David Williamson Carroll

David Williamson Carroll (March 11, 1816 – June 24, 1905) was a prominent Arkansas politician who served in Confederate Army and then the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.

Biography

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, established a legal practice, and was a member of the Arkansas state legislature. During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company K of the 18th Arkansas Infantry with the rank of captain. He rose to become the colonel of the regiment.^[2] Later, he represented the state in the Second Confederate Congress in 1865.

After the war, he served a state court judge from 1866 to 1868. He died in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was buried in that city's Calvary Cemetery.^[3]

Notes

1. Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress by Ezra J. Warner and Wilfred Buck Yearns, pg 42
2. National Park Service Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Film Number M376 roll 4
3. The Political Graveyard

References

• The Political Graveyard: Bio for D. W. Carroll