at the age of sixteen years, on board of a British Man-of-War, which met a French Battleship in mid-ocean and in the engagement which ensued, he suffered a broken shoulder. Samuel Carson settled in Berkeley County, Va. now W. Va., and during the Revolutionary War, although a man of delicate health, rendered official service in the Colonial Army.
David Carson was born April 15, 1774, and when twelve years old was taken by his parents to Washington County, Va. where he grew up and was married to
Mary Debusk, whose father was of American birth and French Huguenot descent. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. On October 9, 1834,
David Carson left Virginia for Bartholomew County, Ind., whence in 1837, he moved to Fayette County, Ill., to join an elder brother of William L.,
Samuel Carson, born in 1804. David’s brother, Samuel, had journeyed to the county about the year 1830, following farming in what is now Seminary Township, and in 1834 went back to Virginia, where his had remained. Later they lived in Seminary Township, but finally settled in Sefton Township, where he died, when about seventy-seven years old. He reared a large number of children, of whom two of his sons, James and John, were farmers in Sefton Township and served as County Surveyors. None of Samuel’s children survive, and William L. Carson is the sole survivor of the eleven children of his father, being the only living representative of the two families. William’s brother,
Samuel Carson, had been a teacher in Madison County, ill., and then a peddler, and when he located in Fayette County, he sold goods on the farm where the subject of this sketch now lives. He had built a hewed log house, with small attached buildings, as a trading post for Indian barter, having a wide field of operation and doing a thriving business. The hides, furs, etc., which he received from the Indians were hauled to St. Louis for marketing. In 1833, about the time of the “falling stars” he revisited Virginia and the
William L. Carson recalls the falling of the stars, and the fact of being awakened from sleep to witness the event.
Samuel Carson died in May 1837, having never married; he left an estate and David, his father, removed to Illinois and devoted some time to arranging the settlement of the property. He was the owner of 900 acres of land, including the homestead of 129 acres, which was bought by David, who settled on it in 1837. Samuel had studied medicine in Virginia and received his diploma, but had drifted out of a professional career into that of a trader. Although he had been in Fayette County ten years, there were but a few settlers in the vicinity of his place.
David Carson moved into the store building with the shelves still in it, and it continued to be his home until the time of his death, which took place in 1851, when he was seventy-seven years, seven months and seven days old. He had been a teacher in Indiana, and continued to teach in Fayette County for a number of years. His old rate book, containing a record of each of his pupils is still in the possession of his son, William L.
Mary Debusk Carson, his widow, died in 1864 at the age of seventy-two. Their family, as before indicated, consisted of eleven children, ten of whom reached maturity. Their names are as follows: Samuel, was well educated and practiced medicine, born November 19, 1804, deceased May 12, 1837; Elijah, born in 1806, deceased in Indiana, in 1835; Hiram, a teacher and farmer, was well educated having studied law under Judge Russel in Abindon, Va., born October 7, 1808, deceased in 1854, unmarried; Rebecca; Matthew, deceased in infancy; Rachel; Wesley, Catherine; Polly; Celina, and William L. The eldest daughter, Rebecca, was born in 1810; she married Heston Buchanan, in Virginia, moved to Indiana in 1833, and died at an advanced age. Rachel married Milton F. Rogers, in 1836, and died in Shelby County, Ill. in 1901. Wesley, born in 1817, was a teacher in Loudon Township, Fayette County: he died in 1842. Catherine was born in 1820 in Washington County Va., and died in Ramsey Township, Fayette County, in 1880. Polly, born in 1823 married Strother Nichols, lived in Carson Township, and died at an early age. Celina, born in 1826, married William B. Nichols, who died in 1846; her second husband was John Spence. She died February 2, 1849.
William L. Carson was nine years old when brought to Fayette County and was reared to manhood on the spot where he now lives, being the only son who remained with his father and mother throughout their lives. For his care of them he received the homestead property. After occupying the old store building until 1872, he built his present home a first class residence, and one of the oldest in the county: it stands on an eminence, with pleasing surroundings. (The house has 1860 inscribed in the steps) From time to time he has added to the extent of the farm, until it now consists of 391 acres, in one body. It was the first tract of land broken in Fayette County, by the pioneer settler, Guy Beck, from whom Beck’s Creek is named.
Carson Township, formerly a part of Bowling Green Township, was cut off by the Board of Supervisors, and was named in honor of
William L. Carson. For one year Mr. Carson conducted a store on his farm. He has fed cattle, hogs, etc., and introduced the first blooded stock in his vicinity. He still attends to his own business affairs. He has always been fond of outdoor sports, such as hunting, etc., and became an expert shot. He has greatly enjoyed horse racing, and has kept horses on the track for years: Sam Austin rode for him ten years. He has also maintained a kennel of sporting dogs, and has indulged in most of the amusements of life. He was reared under Cumberland Presbyterian church influences, but was not a church member. In early life he was connected with the American party, also with the Sons of Malta.
The wife of Mr. Carson was formerly Lucy A. Smith of Madison County, Ill., whose father lived some time in Fayette County, but died in Missouri. Two daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Carson,--Ottillie and Ethel. The former is the wife of
Lawrence E Stokes, a resident of Ramsey and the latter lives at home. At the age of fifteen years,
Ethel Carson secured a certificate to teach school, but has not followed that occupation, preferring to remain on the farm. She keeps in touch, however, with all important movements in the cause of education.
Politically Mr. Carson has long been a staunch supporter of the Republican party, and although he has never aspired to political honors, he has served as School director, and held minor local offices. He has always been open and above board, and his views on political and other questions are will known in the community of which he has so long been an honored resident. Mr. Carson’s father is authority for the statement that he is descended from the same family as
Kit Carson, the famous hunter, trapper, and pioneer scout, whose name is so familiar to readers of the history of the pioneer settlement of the Middle West.
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Lucy Smith
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1880: Bowling Green, Fayette, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Neighbors:
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members:
Name Age
Lucy Smith 23
Ottilie Smith 2
Ethel Smith 1
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Bowling Green, Fayette, Illinois; Roll: 206; Family History Film: 1254206; Page: 47B; Enumeration District: 094; Image: 0096.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: Lucy Ann Smith
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: William Lane Carson
Marriage Date: May 03, 1896
Marriage County: Fayette
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Vandalia, IL.
Source Information:
Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp.. Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Index compiled from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah by Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059). Specific source information is listed with each entry.
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The 1810 Federal Census for Rockcastle County, Kentucky lists:
David Carson, Joseph Carson, and Wm Carson.
The 1810 Federal Census for Washington County, Virginia lists: Charles S
Carson, David Carson, and Saml Carson.
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Washington County VA Will Book 1, 1777 – 1792, by Shelby Ireson Edwards, Bristol, Virginia.
Page 143, 25 Dec 1788, William Moore, David Buchanan, Samuel Carson witnessed the will of William
Edmiston.
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On October 22, 1789 Robert Edmiston (of the County of Davidson State of North Carolina) for 28 pounds sold to
Samuel Carson 92 acres on the South Side South Fork of Holston River
Source: “Annals of Southwest Virginia” by Summers page 1289
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Washington County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists Volume 2
1791-1799 Abstracted by Thomas Jack Hockett
Washington County Personal Property and Land Book 1791 Upper District
Name of Tithable # of White County
Levys
Carson, Samuel
2
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On September 18, 1792 Robert Edmiston (of the County of Davidson State of North Carolina) for 28 pounds sold to
Samuel Carson 114 acres on the South Fork of Holston River
Source: “Annals of Southwest Virginia” by Summers page 1296
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Washington County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists
Volume 2 1791-1799 Abstracted by Thomas Jack Hockett
Washington County Personal Property and Land Book 1792 Upper District: List of David Carson
Tithable # of White County Levys # of Slaves
Carson, Samuel
2
0
Carson, William
1
0
Carson, David
1
0
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Washington County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists
Volume 2 1791-1799 Abstracted by Thomas Jack Hockett
Washington County Personal Property and Land Book 1793 Upper District: List of David Carson
Tithable White County Levys Slaves Horses
Carson, David
1
0
6
Carson, William 1
0 1
Carson, Samuel
2
0
3
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On October 1, 1794 John Gamble for 50 pounds sold to Samuel Carson 126 acres on the South Side South Fork of Holston River
Source: “Annals of Southwest Virginia” by Summers page 1304
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Washington County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists
Volume 2 1791-1799 Abstracted by Thomas Jack Hockett
Washington County Personal Property and Land Book 1794
Upper District: List of David Carson
Tithable # of White County Levys # of Slaves
Carson, Samuel, Jr
3
0
Carson, David, Sr
2
0
Carson, William
1
0
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Washington County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists
Volume 2 1791-1799 Abstracted by Thomas Jack Hockett
Washington County Personal Property and Land Book 1796
Upper District: List of John Stewart
Tithable # of White County Levys # of Slaves
Carson, David
3
0
Carson, Samuel
3
0
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On March 21, 1797 James Catchim for 10 pounds sold to Samuel Carson 6 acres on the South Side South Fork of Holston River. Witnesses:
D. Craig, David Carson, Samuel Fulton, James Edmondson.
Source: “Annals of Southwest Virginia” by Summers page 1320
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Washington County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists
Volume 2 1791-1799 Abstracted by Thomas Jack Hockett
Washington County Personal Property and Land Book 1797
Upper District: List of John Stewart
Tithable # of White County Levys # of Slaves
Carson, David
3
0
Carson, Samuel
3
0
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Washington County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists
Volume 2 1791-1799 Abstracted by Thomas Jack Hockett
Washington County Personal Property and Land Book 1798
Upper District: List of James Duffey
Tithable White County Levys Slaves Horses Acres
Carson, David, Sr 2
0 4
430
Carson, David, Jr 1
0 0
Carson, Wm
1 0
1
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Washington County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists
Volume 2 1791-1799 Abstracted by Thomas Jack Hockett
Washington County Personal Property and Land Book 1799
Upper District: List of James Duffey
Tithable
White Horses
Carson, David, Sr
1
2
Carson, David, Jr
1
1
Carson, Samuel
3 5
(Slaves recorded as zero)
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Washington County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists
Volume 3 1800-1807, 1809-1810
Abstracted by Thomas Jack Hockett
Washington County Personal Property and Land Book 1800 Upper District:
List of James Duffy
Tithable
Co. Levys Horses Acres
Carson, David
1
2
Carson, David, Sr
2
2 430
(Slaves recorded as zero.)
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Abstracts of Washington County VA Will Book No 2, 1791 – 1812
(Part I:1791-1801) by Jack Hockett, 2002.
Pages 424-425. On Dec 20, 1803, the inventory and appraisement of the personal
estate of David Carson was submitted to the county court.
David Craig,
administrator. Appraisers: Wm Snodgrass, Jos Snodgrass, John Edmondson, and
William Moore.
DB2:225 1803 Settlement of the estate of David
Carson. (approved by William
Snodgrass, James Orr, James Snodgrass)
Some of the persons paid:
David Carson, son to Samuel
Samuel Edmiston on Russell v Carson note
Samuel Carson
Charles C Carson
David Carson, one of the heirs
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Washington County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists
Volume 3 1800-1807, 1809-1810
Abstracted by Thomas Jack Hockett
Washington County Personal Property and Land Book 1804 Upper District List of
William Snodgrass
Tithable
White Levys Horses
Carson, David
2 5
Carson, Saml
1 1
Carson, Andw
1 0
(Slaves recorded as zero.)
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Washington County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists
Volume 3 1800-1807, 1809-1810
Abstracted by Thomas Jack Hockett
Washington County Personal Property and Land Book 1805 Upper District List of
William Snodgrass
Tithable
White Levys Horses
Carson, David
1
4
Carson, Saml, Jr
1
1
(Slaves recorded as zero.)
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Washington County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists
Volume 3 1800-1807, 1809-1810
Abstracted by Thomas Jack Hockett
Washington County Personal Property and Land Book 1806 Upper District List of
William Snodgrass
Tithable
White Tithables Slaves
Carson, Saml, Sr
1
0
Carson, David
1
0
Carson, Saml, Jr
1
0
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1810 Washington County, VA
Samuel Carson: one male 26-45; two females under 10; and one female 16-26.
David Carson: three males under 10; one male 26-44; one female 10-15; and one female 16-26.
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