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Caleb Carman

Caleb Carman[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

Male 1748 - 1841  (93 years)


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  • Name Caleb Carman  [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Birth 1748  Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1841  Jefferson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I312684220778  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father John Carman,   b. 26 Mar 1708, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft. 26 Mar 1782, Rattlesnake Creek, Caswell, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Hannah,   b. Abt. 1722, Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft. 1800, Salisbury District, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage Bef. 1742  Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3080  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frances Kimbrough,   b. 1748, Orange, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1794, Caswell, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage Caswell, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • !This Caleb is important. It is he and h
      !This Caleb is important. It is he and his sons that moved to Smith County after the Revolution. From the Revolutionary War Records (NC: p. 597), Caleb served as a drummer for the Caswell County company of Capt. Berryman Turner in the North Carolina Regiment of Col. McDonald. He was probably discharged 30 July 1779. This is quite early since the war in North Carolina didn't heat up until the Gen. N. Greene - Cornwallis campaign of 1781. There is a Stephen Carman who also served as Sergeant in Benjamin Coleman's Company of the 2nd North Carolina Battalion, commanded by John Patton. It is curious that we do not know to which Carman line Stephen belonged. In 1793, Caleb turned over his 150 acre farm to son Elijah and the latter must have been responsible for most of the farming. At that time, Caleb had two slaves and when they were in Tennessee two decades later they still had only two slaves. I have copies of this deed to Elijah of Dec. 1793. It names the unmarried daughters, Sarah and Hannah, as well as sons, Elijah and John. There are records of this family living in Caswell Co until at least 1803. Indeed, Elijah's son Thomas was born in Caswell Co in 1805. Very shortly thereafter, they (families of father Caleb and sons Elijah and John) migrated to Smith County. They were accompanied by nephew William, his wife Sarah and at least five children. Whether William's son Elijah was born, in 1804, in North Carolina or Tennessee isn't clear. It is clear that Jefferson and Tennessee were born in Tennessee. It is also probably true that William's father John, Caleb's brother, had already moved to Jefferson Co TN by this time. Tennessee was originally broken off from North Carolina in 1783. Smith Co was originally settled in early 1788 by Tilman Dixon. The Walton Road led over the Cumberland Plateau to Carthage on the north bank of the Cumberland River on the Avery Trace. They then came to a beautiful valley formed by two creeks, about 6 miles west of Carthage. One of these was Dixon Creek. I have not traced the relationship of Tilman Dixon to Jeremiah Dixon of 1764 Mason-Dixon line fame. The popular overnight camping spot near the intersection of Dixon Creek and Avery Trace Road was at Dixon Spring, a community with post office that still exists, as does the Dixon home, which dates from 1788-89. The first court in Smith County was held here in 1799. On 14 Mar 1812, the Carthage Gazette published a letter from Capt. Tilman Dixon to Brig. Gen. James Winchester that was represented as a statement by a number of Revolutionary War veterans. Among them was Caleb Carman (6) (but not William Carman (7), his nephew). The letter declared their intention to defend the home front against the British while the younger men went off to war. (William's (7) son William (8) was obviously among this latter group.) Dixon is buried at his home, but Caleb is believed to be buried in the Carman/Harris Graveyard, Shady Grove (Near Lock 6), Trousdale Co. Trousdale Co was the last of the counties split from Smith (21 Jun 1870). The county line is just a few hundred yards from Dixon Creek. The creeks drain into the Cumberland to the south, but to the north the valley is quite arable and wide for some miles. Caleb and his two sons (the other four children were daughters) are the successful tobacco farmers. They probably farmed together. Today, this valley wouldn't be considered for tobacco, and I suspect that is why others moved on to Graves County. Today it produces cows, horses, and feed. It has good water and good soil. The older brother, Elijah, inherited this Smith County Tobacco farm. SOURCES: The Caswell Co Deed Book H, pp 280-281 and Caswell Co Tax records are very helpful in showing that probably only Hezekiah's family remained after 1803. K. K. Kendall, Wills, 1777-1814, Caswell Co. (1979); K. K. Kendall, Caswell Co NC Land Grants, etc. (1977); Caswell Co. Deeds, Book A, p. 609 (I have copy. Also found in NC Deed Book H, p. 280-281.); Caswell Co NC Cou rt Minutes, January 1788; 1790 North Carolina Census, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1973, p. 81; 1800 Census of NC, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982, p. 40; Roster of Soldiers From North Carolina In The American Revolution; Cemeteries of Trousdale County Tennessee, Hartsville TN: Bet-Nel Books, 1996.

  • Sources 
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