"William Carman, a native of North Carolina, fought in the War of 1812, was a gallant soldier and served under General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans, occupying a high place in the esteem of his superior officer. An educator of ability, he was the author of an arithmetic which is now on exhibition at the Western Teachers College in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Its pages are covered with beautiful handwriting, executed with a goose quill pen, and the textbook is very complete. Mr. Carman was also a vocal instructor and produced a book on music. He was likewise a successful farmer and at his death in 1837 owned an estate of five hundred acres on the Meridian road, near Mayfield, Kentucky. He had married a Miss Guilford [Gifford], who was born in Smith county, Tennessee, and passed away on the Carman homestead in Graves county, Kentucky. He moved to Graves County, Ky about 1821 and did as his brothers had done, filed a claim on 640 acres of land in the Jackson purchase that President Andrew Jackson had purchased from the Seminole Indians in 1818. William Carman died in 1835 and his wife Sarah about the same time. Word of their deaths finally got back to Meadorville in Macon Co., Tenn and an Uncle of the orphans, George C. Gifford, got together some pack horses and went after the orphans. They were scattered about with different relatives with almost universal dissatisfaction." - Pedigree Chart and letter, 25 June 1995, Created by Eugene Lockhart Talley and in the collected research files of Cynthia K. Roberts.

William⁸ Carman (William⁷, John⁶, John⁵, Caleb⁴, John³, Caleb², John¹) was born in 1790 at Caswell County, North Carolina and died 1837 at Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky. He married Sarah Gifford (Guilford), born in Smith County, Tennessee; daughter of Gideon Gifford and Catherine Slaughter (thanks, SuAnn Thomas for the parents), and died 1835 at Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky.

Children of William and Sarah (Gifford) Carman:

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