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Subject: [INPARKE] William Carmichael of North Carolina, Indiana
Date: 8 Jan 2004 17:51:16 -0700


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Surnames: Carmichael, Gossett, Spurgin, Clark
Classification: Query

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William Carmichael was supposedly born in New York in the mid 1770's. He went to Guilford County, North Carolina as a young child with his father, who was supposedly Andrew Carmichael. Andrew Carmichael received land grants in Guilford County as early as 1779. William Carmichael married Lydia Gossett, daughter of Thomas Gossett of Guilford County, NC by 1800. In 1810, William and his family lived just over the border in Randolph County, NC. By 1815, we found him back in Guilford County, NC on the same tax list as Lydia's father, Thomas Gossett. Shortly afterwards, he moved to Indiana. He is an original entry landowner in Lawrence County, IN with entries dated 23 Mar 1818. He is next found owning land and residing in Lost River, Orange County, Indiana. An 1880's era history of Orange County, IN states that William Carmichael arrived in 1819. He is listed in the 1820 census as residing in Paoli township, Orange County, NC. William and Lydia Carmichael sell their Orange County !
land in 1825. By 1826 they have moved to Parke County, IN, where Lydia dies in 1826 and is buried in the Miller Cemetery in Parke County, IN at age 50. William Carmichael moved on to Hendricks County, IN and acquires land there, just east of Belleville and just south of Clayton, IN. He sells his land to his son, William Carmichael JR in 1833. This is when William Carmichael Sr. disappears from the records.
Some children were:
1. William Carmichael Jr, born about 1803 or 1807 in Guilford County, NC. Married Larissa or Laura Lyon (a widow?) on 3 Mar 1843 in Hendricks Co., IN. Died in Liberty township, Hendricks Co., IN early in 1869.
2. Lydia Carmichael, born 17 Jul 1808 in Guilford Co., NC. Married 3 Sep 1826 in Parke Co., IN to William McKendre Clark and died in Knox Co., IL on 9 Dec 1884.
3. Thomas Carmichael, born abt 1809 in Guilford Co., NC. Married 10 Dec 1830 in Putnam Co., IN to Rebecca Spurgin. He died 1856 in Union township, Parke Co., IN.
4. John Carmichael, born abt 1810 in North Carolina. Married 20 Nov 1830 in Putnam Co., IN to Matilda Spurgin. He died aft 1880 in Putnam Co., IN.
5. Jonathan C. Carmichael, born Abt 1811 in either Lost River, Orange Co., IN or North Carolina. He was married 1832 in Union township, Parke Co., IN to Elizabeth Hatfield. Jonathan died on 14 Feb 1844 in Union township, Parke Co., IN.
Does anyone have more information on this family or an the ancestry of this family.


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