The goal of the John Carson of Western North Carolina DNA Project is to identify the descendants of John Hazzard Carson and related families.  By evaluating test results of the Family Finder DNA against well documented genealogical research, genetic connections of the early families in Western North Carolina will be established.  We will also evaluate the results of the Y-DNA test of men sharing a direct paternal line to John Carson and the results of the mt-DNA test of men and women sharing a direct maternal line to his two wives.