An American Family History

Carriger Family

Carter County, Tennessee was organized from Washington County on April 9, 1796. Elizabethton is the county seat.

Godfrey Carriger was born March 7, 1732 in Germany.

He was a Revolutionary War soldier.

His wife was Margaret Anspach.

Nicholas Carriger (1761, married Catherine Millard),
Michael Carriger (1764),
Leonard Carriger (1766),
Godfrey Carriger, Jr. (1769, married Elizabeth Lovelace Crawley, widow of William Crawley).
Elizabeth Carriger (1771, married John Nave),
Henry Carriger (1774),
John Carriger (1777),
Christian Carriger (1779, married Lavicy Ward).

They moved to the Watauga Settlement in 1782 from Brunswick County, Pennsylvania and apparently brought six wagon loads of supplies which included fine furniture, an iron cook stove (the first in the territory), over $35,000 dollars in gold, and a number of enslaved people. They settled in the area that would become Carter County, Tennessee.

The 1792 and 1794 tax rolls in Washington County show that the Carriger family owned many acres.

The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) was between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the 13 colonies which became the newly formed United States.

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