Clint Cameron Carson

James married Rosa Lee Elliott. Rosa (daughter of R. Wesley Elliott and Caroline Jenkins) was born on 9 Mar 1884 in North Carolina; died on 10 Jun 1968 in Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried in Sawyer Cemetery, Nantahala, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

R. married Caroline Jenkins. Caroline (daughter of Charles Jonas Jenkins and Mary Jane Nichols) was born on 29 Jul 1852 in Macon County, North Carolina; died on 4 Dec 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dock served during the Civil War in the Confederate Army, joining in 1861, Sgt. Company F, 29th Regiment, North Carolina. He enlisted August 31, 1861 at the age of 41. He was wounded in an unspecified battle. (Information from Confederate military records per National Archives Record Group 109, Conf. book-volume VIII., Jonas and Ann's ages and birthplace per 1850 Macon County, NC census p. 348)
The original marriage bond for Dock and Mary (Polly Mae) is on file in the Macon County Courthouse and is an interesting document. For example, the bond was for "five hundred pounds current money of the State" and Mary's surname is spelled NICHELS. The bondsman was a Michael Jenkins. Ordinarily Jonas would have been the bondsman, but since he opposed the marriage, soneone else had to sigh the bond. As bondsmen usually were close relatives, it is possible this Michael Jenkins may have been one of the unidentified sons of Jonas and Ann Williams Jenkins, a half-brother to Charles, but it is just speculation, nothing proved yet.
The story goes that Jonas was very upset about the pending marriage and moved into North Georgia for a while. According to the booklet written, the reason Jonas so upset was because Polly Mae was the daughter of Charles' half sister - Nancy Jenkins - who was married to Alexander Nichols. Jonas apparently got over his "fit" because the September 13, 1850 census for Macon County, NC - Smokey Mountain Township shows Charles and Mary, Jonas and Polly living in the same house.
The Arlington Church Cemetery was originally the Charles "Dock" Jenkins Family Cemetery. The land is part of an original grant made to Jonas Jenkins when he first settled in the Jenkins Branch area. After Jonas' death the land passed to Dock. He set aside the land by deed for the continued use as a cemetery by all the members of his family before his own death in 1915. Dock took great care in the layout of his cemetery. He established a very orderly pattern with straight rows and uniform spacing between the graves. He took extra care to mark the exact location of each grave. Until the latter half of the twentieth century, the majority of the burials in this cemetery were of people directly descended from Dock and Polly Jenkins.
The earliest tombstone erected in the cemetery is a dual stone for Silas and Eliza Jenkins. The stone was erected after May 1857.
Sadly, only Nancy Jane and Sarah Josephine outlived their parents. Birth dates and names per 1880, Swain County, North Carolina Census - also Dock, Polly, Thomas, Robert, Charles, Caladona and her husband. Nancy Jane and her husband, & Silas and Eliza are buried at the Arlington Cemetery. The stones and inscriptions on all but Silas and Eliza were personally verified by Joan Gillett.
Census for 1850 in Macon County, North Carlolina shows Jonas & Polly as parents.

Charles married Mary Jane Nichols on 19 May 1850 in Macon County, North Carolina. Mary was born on 2 May 1834 in Macon County, North Carolina; died on 8 Dec 1909 in Swain County, North Carolina; was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]