James Crayton Carroll (1843 - 1920)

Born 26 Sep 1843 in Coweta County, Georgia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (Covington) Carroll — married 10 Aug 1865 in Hoods' Mill, Jackson Parish, Louisiana

Died 11 Sep 1920 at age 76 in Klondike, Delta County, Texas

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Biography

James was born in 1843. He was the son of John Carroll and Hulda Hearn. He passed away in 1920. Military Service: War of Northern Aggression (Civil War), Private, Company F, 14th Texas Infantry, Randles Brigade, Walkers Division, Texas Mississippi Department, called the "Yankee Routers". [Source: 1) "Texas in the Civil War", Texas Infantry Units, 14th TX Infanty, Muster roll, Company F, http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/RandysTexas/14thCoF.html, as viewed on 8 April 2008 Reverend James Crayton Carroll stood 5 feet 8 inches tall and weight 170 pounds. His hair was white and he had a long beard. He was a fire and brimstone kind of preacher that one could hear for a mile. He pastored at Liberty Hill Methodist at Pearly and then was transferred to the Klondike community in Delta County, Texas. After his first wife, Mary Jane Covington, passed away he married a second wife from Louisana. His second wife outlived him and she returned to Louisiana after his death. Since James Crayton Carroll was a minister, his family moved often. In 1880 they were living in Hopkins County, Texas. In 1900 they are living in Franklin County, Texas and by 1912 in Delta County, Texas. [Source: "Ancestors of Mary Jane Covington" by Kenneth Dale Pate, <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/t/Kenneth-D-Pate/BOOK-0001/0005-0001.html> as viewed on 6 August 2002].

Sources

• Family Records. Stephen Mayfield, Mayfield Family Records, Unpublished collection of genealogical records and correspondence.
• McLaughlin, Shelea, ftw (Rootsweb WorldConnect Project <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/>).Database :1623974.As viewed on 18 October 2002.
• Jackson Parish, Louisiana (Jonesboro 1982). Photocopy from Stephen Mayfield from the New Orleans Public Library copied 20 October 1998, pages 160-162.
• Pate, Kenneth Dale, Noah Willie Pate Home Page, The, <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/t/Kenneth-D-Pate/BOOK-0001/0005-0001.html>. As viewed on 6 August 2002.
• Find A Grave, Rev James Crayton Carroll <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23180775/james-crayton-carroll> as viewed 13 August 2019.