JONES COUNTY  GA   Bible - Carson family

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Published in The Taylor Tracer July 200 Vol 5 Issue 7

THOMAS CARSON FAMILY BIBLE

(At one time in possession of Mary Jane Carson Hicks. Bible was destroyed when the Aretus Williams Hicks' home burned on December 17, 1920)

Thomas Carson and his wife, Margaret McDowell Carson, and their seven children sailed from Newry, Ireland on June 30, 1773 to Abbeville District, South Carolina.

Their children:

William Carson
Thomas Carson
John Carson born May 24, 1760 Dublin, Irelan
David Carson
Adam Carson died in Jones Co, GA  See Will Book A 1809-1864
Elizabeth Carson
Joseph Carson


John Carson (born May 24, 1760 Dublin, Ireland) married Isabella McGough born November 8, 1764.
Their children:

Thomas Carson born May 13, 1785
William Carson born August 26, 1787
Jane Carson born September 16, 1789
Isabella Carson born June 5, 1793
Pauline Carson born July 5, 1796
John Carson born July 2, 1799
Joseph Jefferson Carson born August 16, 1802
Robert Carson born May 5, 1806

John served in the Revolutionary War as a Minute Man in Colonel Elija Clarke's Company. He was given a land grant in Georgia at the end of the war. They moved to Jones County.  His will (signed Feb 23, 1823) probated May 5, 1823 Will Book A 1809-1864 Jones County. (See Jones County GAGenWeb archives Will Book A for abstract)


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