John Carmichael (1736 - 1799)

Born 19 Jan 1736 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Husband of Isabella (Pomeroy) Carmichael — married 1770 in Mifflin, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1799 at age 63 in Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

John Carmichael performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

John Carmichael is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A019286.

John Carmichael is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-128690
Rank: Patriotic

John Carmichael was born January 19, 1736, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. During the Revolutionary War, John hired a substitute to serve in the Continental Army, in his place. ^[1] John made his residence, first in Derry Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he was twice married. The name of his first wife is not recorded by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, but descendants of his second wife, Isabella Pomeroy are recorded. (See his spouse's profile for additional information. DAR records indicate that John died February 20, 1799, in Washington county, Tennessee. ^[2]

Find A Grave memorial # 86179476 comment:

Came to America from Scotland with parents, Cornelius Carmichael and Isabella. Eventually settled in Wayne Twp., Cumberland Co., PA. First married Jeanette Thompson with whom he had a daughter; with his second wife, Isabella Pomeroy, he had a family of thirteen children. After his brother Daniel died while serving in the Revolution in Dec. 1777, he and his family moved to be with his mother, her new husband, James Thompson, and his brother James in TN. This occurred around 1792. He took his family to live in Jonesborough, Washington Co., where he died in 1799.

Research Notes

There are six men named, "John Carmicheal" who served in the military during the Revolutionary War:

Ancestor #: A019284: Private John Carmichael, born May 5,1740, in Glascow, Scotland, died November 19, 1806, in Sand Lake New York, served in New York Ancestor #: A019285: John Carmichael, born October 17, 1728, in Tarbert, Scotland, died November 15, 1785, in Windsor Place, PA, married Catherine Mustard

Ancestor #: A019286 This John Carmichael, who married Isabel Pomeroy

Ancestor #: A019287: John Carmichael, born before 1740, in Scotland, died 1808, in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, married Nancy Graham Ancestor #: A019288: John Carmichael, born August 7, 1757, in Chester, PA, died 1848, in Carroll county, Georgia Ancestor #: A019292: John Carmicahel, born circa 1746, died August 3, 1841, buried in Monroe county, Ohio, married Elizabeth Crow

The Find A Grave memorial for Isabel Pomeroy, ^[3]who married THIS John Carmichael is connected to an incorrect John Carmichael, ^[4] and gives Scotland as his birthplace and his parents as Isabella and Cornelius Carmichael. The year of birth 1728 correlates with that of Ancestor #: A019285. It is likely, however, that this John Carmichael is the son of Cornelius, from Scotland. His brother, Daniel Carmichael (DAR Ancestor #A019275) also made his residence in Derry Township, Cumberland county.

John was born in 1728. He passed away in 1799.

Sources

1. ↑ PA HIST & MUSEUM COMMISSION, MIL ABSTRACT CARD FILE, ROLL #102
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of John Carmichael", Ancestor # A019286.
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205899526/isabella-carmichael
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86179476/john-carmichael

• History and genealogy of the Pomeroy and collateral lines England-Ireland-America : comprising the ancestors and descendants of Author; compiled by Pomeroy, Edwin Moor p. 1241
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5513553&pid=1371360988
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4904458&pid=108482504
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=65691830&pid=290

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Carmichael-164 created through the import of Foster Family Tree.ged on May 27, 2011 by Ferrell Foster
• "Tennessee Probate Court Books, 1795-1927," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S7WF-SVVY-R9?cc=1909088&wc=M6QW-LMS%3A179850501%2C180221401 : 22 May 2014), Washington > Wills, 1779-1857, Vol. 01 > image 40 of 269; county courthouses, Tennessee.
• Find-a-grave #86179476