The Ancestry record you cited is actually an application for SAR membership on Jesse Carroll through Jesse's son John. Per the DAR records: John Carroll's father Jesse Carroll served as a soldier. Jesse Carroll's DAR number: A019773. DAR list Jesse Carroll as born ca. 1750 Granville County, NC and died 16 August 1801 Duplin County, North Carolina. John Carroll is shown as being from Jesse Carroll's marriage to Mary Gavin, born ca. 1752 - died ca. 1810; married ca. 1769.