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     Bartley was born on 31 July 1932 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. He was the son of Archie Benjamin Carroll and Clara Alice Jenkins. Bartley died on 24 June 1935 at age 2.

     Benjamin was born on 6 January 1861 at Barnwell Co., South Carolina.² He was the son of Daniel Carroll and Jane Morris. He married Carrie Elizabeth Bartley, daughter of Patrick J. Bartley and Marguerite Murphy, on 23 June 1884 at Live Oak, Suwannee Co., Florida.³ Benjamin died on 28 May 1941 at Suwannee Co., Florida, at age 80. His body was buried in May 1941 at Macedonia Cemetery, Suwannee Co., Florida.⁴

     Bertha was born in July 1895 at Florida.² She was the daughter of Patrick Carroll and Esther Jane Sanders. She married Leroy Chancey, son of Elijah Jackson Chancey, circa 1913 at Florida.¹ She married Alonzo David Chancey, , circa 1926 at Hardee Co., Florida. Bertha died in June 1956 at Polk Co., Florida, at age 60.³ Her body was buried at Ft. Green Baptist Church Cemetery, Ft. Green, Hardee Co., Florida.⁴

     Blanche was born on 24 January 1902 at Suwannee Co., Florida. She was the daughter of Barney Andrew Carroll and Mary Jane Mixson. She married William Robert Starling, son of William Henry Starling and Adaline Willis, on 14 February 1921 at Suwannee Co., Florida. She married Eugene West Callahan, son of Hill Callahan and Mary E. Norris, on 20 December 1930 at Suwannee Co., Florida. Blanche died on 20 January 1988 at Suwannee Co., Florida, at age 85. Her body was buried in January 1988 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery, Suwannee Co., Florida.²

     Britton was born circa 1745. He married Winnefred (--?--), , on 6 February 1812 at Warren Co., Georgia.¹ Britton died circa 1835 at Warren Co., Georgia.

     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 He married Adeline Fulford, , on 26 December 1885 at Suwannee Co., Florida.³ 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.⁴
     
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 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 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 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 Carroll was the son of Archie Benjamin Carroll and Nancy Elise Harvin.