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Four Carney men were well established in Davidson County, Tennessee by the year 1800, viz: John, Elijah, Vincent and William Carney. The first record found in Tennessee on John Carney, William Carney, and Elijah Carney is in July 1799. Carol Wells, in her Davidson County Court Minutes 1799-1803, quotes the following for July 1799:
"(p.20) Isaac Earthman to oversee the Road beginning at the foot of the ridge thence to the head of Long Creek, down sd cr about one mile to a tree marked with a large O with all hands above Dry Fork East & West of sd Creek to wit Wm Smith Jno Carney Wm Carney Elijah Carney . . . and all taxables in sd bounds."
Elijah Carney and Vincent Carney bought land on Dry Fork Creek the same day (6 Jun 1809) from the same man, Frederick Stump. John Carney and William Carney both bought land on near-by Marrowbone Creek in February, 1812 from John Stump. All four of these men were listed in Militia Companies of Davidson County in 1812.
Within a five-year period, 1802-1806, William, Elijah, and Vincent were married, indicating by their age bracket that they were probably brothers. Moreover, there were two sisters to these three men, Lucy and Martha "Patsy" Carney who married brothers with the surname Blackburn. William, Elijah, and Vincent were listed in the 1820, 1830 (spelled KERNEY), and 1840 censuses of Davidson County. John Carney (Kerney) appeared with the other three in the 1830 census.
Considerable information is available on William (my g-g-g-grandfather), Elijah, and Vincent Carney and their descendants. Less is known about John Carney; it is suspected by some that his son, John Jr., established a line of Mississippi Carneys. The frustrating problem for my cousins and I is that we have not been able to discover anything regarding the ancestors of these four Carney men. Attempts to connect them with the William Carney line that came out of Norfolk, Virginia in the late 1600s have met with failure. The same is true regarding attempts to connect them with the Thomas Carney line that moved from Somerset County, Maryland to the Fairfax County, Virginia area in the late 1600s/early 1700s (and later to West Virginia). Any input/comments would be appreciated.
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