Carson, Samuel P
congressman, was born at Pleasant Garden, N. C. For several years he was a member of the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1825 to 1833. He killed Doctor Robert B.
Vance in a duel in 1827. He died in November, 1840, in Arkansas.
CARSWELL, FRANKLIN WASHING- TON, merchant, was born Aug. 6, 1860, in Burke county, Ga. He graduated from the high schools of Hephzibah, Ga., and from the university of Georgia. He is a successful merchant, and prominent in public affairs of Hephzibah, Ga.