Looking for information on Andrews parents, Andrew was Born 1762 Baltimore Maryland. Your Carnahan,s are my relation, have been searching since 1986. Bob Carnahan

Hi Bob,
Andrew Carnahan - b. 11 June 1762 in Baltimore Co., Maryland - d. 4 May 1839 Rutherford Co., Tennessee.

While we don't know a lot about them, there are enough court records available to give us their names. His parents were a Hugh Carnahan and Mary.
Possibilities being considered for Mary's last name include McKinley and Finley. Right now I tend to lean toward McKinley.

Hope this helps a bit - take care - Emma

Was he an Only Child, I have the same information but I find no other children, brouthers/sisters? Have you looked on the Billingleys side of the Tree? They intermarried at the point in history. All my research brings me to the same location. Any more information would be helf full. Thanks Bob Carnahan

Emma, You said Baltimore County? Was that correct? Or was it to be Baltimore, Maryland, no Co.? I,m looking on the Billingsley side looking for the children. Bob Carnahan

Hi Bob,
So far we believe that Hugh Carnahan and Mary had the following children:

Andrew - b. 11 June 1762
Sarah - b. abt 1766
John - b. abt 1768
Mary - b. May 1774

Both Hugh and Mary died fairly young and Andrew, John, and Mary are all in records in Guilford Co., NC as orphans being put under guardianship.

It appears that both Andrew and John married Billingsley ladies. Andrew married Elizabeth and John married Jane. I believe that both were the daughters of James Billingsley and Ann ????. The problem here is that the information in wills and deeds does not match what is shown in that large Billingsley book.

Andrew moved to what later became Tennessee - spent a few years in Kentucky and then back to Tennessee again.

Sarah md Thomas Blair and their family ultimately ended up moving to Arkansas and then Missouri.

John moved to Tennessee, Kentucky, possibly spent a short time in Alabama, and then on to Arkansas. John Carnahan was a very active Cumberland Presbyterian Minister, is credited by some as having preached the first sermon in the Territory of Arkansas in 1812, and was one of the founders of Cane Hill Presbyterian College. Before his death in 1838 he and Jane divorced and he married Mary Pyeatt.

Mary has stayed a bit of a mystery for me. Apparently she married Adam Rainer (Raimer) on 30 May 1791 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

Would also love to hear from anyone else with info. on these folks.
Take care - Emma

Hi Bob,
That phrase comes from Andrew's application for pension for revolutionary war service:
"Declarant was born in Baltimore County in the State of Maryland, on the 11th day of June, 1762. He has no record of his age. The information he had about his age and place of birth, he derived from his parents."

Take care - Emma

Hi Emma, I traced Carnahan/ Billingsley to a land auction of 1000 acres, list them as heirs but have found nothing further. My line is from John Aaron Carnahan. I have not done much research for several years but have unraveled some misterys on my line. Also looking for a Mary Olive Carnahan, one of my great Aunts, found her in Industry Illinois, at age 16, moved out west at an early age! I beleave Colorado, no proof as yet. Bob Carnahan

Hi Bob,
I would be interested in that Carnahan/Billingsley auction deal. I don't believe I have seen that. I do have a copy of a 1817 land sale that mentions the heirs of James Billingsley, decd, from Logan Co., Ky.

Also, there seems to be some discussion about your John Aaron although I am not sure I fully understand all the angles yet... <g>.

Andrew Carnahan and Elizabeth Billingsley had a son John Carnahan who married Sarah Dickey and apparently ended up in Indiana. Is this the John you are talking about? Can you help with how his middle name was identified?

Take care - Emma

Yes, I have the legal papers from a land/sale court hearing that John Aaron Carnahan had, he is address as John Carnahan and as Aaron Carnahan depending on who is speaking to him. Riddle I uncovered in 1996. Bob C.

I have Hugh Carnahn br. abt. 1730 md Mary Finley daug.of David Finley. Children Andrew,Sarah,John,Mary.
Andrew md. Elizabeth Billingsley daug James Billingsley
children Hugh, James,John (Franklin), Thomas, Ann,Mary.
John Franklin Carnahan md. Sarah Dickey.
John Franklin Carnahan br. Tenn/Va. Oct.5,1787 d. Feb.11,1845--lived most of his life in Indiana. burried Mt. Zion ceme. Warrick Co. Indiana.
This John is often confused with John Aaron Carnahan. I believe John Aaron married Elvira Mitchell and lived out his life mainly
in Ohio.