Son of Stephen Beaver, Jr. (d. c1871, Henderson Co., TN) and Nancy. Nancy's maiden name is believed to have been White. The known children of Stephen Beaver, Jr. were Thomas Beaver, Carroll J. Beaver and Stephen Beaver III.
Carroll was still a young boy when the Beaver family moved to Stewart (Henderson) County, Tennessee about 1818. He married (1) Keziah Rutledge (April 14, 1816-June 11, 1854) about 1837. Keziah was born in Tennessee.
They resided in district 3 at Middlefork (Truett Community) in Henderson County, Tennessee. In fact, Carroll J. Beaver and John A. Brown are believed to have been the very first settlers in the Truett Community. The old Carroll J. Beaver home is also believed to be the oldest left standing in the community today.
The oldest existing church in the area of Middlefork is Middlefork Primitive Baptist Church. It was chartered over 100 years ago. In May of 1841 Carroll Beaver and family joined this Middlefork Primitive Baptist Church. Carroll Beaver was an active member, frequently representing this congregation at association meetings. After a time, however, he became disenchanted with the direction the congregation was taking. This led to disagreements which culminated in Carroll's exclusion from membership with this congregation in December of 1857.
"C. J. Beaver" is listed as having served in Co. G of the 53rd Tennessee Infantry regiment as a Captain. Carroll Beaver was also elected as County Court Clerk for Henderson County, Tennessee on December 4, 1844 and again on March 16, 1848. And he also held the office of Magistrate for several years and owned a dry goods store located in Friendship, Tennessee (Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, p. ?).
In 1862, as Union troops guarded the depot at Henderson Station, a band of Confederates raided Henderson Station and set the depot on fire, resulting in the loss of one-hundred bales of cotton. The depot, station platform and water tank were all burned!
Carroll Beaver was made to pay a fine of $652. for war reparations on January 14, 1863 for his participation in the raid on Henderson. In 1865 the federal government also assessed Carroll Beaver for 362 acres of land, valued at $2,550.00. This assessment was for a special tax imposed in order to pay for the costs of the American Civil War.
The Battle of Clark's Creek occurred mainly in the area where a bridge now exists on Glendale Road toward Mifflin. In those days there was a mill close by which may have been owned by Carroll Beaver. The battle extended down the area where Frye's Point Road now is. Clay Crook states that Tompsey Frye's great-uncle watched the battle, as a boy, from a nearby hilltop. He (the great-uncle) was a slave. Tompsey's grandmother was Frankie Barham (daughter of Newsom Barham, Jr. and a Native American woman). Frankie married Calvin Frye, whose brother is the one who watched the battle.
Following the American Civil War, businesses in Mifflin included Beaver & Carver as well as Beaver & Son. I am uncertain exactly which Beavers are referred to here.
Carroll Beaver is listed as a member at Mt. Gilead Methodist Church in 1882. It was located on Middlefork Rd. just across a pasture close to Parrish Cemetery. He was a neighbor to Lud P. Barham and family, as shown in two land deeds of the time.
The first school building built in the Truett community was known as Beaver School, built about 1860, and was moved at a later date and renamed Truett School. Jim Truett, whom the community was named after, had owned the land where the school presently stands.
Carroll Beaver had moved by 1900, and died at Friendship, Dyer County, Tennessee and is buried in Bowen Chapel Cemetery there.
The children of Carroll and Keziah Beaver were Martha (b. c1839), Henry (b. c1840), Riley S. (b. March 1, 1841), Nancy (b. c1844), Robert (b. c1845), Mary "Mollie" A. D. (b. c1847), Thomas (b. c1849) and Margaret (b. c1852). All children were born in Henderson County, Tennessee.
The children of Carroll and Martha N. Beaver were James L. (b. c1855), Susan (b. c1857), Sarah (b. c1859) and John C. (b. c1862), all born in Henderson County, Tennessee.
Carroll and Jane Beaver had one daughter, Lula A. (b. c1867), and one son, Joseph C. (b. c1872). Both were born in Henderson County, Tennessee.