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Elijah Mchenry CARNEY

Elijah Mchenry CARNEY[1]

Male 1813 - 1892  (79 years)


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  • Name Elijah Mchenry CARNEY 
    Birth 1813  Dry Fork, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • ALT BP Joelton, Davidson County, Tennessee
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LDR2-NH3 
    Residence 1850  Davidson County, Part Of, Davidson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1860  Davidson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
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    Residence 1870  Davidson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
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    Residence 1880  District 24, Davidson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    _UID 8A4D6F6E041F415EBDFA574F6B0F052D7F8B 
    Burial 1892  Carney Family Cem., Davidson County, Tenn. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 18 Nov 1892  Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22807  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2024 

    Father Elijah CARNEY,   b. 1771, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1851, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth C. Seale GOLDSBERRY,   b. Abt 1773, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1835, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Marriage 22 May 1806  Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10539  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah R. Sallie FRENSLEY,   b. 1817, Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1888, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 12 Feb 1835  Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Joseph Elijah CARNEY,   b. 17 Sep 1839, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1895, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     2. John Tyler CARNEY,   b. 28 Aug 1841, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1897, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     3. Susan E. CARNEY,   b. 1843, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1868 (Age 25 years)
     4. George Washington CARNEY,   b. 29 Jun 1849, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jul 1927, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     5. Edmond CARNEY,   b. 1850, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1927 (Age 77 years)
     6. Sarah Catherine "Kitty" CARNEY,   b. 24 Dec 1854, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1902, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     7. Martha C. CARNEY,   b. 1 Dec 1856, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1897, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     8. James Buchanan CARNEY,   b. 3 Dec 1858, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1891, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
     9. Thomas CARNEY,   b. Abt 1862, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jul 1927, Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years)
    Family ID F10564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2022 

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    		Elijah McHenry Carney

  • Notes 
    • 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.

      SOURCES:
      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 !

  • Sources 
    1. [S400] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).

    2. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Nov 2022), entry for Elijah McHenry CARNEY, person ID LDR2-NH3. (Reliability: 3).



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