The following is from Historical Reseach Report: The Carson House of Marion, North Carolinaby Michael R. Hill, chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1982.
The following is from Historical Reseach Report: The Carson House of Marion, North Carolinaby Michael R. Hill, chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1982.
John Carson was born March 24, 1752, the youngest son of James Carson and Rebecca Hazard in Devenish Parish, Fermanaugh County, Ireland. He left Ireland as a young man, came to North Carolina and accumulated numerous land grants. He first married Rachel McDowell, daughter of Hunting John McDowell. There children were James, Jason, Joseph, rebecca, John, Charles and sally. After Rachel died, John married Mary Moffitt McDowell, widow of Joseph McDowell. They had Samuel, William, George, Matilda and Johnathan Logan.
It is thought that construction of the house pictured here was started about 1793 and completed in time for his marriage to Mary. It is now open to the public during the Summer and the sketch is from notepaper purchased there.
John Carson grew corn, made and sold whiskey, beer and brandy. He had more ares than he could farm and rented fields. He had a grist mill and saw mill on Bucks Creek.In the 1780's alone he seved as justice of the peace, magistrate responsible for collecting taxes, administrator of several estantes, bondsman, and juror on several occasions. Carson continued to serve the sounty . . .for over forty years.
He was a slaveholder going from twelve in 1790 to around sixty in the 1820's and 1830's.As a member of the House of commons in 1806 Carson supported a bill to prevent further importation of slaves and indentured servants, but the bill failed by a large margin.
Mary Carson died July 6, 1825 and John Carson died March 7, 1841.
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