READ FROM THE RECORD PAGE BY CLAUDE 31 Jul 2026 (URL line checked in the response, because Ancestry's SPA can serve the PREVIOUS page after a navigate). Ancestry coll. 8054 rec. 16981355. NARA RG29 M432 Roll 196 p. 294a, line 35, dwelling/family 93. Adam Carpenter 46 Farmer real estate $7,600 b. TENNESSEE Mary A Carpenter 32 Susan 13 · Emily E 11 · Margaret C 8 · Parny 6 · William 3 · Matildy E 1 (dwelling 93 also holds an Evans family: Evans 38, Malindy 32, Stephan P 12, Ireney 10) ⭐ MATCHES THE TREE: Mary A 32 = [217] Mary Ann Jones b. 1818, exactly. Susan 13 = [752] Susan Jackson Carpenter b. 1837 · Emily E 11 = [745] Emily Elisabeth b. 1838 · Margaret C 8 = [203] Margaret b. 1841 · 'Parny' 6 = [749] NANCY Coleman b. 1843 (the P/N confusion is in the hand) · William 3 = [750] William Dinwiddie b. 1847 · Matildy E 1 = [744] Matilda Ellen b. 1848. The three tree children absent — Larkin b. 1853, Beersheba b. 1855, Mary Ann b. 1859 — were all born AFTER this census. Nothing is unexplained. ⛔ IT CONTRADICTS HIS BIRTHPLACE: the tree says 'prob. Lincoln, Kentucky' and the census says TENNESSEE. The tree's own 'prob.' marks it as a guess. NOT CHANGED on one census — queued. ⭐ $7,600 in real estate in 1850 is a substantial holding.

1860 United States Federal Census

1860 U.S. Census — Washington, Johnson Co., MISSOURI, PO Knob Noster, dwelling 889: Adam Carpenter household

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READ FROM THE RECORD PAGE BY CLAUDE 31 Jul 2026. Ancestry coll. 7667 rec. 40341280. NARA RG29 M653 Roll M653_626 p. 857, dwelling 889 family 957, PO Knob Noster. FHL film 803626. Adam Carpenter 55 Farmer real estate $6,000 personal $10,000 b. KENTUCKY Mary A Carpenter 42 Nancy C 16 · Wm D 13 · Matilda E 12 · Bersheba 5 · Mary E 10/12 ⭐⭐ THE FAMILY LEFT KENTUCKY. In 1850 they are in Casey Co., KY; by 1860 they are in JOHNSON CO., MISSOURI. Five children match the tree by name and age: Nancy C 16 = [749] Nancy Coleman b. 1843 · Wm D 13 = [750] William Dinwiddie b. 1847 · Matilda E 12 = [744] Matilda Ellen b. 1848 · Bersheba 5 = [748] Beersheba Powell b. 1855 · Mary E 10 months = [747] Mary Ann b. 1859. Mary A 42 = [217] Mary Ann Jones b. 1818. ⭐ IT ALSO CONFIRMS A READING: the child enumerated 'Parny, 6' in the 1850 household is NANCY - she is 'Nancy C, 16' here. ⭐ AND IT SETTLES THE BIRTHPLACE QUESTION IN THE TREE'S FAVOUR: this census says KENTUCKY, as does 1870. Only 1850 said Tennessee. See his Audited note. ⚠️ [746] Larkin H. b. 1853 would be 7 and is ABSENT. ⚠️ POINTER, NOT OPENED: he is listed in the 1860 U.S. Federal Census SLAVE SCHEDULES, and a Missouri probate record is indexed for him (he d. 1877).

1870 United States Federal Census

1870 U.S. Census — Washington, Johnson Co., MISSOURI: Adam Carpenter, b. abt 1804 KENTUCKY (index read — the third and deciding birthplace reading)

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READ FROM THE SEARCH INDEX BY CLAUDE 31 Jul 2026, Ancestry coll. 7163 (1870 U.S. Census): 'Adam Carpenter, Washington, Johnson, Missouri, b. abt 1804, KENTUCKY.' ⚠️ THIS IS AN INDEX READING, NOT THE HOUSEHOLD - the record page was not opened, and the household composition has NOT been checked. It is cited for ONE FIELD ONLY: the birthplace. ⭐⭐ AND THAT ONE FIELD DECIDES A QUESTION: 1850 said TENNESSEE, 1860 says KENTUCKY, 1870 says KENTUCKY. TWO TO ONE FOR KENTUCKY, so the tree's 'prob. Lincoln, Kentucky' is CORROBORATED and the 1850 Tennessee is the outlier. The birthplace field was NOT changed - which is the point: changing it on the first record read would have introduced an error. ➡️ NEXT: open this household. He is still in the same township as 1860, and he died in 1877, so a Missouri probate should exist.

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Research note · 31 Jul 2026

Audited 31 Jul 2026 — his first, and his first citation of any kind. 1850 census, District 2, Casey Co., Kentucky, dwelling 93: 'Adam Carpenter, 46, Farmer, real estate $7,600' with wife Mary A 32 and six children, ALL of whom resolve to children already in this tree. ⛔ IT CONTRADICTS HIS RECORDED BIRTHPLACE: the census says TENNESSEE; the tree says 'prob. Lincoln, Kentucky' — and that 'prob.' shows the tree was already guessing. NOT CHANGED on the word of one census and one informant; queued for a second source. ⭐⭐ THE GENERATION'S HEADLINE, from the seven households read together: NOT ONE OF THESE FAMILIES WAS STILL A KENTUCKY FAMILY BY 1860, and the children's birthplace column dates each departure. CARPENTER x POWELL were in SMITH CO., TENNESSEE by 1850 (left KY c. 1845-49). CAVINS x MANSFIELD were in RANDOLPH CO., MISSOURI by 1850 (left KY by 1844). QUISENBERRY x BUSH were still in Clark Co., KY in 1850 but in BOONE CO., MISSOURI by 1860 (left c. 1854-59). Only ADAM CARPENTER x MARY ANN JONES stayed, in Casey Co., Kentucky. ⭐ AND TWO OF THE FOUR COUPLES BECAME IN-LAWS IN MISSOURI: Boone and Randolph Counties adjoin, Lucy Ann Quisenberry appears in later censuses as 'Lucy A. Cavins', and Stephen Quisenberry's own record panel carries an obituary-index entry captioned 'Cavins'. Not entered as a link — recorded as a finding. Worksheet: ancestry/carpenter-gen6-census-worksheet.md · memo: ancestry/zimmerman-carpenter-junction.md ── ADDENDUM 31 Jul 2026: ⭐⭐ THE BIRTHPLACE QUESTION IS SETTLED, AND THE TREE WAS RIGHT. Two more censuses were pulled rather than acting on the first: 1850 (Casey Co., KY) says TENNESSEE; 1860 (Johnson Co., MO) says KENTUCKY; 1870 (Johnson Co., MO) says KENTUCKY. TWO TO ONE FOR KENTUCKY - so 'prob. Lincoln, Kentucky' is corroborated and the 1850 Tennessee is the outlier. THE FIELD WAS NOT CHANGED, and that is the lesson: changing it on the strength of the first record read would have introduced an error rather than fixing one. ⭐ THE 1860 HOUSEHOLD ALSO CORRECTED THE PROJECT'S OWN SUMMARY: he did NOT stay in Kentucky. By 1860 he is at Washington, JOHNSON CO., MISSOURI (PO Knob Noster) with Mary A 42 and five children who match this tree - Nancy C 16, Wm D 13, Matilda E 12, Bersheba 5, Mary E 10 months - so ALL FOUR generation-6 couples left Kentucky, and THREE OF THE FOUR went to Missouri. ⭐ And it confirms that 'Parny, 6' in 1850 is NANCY. ⚠️ He is in the 1860 SLAVE SCHEDULES and a Missouri probate is indexed for him; neither is opened.

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