Andrew Carothers (1759 - 1817)

Born 1759 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

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Died 1 Mar 1817 at about age 58 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

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Name: Andrew Carothers
Alt Name: Andrew Carrothers
Alt Name: Andrew Caruthers
Gender: Male
Birth?: 1759 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Marriage: 29 MAR 1779 to Mary Polly Patterson^[1]

STEELE CREEK SETTLERS

Andrew Carrothers was a neighbor who can be directly traced to Pennsylvania. The Cumberland Co PA will of John Carothers, East Pennsborough 14 Oct 1767/8 Book D:172-173 probated Aug 1783 named his wife, Sarah; sons Robert and James, minors and listed land in Mecklenburg Co, NC. The rest of his children named were : John, William, Andrew, Samuel, Ezekiel, Archibald, Margaret, Isabella, and an unborn child.

The Mecklenburg Co NC will of wife Sarah Carothers is dated 2 Apr 1798 and probated 1798. The will listed sons: Robert, James, John, William, Andrew, Samuel, and Archibald. Daughters were : Margaret Sloan (wife of Samuel Sloan), Isabella Woodard (wife of Absalom Woodard); "Son by law" Samuel Neely, grandsons John, Samuel Neely and granddaughters: Mary Carothers, Mary Vance Carothers, James Carothers. She is buried at Steele Creek Cemetery (9-16-1798 age 71).

Mecklenburg Deed Vol.6:245 4 Aug 1774 shows John Carothers of Cumberland County PA sold to Robert Carothers of Mecklenburg Co 150 acres on North Fork of Steele Creek adj. William Barnet ... John Carothers.^[2]

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In direct line, we have living here now, the sixth generation. William who died In 1762, John 1783, John 1811, my wife, our own son William and his sons Thomas Bines, aged 4 and John C. aged 1.

A tombstone In another lot says Andrew Carothers died March 1st, 1817, aged 58, and near his grave are locust head boards, but the letters cannot be seen. One of them, no doubt. Is the father of Andrew, and probably the brother of William, who died In 1762, the other hls wife. The family lived north of the creek about four miles. This Andrew was an elder In Silver Spring as was my father, William Bryson, at the same tine. He died In 1818, the year after Andrew Carothers. (Note: This Andrew Carothers was the son of John Carothers, whose will was made October 14, 1767, and proved August 8, 1783, recorded at Carlisle, Fh. One of the unknown graves mentioned above Is thought to be John,the father of Andrew. Andrew mother, Sarah (maiden not known, thought to be Neely) after the death of Andrew's father moved to Mecklenburg-County, North Carolina, and died and was buried there in 1798. J. V. Thompson said that he had never been able to definitely locate hls (John's) connection In the family line, although he Is undoubtedly one of the family.) ^[3]

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Name: Andrew Carothers
Born: 1759
Gender: Male
Burial: 1817 Silver Springs Presbyterian Church, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Buried: 1817 Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1 Mar 1817
Person ID I10483 mytree
Last Modified 19 Aug 2018

Father: John Carothers, b. 1726, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland, d. 8 Aug 1783, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 57 years)
Mother: Sarah Neely, b. 1727, d. 15 Sep 1798, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 71 years)
Married: 14 Aug 1748 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Family ID F3950

Family: Mary Unknown
Children:

• 1. Ann Carruthers, b. Abt 1785
• 2. Son Carruthers, b. 1787

Last Modified: 19 Aug 2018
Family ID: F4008 ^[4]

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Andrew Carothers
BIRTH: 1759
DEATH: 1 Mar 1817 (aged 57–58)
BURIAL: Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
MEMORIAL ID: 37755216

From the Journals of Josiah V.Thompson,1926, Cumberland County, Pa.

Died aged 58 yrs. He lived beloved & died lamented, a wooden marker by its side & old is no doubt that of his wife.^[5]

Andrew was born in 1759. He passed away in 1817.

Sources

1. ↑ http://members.aol.com/wmbigham/bigham/settlers.html
2. ↑ Excerpts from: https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Andrew_Carothers_(1)
3. ↑ Excerpts from: https://archive.org/stream/carothersfamilyb00caro/carothersfamilyb00caro_djvu.txt
4. ↑ https://latrobefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I10483&tree=mytree
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #37755216

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