NOTE: Joseph Jefferson CARSON, 16 AUG 1802 - 24 APR 1875

Joseph Jefferson Carson, the 7th child of 8 children of John
and Isabella, Married Martha Goo war. She died of epilepsy.

NOTE: Martha Goodwin RAINES, 29 NOV 1808 - 21 JUN 1862

Married 1 month before her 15th birthday, died of epilepsy on
June 21, 1862 before any of her

NOTE: William CARSON, ABT 1735 -

Mr. and Mrs. William Carson sailed from Newry, Ireland on June
   19 or 30, 1773 and brought their named children: William,
Joseph, David, John, Adam, and Annie. The MacGough family
sailed on the same ship to America, including Isabella, who
married John 9 yrs later on June 24, 1782, and Sarah, who
married Adam and had the following children: William, Thomas
Jefferson, Joseph P., Adam, David Porter & John Perry who were
twins, Sarah, Margaret and Jane or perhaps June. Spelling of
last name is unclear.

John and Isabella first settled in the Edgefield District of
South Carolina, where their children were born. Thomas (May
   13, 1785), William (August26, 1787), Jane (Sept 16, 1789),
Polly (July 5, 1796), John (July 2, 1799), Joseph Jefferson
(our ancestor)(Aug 16, 1802), and Robert (May 2, 1806).

NOTE: William Stovall (Bill) HOLMES, 12 NOV 1806 - 20 DEC 1876

William Stovall Holmes was born in Georgia near Augusta,
November 12, 1806, and died at the h William and Sarah Foil, of
Washington Parish, Louisiana.

NOTE: Elisha HOLMES, 06 JUL 1773 - AFT 25 FEB 1846

Elisha Holmes was in Georgia around 1805 and moved to
Mississippi sometime around 1811.

NOTE: Abraham Isaac Jacob RIVERS, 29 JUN 1815 - 28 DEC 1863

Abraham Isaac Jacob Rivers and his family camped beside Falling
Creek in May, 1847. They were going to the mineral springs on
   the Suwannee River at what is now White Springs so that his
wife, Semantha, could bathe in the waters and improve her
health. Abraham was 32, Sementha 30, and the five children;
Lewis W. 11, Sarah Rebecca 9, Mary Elizabeth 8, Celia 5, and
Julia Adelle 3. Another was on the way. They had left
Pondtown, South Caroline (now Hampton) more than two weeks
before and perhaps with the Mole family. The Rivers had lived
   in Pondtown for nearly 75 years and in South Carolina for well
over a hundred years. €19

There were just a few more miles to their destination, but they
liked this place. The clear running creek had a dam and
waterfall, and nearby was some flat land that could be cleared
   for planting. They would homestead about 80 acres just south
   of the falls, and the Moles agreed to stay nearby. They would
continue living in their covered wagon for awhile until a cabin
could be built. The cabin was built about a quarter mile south
   of the falls. It must have been quite a cabin because they
raised their family of nine children there. It was probably
after his death in 1863 that Semantha had two more rooms added
   on. Semantha lived until 1886. Her grand son, Lewis William,
took over the farm, built a new house down the road and moved
   in about 1890. The builder of the new frame house was Philip
Goodbread Moore's son, James W. Moore. €19

Probably by 1848 Semantha's uncle Thomas arrived in the Falling
Creek area. It is believed he settled on the north side of the
creek. Sometime later, possibly by 1850, Thomas had donated
   the land for the Falling Creek Church. €19 €56

Abraham Rivers is recorded as obtaining title to land in
Columbia County in February, 1852. €25

   Her name is recorded as Celia C. Rivers in a deed €

NOTE: Phillip GOODBREAD, 1761 - 1839

Phillip Goodbread, Jr. served as a private in Capt. Robert
Porter's Co. "G", Tryon Co. NC troops in the American
Revolution in 1777. In June 1780 he was captured by the
British, and he switched to the Loyalist side. Phillip and his
brother Thomas served six months from 14 June to 13 Dec 1780 as
Privates in Maj. Zachariah Gibbs' Reg., Spartan Militia,
Ninety-Six Dist., SC, as among the men who came to Orangeburg,
   SC with Lt. Col. John H. Cruger and Capt. William Young.
Phillip continued to serve in the Loyalist army through Dec.,
1782 as shown in the Pay Abstracts. After being accused of
treason in 1782 in Rutherford Co. NC he fled to Spanish
Florida. €19

   In 1783 Phillip Goodbread was listed as a Private in Capt.
William Young's troops in Florida as part of the 1783 Spanish
Census of Florida. He lived at he mouth of Julington Creek
south of Manderine (Mandarin?) and northwest of St. Augustine.
   He moved to Cumberland Island, Camden County, GA about 1786
where he lived until 1835 when he returned to Florida where he
died in 1839. €19

   In 1786 Phillip received his first Head Right Survey for 200
acres in Camden County, GA. He received additional grants
through 1824, for a total of 1282 acres. His head right in
1786 was on Cumberland Island, the others on the mainland on
Phil's Ford, White Oak Creek. In 1789 he took the Oath of
Allegiance to the State of Georgia and the United States. €19

Notes for PHILLIP GOODBREAD , JR.:
1783 Spanish Census of Florida

   A list of the men's names belonging to Lt. Col. Young's troop
August 6th, 1783. Phillip Goodbread and 47 other names.

Phillip Goodbread, Jr. In 1777 his father was a sergeant, and
   he and three other brothers all served in Capt. Robt Porter's
   Co. "G" Tryon Co. N.C. troops. In 1781 Phillip, Jr. and his
brother Thomas, joined the Torres...when he was accused of
treason he fled the State of N.C. and went to
Loyalist Florida. In 1786 he moved to Cumberland Island,
Camden, Ga. 1-13-99 he took the oath of allegiance to the st.
   of Ga. and the U.S. . In Ga. he was a very prosperous planter
   and civic leader. In the war of 1812 his sons, Thomas and John
Starling Goodbread were soldiers. His love for Fla. was very
strong, so late in years he returned to Fla. and died in Nassau
   Co. Fla. in 1839. €112

1777 Private in Capt. Robt Porter Co. "G" Tryon Co. N.C.
troops. Rev. War.
1781 Private in British Loyalist troops.
1782 Accused of treason...went to Florida.
1783 Private in Col. Wm. Young's troops in Fla.
1783 Listed in Spanish Fla. census
1784 Made Loyalist claim in Ga. to British Govt.
1785 Settled on Cumberland Island, Camden Co. Ga.
1798 Ensign in 3rd Co Camden, Ca. Ga. Militia
1799 Took oath of allegiance to St. of Ga. and U.S.
1835 Moved to Nassau Co. Fla.
1839 Died in Nassau Co. Fl. Buried at Old German town on a
bluff in Camden Co, Ga. overlooking St. Mary's River
Cemetary since destroyed by vandals.
Occupation...Planter, with much land, many slaves and
livestock.
Wife. Catherine Souder...died after 1840. €112