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Marcus Lafayette Carroll (1832 - 1910)

Marcus Lafayette Carroll
Born in North Carolina, United Statesmap
Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 2 Jul 1857 in Cleveland, North Carolina, United Statesmap
Father of , , and
Died at age 77 in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USAmap
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Biography

Pvt Marcus Carroll served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: October 14, 1861
Mustered out: 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 55th Regiment North Carolina Infantry

Marcus Carroll was in the 55th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company D, CSA, Pvt. He was Jr. 2nd Lt. "Shelly Dist" 91st Reg. 22nd Brig, NC Militia (Cleveland Co) from 14 October 1861.[1][2]

Marcus Carroll was born in 1832, the son of Joseph Carroll and Elizabeth Endsley.[3] [4]He married on 2 July 1857, Sarah Ann Wray (1835 - 1926).[5]They had the following children:

  1. Charles R Carroll (1858 - 1880)
  2. William L Carroll (1860 - 1933)[6]
  3. Joseph Henry Carroll (1866 - 1958) [7]
  4. Sarah Katherine Carroll Weathers (1871 - 1928) [8]

Census Records

1850 Census, Cleveland, North Carolina: [9]

Joseph Carroll Male 42 North Carolina
Elizabeth Carroll Female 42 North Carolina
Marcus Carroll Male 18 North Carolina
Martha Carroll Female 9 North Carolina
Martha Carroll Female 78 North Carolina

1860 Census, Cleveland, North Carolina: [10]

M L Carroll M 27 (1833) North Carolina
Sarah Carroll F 24 North Carolina
Charley R Carroll M 2 North Carolina

1880 Census, Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina: [11]

Marcus L. Carroll Self Male 47 North Carolina, United States
Sarah Ann Carroll Wife Female 44 North Carolina, United States
Charles R. Carroll Son Male 22 North Carolina, United States
William L. Carroll Son Male 20 North Carolina, United States
J. Henry Carroll Son Male 13 North Carolina, United States
Sarah Catharine Carroll Daughter Female 8 North Carolina, United States

Marcus died in 1910 and was buried at Sunset Cemetery in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA[12][13]

Sources

  1. ↑ Roster, 55th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Company D.
  2. ↑ "United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:738Z-KFN2 : 6 September 2019), Marcus Lafayette Carroll, 1861-1865.
  3. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9J-ZSXM : 9 March 2021), Joseph Carrel and Elizabeth Endsley, 31 May 1831; citing Lincoln, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD67-H21 : 18 February 2021), Joseph Carroll, 1860.
  5. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXR5-7F5 : 9 March 2021), M L Carroll and Sarah Wray, 02 Jul 1857; citing Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Ar...
  6. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPX8-YQR : 18 July 2017), Marcus L. Carroll in entry for William L. Carroll, 10 Jan 1933; citing Shelby Twp, Cleveland, North Carolina, fn 1614 cn 395, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,065.
  7. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP2B-J7P : 17 July 2017), Marcus Carroll in entry for Joseph Henry Carroll, 30 Apr 1958; citing Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina, v 10A cn 10027, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,952,522.
  8. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F34H-5LF : 20 February 2021), M. L. Carroll in entry for Katherine C. Weathers, 12 Jan 1928; citing Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, reference 408, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,907,340.
  9. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4YB-Y5X : 23 December 2020), Marcus Carroll in household of Joseph Carroll, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  10. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD67-HP1 : 18 February 2021), M L Carroll, 1860.
  11. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6J-RG6 : 14 January 2022), Marcus L. Carroll, Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
  12. ↑ Find A Grave Marcus L. Carroll
  13. ↑ "North Carolina, Historical Records Survey, Cemetery Inscription Card Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRY-H7KV : 16 October 2019), Marcus L Carroll, 1910.




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