John Carden (abt. 1766 - abt. 1850)

Born about 1766 in Goochland, Goochland County, Colony of Virginia

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Died about Oct 1850 at about age 84 in Pike County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

John Carden was born about 1766 in Virginia. In 1791 he married Cartha Jane Davis in Buckingham County. Benjamin Davis was surety for the marriage bond dated 25 Nov 1791.^[1] John died in Pike Co., GA after the 1850 census. Four sons have been identified.

David Carden, 1792-1869

Benjamin D. Carden, b. 1802, married Elizabeth Scrougs 21 Dec 1825 in Henry Co., GA. Benjamin died about 1889 in Lee Co., AL.

John Carden, b. 1807 in GA, died 1860-1870 in Pike Co., GA. John married Elizabeth Ann Land.

Andrew J. Carden, b. 1813 in Ga, died in Pike Co., GA before the 1900 census when his wife, Adeline, was listed as a widow. Andrew married Adeline Crawford in 1838.

Research Notes

The 1850 census gives John's age as 80 years old, hence a birth year of about 1770.^[2] But the birth year can be narrowed to 1766 from tax lists in Powhattan Co. John was taxed in Powhattan Co., Virginia, from 1784 to 1788 as John Carden Jr. under his father John Carden. In 1784-1786 John was 16-21 years old and in 1787 he was taxed as a male 21 and older so he was probably born about 1766.^[3]

John’s oldest son, David, was born about 1792 which fits the time line of a marriage in 1791. A brief biography of David Carden, published in 1874, states David was born on the James River in Virginia.^[4] Buckingham Co. lies on the James River.

John Carden was in Clarke Co GA by 1802 when he was taxed on 50 acres of land on the Oconee River. By 1807 he had moved to 159 acres on Wildcat Creek.^[5]

In 1819 John bought 20 acres in Jasper Co., GA (DB B:422) and was enumerated there in the 1820 census. ^[6] His son David married Nelly Deadwilder in Jasper Co in 1814.^[7] In 1821 John’s son Benjamin D. Carden drew land from Jasper Co. The land lay in Monroe, later Pike Co.^[8]

In 1829 John bought land in Pike Co., GA (DB B:450) and lived there until his death. In 1833 John’s son David bought land in Pike Co. from his brother Benjamin D. Carden (DB C:474). In 1838 in Pike Co. Andrew J. Carden married Adaline Crawford.^[9] In 1839 John Carden Jr. married Elizabeth Ann Land.^[10] Andrew is probably the 10-15 year old male and John Jr is probably the 20-30 year old male in John Sr’s household in the 1830 census in Pike Co.

Sources

1. ↑ Randy Kidd and Jeanne Stinson, Lost Marriages of Buckingham County Virginia (Athens, GA: Iberian Pub. Co., 1992), 21.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYZ-DX5 : 19 December 2020), John Cardin, Pike, Georgia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Powhatan Co., VA Personal Property Tax lists, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788; FamilySearch, DGS 007856286, images 695, 707, 726 and DGS 007856287, images 13, 25.
4. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/lamar/newspapers/davidcar2421gnw.txt
5. ↑ "Georgia, Tax Digests,1787-1900", Database. FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org :4 January 2022.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLX-2GH : accessed 15 June 2022), John Carden, Monticello, Jasper, Georgia, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ4-CMK : 7 February 2020), David Carden and Nelly Deadwilder, 2 May 1814; citing Marriage, Jasper, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 158,442.
8. ↑ http://sites.rootsweb.com/~gamonroe/land/1821ce.htm
9. ↑ Pike County (GA) Marriage Book, 1832-1840, p 165, Andrew J. Carden to Adaline J. Crawford (1838); GA Virtual Vault, Marriage Records from Microfilm (https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/countyfilm/id/252037/rec/2: viewed 15 June 2022).
10. ↑ Pike County (GA) Marriage Book, 1832-1840, p 192, John Carden to Elizabeth Land (1839); GA Virtual Vault, Marriage Records from Microfilm (https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/countyfilm/id/252037/rec/2: viewed 8 June 2022).

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