Owen Carpenter was born 1740 and died 1780 in Moore County, North Carolina. He married Catherine Shamburger. While home on leave from fighting in the Revolutionary War, British Soldiers came to his home on Bear Creek, N.C., and when he came to the door, with his newly born son in his arms, the soldiers fired and killed both the father and the infant son. They were both buried in the Shamburger Cemetery, Moore Co., North Carolina.

Children of Owen Carpenter and Catherine Shamburger:

i. Jonathan Carpenter, born Abt. 1760; died Abt. 1832.
ii.Solomon Carpenter, born Abt. 1760.
iii. Dennis Carpenter, born Abt. 1765 in North Carolina; died Abt. 1837 in Montgomery, Alabama. He married Margaret Hahm.
iv. Owen Carpenter, born 1765 in North Carolina; died Abt. 1828 in Lawrence Co., MS.
v. Temple Carpenter, born 1769 in Moore County, North Carolina; died September 12, 1839 in Copiah Co., Mississippi.
vi. Adam Carpenter, born July 02, 1771.
vii.Infant Carpenter, born 1780.
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The following information was supplied by Find A Grave Contributor jrcrin001

1762: Owen first appears in Moore Co, NC records buying land in a part of Cumberland Co that became part of Moore Co in 1784. It is thought that Owen must have been at least 21 years of age at the time to make legal transactions. He may have been married at the time and could have been the father of children born as early as 1762. NOTE: The following entry may seem identical to the one cited for 1765, it is in a different deed book but describes the same land location. The difference is it was issued Oct. 28, 1765, but entered Oct. 19, 1762. One is cited as 705 and the one below that is 524. Otherwise, they are identical.

The story of Owen's murder as told in a newspaper article says that he was home on furlough during the Revolution when Tory soldiers began looting the area. He was carrying his newborn son when he went to the door and the Tories gunned them down with a single bullet.