U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Carroll, Anthony (1725-1832) --------------------------------------------------------------------- A History of Preston County West Virginia Biographical Department, Supplied by J. R. Cole Kingwood, W. Va., The Journal Publishing Company, 1914 by H. S. Whetsell Page 640 The Carroll family are of English descent, and were early settlers in West Virginia. Anthony Carroll, born about 1725, the pioneer of the family in Morgantown, settled first at Annapolis, Maryland. He was of the same family as Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and lived in the same town, but the relationship is not known. His emigration to America took place after he had been released from military duties in England, because of over age, and his coming here must have been soon after the French and Indian War and not long before the War of Independence. Nor could he have remained at Annapolis long, before his removal to Morgantown, as the Indians were still molesting the white settlers after his arrival in Monongalia county, on account of their troubles with the Morgans. Because of those savage raids on the whites, Mr. Carroll and others moved with their families into the fort at Granville, and subsequently to Rock Forge, where he died in 1832, at the advanced age of 107 years. Anthony Carroll was a soldier in the British navy, and a weaver by trade. He followed that pursuit while living in the fort at Granville. Subsequently he purchased the Kerns stone-house farm at Rock Forge and moved on it. Later he bought a mill of one of the Morgans at Uffington. He also built a mill at Dellslow and operated both mills and the farm for several years. Anthony Carroll was a remarkable man. When 96 years old he walked from Morgantown to Kingwood one day, and walked back a few days later. He was married four times. His first wife was a Miss Donaway, whom he married in England. Two children came of this union, James and Mary. Mary, an ancestor of Hon. William Gorden Worley, married William Gordon and moved to Ohio. His second wife died not long after marriage, leaving no children. His third wife was a Miss Rose Hall. By her he had one daughter, Margaret, who married Godfrey Guseman of Morgantown. His fourth wife was a Mrs. Walls. No issue from this marriage. --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Preston County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/preston/bios.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------