Mary (Moffett) Carson (1768 - 1825)

Born 28 Feb 1768 in Augusta, Virginia

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Died 6 Jul 1825 at age 57 in Pleasant Gardens, Burke now McDowell, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Mary is the daughter of Col. Geroge Moffett and his wife Sarah Margaret McDowell. Mary was first married to a cousin, Col. Joseph McDowell (1758-1795, hero of the Battle of King's Mtn.) of Pleasant Garens, Burke (now McDowell, which was named for him) County, NC, in Virginia in 1786, and after his death, she married Col. John Hazard Carson (1752-1841) in 1797. He was a neighbor, and the widower of Col. McDowell's sister.

At the time Mary moved from her first husband's home (now known as the McDowell House) she took the name Pleasant Gardens, which had referred to that house, and conferred it upon her second husband's home, which had previously been known as Garden Hill (and is now known as the Carson House). Now, that whole area around Buck Creek & the valley of the Catawba River out from Marion, NC, is known as Pleasant Gardens, and both houses are historically significant museums. (The Carson House has been a museum since the 1960s, and I believe there are plans to make the McDowell House into one.)

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• Find A Grave Memorial # 127020088
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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Nichole Laird for creating WikiTree profile Moffett-142 through the import of harris-carson tree.ged on Feb 6, 2013.

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