Charles Carson McKinley, born October 12, 1797, in North Carolina, died November 13, 1860, at Mustang Prairie, Falls County, Texas and buried in Eutaw Cemetery in Limestone County, Texas -was married in 1822 to Nancy Wallace, born November 23, 1800, in North Carolina, died March 3, 1879, and buried by her husband in Eutaw Cemetery.
Charles Carson and Nancy moved to Georgia about 1827, where he was a successful farmer. In 1849, he sold his property in Georgia and headed west with his wife, children, a son-in-law, some grandchildren, and his slaves. In 1850, they reached Kosciusko, Mississippi, where Charles rented land for a year and made a crop. Leaving Mississippi in the fall of 1850, the large family migrated to Texas -- crossing the Mississippi River by Ferry at Vicksburg, and arriving in Limestone County in the spring of 1851 with their ox wagon caravan.
Charles leased a farm, and then purchased several hundred acres of timberland in the Mustang Prairie Community of Falls County -- near the Eutaw Community of Limestone County. Two of his sons and three sons-in-law served in the Civil War, in the Confederate States Army, and one son was killed in that service.
Charles Carson and Nancy (Wallace) McKinley were the parents of nine children.
Charles Carson is the son of Charles David McKinley and wife Jenett McNeely of Cabarrus Co., North Carolina. They lived in the Rocky River area. Burial unknown but likely Rocky River Presbyterian Cemetery.
Charles Carson and Nancy moved to Georgia about 1827, where he was a successful farmer. In 1849, he sold his property in Georgia and headed west with his wife, children, a son-in-law, some grandchildren, and his slaves. In 1850, they reached Kosciusko, Mississippi, where Charles rented land for a year and made a crop. Leaving Mississippi in the fall of 1850, the large family migrated to Texas -- crossing the Mississippi River by Ferry at Vicksburg, and arriving in Limestone County in the spring of 1851 with their ox wagon caravan.
Charles leased a farm, and then purchased several hundred acres of timberland in the Mustang Prairie Community of Falls County -- near the Eutaw Community of Limestone County. Two of his sons and three sons-in-law served in the Civil War, in the Confederate States Army, and one son was killed in that service.
Charles Carson and Nancy (Wallace) McKinley were the parents of nine children.
Charles Carson is the son of Charles David McKinley and wife Jenett McNeely of Cabarrus Co., North Carolina. They lived in the Rocky River area. Burial unknown but likely Rocky River Presbyterian Cemetery.
Charles Carson McKinley, born October 12, 1797, in North Carolina, died November 13, 1860, at Mustang Prairie, Falls County, Texas and buried in Eutaw Cemetery in Limestone County, Texas -was married in 1822 to Nancy Wallace, born November 23, 1800, in North Carolina, died March 3, 1879, and buried by her husband in Eutaw Cemetery.
Charles Carson and Nancy moved to Georgia about 1827, where he was a successful farmer. In 1849, he sold his property in Georgia and headed west with his wife, children, a son-in-law, some grandchildren, and his slaves. In 1850, they reached Kosciusko, Mississippi, where Charles rented land for a year and made a crop. Leaving Mississippi in the fall of 1850, the large family migrated to Texas -- crossing the Mississippi River by Ferry at Vicksburg, and arriving in Limestone County in the spring of 1851 with their ox wagon caravan.
Charles leased a farm, and then purchased several hundred acres of timberland in the Mustang Prairie Community of Falls County -- near the Eutaw Community of Limestone County. Two of his sons and three sons-in-law served in the Civil War, in the Confederate States Army, and one son was killed in that service.
Charles Carson and Nancy (Wallace) McKinley were the parents of nine children.
Charles Carson is the son of Charles David McKinley and wife Jenett McNeely of Cabarrus Co., North Carolina. They lived in the Rocky River area. Burial unknown but likely Rocky River Presbyterian Cemetery.
Charles Carson and Nancy moved to Georgia about 1827, where he was a successful farmer. In 1849, he sold his property in Georgia and headed west with his wife, children, a son-in-law, some grandchildren, and his slaves. In 1850, they reached Kosciusko, Mississippi, where Charles rented land for a year and made a crop. Leaving Mississippi in the fall of 1850, the large family migrated to Texas -- crossing the Mississippi River by Ferry at Vicksburg, and arriving in Limestone County in the spring of 1851 with their ox wagon caravan.
Charles leased a farm, and then purchased several hundred acres of timberland in the Mustang Prairie Community of Falls County -- near the Eutaw Community of Limestone County. Two of his sons and three sons-in-law served in the Civil War, in the Confederate States Army, and one son was killed in that service.
Charles Carson and Nancy (Wallace) McKinley were the parents of nine children.
Charles Carson is the son of Charles David McKinley and wife Jenett McNeely of Cabarrus Co., North Carolina. They lived in the Rocky River area. Burial unknown but likely Rocky River Presbyterian Cemetery.
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