Willoughby John "Willie" Carmack was born May 1847 in Coffee County, Tennessee to Samuel B. Carmack and Mary "Polly" G. Davis Carmack. The Carmack family migrated from Edgecombe County, North Carolina with some members of Polly Davis Carmack's family between 1845-1847. Polly G. Davis was the daughter of Jonathan Davis and Sarah Green Davis of Edgecombe Co., NC. The family of Samuel and Polly Carmack were listed in Coffee County, Tennessee census records in 1850. Samuel B. and Polly moved to Hardeman County, Tennessee, where the family is listed in the 1860 census records. Some of the Carmack family were listed in Gibson County, Tennessee in the 1870 census records. Willoughby John Carmack married Eliza Jane Cannon (recorded on April 24, 1867) in Gibson county, Tennessee. Willoughby and Eliza Jane Carmack moved to El Paso, White Co., Ar. before 1880. Their family was listed in the 1880 census living in El Paso, White Co., Arkansas along with two of Willie's brothers, Pellam Poinsett Carmack and Jonathan Robert Carmack, who were located nearby in the Royal Township. About 1895 Pell and Willie Carmack moved their families to Argenta, North Little Rock, Arkansas where their families are located in the 1900 census. Burial records for Willie and Eliza Jane Carmack have been found in the cemetery office in this cemetery with location of burial plots. However, the markers for their graves have sunk below the ground.

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: Coffee DIVISION: Tenth

Civil District REEL NO: 432-875 PAGE NO: 84A REFERENCE: Penciled Page 167 -

Nov 22nd, 1850 - Saml L. Davidson

11 1170 1186 Carmack Saml 36 M W Farmer NC---this age is incorrect

12 1170 1186 Carmack Mary 30 F W NC 

13 1170 1186 Carmack Robert 10 M W NC

14.1170 1186 Carmack Pelam 7 M W NC

15 1170 1186 Carmack John 5 M W Tenn

16 1170 1186 Carmack Wilaby 3 M W Tenn

17 1170 1186 Carmack Saml 1 M W Tenn

In the 1860 census-pg17-270,dist16,Hardeman Co., Tn, This family is found in Hardeman County, near Mississippi. There are no county court records for this family. They may have been in transient.

S.B. Carmack-B. 1808-52-NC.

Mary G. Carmack-1820-40-NC

Jonathan Carmack-19-NC

Poinset Carmack--17-NC

John W. Carmack--14-TN

Willoughby Carmack-10-TN

William Carmack---7 TN

Margaret----------3 TN

Mary A.-----------1-TN

The children born to the couple were:

1. William B. Carmack buried at Grissard Cemetery, El Paso, White Co., Ar.

2. Mary Carmack--born December 1869, must have died before moving to Arkansas--never listed again in census records.

3. Lula Carmack--married Sam Austin September 18, 1898 in Pulaski Co., Ar.-buried at Grissard Cemetery, El Paso, White Co., Ar.

4. Robert Wise Carmack--married Mary Claude Patrom September 30, 1899 in El Paso, White County, Arkansas-recorded Book M-Page 138

5. Penila Cordelia Carmack married Willis Lawrence Tackette December 15, 1901 Pulaski Co., Ar. She was born November 1876. No burial records at this time.

6. Oscar J. Carmack married Edith M. of New York lived in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri

7. Lenora Carmack married George Ludwig Riegler June 10, 1906 Pulaski Co., Ar.

8. Hugh A. Carmack died young buried at Grissard Cemetery, El Paso, White Co., Ar.

9. Mable Carmack born January 1887---no other records

10. Como E. Carmack born December 8, 1889 in El Paso,White Co., Ar. and died October 26, 1943 in Los Angeles County, California. She first married Mr. Stewart in Pulaski Co. before 1920 she was widowed. She married Joseph L. Fournier of Canada before 1930 in Los Angeles, Ca.