Comfort Carnes

Could not have been the daughter of William Cash, of Westmoreland, VA & Elizabeth Cash. Elizabeth died in 1750, before Comfort was born.

Biography

Comfort Cash married Joseph Carnes (1753 - 1838) 12 Nov. 1783 in Granville Co. N. C. They lived in Granville Co. N.C. in 1790, Mecklenburg Co. N.C. in 1800, and Carroll Co. in 1830.

Comfort was one of fourteen charter members of the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, near Villa Rica, Georgia, in 1828. It is the oldest Baptist Church west of the Chattahoochee River in northwest Georgia.

They had the following known children:

From https://www.geni.com/discussions/276189?msg=1685082

1. Zachariah Carnes (Carns) born NC 1785 Mecklenberg Co. NC (Ed Carnes note - GC census 1850)
2. John P. Carnes born NC 1786 Mecklenberg Co. NC
3. Thomas Carnes born NC 1787 Mecklenberg Co. NC
4. David Carnes no info, for name from Dr. Donald Carnes letter 1/9/2002
5. Lydia Carnes no info, for name from Dr. Donald Carnes letter 1/9/2002
6. Peter Carnes no info, for name from Dr. Donald Carnes letter 1/9/2002
7. Edmund Carnes no info, for name from Dr. Donald Carnes letter 1/9/2002
8. Unknown daughter no info, for name from Dr. Donald Carnes letter 1/9/2002
9. Greenberry Carnes born G abt 1800 (Ed Carnes research) or Maybe son of Peter (above)

In the 1860 Paulding County Ga. Census she is living in the home of R. Carns. She is buried at Old Harmony Grove Church Cemetery, Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia.

Sources

1. Find A Grave Memorial# 83767622. Shows father as Stephen Cash
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cash-99 shows father as Joseph Cash
3. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMP-MNQ : 1 October 2017), Comfort Carns in entry for R Carns, 1860.
4. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011. Marriage Date 12 Nov 1783, Marriage Place Granville, North Carolina, USA, Spouse Joseph Carnes

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother Robert Howard Cash by SmartCopy: Aug 25 2015, 19:57:11 UTC

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• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via father William Cash Sr. by SmartCopy: Aug 27 2015, 19:01:33 UTC
• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Mar 3 2021, 8:56:53 UTC