Carrie Jones1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 18860, (1865 - 1941)
Adoptive fatherJohn W. Jones4,5,6 (abt 1840 - )
Adoptive motherMary E. Fort7,5,8 (abt 1842 - )

Key Events:

Birth: 9 Oct 1865, Port Royal, Montgomery Co., Tennessee9,10,11
Marriage: 12 Apr 1888, Oak Grove, Christian Co., Kentucky, William Davis Elliott (4 Jul 1859 - 17 Mar 1924)12,13,14
Death: 16 Sep 1941, Montgomery Co., Tennessee15,5
Burial: 17 Sep 1941, Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee5
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Carrie Jones was born on 9 Oct 1865 in Port Royal, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.9,10,11
     Carrie was apparently adopted by John W. Jones and Mary E. Fort, apparently before 1880, but her birth parents have not been identified.16 She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the household of her adoptive parents.4
     Carrie married William Davis Elliott, son of Thomas Herbert Elliott and Elizabeth Mariah Tuck, on 12 Apr 1888 in Oak Grove, Christian Co., Kentucky.12,13,14
     Carrie and William settled on a farm on the Tennessee side of the state line, near Edgoten, Kentucky, after they married, and lived their the rest of their lives.17
     Carrie and William appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, enumerated 2 Jun 1900, reporting that they owned their farm. Their children Thomas, William and Jones were listed as living with them.18
     Carrie and William appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, on the Hopkinsville and Clarksville Pike, enumerated 21 Apr 1910, reporting that they owned their farm. Their children Thomas, William and Jones were listed as living with them.19
     Carrie and William appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, on State Line Rd, enumerated 5 Jan 1920, reporting that they owned their farm. Their sons Jones and Thomas were listed as living with them, as was the latter's wife, Willie Joann Mallory, and their children, Josephine and Mary. Their middle son, William, and his family apparently lived close by as they are listed next.20
     Her husband died on 17 Mar 1924 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee.21,22
     Carrie appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the household of her eldest son, Thomas, and his wife, Willie Joann Mallory.23 She appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the household of her son Thomas and his wife.24
     Carrie died on 16 Sep 1941 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee, at age 75, at the family home, on the Tennessee state line near Edgoten.15,5 She was buried on 17 Sep 1941 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee.5
     
Research Note, 21 Oct 2019:
Carrie's death certificate, and her obituary, identify her parents as John W. Jones and Mary Fort. Indeed, she is found with them in the 1880 census. However, that census shows both her parents as born in North Carolina, in the case of her father overwritten an earlier entry. John and Mary were born in Kentucky and Tennessee respectively, so if the census record is correct they cannot be her birth parents. That, together with the fact that she cannot be found with them in the 1870 census strongly suggests she was adopted by them. Efforts to identify her birth parents have not been successful.5,17,4

Children:
     Children with William Davis Elliott:

Citations

  1. [S8825] J. W. Jones household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows name as Carry Jones.
  2. [S2704] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," FamilySearch.org, record for W. D. Elliott and Carrie Jones, citing FHL#1942960 and pg 345.
  3. [S4569] Carrie Jones Elliott, Certificate of Death, shows father's surname as Jones.
  4. [S8825] J. W. Jones household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  5. [S4569] Carrie Jones Elliott, Certificate of Death.
  6. [S8826] Carrie Jones Elliott obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, shows him as her father.
  7. [S8825] J. W. Jones household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows the girl as daughter of Mary's husband.
  8. [S8826] Carrie Jones Elliott obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, shows her as her mother.
  9. [S4569] Carrie Jones Elliott, Certificate of Death, shows date, county, and state.
  10. [S8826] Carrie Jones Elliott obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, shows born 76 years ago, town.
  11. [S8825] J. W. Jones household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows age 14 and state.
  12. [S2704] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," FamilySearch.org, record for W. D. Elliott and Carrie Jones, citing FHL#1942960 and pg 345, shows date, town, and county.
  13. [S4563] D. William Elliott household, 1900 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows married 12 years.
  14. [S8728] Saunders, and Stubbs, Early Settlers of Alabama, pg 385, shows year, as 1893.
  15. [S8826] Carrie Jones Elliott obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, shows died today, at country home, town.
  16. [S8825] J. W. Jones household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows Carrie's parents were both born in North Carolina, while John and Mary were born in Kentucky and Tennessee respectively.
  17. [S8826] Carrie Jones Elliott obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle.
  18. [S4563] D. William Elliott household, 1900 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  19. [S4564] William Elliot household, 1910 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  20. [S4566] W. D. Elliott household, 1920 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  21. [S4562] Wm. D. Elliott, Certificate of Death.
  22. [S8826] Carrie Jones Elliott obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, shows he died on the family farm near Edgoten.
  23. [S4570] Thomas H. Elliott household, 1930 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  24. [S4571] Thomas H. Elliott household, 1940 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  25. [S4563] D. William Elliott household, 1900 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  26. [S4564] William Elliot household, 1910 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  27. [S8821] Thomas Herbert Elliott, Certificate of Death.
  28. [S8823] William Davis Elliott, Jr., Delayed Certificate of Birth.
  29. [S8824] Jones Fort Elliott, Certificate of Death.