Husband: Richard CARNES
Birthdate: Abt 1774
Birthplace: New Jersey (1, 2)
Death date: After 1850
Place of death: Hart Co, GA (3)
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Wife: Delphia McGINNIS
Birthdate: Abt 1785
Birthplace: Virginia (1, 2)
Death date: After 1850
Place of death: probably in Hart County, GA (2, 3)
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CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Holloway Carnes
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt 1798
Birthplace: North Carolina (1, 2)
Death date: Jun 1860
Place of death: Hart Co, GA
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Child No. 2: Wells Carnes
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1804
Birthplace: Franklin County, Georgia (1, 2)
Death date: 25 Dec 1858
Place of death: Cherokee County, GA
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Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: probably Franklin County, Georgia
Spouses' names: Clara Herring (1822-Abt 1897)

Child No. 3: William Carnes
Sex: M
Birthdate: Cir 1805
Birthplace: Franklin County, Georgia (2)
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Child No. 4: Sallie (or Sarah) Carnes
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt 1809
Birthplace: Franklin County, Georgia (2)
Death date: Abt 1890
Place of death: probably in Hart County, GA (2)
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Marriage date: 30 Mar 1834
Marriage place: Franklin County, Georgia (4)
Spouses' names: Green Walters (????-????)

Child No. 5: Richard B Carnes
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1813
Birthplace: Franklin County, Georgia (1, 2)
Death date: 10 May 1881
Place of death: Hart Co, GA (2)
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Marriage date: Bef 1846
Marriage place: probably in Franklin County, GA (1)
Spouses' names: Leah unknown (Abt 1828-????)

Child No. 6: Hugh Carnes
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt 1815
Birthplace: Franklin County, Georgia
Death date: After 1880
Place of death: unknown (1, 2)
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Child No. 7: Lydia Carnes
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt 1818
Birthplace: Franklin County, Georgia (2)
Death date: unknown
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Child No. 8: Samuel Carnes (2)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1819
Birthplace: Franklin County, Georgia (5)
Death date: 1898
Place of death: Hart Co, GA
Burial: Hart Co, GA
Marriage date: 19 Jan 1845
Marriage place: Franklin County, Georgia (6)
Spouses' names: Mary Looney (Abt 1815-1865)

Child No. 9: Elizabeth Carnes
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt 1825
Birthplace: Franklin County, Georgia (1, 2)
Death date: unknown
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Documentation:
1. 1850 US Census, District 32, Franklin County, Georgia.
2. (Various Carnes researchers; info forwarded to me by Tracy Carnes Alter, descendant of Wells Carnes).
3. Wilbern Wells Carnes, Eastern Cherokee Application Number 20030, dtd 20 March 1907.
4. Marriage Book, Franklin County, NC.
5. 1860 US Census, Shoal Creek, Hart Co., GA.
6. Franklin County, Ga Marriage Records.

Notes:
for Richard CARNES
Per Carnes Researchers:
* Moved to Franklin County, GA, 1802 with wife and one child, Richard thought to be born in Rabun County, GA, per Eastern Cherokees Application No. 20030, of his grandson, Wilbern Wells Carnes, of Ball Ground, Cherokee County, Georgia, dated 20 March 1907.
* Richard reported on the 1850 Franklin County, Georgia Census, that he was born in New Jersey. The death record of Richard's oldest son, Holloway Carnes, who died in Hart County, Georgia in 1860, states that Richard was born in North Carolina.
* The most likely scenario is that Richard was born in New Jersey, and came through North Carolina, before entering Georgia.
* The Eastern Cherokee Application Number 20030, submitted by Wilbern Wells Carnes was rejected by the Special Commisioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs. The note of rejection states:
"The applicant said this father and fraternal grandfather were never enrolled in any roll--Ancestors lived in Franklin Co. Ga in 1835-36--Could not have been party to treaties of 1835-1836, 1846."
In his application, Wilbern Wells Carnes asserts that he understood his fraternal grandfather, Richard Carnes, was of Indian ancestry. He quotes what "old timers" had told him; however, all these people were deceased at the time of his application; so there are no affidavits supporting his assertions.

for Samuel Carnes
* Buried Samuel Carnes Family Cemetery, Hart Co, Ga.
* Member Co E. 4th Ga Reserves, CSA.

Last Modified: 7 Apr 2006