Burton Carroll (M)
b. 16 July 1808, d. 9 September 1893

     Burton was born on 16 July 1808 at South Carolina. He married Mary Ann Jowers,daughter of George Jowers and Mary (--?--) circa 1834 at Barnwell Co., South Carolina.¹ He married Matilda Moore, on 25 February 1881 at Suwannee Co., Florida.² Burton died on 9 September 1893 at Suwannee Co., Florida, at age 85. His body was buried in September 1893 at Macedonia Cemetery, Suwannee Co., Florida.³
     
Biography of Burton Carroll:

We have attempted to find the parentage of Burton Carroll, without success. In the 1880 Federal Census, Burton indicated his father was born in Ireland. That is the only clue we have regarding his father.

     Burton was clearly born in South Carolina, most likely Barnwell County. He consistently indicated his place of birth as South Carolina on the 1860, 1870 and 1880 census records.

     The earliest record we have found on Burton is his listing on page 209 of the 1840 Federal Census of Barnwell Co. South Carolina. That record lists Burton as Head of Family age 20-30, with two males under 5 years of age (Patrick and Daniel) and one female age 15-20 which is likely his wife, believed to be Mary Ann Jowers.

     Living next door to Burton in the 1840 Census is the family of Abraham Carroll age 30-40. This appears to be the same Abraham Carroll who died in Barnwell Co. South Carolina leaving a Will dated 22 April 1868 [Barnwell Co. Will Book F, p. 105] in which he named his wife Sarah and his married children , Jacob Carrol (deceased), Catherine, (wife of Elijah Ford), A. R. E. Carroll, and Israel Carroll (deceased) and apparently unmarried children William, Edward, Martha Ann, Elisabeth, Joseph, George and David. It is likely that Abraham was a brother or other close relation of Burton Carroll.
     
     The next record we found on Burton is in a Deed dated 20 December 1847 wherein he sold 20 acres of land on the "waters of Tobi's Creek" in Barnwell Co. South Carolina to George Irwin for fifteen dollars. The deed is signed by Barton Carrol, his mark and Mary Carrol, her mark. The deed also implies that the land is in part owned by his wife, Mary, thus implying that she may have inherited it. The deed was not recorded until nine years later on 1 May 1858 and a notation on the side of the page (in the same handwriting as used in the deed) says "Delivered to George Jowers 7 of May 1858". [Barnwell Co. DB- LL p. 133] It is this reference to George Jowers that suggests that Mary is a Jowers and the daughter of George Jowers (1796).

     A deed dated 9 Feb 1850 shows Jacob Shipes sold 162 1/2 acres on Cane Piece Waters to Burton Carroll. [Barnwell Co. Deed Book DD, p. 340]

     We and others have thoroughly searched for the 1850 Census records of Burton and his children without success. Those records apparently do not exist. We know he was in Barnwell County at that time as he bought land there in February 1850. He must have been missed by the census taker.

     
     We next find Burton and his family in the 1860 and 1870 Census of Barnwell Co. South Carolina. This indicates he was in Barnwell before and after the Civil War.

     Burton's great granddaughter, Jessie Lee Gunter reported that Burton join the Confederate army to "tend the horses" and she also reported "he ended up putting together ammunition". [J. L. Gunter, "Edward Walton Carroll" THE HERALD, Vol. 12, #3, Fall 1989, Montgomery County (Texas) Genealogical & History Society Publication] He could very likely have worked with his son, Daniel, in the Augusta, Georgia Arsenal repairing and making guns and ammunitions during the Civil War. However, we have found no record of his war service. We did find Burton Carroll listed on the "Index of Veterans Buried in Suwannee County, Florida" which was reproduced by the Suwannee Valley Genealogical Society in their Fall, 1999, Volume VII, No. 3 newsletter. This Index was prepared by the WPA about 1940 and lists all Veterans buried in Suwannee Co. Florida. It lists Birton Carroll born 1808, died 1893, buried in Macedonia Cemetery as having served in the Civil War (Confederate) as a Private in Co. K 1st Florida Reserves. According to the 1860 and 1870 records Burton and much of his family were living in Barnwell Co. South Carolina at the time of the Civil War. There is thus no evidence that he was in Florida during the Civil war, so it is doubtful that he was in the Florida Reserves. It is however, very likely that he was in Augusta, Georgia during the Civil War (his son Daniel worked in the Augusta Arsenal and his son, Patrick enlisted in the Confederate army at Augusta) or still living in South Carolina. He thus may have been in either the Augusta Georgia Reserves or the South Carolina Reserves in some capacity and that may be the basis for Burton's name being in the Veterans Burial Index for Suwannee Co., Florida.


     The Burton Carroll family separated following the Civil War. Burton and his sons, Patrick and Daniel and his daughter, Mary A. who married H. W. Wooley moved into Suwannee Co., Florida in the early 1870's where they raised their families until their deaths. His sons, Wilson Rufus, Edward Walton and daughter Frances moved into east Texas in the middle 1870's, where they remained raising their own families until their deaths. We have not been able to determine where or what happened to his son Solomon (or possibly Samuel). Thus Burton's descendants are well represented in North Florida and east Texas.

     Burton's great granddaughter Jessee Lee Gunter [cited above] wrote that Burton "survived the war, but was murdered in 1894 at the age of 106. He had worked all week on the railroad, and was walking home with his paycheck." This story has not been verified but could in part be true. His gravestone in Macedonia Cemetery near Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida shows his dates of birth and death.

Burton Franklin Carroll¹ (M)
b. 16 December 1863, d. 13 February 1938
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Relationship=Grandson of Burton Carroll.

     Burton was born on 16 December 1863 at Barnwell Co., South Carolina.² He was the son of Daniel Carroll and Jane Morris. He married D. Janie Garrett Baxter, on 23 October 1884 at Suwannee Co., Florida.³ Burton died on 13 February 1938 at Suwannee Co., Florida, at age 74.⁴ His body was buried on 15 February 1938 at Marybelle Cemetery, Suwannee Co., Florida.⁵

Carlon Carroll (M)
b. 30 April 1932, d. 8 November 1991
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Relationship=2nd great-grandson of Burton Carroll.

     Carlon was born on 30 April 1932.¹ He was the son of George Joseph Carroll and Edna Pauline Harrell. Carlon died on 8 November 1991 at Live Oak, Suwannee Co., Florida, at age 59. His body was buried at Mt. Olive Church of Christ Cemetery, Suwannee Co., Florida.

Carrie Bertha Carroll¹ (F)
b. 20 October 1898
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Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Burton Carroll.

     Carrie was born on 20 October 1898 at Live Oak, Suwannee Co., Florida. She was the daughter of Benjamin Malone Carroll and Carrie Elizabeth Bartley.

Charles Carroll¹ (M)
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Relationship=2nd great-grandson of Burton Carroll.

     Charles Carroll was the son of Archie Benjamin Carroll and Nancy Elise Harvin.

Charles M. Carroll¹ (M)
b. 31 October 1889, d. 21 January 1892
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Relationship=Great-grandson of Burton Carroll.

     Charles was born on 31 October 1889 at Suwannee Co., Florida. He was the son of Barney Andrew Carroll and Mary Jane Mixson. Charles died on 21 January 1892 at Suwannee Co., Florida, at age 2. His body was buried in January 1892 at Macedonia Cemetery, Suwannee Co., Florida.

Charlie Montgomery Carroll (M)
b. circa 1922
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Relationship=Great-grandson of Burton Carroll.

     Charlie was born circa 1922 at Texas. He was the son of Peter Reggie Carroll and Elsie Estelle Mullins.

Charlotte Carroll (F)
b. 23 November 1889, d. 28 September 1970
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Relationship=Granddaughter of Burton Carroll.

     Charlotte was born on 23 November 1889 at Florida.¹ She was the daughter of Patrick Carroll and Esther Jane Sanders. She married Robert A. McIntosh, on 27 June 1908 at Taylor Co., Florida.² Charlotte died on 28 September 1970 at Sanford, Seminole Co., Florida, at age 80.

Clara Ann Carroll¹ (F)
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Relationship=Granddaughter of Burton Carroll.

     Clara Ann Carroll was the daughter of Edward Walton Carroll and Mary Ann Elizabeth Neville. She married Jedson Walding.²

Clara Elizabeth Carroll¹ (F)
b. 8 October 1896, d. 1 March 1978
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Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Burton Carroll.

     Clara was born on 8 October 1896 at Evergreen, San Jacinto Co., Texas. She was the daughter of Wilson Bruce Carroll and Laura Virginia Johnson. She married Lee Roy Canady, on 15 February 1914 at Freestone Co., Texas.¹ Clara died on 1 March 1978 at Teague, Freestone Co., Texas, at age 81. Her body was buried on 3 March 1978 at Dew Cem., Freestone Co., Texas.

Daniel Carroll¹ (M)
b. 18 December 1838, d. 4 August 1908
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Relationship=Son of Burton Carroll.

     Daniel was born on 18 December 1838 at Barnwell Co., South Carolina.^2,3 He was the son of Burton Carroll and Mary Ann Jowers. He married Jane Morris,daughter of Jacob Morris and Susan (--?--) circa 1855 at Barnwell Co., South Carolina.¹ He married Martha Rebecca (--?--), on 2 June 1896 at Suwannee Co., Florida.⁴ Daniel died on 4 August 1908 at Suwannee Co., Florida, at age 69.
     
Biography of Daniel Carroll:


     Daniel Carroll enlisted 31 July 1863 as a private in Co. H., 1st Regt. Georgia Local Troops, CSA. On the roll for May and June, 1864 he is reported present, with remarks showing that he was in government employ at Augusta Arsenal. In Daniel's pension application of 26 October 1902, he stated "on or about the 14th day of December, 1864 I was accidentally wounded while fixing and cleaning old guns at the shops, by a gunshot from a gun that I was cleaning, said shot passing through my foot." For his service Daniel received a pension until his death. His widow, Martha R. Mixon Carroll also applied for a widows pension, but it was denied because she had not married him before 1895, which was required into order to be eligible for a widows pension. [Florida Confederate Pension Applications, File A03911, Carroll, Daniel, Suwannee Co. 1895 25 pgs. Florida State Archives, Tallahassee, Florida].

Daniel Garrett Carroll (M)
b. 2 July 1887, d. 8 September 1966
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Relationship=Great-grandson of Burton Carroll.

     Daniel was born on 2 July 1887 at Suwannee Co., Florida.¹ He was the son of Burton Franklin Carroll and D. Janie Garrett Baxter. He married Rose Ella Hurst, on 21 October 1903 at Suwannee Co., Florida.² Daniel died on 8 September 1966 at Suwannee Co., Florida, at age 79. His body was buried in September 1966 at Marybelle Cemetery, Suwannee Co., Florida.

David Carroll (M)
b. 1874
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Relationship=Grandson of Burton Carroll.

     David was born in 1874 at Barnwell Co., South Carolina.¹ He was the son of Wilson Rufus Carroll and Nancy Ann Hester.
     
Biography of David Carroll:

Died young.

Delia Natilda Carroll¹ (F)
b. 16 June 1897, d. 10 January 1981
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Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Burton Carroll.

     Delia was born on 16 June 1897 at Suwannee Co., Florida. She was the daughter of Barney Andrew Carroll and Mary Jane Mixson. She married John William Bailey.¹ She married (?) Mathews.¹ Delia died on 10 January 1981 at Suwannee Co., Florida, at age 83. Her body was buried in January 1981.

Edna Gertrude Carroll (F)
b. 2 July 1887, d. 1962
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Relationship=Granddaughter of Burton Carroll.

     Edna was born on 2 July 1887 at Willis, Montgomery Co., Texas.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Walton Carroll and Mary Ann Elizabeth Neville. She married William Jabe Lafayette Gunter Jr.,son of William Jabe Gunter and Mary Ann Martin. Edna died in 1962 at Willis, Montgomery Co., Texas. Her body was buried at Willis Cemetery, Mongomery Co., Texas.¹

Edward Carroll¹ (M)
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Relationship=Grandson of Burton Carroll.

     Edward Carroll was the son of Edward Walton Carroll and Mary Ann Elizabeth Neville. He married Ann Birch.²

Edward Carroll (M)
b. 28 April 1856, d. 3 October 1861
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Relationship=Grandson of Burton Carroll.

     Edward was born on 28 April 1856 at Barnwell Co., South Carolina.¹ He was the son of Daniel Carroll and Jane Morris. Edward died on 3 October 1861 at Barnwell Co., South Carolina, at age 5.²

Edward Walton Carroll (M)
b. 21 December 1848, d. 31 August 1932
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Relationship=Son of Burton Carroll.

     Edward was born on 21 December 1848 at Barnwell Co., South Carolina.¹ He was the son of Burton Carroll and Mary Ann Jowers. He married Mary Ann Elizabeth Neville.² Edward died on 31 August 1932 at Montgomery Co., Texas, at age 83.
     
Biography of Edward Walton Carroll:



     The following article concerning Edward Walton Carroll was published in "THE HERALD" Vol. 12, #3, Fall, 1989 of the Montgomery County, (Texas) Genelogical and Historical Society.

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EDWARD WALTON CARROLL

Written & submitted by Jessie Lee Gunter, 101 Carroll Road, Willis, TX 77378.      

     My grandfather, Edward Walton Carroll, born 21 Dec 1848, died 1932 came to Texas in the early 1870s [Ed. Note: Based on the dates of Edward's last deeds in Barnwell Co. and the place of birth of his children from Census records, it would appear that Edward and his family moved to Texas in late 1875] from Marion County, South Carolina, Barnwell District, [Ed. Note: other information indicates they came from Barnwell Co., SC] with his wife, Mary Ann Elizabeth Neville Carroll, his son, Wilson Carroll and daughter, Mary Carroll. They came to Galveston by ship.

     E. W. Carroll's father, Burton Carroll, was born near Dublin, Ireland in 1788. He and a brother came to the U. S. A. as young men. They landed in Charleston, South Carolina. [Ed. Note: Burton Carrol was born 1808 in South Carolina. Burton's father is believed to have been born in Ireland. We are not sure what to make of the two brothers story.]

     When Burton Carroll volunteered to fight in the Civil War on the Rebel side, they told him he was too old, but he persuaded them to let him join and "tend the horses." As it was, he ended up putting together ammunition, and did some fighting. [Ed. Note: It is very likely that he worked in some capacity in the Arsenal in Augusta Georgia with his son, Daniel Carroll, who was working for the Confederate Army in Augusta Arsenal during the war.] He survived the war, but was murdered in 1894 at the age of 106. Be had worked all week on the railroad, and was walking home with his paycheck. [Burton is buried in Macedonia Cemetery, Suwannee County, Florida. The dates on his tombstone read July 16, 1808 - Sept. 9, 1893. No records have been found concerning his death.]

     E. W. Carroll lived near Huntsville when he first came to Texas. He then bought 313 acres in Center Hill Community in Montgomery County, Texas. It is now part of "Green Valley Ranch." He sent his older children to "Tabb Springs" School, located on the border of his property at Tabb Springs which now feeds a large lake on Green Valley Ranch. E. W. Carroll was on the Tabb Springs School Board in 1885.

     Later, E. W. Carroll built a one-room school house near the location of Center Hill Baptist Church, between his home and the church. Miss Ella McIntire was the teacher. One cold morning she told my Dad, Reg Carroll, and Irvin Ansley to go to the woods and get a sack full of pine knots and put them all in the pot-bellied stove.

     Dad said, "Miss Ella, if we do that we'll burn the school house down."

     She said, "I don't care, I froze all day yesterday, and I'm not going to freeze all day today."

     So, Dad filled the stove, and it burned the school house to the ground. Those days you did what your teacher told you to do.

     Grandpa E. W. Carroll had a saw mill, grist mill, blacksmith shop and a commissary in 'Front of the Center Hill Baptist Church in the late 80's and early 90's. He bought a hundred acre tract of land from the Tomlinsons located on Carroll Road at F. M. 1097 East for the hard wood timber to fire his sawmill with. He paid 75 cents an acre for it.

     Grandpa bought his supplies for his commissary from "Henke and Pillot" in Houston, and from the first "Foleys." He went to Houston in ox wagons to haul his supplies. He said the mud was belly deep to the oxen on Main Street. Some of the supplies he bought were "side-meat" used to boil vegetables in. Bacon was 14 cents per pound; calico was 10 cents a yard; ladies shoes $2.00 per pair; men's brogans $1.50 pair. 1 bushel of corn was 55 cents; 20 pounds of "Paris Green" was $10.60. It was used to poison cotton for boll weevils. Flour for starch was 1.5 pounds for' $1.00; one steer hide was $12.00. There was a shoe shop near the Edward's place where shoes were made. But coffee was 50 cents per pound.

     E. W. Carroll's doctor bills for the Year of 1877 to Dr. J. D. Read was a total of $8.00 - a "house call" was $1.00. It was paid in full January 1878 to J. D. Cunningham for Dr. Read.

     Grandpa, E. W. Carroll, and Grandma had 13 children, two sets of twins.

     Four died as children. They are buried in the Richard Williams Cemetery:
Ida, Annie, Kate and Sam. The nine who survived were Wilson, Mary, Tobitha,
Levi, Frank, Gertrude, Edward, Reg and Clara.

     Grandpa sent Wilson and Mary Carroll to Willis to college. He was very concerned that his children got an education.

     He cut the lumber for the now existing Center Hill Baptist Church, but it had to be planed in Willis. He furnished a wagon and team to haul it to be planed. The church was built around 1906.

     Grandpa and his brothers and sister lived in Marion County, South Carolina when Gen. Sherman made his "March to the Sea" during the Civil War. The Yankees were stealing and destroying as they traveled. They marched the road in front of Grandpa's house for 3 days and 3 nights. When they stopped to take Grandpa's "live-stock," he had his horse "hidden in the Swamp." line Yankee Captain asked Grandpa if he had any live stock.

     Grandpa said, "Yes, I have an old horse."

     The Captain said, "Where is it?"

     Grandpa said, "I have him hidden.

     The Captain said, "You'll have to show us where

     Grandpa said, "No."

     The Yankee said, I guess you know, Son, if You don't tell us where he is, we'll kill you."

     Grandpa said, ''Well., you'll just have to kill me, because I have to have the horse to raise food for my brothers and sister."

     The Yankee said, "He is a spunky little devil isn't he?"

     When asked what they had to eat, Grandpa said, "We've lived on parched corn for 3 weeks."

     Then they searched and found no other food the Yankee Captain sent some of his men back up on the hill to an adjoining plantation and stole another ham, and gave it to Grandpa. He said they cooked it in the wash pot, and it smelled so good they ate some of it before it cooked enough, and they all got sick.

     Grandpa was a proud man, took great pride in being truthful, taught us to be honest, and to associate with nice people. He believed in being a good neighbor, and was a very hard working man. He always had time to sit down with us children and visit with us. He was proud to be a Baptist as was his father, Burton Carroll. They were forever grateful to have "religious freedom."

     Grandpa sold off some of his land, but the remaining 160 acres are now part of the "Green Valley Ranch" in the Center Hill Community 7 miles East of Willis on F.M. 1097.

     Concluded

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Elizabeth Jane Carroll¹ (F)
b. 26 April 1892, d. 28 November 1962
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Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Burton Carroll.

     Elizabeth was born on 26 April 1892 at Suwannee Co., Florida. She was the daughter of Barney Andrew Carroll and Mary Jane Mixson. She married Willie H. Neveils, on 15 May 1910 at Suwannee Co., Florida.¹ She married Edward H. Harris, circa 1930 at Suwannee Co., Florida. Elizabeth died on 28 November 1962 at Suwannee Co., Florida, at age 70. Her body was buried in November 1962 at Macedonia Cemetery, Suwannee Co., Florida.²

Elmer Lee Carroll (M)
b. 12 August 1905, d. 22 July 1981
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Relationship=Great-grandson of Burton Carroll.

     Elmer was born on 12 August 1905 at Splendora, San Jacinto Co., Texas.¹ He was the son of Wilson Bruce Carroll and Laura Virginia Johnson. He married Bertha Eutilla Ivey,daughter of William W. Ivey and Dora Elizabeth Johnson on 24 December 1924.¹ Elmer died on 22 July 1981 at Magnolia, Texas, at age 75. His body was buried on 24 July 1981 at Oklahoma Cemetery, Tomball, Texas.