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There have been several William Carroll Pippins, but this is the first, the son of Hill Pippin. Dru says he was born 1826. On the 1850 census, he is said to have been born in Tennessee. His son, Bland Nixon Pippin, said in ``Pippin: A Pioneer'' that William Carroll Pippin had been born in Alabama, but this is probably an error. The story goes that he was taken to Alabama and lived there for a while as a child and young man. Eventually he moved to Hickory County, Missouri and farmed there with his father, eventually moving to Waynesville, Missouri, married Nancy Jane Tilley, farmed in Pulaski County, and died there in 1879.
William Carroll Pippin was born 1826 died May 1879, married Nancy Jane Tilley on Dec. 24, 1852. Nancy Jane was born January 5, 1836 and died in March, 1881. William Carroll was born in Tennessee and taken by father to Alabama and reared on a plantation. Came with father to Missouri in 1848 and settled in Hickory Co., on the NW of S[?] quarter in section 22 township 37 range 20. The county records show that he proved the patent issued to him in 1860 from the United States. This patent was assigned to him by a B. B. Edwards, who was a teamster in the Mexican War and given this 40 acres to prove. (Hickory Co. records, Book 58, page 230, and abstract of property now owned by Ellery T. Walker estate, mortgage held by Federal Land Bank of St. Louis under loan number 26197.) This 40 acres was but a part of his original holdings, but later became the object of a prolonged law suit between the heirs of William Carroll Pippin, son of Charles Applewhite Pippin. William Carroll sold this property to William Carroll second before moving to Pulaski County, Missouri about 1863. Here he settled on the Roubidoux Creek, 5 miles from Waynesville on a farm now owned by Sophia (Pippin) Wilson as shown below. The farm was optioned to the USA for a rifle range in connection with Fort Leonard Wood. William Carroll Pippin and wife and son Robert are buried in the Tilley Grave Yard, 5 miles from Waynesville Mo.
Dru lists the 11 children as Virginia Caroline, George Applewhite [sic], William Jasper, Thomas Jefferson, Margaret Alice, Messiniah Sophia, Charles L., Robert Lee (``died of blood poison as a boy''), Joseph Benjamin, Bland Nixon, and Mary Elizabeth.
1850: William Carroll Pippin is enumerated in his father's household in Hickory County, Missouri. His age is given as 25, and his place of birth as Tennessee.
1860: Hickory County, Mo. William C. Pippin, farmer, age 36 (b. c1824), with real property valued at $1,000 and personal property valued at $450, born TN. Wife Nancy J. age 22 (b. c1838) born MO. Children Virginia, 5; George, 3; and William J., 1, all born MO. Also in household: Francis Marlow, age 21, laborer (no state of birth shown).
1870: Cullen Twp, Pulaski Co., MO. Wm. Pippin, farmer, age 46, born Tennessee, with personal estate valued at $1,550. Wife Nancy, age 33, born Missouri. Children: Virginia, age 17, housekeeper; W. George, 13, At School; J. William, 11, At School; J. Thomas, 8; Alice, 6; Missaniah, 6; Charles, 4; Robert, 1.
William Carroll Pippin married Nancy Jane Tilley (c1837-1881), a daughter of Wilson M. Tilley, an early settler of Waynesville, Missouri. His connection with Waynesville seems to be through his brother, Charles Applewhite Pippin, who had property in Waynesville and in-laws there. Ultimately after the death of her father, Nancy Jane Tilley inherited some of his Waynesville property, and it is on that property they lived until they died.
This is discussed above. Clearly this William Carroll Pippin served in the CSA during the Civil War.
To me it seems most likely that William Carroll Pippin was born in Tennessee, and moved to Alabama as a child. This is how Bland recites the story. Neither the Tennessee location nor the one in Alabama has been identified with precision. When Hill moved to Missouri, William moved with him, and at first worked on Hill's farm in Hickory County. His brother, Charles Applewhite Pippin, had established a connection with Waynesville, and somehow William Carroll Pippin met and married Nancy Jane Tilley of Waynesville. Her father died leaving her a section of his land, which William and Nancy Jane Pippin farmed until his death. He died in 1879, and she died in 1881.
Abstracts of probate records from Our Ancestors in Pulaski County, by Tom Turpin are as follows:
[my abstract...] Pippin, W. C. H. Virginia Hayworth, G. W. Pippin, Jasper Pippin, Thomas Jefferson Pippin, Margaret Alice, Missiniah Sophia, Charles L., Robert L., Joseph B., Bland, and Elizabeth [survivors?]. Adm: George W. Pippin. 22 May 1880.
[my abstract...] Pippin, Nancy J. H. Virginia Hayworth, George W., Jasper, Thomas Jefferson, Alice, Sophia, Charles, Robert, Joseph, Bland, Elizabeth. [survivors?] Adm: George W. Pippin. 8 April 1882.
William Carroll Pippin's and Nancy Jane Tilley Pippin's deaths are mentioned in his son Bland's ``Childhood in the Ozarks''. I believe both were buried in the Tilley Cemetery outside of Waynesville, located on the old Tilley lands. This is according to Dru Pippin. This cemetery became competely overgrown, and although it was restored by volunteer labor within the last few years, I don't believe any legible monuments were left standing. There is no legible monument at that site for either William Carroll or Nancy Jane Pippin.
The Pippin name in this line seems to have been carried forward through sons George, Jasper, Jeff, and Bland. Robert died young, and Charley's line ended with his son, Stirling, who appears to have never married. Joseph Benjamin seems to have died single and childless as well.
