James E. Baucom Jr. writes:
Managers of Fredrick Alexander Carns,
I am contacting you about this profile:
Frederick Carnes and Alexander Carnes 1739-1814 are two different men. Alex is well documented. Both made wills with different children.
Will of Alexander Carnes copied at Charlotte, NC Library and some details
Alexander Carnes 084. WILL dated 1813, prob. 1815 HEIRS (No Wife named). 1. Son-in-law James Guthrie, his ch James, Robert, Samuel, Elizabeth and Jane 2. Son-in-law David Parks, wife Mary Carnes (decd. ) & their daus. Parthena and Rebecca Gibson Parks 3 dau Rebecca Carnes wife of John Parks 4 dau Martha wife of Isreal Davis 5. son Charles Carnes (d. 28 Dec 1815 - 0ne year, 26 days after his father.) 6. son DAVID B. CARNES 7.my orphan dau. Elizabeth Brown Williams (various items) "I got for her this amounts to more than her freedom" Was she the daughter of a slave that he had fathered? And why the name Williams? Alexander also had a son Alexander who was robbed and murdered in Charleston, SC in 1809.
posted Mar 05, 2016 by You
CARNES GRAVES AT WAXHAW, SC PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY
Friday 22 OCT 1999, Betty and I went to the Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Churchyard, in Lancaster Co., SC. From US 521 go west on SC 5 1.2 miles to Old Hickory Rd. Go South on old Hickory for 3.7 miles, which is where the Church and Cemetery are located. There are two separate Carnes plots within the cemetery with Carnes tombstones spelled several different ways. PLOT 1 This is the order that the Carns graves are in within the Carns plot wiith the spelling copied exactly.
Charles Carnns d. 28 Dec 1815 30 yrs, 7 mos. b. 1785 Jul Calculated date, NOT on stone.
Catherine Carns d. 02 Apr 1804 19 yrs, 6 mos b. 1784 Oct Calculated date, NOT on stone. " wife of Alexander Carns Jr.; daughter of John Foster"
William Carns d. 24 Nov 1807 31 yrs b. 1776 Calculated date, NOT on stone son of Alexander Carns
Alexander Carns d 2 Dec1814 75 yrs b. 1739 Calculated date, NOT on stone
Rebecca Carns "wife of Alexander Carns married 43 yrs, 77 days = m 1771, Calculated date, NOT on stone
PLOT 2 Alexander Carns b. 1708 d. 1774 David Carns b. 1733 Robert Cairns b. 1742 d. 12 OCT 1801
From this cemetery data it is very likely that Alexander b. 1708 is the father of
David b. 1733,
Alexander (of plot 1) b. 1739 and
Robert b. 1742
which matches information in the MEMOIR of William D. Carnes by Joseph Malcom Carnes Combined with the Genealogy of the CARNES FAMILY by William W. Carnes, published by G. L. Carnes Beaumont Texas in 1926.It states that “ It is a tradition of the Maryland branch that a family of three brothers and one sister came to Baltimore from Ireland and then came south to North and South Carolina.” The Memoir does not mention anyone by name in Plot 2, only Alexander (Jr) b1739 and his children of plot 1, These Carnes were Scots Irish Presbyterians.
It should be noted that there was a Frederick Carnes in SC who made a will with different children. Both were in Rev War.
Name: Alexander Carnes •
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 20 Aug 1783 • Edit
Event Place: Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, United States • Edit
Event Place (Original): Hillsborough, , North Carolina, United States
Gender: Male
