David Williamson Carroll | |
Birth Date: | 11 March 1816 |
Birth Place: | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Death Place: | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Calvary Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
Occupation: | Lawyer, politician |
Education: | St. Mary's College |
Signature: | Signature of David Williamson Carroll (1816–1905).png |
Office: | Member of the Confederate States Congress |
Term Start: | January 11, 1865 |
Term End: | March 18, 1865 |
Predecessor: | Augustus Hill Garland |
Successor: | Constituency abolished |
Office1: | Member of the Arkansas General Assembly |
Term1: | 1850 |
David Williamson Carroll (March 11, 1816 - June 24, 1905) was an American politician who served in the Confederate army and congress during the American Civil War.
Carroll was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a lineal descendant of Daniel Carroll and studied at St. Mary's College of Baltimore.[1] He moved to Arkansas in 1836 and established a legal practice. He married Melanie Scull on February 11, 1838.[2] In 1850, he was elected to the Arkansas state legislature.[2]
During the American Civil War, he enlisted in Company K, 18th Arkansas Infantry with the rank of captain. He rose to become the colonel of the regiment.[3] Later, he represented Arkansas in the Confederate congress.
After the war, he served a state court judge from 1866 to 1868. He died at his home in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was buried in that city's Calvary Cemetery.[4] [5]