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Absalom was born about 1745 in Ireland. He passed away after 1775 in South Carolina. His wife is rumored to be Harriet O'Hara and passed about the same time as Absalom, leaving 5 orphaned boys, Since the family was poor, the boys were given to different families to raise.
"A few facts about the Carroll Family" as written by Thomas Robinson Carroll: Many years ago in Cork, Ireland, there was a young man by the name of Absalom Carroll, who with his young wife came to the United States, landing at Baltimore, Maryland. From there they moved to South Carolina where they had five sons born to them. Absaolum Carroll and his wife both died leaving these five little boys, whose names were; Britten, Absolum, John, James, and Moses. The Carroll family was very poor, so the boys were given to different families to raise.
Absalom was given to a family in Collington District, South Carolina. He lived with them until he was twenty-one years old. About this time George Washington was made Chief Commander of the Army of Revolutionary War and Absalom Carroll served under General Washington until the close of the war and was honorably discharged.
My great grandfather Absalom Carroll never saw but one of his brothers after they were separated, this was Britten Carroll -- they were old men. Absalom Carroll was going from Mississippi to South Carolina to close up his business and on his way met this brother, Britten. They happened to stop at the same house to spend the night.
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WikiTree profile Carroll-1174 was created through the import of 2003-01-07_Supplied-By-James-S-Carroll.GED on Oct 6, 2012 by Don Wells. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Don and others.
This person was created through the import of Wells_2011-02-05.ged on 07 February 2011.
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