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Note: 1774: In his Chapter VIII: "The Beginnings of Settlement", on p. 260, of his 1974 Volume I: Prelude of Earl L. Core's series THE MONONGALIA STORY: A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY, published by the McClain Printing Company, Parsons, WV, Core quoted: "Anthony Carroll is Intitled to four hundred acres of land in Monongalia County near Cheat River adjoining the Dunker Bottom to Include his Settlement made theron in the year 1774.
Anthony Carroll served in the English navy before settling on this tract, near present Kingwood, Preston County (Wiley, 456; Lough, 263)."
1787: At the end of Chapter Eleven: "1787", p. 158, of his 1976 Volume II: The Pioneers of Earl L. Core's series THE MONONGALIA STORY: A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY, Ibid, Core wrote "In 1787: Anthony Carroll, a sailor in the British navy, patented land
at Dunkerd Bottom (Morton, p. 332)."
1882: According to S. T. Wiley's HISTORY OF PRESTON COUNTY (WEST VIRGINIA) first published in 1882 in Kingwood, WV by The Journal Printing House and reprinted in 1968 and 1993 by the McClain Printing Company, Parsons, WV 26287, and available online
from Amazon.Com: On page 456, "Anthony Carroll served in the English Navy, and came at an early day close to Morgantown. He married a Miss Dunaway. They had two children, James and Mary."
10/5/98: According to Dan Nelson, 925 So, (BoomerNels@aol.com):
Anthony Carroll "was born in 1725 in Scotland. He was a British sailor who had been released from military duties, because of being over age. With his wife Mary Donaway he had immigrated to America by 1770. He was a weaver by trade. Anthony first
settled in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
"He then took the advice to go west and went to Morgantown, Monongalia Co., Virginia. Here he found the Morgans (a large family) and the Indians involved in arguments that made it unsafe for bystanders, so he along with others moved into the fort at
Granville. By 1776 he had bought the Kern's stone-house farm (settled in 1774) along the Cheat River at Rock Forge, adjoining Dunkard Bottom (the largest body of truly level land in present day Preston Co., known for its sandy untillable soil), near
Kingwood, Virginia. He patented these 400 acres in 1787. Later he bought a mill at Uffington, from a Morgan. He also built a mill at Dellslow and operated both mills and the farm for several years. He patented an additional 240 acres of land on
Decker's Creek adjoining Zebulon Hoge's in 1789.
"In 1791 he was called to testify on behalf on Owen Davey who was accused of stealing a canoe from Thomas Evans. Davey was ultimately fined one penny. Anthony and his son James were both called to testify in 1794 on behalf of Baldwin Weaver, a
blacksmith who was accused of assaulting Richard Merrifield. Weaver was found innocent. In 1798 John Scott was called to testify on behalf of the Commonwealth against Anthony and James Carroll for Anthony's assault on Dudley Evans (Anthony was
roughly 73 years old at that time).
"....At age 96 he walked from Morgantown to Kingwood 23 miles away, in one day. Some of his descendants claim it was to see a lady. He then walked back a few days later. Anthony died in 1832 at age 107."
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