Alfred L. CARNEY

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James married Lillian MUNN on 28 Feb 1881 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Lillian was born on 30 Dec 1863 in Smarden, Kent County, England; died on 25 Dec 1932 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in Carney Family Cem, Davidson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, Davidson County, Part Of, Davidson, Tennessee
• Residence: 1860, Davidson, Tennessee; Census
• Residence: 1870, Davidson, Tennessee; Census
• Residence: 1880, District 24, Davidson, Tennessee

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Found in 1850 Census aged 37 - Farmer
With Wife Salley, aged 33
Son Joseph aged 12
Son John aged 10
Dau Susan aged 8
Son George W. aged 4

Elijah McHenry Carney (Elijah's son) stated that Elijah and his father had owned this piece of land jointly for over 50 years.

Tennessee Death Record showed Elijah died of Pneumonia and lived at 1710 Arthur Ave. Shows he lived to 80 years, and if correct, would put birthday in 1812, however the cemetery records his birth as 1813.

ELIJAH McHENRY CARNEY was born to Elijah Carney and Elizabeth Seales Goldsberry, who had married May 22, 1806 in Davidson Co., TN. Known silbings were Asa and John B. G. Carney.

Elijah married Sarah R. "Sallie" Frensley Feb 11, 1835 in Davidson Co., TN. Sallie was the daughter of William Lee Frensley and Susan Elizabeth Chiles.

Elijah was a successful farmer, who owned 3 Slaves in 1860 and his property was valued at $3,000.

During the Civil War Elijah was a Private in the Confederate Army in Co. E, 18th TN Infantry. Two of his sons served in Co. G, 18th TN Infantry: Private Joseph Elijah M. Carney and Sergeant John Tyler Carney.

Elijah and Sallie had 7 children:
1. Joseph Elijah M., b. 1839 and d. before 1900, married Mary Jane Dunn in 1863
2. John Tyler, b. 1841 and d. before 1900, married Mary F. Willis in 1867
3. Susan E., 1843-1868, married Jno. T. Dunn in 1863; after Susan's death, her children Emma and William lived with their grandparents Elijah and Sallie
4. George Washington, 1849-1927, m. 1st Sarah Jane Mayo in 1873; m. 2nd Martha "Mattie" Susan Cherry in 1878
5. Sarah Catherine "Kitty", 1852-1902, m. 1st Henry Valentine Mayo in 1872; m. 2nd Thomas Jefferson McGinnis in 1877.
6. Martha "Mattie" Carney, 1856-1897, m. Thomas Munn, Sr.
7. James Buchanan, 1858-1891, m. Lillian Munn

Sallie died in 1888. They are buried here with son James and daughters Kitty and Mattie.

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Marriages of Davidson Co. TN, 1789-1847
Davidson Co. TN Census 1820 - 1940
1850, 1860 Slave Schedules
Military Records of the 18th TN Infantry
Davidson Co. TN Death and Burial Records


EARLY PLANT AND SEED CATALOG PUT OUT BY EMH ON FILE. CAUSE OF DEATH:PNEUMONIA BURIAL:IT IS BELIEVED THAT ELIJAH AND SARAH ARE PROBABLY BURIED IN THE CARNEY FAMILY CEMETERY ON STENBERG ROAD, BUT THEIR HEADSTONES HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED THE RESTORATION OF THE CEMETERY HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED BY GLENDA CROSS AND HER FATHER. THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED BEHIND THE OLD EMH HOMESITE IN WHITE'S CREEK. STORY TOLD BY EMMA CLAY CARNEY:THERE WAS A MAN WHO WANTED TO BUY EMH'S PROPERTY AND "UNCLE LIGE" WOULD NOT SELL IT TO HIM. THIS MAN WAS SO DETERMINED TO OWN THAT PLACE, THAT HE DECIDED TO "HAUNT" IT AND MAKE TALK ABOUT THE PLACE HAVING A GHOST HAUNTING IT AND EMH WOULD THEN BE GLAD TO SELL IT TO HIM. SO ABOUT DARK, SOMETHING WHITE WOULD APPEAR OUT OF THE WOODS AND SCREAM LIKE A WOMAN. SEEMS THIS WENT ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME SO ELIJAH DECIDED TO GET HIS NEIGHBORS (MEN WHO OWNED DOGS) TOGETHER AND THEY WAITED (WITH THEIR DOGS) FOR THIS "GHOST" TO APPEAR AND WHEN IT DID, THE MEN AND DOGS STARTED AFTER IT. THE DOGS GOT SO CLOSE, THE MAN JERKED OFF THE SHEET AND CLIMBED A NEARBY TREE ! OF COURSE, THAT ENDED THE "HAUNTING". MISS EMMA SAID THE MAN'S NAME WAS JOE DUNN, BUT SHE DID NOT KNOW IF THIS JOE DUNN WAS RELATED TO MARY JANE DUNN, WIFE OF JOSEPH ELIJAH CARNEY, ELIJAH'S SON. ELIJAH'S LOG CABIN BURNED COMPLETELY TO THE GROUND. THE FIRE STARTED FROM SPARKS FROM A WOOD COOK-STOVE CATCHING WOOD SHINGLES ON THE ROOF AFIRE. PER EMMA:ONE TIME SARAH FRENSLEY CARNEY, WIFE OF EMH WAS SICK AND IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION SO A DOCTOR WAS SUMMONED. EMH WAS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT HIS WIFE'S HEALTH AND FELT IT WAS TAKING THE COCTOR TOO LONG TO COME, SO HE SENT ANOTHER PERSON TO FETCH HIM. WHEN THE DOCTOR FINALLY ARRIVED, EMH WAS OUTSIDE IN THE YARD WAITING FOR HIM. THE DOCTOR APPEARED TO BE IN NO HURRY AND UPON APPROACHING EMH, OFFERED HIS AHND IN FRIENDSHIP AND EMH PUT BOTH HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK AND SAID, "DON'T TAKE TIME TO SHAKE MY HAND. YOU'RE NEEDED IN THE HOUSE"!!! THIS WAS SAID WITH COOL BLUNTNEWSS. HE WAS ANGRY BECAUSE THE DOCTOR HAD TAKEN SO LONG TO COME TO HIS WIFE'S AID AND WAS IN NO MOOD FOR FRIENDLINESS. HE WAS ONLY CONCERNED WITH THE DOCTOR TAKING CARE OF HIS WIFE, AND MADE NO BONES ABOUT IT. EMH CARNEY WAS KNOWN TO BE A VERY BLUNT-SPEAKING MAN !

Birth:
ALT BP Joelton, Davidson County, Tennessee

Elijah married Sarah R. Sallie FRENSLEY on 12 Feb 1835 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of William Lee FRENSLEY and Susannah G. Elizabeth CHILES) was born in 1817 in Caroline County, Virginia; died in 1888 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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PROOF: VIRGINIA HILL FRENSLEY'S CHRONICLES OF MY FAMILY. SALLY BAPTISED WITH NANCY AND SUSAN AT CHARITY AND ZION BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST. WILLIAM D. FRENSLEY'S WIFE AND THOMAS O.FRENSLEY BOTH BURIED IN THE CARNEY FAMILY CEMETERY IN WHITES CREEK, DAVIDSON COUNTY,TENNESSEE PICTURE OF SARAH AND EMH ON FILE.1850 DAVIDSON COUNTY,TENNESSEE CENSUS,CENSUS SAYS BIRTHPLACE TENNESSEE.