John Carman^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1742 - 1840  (98 years)

• Name	John Carman  [2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1742
  Gender	Male
  Death	Apr 1840	Jefferson, Tennessee, United States
  Person ID	I312684220787	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Nancy Rachel Kimbrough,   b. 1743, Caswell, North Carolina, United States d. Abt. Apr 1840, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	Abt. 1760
  Family ID	F3073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCES: The Taylor bible record from P !SOURCES: The Taylor bible record from Paducah DAR (Marvin Carman calls this the "William Carman-Sarah Quine bible"). It says William's parents were John and Nancy. We get confirmation of this through John's will (Jefferson Co TN Will Book Vol. 3, 11 February 1827; FHL #968312) bequeaths to son Caleb all his property except: to wife Nancy her bed and furniture; son William $1.; son Joseph $1.; daughter Jane $1. See also Caswell Co. Deed Book A, 1782, p. 611 (I have a copy.). The Ragle genealogy of Carmans from Casey Co KY says he made three unsuccessful applications for a Revolutionary War Pension. He clearly was the right age and his brother, Caleb, did fight in that war. However, the Ragle work is badly flawed. The Casey Co John Carman stem from Hezekiah (6), not John (6). However, Hezekiah's son John was too young to have fought in the Revolution, while this John was the right age. He may have been unsuccessful because the military records do not show that he served. There is uncertainty as to when John moved from Caswell Co to Jefferson Co TN. It was probably between 1789 and 1797 (The listing on p. 81 of the 1790 NC Census, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1973 is not a precise listing of a common name.) A good guess would be 1796. In 1788 John Carman and Tillman Dixon were summoned to jury duty in Caswell County. His daughter Jane married in Jefferson Co in 1798. Some Jefferson Co. genealogists claim he was in Maryland at some point. I believe all of this stems from a mistake in the 1850 Census that list John's son Caleb (7) as being born in Maryland in 1769. John, John Jr., and Caleb and families were in NC in 1776 (See John 5, RIM 130). Then in 1782, his brother Hezekiah deeded in 1782 his property on Rattlesnake Creek in Caswell County to his brothers John and Caleb. Yet both John and Caleb left Caswell County (John for Jefferson Co, TN and Caleb for Smith Co. TN) not many years thereafter. Hezekiah remained in Caswell Co with his son Elijah. SOURCES: See note above. Caswell County Court Minutes, January 1788.

  
  

• Sources

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