Caraway family info http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/o/v/e/Frances-A-Overton/BOOK-0001/0023-0017.html AARON6 CARAWAY (JOHN5, MARGARET4 KEELING, ELIZABETH3 LOVETT, LANCASTER2, LANCASTER1) was born September 14, 1773 in ,Dobbs, North Carolina, USA, and died Bet. 1830 - 1840 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. He married MARTHA CLAY June 02, 1829 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Notes for AARON CARAWAY: Another source list death as about 1850. The same source also list his name as Aaron Marrion Caraway as well as a first marriage occuring between the years of 1807-1809. Aaron's first wife, name unknown, was probably the mother of all his children. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rjh11261031/Caraway/pafn08.htm#762 Marriage to: (unknown) This marriage (unknown) comes from Descendents of John Carraway---http://www.homestead.com/WoodsLegear/files/Carraway.htm Marrige to: Martha Clay The marriage of Martha Clay is the second marriage of Aaron Clay & is NOT the one that produced 7 children as reported in Descendents of John Caraway from Caraway, Collins, Horton, Stark. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William J. Caraway served as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He was a private in Company A, O'Neal's 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment. His military records state that he was admitted to Chimbarazo Hospital in Richmond, VA. on June 28, 1862 due to Typhoid and that he died on June 30, 1862. There is no indication of where he was buried but most CSA soldiers who died in Richmond during this time were buried in Oakwood Cemetery or Hollywood Cemetery. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SEE: Thomas H Caraway_1.jpg in my files Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama NARA M311. Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers from Alabama units, labeled with each soldier's name, rank, and unit, with links to revealing documents about each soldier. Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama Publisher: NARA Military Unit: Forty-first Infantry Given Name: Thomas H. Surname: Caraway Age: [BLANK] Year: 1862 payable to A. M. Reynolds also for Rebecca Caraway mother of the deceased care of Hon. Wm. N. Smith Tuscaloosa June 30, 1863 letter dated Sept 26 1862 mustered in 14 April 1862 and died August 11 1862 died at Montgomery, Alabama in the hospital State of Alabama, Fayette County Oct 25,1862 Rebecca Caraway & James S. Suddeth appeared before justice of peace to declare that Thomas H. Caraway was indeed her son. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1850 Census - Fayette Co, Alabama - Division: 15 Enumerated on: November 2, 1850 Dwelling 100 - Family 100 LAST_NAME FIRST_NAME AGE SEX BIRTH Caraway William J. 40 M SC Rebecca 37 F SC W. Fooy 16 F ALA William 14 M ALA Thomas 12 M ALA Elijah 10 M ALA Elisa 8 F ALA James 5 M ALA Lecvina 4 F ALA Andrew 2 M ALA Howell Adams 22 M ALA b: 1828 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1860 > ALABAMA > FAYETTE > E-DIVN Series: M653 Roll: 9 Page: 350 enumerated: 9 June 1860 Surname GivenName Age Sex Birthplace CARAWAY WM J. 50 M SC farmer Rebecca 47 F SC Wm. D. 24 M AL Thos. H. 22 M AL Elijah A. 20 M AL E. R. 16 F AL James J. 14 M AL Levina F. 12 F AL Andrew H. 11 M AL Hiary E. 9 M AL Miles M. 7 M AL Mary P. 6 F AL Sarah P. 4 F AL Willis N. 1 M AL --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1860 > ALABAMA > FAYETTE > E-DIVN Series: M653 Roll: 9 Page: 364 Surname GivenName Age Sex Birthplace residence: POE THOS 28 M AL "John Thomas" farmer b: 1832 Martha A. 24 F AL (Martha Hopson) b: 1836 John C. 6 M AL b: 1854 Manda E. 3 F AL b: 1857 Pheby M. 10/12 F AL b: 1859 or 1860 HOPSON MARY A. 8 F AL b: 1852 * Is Mary the sister of Martha or did she have a child out of wedlock? Their mother supposedly died in 1852 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1860 > ALABAMA > FAYETTE > E-DIVN Series: M653 Roll: 9 Page: 430-431 Surname GivenName Age Sex Birthplace residence: 573 POE CALVIN 55 M NC farmer $2000 - 745 Ann 40 F GA 2nd wife - Mary Anne "Amy" Coleman Crawford Wm J. 18 M AL Martha H. 16 F AL John S. 9 M AL Mary J. 7 F AL Milla E. 5 F AL Sarah A. 3 F AL Martha J.? 1 F AL CRAWFORD William 18 M AL (Calvins son with first wife, Mary Ann (Polly) Willingham - Stephen Calvin Poe) residence: 574 POE S C 30 M NC (Stephen Calvin) farmer $1500 - $2761 Rebecca 28 F AL James T. 8 M AL Joseph 6 M AL Sarah 5 F AL Gadsey E. 3 F AL Rachel M. 1/12 F AL residence: 575 HOPSON EDMOND 55 M GA farmer $2000 - $600 Jane 29 F AL (is this a 2nd wife?) George W. 16 M AL Wm. M. 14 M AL Cela E. 11 F AL Samuel 5 M AL Nancy A. 3 F AL Tho. B. 1 M AL * Edmond Hopson is the father of Martha who married John Thomas POE residence: 576 WRIGHT ELIZABETH 31 F AL farmer Wm D. 11 M AL Jas. M. 8 M AL Mahala J. 6 F AL Rebecca A. 4 F AL residence: 577 POE STEPHEN N. 24 M AL farmer b: 1836 Susan 23 F AL John P. 1 M AL CARAWAY MARTHA 40 F SC ** is this Stephen the son of John Poe & Pheby Ashcraft? 4 households away is Pheby & 2nd husband Jacob Black. residence: 578 NALL BRADLEY 53 M NC farmer Elizabeth 46 F NC "Elizabeth Poe, dghtr of John Poe & Sarah Threet" residence: 579 M. W. Melton 24 son of Elisha Melton & Sarah Simmons Richards Mary Y. 25 Margaret 1 Susan 1 residence: 580 Elisha Melton 62 Sarah S. 52 Jefferson 30 Willis B. 11 Mary H. 21 Mary Melton married William Threet Poe in 1875 Heland F. 18 Amela H. 16 Martha E. 13 residence: 581 BLACK JACOB 68 M SC farmer "aka: BLAKENEY" Pheba 53 F NC "Pheby Ashcraft Poe" Frances 19 F AL G. W. 16 M AL --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Civil War took a heavy toll on the Caraway family. Rebecca lost her husband William on June 30, 1862. Then she lost her son Thomas in August 1862 and her son William David in December 1862. She was 49 and left with 8 minor children ranging in age from 17 to 3 years old. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1870 > ALABAMA > FAYETTE > PILGRIMS REST P O Series: M593 Roll: 16 Page: 454 Surname GivenName Age Sex Birthplace residence: 60 CARAWAY E .A. 29 M AL farmer Adaline 25 F AL L. A. 7 F AL residence: 61 CARAWAY REBECCA 60 F SC keeping house J. J. 24 M AL farmer E. R. 22 F AL A. A. 21 M AL H. E. 18 M AL M. M. 16 M AL N. N. 11 M AL M. P. 15 F AL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1870 > ALABAMA > FAYETTE > FAYETTEVILLE P O Series: M593 Roll: 16 Page: 457 Surname GivenName Age Sex Birthplace BLACK JACOB 79 M SC farmer Polly 60 F SC --------------------------------------------------------------------------------