Individual Details

Baptized in the German Reformed Church, Frederick, Frederick Co, MD - parents transcribed as John & Elizabeth "Cary".

Michael Karney to Eleanor Mills - married by the Rev. Thomas Winters.

1820. Madison, Butler Co, OH
James Mills. 1m 16-26, 1m 26-45, 1f under 10, 1f 26-45
several households away:
Michael Carney, 1m 26-45, 2f under 10, 1f 16-26
next to John Carney, 3m under 10, 1m 10-16, 1m 16-26, 1m over 45. 1f under 10, 1f 10-16, 1f 26-45. Probably his father.

only a single Carney found in Madison, Butler Co OH in 1830
John Carney: 2m under 5, 1m 30-40. 2f -5, 1f 5-10, 1f 20-30.
There were several Mills families in Madison.


Michael Carney & Henrietta Mills were married by the Reverend Jacob Kemp. [According to a Carney researcher, Michael was first married to Elizabeth Mills - Elizabeth would have been Lavinia's mother unless there is an error in dates. Possibly Elizabeth died in childbirth, leaving Michael with a tiny baby to raise, in which case he would have remarried as soon as possible. Marriage records from Butler Co OH indicate that Michael was first married to ELEANOR Mills.]

1840 Census. Madison Twp, Butler Co Ohio.
No Michael Carney/Kearney found, but I suspect this is he:
Michael Kenny: 1m 5-10, 2m 10-15, 1m 15-20, 1m 40-50 [Michael]
2f -5, 1f 5-10, 2f 10-15 [Lavinia could have been one of these], 1f 15-20, 1f 20-30, 1f 30-40 [Henrietta]

1850 Census. Madison, Butler Co Ohio, Hh 312
Michael Kearney, age 53, b. Maryland.
Henrietta, age 44, b. Ohio
Children all born in Ohio: Lavina, age 20. John age 18. Rachel age 15. Julia A. age 10. Minerva and Malisa, age 6.
Jacob Stimp, laborer, age 38, b. Ohio, was also counted with the family.

1860 Census. Flatrock, Bartholemew Co, Indiana. Family 406
Michael Carney, age 65, b. Maryland. Henrietta, age 56, b. Ohio.
Minerva, age 16, b. Ohio.
James Campbell, age 3, b. Indiana.
Family 404 is that of Simeon Carney, age 31, b. Ohio. Sarah, 27, b. IN
Children born in Indiana: James W. 6, Charlotte A. 3, Amy J. age 5/12
in
Washington Twp, Shelby Co IN, Family 907 is
Edmond A. Lewis, age 24, b. IN. Julia A. age 21, b. Ohio
John, 8 months, b. IN.
They had a Chambers family living with them - a lady and several children.
Harrison St. John, age 24, medical student, also lived with them.

I found Francis M. St. John in Curry Twp, Sullivan Co IN, in 1860. No spouse listed with him. He was age 25, b. Indiana. He had a child Frances, age 7, a girl, and Mathew, age 8 months.

1865. Tax levy to support War. District 9; Jan-May 1865
Michael Carney, Jefferson Twp, Slaughtered Hogs, 2

1870 Census. Flatrock, Bartholemew Co, IN, Hh 11
Simeon Carney, age 42, b. Ohio. Sarah, age 38, b. Indiana.
James W. 17, Charlotte 13, Ame E. 10, Francis F. (male) age 5.
Barbara Dickman, domestic servant, age 21, b. PA
Jonathan Cole, farm labor, age 28, b. Ohio
Michael Carney, age 75, b. Maryland.

1 Nov 1871. Application of Jacob Baker for War of 1812 Pension. Michael Kerney and Joseph Beard, of Clay Co, signed that they knew Jacob and he was who he said himself to be. Miachel signed with his mark. That explains why the name is found as Carney/Kerney/Kearney.


Carney Marriages in Shelby Co IN:
Nancy Carney to William B. Cremens 26 Sep 1839
Joshua Carney to Matilda Nigh 23 Sep 1847
Thomas Carney to Phebe Eliz. Baxter 25 Dec 1852
Simeon Carney to Sarah Collett 6 Jan 1853 [Alfred Phelps, same minister that married Lavinia & Robert T. Wishard]
Eleanor Carney to Jacob Moore 25 Sep 1853
Oliver Carney to Juliet Martha St. John 9 Oct 1853 [Alfred Phelps]
Amanda J. Carney to David Ulrey 1 Dec 1855
John Carney to Susanna Fix 13 Jan 1856
Rachel Carney to Francis M. St. John 20 Jan 1856
Julia Ann Carney to Edmond A. Lewis 20 Jan 1856



Some hints to family of James Mills:
From History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio
BOATMAN, WARWICK, LAFAYETTE, MILLS, FLENNER, BROOKS (Hanover Twp., pp. 446-447)
The BOATMANs were one of the earliest families in the county. Jeremiah W. BOATMAN, now living in this township, is a descendant of this family. He was born in Hamilton, (Butler Co., OH), Sep 7, 1840, & is the s/o Mark M. BOATMAN & Cynthia WARWICK. The great-great-grandfather BOATMAN was of French descent, enlisting as a soldier under LAFAYETTE, & taking part in many of the actions of the Revolutionary War. He remained in America at the close of the war where he had married & raised a small family, of which the members were nearly all massacred by the Indians in PA. James BOATMAN was born in Northumberland Co., PA about 1771, as nearly as can be told. On the 22nd of Aug 1799, he married Anna MILLS, dau/o Col. James MILLS, & emigrated to OH two years after. Col. MILLS was of Irish descent. He emigrated from Berks Co., PA, & settled in Hamilton. He had seven children: Reed, Mark, James, Anna, Abbie, Julia, & Eliza. When the colonel started from the East he had three fine-blooded horses. These he sent on in advance, in charge of a man who was going that way, but when he arrived, either owing to the Indians or to the duplicity of his agent, he found neither horses nor man, & was obliged to content himself with his loss. Col. MILLS came down by boat, as did Mr. BOATMAN, who carried his family in a canoe, landing in Cincinnati, where there were then only a few cabins. From there he went to Hamilton. It was at that time a common thing to mark a road by little sticks & stones, to indicate the route; they followed these for a long time, & then discovered that some person had maliciously changed the little end, which indicated the right way, so as to point out another & entirely wrong direction. This cost them several days' lost labor. As soon as the land was surveyed on the west side of the river, he located 160 acres four miles north of Hamilton, on Four-Mile Creek. Here he built a small cabin, in which he lived until he became easy in money matters, when he erected a commodious frame house, which is still standing. At the time he took up his settlement here there were only three families in his neighborhood--one opposite the FLENNER Mills, one on the farm now owned by Andrew FLENNER, & one on William BROOKS's present farm. The two former lived in block-houses.
Pages 98 - 104
THE WAR OF 1812
In a letter received by Mr. McBRIDE, Joel COLLINS, in relation to citizens of Butler County who served in the War of 1812, wrote:
Colonel James MILLS, With his regiment, assisted in defending Fort Meigs during both the times it was besieged by the enemy.
Captain John ROBINSON commanded a company from the neighborhood of Hamilton. He was a large, jovial, good-natured man, who lived after the war about four miles north of Hamilton. The colonel of the regiment was James MILLS. The lieutenant of ROBINSON’S company, which was in the First Regiment, Third Brigade, and First Division of Ohio militia, was William SHAFOR, who survived the war for sixty-five years, at the time of his death being the oldest man in Butler County. He preserved his muster-rolls, commission, and order-book, and kept a diary for most of the time. It seems to be unfinished. Each of the soldiers received an advance of ten dollars, the ensign of twenty, the lieutenant of thirty, and the captain of forty dollars.
MUSTER-ROLL: Of a Company of infantry militia under command of Captain John HAMILTON, of the Third Detachment of Militia from the State of Ohio, now in the service of the United States, commanded by Lieutenant-colonel James MILLS, from the sixth day of February, 1813, when first mustered to continue in service, until the sixth day of August, 1813

Birth	29 Mar 1795	Frederick County, Maryland
Baptism	3 Aug 1795	Frederick County, Maryland
Marriage	19 Mar 1818	Butler County, Ohio - Eleanor Mills
Marriage	7 Mar 1831	Butler County, Ohio - HENRIETTA MILLS
Death	Aft 1870	Bartholomew County, Indiana

Spouse	HENRIETTA MILLS (1805 - 1860)
Child	John Valentine Kearney (1832 - 1896)
Child	Rachel CARNEY (1835 - 1880)
Child	Julia A. CARNEY (1839 - 1868)
Child	Minerva CARNEY (1844 - )
Child	Malisa CARNEY (1844 - )

Spouse	Eleanor Mills ( - 1831)
Child	Elizabeth Carney (1820 - 1906)
Child	Ezra Kearney (1821 - 1905)
Child	Martha Ann Carney (1823 - 1886)
Child	Mary Ann Carney (1825 - )
Child	Oliver Carney (1827 - )
Child	Simeon CARNEY (1828 - 1895)
Child	LAVINIA CARNEY (1830 - 1904)

Father	John Kearney (1770 - )
Mother	Elizabeth Crist (1777 - 1850)
Sibling	John Carney (1797 - 1882)
Sibling	Maria Kearney (1799 - 1800)
Sibling	Anna Elizabeth Kearney (1802 - )
Sibling	Margaret Kearney (1811 - 1835)
Sibling	Daniel Carney (1816 - 1875)
Sibling	Jacob Carney (1818 - 1865)