Mary Moffett was born in Old Augusta County, Virginia, a daughter of Col. Geroge Moffett and his wife Sarah Margaret McDowell. I believe where she was born is now Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Mary was first married to a cousin, Col. Joseph McDowell (1758-1795, hero of the Battle of King's Mtn.) of Pleasant Garens, Burke (now McDowell, which was named for him) County, NC, in Virginia in 1786, and after his death, she married Col. John Hazard Carson (1752-1841) in 1797. He was a neighbor, and the widower of Col. McDowell's sister.
At the time Mary moved from her first husband's home (now known as the McDowell House) she took the name Pleasant Gardens, which had referred to that house, and conferred it upon her second husband's home, which had previously been known as Garden Hill (and is now known as the Carson House). Now, that whole area around Buck Creek & the valley of the Catawba River out from Marion, NC, is known as Pleasant Gardens, and both houses are historically significant museums. (The Carson House has been a museum since the 1960s, and I believe there are plans to make the McDowell House into one.)
The children of Mary Moffett and Col. Joseph McDowell were: John M. (Moffett?) McDowell (1787-1855, m. Mary Mansfield Lewis), George McDowell (1788-1804), Col. James Moffett McDowell (1791-1854, m. Margaret Caroline Erwin), Anna McDowell (1793-1859, m. Capt. Charles Gordon McDowell, a cousin) and Joseph McDowell (1796-1800). There may have been a daughter named Elizabeth who died young.
The children of Mary Moffett and Col. John Hazard Carson were Samuel Price Carson (1798-1838, m. Catherine Wilson, U. S. Congressman and Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas), Matilda M. Carson (1799-?), William Moffett Carson (1801-1863/70, m. Almyra Tennessee Wilson), George Moffett Carson (1804-1863/70), and Jonathan Logan Carson (1807-1866, m. Mary Sturdivant Presnell). And there may have been more.
Mary's husbands, children and grandchildren were quite prominent people, and had a great effect on the course of history. But one should always be mindful of the old saying "It's the hand that rocks the cradle that rules the world." Miss Mary made a great contribution to her world, and to that of her descendants.
Mary was first married to a cousin, Col. Joseph McDowell (1758-1795, hero of the Battle of King's Mtn.) of Pleasant Garens, Burke (now McDowell, which was named for him) County, NC, in Virginia in 1786, and after his death, she married Col. John Hazard Carson (1752-1841) in 1797. He was a neighbor, and the widower of Col. McDowell's sister.
At the time Mary moved from her first husband's home (now known as the McDowell House) she took the name Pleasant Gardens, which had referred to that house, and conferred it upon her second husband's home, which had previously been known as Garden Hill (and is now known as the Carson House). Now, that whole area around Buck Creek & the valley of the Catawba River out from Marion, NC, is known as Pleasant Gardens, and both houses are historically significant museums. (The Carson House has been a museum since the 1960s, and I believe there are plans to make the McDowell House into one.)
The children of Mary Moffett and Col. Joseph McDowell were: John M. (Moffett?) McDowell (1787-1855, m. Mary Mansfield Lewis), George McDowell (1788-1804), Col. James Moffett McDowell (1791-1854, m. Margaret Caroline Erwin), Anna McDowell (1793-1859, m. Capt. Charles Gordon McDowell, a cousin) and Joseph McDowell (1796-1800). There may have been a daughter named Elizabeth who died young.
The children of Mary Moffett and Col. John Hazard Carson were Samuel Price Carson (1798-1838, m. Catherine Wilson, U. S. Congressman and Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas), Matilda M. Carson (1799-?), William Moffett Carson (1801-1863/70, m. Almyra Tennessee Wilson), George Moffett Carson (1804-1863/70), and Jonathan Logan Carson (1807-1866, m. Mary Sturdivant Presnell). And there may have been more.
Mary's husbands, children and grandchildren were quite prominent people, and had a great effect on the course of history. But one should always be mindful of the old saying "It's the hand that rocks the cradle that rules the world." Miss Mary made a great contribution to her world, and to that of her descendants.
Mary Moffett was born in Old Augusta County, Virginia, a daughter of Col. Geroge Moffett and his wife Sarah Margaret McDowell. I believe where she was born is now Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Mary was first married to a cousin, Col. Joseph McDowell (1758-1795, hero of the Battle of King's Mtn.) of Pleasant Garens, Burke (now McDowell, which was named for him) County, NC, in Virginia in 1786, and after his death, she married Col. John Hazard Carson (1752-1841) in 1797. He was a neighbor, and the widower of Col. McDowell's sister.
At the time Mary moved from her first husband's home (now known as the McDowell House) she took the name Pleasant Gardens, which had referred to that house, and conferred it upon her second husband's home, which had previously been known as Garden Hill (and is now known as the Carson House). Now, that whole area around Buck Creek & the valley of the Catawba River out from Marion, NC, is known as Pleasant Gardens, and both houses are historically significant museums. (The Carson House has been a museum since the 1960s, and I believe there are plans to make the McDowell House into one.)
The children of Mary Moffett and Col. Joseph McDowell were: John M. (Moffett?) McDowell (1787-1855, m. Mary Mansfield Lewis), George McDowell (1788-1804), Col. James Moffett McDowell (1791-1854, m. Margaret Caroline Erwin), Anna McDowell (1793-1859, m. Capt. Charles Gordon McDowell, a cousin) and Joseph McDowell (1796-1800). There may have been a daughter named Elizabeth who died young.
The children of Mary Moffett and Col. John Hazard Carson were Samuel Price Carson (1798-1838, m. Catherine Wilson, U. S. Congressman and Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas), Matilda M. Carson (1799-?), William Moffett Carson (1801-1863/70, m. Almyra Tennessee Wilson), George Moffett Carson (1804-1863/70), and Jonathan Logan Carson (1807-1866, m. Mary Sturdivant Presnell). And there may have been more.
Mary's husbands, children and grandchildren were quite prominent people, and had a great effect on the course of history. But one should always be mindful of the old saying "It's the hand that rocks the cradle that rules the world." Miss Mary made a great contribution to her world, and to that of her descendants.
Mary was first married to a cousin, Col. Joseph McDowell (1758-1795, hero of the Battle of King's Mtn.) of Pleasant Garens, Burke (now McDowell, which was named for him) County, NC, in Virginia in 1786, and after his death, she married Col. John Hazard Carson (1752-1841) in 1797. He was a neighbor, and the widower of Col. McDowell's sister.
At the time Mary moved from her first husband's home (now known as the McDowell House) she took the name Pleasant Gardens, which had referred to that house, and conferred it upon her second husband's home, which had previously been known as Garden Hill (and is now known as the Carson House). Now, that whole area around Buck Creek & the valley of the Catawba River out from Marion, NC, is known as Pleasant Gardens, and both houses are historically significant museums. (The Carson House has been a museum since the 1960s, and I believe there are plans to make the McDowell House into one.)
The children of Mary Moffett and Col. Joseph McDowell were: John M. (Moffett?) McDowell (1787-1855, m. Mary Mansfield Lewis), George McDowell (1788-1804), Col. James Moffett McDowell (1791-1854, m. Margaret Caroline Erwin), Anna McDowell (1793-1859, m. Capt. Charles Gordon McDowell, a cousin) and Joseph McDowell (1796-1800). There may have been a daughter named Elizabeth who died young.
The children of Mary Moffett and Col. John Hazard Carson were Samuel Price Carson (1798-1838, m. Catherine Wilson, U. S. Congressman and Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas), Matilda M. Carson (1799-?), William Moffett Carson (1801-1863/70, m. Almyra Tennessee Wilson), George Moffett Carson (1804-1863/70), and Jonathan Logan Carson (1807-1866, m. Mary Sturdivant Presnell). And there may have been more.
Mary's husbands, children and grandchildren were quite prominent people, and had a great effect on the course of history. But one should always be mindful of the old saying "It's the hand that rocks the cradle that rules the world." Miss Mary made a great contribution to her world, and to that of her descendants.
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