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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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, ALLEN,COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
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THE DESCENDANTS
Cax"t. ThOiMas Garter
OF
^^Barfordy hanc aster County ^ Virginia Jl^lI
wrrH genealcgIcai. noVes of
MANY OF THE ALUFD FAMtLIES
BY
JOSEPH LYON MILLER, M. D.
MEMBER OF THE VlR,n!N~iA~iriST08tCAL cOCfCrV
THE VVETT VrRCIStA HISTORICAL SOCl'^TY,
THE FILSON CLUB (KY.), ETC.
FOa SALE Br
DR. J. L. M1I,LF.R, THOMAS, W. VX
1583008
Seal of Capt. Thomas Cartek, Sr..
"Barford." Lancaster County. \'irginia.
(Signature of his grandson Jo-eph Carter).
^H0'',^ 'i^nrto^(x^ 6^^^^>^^
Signature of Maj. Edward Dale. 1664.
Signature of Capt. Thomas Carter. Sr., 1700.
Seal showing Dale crest. \
How To Use This Book
In tracing- your line of Carter ancestry back to Capt. Thomas
Carter, of Barford, Lancaster County, Va., first by means of the
index, find yourself or the parent, through whom you trace; then
by means of the name numbers follow your line back till you come
to the son of Capt. Thomas, from w^hom you descend. The book
has been divided into sections, each or* which is devoted to an ac-
count of a son of Captain Carter and his descendants.
PREFACE
Not many persons but at some time long to open the chronicles
of the past and read the records of their ancestors ; for, as Edward
Everett says, "There is no man of culture who does not take
an interest in what was done by his forefathers.''
"Beneath the roots of tangled weeds,
Afar in country graveyards, lie
The men whose unrecorded deeds
Have stamped this nation's destiny. '
Genealog-y has a wider field of usefulness than that of merely
promoting family pride. Among other things may be mentioned
the collection and preservation of much that is valuable in ancient
manners and customs, and the putting in easy reach of :he
present day historians new and authentic ideas as to the source
of our colonial population and their social and political character-
isitics.
This volume is the record of a family that for two hundred
and sixty years has played a part in the social, political and
military life of the Old Dominion and other States to the south
and west. While many have held high places of trust and honor,
the majority have not been mien of great wealth and public
position, yet it is to their credit that they were good citizens.
leading honorable lives — acting well their part in the local atifairs
of their neighborhoods, and always finding a place on the battle-
field for principle's sake. We should not love our kindred alone
for their genius and glory, but also for their homely virtues
and domestic affections that expanded and flourished unob-
served save by the little world in which they moved.
The first of the family in Virginia was Capt. Thomas Carter,
planter and tobacco trader, said to have been the son of a London
merchant, though it is pretty well established that ''gentle blood
coursed through his veins." Among his descendants have been
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vestrymen, justices, sheriffs, legislators, congressmen, circuit and
supreme court judges and candidates for Governor ; and in military
affairs they have ranged from private to brigadier-general. In
the hundreds of wills, deeds and other papers of the Carter
family examined, but one man made his mark ; and in the in-
ventories of their personal estates for two and a half centuries
the possession of books is recorded in all.
A noticeable fact is that many of the Carters of \^irginia as well
as elsewhere, though they cannot give a connected account of their
ancestry beyond the Revolution, are by '"tradition" descendants
famous old "King Carter of Corotom.an,'" whose immense wealth
has enabled his descendants to hold on to the splendid old homes
of his sons, and the frequent appearance in print of accounts
of these has done much to spread and maintain this idea. These
"traditions" have been particularly hard to shake even in the
light of comprehensive data to the contrary from the original
public records, and in a few instances I fear the families, like
the proverbial woman, convinced against their will are of the
same opinion still — with them, it is ant Casar aiit nidlus. A
writer in The Times-Dispatch a few years ago said: "Almost
everybody by the name of Carter aspires to be descended from
that lordly old John of Corotoman, whose son Robert is the only
Virginian who rejoiced in the name of 'King.' He made the
high-water mark of Virginia Carters. So prominent were these
Corotoman Carters that one is apt to conclude that really no other
Carters are worth a moment's notice. Such however is far from
being the case." I believe that the following pages will show
that during the same period there was another Carter family
in Virginia to which no one need be ashamed to belong, though
it has never possessed as great wealth nor been allied with as
many of the really great families of the Old Dominion. However,
their marriages in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries con-
nected this Carter family with the Dales, Skipwiths, Balls, Thorn-
tons, Fitzhughs, Masons, Chews. Beverleys, Armisteads and other
well known families, and in the early nineteenth century with
the Washingtons, Lees, Pages, Pendletons, Blands, Bacons, Talia-
ferros, Marshalls and others. ;..
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While there were a number of Carter emigrants to Mrginia
during the seventeenth century, but five of them seem to have
been of any prominence, judging from their possessions, poHtical
preferment, etc. They were :
1st. WilHam Carter, who patented more than two thousand
acres in the county of James City between 1635 and 1640; and
doubtless was the emigrant ancestor of the Carter families found
in James City county and Surry and adjacent Southside counties
in the next century, among whom were Dr. James Carter, of
Williamsburg, about the middle of the iSth century, and Dr.
Thomas Carter of the Revolution. The loss of the James City
records precludes the writing of a history of this family.
2d. Col. Edward Carter, who settled in Nansemond County
prior to 1650,. was a member of the House of Burgesses, Coun-
cil, colonel of militia, etc. He purchased large plantations on
the Rappahannock in Lancaster County, but probably never
lived on them ; returned to England, where his will probated in
1682 styles him as '"Edward Carter, Esq. of Edmonton, ]\Iiddie-
sex." So far as known he has no descendants in Virginia.
^d. Col. John Carter, who settled in Nansemond County
prior to 1650, was a colonel of militia, justice, Burgess, mem.ber
of the Councill, etc. About 1650 purchased several thousand
acres of land on Corotoman River, Lancaster, to which he re-
moved and founded the famous "Corotoman" estate of this Car-
ter family. He died comparatively young in 1669, but in the
meantime had had five wives, one of whom was a daughter of
Cleve Carter of England. In this connection the following notes
may be of interest: Thomas Carter of Somerset, descended
from Thomas Carter, Gent, of Crumdale, County Kent, died in
1603 leaving issue — George, eldest son ; Thomas of Winchauck,
yeoman (born in 1592), Christopher, Jonas, Richard, and Cleve.
This Cleve Carter may have been the Clyve Carter, aged 25
years, of St. Alphage, Canterbury, Woolendraper, who obtained
a license April 17, 1624, to marry Elizabeth Boys, aged 19 years,
daughter of Edward Boys of Boneington. parish of Goodnestone.
They might have had a daughter who married Col. John Carter
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of Va. Col. John Carter of "Corotoman" left tliree sons — John,
the eldest, died without male issue; Charles, the youngest, died
unmarried, and Robert, the second son, was the famous Robert
Carter of '•Corotoman" and ancestor of all of this family of Car-
ters. Numerous accounts of this family have been published,
and the late Mr. Robert Carter of -Shirley" and his daughter
some years ago prepared an extensive chart of the family in both
male and female branches.
4th. Capt. Thomas Carter, who came to Virginia prior to
1652— it is thought to Nansemond County — was a captain of
militia, justice, deputy clerk of his county. Burgess (?), ere.
Purchased a large plantation on Corotoman River from Col.
John Carter and was settled there in 1652. Of his descendants
this volume is the first published account, except some preliminarv
notes in the IVUUam and Mary Quarterly.
5th. Giles Carter, who came to \'irginia several years later
than the others, and died in Henrico County in 1701 at the age
of 67 years, leaving sons Giles and Theodorick, and daughters
Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Williamson. So far as known he never
held any military or political position, and is supposed to have
belonged to the Gloucestershire Carters. His descendants were
chiefly settled in Henrico, Goochland, Prince Edward, and Hali-
fax counties. An interesting account of them has been published
by Gen. W. H. G. Carter, U. S. A.
In some counties in Virginia the untangling of the Carter
lines has been very trying, as in addition to two or three branches
of the Thomas Carter family there was also one or more branches
of the descendants of Col. John Carter and Giles Carter. As for
example in the small section of Southw^est Virginia, now in the
county of Scott, there settled between the years 1772 and 1795
the following Carters : Thomas, Joseph, and Norris Carter. -,ons
of Peter Carter of Fauquier; Dale, John, and Charles Carter,
sons of Charles Carter of Amherst, a brother of Peter of Fau-
quier; John Carter, Sr., and sans John and Landon, supposed
to have been of the Corotom.an Carters— later removed to Ten-
nessee; Joseph and John Carter, who came direct from Enjrland ;
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and in the next decade William Carter, supposed to have be-
longed to the Giles Carter family, and Richard Carter from
North Carolina. ]Most of them were opposed to race suicide,
left large families and few records, many of their descendants
intermarrying until some of the present generation are descended
from at least four of the original emigrants.
Unfortunately many invaluable public records, as well as fam-
ily papers, have been lost through the ravages of time, fire, and
war. Much, however, remains, and it has been my endeavor to
collect and perpetuate this in the present form for future genera-
tions of the family. In the following pages I have tried to give
more than a mere genealogical skeleton of names and dates by
giving little peculiarities, description of personal belongings, ex-
tracts from old letters, diaries, and other interesting data relative
to the fam.ily. At this point may say that I have shown no in-
tentional partiality to one branch over another, the difference in
the accounts being in the amount of material available. The
criticism may be advanced that I have included too many of
these unimportant details, rendering the work cumbersome to
the genealogical worker ; and that many of the accounts of the
allied families, being only extracts from printed works, might
well have been omitted. In reply will say that this book is in-
tended primarily for the members of the Carter family, and it is
thought that no detail of the lives of their ancestors will be
without interest to them. The notes of the allied fam.ilies are
included to give them in accessible form some data of their an-
cestors other than Carter. It is hoped that the index will make
the book useful to genealogical workers as well. Since my pre-
liminary account in the IVilliam and Mary Quarterly, the dis-
covery of the old Carter Prayer Book and other family records
have made necessary some changes in the branches as formerly
traced. After 1800 the accounts are given on the authority of
one or more members of the branch in question ; previous to
that year they are based on original public or private records.
But few of the earlier female branches of the family have
been traced, and many of the male branches were lost during
the "scattering time" near the close of the eighteenth centurv,
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when there was such an exodus from the older counties of Vir-
ginia to newer sections of that State or other States to the south
and west — the emigrants forgetting to leave behind in the public
records their new address.
Delightful have been the weeks spent in the clerks' offices
among the quaint and interesting records of past generations,
and in the great libraries in Richmond, Baltimore, Washington,
and Lexington, Ky. Of meeting and corresponding with many
interesting members of the family, and gathering from all these
sources extracts from the faded records, traditions, old letters,
papers, pictures, etc., and then fitting them to each other like
putting together the fragments of a piece of broken china.
The following pages have been written at spare moments
caught from professional duties, and the few who read them will
not realize more fully, or regret more sincerely, their faults than
the author.
Joseph Lyon Miller.
Thomas, West Virginia, March 19, 191 2.
Authorites Consulted
Original.
Wills, deeds, marriage bonds, guardians' bonds, court orders,
etc., recorded in the Virginia counties of:
Lancaster, Albemarle,
Northumberland, Amherst.
Westmoreland, Henrico,
Old Rappahannock, Goochland,
Essex, Cumberland.
Richmond, Pittsylvania,
Stafford, Halifax,
King George, Amelia,
Caroline, Nottoway.
Prince William, Mecklenburg,
Spotsylvania, Bedford,
Fairfax, Washington,
Culpeper, Russell,
Fauquier, Lee,
Orange, Scott.
The existing records of the parishes of — Christ Church and
White Chapel, Lancaster ; St. Stephen's, Northumberland ; Farn-
ham, Richmond; Overwharton, Stafford; Stratton IVIajor, Fang
and Queen ; Kingston, Gloucester ; and Dettingen, Prince Wil-
liam.
Land Grant and Revolutionary War records in Richmond.
Carter family records in — The Thomas Carter Prayer Book,
1670-1782; Joseph Carter (Spotsylvania) records 1720-1812 in
Davis Bible; Jeremiah Carter (Stafford) Bible, 1720-1778;
Thomas Carter (Pittsylvania) Bible, 1734-1847; John Carter
(Spotsylvania) Bible, 1757-1843; William Carter (Nottoway)
Bible, 1771-1851; several other Carter Bibles beginning between
1775 and 1800.
AUTHORITIES COX SUIT ED
Xorbourne Sutton ]\ISS. account of the Spotsylvania Carters,
1845; and the John Carter MSS. account of the Carter Family,
1858 ; original letters, deeds, commissions, etc. Records of Wood-
ford and Fayette Counties, Ky., etc.
Printed.
Virginia Historical Magazine, 19 volumes; Jf'iUiain and Mary
Quarterly, 19 volumes; IVest Virginia Historical Magazine, 5
volumes ; Meade's Old Churches and Families ; Crozier's \'irginia
Heraldica, Early Virginia Marriages, Colonial Militia, and Wil-
liamsburg Wills; Stanard's Colonial Virginia Register; Hayden's
Virginia Genealogies ; Hardy's Colonial Families of the South-
ern States ; Xeale's Old King William Homes and Families ;
Summer's History of Southwest A^irginia ; Cartmell's Pioneers
of the Shenandoah Valley ; Boogher's Gleanings from Virginia
History; Bagby's History of King & Queen County; Scott's
Hist, of Orange County ; Greene's History of Culpeper County :
Wood's History of Albemarle County; Waddell's and Peyton's
Histories of Augusta County; The Thomas Book; The Carter
Chart; The History of the Giles Carter Family; the printed
registers and histories of the parishes of St. Mark, Culpeper;
Truro, Fairfax; Christ Church, Middlesex; St. Peter's, New
Kent ; Bruton, James City ; Henrico Parish, Henrico ; Overwhar-
ton, Stafford ; Bristol, Prince George ; Woods-McAfee Memorial,
etc..
The Carters in the Revolution
Unfortunately \'irginia has never had a comprehensive roster of
her soldiers and sailors in the Revolution, though various special
lists have appeared from time to time in the past hundred years.
However, the \'irginia State Library has now taken the matter up
and is preparing a comprehensive alphabetical roster of all the
Virginia soldiers, in the Revolution, based upon al! the known
sources, both printed and manuscript; and doubtless will have it
printed when completed. Anyone wishing to obtain the record
of Revolutionary War service of some Virginia ancestor, no doubt
can obtain it for a reasonable fee from the librarian of the Vir-
ginia State Library, Richmond, \'a.
In October, 191 1, the Virginia Historical Magazine began the
publication of a comprehensive Bibliographv of printed and manu-
script sources relative to the service of \'irginians in the Revolu-
tion. To the present time this covers nearly forty pages in the
magazine, and is not yet complete.
Since it has been impossible for me to examine all these sources,
I shall make no attempt to print here a list of the Carters who saw
service in the Revolution, though from the few lists accessible to
me I have found the names of thirty-six Carters.
GENERAL INDEX
[NOTK.— The sepatate names in the notes (in smill type) of the allied families are not indexed; but ail ua.-nes
ippeirine m the body of the boo'< will be found in tJie following pages. The notes are indexed under the name of
tie chief family mentioned in ihem. Owing to tie great number of Carter name?, they are placed iu a sepata'e
index at the end of the General Index.]
Abbott, Noel Hughes 63, Robert Pace
63, Robert Thornton 63.
Aberdeen. Jennie JS-
Ad.-mr, Emily 143.
.Adaz, Emily 233.
Aiken, Judge A. :\r. 115, 116, 118, Arch-
ibald, Jr.. 118, Benj. Wilson 118,
Martha H. 118.
.Alley, Ethel Katharine 260, Janie Eliz.
260, John Palmer 260, Margaret Se-
vier 260. Rufus Carter 260.
Alsop, Maj. Beni. 277, 286.
Alexander, Margaret Carter 213.
.Alston, Joshua 307.
Allen. Agnts 23S, 244. Alice 175, 176,
Rev. Beverley lOo, 173, 174, 175, 176,
179. 184, Benjamin 176, Charles 144.1
Charles Carnes 143, Clemency 174.1
329; Herndon, 284; Hob?on." 135;
Hopkins, 125; Hutchings, 138; Ireland,
196; Jelf, 184; Lavvson, 135; Lanier.
139; Lancaster (including Brooke,
Calvert, Darnell. Digges), 232; Lee,
84; Lewis. 342; Lyon. 186-189: Love-
lace, 27^; Marshall, 2S6: IMa^on, 2-2,
232: McAfee, 188: Miller. 190: Muir,
197: Neale, 345: Payne, 109: Pendle-
ton. 287: Peyton, 350; Pope. 224;
Preston, 91 ; ,Primm. 365 ; Rosier, 102 ;
Rutledge, 141: Shortledge, 197; Skip-
\vith, 22-26; Spencer, 45; Stokes, 86;
Stuart, 248; Thornton, 38; Thomas.
70; Todd, 272; Upton, loi ; L'nder-
wood, 100; Washington. 288; Wade,
19S; Ward. 141; William.son, 100;
Worth. 119; Yates.
176, Charlotte 175, David 353, DavidI Ampert. Dr., 296.
Jack.son 175. Emxeline 175, 176, Emmaj Anderson. Charles 65, Charles W 65.
Lee 176, Elizabeth 174. 175, 176, 177,1 Elizabeth 65, George 164, George A.
Ernest C 144. Frances 174, George 65. John 60, Martha J. 257, Mary
i75, 176, Hayden 175, 176, Joseph 144,! Wvlds 65, Nicholas 60.
176, 204, James 144. I74, James P.:Ancell. Thomas 2. Mary 2
i/> 170. Lucy 144, 174, 175. 176, Lucas, Annad.ale, Anne Carter 219. Jane Carter
^"M; ^^''-'^ ^"4- ^75, 176, Louisa 174.! 220, Joseph 220
1/7, -Uartha 144, 175, 177, Mary Anne Arbuckle, Capt. William 190
175, Mary Jane 174. Olive 144. Reuben
^75, 179. barah 115, 353, Susannah 174
177, WilHam 144, 174, 175, Winifred
204.
Allied Families, Notes on;
Ball, 357, 359; Bacon, 76; Beale, 337.
343 ; Beverley, 282 ; Bickley. 228 ; Bibb,
128; Bland, 74; Blackwell, 351;
Brown. 109; Bronaugh, 335; Camp-
bell. 90; Catlett, 104; Chiles, 141;
^-hew.^28i ; Chilton, 354, 161 ; Clement.
142, Lhinn, 357; Conway, 361; Couch.
M7: Colher. 274; Curtis, 199. 285;
Uaie 12-22: Downman. 362; Dupuy,
.-. A^h^-^^'^'^' Ellis, 229: Field-
'"^-'^^.-'^^^F'tzhugh, 349; Hampton,
'94-I99. Henderson, 191; Hereford,
Armstrong^ Edward 80, John P. 358.
Sallie L-by 80. Susie 80.
Archer. Margaret Bailes 369.
Armistead Family, note of 280. Eliza-
beth 71, 279, 280, Francis 279, General
140, Sarah 279.
AsLiN, William 260.
Atkins, Mary 174.
Aylett, Col. W. R. 79, Sallie Brocken-
brough 79.
Ayers, Gen, Romayn 128.
Ball Family, note on, 357, 359, Arabella
100, Burgess 67. Elizabeth Roniney
^71, Frances roc, 271. Capt. George 47,
Grace 47. Grace Waddy 47, Harriet
358, 359. Hillkiah 359, James 67. 100,
INDEX
Col- James 43, Col. Joseph 9. 271, 272,
33O' 359. Lucy Hardin 100. Lewis 100,
Lavenia 100, Mary Matilda 100, Maria
100, Mary 272. Margaret 9. 100. Patsy
100. Robert 100. Thomas 100, Capt.
William o, <), 47. gS. 100. 272. 303.
Balfour, Charles 92, 386, John 92, Milli-
cent 92, Rosebud 386.
Bacon Family, note of 76, Drury Allen
76, 77, 78, Edmund Cummings 77, 7^,
Frances 78, Francis Nathaniel 78
James Lawrence 77. 78, Josephus Car-
ter 77, 78, Kate E. 77. Lydall 76. 77.
78. Lottie L. 78, Mary Eloise 7S. Mary
Elizabeth 87, .Uary Jane 77, 7S, May
78. Mildred Haynie 77. Nancy Aris 77.
Nancy Goode 78, Nathaniel 77. 78.
Robert Carter 77. 78, Richard Parkes
77. Roberta B. 7S. Thomas Alex. 78.
Virginia 77, 78. Virginia M. 77. Wil-
liam 78, Wm. Allen 77.
Baird. Charles N. 208.
Bartee, Margaret 250.
Bassett. Jesse 33S.
Bang. Frances no.
Baker, A. V. 178. Dr. W. A. 258. Eliza-
beth 178, 291. Dr. James 178. James
177, 178. John 178, Jennie 178. Molly
A. 130, Polly Anne 178, Sarah 178. |
Batte. James i6i.
Barnwell, Maria Walker 133, William
133-
Barlow, Ephraim 312.
Barrow, Artemisia 206.
Bass, Ambler 207. Edwin Lucas 207,
Mary Ellen 207. Russell Morton 207,
Winnie Louise 207.
Banres, Clinton 252, Dorothy 344. Mary
Taylor 252, Sallie 252, Dr. W. L. 344.
Bacot, Anne Cuthbert 296, David Tay-
lor 296, Dr. D. D. 296, Florence 296,
George 296; Jacquine Mercier 296,
Laura 296. Mar>' DeS- 297, Mary Lou-
ise 297, Norborne 296, Pierre 296. Ra-
chel 296, Richard Hutson 297, Talia-
ferro 296, Zachanah 296.
Bailes. Beryl 369, Jenkins 369, John
369, Dr. John 50, Margaret 369, Na-
than 369, Sarah 369, Tabitha 369-
Be.\le Family, note on 337, 343. Atlanta
338. Dr. Andrew Jackson 336, 338,
Anna Maria 338, Charles Moore 338,
David 338, Eiia Augusta 33S. Emi
M3, George 338
W.
James Monroe 338, ' John 338, 343]
John Morgan 338. Dr. John Hereforrf
341. 343. Maj. John W. 343, Lalla 338.
Mary 339, Mary Margaret 343. Mar-
garet 338. 343. Robert Wilson 33S.
Richard Tavernor 337. 33S. Richard
Eustace 337. 343. Sarah 33S. Thomas
165. William 338, Wm. Clinton. 33S.
Bethel, Dr. Pinckney 11 1.
Beverley Family, note on, 282, Clnra
Vass 80. Harry Stanard So, }vlargaret
281, Robert 311. Robert B. So. Virginia
Eppes 80.
Bernard. Lutie 120.
Bell, Carter 203, Charles 203. Claris^
203, Elizabeth 203, Henry 203, 204.
Joseph 203, 204, Lucy 203. Thornton
203. Willis 203.
Benson, Price M. 296.
Berry, George 360, Jane 360. Letitia 3S3.
.William 260.
Belcher, Edward R. 297. Robert 297.
Berkeley, Catharine Elizabeth 221.
Charles 221, Tohn 221. ^lartha Nelson
80, Mr. 165. William R. So.
Biddle. Joseph 51.
Bibb Family, note on. 128, Eliza P. 128.
129. Gov. Thomas 128. Gov William
W. 128.
Bickley Family, note on. 228. John 228.
Mary Anne 228.
Bird. Mattie 254, William Beverley 250.
W. W. 250.
Bland Family, note on, 74. Cornelia
Alice 73, John Arqher 73, Mary Anne
73-
Blake, Benson .385, H. L. 385.
Blair, Florence 93, Nannie Carter 143.
Blankinship, Polly. 308.
Ble\tns. Arthur 131, Arthur Hopkins
131, Elizabeth 131, George Phillips
131, Joseph 131, John Walker 131,
Louisa 131, Llewellen 13:, Robert 131.
Blankenbager, Eva 352.
Bledsoe, Susan 256.
Bl.\ckwell Family, note on. 351, Cath-
arine 351, Charles 351, Edward 351.
Elizabeth 351, George K. 351, Lucy
351, John Wm. 351, G^n. John 351,
Marie 351, William 351.
Boone, Linnie 51.
Bol'ldin, Alice 173, Briscoe S2. Isabella
Carter 82, James 176, Thomas Van-
derford 82.
INDEX
111
BoRVM, Asa 8^. Charles E. 85. Charles
Havnie 85. Elbert Carter 85. Florence
85. 'Bessie 65. Jef?res 85. Louise 85,
Robert 85. Walker 85. William Ber-|
nard 85.
BowEX. Arthur F. 121.
BoATRiGHT. Ellen 243.
B<iL.»NZ. Horace 140. rjv- Vrv 9^^V^^\'^
BovD. Dr. Arthur zc,^), ^WmiMu- 296- -*
BsLTE. Armistead 85. Philip Alexander
?. Rebecca Carter 85.
BrV.nt. Catharine 43, Charles 43- Eleanor
4 J. Hugh 391, Capt. Hugh 263, James j
43. Mary 320, Robert 334.
Bhf-'.ver, Sarah 221.
Briscoe. Susannah 220.
BaosvN' Family, note on. 109, Chastaine
Wm. Scott 114, Eliis 234. John 183,'
Juhn H. 110. Col. John E- no. 123.
Dr. John Edmonds 123, Gen. John Car-
ter 213. J. P. 183, James Williamson
no. ni. Jessie Carter 123, Lelia ni.
Lafayette in, Mary xA. ni, Me'villa
207. Nancy Scott n4, Sarah 108, 109.
123. 182, Sarah Anne 114, Sallie Car-
ter 123. Susan Carter ni, n3. Maj.
Thos. Jethro 123. T. L. 183, William
114, 170. 183. Wm. Carter 123.
Bri.vk, Grace 121.
Branch. Sallie 80.
Bra.vham, John B. 358.
Brooke. Gov. Robert 22,^.
Brooks, Philip 326.
Broxaugh Family, note on, 335. Anne
336, ^:i7. 355, Addison Carter 351. 354.
Belle 351. 355, Bessie 354. Cora 336,
353, Christopher Columbus 351. 35-.
354. Catharine Pope Peyton 351, Carrie
Maria 352. Charles Eastham 353.
Charles Lewis 353. David Harrison
354, Emily 348, 354. Eugenia 35^. Ed-
win Addison 353. Frederick Peyton
352, Frederick Lewis 352. Francis 354-
Francis Eugene 352. Franci> William
353, Frances Edith 353, Fitzhugh 354.
Gertrude 355, Henry Peyton 352.
Henry Lee 354. John 354, Dr. John
334. 336. 339. 348. John Bushneli y^2.
Dr. John Wm. 354, Dr. James W m
354, Jennie 355- Ludwell Lee, 351. 353-
Lilly 355. Lewis Ludwell 353, Martin
336. Marshall 354- ^'ary 353- 355^
Mary Anne 334- 336. 339. 340. 34S. 350.
351, Mary Mason 336, 339. Mary C<xike
348, Mary Pe\ton 350. Mary Elizabeth
T,^^. Mary Catharine 354- Margaret
Murdock :i2>7, 355. Maria Fitzhugh
349. Preston 354. Rosa 348. Robert
Warren 353. Samuel Heath Peyton
353, Sarah Catharine 353, Thomts Jef-
ferson 351, 353, 354- William 336. 337,
340, 349, 349, 350. 355. Wm. Yelver-
ton 351. y:,2, 355. Wm. Daniel yi.
Wm. Hampton 352, Warren barter
351, 352, Virginia 351. 354. Yelverton
Pejton 355.
Buchanan, Samuel 243.
BkANDENBEKG, David 176, James 176,
Lester 176, Lucy 176. Lee 176, Sarahl Burgess, Sallie 178.
179. Stephen 176, Solomon 179. Ibunton, Felix 175.
Brock, Joseph 378. I BuTLER,'Mary 305.
Briggs, Binnie 206, Dr. Charles 206. Elsie Burns Frank Norbury 316, John 316,
M. 206. Wm. Thompson 206
Brownlie, J. B. 208.
Bbeckenridge, Wm. Clark 365, Lamiza
Baird 365.
Brunsox, Margaret 212, William 212.
Bbockenbrouch, Bettie 251.
BiroYLES, .Augustus Taliaferro 295, Avena
296. Charles 295, Charles Edward 295
Frank 296, Ferro 2'96. John Pendleton
2fA Laura 29^^ \[argaret 296, Price
2<^. Roberta 296. Robert 296, Sarah
J^x'k Dr. O. R. 295, Tnomas 296. Wm.
•lenry 296.
Brando.v, Gen. W. L. 384. ^86, Robert
Buckley, Ella 370.
Byrne, Gen. J. J. 386, Ira DeLacy 386,
Carter— see separate index.
Campbell Family, note on, 90, Archi-
bald 292, Ada Byron 282. Anne 95-
Maj. Arthur (letter) 267. Rev. Alex-
ander 292. Catha Cotton 292. Charles
247. Elizabeth McDonald 92. Elizabeth
95, 247, Garnett 93, James F. 292, John
.247, Capt. John 92. Joseph 93. -^^ary
92, 93, 96, Margaret 292, 247. Mary
Fishback 292, Patrick 247. Robert R.
93. Robert Cass 202, Rebecca McDon-
ald 96, Gen. Willam 247.
£mrflct 384, Samuel W. 386.
BusHNEix, Hiram B. 352, John Adamsi Cain, Capt. Dem.psey 346.
•JS-i- 1 Caplinger, Anne 2>72>
INDEX
Cameron, Margaret 242. , Clarke, Berkeley 164, Frances 93, Lucy
Carson, Albana Caroline 205, Caroline- 93. 146.
Hines 205. Thomas D. 205. [Clayton, Bettie 165.
Carver, Pamelia Carter 57. ICorbin, Miss Lettice 8, Fielding 163.
Carr, Blanche 54, Emeline Smith 54, Dr.
Joseph Lonacre 54.
Calhoun, Jane 68, Lucy Anne 67, 85.
William 67, 68.
Caru5I, Eugene iii, Julia in, Nathan-
iel III.
Carpenter, James Clark 96, Mary 180,
Ozella 96, William .-Mexander 96.
Conway Family, note on, 361, .\nne
Downman 361. Edwin 8. 9, 39, 40, 41,
152, 153 262, 331. George 361, Grace
47. Grace Ball 361, Peter 309.
Cook, Essie James 63. John 90. John
Lewis 63, Lewis Harman 63. Swanson
' 63.
I CoBE, John 183, Lucv jz.
Callahan, Stephen 30S. 1 Cooper, George 72, James 234.
CAjLErr Family, note on. 104, Fhilip^^^^^^^^^^ 5^^,^^ _^
_ ^7''- ^ r- . T .'■ Colston, Thomas 278-
r^ov'^F^': ;-""*" '^'^' •^^"'^' -•^-•■Conquest, E. H. 84.
i Coleman, Colonel 302, Henrv- [43. Henry
j 143, Henry C. 301, James C. 140, Ld-
T-.,. . , gan 143. William 143.
Elizabeth! c^«^.^^^^-*_^ Sarah 213.
j Cox, .Anne 130, Alice 240. Phoebe 241.
Cary, Eva 370
Certain. Henry, Jr., 13
Cecil, Mary 240.
Chase, Josiah Brown
Loving 38S.
Chester, Mary 311
260. Sarah 260.
Chewning, Anne 9. Chattm 107., JCoates. Marj^ i^i, Richard 151.
Chilton Family, notes on. 354, 301. Ar-'cocsiNs, William 135, Marv x^i.
tem.sia 177. Catherine 355- Charles, ^^^^^^j^. ^^,,,^,^ jgj.
Copeley, .\tchinson 314, Susan 314.
Collier Family, note on, 274. Anne
Eppes 274, John 274. Mary 274, Poily
239-
4^, Ellen 355, Eioise Blackwell 354
Dt. Edward 354. Flannah 360. Judith! ^
Carter 41, 42, Dudley 177, Mark A.
354, Mary Carter 41, 42, Sarah 357,
Thomas 42. WiLiam 360.
Chichester, Jennie 342, Richard 98, 262,
321.
Ch.\ndler, Sallie 64.
Chestnut, Lucy 208.
Chattin, Joseph 107. Mary 107.
Cheatwood, Evaline ^72, Xancy Cottrell
372, William 2,7^-
Chalfont, Gertrude 316.
Chinn Family, note on, 357, Elizabeth
Cottrell, Cecelia 2:73< Ellsworth Mo-:-e
273, Frank Lloyd Z72< Jame; ^72,
Jacob 2,72,. Lloyd 272, Lois 272- R^-
cetha 373, Robert Ancil 272, Truman
272, Thomas 308.
Couch Fa.mily, note on. 347, Dr. Daniel
347, Edward 2^ Harry 2A7, Hallie
347, Mary 347, Margaret 347-
Counts, Edgar 242, J. A. 242, Nellie 242,
357, Emily 341, John 357, Sarah 357,! Roy 242.
Mrs. 262, Mr. 334. Coley, Edmund Randolph 242, L C. 2^.2,
Chew Family, note on. 281, Beverley Lew Kennedy 242, John Palmer 2J_2.
297, 300, Caroline 300, Hannah 27i,!Crensh.\\v, Jane 68, Lucy Anne 67, 85,
281, 294. Capt. John 281. John 299,! William 67, 68-
Larkin 299, Lucy 300. Mary 299, 301,! Craig. Armstrong 182, Frances 81. Har-
Letters of, 299, 301. Margaret Bever-! riet 190. James Kenneriey 190, Rev.
ley 281. N. 299, Ihomas 300. j James 81. Rev. John 190. Capt. Isaac
Ch.\pm.\n, James 2?>7. Lucy 287, Martha! 182. William 182, David 85.
2S7, Reuben 287, Robert 287, Ruth 315.1 Cr-\wford. David 388, James 13?, Kate
Clement Family, note on, 142, Eliza-j Anderson 131, Maria Walker 131,
beth Lanier 141, Mrs- N. C. 136, Henry! IMaud Louise 132, Robert C. 131, Ruby
Turner 141, Nathaniel 141, Rutledgej 388.
Carter 141. Cromwell, Joseph 178.
Clay, Alice 72. Critzer, Charles 315.
Clapham, Ashton 75, India Knight 75.! Crafts, Rev. J. B. 243, Rachel 243.
Sarah Dunnington 75. I Gushing, Alonzo, 346.
IXDEX
Curtis Family, notes on, 199. 2S5. Eliz-
ahelh 285. Fay igg. Frances 27S. 2S3,
2S5, George Bartemous 285, James
285, John 2S5. Margaret 285. Mary
^S\. Nancy 2S5, Pre-^ton Gilmore 199.
Rice 278/2^0.^283. 285. 188.
CfN'xiNGHAM, James 78.
CuLLEN', Margaret 51.
CfMMiN'Gs Family 42, Arthur 93. Ar-
thur Campbell 93. 94. Bessie 93. Rev.
Charles 42, 87. 88. 89. Charles 89.
93. 96, Campbell 93, Carter 95, 96.
I)avid 93. 95. 95, Elizabeth 89, 92, 93.
Frances 93, George 89, John 87, 89,
92, 96. John C. 94. James 87, 89. 92.1
9-?. 96, Mary 89. 92. 95. 96. Mary Camp-;
hdl 93. 95. Miliicent Carter 42. 85. 89.;
Millicent 89. 94, Nancy, 89. Nellie 94.'
Robert 89, 93. 9^. 96. Sarah 89. 92, 95.1
g^., Sarah Polk 87. Thomas 89. Wil-:
liam 89.
DAPfow, Rev. Arthur 3^2. Maud 3^2. \
Dale Family, account of. 12-22. Edward
6, 7, 8. TO, 105, 303. 330. Grace Web-,
ster 316, Joseph 309. Library 20. Sam-;
uel 316. Diana 8, Elizabeth 8, Katha-:
rine 8. i
Danford, Bessie 72, Henry Delaplaino,
72. John B. 72. I
Dandridge, Capt. John 144. i
Darnell, Agnes Carter 260. Isliam Ran-j
dolph 146, Katharine C. 146. Mary A.j
146, Shapiey Boyle 146.
Darney, Frances Glenn 149. FranciCj
W'iait 352. !
Dawson, Edward Fioberts 177, Elizabeth'
227, George 177, Hubbard Kavanaughj
^77, Josepn 177, John Wesley 177, Lucy
175, Lucy Anne 177. Mary M. 208,
Martha 177, Myrtle Lee 177, Samuel
177. Sarah Jane 177, Winifred J. 255. |
Davl-nport. Birket 311. }
Davidson, Cora 24^, Gillinctte 241, John
240. O'Ferrall 243. W. O. 243. !
Davies, Dr. John B. 81, ^Laria Swift 81.,
Rev. Samuel 81, Samuel D. 81. j
Davis Family, account of, 154, 382. Aus-
tin Jeter 3.S0. 382. 3S3. 387, Asa 161.!
.^nnle 175, 179. 383. Dr. Allen Field-'
itig 179, iSo, 181, Benjamin 159. i6o.|
• ''ji. 162. 164. 165, 383. Beniamin Hvatl
17.^ Ba.xter 162, Charlotte 371. Charlesl
159. KX). Carter 163, 165, Diana Dale
173. 202. Ellen 384, Elizabeth (&
f'-tty) 159, lO,, 161, 162, 1G3, 164, 165,
168. 173. 183. Eliza 179. 181. Elijah
161, Edward 162. Fletcher 182. 1S3,
Felix 160, Fielding l6l, 163. 164, 173.
174. 175. 179. 1S4. 3S0. 3S2. .-^83, 3S4,
3S6. 387, Capt. George W. 161, PIcnry
Hampton 384, Jean Allen 180. 181.
Pres. Jefferson 380, James 154, 15S.
159, 160, 161. 162, 163. 164, 173. 179.
180. 202, 382. James C. 160, 165, James
Battee 161. John 154, 159, 160, 161,
164. 165. 179, John Fielding 160. John
Carter 162. 173, Joseph i6t. 164, Joshua
162. i.ee 384. Louis B. 182 Lewis 161.
162, Larkin 166. 173. 181. 185, Lucy
Taliaferro i8w3. Mary A. 3S2, 384. 387.
Mary Elizabeth 154, 160. i5r, 165, 3S3.
Marv 159. 160. 162. 164. 167, 177, 182.
183. Mary Carrer 173. (Folly) 163. 165.
166, 183, 383. Margaret 384. Malindi
182. 183, }.laria 182. Milla Carter 22S.
Martha iCo. 161. 182. 183. Maud 179.
Odison 182, Phoebe 384, Rosa 3S4,
387. Richard i6i, Sabrina 384. Sue
Hampton 384. 367. Sophia 181. Samuel
Allen 182. Sunah J. 182. 183, Samuel
3.80, Sarah Ball 115, Sarah Alien irS-
Sallie Stevens 173, 202. Sarah 161, 162.
J82. 183. Su^an 179. 180, 181. 383, Su-
sannah 164. 173. 181, 183, 202. Susan-
nah Wvat 1^4, Stephen T. i8<->. Suead
160. Theodore 1S2. Thomas is^. 158.
159, 160. 161, 162. 1G3. 1G4, 166. ii^g.
170. 171. 173. 174, 179, 180. 181, 182,
183. 202, 382. Thomas W. 160, 161. i8r,
Williamson 173. 183, William 161, 162,
163, 164. 179, 324, William Dale 1(^0,
162, Waters S. 115. William S. 314.
Dr. Yancey 181, Zachary Taylor 3S7.
Dearing, Anson 50. Marian 50.
De Campe. ^larah Knight 73.
Debb. Rebecca Mary 114.
De Moss, Diana Dale 202. Belie 253.
Frederick 202. Susan 202, William 202.
Deacons, Mary 211.
De Busk, Eura 239. _
Dillon, Amanda 243. Benjamin 243, tA-
len 243. James 243, Jefferson 143.
Dick, Judge Robert P. 115.
Dismukes, Richard T. 59. Mary 59.
Dillard, Annie ^iay 61, Bessie R. 61,
Dora Edna 61, Emma Lee 61, Geor>;e
Samuel 61. Charles Edgar 61, Jennie
Alice 61. John Spencer Gi, Joseph V-
61. Lucv Anne 61, Peter Stanford 6i,
William Henry 61, Wm. M. 61, Wm.
Lee 61.
I
INDEX
Dickinson', Elizabeth Guerrant 70, Lena, Lppersox, Dr. Jacob 213.
'-37-
Epler, Earl Xorbn
William D. 316.
Estill, Judge Floyd 51.
EsKRiDGE, Maj. George 99.
Eubank. Lucy 308.
316, Mary L. 316,
Eva 51-
370. Rosamond
DiAM, Mar>' 135.
DiLL-XLCNTV, Louise M. 146.
DiGCES, William 43.
DoGGETT, Rev. Mr. 8. 9. 303^ ^I^rs. 262
Sally 262. Betty 309. William 309, Rev.[ Eul.
Benjamin 309. | Evans, C. 1. 59. ->Iary 372.
Do'.vNMAN Fa.mily, note on, 362, Anne E\"ekett, France.^ 3^^-
47, Joseph Ball 359, Margaret 359.; Ewing, Samuel 245.
Traver:^ 47. Edwards, Elias 67. John 9, 320. Lucy
DoDSON, E. 371. 253, Sally 367, William 322, 323, Wil-
DowNS, Caroline 384. liam E. 253.
DoHERTY, .\nthony 342. ^ t i- i^- /-
Doe. Judge charles 114. Sue R. 134. Sam F-^R^s. Coleman 62, Julia W . 62.
Rose 134, Sarah Ross 134. : Farley. Jona B. 348.
DoLAN, Arthur 31^, Charles 315, Eliza-: F-^RR-^R- Pf"'^ 78. _ ^ -o
j^^j.j^ ^j. I Farmer, Dr. Henry 61. Henry Hugn 81,
Dove, G.orge R. 241. Hershall 241. John' }}^^ Sharpe 8i._ Viriginia Carter 81,
241. Maud 241, Mima 241. i ^^ '"'^"^ LodovicK 81.
DoRTON, Frances 241. | Ferguson .Tnomas 3^5- W uham 385.
DuNCA.v. Judge Charles 257, 258, Charles Ferney. Olive Agnes 143-
T. 2-.S. Elizabeth 2-,S. Emma 258. John Fitzhugh r amily. note on 349. Han-
80. 258. 257. Katiianne 258, Maggie^ ^ "^h 349. Alaria 349. loI. \v lUiam 349-
Lee 2;8, Martha 243, Marv J. 14^,: ^'I-^ '^""^ ^j^^"^''""'^„ 353- ^hajies
Maxudl K. 80. Paul 258, Salliel Tnomas 353^ Houston tsrdi 353. Mary
Branch 80, William R. 257, 2
DuLix, Jonn 312.
DuNMNGTON, John 75, James Wm. 75
Elizabeth 353. Robert Garnelt 353,
Sarah R. 353. Thomas Lee 353. ^Vil-
liam Edwin 353.
Lucie Knight 75, Sallie Everett 75- Fitzger.^ld, Sopnia 6> ^,. , .
Walter Grey 75. ,FixcH Adam Tyree 78. Mary Ehzabetn
Du\-ALL, Sarah Carter 57. ^ '^' Margaret 78, Tyree G. 78.
DuN-AWAY, Fannie 57 Fielding Family, account 01 155-158.
DroLEY, Thomas 9. Gov. Thomas 233. | Edward 154. Edwin 16^1^ Eppa 163,
Dunn, America Calantha 313. Dr. John' ^^""^n 154. Sarah 154. 382.
J. 313. Dr. John Robert 313. Mary, Fin'LEY Richard 112.
Jane 313, Martha Anne Stevens 313.; {l^^''^^' Enoch 240, Joseph 239.
Ruth Frances 313. Nancv J. 313, Ra-i Fleete, Henry 98. Sarah 8, 303.
che! M. 313. Sarah Lavi'nia 313 Vir- Fletcher, Sarah 57, Mary L- 293.
ginia Catharine 3^3. William L. 313
Eaves, Lilli.; 200, Tliomas 176.
Early, Polly 203.
Eastin, Martha E. 375.
Eastla.vd, Rebecca 245, Thomas 245.
Eu.inrT, Lucy 371. .Martha 371, P. F-
148, Robert 370.
Ej-lis Family, note on. 229, Charles 229.
J<-'hn 309, Mary Anne 229, Susannah
H. 22S. 229, Thomas H. 229.
F.Liti.ii, James 254.
Hi-.^ER. Max 388, Frank Ball 388, Robert
Eiclding 388.
Fleming, Ida 75.
Fluke, Nancy Matthews 7S.
i-LOYD, John B. 130, Major 161, Martha
161, William 161. Wells 161.
Flesh, Edward 222, Frances 222. Keitie
May 222, Lillie Lee 222. Laura 222.
^.lattie 22, Matthew Martin 222.
Flickv.ir^ Arthur Heath 316, David
Henry 316, Elizabeth Xorbury 316,
Jerry Williamson 316, Joseph \V. 316.
Footman, Hannah 366, John y/x
Fox, Capt. David 8, 9, 303. Hannah 9.
FoucHEE, Captain 39.
En<:lish. Capt. John 326, 363, Sarah 3^6^ Foster, Edmund 2S3, Mary 316. Mr. 3S6.
3<')3. .'64. I Ford, .-Mien Warren 179- Charles 62,
tnE>, Lucy Jane 80, Dr. Richard Adamsl Elizabeth C. G. 62, James 17Q. J^s,ie
i^. \ irg-.nia 80. i Cray 62, Zacnai-y Tliomas 179.
INDEX
FoNES, Naomi 21
FouNTAiNE, Obediah 134. 1
Fort, Anne Gibson 34S. Harrit 348,
Tohn F. 348. Sallie A. 356.
Fkeeze, R. p. 78. Frances 78.
Frien-d, Carter Watkius S3, Caroline
Scott 83, Isabella Carter 82, Joseph B-
iGiBSOX, Andrew 95. Amelia Carter 95,
i Anne Markee 95. Charles 95- Charles
,■ C. 95. David 93, 95. Eliza 93- E'.'za
1 Armstrong 95. Jane 95- James King
95, John 94. -Mary 05. Millicent 95.
:Mary Jane 95, Louisa 95, Sarah Hop-
kins 94.
bcott 03, isaoeiia >^ari.ci o^, juo.-pi. ^- - :'->■
82, Josephine Katharine 82. Joseph 82, Gillex water, Nancy 243.
Marv Gaines 82, Mary Craig 82. Mary Gillispie, Ernest 189. John 189. Nettie
iru^e 82, Ruth Elfreth 83, Robert May ic^ Richard 189. Thomas i.^
Crenshaw 82, SalUe Car>' 82. Shirley Gordon. Elizabeth 93. J"Het A. 12,. Col.
Carter 82 William Berkeley 82, Wil-; James .39, 107 2b2, 331, 33>
liam Sharpe S2. Thomas 82. Gore, W ilham 48.
French George Reade ti6. 121, Jenme Goodson, Charks Lee 61. Jame. A. 5i,
Maitland 131, Col. N. B. 131. .Robert W. 61.
Frazier. Dicey 255, Sarah 245. ;Godsey. i.ula 240.
Fa-nnRv Flizibnh T ;o , GooDWYN, Bettie Harrison 80. Camilla
Fr^m^x Charles 370 Charles M. 254.: 79. Judge Charles Frederick 70. Indi-
French 254. Simon 254, \\ illiam 254,
Anna 370. ,
Franklin, Benjamin 242, J. D. 242, Liz-;
zie 242. Mary 242.
Fripps, Cuthbert 297. Edward Parker,
.J^^.'i^l^. Alice 370. CharleJG<^:;^:|Hr^i:^ EH^eth Gibson
370. Emma 370 Fred 370, Peter 370. ^,,^^;,^^f^JXl^;^ 3n.
Fl-ql-a. Aaron 3o8_ ^^. ' ^^^^^^^ ^^^^.^^^^ ,^6.
hL-RLONG Polly 3f. r^ ^^„,i^^^ .35.
Fi.-G.^TE,\\ilham26o. GoodLoe, Carter 287, Martha 278. 280,
Fl-r, Catharine 180. ^ , ,q^ Rnh^rt a^o 'St.
FVLTON. Caroline Kyle 251. R^- Creed; ^8/ Roben «o^^-^»^ .^^^
251. Mary Taylor 251, Samuel Monroe gxo<3^. Ali^^Ca^r^t^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^
251, Dr. \\1lham293. , ^j^^^h 363. Margaret Anne 49, ^ancy
Gaines Family, note on, 47, Dorothy 47.' 204, Susan 49. T. P. 50.
ana Davies 80, John 3. O. 79- Lilian
79. Lucy Oliver 79- Lanetra Maion bo,
Mary Powell 79, Peterson 79- R:chard
T. 79. Rosamond 79- Susan Lacy 80,
Virginia 79. Vermona 79- ^'^'irt 79,
Wilfred Lacy 80.
Francis 47, Susannah 47
Garm, Mary 316.
Garlington, Maria 297-
Galeraith. Margaret 325. Robert 325.
Gaddy, Anne 308.
Galloway, Eliza 124. Robert no, 122.
Garnett, Emeline 276, Nancy Short 276,
Philip 276.
George, William 4. 10. 3^6 327, 330, Rev.
William 100. Bishop 327
Gr-\ham, Richard 366.
GR0SZCL05E, Adeline 257. Ibbie 257, Jez-
reel 2^7, Nancy 257.
Greenaway, Margaret Jane 95-
Gr-^yson, Anne 58. ^ ■ o
Gregory. Addie 176, Frances Craig 81.
John Richard 176, James 176. Lnlie
176, Margaret 176. Martha A. C. Si.
Richard D. I75, 176, William 170.
Grymes, Augustus 287.
Gettys. Caroline Carter 206, Eliza 2o6,iGRiswoLD. Caroline 233. Ellen -33, i^a
Francis McKeldin 206. I ward 233, Joseph Lancaster 2,3. Laar
Gentry, Ella 293, Jael 293. Joel 293. Lucy] Isabella 233. Maria C. ijO, VV UUam
2^,3. Lee Morrison 293, N. H. 293, Nan-| Dickinson 232. ru.rh.ne 6-
nie -Q, JGray, Ellen I79, Elizabeth CnarhDtte 0-.
Gheen;. Charles 207, Nora 207. j Lalla Beale 338, Milton 170. Dr. 330-
Gilchrist. Sallie 86. Guinn, Abiah 48, Elizabeth Carter 48-
GuJJERSi.EEVE, Benjamin 95, Bessie 95.'Guerr-^nt. Cornelia 64.^ -r.,-.nlP
Ba^ii Q5. Grace 95, Mary 93, Virginia! Gw.^thmey, Anne Bayior 264, itmpie
o; Nellie 95. i 264.
viii INDEX
"xXia's i^"""'" ^'"' ^"''"'' ^'H^-^'^^^: Anne 365. Bettie 296, Maj.
w cl n- , , Benjamin 99. Coi. Charles 144 David
"■l^'^^^'.^o '''-'' 'H-199. Anthony 382^ C. 351. Eleanor 343- Eliza W 2>i
t-iuabcth Preston 3S3. Col. Henry 383.! Henr^- N 359. Hannah 366 chnP
John 104. 3S3. John Wanng 193. Mar-| no. Luel^dd pSrte '96 ^
garet V\ ade 3S3. Pamelia Dorcas 193.I Haydex, Polly 208, Rev. Horace 100.
Susannah 383
Haclev, Buriey 176.
Harp. George 176. Lewis 176, Mary Eliz-
abeth 176.
Hammon-u, Beverley 177, James 177.
Hall, Anhur 133, Betty 177. Clemency
Hawley Family, note on. 112, Frank
Lafayette 113. Hezekiah 112, John
Henry 114, 115, Joseph Henry iii, 113.
114, 122. Lucie Malinda 113. Marv
Carter 114, Robert Bradley 113. Susan
Murry 11.3, barah Anne 11;
.77, Delphme 123. Danetta 124, Emer- Hazelhurst, John in.
.^n 12.3. George 177. Helen 177. John H.^dixg, Duncan 130, Philip Hopkins
130.
Hardin-, John 164, Lawson 149, Lucv 100
Hardy, Stella Pickett 290.
Hancock, Chester 143, Henry 143, Phili
143
343. Magdalen 308. Oliver Hopkms
133-
Hax.van, Miriam 343.
Hamiltox, Annie H. 380. Elizabeth 234.
Harv,xx)d, Annie B. Davis 291. Jamie 283,
M4, George Robert 344. Howard 344. Hexxixg, Robert 42 262
Harvey Caroline Maria 356, George \V.
.^56. Henry Lewis 356. Dr. Henry
Bijwyer 356, James Craine 356. Jo-
:^ph Hale 356. Lewis Henry 356, Mag
dalen Louise 356. Martha Anne 3;6.
Mary Margaret 356, Mary Elizabe^th
Lee 362. Robert Trigg 356. Sarah
Frances 356. Judge Thomas 337
h.^YxrE, Bndger 262, Samuel 335,
Thomas 8. 98.
Hayxes, Lucy 276.
■^ir'' ^[- ?''"" ^^- 371. John Hun-
y^r 3/j. Lydia Hole 375, Dr. Thomas
J- 375-
Haxs, Matilda 57.
Hatchett. Mary F. 85 ' '
Ha«kis. Annie M. 78. Dr. A. Sidney 130
Anne 302. Adeline 34-'. Gainey 303
r.^rdon Gillette 80, Marv O 130
I:>d'a 80. Robert 255, Thomas 130.'
g:nia 130, Virginia M. 64,
P. 7S
lALTEaMA.v. Frank 370.
163, 312, 323. Edward Hampton i65
Joseph 284, Capt. John 166, John W.
284, Mary 284.
i'Hexry, Alabama 146, Missouri 146.
Heale, Catharine Chinn 216, Elizabeth
216, George 216, Nicholas 216.
Henderson Family, note on 191, Col.
John 354. Nancy 353, Robert 370, Sam-
uel 339.
HiTT, Albert 176, Bettie 176, Dora 176.
Henry 176, James 176, Lewis 176. Mat-
tie 176, Manha 175, William 176
Hixsox, Sallie 218.
Hilton, Elizabeth 255.
Hill, Grace 222, Joseph 65, Lerov 222,
Polly 255, Richard 222, Ree K W
371, William 222, 358.
HoGAN, Mrs. Robert G. 35.
Howerton, James 65. Jenriie 66.
HoTTON, Lula C. 65.
HoLDERBY, Clajton Sydnor 66. Frank
Penn 66, Mary Virginia 66. Minnie 66
-ri Af .. William P 66.
rth 8=
Peter 100, Peter
j Hook, John N. 279. 298.
I Hooks, Etta 133.
INDEX
Hereford Family, note on, 339, Adelei
348. Alice 348, Anne 34S. Anna Maria
341, 343, Anne Matilda 342. Andrew
Chinn 341. Bettie Washington 343,
Brooke G\Yathmey 343, Catharine E1-,
len 341. 347, Catharine Mary 241. Eliz-|
abeth Page 341, 344. Eliza 341, Emily'
341, Frances 343. Francis Marion 341.
348. Dr. Francis Robert 342. Frederick
Stribling 345-. John Bronaugh 341, 342,
Dr. John Robert 341. James Stirling
342, Dr. James Wilson 346, Junius,
Temple 345. 3.16, Isabella Semple 342, |
Kate Bronaugh 343. Lawrence Berry;
,^43. Lewis Stirling 342. Mary Mason
341, Mary Anne 341. 346. Mary Catha-:
fine 341, 3-13, Mary Bronaugh 348,
Margaret Mason 341. 346, Robert Am-
mon 341, 442. Robert Lewis 343. Robert
Prentice 346, Sarah Turnbull 342,;
Thomas Ammon 341, 346, Thomas 341.
Virginia Lewis 340. 342. 348. William
An>Iey 341, William Fort 348, Robert
336, 339. 340. 341. !
Horn-, Capt. Thomas M. 285. I
HoBSo.v F.\MiLY, note on. 135, Adcock^
135. Joana Lawson 135, Winifred 135.;
Hopkins F.\milv, note on, 125, Judge;
.\rthur Francis 115. 125, 126, 127, Ar-
thur. Jr.. 124, Dr. Arthur 124. Arthur
Moseley 127, 128, 129, 130, Arthur
Francis 129, 130, Augusta 127, 132,:
Anna Mary 130. Anne Margaret 130,'
Annie Elise 130, Bessie 129, 130, Cor-
nelia 126. Corinne Frances 127. Cor-;
nella Carter 127. 131, Catharine Ers-.
kine 127, 132, Charles Thomas 130,
Dora 130. Dudley 130. Elizabeth Pettus;
124, Elizabeth 126, Elizabeth May 130,
Ella Cale 130, Emma 126, Eliz'abeth
Pamelia 127, Frances Carter 129, 130,'
Frank Webb 129, 130. Gertrude 130.;
Holmes 126, James 108. 124. 125. James!
Bibb 129, 130. Jennie 130. John Walker
I -J*). 130. Louisa 127, 131, Lucile 130.
Maria Malinda 127. 131, ^Iary Moseley,
'27. 132, Maria Isabella 129. Porter!
120. Robert Carter 125, Reuben 125,
134. Robert Thompson 129. 131. Sal-
be Earnet 129, Sallie 130; Thomas,
Bibb 120. 130, Thornton 130, Thomas
Harns 130, 131. Virginia 127. William
U'igh 127. William 129, William Fran-
cis 130.
Holt, Joseph 202
Hoover, Alice 177. Eudora 177, Moses
I J77, Scott 177, Robert 175.
Howard, William 202, Anne 202.
Hollaxd, Daniel 217. Elizabeth 217,
Joyce 217.
Hollowelx. Edward 222.
HocKER, Tilghman 234.
Houston. John 234.
HoRTOx. Eliza 243.
HoLLiDAY, 3.1ary E. 258, Francis 258.
HCGHLETT. Miss 362.
HuLETT, Boswell 177. Clemency 177,
Liona 177, Mar>- Elizabeth 177, Walter
177.
HuRLBirRT, Katharine Louise 255, New-
ton C- 255.
Hume. James 283, William Lewis 284.
Huff, Ruth 312.
HuNTOx, Anne 41, Hannah 43, 44, John
43. Thomas 41.
HuDSOx, Charles 85, George V. 221. Mil-
dred Bruce 85. Dr. Robert 85.
Hubbard. Barton 145, Bettie 206. Rosa
85. Ralph no. Thomas 309.
Hunter, Mahala Carroll 346.
Hundley, Mattie 118. Olive 118, Thomas
118.
Hunt. Agnes 124.
Hughes, Annie 132. Fulton 369. Sally
138.
HuTCHESON, H. F. 161, Miss 202.
Hurt, Henry 143, Henry Hicks I43-
Jane 143, John 143. Lucy 143. Mary
228, Nannie 143. Philip 143, Stanhope
143, Walker 143. William B. 143. Wil-
liam 143.
HuTCHixGS Family, note on. 138. Anne
Laura 135. Chesley 134, Elizabeth 148,
Dr. John M. 134. I35. John R. 134.
Lucy Parke 133. I34. I35. 138, Lena
134, Lucy A. 134, Moses 133. i34. ^35,
138. Margaret 133. Nancy 138. Philip
134, Robert 135, Sue D. 134, William
135.
Hyatt, Benjamin 167, John 167. L. T.
258, Sarah 167. Susannah 167. Siephen
167, Tabitha 167, William 167.
IxGR-^M, Colonel 54, Fannie 54-
Ireland Family, note on, 196.
James, America 207. Copley 314. Eliza-
beth 309, Mar)' Pollard 46. Th mas
106. S. D. 314.
Jefferson. Field 124. Miss 124. Presi-
dent 124.
INDEX
Jenkins, Gen. A. J. 190. Ada 295, E>an-
iel 296. Herman 218. John 3S6. Xancy
311. Paul 296. Rosamond 296.
Jackson, Gen. Stonewall 123, John D.
207, Lina W. 207, Landon 79, Lucy
Goodw-A-n 79. Xancy Arts '767~Richard
50. 53, Wm. M. 35S.
Jennings, Anne 147. Burley 244, Charles
244. Dora 244, Lilly 244, Kyle 244.
Mary 79. R. E. 244. \'enice 244. \\'il-
liam 79.
Jewell. .Asa 177.
Jemison, Harry 370.
Jeffres, Eliza 202.
Jelf Family, note on. 1S4, Allen 185,'
2CO. 201. .\nne 200, Benjamin 185, 201,
Clemency Harp 185. 202, Eliza Jane
185, 2CO, 201. Elizabeth 200. Ella 200,
Ethc 200, Fin?tta 185, Henry 200,
Josie 2or. James 173. 179, 183. 185.
James Fielding 185, Judith Fletcher;
185. John 200. Lucy Anne 200. Lewis
200, 201, Liliian 200. Mary Elizabeth]
185. Xettie Lee 200. Patsy 185. 200.'
Robert J. 200, Sallie 167. 172, Sarah
Jane 200. Sallie Stevens 185, 201. Su-
sannah 185, 200, Wayne 200, Willis
200. I
KUYKENDALL. Ola I46. ^ -
Knight. Alice Margaret 75, Alexander
75, Carter Copeland 75, Carter Dupuy
72, Creed Thomas 72. 7;^. Cleverine 73,
Emmet Carter 72, Elizabeth Bland 75,
Emmett Fitzgerald 75. Grace 73,
George Walton 69, Indiana 75. In-
diana W. 69. Capt. John Hughes 69,
John Hughes. Jr., 69. 7^. 75. John
Thornton 75. Jennie Wickliffe 72. Jes-
sie 73, Lucy 69. Lucie Everett 7S. ^lary
Cornelia 7^, Mattie 75, Mcllwaine 75,
Mary Pryor 69. Dr. Oscar Mansrield
69. 73. O'Ferrall 75. Robert Dickinson
72, Sarah Everett 72. 7^. Sam Young
75, William Barret 75, Wray Tliomas
72, 72, William Carter 69. 70. 72,
Woodson 69, William Oscar 72.
Kjeller, Susan 93. 1
Kennedy, Marv Louise 122, Dr. William
E. 122. ' ,
Keene, Frances 143. j
Kendrick, Maria 207. 1
Kent, Betsy 209, Daniel 209. Fanny 209,'
John 209. Molly 209, William 209. '
Kern. Xancy 255, Richard 255. '
Keith, Elizabeth 296. |
Kearnes. Daniel 371. George 371, Georgei
W. 371, Jacob D. 371, Robert 371,:
Sarah Jane 371- j
KiRKE, Catharine 43. James 43, 209. John'
209. Lucy Carter 43. Mary Carter 43.^
William 209. |
KiRBY, Anne Eliza 183. Giles 183, Leon'
95, Mary 183 Thomas 183. i
King, Ellen 296. Mary 278, Robert 278. I
KiLGORE. Mary 255. I
KiRKPA TRICK, C. M. 314. !
Kli-gh, a. W. 298, Louise 298, Wlliston'
^298.
Knox, Georgia 354, Leona C. 354.
Kuechler, Henry Xorbury 316, lone
Selma 316. U>car 316.
KuYK, Charles Frederick 79. Rev. Chris-
tian R. 79, Dirk Adrian 80.
Lawson Family, note on, 135, John 4,
326. Joana 135.
Landis, Absolom Lowe 50. 51. ^2. Abbie
Lucile s^, Edwin Carter 52. Helen Xar-
cissa 51, John T. 51, Lulan 51. Leonora
51, Melvilla A. 51, Sallie X. 51, Solon
Lee 51.
Lane, Mary 253.
Lanier Family, note on, 139. Adolphus
138. Annie 138, David S. 138, John E.
138. Lucy Washington 139. Capt. James
Monroe 139, Alary Anne 138.
Lancaster Family, note on, 232, Anne
200, Betty 175, Benjamin Fielding 200,
Catharine 2^2, Eliza 200. Fletclier 200,
Isabella 232. James 200. Joseph 232,
r^Iaria Aiosby 2^2, Merritt 200. Mary
Lee 200, Roberta 200. Richard 200,
Judge Raphael 232, Susannah 200, Wil-
liam 200.
Lambert, C. 230, Dianna 230.
Lawless, William 234.
Layne, Frances 235. Garnett 235, Gran-
ville 235, Mary 235, Powhatan 235,
Thomas 235.
Lampkin, Dale Carter 250, John W. 250,
John T. 250, Sarah Preston 250.
! Ladreth, Bettie 256.
I Leach, Sarah Ellen 176.
! Lemon, Anne 312.
Legg, Jane Carter 245.
: Lecocql-e, Julia 342.
Leftwich. Augustine 307, Frances 307.
LeTellier, Letitia 291.
Leybl'rn, Mr. 93.
Leigh. William 126, Benjamin W'atkins
i 385. Mr. 386.
INDEX
XI
Lee Family, note on, 84, Anne 220,]
Charles 362, Edward 243. Henry 220, j
366, John 8, 98, John A- 84, Jane 68, |
Lillie A. 84. Maria Crockett 84, Rich-j
ard 99. 153, 220, Gen. R. E. 362, Susanj
362, Thomas 98. W. A. S., 243. |
Lewis Family, note on, 342, Bettiej
Washington 340, Cadwallader 287,1
Howell 340, 342. Dr. John 287. Janej
2S7, Lottie H. 7S. Sarah 287. Robert!
2S7, Dr. Zachariah 287- I
Leake, Jennie 130, Vernon 130. j
Liu-ARD, Catharine 181, Eugene L. iSo.i
181, Jean Allen 181. Polly 53, Rosa'
Hortense 179, Stephen 179. !
LiTTRELL, Daniel 243.
LiNPSEY, Rev. David 127.
Lillie. Elizabeth 138.
Littleton, Belle 148.
1 INTHICUM, Allen Carter 149. Arabella
149. Chalmers 149. Edward 149, Ed- 1
ward Hill 149, Edward Dale 150. Es-j
telle 149, Kill Carter 149, 150, Henry
THomas 149, Henry Colvin 150, Ida
Su<an 149. John Terrell 149, James'
Alfred 149, Leroy Freeborn 150, Susie;
149, Susan Anne 150, Raleigh Dabney
1 49, William Henry 149.
Linn, Peter 166.
Lively, David 203.
Loving. Christopher B. 387, :^, Eliza-
beth Watson 388, Fielding Davis 388.
Ida Bennett 388. Mary Davis 382.
Long, Michael 371. William 371.
LfiPER, James 348.
Love, Charles A. 353, Edwin 353, Edith
3:-'3, Grace 353.
LovELL, Judge Milton 139.
L^jwe, Henry A. 131, Maria Walker 131.
LowRY, Gawin 326, 330. George 362,'
Judith 362, William 362. j
Llcas, Charles 59. Emily 79, Frances!
234, James 59. Matilda 59, Valinda 59.}
LiTKE, Sallie 141.
LiSK, Caroline Carter 206. Elizabeth,
Fairfax 206. Robert 206. |
Llse, Charles Anderson 255. \
L-V.)N Family, note on, 186-189, Allen!
-<», Anne 200. Eliza 200. Eleanor An-i
v-er<on 64. Fmetta Anne 189. Franklin:
2W. Harp 200. Joseph 183. 186. i8q.'
Joseph Mary 189, Josephine 189, James
-^r,. Martha 64, Mary Elizabeth i8g,
Faralee kSq, Sarah 200. Stephen 200, i
1 homas 200. William 200 [
LuxsFORD, Edv.in 6, 326, Rodham 335,
Winifred 307.
LvxoTT, Dr. X. J. 352.
Lyxton, Anthony 332. Lettice 332. 356.
Lynn, Sarah Carter 211.
Lynch, Katharine 92.
^LvRSH, George 6.
^L\RTIN. Ada 66. Ada Love 131, Anne
234, Beniamin 298, Charles E. 131, Dr.
Chesley 143. Hon. Elbert S. 25S,
George 314, Mary L. 258, }ilauer 298,
Nellie 143. Richard 298. Robert 49, S-
^L 298. Rev. Thomas 314.
^L\xEY, James 312.
^L\rshall Family, note on. 2S6. Altha
178, Cora 17S, Elizabeth Williams 286,
Horace 286. John 330, Capt. John 281,
286, Rev. John W. 178. James H. 17S.
Laura 178. Lvdia 178. ^Marv 204, Mar-
garet 281. 2S6, O. L. 178. Paul 60, Wil-
liam 2S6.
^L\YO. Josephine 72.
ALvxLEY, ^L Y. 73.
^L\XGUM. Lucy A. 77.
AL\sox Family, notes on. 232, 332,
George 349. Henry 80. Lucy So, Mar-
garet 332, Rosa 3S6. Simpha Rosa 349,
Thomas H. 252. Virginia Eppes 80.
^L\RSTON, Marian 278.
^L\LLETT, Charles P. 118. Jane Carter
118. Margaret Wright 118, Marion
Alexander 118, Wilson Aiken 118.
^L\GXER, Leonidas 254. Teresa 254.
^L\DI.sox. Bishop 190, John 190.
^LADDOx. Asa 222, 223. Effie A. 222, Su-
san H. 54, Truston Annon 222.
AL^RMADUKE. Joseph 224. William Car-
ter 224, William B. 224.
^L\xx, James 256.
McAfee Family 188, Gen. Robert
Breckenridge 185.
McAllister, Elizabeth 204. J. M. 123.
Nathaniel 204, Rachel 204.
McCabe, Co!. Gordon 84, Peyton G. 84.
McCrain, Amelia 95, Rev. James 95.
McCoNNELL. Mrs. Malinda 112.
McCormick, George 177.
McClaxahan, Jane 204. Thomas 204,
Rev. William 204.
McCarty, Daniel 217, 219.
McCartle. Lavinia 348.
McElvey, D. D. 183.
McElwain, .-Mexander 208, John 208,
Vv'illiam 208.
INDEX
McClure, Catharine 315, Charles 315,
Edwin 315. Edward 316. Effie 316. Elva
Jane 315, Frank 315, James 315. John
315, Paralee 316, Wilham 315.
McFerrix, Anne 231.
McGregor, Lillian May 146, Margaret
Carter 139, Wiliam M. 146
McGuiN-Ms, Dr. A. B. 338. Elizabeth
Thornburg 338. Margaret 33S.
McKeever, Katharine 293.
McKixLEY. Dr. I. H. 180, Susan H. 180.
McMain. Roben West 348.
McXew, Polly 258.
McNeil, Lillian 253.
McSparran', John 80. Lucy Isabella 80,
Sarah Margaret 80.
McTyre, Sarah Carter 41. 42.
Meriwether, Mary 296
Moore, Dr. Blanche 374, 3S4. 385. Eliza-
beth 50, Dr. George R. 374. Lee 222.
Lavinia 338, Lewis 50. M^atthew 222,'
Martha 53. Mary Ellen 3:,8. Perry 222,
Rachel Roberts 374. Sharpless 374. T.
Moorehouse, Frank 257.
Morris, Dabney 67.
Motley, Sallie B. 61.
MosELEY, Arthur 126. Bedford 78, Dr.
Bennett Willamson 126. Emilv 244.
Hickory 244. Harris Bedford 7S. Tack
244, Jeremiah 244. Pamelia Thorpe
126, Miss 181.
MosBY, Ellsworth Carter 86. Wade H
86.
Mortox, Benjamin 298, E. H. 298. Harry
298. Peyton no.
-","'• — "'J -yv^. vgo. reyton no.
Mexg. Elmu-a Harrison 292. Jean Camp-KloRGAX, JJmes B r.l
bell 292. Dr. John W. N. 292, Dr. Sam
uel Thornton 292, Warren 292.
Merimax, Richard 305, Susannah 305.
Meekix.^. Cora Carlin 222, Neola 222.
Meigs, Bait 231.
Meredith. Benjamin 370, Esther 370,
Jonah 270, Owen 370, Rebecca 370.
Milam. Samuel 60. 63.
Millard, Hallie 316.
Mixor. Esther 255, John 154, 284, Mary
284, Sarah Carr 284.
Miles, I sham 308.
Miller Family, note on, 190, Beatrice
288, Benjamin 298, Caroline 298.
Charles R. 313, Campbell 298, Doro-
thea 298. Edith 298, Emma 315. Eliza-
beth Swazey 123, Frederick 55^, 56, 58,
Fay ^. 199, Frances 312. Harry C. 298.
Henderson Hampton 184, Hugh Curtis
199. Dr. H. 298. Ireland Fielding 194.
Jean Anne 199. John Hampton 194.
John 339, joana 106, James Henderson
189. 193, Joseph 313, Dr. Joseph Lyon
193, Mary Carter 56, 58. Maud 298.
Mattie 298, Marston 298. Nancy Cath-
arine 199, Percy 298, Resica Elizabeth jri«itry J45.
298. Ruth 313. Rufus 314. StepTTen Kis- Neblett, Dr. Sterling 83, William J 83
Jing 193. 199. Sue Pickens 298, Talia- Neer. Minnie 370.
ferro 298. William George 298. Nelsox, Gilbert 259, John 161
AHtchell, Adehna 360. Agnes Carter Neil, Elizabeth 246, Molly 246.
VJ: nt^^' ?''^f ^^' Ha"ipto" 360. Newmax, Lucina 386, Samuel B. ^fi6,
John Chmn 360, Laurence 360. Lom-I Thomas 366.
oard 360 Maria 143, Margaret 360.INEFF, Thomas 2^9.
Robert 360 Somerville 359. Wi'liamj Newell, Pauline 297.
4 -559. VVilIlam Laurence Gunion! Nivex, James 370
3:)», 359r Wilhelmina 359. 'Norris, Judith 226, 227.
Moox, Mabel 141.
Morrisox, Laura 123. Micca 2;5.
Moxtaxe, Alice 124, Dr. B. "^W. 124.
Mary Galloway 124, William. Carter
124.
Mullexscott, Frances Carter 222.
Mullixs, Anne 371, Rev. J. C- 178.
MuRPHEY, Judge Archibald DeBow 115,
116, 117, Cornelia 116, 117, Capt. Peter
Umstead 117.
Myers, Helen 352, Matthew 334. Mar-
garet 371, Thomas 334.
Nash, Rhetta 353.
Nax'xe, Bettie 177.
NAXfc, Clarence E. 314, Clara 314. Eliza
314. 1- ranees 313. Isaac 313. Isaac S.
314, J. L. 314, Islary 311, Ruth 313,
Susan Ellen 314, Wm. H. 313, 314.
Neale Family, note on, 345, Catharine
Beale 345, Daniel 217, 219, Ellen 339,
Elizabeth 217, Frances 55, 56, Han-
nah 320, John 220, 22^, Mary Carter
219, 223, Presley 219. 220, 223, Rich-
ard 220, Virgina Caroline 34;, Wm.
Presley 345.
INDEX
Norton, Florence 296. IPannill Family, note on, 211, Edward
NoRBURY, Arthur Frick. 316. Anne Car- 244, Elizabeth 210, Mary 138. Thomas
ter 316, Elizabeth 316. Elizabeth S. 3it>.! 244, William 209, 210.
Dr. Frank Parsons 316. Frank Garm Parker. Capt. Alex. 167. Edward L. 297,
316, Henry Joseph 316. Joseph 316.I Col- Richard 167. Sue 297.
Judge Joseph Britt 316, Lydia Jane Parr, Ethel 277, Harry 277. Julian 277,
316, LeRoy 316, Martha Paralee 316-' Leslie 277. Robert 277, R. S. 277.
Mary Gertrude 316. Nellie Cutter 316.' Palmer, Rebecca 370, Robert D. 309. 310,
Kebf^cca Catharine 316. William^ Susan McMath 259.
Spence 316. Percy, Clarence 342. Christien 333. E!iz-
N'UTT, Dr. 357, Eliza Chinn 357.
XuNALLY, ..^annie 65.
abeth 342. Hampton 383. Dr. Robert
383, Thomas 383.
Peytox Family, note on, 350 Elizabeth
,Heath 349. John 332, Mary Catharine
Pope 349. Susan Travers 354. Yelver-
ton 349.
I'ENNiNCTON. Elizabeth 242.
Penxis, Sallie Carter 251. A. A. O.
Pexdleton' Family, note on, 287, Ed-
mund 287. Elizabtth Page 297, Jane
Burwell 2S7.
Oakes, Hawley 113, Major John Calvin
113, John C-. Jr.. 113.
Obst, Susan 54.
OcLESBEY, Jennie 53. Martha 53-
0'FEKic\LL, Gov. Charles Triplett 72.
Frank Rnight 72. Helen 72. McLain
80. Mabel 72, R. M. 80, Wm. Carter,
>2 IPenard, Kirkwood 151.
Olfvtr, Arthur Hopkins 133. Charles' Peterson, Wesley 371. .
Haynie 79, Collier 79- Catharine 133.1^"^"'' ^^''- }^'-.'^'^' ^^.^'^"^ '^'l;
Cathariiie Hopkins 133. Cecil 133.!
Etta 133, Henry Lowe 133. Henry 133.I
John Billups 79, John Walker I33-L ^ , • o r.^- u i,
James 70. Lucv Carter 45. 46, Lucv Pettus. Catharme 78. Elizabeth 124, 223,
Jane 79. Margaret 11,3, Percy 133, Henry 177, Page 77, Wm. Henry 77.
Richard 79. Samuel W. 133, Starkej PeRROTTe, Sarah g.
H. 133. Tapscott 45, 46. I Phelps. Alma Eleanor 3S7. Jonn 387,
Opie, Hiram Lindsay 127, Juliet A. 127,! Katharine Fielding 387. Thomas 308.
Capt. Thomas 127. I Phillips, Rev. B. 361, Ellen 360.
Otter, John Delawon 207, Melvilla W.IPigg, Bettie 141.
207. j Pickens, Joseph 178, James 178.
0\-ESMAN. Harry 118. Senator 118. I PixxiCK, Col. 182. Lucretia Anne 282,
Over-Street, Mattie 181. Milton 181,; James 283, Mary 183.
Preslev 181, Smith 181. Susan 181. Pierce, Anne 221.
Owens, Qyde Carter 148. Elizabeth 148.; Pi^-'es, Anne 33^, John 33i-
Jane S. 148. Lucy E. 148, Mattie Ara-I Pi-aster, Thomas 312
bella 148. Nellie 148, Philip 255.
liam 148.
Wil- Pollard, Ellen Hackley 342. James 46,
Mary 46, Thomas 46.
Porter, Catharine 245, Duvali I49- Eliza-
Pates, Nancy 57. beth 241, 245. Mamie 149, Tillman 53,
Patterson, Katharine C. 85. Willia 203.
Page. Gawin 344, Jane Burwell 287, John Poidexter, Sallie 63.
Byrd 287, Mann 99. 163, 344. j Poitevant, Lolie 85.
Payne Family, note on, 109, Anne 108. Pointer, Lucy 291.
121. Eazel 183, Davis 183, Elizabeth Pope Family, note on, 223. Jane Carter
Carter 225, Elizabeth 108. 121, Georgej 224, Laurence 223.
'^l' Jf^^n 223, 233. 305, Miss 270, Mary Poston, Aleck 243. Archie 243. Elizabeth
p3. 235. Oliver 339. Richard 303, Wil-i 243, James 243. Willner 243.
''•irn 305. 339. JPRIM.M Family, 364, Elizabeth Langhead
Hansborough 374, Capt. John 364,
j Margaret 364.
I Prather, William 204.
'^" 372. i Presley. Elizabeth 238.
rvrroN, Alice G. 133.
Pminons, Norman 315.
P^srsiwjE, Hcnrv 140
PAI.NTEa, Ell
INDEX
Prescott, Frederick K. 130, Kate 141- 1 Rice, Arthur Hopkins M. D. 132, Lt.
Arthur Hopkins 132. Cornelia Lovve
132; Harriet McFarland 132. Jane 200.
James 100, John \V. 132. Joseph Smith
132, Louise 141, Mary Drake 113. Nan-
nie Herndon 132, Sarah Martha 176.
Preston Family, note on. 91. Anne 93.I
Anne Amelia 94, 96, Arthur 93. Amehaj
93, Campbell 93, Eugenia 95. Elizabeth!
93, 94. Fairman H. 94. John M. 94,
Col. John 93. 252, John 93, James 93.
Kate 249, Margaret 93. 252. Mary 93.;Riggs. Charles 241. Moses 241, Rosa 241.
Robert R. 92. 93, Robert A. 93. Robert! Robixs, Sally Nelson 5, 35.
P. 93, Shelby 93, Sandy 93, Thomasi Rogers. Charles 335. Catharine 325, Ed-
93, Thomas Wilson 93, Walter 93, Col.j ward 43, Elizabeth g, Joseph 202.
William 260. j Rodney, Abner 58.
PuLLEN, Archibald 308, Nancy 307, 308,1 Rosdel, Nehemiah 32;^. Sarah 2-3-
Polly 307, 308. j Robertson, Anne 147. Edward 147. Eliz-
PusLEY, John 221. abeth J. 342, Mollie 147, Gov. Wynd-
ham 95.
QuiGLEY, Agnes Law. 123. I Robinson, Anne Jennings 147 Anne
QuiLLiN, Broaddus 243. Mamie 243. Rev.| Thompson 147. Christopher 147. Do-
^L P. 243. Milligan 243, Rightly 243
QrisENBERRY. Adam 203. Alice 224. Aus
tin 224. Augustine 224. Catharine 224
George 224, Jane Coleman 251, Lucy
224, Martha 224. Mary 224. Nicholas
224, Pope 224, Rously 224. Wm. Au-
gustine 224. Hon. W. D. 251.
R.wvLiNGS, Charles 65. Ernest L. 65.
Frank Allen 65. Mary Sue 65, Martha
Dandridge 65.
Randolph, Sarah 123.
Rayburn, James 100.
R.\GSDALE, Belle 143. .
Raines, Bettie 176.
Rainey, Mary 296, Ursula 258.
R.\MEY, Anna 240, Jennie 240, Mittie
240, Wm. W. 240, 259.
Reddish, Joseph 323.
Redd, Anne Watson 144. Frank 144, Mar-
garet 144.
Redman, William 221.
Repass. Dr. 257, Major 257.
Reid. George 307.
Reeves, Charles 313, Frank 374. G. W.
313. I^ac E. 313. John David 313. Dr.
John H. 313, Martin Winn 313, Robin
313. Ritsy 313.
Redford, Emma 354, Henry T. 354,
rinda 386, Frances 2-6. Nancy 134.
! William 98.
Row, Nannie A. 353.
Royall, Bettie 135. Jesse 135. John C.
138, Nathaniel 135, Sallie 135.
Ross, Anne Smith 145.
Roach, James 177.
Rodes. Robert 213.
Rose, Samuel 241.
Roller, Mohy 246. Ruth 246, 253.
RucKER, Bessie 297.
Rudd, Anne Benoist 234. Dr. Christopher
234, Louise E. 234.
RuMSEY, Saliie 175.
RuFFNER, Elizabeth 355, Mary Chilton
355. Owen crnest 355, Wm. H. 3;5,
Wm. K. 355.
Russell, T. S. 95.
Ryals, William 221.
Salee, Bo<one 200.
Satterwhite, Susan 107.
Saunders, Anne Pine iii. Agnes 315,
Camillus iii, Ethel 315, Elva Jane
315. George 315, John 315, James F.
Ill, iMadeline 130, Margaret 220. Re-
becca Carter iii, Hon. Romulus
Mitchell no. iii, Thomas 315, Dr.
William T. 130.
Henrj- Lee 354, James B. 354, Mary; Sandridge, Delphia 234.
■354- Sawyers, Frances 144, James 144. Mary
Rhea, Stephen Ormsbey 348. 144.
Rhodes, Kate 255. Schielshott. Alice 316.
Richardson, Martha 60. Thomas 60. Scott, Albert 177, Rev. Alexander 121,
Capt. Wm. 290. j Betsy 321. Gri.elda i8r. John 177. R'-^v.
Rich.\rds. John E. 147. | John 321. Rev. James 321, Jane Arm.i-
River.s, Edward Carter 148, Ida Ruth stead 117, Nancy 1x5.
148. Julian 148. Marion Leon 148, Roy! Scholl, Georgia Carter* 147
Dale 148, W. C. 148, William H. 148. , Seward, William Carter 207.
INDEX
XV
\ Sewell, Gov. Nicholas 233.
■ Seldox, Col. 262, Betty 262.
Shoffner, J. M. 50.
I Sh.ackelford, Anne 57.
Sheipperd, benton 243. Elizabeth 60, Rev.
i John 8. John T. 60.
Sharpe, Sarah 67, Mrs. H. T. 386.
Shelby, Mary 93.
Shirley. Jackson 100, John 166.
Sharfe, Harr\- 298, Martha 2<^.
Sheltu.v. James 145. Pines 145.
Shipp, Thomas J. 175.
Simer. Fanny 181.
Si.VKLER, Xancy, 308.
SiMPSO.v. .\nne 298. John 298, John Gar-
hngton 298. Jennie 298. Louis 297.
Mary 298. Margaret 297, Maj. R. F.
297. Richard W. 297, Richard 298, Su-I
*an 297, Taliaferro 297. 298. |
Simons. Campbell 296, John 296. Wil-j
liam \V. 298. i
Sloan, Ella 297, Jean 297, Louise 297,:
Lela 297. Margaret 297, Mary R. 297.!
Paul 297, P. H. E. 297, Susan 297. i
Skipwith Family, account of, 22-26,;
Lady Anne 8, 98.
Skillern, Col. George 343, Margaret
343-
Smau., Charles 130.
Smith, Duke Leon 63, Elizabeth Camp-
hell 247, Fannie M. 132, Hampton 382,
Hamilton 233. 234. Huntmgton 233.
234, Col. Harry 247, John Scarlett 8,
225, 235, Julia Frances 63, Joseph 181.
James 200. 3S2. Laura Isabella 234.
I-ouise Huntington 234, Nannie 143.
Phihp, Jr., 153, Rachel 210. Ralph Lan-
cester 234, Susan Davis 382. Virginia
Lancaster 234. William 165, \Vm. Dick-
inson Griswold 234.
S.MAu,wooD, Lillian 298.
Smithers, Hiram 221, John 41, Lucy
Carter 41.
Snead, Jane Winn 291, Robert 291,
Sophia Harris 291.
S<j.viERviLLE, Green 100, James 100, Mary'
Anne 100. |
S<:)YAB.s. .\lvis 64, B. F. 64, Eddie 64, Ed-|
win Thomas 64. Jane Carter 59, Johni
Ale.v-. 64. John 64, James Ruffin 64.J
Saiiie Whitt 64, Thomas O. 64, Wil-
liam S- 64.
SoL-THARD, Elizabeth Carter 244.
Sficer, .Alfred M. 49. Jane Carter 49.
Span.n, Richard 262.
Spexcer Family, note on, 45. Edward
45, Edmund 77, Isabella F. 85, Capt.
John R. 77, James 77, Joseph Carter
8i. Mammie V. 85, Mattie Carter 85.
Mary 77. Robert 84. Robert S. 85, Col.
Robert 84. SalHe Bouldin 85, Thomas
E. 85, Thomas 'Cole 77, Wm. 243, Wm.
Sharpe 85.
Spe.\rs. Mary 231.
Spalding, Samuel 232, Rev. S. B. 230,
232.
Spillman, Clement 22c, John 220, Nancy
220.
S PENCE, Anne 315. Absolom Martin 315,
David 314. 315. Elizabeth Peters 315.
Isaac 315. 316, L^-dia Paralce 315.
Mary Lemon 315, Mary ^IcElyea 314.
315, Nancy Martin 315, Sarah Catha-
rine 315, Rev. Tnomas 314, 315, Win.
315-
Stretchley", John 8, 270-
Strother, George 323. Joseph 48.
Stultz. Charles 141. Sarah M. 63.
Stamps, William 43.
Stagey, Avis 65. Alvis Louis 65. Eleanor
Lyon 65, Guerrant 65, Irene 65. Janie
Sue 65, Linda \'ernon 65, Wm. Carter
65-
St. Cl.\ir, Isaac 307.
St. John, ]Mary 289.
Stirling, Catharine Mary 341, Lewis
341, 'Sla.ry Turnbull 341.
Strickland, Claud L- 64. Ernest 64.
Strachx, Dr. J. B. 75. John Blackwood
'75-
Stout, Sal.ie 311.
Storm, Arabella 375.
Strong, W. C. R. 256.
Stradford, Elizabeth 262, Peter 262.
Stokes Family, note on, 83, Annie
Bond 84. Allen 84, Capt. David R- 83,
Edward 85, Irby 84. Isabella Overton
84. Martha A. 84. Martha Craig 84.
Richard Carter 84, Susan Jones 84.
Susannah 68, Terry 83-
Stone, Betty 151, Jeppy 150, Mary 151.
Samuel 151.
Stayley, Edison 373. Elroy 373- Oscar
373, Winifred 373-
Stevens, Catharine I53. Hiram 293,
Horace 293. James 153. Judith 293-
Lewis 293, Lucy 293, 301. Mary Bev-
erley Carter 281, 301, Robert 293, Capt.
Richard 281.
Stitk, Elizabeth 262, Frederick Hill 252.
INDEX
Stanakii, John 357, Tames 299. Larkin Scttox, Armistead O. 2S7, 294, Anne
301, L. 299. Mary P. 299, 300, Mr. and
Mrs. of Roxbury 163. I
Strange, l^ncy 200. }
Stewart, Anne Carter 245, Annahellej
370, Charles 370, Cora 370, J. Adgerl
206, John Carter 206, J. Alexander 206.1
Jean Hollingswoith 206, Lillie 370.'
Laura E. 259. Michael 370, Nora 370,;
Osie 370, Polly Carter 245, William
249. 259- !
Stuart Family, note on. 247, Dale Car-i
tcr 249, Hon. Henry Carter 240. 249.
250, 252, Henry C. 249, Gen. J. E. B-i
247, John J. 249, Piatharinc G. 249.1
Margaret r". 249, Margaret Fulton 250,!
Lewis 2S8, Bettie 2S7, Betty Burwell
2iNS, 290. Charles 294. David" 294, Ed-
ward 204, Elvira 294. Edmund Pendle-
ton 2S8, Elizabeth Page 2S8, Hugh
Carter 288, Joseph 2S1, 203. John Car-
ter 287. 288, 294, John Oliver 2S7, 294,
301. John Orsville 294, James 294.
Judith 294, Logan 294, Lucv Carter
28S. Maria Chew 2S7. 294. Mary Eliza
294, ^Laria 294, 301, Norborne E. 270,
279. 2S8. Uscar 294, Pulaski 294, Pat-
rick H. 2S8. Robert 294, Robert Car-
ter 294, Robert \V. 288, Sarah Dariey
287, Sarah Jane 28S, Sarah Carter 301,
Stephen 294. Dr.
Ham 281, 286-
Stephen 294, W'li-
Mary T. Carter 248, 250. Walter P.|
249, William A. 247, 248, 249, 250. JSwanx, Amanda 81, Jacob S. 8r.
Stowers, Luke 221. Lettice 221. | Swope. William 86.
Storry, Susan Carter 213. i Swingle, Michael 92.
Stanley, Binnic 207. Caswell 29S. Jane Swanson, Sallie 135.
^07, John W. 207, Lavinia 207, Wilberl
207. |Tabb, Mr. 4.
Stap.ke, Archibald 363, Alexander 364,! Ta\xoe, Col- 40, 41, 262, Anne Ccrbin
Charlotte 363, 364. Coleman 364. Cath-i 344-
arine K. 365, Daniel 363, Evelina 365.1 Tannehille, Elizabeth 50. George £0,
Jblizabcth 3G4, 365. Elizabeth Thornton: Keziah 50, Martha 50, Manan 50.
^■>3, Frances 364. Henry Carter 364,: William 50.
John Carter 326, 363. John 364. John Taleott. Louise Winn 73. P^nckney in.
Primm 365^ James 363, 365. Jeremiah! ^-tary iii, Judge iii.
326, 362. 363, 364. Joseph Carter 36;., Tapp, Susannah 312.
Lydia 3^5. Louisa 365. Mary 363, Me- T.ate, Tabitha 78.
hethlen 364, Margaret 364,' Mary },I. Taylor. Carter 297. David 297, Col.
365. ^Largaret M. 365. Prudence 364.! David Sloan -296, Davis 296, 297. De-
Robert 363, Sarah Anne 363. Sarah: Saussure 297, Edward W. 297 Ernsst
297. Eubank 297, E. P. 95, 2c3. Eliza-
beth 23-, Eleneta 297, Emma 315,
Frank 297. Fountaine 208. Gabriel F.
208, Gertrude 296, Hugh 297. Harriet
III, 208, James 237. 206, John 2^7,
John Ligon 297. Joseph 297. Lucy 297,
Lucia 297. Louise 29;, Lavinia 2o3,
Mollie 208, Mary 247, 251. Mary Rosa
364, Tabitha Carter 326, 363, Thorn-j
ton 364, i'omat 364. I
Stai<ne.s, Ava 240, C. C. 259. Doc 241.!
Elizalxth 255, Frank 240. Pliram 240.^
Joseph 240, Polly 240, Virginia 241. j
Stair, Clara 243, Holdnay 243. Hannahj
243, Roscoe 243. i
Steenbekgln, Catharine Beale 34-, Gen.
Peter H. 244- ' i
Stkieling, Betsv Snickers 144, Catharine
Beale 345. Elizabeth V. C. 345. Dr.
Matthevv- Wright 344, 343, Mary Caro-i
line 345, 346, Matthew Weightman'
345. Otis f rancis 345, Dr. Robert Mac-: Terrell, Alfred H. 254. Charle
'^^y 345 Taliaferro 344, Thomas 344.' Florence 254. Jesse 254.
Wm. Neale 345. j Thornton Family, note on, 3S. Eliza-
Sutherland, Betsy 371. I beth 38, 39, 163, 363, Edward 3S5- John
Sc.M.MERS, Michael 204. William 203. | 355. -\Iarv 163, Priscilla Grammar 81,
SviTKK, FiorL-ncc Carter 84, John A. 84, Robert G. 81, Richard Si, William 38,
Overton 84. ' 39- r
296, Meriwether 297, Xancy
line 297, Kucker 297, Saraii 237, 24?
Susan 297, Samuel 297. Taliaferro 297
Winnie 208. Williamx 296. Zacharial
296, 3?4-
INDEX
XV] 1
UXDEKUOOD Family, not on, loi.
L'pTox Family, note on, loi, Rev. G R.
34^.
Taliaferro, Burton 2S1, 294. 301, Caro-
line Virginia 295, 29S, Fanny 291,
John Z. 295, Lucy 180. Lucy Carter
279, 281, 301, Lucy Hannah 295, 296,
Alargaret v^arter 279. 281. 301. Mary
Boutwcll 295, Mary Margaret 295, 297,
Rebecca 206, Sarah Anne 295. W'illiamj
302, Walker 302, Zacharia'h 281. 294,1 ^'-^^'ghx, Jane 85. Nancy 227.
295. Vax'ce, Eliza 95. James 92.
Temple. PLdward \V. 387, Frank Ballh'AX Wyeth. Dolly 296, Elizabeth 29^^
\'ass, Clara ^L 80. Elizabeth 60. Eleanor
H. S. So, James Cummings 80, James
80.
3S7, Mary Davis .387
Thomas Family, note on. 70, Cleverine
70, David no, Lottie 315, Owen 177.
Robert 2Ci, Richard Moore 203, Sarah
Kenyon 278, 280.
Thacker, Thomas 322.
Thorpe, Pamelia 120
Lydia 296, Mariah 296. ^Lirgaret 296,
Overman 296, Oze Broyles 296, Sally
Anne 296, Samuel ^L 29^), Dr. Samuel
296, Williams 206.
Veatch, John T. 175.
ViCKERS, 355.
j\'iCKERY, Dudley 178.
Thompsox, A-nna 372, Alfred R. 372. A'oglx. Etta 124.
Edmund 372, Elizabeth 133. 272. HughA'ox Xieda, John Wolf 2^2.
Alexander 371. ILattie 372, Jesee 109,1 Walker, Elizabeth Patton 133, Emma
133, Moses 133. Margaret 133. Mary
372, Nicholas 372. Robert L. 372, Rich-
ard 371, Samuel 108, 133.
TiPTOX, William 256.
Tilleky, Nancy 183.
Todd Family, note on, 272, Ellen 73
Karvey 223. Margaret 272, Miss 271
William 272.
Towles, iricnrv 335.
Trueblood, Mollie 254.
Tredway, Thomas 14c.
Trigg, Mary Boyd 93.
Travis, Judith Anne 63. Capt. John C
63, Margaret 245, Mary West 63.
Tuck, Maria 64-
TuxAX, Charles 21S.
Tucker, Fannie 355. Jacob Hutton 3^^,
Mary A. 33^^.
Turner, Alma Loving 387, Fielding
Davis 3S7, Ida Loving 3S1, 3S7, John
W. 3S7.
Tuggle, Clara Brooke So. Camilla Pres-
't'y 79. So, Douglas Longstreet 80
Eleanor Thornton So, Edward Arm-
strong 80, Florence Lacy 80, Indiana
Everett 79, &J. John B. 6. 79, So, John
R. 80, James Wilfred 80. Lucv L. 8c
Maria Va^s Sc, Dr. Richard B. 79.
Richard Wilfred 79. 80, Richard B. 80.
Robert Thornton 80.
Tureerville, John 98, 99, Capt. George
i v-LF.K, Carter 251, Elizabeth Dejarnette
251, George William 251, lion. George
251. Gov. J. Hoge 251, Jane Quisen-
berry 251, Mary Stuart 251.
2^S- Edith E. 300, Eloisefa L. 179, Ger-
trude 175, John Simpson 132, Johti J.
131, Margaret 133, Lt. Richard Wilder
132, William 161, Z. T. 175.
Wamsley, Benjamin 366, Elizabeth 3*^;.
Water-S. Frances Coleman .•164, John
364. Margaret 364, Mary S. H. P. 3^2,
Mary Anne Elizabeth 352, Wiiiani
Watkixs, Robert II. 213, Dr. W. W.
297.
Watsox. Edwin 355. James E. 355. John
369, }^Iary 369, Maria 369, Wm. 369.
Wade, Mary 36S. 369.
Washixgtox Family, note on, 288, Au-
gustine 216, Catharine 294, Dorothea
288, Elizabeth Courts 2S8, Gen George
272, George 288. Mary Ball 272.
Wale (Whale). Anne 40, 41.
Waddy, Grace 47.
Ward, Mary Alma 51.
Waddell, Anne 58.
Wallace, Malcom 316.
Waltox, Gen. George 69.
Watt, George 70, 8r.
Walter, Starr 121.
Wellek, Arthur Douglas 121, Barzilla
A\'orth 121, Jacob 121. Mary Ida 121.
Wexdall, FAa M. 344. Margaret Ro-
maine 344, Theodore 344.
Wellford, Dr. Robert 290.
Webb, Charles 264.
Weaver, Richard 218.
West, Katharine 245.
Whiteley, Joseph 24.;. Sarah 245.
INDEX
White, Carter 291, Edgar 291. Eliza 93,! Whitehead, Asa Carter 86, Kate Carter
Eliza Wilson 96, Eliza Anne 200. Flor-j 86, Thomas 85.
ence 291, Granville Clackner 201, Gil-I Kearnes 371.
bert Greenv.ay 96. Harriet 291. Janej Wishart, Dempster 222.
Gibson 96. Col. James L. 93. 95. ^52.1 Wixthrop, Gov. John 2"33
James B. 201. Joseph J. 291, Margaret! ^yj^^j^-so^.^ Sally 242.
WooLFORK, Carter 123. Charles Marion
Perry 200, Rittie 2S5. Roben A. 201,
5aily 43. 93. Sally Preston 249. Sarah
Givin 96, Stafford 291, Stuart 252,
Thomas J. 291, Thomas Wil-on 95,
96, Dr. Thomas W. 96, Dr. William
252, W. Y. C. 95, Wythe 291, William
200.
Williams, Anne B. 134. Alexander 296,
Charles 62. Green 113. George T. 314.
John 296, Lu^ien 206. yiavy 296, Mar-
garet 296, Mary Miriam 314. Marian
113. Nellie K. 62, Richard 180. Sallie
R. 314, Thomas J. 298, William D.
296, Wm. Robert 314.
Williamson' Family, account of, 100-
1^3-
WoM-\CK, Arabella Carter 144. 148, Ana-
bell 149, Bettie Anne 150. Charles 149.
Dr. Charles 149, Dr. Hobson 149. Kale
149, Dr. Lawson 149. Mary 149. Stone
149. Watson 148, William 140.
WoFFORD, Sarah 203.
Wolfexbarger, Benjamin 242. Cora 2 [2.
Elizabeth 243, Emmet 242, Frank 242,
Harry 243, John 242, Joseph 242. 243.
Kate 242. Kyle 242. Lou 242, Mary
243. }ilamie 242. Peter 243. Randolph
Carter 243, Rufus 242, Simpson 243,
Venus 243.
103, Arabella 100, James 100, Margaret Wolf, Dionisus 260,
,100, William 100.
WiNGO, Charles Evans 73. John Travil-
lian 7^,. Jane 73. Sarah Johnson 73,
Sarah Knght 73. William 73, Wm.
Wj-the 73-
WiLMER, Arthur Ponsonby 95. Eliza
Frances 95, Frederick Bradford 95,
'Frederick Ponsonby 95, Louisa 95,
Louisa Gwendolen 95, Thomas Wilson
95-
Wilus, Henry Hawley 115. Mary 9,
Mary Carter 114, Xarcissa W. 114.
Olive Elizabeth 115, Richard Short
114, 115, Short A. 114.
WiAT, Charles 352, Frances 352, Francis
159. John David 351. Katharine 352.
Margaret 352, -Mary Anne 352, Xeoma
352. Ruth 352, Rev. Samuel 351, Wil-
Jiam 159, Wm. Edmund 352, Wm.
Slaughter 352, Walter 352.
WiNSLow, Capt. 158, Beverley 163, 203,
William 203.
Wilson-, Benjamin 181, Blanche 181,
Cumberland 346. Eliza 181, Fielding
Suther 181, George S. 181, Hannah 337,
Isaac 181, James 181. 346, John 181.
337- 338, John B. 181, Jerry 181. Jo-
seph G- 308, Janet Allen 346. Mary
181 ■'
Prentice
581, Willard 181, William 301. Zach.,
T. 302. j
WicKWARE, James 208, I
Wkv.vek, Glee H -!7t T v>^ 7-1 Reel
Woodson, Elizabeth 69.
Wood. Dale 148. Dr. T48, John 309, Mary
2]7, Sparrell A. 80.
Worth, Archibald Carter 120, Barzilla
Fardner 118, 119, 120, Carnelia M.
116, 120. 121, David Jonathan 120. 121.
Eunice Virginia 120, 121, Elizabeth 121,
Eunice T2i, Frederick Clarkson I2t,
George French 121, Joseph Barzilla
120, 121, Julia Ada 120, 121, Jessie Xe-
mans 121, John Browning 121, Mary
Jane 120. 121. Margaret Vv'right 121,
Masie B. 121, William Elliott 120, 121,
Wm. Hoffer 121. Wm. Anderson 120.
Woodward, Cornelia 121. Charles Vv^orth
121. Eugene 121, Eunice 121, Elizabeth
121, Emma 121, Isabella C. 121, Manon
121, Mary Clara 121, Letitia 291, W. J.
121.
Wright, Cornelia Anne 65, Ernest L. 65.
Edgar 65, Ivey King 65, Jo.^eph Guer-
.rant 65. Mary Carter 63, Sam King
65, Washington 146. Wm. Bro-.vn 65.
Wroe, William 218.
Yates, Mary Ella 118.
Yarerough, Betty 214.
Yeager, Amanda M. 353-
YouxG, Edith 75, Eliza 177, James A.
r, - — r-' i r y ^*t Vr ^ Youxg, tditn 75. t-liza 177, James A.
\rary Cumberland 3^6, ^ ary 3^^^ Xorborne 346. Xancv W. 5S. Otis
^-J^^i' o^^^^.'u'' ^""'"^ --i^?i Stribling 346, Sarah Harper 346. Sally
Anne 174, Gen. S. B. M. 75. Uriah 177.
Younger, Betty 149, Lawson 149, Xancy
149, Raleigh 149.
NEK, Glee H. 371, Lee 371,
AiLKES, Lnzabeth L. 148. Thom.as 9. [Zimmerman, Daniel 312, 324.
CARTER INDEX
Index of all members of the family having the surname Carter.
Aaron. 325, 326, 330.
Abner, 48. 49, 50. 53, 380.
Abednego. 377.
Abigail, 211. 212. 256.
Abraham. 228, 256. 257, 2S3.
Addison 53.
Addison B. 211.
Addison Lombard ;is^-
Ada. 135, 141.
Ada B.. 140.
Addie. 255.
Adelina Somervilie. 358, 359.
Adcock', 379.
Agnes. 260.
Agnes Caroline, 213.
Alley Bond, 68, 81
Alba, 253.
Alice, 2. 41. 42, 241, 275.
Alice Lee. 62.
Alexander, 59. 64. 213. 334, 357.
Alpheus Barton, 308.
Alfred. 60.
Allen. 204, 239. 256, 257.
Alien J.. 241, 242.
Allen Rogers, 207.
Allen W.. 151.
Allen Taylor, 246, 254, 256.
Ammon. 308.
Ambrose, 213.
Amy, 2.
Amanda, 242, 253, 255.
Anne, 2, 41, 58, 219, 235. 238, 239.
245. 26r, 263. 271, 281, 286. 304.
306. 366. 367.
Anne B:, 85.
Anne Downman, 47.
Anne Eliza. 372, 373, 374.
Anne C. 138.
Anre Lucile, 63.
Anne Pines. 331, 334, 335, 362, 365.
•\nne Rebecca, 291, 292.
Anne Vernon, 65
Ar.ni^. 85.
Atina. 2o8. 241.
Anna Briggs, 206.
Anncite Rose, 207.
Annabclle. 208.
216, 217,
Ancell, 2.
Anthony, 334.
Andrew. 2^3. 276.
Anderson. 213.
Archibald Stuart. 247. 252.
Archibald Gracie. no. 121.
Archbald Murphey, 117, 118.
Armistead. 378.
Arg>-'le. 143.
Arabella, 104. 105, 106, 152
225, 261. 263. 265.
Arabella Catharine, 226, 227.
Arabella Williamson, 147, 148.
Asa, 221.
Asbury, 240.
Atary Anne, 312.
Augusta Cornelia, 65.
Aubrey. 277.
Audley. 255.
Augustine, 210, 261, 263. 306, 307, 308.
Augustus Esom.bert, iiS.
Austin, 147.
Ballard, 255. 256. 260.
Barnabas, 377.
Benjamin, 135, 212, 213, 255, 277, 36S.
369, 370.
Benjamin, M. D.. 213, 320.
Eenjamm Franklin. 205, 208, 253. 254.
322.
I Bernard Hufft. 85.
305'! Benton, 257.
' Berry, 259.
Belle, 254.
Bessie. 143. 370.
Bernilla Frances, 205, 208.
Binnie, 208.
Birkett, 311.
Boyd. 242.
Bonnie, 242.
Braxton, 308.
Braxton Emmerson. 122.
Bradley, 243.
Brent, 214.
Burley, 256.
Burd.ne, 256.
INDEX
Catharine — see under Katharine.
Carson. 64.
Caswell, 204.
Caswell lirown, 207.
Caroline, 370.
Caroline ^^.. 234.
Caroline Matilda, 231. 232.
Caroline Sophronia. 205, 206.
Carmin, 362.
Celeste, 134.
Celisce B.. 291.
Cecil, 122.
Christopher, 135.
Christopher Lavvson, 137, 144. 145,
379-
Christopher W., 145.
Chanie, 290.
Charmie, 242.
Charlotte, 309, 370.
Charles VI, 50. 57, 68. 86. 104, 105,
216, 225, 229. 230. 231. 234. 236,
253, 254, 255, 265, 268, 311, 312,
323, 377, 378. 379. 3S0.
Charles Burr, 245, 257.
Charles Cabell, 63,.
cnarles C. 240.
Charles Dale. 247, 250.
Charles E., 370.
Charles Edward, 55, 56, 58.
Charles G., 379.
Charles H.. 231.
Charles Haynie, 68, 85.
Charles M.. 239, 240.
Charles Oliver. 85.
Charles Pinckney, 259, 260.
Charles Randolph, 246, 256.
Charles Robert 311.
Charles Richard, 61, 62
Charles Samuel, 60, 63.
Charles Thomas. M. D.. 151.
Charles Wesley, 85.
Charles Williamson, 253, 254.
Charles William, 85, 254.
Charles Wall, 61.
Charles Valentine, 62.
Clifford, 373.
Clarence Dandridge, 65.
Claude Llewe'len, 85.
Cleve. V.
Ginton, 240, 255.
Qay, 256.
Clara, 371.
Clara A., 260.
Clara Vass, 85. - . ;• .=
Cleo, 370.
146,
Cowan W-, 239, 240.
Cornelia. 213.
Cornelia Worth. 118.
Cora, 277.
Creasy. 234.
Creed Fulton, 251.
Craig, 259,
Curtis, 289. 290. 291, 292, 293.
Curtis Braxton, M. D., 123.
CjTithia, 322, 371.
Dale VI, 39, 40, 42, 99. 104. 105. 153,
209, 210, 226, 227, 236. 244, 245, 246,
252, 253. 256, 261, 262, 265. 267, 309.
325. 330, 334. 377-
Dale Campbell, 253.
Dale Miller, 137. 147.
Dale W., 256, 260.
Dandridge, 379.
Daniel, 2, 9, 99. 104. 105, 209, 210, 2ir.
212, 213, 214, 218, 226. 227. 261. 264,
310. 312. 314, 320. 321, 3S0.
Daniel H.. 311.
Davis, 260.
Davidson, 246, 256.
David, 307, 308, 377, 380.
David L., 38G.
David M., 242.
Delphine Hall, 124.
Dicey, 255.
Diana. 9.
Dora B., 373.
Dora Edna, 62.
Dora Lee. 63.
Dora Lue, 63.
Doyle, 256.
Edna May, 65. -
Edith Lee, 123.
Edward. 2. 4, 8. 9, 38, 39. 4T. 42. 43. 5.S.
57, 99, 104, 105, 137, 138, 144, 145. 165,
216, 217, 218, 219. 230, 235. 270, 27f,,
303, 37S, 379. 380.
Edward, Col. V. 6, 7.
Edward Dale 154.
Edward L. 369, 371.
Edward Robertson, 147, 148, 151.
Edgar. 63. 141.
Edwin, 3, 60.
Edwin .-vlbert, 292.
Edwin Harvey. 291, 292.
Edwin Lucas, 207.
Jtlbert, 245, 256.
Elinu Embrie, 246, 256.
Elijah, 237. 238, 239, 241, 253, 258.
INDEX
XXI
Elisha. 143- -228.
Elkanah, 255.
Eliza, 240, 241, 244.
Eliza Anne. 291.
Eliza Gailoway, 124.
Ellen Hicks, 140, 143-
Elaine. 141.
Ella. 146, 242, 256, 370.
Ellen, 240. 253. 260, 360.
Eleanor Melvilla. 207.
Elizabeth (Betty), 2. 4. 9. 10. 39. 48, 55
56. 58. 68, 134. .137. 138, 146, 153. 154
II, 2
30
45. 253, 254
208. 213. 214. 218,
234. 235. 236. 237,
-155. 256, 259. 260, 265. 271. 276. 280
304. 305. 306. 308. 309. 310- 31^, 314
326. 327, 369. 371-
Elizabeth Armiitead, 281, 2S3.
Elizabeth A. 234-
Elizabeth Belinda, 283.
Elizabeth Brown, no, 123.
Elizabeth Batei. 60.
Elizabeth Campbell. 247, 252.
Elizabeth Dale, 252.
Elizabeth Galloway. 124.
EI:zaheth Jane. 64. G5. 371.
Elizalx-ih Miller, 123.
Eli/beth Matlida, 278. 281.
Elizabeth Verlinda, 60.
Elizabeth Winn. 291.
Eniner 1... 145.
Lnimet M., 239.
Emory, 241.
Emily Jane. 60.
Emile Meredith, 54.
Emily, 240. 241.
Emma. 124. 135, 242. 243, 255, 275.
Emma Isadora, 373.
Eppes. J., 144.
Ernest, 143, 256.
Errol, 145.
Esther. 255.
Ethel. 371. 373.
Eugenia 358.
Eugene P., 277.
Eva R.. 373.
Ezra Thomas, 240.
Eay. 370.
Field. 308.
Kleming, 308.
FUtcher Woodward, 293.
Floyd, 242, 255, 260.
Flora, 240.
Florence. 122. 141, 240, 277.
Frank. 293. 371.
Frederick, 245. 254, 310. 311.
Frazier. 246, 256.
French. 277.
Francis. 68. 377. 379.
Francis Marion. 259.
Frances, 3. 4. 5.5, 56, 107. 108, 124. 135.
143; 145. 176. 209. 210, 219, 220, 223,
240. 243, 261, 263. 264. 271. 2S0. 283,
289. 293. 305, 306 3(^7- 3^2. 323.
Frances Ball. 226. 227, 272, 357, 358.
Frances ^.urtis, 2S3. 2S4.
Frances Everett. 359.
Garland. 204.
Gainey. 303. 304.
Gertrude F., 62.
Georgia. I47-
George V. 2, ar. 4^, 55. 56, 57- 58, 59.
60, 135. 143, 146. 153. 154. 216. 219.
221, 222, 225, 226. 227. 22S, 230. 231,
235. 236, 241, 246. 246. 2S3. 255. 275.
276, 309, 321, 323- 33^- 3i^' 37^^ 377,
378, 379. 3S0.
George Adcock, M. D., 148, 150, 151-
George E.. 260.
George Washington. 221. 253, 372.
Giles VI. VII. 7. 56. 370. 379.
Grace Ball. 362.
Grace Estelle. 63.
Griffin. 275.
Grover, 242.
Guilford D., 283.
Halsey. 377-
Harold Lee. 65.
Haynie, 45, 47-
Haynie flatchett, 85.
Hansford, 259.
Harris. 305, 306, 308.
Harry, 304. 305, 309.
Har\ey Sutherland, 371-
Hannah, 43, 242, 243, 27!
323.
Hallie, 277.
Harriet, 309.
Harriet Ball. 359-
Harriet Woodward, 291.
Hattie. 254.
Helen, 146, 256.
Helen Virginia, 65.
Herbert, 208. 239.
Hershal. 241.
l.enderson, 256.
Henry, M- D., 141.
Henry Clay, 138.
Henry Coleman. 85.
301. 320. 321,
INDEX
Henry, 2. 4. O. 10. 3S. a7, 99- 243.
245, 246. 2S3, 255. 25S, 25% 270.
310. 311. 313, 3^5, 331. 335, 360,
367. 377-
Henry L.. I45-
Henry Milton, 371.
Henry Skip-.viih 8, 303.
Henry Smith, 247.
Hilda. 2-^Ji
Hi!!, 85. 276.
Hickory, 243.
Hiram. 255. 259.
Horton, 243.
Hcscoe, 255, 256.
Hotler. 259.
Hugh. 260. 321, 323, 324.
Hugh Lawson, 140, 143.
Hugh Mercer, 277.
Hugh W., 64-
HuJdleston, 378.
Huddlcsce. 37S.
Hutchmgs Lanier, 140. 141.
Humphrey, 261, 263, 379.
Hy. 378. "
Ibbic, 257, 260.
Ida. 147.
Ingram B.. 54.
Ira. 260.
I>aac, 213, 260.
Isaac Law son, 146.
Isabella, 82.
Ivey, 277.
Iverson, 58.
Jacob D., 234.
Jackson. 241, 142, 255.
James V,. 2, 4, 9, 41. 50, 60, 105,
138, 139. 140, 141. 143- 179, 212.
217, 218, 230. 241, 242, 243, 253.
256, 260. 261, 263. 271, 274, 275.
277. 284. 285, 293. 307. 320, 321.
323. 324. -330. 377, 378. 379, 380.
James B.. 379.
James Dale, 148.
James D., 242.
James E., 256.
James Horace, 64, 65.
James Heritage, 64, 66.
James H., 255.
jn.mes Garland. 205. 206. 207.
James Lucas, 207.
James M., 377.
James Madison. 372, 373.
James Milton. 291.
James Meredith D. D., 54.
244.' James P.. 246. 256.
306. James R., 234. 380.
361, James Rutherford, 213.
135.
216.
255.
276,
322,
49. 50, 54- T41, 380.
:I9. 220. 245.
143.
James Sawyers. 145.
Jane, 49, 59, (^, 79. 145
360.
Jane Crenshaw. 68. 84.
Jane Rebecca, 117, 118.
Jennie, 240.
Jennie Eleanor. 65.
Jemima, 239, 244. 256. 2:-,9. 260.
Jeduthan. 106, 108. 125, 134, 137.
261, 263.
Jefiferson Caswell, 205, 208.
Jenkins, 368. 369.
Jedisiah. 310.
Jeremiah. 331, 365. 366, 367, 378.
Jesse, 104, 105, 106. 107. 108, 109.
122. 123, 124, 125, 133. 134, 135-
J45, 230, 234. 241. 255. 2G1, 263.
378, 379.
Jesse Adger, 123.
Jesse, Rev., 263, 264.
Jesse, M. D., 109, no. 122.
Jesse Lawson, loS, 134.
Jesse Lee, 293.
Jesse Woodward. 291. 292.
Job, 226, 227, 228, 234, 37S.
Joel, 308.
John VI. 2, 3, 4. 8, 9. 38. 41, 42. 45,
47, 50, 55. 56. 57, 59. 108, 135. 153.
164, 165, 202, 203, 204, 209. 210,
212, 213, 214. 215, 218, 219, 221,
234, 235, 236, 237, 238. 244. 245,
253, 255. 261. 263. 265. 267. 270,
273, 274. 275. 276, 277, 278, 279.
283, 284. 285, 289, 290, .303, 304.
306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 321,
323, 361, 362. 368, 370, 377. 378,
380.
Joshua, 242-
Josephine, 82, 83.
Josepame Larue, 259.
Joseph VI, 2, 4, 9, 10, 48, 49. 53. 68.
104, 105, 108, 134, 138, 147, 152,
154, 164, 165, 202, 203, 209. 210,
I 213, 214, 226. 227, 236, 237, 23ii.
I 241, 244, 246, 253.
I 276, 285, 291, 308,
325, 330. 3jr. 33^-
360, 36:, 362, 365,
378, 379-
Joseph Addison, 357, 338. .359-
I Joseph Ball. 272.
253. 259, 200,
320, 321, 322.
3.34, 33-?, 35^,
366, 367, 369,
46.
154,
211.
230.
246,
272,
23 £,
305.
379.
85.
153.
212.
239.
271,
323.
359.
377,
INDEX
^93-
286. 2l
Joseph Carr, 54.
Joseph G., 379-
Joseph H., 236. 241, 242, 243
Joseph \V., 53. 311-
Joseph Wilson, 54-
Jo'^eph Woodward. L). D. S
Jo^ephus, M. D., 68, 84, 83.
John, Capt., 278, 279, 281, 283
290, 293 294.
John. Col. II. V. \ I. I, 2, 6, 7> 8, 27a
John Allen. 205.
John Arthur Shirley. 123.
John Alexander. 64. 65, 66.
John Coleman, 62.
John Conyers. 213.
John Chnmpe. 378.
John Dandridge. 65.
John Dale, 140. I43-
John Donaldson. 253. 254.
John Edward. 372. 375.
John F., 253.
John Henry, 291.
John Jarret, 378.
John Mosby. 243.
John Miller. 357, 359-
John X.. 256.
John Payne, no, 115, 116, 117.
John P.. 256, 379.
John Pinckney, 260.
John R.. 259. 260.
John Robertson, 148.
John Rivers, 213.
John S., 221. 3»o.
John Samuel, 61. 62.
John Spencer, 60. 61, 62.
John Tavlor, 247. 250.
John Trigg. 246, 255. 256.
John v.. 373.
John W., 144, 370.
Judson, 239, 276.
Juditti, 9. 39, 41. 42, 146, 226. 227, 235
236, 238, 239, 244, 245, 265, 271, 281.
307, 330. 331-
Katharine (Catharine and Kate), 2, 4,
8. 9, 10, 38, 39. 43. 53, 85, 86, 98, 153,
154, 202, 211, 218, 221. 241, 242, 243.
245, 265. 270, 304, 305. 306, 309. 312.
314, 321, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 330,
367.
Katharine Chinn, 360.
Katharine Kyle. 251.
Katharine Ross, 146.
Katharine St. John. 293.
Katharine W., 150.
Keziah T., 50.
Kenyon, 283.
Kelley. 243.
■King-' II, VI, 98, 236.
Landon VI, 48, 49. 33- 220, 236,
378.
Landon C 260.
Larkin, 234.
Lakie. 242.
Lawrence Sullivan. 146.
Lanier. 141.
Lawson. 306. 307. 308.
Lawson Hobson, 137.
Lavinia. 205, 313.
Lavicia, 313. ^
Laura. 240, 2^^, 256.
Laurabellj, 292.
Lettice, 221. 334, 335-
Lettie Anne. 33^' ^-2-
Lenoir, 293.
Leana. 322.
Leora, 371.
Lewis, 323.
Lewis '■Randolph, 146.
Lemuel, 378.
Levy, 378.
Leviti, 56, 58.
Little B., 379-
Lillian, 371.
Lloyd, 241.
Lottie, 146.
Louisa. 253, 254, 256.
Louise Michcm, 205, 207.
Louie C, 373.
Lonetta, 257.
Luther, 254. 275.
Lucas Hatchings, 144.
Lunsford, 311.
Lucretia. 309, 3^0.
Lucy, 41, 45. 46, 47, 68. 139.
219, 220, 265, 271, 275, 281,
j 369-
I Lucy F., 234.
Lucy Lee. 148.
j Lucy Leona, 255.
i Lucy Margaret, 144.
i Lucile Daniel, 65.
I Marion. 241, 370.
I Marshall Dermott, 254-
I Martin. 43. 44, 370.
Martin Everett, 57, 58.
Matthew, 370.
Mary Anne. 60, 68. 76. no, in
235- 334, 359.' 372, 373-
Mary Agnes, 123.
:5s, 2f'o,
143, U^
283. 2S4,
XXIV
INDEX
Mary (May, Mamie, Minnie an
2, 4. 41, 50, 55, 56. 60, S6,
134. 135. 146, 14S, 163. 179.
211, 212, 214, 218, 219, 2JO.
240. 241, 242, 244, 245. 246.
236, 2S7, 259, 260, 271. 275.
286, 2S9, 306. 30S, 312. 313.
3^3, 3-'4. 357. 3(-^-
^[ary A. E., 205, 207.
Mary Beverley. 2S1. 293.
Mary Coleman, 85.
Mary Chattui. 108. 12^.
J Po
Ily).
108.
1-5
-"^3.
210,
-2-^3.
^39
-250,
-'^3'
284
3^''i.
3--'
INIary E.. 122.
153. 154. 209, 210,
Mary Ellen, €:•. 240.
Mary Elizabeili Jessie, 118.
Mary Frances, 221. 222.
Mary Galloway. 124.
Mary Jane. 359.
Mary Lloyd, 259.
Mary Margaret, 213.
Mary Miller, 134.
Mary \., 234.
Mary Page, 334.
Mary Pollard. 46.
Mary Rr.berison, 147. 149.
Mary btewart, 251.
Mary Taylor, 247.
Mary Thomas, 140.
Z\Iay, 135.
Mamie. 255.
Malissa, 2<X).
Maud, 143.
Mahala, 259.
Marcia Ray, 62,
Maria. 276, 277.
:Matilda.- 23B. 239, 271.
Mattie, 84. ^5. 155, 256, 27s, 27;
Mattic St!e. 65.
Malinda. 234. ,]22.
^^arian Uixon. 293.
Martha, 50. 53. 118. 143. 234,
243. 271, 278. 280, 286, 326.
Martha E-, :;,o<).
Martha L., 374.
Martha Eonise, c^J^-
Martha Maud. 141.
Alartha Pleasants. 145.
Margaret, 30, 49- 55- 5^, 107,
139- 209. 210, 213, 220, 242,
255. 2S7, 259. 165 27 T. 2S1,
325, 326, 33^' 334. 303. 369, 3:
Margaret Chew, 271. 281, 294, .
Margarot Crockett, 247, 250, 2;
Margaret Elizabeth, 338.
^larggret ]., 63.
Margaret Todd. 27S.
Marguerite, 293.
^^eilie Emmett. 207.
Merriman (Merrv), 30^, 30Ci.
Mesh., 37S.
Meredith. 54.
Mildred, 8^. 230. 235, 326. 3;
Mildred Haynie. 68, Si, 85.
Mitrie, 57. 240.
Millie. 228. 310.
Minerva. 239.
Millicent. 42, 87.
Miiion. 213. 240. 259.
Miller, 134.
Miles. 239, 313.
Milton Laaa. 239, 260.
Moses. 325. 379.
Monroe. 241. 259.
.Morgan. 237, 238. 25S. 260.
Moxie, 2^5. 2^7.
Mozelle, 148.
^[ourning, 240, 241.
Myrtle, 257.
Nancy (Nannie), 49, 50. 57, ■
146, 204, 211, 227, 22S. 24:.
246, 255. 256, 275. 308, 3Cr:
j3i4, 323< 33^.
Nancy Caroline, 205, 208.
Naricy E.. 60, 64.
Nancy Nunally, 63.
Nathan, 260.
Nelson. 255.
Nellie, 134, -141.
Nellie Allen. 253.
Nettie, 255.
Nicholas, 2, 9. 378, 379.
Niel. 255.
Nigel Bruce. 254.
Norris \T, 226. 227, 236. 23S
I 244, 245, 2S7r 260.
'' Nora P.. 63. 256-
' Numa Richardson, 64.
Obediah, 37^-
Oliver, 2.
Oliver Parker, 144-
Ophelia,
;. I 13.
;. 24 1.
108.
133,
Othelo, 242.
245,
250.
Owen. 275.
286,
322.
Owa, 256.
-0.
-?•
Pamelia. 57,
5S.
23
Pamelia V.,
Patty, 228.
Patsy. 139-
231
IXDEX
Pattoit. 239, 24c, 243.
Patrick, 313.
Pa>cal, 58.
Peyton. 58.
Percy H-. 141.
Peter VI, 4, 9v 10, 104.
227, 228, 229, 230, 231,
237. 23S, 244. 245, 2sS,
27O. 32s. 330, 363, 37S.
Peter D., 234.
I'cter E., 231^ 260.
PcliT Ro.-.<, 146.
Peter Walton. 234.
Penelope, 221, 223.
F'hocbe, 2^7.
Philip. 211. 276. 27
Philip \'ai5. 6q. 63
r'leajant^. 145, 146.
Polly, 203", 239, 2^7. 259.
Poval. 377-
I'riiciila. 20.5.
F'rcscott, 141.
Pre-'iey, 55. 56, 57. 58. 59.
221, 223, 2,38, 239. 2JI,
243. 320. 321.
Preble- Gi!b;:rt. 242.
Kaciui. 210. 242. 311, 312.
kaie^gh, 41. ^2. 45, 47, 6
'47. 3^' I. 370.
Ralt:?h DoAnman 362.
Ka'e.^p Wriiamson, 137,
«50. 15;. 379-
R-,u],e::, I35.
R--!.erca. S'i. 145. -40. 2|3.
Rcltccca Pine?, no.
Reh.l. 243.
Rlica, 243, 235.
Rice Curtis, 283.
Richard V, VII, 39, 217,
30.3. 306, 378.
Richard Alexander, 5;, 56
Richard T., 60. f.3.
Rittie. 2;6.
Rita. 277.
R' Hcrt, 2. 4. 124. 134. 133,
103, 209. 210, 212, 213,
--V, 255, :?6o, 271. 271.
305. 323.. 357. 361. 3^'2,
R'^berf Allen, 205.
Robert Curtis M. D., 292.
Robert Ellsworth, 375.
R-,bert Ford. 62
Robert Galloway, 124.
Robert L., 148. '
105, 22s.
234, ^35,
259, 26c,
37S. 379, 380.
226.
236.
26-.,
218. 219,
2A2, 243.
323-
7 6S. S:
244, 256,
-I9,
60.
138. 153.
219, 220.
278. 281,
3<:>7, 370,
149
'■34
304.
378,
Robert M.. 273.
Robert X., 373-
Robert P., 48.
Robert Stewart, 369. 370, 372.
Robert Trent, 372, 374.
Robert W., 370. 3S0.
Robert Wistar, 61-
Robert ('"King"), VI. 5, 98, 330.
'Roland, 239. 277, 373.
Roger Mills. 242.
Ross, 146. 276, 277.
Roseweil, 141.
Roy. 235.
Roy S., 54.
Rosa, 241, 255, 2G.J.
Rosamond, 237. 259.
Roseland, 243, 244.
Roselina Althea. 35S.
Rufh .233, 273, 313.
Ruth Holmes, 60.
Rufus, 143.
Russell, 23S.
Rutlcdge, 141.
Sarena, 242.
Sarah. 41, 42. 30. 53. -6.
134. 135, 137. 144. 1^3-
218, 210, 221. 226. 227,
j 240, 241, 243. 243, 24^',
I 271. 277, 281. 283. 2S7, .
1 Sarah Anne, 234. 373.
j Sarah Brown, no, 124.
j Sarah Ellen. 334.
I Sarah Everett, 68, 69.
! Sarah Frazier. 233.
Sarah Harda\\ay, 85.
Sarah Jane. 61.
Sarah Oliver. 83.
Sarah Otey. 36'p. 371.
Sarah Preston, 247, 231.
Samuel. 63, 139. 239, 240. 242, 377, 37?
Samuel Parson-. 291.
Samuel Ross, 141.
Samuel Stone, 151.
Scott, 137. 140, 142. 143.
Sharpe, 68, 8r, 85.
Shirley, 85, 242.
iShields, 141.
jSheffey, 2^8-
'Shedrach."234.
Shapley Prince, 146.
I Smah. 309.
Sidney Lee, 68.
Solomon, 226, 227, 228, 22g, 230, 231
310.
Solomon Frazier, 2-0.
37, 108.
123
:oi, 210,
217
:28, 237,
238
261. 263,
204
2. 323-
INDEX
Sophia Helen, 292.
Sophronia, 82. 204.
Spencer, 45, 46, 47, 55. 56, 57, 60, 64,
361.
Spencer M., 379.
Stewart, 58.
Stokeley, 138. 139. 143.
Stonewall Jackson. 259.
Stanley Wayman. 62.
Stephen. 255, 313. 3S0.
Stephen D.. 151.
Stephen Obst, 54.
Stephen Oglesbey, 54.
Susan 50. 243. 370.
Susan Anne, 148, 149.
Susan Elizabeth, 221, 222, 291.
Susan Lee, 64.
Susan May, 54.
Susan Satherwhite, no. 122.
Susan v.. 122.
Susannah, 50, 164, 202, 203, 230, 234, 265,
268.
Susannah Amelia, 213.
Susannah Gaines. 48, 53.
Tabitha, 326, 332, 362, 367, 368, 369, 370,
371.
Taylor, 140.
Taylor W., 257.
Tarpley Williamson, 147. "^
Tascoe (Tasker ?) Ccnway, 362.
Temperance. 2.
Thompson. 55, 56, 57, 58, 59-
Thomas, Sr., Capt. I, VI, i, 2, 3, 4, 6.
7. 8, 9. 10, 38, 98. 99, 236, 270, 303.
320, 325. 330.
Thomas, Jr., Capt.. S, 9, 10. 38, 45. 98,
99, 100, 104, 106. 107, 148. 152, 165,
209. 216, 217, 225, 261, 265, 270.
Thomas V. VI. 2, 4, 39, 40, 40, 41, 42,
45. 46, 47, 48, 50, 53- 60, 85, 86. 87.
104. 105. 106. 107, 134, 135. 136. 137,
138, 139, 142. 143, 144, 145. 209, 210,1
216, 217. 218. 219, 220, 226. 227, 236.
237, 238, 239, 241, 242. 244. 245, 259!
260, 263, 271, 289, 290, 304. 309, 311,
320, 321. 323. 377, 37S. 379. 380.
Thomas, Col., 99, 214. 215.
Thom.as C, 380.
Thomas Chattin. 108. 134.
Thomas Franklin, I24.
Thomas L.. 256.
Thomas M.. 143, 146.
Thomas Morgan. 237. 238.
Thomas Robertson, 147.
Thomas Spencer, 4S, 49.
Thomas Williamson. 154. 245.
Theodorick VI, 379.
Tipton, 53.
Towns, 37S.
Ursula, 238.
Van Buren, 241.
Verjane, 234.
Vicman, 379.
Virginia, 85. 141. 240. 257.
Virginia Emiline, 205.
Virginia Hinckle, 259.
Virginia Louise. 291.
Virginia Page, 359.
Walter, 63,
Warren, 357.
Warner P.. 144.
Wayne. 241.
Washington, 259.
Walker, 379,
Wesley, 259.
Wheeler. 221, 222.
Willis Green, M. D., 322.
Williams, 141
Willard. 143.
Winfield, 253. 255.
Winifred, 47, 134, 136. 137, 13S, 139, 204.
258, 310. 311-
Winifred H.. 134.
Winifred Jane, 205.
Winifred Louise, 255.
Willie E.. 124.
Willie Sue, 240.
Williamson. 106, 245, 258.
William V, VII, 2. 9, 48. 49, 50. 57, 68.
84, 85. S6. 124, 135, 138, 139. 210. 211.
212, 213, 221, 227, 228, 238, 245, 255.
256, 260, 261, 263. 271. 274, 275, 276.
277, 280, 283, 284, 289, 290, 307, 308.
311, 3^2, 313, 321, 323. 361. 362. 3tS.
369. 370, 371, 377. 378, 379. 380.
William A., 148, 239.
William Arthur. Rev. 122. 123.
William Alonzo. 123.
William Alvin. 65.
William Austin, 65.
William B., 260.
William Brown, no, 124.
William C. 234.
William E., 311.
William Edgar, 62.
Wiriiam F., 121.
William Fanning, 85.
William H.. 60, (it, 62, 64, 148. 205.
William Henry. 292. 357. 358. 359.
INDEX
William H. G., Gen. VI.
William Harvey, Capt., 2>^2.
William Harrison, 205.
William J., I40, 143.
William Joseph, 144.
William L., 307.
William Martin, 291, 293.
William P., 2,7'i.
William Pannill, 209, 210, 211.
William Richard. 82.
William Spencer, 65.
William Stamey, 63.
William Thomas, 54.
William \^ass, 63.
Worley. 241.
Woodward Lee, 293.
Wrenne, 85, z^^.
Zion Pennington, 242.
/
X
Co itlp iHotfjer
FIXETTA AXXE LYOXS,
(Mrs. Henderson Miller),
From whom I derive my Carter blood, this history
of her people is afFectionateiy dedicated.
Genealogy of the Carter Family
Captain Thomas Carter
Origin.
The name Carter is given among the fifty surnames most ccm-
monly found in England, and is of quite ancient respectability,
as it occurs among the country gentry as early as the four-
teenth century. From early times there seem to have been two
separate Carter families in England.
The use of the talbot, buckle, and Catharine wheel, in various
combinations in the arms of the different Carter families settled
to the north of London in the small adjoining counties of Bed-
ford, Hertford, Middlesex, Buckingham. Oxford, and the still
more northerly shires of Northumberland and York, would seem
to bind them all more or less closely to one fountain head of this
blood, the original seat of the family probably being in Bedford
or Hertfordshire. The other Carters were located to the south
of London in Kent, Cornwall, Somerset, Devon, and Ireland,
with no similarity whatever between their arms and those of the
northern Carters, the original seat of the southern Carters proba-
bly being in Kent. In the century preceding the settlement of
Virginia a great many of the Carter families, both north and
south, sent a number of their younger sons to London to seek
their fortunes in business.
The arms used by Col. John Carter of "Corotoman," Virginia,
and by Capt. Thomas Carter of "Ear ford," Virginia, indicate
that both belonged to the Carters north of London, though not
the same family.
Ancestry.
Of the ancestry- of Capt. Thomas Carter, of "Barford," Christ
Church Parish, Lancaster County, Virginia, we know nothing
certain. The tradition preserved by a branch of the family in
Lancaster and recorded in 1858 says that he was the son of a
London merchant of good family.
2 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
The circumstantial evidence of the crest on his seal, the nam-
ing of his home "Barford," and the striking similarity of the bap-
tismal names of his children and their descendants with those
of Bedfordshire, makes it appear strongly probable that he was
more or less closely connected with the ancient Carter family of
'^Kimpson," Bedfordshire. I am of the opinion that he was a
son of one of the sons of William Carter, Gent, of Kimpson.
Bedfordshire (buried Dec. i. 1605), and his wife, ^larv Ancell
(Buried March i, 1619), daughter of Thomas Ancell, Esq.. of
Barford, in Co. Bedford. They had issue seven sons and ten
daughters as follows : Thomas, eldest son and heir, born Sept.
19. 1575; Xichoias, William, Anne. Winifred, Marv, Oliver,
Amye, Elizabetli. Temperance. Anne, Ursula. Ancd. Robert,'
Katharine, Alice, and John, the youngest, born Xov. 5, 1599.,
The names Henry, Edward and Daniel appear among the chil-
dren of those sons of William and Mary Ancell Carter', of whom
we have record.
Capt. Thomas Carter of Virginia may possibly have been the
youngest son of Ancell Carter, born Oct. 2d,, 1591, son of Wm.
and Mary Carter of Kimpson, who settled in Lx)ndon. At the
visitation of the Heralds from the College of Arms in 1634,
Ansyll (Ancell) Carter of London, Grocer, had six sons living
as follows : George, eldest son, John, Ansyle, William, James.
and Tlwwas, youngest son, who could not have been over three
or four years old in 1634. Capt. Thomas Carter of Virginia was
born in 16303 1.
No original paper of Capt. Thomas Carter bearing his own
seal has been found (he sealed his will with the Dale crest), but
his grandson, Joseph Carter of Spotsylvania, in 1739 u^ed a
seal bearing the initials 'T. C." surmounted by a crest showing
a demi-talbot out of a mural crown. This is one of the crest'^
of the Kimpson Carters and of Ancell Carter of London.
Though the parentage of Capt. Thomas Carter is not known,
as is likewise the case of Col. John Carter of "Corotoman- and
a number of other prominent emigrants to Virginia, there is
plenty of evidence to show that he came of a good family, who-c
claim to gentility was unquestioned. He lived in an age when a
GE\'EALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 3
man's pretensions to social consideration must bear thorough
investigation before being allowed; and Capt. Thomas Carter's
seem to have stood the test.
Mr. Richard Alexander Bruce in his Social History of the
Seventeenth Century in \'irginia says: "There was the clear-
est recognition of class distinctions in every department of Vir-
ginia life during the seventeenth century, a fact brought out in
numerous ways by the silent testimony of different legal docu-
ments which have survived to the present day. The colonial
custom, following the immemorial English, was in such docu-
ments to fix by terms, whose legal meaning was understood, tlie
social position of the principal persons mentioned therein. In
conversation the term "Mister" was no doubt applied to both
gentlemen and yeomen ; the term seems in fact to have been re-
served in those early times in all forms of written and printed
matter for those whose claim to be gentlemen in the broad social
sense was admitted by all."
Mr. Bruce says further that in Virginia this use was observed
most constantly in the county tax lists, where only gentlemen
received any designation at all; and that was always cither "Mr."
or a military title if such was possessed. The Lancaster records
abundantly substantiate such a claim for Thomas Carter, as from
his first appearance in the tax list of 1653 as "Mr. Tho: Carter"
until his death in 1700 he does not appear without the distin-
guishing "Mr." or "Capt."
HlMSELF,^--^"
The first written account we have of Thomas Carter, Gent.,
the emigrant, is in a MSS. account of the family in 1858 by
John Carter of "The Xest," Lancaster County, who derived most
of his traditions from a maiden aunt— Miss Fanny Carter, born
>n 1738, died in 1830, who seems to have known a great deal
about the family. But in every generation the spinsters of a
family, having no husband or children to occupy their time, have
been the repositors of its genealogical lore. The account of
Thomas Carter is as follows:
"Our ancestors came to Mrginia about two hundred years ago
& settled in Lancaster County. The first one of the Carters was
i
4 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
my grandfather's grandfather Thomas Carter son of a London
merchant of good family.
"I have heard said there was two brothers of them the other
being a John Carter who settled south of the river in Essex but
further I can"t say. And I have heard said we are kin to old
Robert Carter who is buried at old Christ Church in this County
but have never found out how. He was very rich— some say
the richest man in \irginia.
"Our old Ancestor Thomas Carter was about 21 years old
when he come to Lancaster and he was a man of substance and
position as a planter and tobacco trader. He was married twice.
First to an English woman whose name I've never heard, they
had 2 or 3 children who all died young. She died and he mar-
ried a Miss Dale of good connections and had seven sons and
two daughters named Thomas, Edward, James, John, Henry,
Peter, & Joseph and the girls was Betty and Katy.
'•Betty married a IMiy George and has descendants in this ^
county. Katy aunt Fanny said was a great beauty and married
a Mr. Tabb and I gtiess was the great grandmother of the Glou-
cester Tabbs who are a rich and prominent family.'' Note.—
The old Carter Prayer Book says that Katharine Carter married
John Lawson on the i6th of June 1703.
The remainder of this :\ISS. will be given under the different
branches of the family to which it refers. It is written in a little
leather bound "Diary" for the year 1858 and is nov.- owned by
Miss Mary Carter, an aged lady, at present living in Lincoln
County, Ky. It was sent to her uncle Thomas Carter, in 1S58,
by his uncle John Carter of Lancaster County. The first page
is as follows: "The Carter Family Tree, for Thomas Carter
Esq', Lexington, Ky. Written out by John Carter of The Xest
Lancaster County \'irginia from notes from the old papers at
the Court House and the recollections of his aunt Miss Frances
Carter who was born in the year 1738 and died in the year 1830."
As shown by the above note and the Lancaster records, Cant.
Thomas Carter was besides being a planter, a merchant and to-
bacco trader and probably was the son of a merchant. This fs
true of the majority of the seventeenth centurv Virginians whj
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 5
made any stir in the social or political affairs of the colony.
While most of them were more or less closely connected with
the minor gentry at home in England, and an occasional "cousin
to a lord," in the main the emigrants were either members of
the various craft guilds or professions or sons of members.
Of the social status of these ancient tradesmen we know that
in the seventeenth century the military, clerical, legal and medi-
cal professions and the mechanical and merchantile arts held re-
lations to the social life of England vastly different from, what
they now have. These professions and occupations at that time
were filled by the younger sons of both the nobility and landed
gentry, who, owing to the law of primogeniture fixing the par-
ental estate upon the eldest son, were thus dispersed to seek
their fortune and honor elsewhere, without in any way affecting
their lineal traits or mental and social investments. So a great
(leal of the very best blood in England entered the twelve great
craft or livery companies as indentured apprentices to learn
some trade or craft and later to be freem.en of the same. Long
lists of titled persons who actually served their apprenticeship
have appeared. It is said that "from these companies sprang
many of the noblest houses and grandest characters of English
history."
Upon their arrival in Virginia many of these seventeenth cen-
tury emigrants set up stores along the great rivers; commanded
their own trading vessels, or went into business as master crafts-
men, such as saddlers, carpenters, etc. Among the early mer-
chants were the ancestors of many of the families that for three
centuries have been pre-eminent in \'irginia, such as the Lees,
Byrds. Randolphs, Nelsons, Carters of Corotoman, Lightfoots,
and others. Upon acquiring land, which most of them did soon
after landing, the English law gave them the right to resume
the distinguishing title of "gentleman" and the coat of arms,
which came to them from their landed ancestors in England.
Mrs. Sally Xelson Robins, a descendant of some of Virginia's
rr.ost prominent families, writes: "We Virginians should never
be srornful of trade, for the best of our forefathers (and indeed
tMc mo?t of the early ones) coined money in their houses of
6 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
general merchandise. * * * They did not come to the New
World for the pleasure of the thing — ah, no ! it was for a better
living than England afforded them, and when they got here they
had to hustle, as the pioneers who suffered and toiled in Alaska
hustled twenty years ago. The Virginia colonist didn't have the
snow and ice in abundance, but he had chills and fever — much
worse — and other ills not accounted for. To make his living he
set up a store, or contracted for the erection of buildings, and
in consequence was called "carpenter." and this affix to his
honorable name shocks his twentieth century descendants, who
think of \'irginians as dashing cavaliers, never as tradesm.en.
The little store helped to move the great plantation and evolved
the lordly planter, the most picturesque personage (after the
Indian) in America."
Like Colonels Edward and John Carter, Captain Thomas Car-
ter seems to have lived at first after he came to Virginia in
Nansemond County and to have continued his store in that
county after he had removed to Lancaster. He appears first in
the tax list of Lancaster County in 1653 when '■M^ Tho: Car-
ter" paid tithes on himself and four servants. Fromi this time
on until his death he appears with a varying num.ber of ser-
vants— in 1663 he paid for twenty, and in 1699, the year before
he died, for nine.
He purchased his first plantation of about eight hundred acres
on the "Eastermost branch of Corotoman River" from Col. John
Carter, and June i, 1654, acknowledged the debt in court —
12,852 pounds of tobacco to be paid the following October "at
■ ye dwelling house of the sd M' Tho: Carter," and 130 sterling
on Sept. 18, 1655. "Mr. Thomas Carter," "Planter," "Mer-
chant," and "Gent." acquired land as follows :
Jan. 14, 1656, from George Marsh, 560 acres; 1658 from Ed-
mund Lunsford a plantation, acreage not given: Dec. 8, 1674
from his father-in-law Edward Dale, "Gent." 500 acres; May
27, 1657 a patent for 150 acres; Sept. 20, 1661, patent for 220
acres; and in the next thirty years patents for small parcels
aggregating 470 acres. He seems to have kept practically all of
tliis during his lifetime. The old court records show that he
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 7
appeared frequently as the attorney for non-residents of Lancas-
ter both in other parts of Virginia and England, thus showing
that he had a wide acquaintance.
"Oct" ye 21^ 1663 According to order the Oath of a Commis-
sioner (justice) was this day Administered to Capt. Thomas Car-
ter after which he sat in the Court," and continued on the bench
until Nov. 8. 1665. March 8, 1670 the following order of court
was recorded: "At ye request of Mr. Edward Dale, Mr: Tho:
Carter is dep'td Clerke for the said Dale fifor conformation of
whom in ye Clerke's place it is ordered by this Court Y*^ a
bee sent to ye Ho^' Thomas Ludwell Esq^ Secretary
for his approbation." The first order shows that he was a cap-
tain in the Lancaster militia. It is also believed that he wa3 a
burgess in 1667 and probably subsequently. The Randolph papers
show that a "Captain Carter" was a burgess in that year and a
member of one of the committees. This was during the "Long
Assembly", which convened March 23, 1661, and lasted until
Mar. 7, 1676 without a general election. At this time there
seems to have been no other Carters, of any prominence, in Vir-
ginia outside of those in Lancaster County, and Giles Carter of
Henrico County, who is said to have never held any military or
political position. In Lancaster County the tax list for 1667
shows the names of "Col. John Carter, Sr."; Col. Edward Car-
ter", "Capt. Thomas Carter," and ''Mr. John Carter, Jun." April
II, 1666 Col. John Carter, Sr. as presiding justice administered
the oath of a justice to his son "Mr. Jo: Carter", whose name
appears in the list of justices with the title of "Mr." until 1670,
when he appeared as "Capt." John Carter. For a number of
years prior to 1661 Lancaster county had two and sometimes
three representatives in the House of Burgesses, but the incom-
plete lists of the "Long Assembly" give her but one, though it
is presumed that she had as many burgesses during that period
as before and after.
Were the old vestry boote-of Christ Church in existence \f^x^^
would most probably show the name of Capt. Thomas Carter
among the vestrymen and church wardens. The old vestry book
beginning in 1739 ^or the combined parishes of Christ Church
8 G EXE A LOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
and St. Mary's White Chapel, gives the names of the two sons
cf Capt. Thomas Carter sur^-iving at that time, and two of his
grandsons among the vestrymen and church wardens ; and a
grandson and a great grandson were clerks of the vestry for a
number of years.
From Mrs. John Scarlett Smith of San Francisco, whose step-
mother was a Carter, I have obtained the old Carter Prayer
Book, printed in 1662. which contains many valuable records of
this family.
The early marriage and birth records in this old bock are all
in the same handwriting, but as it is a seventeenth century hand,
they were probably written in by Capt. Thomas himself in his
old days, or else copied from some other record by one of his
sons.
His Marriage and Children.
- "With this Book p^ R^ AP John Shepperd on Wedns"^'' y* 4^
Day of May 1670 — was Mar*^ ]\P Thomas Carter of Barford in
y" County of Lancas'" in \'irg* & Katharine Dale y* eldest
Daugh"" of IM"" Edw: Dale y^ same County."
Capt. Thomas and Katharine Dale Carter had issue ten sons
and three daughters, three of whom died in infancy,
"Edward ye eldest Sonne of Tho: & KatlT* Carter was born
on y* 9** Ap'll 1671 of a Sunday at 8 aClock in ye Morn^ and
was bap*^ on Sunday the s^^ M"" John Carter, M"" Edw° Cona-
way & M"- Edw : Dale Gdfath" & M"* Diana Dale & M^^ Lettys
Corbyn G"dMoth"."
"Thomas Carter son of Thomas was Born on the 4th day of
June 1672 betw'n 3 & 4 aclock in y^ ^Morn^ and was Baptz*^ att
ye new Church Aug' 5th. Capt° John Lee, M' Th: Hayne, ye
Lady Ann Skipworth & Eliz^ Dale godpar'^"
"John 3*^ Son was born^ ye S>'^ May 1674 and bap'' Sun''*'' y*
24^ and had for God parents Coll. Jno : Carter, M*" Jno Stretchley
and M" Ball."
"Henry Skipwith, 4th sonn Tho. & Kath. Carter born'' of a
Wedns^' the 7'' June & was baptzd att Home by R*' M"" Dogette
en Sun''*' aff Service ye i8th Cap" W"" Ball, Cap= David Fox
and M" Srah Fleete standing.
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"Diana y^ Eldest Daugh'" Th : & Kath° Carter was born on the
last Day of Ap" 1678 near 5 in the Affnoone and Christn*^ on
Sunday 12 of May by M"" Doggett when was Entertain"^ a large
Company. M" Diana Dale, :^I" Mary Willys & Cap° Ball God
parents. She Depart"^ this Life of a Putrid Soar Throate at yc
age of 2 yeares and 3 days."
"\V° & Xich° twinn sonnes of Tho: Carter born 2^ Nov"" 1679
and dyed on the nth & 12th July 1680 of a Cholrey.
"Elizabeth 2^ Dauter was Born'^ 4'' day of Fieb^ 168° about
Sunrise & weigh^ 11 lbs. Baptz"^ at S' ]Marys Sunday 15 ]May
M" Margaret Ball. M" Elizabeth Rogers & Captain Ball stand-
ing for her.
"Daniel son of Thomas & Katharin Carter born 22^ Oct'br
1682 and died on the 30'' of a Fit."
"James 8th sonn was Borne on Chrisf^*^ Day 1684 it being
Thursday at 2 in the morn^ & was Chris""' at Home on Sundy.
M' Jno Edwards, M^ Tho. Wilkes & M" Edwards standing as
God par'-*."
"Katharine 3*^ Dau. was born at 6 aclock Easter Morning 4*"
Ap' 1686 Bap"* on Whit-Sund^ M^ David Fox M^^ Hannah Fox
& M" Sarah Perrotte Gdp*^"
"Peter 9th Son was Born near Midnight 23'' May 1688 &
Baptzd on 3"* June M' Edwin Conaway, M^ Tho. Dudly & ^1"*
Ann Chowning standing."
"Joseph Youngest son born Friday 28 Nov'' 1690 & Qirist"*
at home on loth Dec' M' Rob^ Carter & W Joseph Ball God-
fath'' & M" Judith Carter Godmother."
Capt. Thomas Carter, Sr. died Oct. 22, 1700 "aged about 70
years."
Mrs. Catharine Dale Carter died May 10, 1703 in the 51st
year of her life.
Capt. Carter's will, dated Aug. 16, 1700 was probated Nov.
14. 1700 by his second son Thomas Carter, Jr. He divided his
estate as follows : Wife Catharine to have the home plantation
for tlie rest of her life, a negro man named Dick, the great
table, and one-third of the remainder of his personal property.
Sons Edward, Thomas, Henry (then hi England) and John to
10 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
each have a hundred acres of land ; son James to have the land
devised to Henry if the latter did not return from England.
Daughters Elizabeth and Katharine, and soni Peter and Joseph
had been provided for by their grandfather Dale. Son-in-law
William George to account for 1,560 pounds of tobacco that he
had advanced him on the Dale estate due to his wife from her
grandfather. Son Thomas to have the home plantation after the
death of his mother. The rest of his real and personal estates to
be divided equally between all children.
Capt. Carter sealed his will with a seal showing the crest of
his father-in-law, Edward Dale, which doubtless was more con-
venient at the time of signing the paper than his own sea'. The
original papers in Virginia show numerous examples of men
using some other family seal than their own, though they are
known to have possessed one with their own crest on it.
The personal estate amounted to £236. and included a "parcel
of old Bookes", a silver drinking pot, tankard, and twelve 'silver
spoons, beside the usual household and plantation furnishings of
a man of his class.
I obtained from a Mr. Dorit, a Lancaster photographer, a
photograph and description of a delapidated old frame house
standing not far from Corotoman River, and said to have been
the old Carter home. It is a long wooden building, a story and
a half high, and dormer windows front and back. There are
four rooms and a small hall on each floor. A small chimnev in
the center and a great inside chimney at each end with enormous
fireplaces upstairs and down. On either side of these end chim-
neys were large alcoves or closets with windows in them. The
main rooms were about sixteen by twenty- four feet.
Imagination easily pictures Thomas Carter with his family and
neighbors in the long winter evenings gathered about the huge
log fires piled high in these wide throated chimneys at 'B^v-
ford." And while the boys and girls played the old-time Eng-
lish games, roasting chestnuts, telling apple seeds, or dancing the
old English dances, their elders around a great bowl of steaming
punch (as was the custom), sang the old songs and told tales oi
the old days -at home"— their hearts and minds filled with haopv
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY u
recollections, as they watched the tree in its last glorious hour
giving back its memories in amethyst' and sapphire haze, and
gold and crimson flam.c. Memories, like those of the men and
women about it. of blue skies and lost rainbows of Junes far
past ; of threatening clouds and scurrying snowflakes of gray
days untinged wirh gold. The sweet perfume of flowers, soft,
clear call of birds, and drifting mounds of fallen leaves — friendly
ghosts of days long gone conjured back in swift changing
'I love you, dwellirgs of the long ago.
Round you a glamour of old sunlight shines;
Beneath your eves my heart her nest doth know —
Ah wing'd memories — amid your woven vines.
'Shades of the generations darkly drawn
Lengthen themselves athwart your threshold gra\
Cradled have ye the dreams of many a dawn.
And covered o'er the fires of many a day."
Ancestry of Katherine Dale, Wife of
Captain Thomas Carter
The Dales and Skipwiths.
Among the royalists who sought refuge in V'irginia after the
death of King Charles I., were Sir Grey Skipwith and his
brother-in-law Edward Dale, Gentleman. Sir Grey was the
second son of Sir Henry Skipwith, Baronet of Prestwould, Lei-
cestershire, whose ancestry goes back in an unbroken line to the
time of the Conqueror; and Major Dale was of the ancient fam-
ily of Dale of Northampton and London, which originally was
of county Chester, as he used the same arms, the crest of which
is shown on his seal to a paper at Lancaster Court House, Va.
They belonged to that class of emigrants to Virginia, who,
Mr. Philip Alexander Bruce in his Social History of Virginia in
the Seventeenth Century says: "Enjoyed an influence in the
social life of the Colony which was out of proportion to their
mere number. Some of these men, as we have seen, were per-
sons of rank in England ; others were untitled officers in the
royal armies, and with few exceptions all were sprung from the
English landed gentry. They brought with them to Virginia
the tastes and habits of the society in which they moved, and to
which they belonged by birth as well as by association, the society
of the English country gentleman."
They settled on the Rappahannock, but on different sides of
it ; Sir Grey Skipwith in what is now Middlesex County, and
Major Dale in Lancaster. Major Dale soon began taking a
prominent part in county affairs and from 1655 to 1674 was
clerk of Lancaster county; from 1669 to 1684 a Justice, or Com-
missioner of the County Court; in the years 1670, 1671, 1679,
and 1680 High Shriff ; and in 1677 and 16B2-83 Member of
the House of Burgesses.
The old records of Lancaster for the first two or three years
after the county was organized are not quite complete, but Ed-
Portrait of Major Edward Dale.
(In the posicssion of Dr. Joseph Lyon Miller, Thomas. \V. Vu-)
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 13
ward Dale appears as Clerk of the county in 1655, and thence
continuously until ]May 10, 1674 when John Stretchley took the
oath as clerk of the county.
In Colonial days the clerk was probably the most important
officer next after the County Lieutenant, and besides belonging
to the local gentry, was one of the leading men of his county, or
what that champion gossip, Samuel Pepys denominates "'a very
great man"; which needs no other proof than the mention of
such names as Sir Marmaduke Beckwith, Sir Grey Skipwith,
Peter Beverley, Benj. Harrison, \Vm. Nelson, Wm. Stanard,
\Vm. Randolph, Robert Boiling, \\"m. Fitzhugh, Thomas Lee
and dozens of other names of equal prominence, whose owners
were clerks of their respective counties. The clerks were also
the legal advisers to a large part of their constituents, and for a
time were permitted to act as attorneys before the court, but
even after this priviledge was taken from them they probably
drew up more deeds and wills than all the other attorneys in the
county. Edward Dale's library included the following law
Ux>ks: The Compleat Justice, The Office of a Complete Attor-
ney (in Octavo), Jure Maritimo (Quarto), De Jureaments by
Sanderson, The Book of Oathes, and Virginia Laws (in folio).
From sometime in 1669 till April 1684 Edward Dale was a
Justice of the County Court, which included such men as Cols.
John Carter, Sr. and Jr., Capt. David Fox, Capt. Wm. Ball,
Capt. Thomas Carter, :Mr. Rawleigh Travers, :Mr. Richard Par-
rott, and Mr. John Custis. :Mr. Bruce says, 'Throughout the
Seventeenth century, the most important tribunal in Virginia for
the administration of local justice was the monthly or county
court," He continues, "According to the Act of 1661-2, the jus-
tices were to be chosen from among the 'most able, honest, and
judicious' citizens of their respective counties. * * * There
are innumerable proofs that they were drawn from the body of
the wealthiest, most capable and most respected men to be found
Jn the whole community." "The office of a justice was looked
upon as being &<:> purely honorable that, following the English
precedent, it carried no salary in the strict sense of the term;
nor were there any perquisites growing out of the position ap-
14 GEXEArOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
preaching in importance those which made the office of Coun-
cillor so valuable from a pecuniary point of view.'' The judges
on the county bencli were allowed thirty pounds of tobacco from
each litigant who failed to win his case.
The old records show that in the years 1670, 1671, 1679 and
1680 Major Dale was High SherilT of Lancaster, having been
chosen by the governor from among the names presented to him
by the county court, as for example the court held for ]\Iarch
1679, "Ordered that ]Mr. Thomas Grymes, Major Edward Dale
and Mr. Robt: Griggs be presented to the Rt. Hon^=« S^ Henry
Chicheley Lt. Deputy Govern' and Capt Generall of Virg^ in
election of a Sheriff for this county for the year Ensuing." And
on May 12, 1679, "According to order of the Right Hono*"^ Sr
William Berkeley, K'. Governor and Cap' Gen" of Virginia the
oath of high Sheriff for this County was this day administered
to Maj° Edward Dale." For 16S0 his commission was dated
April 10, and he took the oath on May 26th. In 1681 he ap-
peared as the security of Capt. David Fox who was commis-
sioned high Sheriff. Bruce says. "From some points of view,
the sheriff was a more important officer than the clerk.'' "The
shrievalty was invested with as much dignity in Virginia as it
was in the ]\Iother Country itself." Blackstone, the great Eng-
lish jurist, says of the English sheriff' that, "as the keeper of the
King's Peace both by common law and special commission, he is
the first man in the county and superior in rank to any noble-
man therein during his office."
In Nov. 1677 and January 1683 Major Dale received from the
county court his pay as a Burgees from Lancaster county — eight
thousand eight hundred and fifty-five pounds for each service.
The date of Edward Dale's commission as a major in the
Lancaster militia has not been ascertained, he appeared in a
list of militia officers in Virginia in 1680 as Major Dale, and
in the various court records previous to that year. Bruce says,
"The members of the House of Burgesses belonged to the circle
of foremost citizens of the colony. Although all ranks of freem.en
enjoyed the franchise down to 1670, there is no indication that
this system of universal suffrage led to the frequent election of
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 15
representatives of an inferior standing from a social point of
view." And of tlie officers of the militia that ""The men who
bore these military titles were the foremost in all the various
departments of action represented in the Colony."
Maj. Dale's part in Bacon's rebellion seems to have been that
he represented Lancaster county "Att a Committy (by OrdCf
of Ye Grand Assembly) for Laying a Levy in the Northern
Neck for ye charge in Raisinge ye forces thereof for suppres-
sing ye late rebellion mett at Capt. Beales ye 14'*" of August
1677 being present Mr. \Vm. Presley, Maj' Ed. Dale, ^lajor
Isaac Allerton, Mr. Peter Presley, Coll. Wm. Travers, Coll. Sam'
Griffin, Coll. George Mason, & Mr. Martin Scarlett."
In addition to his offices in Lancaster, his home county, Edward
Dale was also the first clerk of Westmoreland county between
the years 1652 and 1662, running the office by the help of a
deputy.
The old worthies of Seventeenth century Virginia were very
careful of their honor and dignity, and prompt and severe in their
resentment of any infringement of the same. On February
8th, 1670, in contending for a point of this kind Mr. Dale routed
the entire court, causing them to adjourn without transacting
any business, as the only record of their meeting is as follows :
"Mr. Edward Dale, Clerk of this county & in Commission for
the peace, and high Sher'. of this County conceiving himself
sufficiently qualified to sett covered in Court w"^ some of ye sd
Justices would not allow of they did thereupon adjourn till ye
second Wednesday in the month next." During his fifteen years
on the county bench he dissented from the opinion of the other
justfces more than any other one of them, and always saw to
it that his dissentions were recorded. Another illustration of an
affront to their dignity in which Major Dale played a part is as
follows : "Att a court for ye County of Lancaster Nov. y® 8'** Ano
Dni 1 67 1 at ye Co" house these
Mr.Will Ball Sen. Mr.Bryan Stott
Mr. George Wale ]\Ir. Robert Beckinham
Mr. Tho: Hayne Mr. Will Ball, Jun^
Mr. Robt. Griggs Mr. Tho : :MarshalI
Mr. Dan: Harrison.
l6 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
"Itt manifestly appearing to y*^ Co'^ several of its members
being there psonally prte that on Sonday y^ first of y'^ instant
of Nov: in ye tyme of divine service at ye p'she Church of St.
Marys White Chappell in this County one Rich'^ Price did after a
rude irrehgious and uncivil manner intrude himself e into y*
seate purposely designed and made use off by his Ma'^ Justi'
of ye peace for this County there beinge then psonally psent
inye seate two of ye sd Justic' w"' ]M^ Edward Dale high Sherr:
of y'^ County whom ye s"* Price did rudely force backward upon
his seate whilst he endeavored to keep ye s"^ Price out which
behaviou"" of ye s*^ Price tending to ye dishon"" of God Almighty,
ye Contempt of his Ma^'* ]Mynister, offence of y* Congregation
Scandall to religion and evil example of others. All of w'^^ this
Court taking into Consideration and fearing they might bee
thought ptiall (the Vindicacon of their s** membs and Sherifte
considered) have ordered that Mr. Edward Dale doe send a
messengere forthwith to ye Right Hon'''^ Govern'' to crave his
hon" speciall warnt to command ye s** Price psonally to appear
att ye next Gen" Co'^ at a day Certaine to ansv/er yo said'
M"" Robert Beverley is hereby authorized and desired to precute
ye sd Price at y* sd Court."
The existing Lancaster records show no deed to ^Major Edward
Dale prior to May 6, 1663, when he had a certificate for 750
acres by assignment from Rich : Perrott ; and on the same date
five hundred acres from Richard Merryman. March 30th, 1662
John and Margaret Paine sold to Richard Merryman "the planta-
tion whereon Mr. Edw"^ Dale now liveth." Feb. 2, 1664 ^laj.
Dale had a deed from Edward Lunsford for three hundred and
fifty acres of land on the Eastermost branch of Corotoman River;
and Dec. 14th. of same year a deed from \Vm. Chappan for
700 acres on the same branch, for the two of which he paid
eleven thousand pounds of tobacco for five hundred acres ; and
in May 1681 a like amount to Thomas Chetwood, mierchant, for
six hundred acres in St. Mary's White Chappel parish to which
he removed and where he lived the remainder of his life.
Of this thirty four hundred acres Maj. Dale deeded five hundred
to his daughter Katharine Carter in 1674, and six hundred acres
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to his daughter Elizabeth Rogers in 1677. In all of his deeds
and other papers he was always styled "Edward Dale, Gentle-
man,"' a title that in the seventeenth century was defined with
legal precision, and its use not permitted to any one who had
not the right to it. Major Dale's original will has disappeared
from the clerk's office at Lancaster court house, but fortunately
his son-in-law, Capt. Thomas Carter, sealed his will in 1700 with
a seal that shows the crest of the Dales. Mr. Wm. x\rmstrong
Crozier, a well known Xew York genealogist and authority on
heraldry says this seal shows the crest of the Dales of Northamp-
ton and London and gives the reading as following: "On a
chapeau gules turned up ermine, a heron argent, beaked, legged
and ducally gorged or." The arms are: "Gules on a mount
vert, a swan arg. :Membered and ducally gorged or." At a
visitation of the heralds from the College of Arms in 161 3 these
arms were confirmed to Wm. E>ale, Esq., of Brigstock, North-
ampton. He was the third son of Robert Dale, Esq., of Wencle
in the county of Chester, whose first and second sons were, Rob-
ert, Jr., of Wencle, and Roger of Inner Temple, London. Edward
Dale of Virginia was probably a son of one of these.
Major Dale was a '"cavalier" or adherent of King Charles L,
as is plainly shown by his epitaph, the fact that he enjoyed
numerous political offices under that rank royalist Sir William
Berkeley, and the following story of him that has come down
through his descendants: The story relates that upon one oc-
casion a stranger stopped at ^lajor Dale's house one day just
about the dinner hour. His horse was sent to the stable and he
was invited to join the family at the dinner just then being served.
When they were seated at the table the visitor immediately bowed
his head and offered a long puritanical prayer, in which he
asked rich blessings upon Oliver Cromwell (who was not then .
dead) and especial m.aledictions on the head of the pretender-
Charles H. This so incensed Major Dale that he ordered the
man from his table, sent a ser\-ant for his horse and told him
to hunt his dinner elsewhere, thus in his loyalty to his King
transgressing one of the strongest unwrittt-n laws' of the time—
the law of hospitality.
[8 GEXEAZOGY OF THE CARTER F.LMl
.V
A three-quarter length portrait of Edward Dale handed down
in the Carter family showed him as a portly brown-eyed gentle-
man dressed in black velvet coat, dark red waistcoat, cream col-
ored satin breeches and a powdered wig. At the close of the war
Its owner, the late Col. Thos. Carter of Kentucky removed to
Chicago, where the portrait, with other valuable pictures and
heirlooms, was lost in the great fire in that city. A copv is now
owned by the author.
Dec. 8, 1674 "Edward Dale of the County of Lancaster in
Virg^ gent', as well for and in consideration of a marriage already
had and solomonized between Thomas Carter of the same Countv
Merch^ of the one parte and Katharine his wife, daughter of
mee the aforesaid Edward Dale," etc.. convevs to Thomas and
Katharine Carter a plantation of five hundred acres in Lancaster.
His wife, Diana Dale, signing the deed relinquishing her dower.
On the same day they conveyed to Thomas Carter and wife
a negro boy named Dick, a gray mare and two-vear-old colt
SIX young cows and their calve^. and half the hogs on the
plantation.
March 12, 1677, Edward and Diana Dale deeded to their
daughter Elizabeth, "now the wife of Mr. William Rodgers, son
of Capt. John Rodgers of the County of Northumberland, a
plantation of six hundred acres in Lancaster."
Oct. 7, 1687 Maj. Dale conveyed to "Mr. Thomas Carter and
wife, Katharine," in consideration of "love and affection," etc
Uvo negro boys named James and Robin; and after the death of
-Thomas Carter and his wife, the bov Robin was to go to Dale's
grandson, Edward Carter, and the other negro to his other
Carter grandchildren.
"In the Name of God Amen, the twentv fourth dav of \uo-'
1694. I Edward Dale of the County of Lancast^ "in Rapp'k
River in Virg- Gente. being of Sound & perfect Memory God
be praised doe make and ordaine this my last will & Testament
in manner and forme following. Ffirst I commend mv Soule
mto the hands of Almighty God my Creator and Redeemer. Mv
body to the Earth from whence it Came to bee decently interred
w'^out any wine drinking.
CEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 19
"As for such worldly Estate as it pleased God to bless me
w"" I dispose of in manner and forme following.
"Imp^ if it shall please God that my wife shall happen to out-
live niee I give imto her for her maintenance during her life the
whole proffit of my Estate whatsoever it being had to her as
an honest woman a Gentlewoman, and a great many years my
wife."' After the death of his wife his daughter Katharine Carter
was to have control and use of all his estate until his Carter
grandchildren were all of age, when it was to be divided as
follows. Grandsons, Peter and Joseph Carter, to have his home
plantation in St. Mary's parish with all plantation tools, etc.,
and a negro man each when they arrived at the ago of twenty-
one years. This was about 171 1. as in January, 1712, tliey divided
their grandfather Dale's plantation. Granddaughter Elizabeth
his best bed and furniture and a trunk. To daughter ElizabetPi
r<odgers twelve pounds in full of all claims on his estate. The
residue of estate to be divided equally between his grandchildren.
Elizabeth and Catharine, Peter and Joseph Carter, when they
-hould become of legal age or marry. Daughter, Katharine
Carter, and grandson, Edward Carter, to be executors of his
will, and granddaughter, Elizabeth Carter, to also be one when
she arrived at the age of sixteen.
The inventory of his estate was returned to court ]\Iarch 30,
1695. and amounted to ten thousand and six hundred and seven
pounds of tobacco. It included besides the usual household and
plantation furniture a parcel of books, three pictures, two silver
dram cups without handles and a pair of silver tongs. This
inventory does not list his books separately, but two of them
have been preserved by his descendants, and in one of them is
the following:
•*A list of M^ Edw: Dales Books
16 Ffeb'^y 1695 — Taken by Tho : Carter Sen"" &
Edward Carter.
\"'' Lav,-s — 1662— folio
Mist : of the World— i577-fol° S^ Walt : Raleigh— 5 bookes.
De Juraments 1655 — Sanderson 24""'
20 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Workes : Edmund Spenser — 1679 ^ollo.
Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year — 1673 fo'".
The Whole Duty of Man — 1660.
St. Augustines Prayers 1585 — Ffolio.
Sylva Sylvanum — Ffra: Bacon — 1670 — Ffol°.
Chron : Kings of England— Rich'^ Baker. 1684. fol :
The S''. everlasting Rest 1653— duo<^"^
The Book of Oathes 1649.
Religio ^Medico — S^ Tho : Browne — 1659.
Caba Sive Scrina Sacra: mysteryes of State 1663 fo:
Chron: of Yeares — 1552 — 16""'.
Shakespeares Workes— 1632 — folio,
lohn Donnes Sermons — 1640. fo'".
Eikon Pjasilike — 1649 — 32"".
An English Exposition: or a Compleat Dictionary 1684.
Cotton: Posthuma — S' Ro' : Cotton — 1679.
The Compl\ Justice
The Office of a Comply Attorney — in Oct'"''.
Melliticium Chirurgiae — Ja : Cooke — 1648.
Ciceros Orations, — 1645 — ^o^"-
jMilitary Disciplin in Quart".
Jure ^Nlaritino in Quar-°.
Common Prayer Book — in Quarto 1633.
Josepus — Workes — 1609 foI°.
Hist : of y° Low Countries in folio 2 bookes.
The Holy Bibcl in Quarto 1649.
The Rum.p: Choysest poems & Songs of y- late Tirne^ — i66j.
Gen'. Hist: of Ffrance in folio — in 2 bookes 16^.
Satyres of Decimus Jun^ Juvenalis — in Quart'3 — 1673.
The Practice of Physick — Xich : Culpeper— 1678.
Godfrey de Boulogne: °^ the Recoverie of lerusa'cm — Edv. ;
Ff air fax — 1624.
The above list of books containing works on medicine, law,
religion, poetry, history, and natural science show that Majoi
Edward Dale was a broad and catholic minded man in his cdu
cation and reading. The list also shows that he selected On-
best, as Spenser, Shakespeare, Bacon, Josephus, Cicero, and
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 21
Juvenal are classics to-day. His copy of Juvenal and the Post-
humous Collection of Sir Robert Cotton are yet in existence.
On the inside of the front cover of the Juvenal in a large and
fine hand is v^•ritten — "S"" W'". Skipv/ith "". to Majo"" Edw : Dale
Sep^ i6: 1686;" and below it is, "'Edw Dale to Edw Carter."
I have not been able to locate Major Dale's tomb either in the
St. Marys White Chappcl yard, near which his home v/as lo-
cated or in the neighboring private graveyards. His epitaph,
cither as it appeared on his tomb or as it was expected to appear
is recorded in the Carter Prayer Book, and is as follows, the
inscription being preceded by a faded drawing of the Dale arms
enclosed in a circle, which by its shading indicates that the arms
v.ere sunk below the surface of the stone:
(Arms)
Hie Depcsitum
Spe certe resurgendi in Christo
quicquid habuit Mortale
EDWARDUS DALE, AR^^GER.
Tandem honorum et dierum Obiit
2" Feb^: Anno Dom : 1695.
He descended from an Ancient Family
in England & came into y"^ Coll*'
cf \'irg^ after the Death of his Unhappy
i^Iaster Charles Ffirst.
For above 30 years he enjoyed
various Einployments of Public Trust
in y* Cot^' of Lancaster w^^ he
Discliarged w'^ great Fidelity & Satisfac".
to the Governor & People.
As Neighbor — Father — Husband he Ex
celled and in early yeares Crown''
his other Accomplishments by a
Felicitous Marriage
w*'' Diana y* daughter of S"" Henry Skypwith
of Preswold in y* Co"^' of Leices'-'' Bar^
who is left a little while to Mourn Him.
22 GENEATOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
The above epitaph shows that Edward Dale's wife was Diana
Skipwith, daughter of Sir Henry Skipwith of Prestwold, Leices-
tershire; and the following letter from her brother Sir Grey
Skipwith, substantiates it:
"Brother Dale.
Pray do me the favor to acknowledge in court on my behalf
two bills of sale for Cattle made to Mary Bayley and this my
note shall impower you for the doing of it as full as any letter
of attorney.
S"" I have not else only our love presented to y'selfe and my
sister.
S' I am your lo : brother GREY SKIPWITH.
Febr: prim.o 1664."
The above letter is recorded on page 364, Record Book No.
2, Lancaster County, Virginia.
Mr. Austin Skipwith. of Prestwould, ^lecklenburg County,
Va., writes me that an old copy of Burke says "that to Sir Henry
Skipwith of Prestwould, Leicestershire, was born four sons and
two daughters, viz : Grey, William, Henry, Thomas, Elizabeth-
and Diana.'' ; but he has no record that will shovv the date of
the marriage of Edward and Diana Dale.
With the above conclusive evidence of the parentage of Diana
Dale I will give an account of
The Skipwiths.
The Skipwith family is one of the most ancient in England,
going back, as it does, to the time of William the Conquerer,
and, in fact, through a marriage of one of its members in the
sixteenth century, can trace back to the Conqueror himsel't.
The following account of this family is taken in the main from
Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies.
This family, originally written Schypwyc, and denominated
from a town and lordship so called in the East Riding of York,
descends from Robert de Eitoteville, Baron of Cottingham in
the time of the Conqueror, of whom and his descendants, the
feudal lords of Cottingham. Dugdale treats fully, and at length
in his baronage.
JTd-s • o^^ 3Tiu^tovLX,-Mcr; hAT.plorv
: A '^-^ ^
■.iT* /^^ ' " -,;*-
DumoHt
'^sia^^ss^sjg^ (
Coats of Arms
of
r Carter of Bedfcrdshiie. Cre-t same a> seal of Thomas Carter, of
"Barford." \'a.
2. Dale of Northampton fcrest is not drawn correctlv). Same as
used by Ma.ior Edward Dale. Lancaster. \'a.
_ J. Dymcke of Lincolnshire- Aiuhoritv— histories of ihe Skinwith
tamily. "
4. Skipwith (if Leicestershire. Authcrilv— record- showirg D.ile-Skii)-
with marriage.
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 23
The first Robert de Estoteville had a son, Robert, Jr., who
acquired a great inheritance with his \vife, Emburga, daughter
and heir of Hugh, son of Baldrick, a great Saxon Thane, and
among other lands had the lordship of Schypwyc, or Skipwic.
He left three sons : Robert, his heir from whom the Lords of
Cottingham ; Osmond, who died at Joppa, in Palestine, in one
of the Crusades, and was ancestor of the Estotevilles of Gressing
Hall ; and Patrick of Skipwith, who having by gift from their
father, the lordship of Skipwith, his descendants took their name
therefrom, in accordance with the custom of the age. He married
Beatrice, daughter of Sir Pagim De Langtun, and was succeeded
by his son, Jeffrey De Schypwith, who married Marian, daughter
of Wm. De Schypwith, was hostage for the Lord Scales in the
Barons' War in the ninth year of the reign of King John. His
son and heir, Sir William De Skipwith, Lord of Skipwith in
the time of King Henry HL, married a daughter of Sir John
Thorp, and heir of Sir Wm. Thorp, through whom he became
possessed of a great estate in Lincolnshire. He was the last
of the family to reside at Skipwith in York. Their son. Sir
John De Skipwith, living at Thorp, was sometimes styled De
Thorp. He had the estate of Beakley from his mother and the
estate of WVanby by his wife, Isabella, daughter of Sir Robert
De Arches, Knight.
He was succeeded by his son, John De Skipwith, who re-
sided af Beakley, married Margaret, daughter of Herbert de
Klinton of Yorkshire, and was succeeded by his son, William de
Skipwith, who married Margaret, daughter of Ralph FitzSimon,
Lord of Ormsby in County Lincoln and sister and sole heir of
Simon Fitz Ralph, whence came that inheritance which was in the
possession of Sir Ralph Fitz Simon, Knight, who in several
charters was termed "Nobilis" and had obtained the estate and
manor by his wife, daughter and heir of Ormsby of Ormsby.
From this marriage of Wm. I>e Skipwith cam.e three sons:
John, eldest son, d. s. p., in the tenth year of the reign of
Edward HL, the same year in which his father died; Sir Ralph
(3rd son), from whom descended the Skipwiths of Heburgh
in Lincolnshire; and Sir William, 2nd son, who was bred to
24 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
the bar and was King's Sergeant in the thirty-third year of the
reign of Edward III., three years later Lord Chief Baron of
the Exchequer, which he held for four years. He married
Alice, daughter of Sir \Vm. de Hiltoft, and left Sir William,
Sir John, Patrick, Stephen, Alice and Margaret.
^ Sir William, Jr., also bred to the bar, was a justice of the
King-'s bench in the fiftieth year of the reign of Edward III.,
and renewed his patent in the first year of Richard II. Was
senior judge of the court, and his name is handed down with
highest honor by historians. He left but one daughter and
was succeeded by his brother. Sir John Skipwith, who was High
Sheriff of Lincoln in the century. Richard II., and a Knight in
Parliament from Lincoln in temp. Henry V. He married Alice,
daughter of Sir Frederick Tilney, and left three sons: William'
d. s. p.. Sir Thomas and Patrick, from whom the Skipwiths
of Utterly in Lincolnshire. Sir Thomas Skipwith distinguished
hjmself in the French wars and was knighted in Fra^nce by
King Henry V. He married Margaret, daughter of John, Lord
Willoughby de Eresby, and died before the nineteenth year of
the reign of Henry VI., and was succeeded by his son. Sir Wm.
Skipwith, Avho owned twelve different estates in the counties of
York and Lincoln. Like his father he was knighted in France
by Henry VI., and was sheriff of Lincoln in the thirtv-seventh
year of that King's reign. He then married Agnes, daughter
of Sir John Constable, Knight of Burton-Constable, and had John
and Alice, and died in the first year of the reign of Henry VII.
Sir John Skipwith was made a Knight Banneret for his services
against the Cornish rebels, being with the King at the battle
of Blackheath. He married Catharine, daughter of Richard
Fitz William, Esq., of Woodworth, and had Sir William and
four daughters.
Sir William Skipwith, Knight, was sheriff of Lincoln in the
eighteenth year of the reign of Henry VIII. He married Eliza-
beth, daughter of Sir W^m. Tyrwhit, Knight, of Kettlebv. and
had Sir William, Lionel, John, George and four daughters." This
wife died and Sir William then married Alice, daughter and
heir of Sir Lionel Dymoke of Scrivelsby, by whom he acquired
gexe:4Logy of the carter family 25
a large estate. By this second marriage there was issue but
one child, Henry Skipwith, who became the ancestor of the
Skipwiths of Prestwould, Leicestershire, and of the Skipwiths
and Dales of Virginia. It is through this Dymoke ancestress
that the Skipwiths of Prestwould trace back to King Henry
HI., which will be given later.
Henry Skipwith, Esq., only son of Sir William Skipwith of
Ormsby, and his second wife purchased the estate of Prestwould,
in Leicestershire. He married Jane, daughter of Francis Hall of
Grantham, and died in 1588: was succeeded by his eldest son,
Henry Skipwith, who was created the first baronet of Prest-
would, December 20, 1622. He married Amy, daughter and
co-heir of Sir Thomas Kempe, Knight, by whom he had four
sons and two daughters, viz, Sir Henry, d. s. p.; Sir Grey,
removed to Virginia during the usurption of Cromwell, etc. ;
William, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Diana, who married Edward
Dale and removed to Virginia.
Sir Henry Skipwith, the first baronet of Prestwould, father
of Diana Dale, was a poet and man of letters, and is spoken
of by Barton in 1622 as follows: "Sir Henry Skipwith, I cannot
pass over in silence, for his so many good parts — his person,
his valour, his learning, his judgment and wisdom do challenge
more than I can express among the rest, yet I cannot omit to
speak of his witty conceits in making fit and acute epigrams,
poems, mottoes and devices."' Sir Henry was commissioned by
King Charles 1. to raise troops against the Parliament forces
under Cromwell, which like to have cost him his life, and com.-
pelled his son. Sir Grey, to seek refuge in Virginia. This is set
forth on the tombstone of Sir Wm. Skipwith, now in the church-
yard at Blandford, Va. In 1653 Sir Henry Skipwith sold Prest-
would to Sir Christopher Packe, Lord Mayor of London in
1655 and an adherent of Cromwell. It is thought that Sir Henry
was compelled to sell his estate to Sir Christopher Packe by
Cromwell and his party in order to save himself from a worse
fate because of his adherence to the royalist party.
Accounts of the Skipwith family in Virginia have appeared
in print several times, a most excellent one by Mrs. Sally Nelson
26 GEXE'ACOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Robins in Tlie Times-Dispatch on August 15, 1909, so their
history will not be given here.
Dymoke.
Sir William Skipwith. Knight, sheriff of Lincolnshire, in the
eighteenth year of the reign of King Henry VIII. married, as
his second wife, Alice, daughter and heir of Sir Lionel Dymoke
of Scrivelsby and had an only son, Henry Skipwith, Esq., of
Preswould, Leicestershire. He died in 1588 and was succeeded
by his only son, Henry Skipwith, who was created baronet of
Preswould in 1622. His youngest daughter, Diana, was the wife
of Maj. Edward Dale, of Lancaster county, Va., and mother
of Katharine Dale, wife of Capt. Thomas Carter, Sr.
It is through the Dymoke ancestress that the Skipwiths and
Carters derive their "royal lineage'' and trace back to King
Henry III. Besides his high estate and royal power, Henry
III. possessed not a noble characteristic, nevertheless through him
comes royal blood that is royal in the persons of Henry II.,
William "The Conqueror," and other early English, Scotch and
French monarchs.
Henry III.'s wife was Eleanor of Provence. Their son. Henry
Plantaganet, Earl of Leicester, married Blanche, daughter of
Robert, Earl of Artois, and granddaughter of Louis VIII. o^
France. They had a son. Henry, Earl of Leicester, who married
Lady Maud, daughter of Patrick, third Baron de Mowbray.
Their son, John de Mowbray, married Elizabeth, the only child
of John, Lord Segrave, and had a daughter, Margery de Mow-
bray, who married John. Baron de Welles, and had a son, Eudo
de Welles, who married Lady ]Maud, daughter of a Baron de
Greystock. They had a son, Sir Lionel de Welles, who married
Joan, daughter of Sir Robert Waterton, and had a daughter,
Margaret de Welles, who married Sir Thomas Dymoke. They
were the parents of Sir Lionel Dymoke, who married Joan,
daughter of Richard Griffith of Stockford, and had a daughter,
Alice, who married Sir V/illiam Skipwith of Ormsby : and rhus
comes the royal blood of the Skipwiths and Carters.
Through Matilda of Flanders, wife of William "Tlie Con-
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 27
queror," the Dymoke line of descent extends back through the
Counts of Flanders to Baldwin I., Count of Flanders, who married
Judith, daughter of Charles II., "The Bald," King and Roman
Emperor, who was a grandson of Charlemagne, one of the world's
greatest rulers. Through the wife of Henry I. of England,
Margaret, daughter of Malcolm III., King of Scotland, and his
wife, the Saxon Princess Margaret, called "Saint Margaret,"
the Dymoke line extends back through the Kings of Scotland
and early English Kings to the good King z\lfred "The Great."
Through the de Mowbrays the Dymokes trace back to Phillip
II. of Swabia, German Roman Emperor, and from, him through
a line of German Emperors back to Charlemagne again, includ-
ing in the line the greatest among the German Roman Em-peror?.
Frederick I., "Barbarosa." elected Emperor in 1152; Henry III.,
"Niger" ; the two great Ottos and others.
With the above outline as a base, those who mxay wish to
do so, can trace out the various lines and find enough noble
and royal ancestors to "fill a book."
Aside from their royal and illustrious ancestry, the history of
the Dymoke family is full of interest, as for a thousand years
they have held one of the most picturesque and historic of the
hereditary offices to be found in England, that of Champion to
the King on his coronation. The office of Champion was in-
stituted by William "The Conqueror," who entrusted it to Robert
de Marmion, conferring upon him at the same time the Castle
of Tamworth and the Manor of Scrivelsby, in Lincolnshire, de-
creeing that the office should always pertain to the Lord of the
Manor of Scrivelsby.
Though in the past hundred years the appearance of the Cham-
pion as a part of the coronation ceremonies has become obsolete,
in the days of long ago none, perhaps, of all the splendid and
picturesque ceremonies held in connection with the coronation
pageant of the Kings and Queens of England was more inter-
esting, and certainly none pertook m.ore of chivalry than that
of the Champion's challenge.
In ancient times as soon as the King and Queen were crowned
they sat down to the royal banquet, spread in We;tmin;ter, and
28 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
during the course of this the great doors of the Abbey were
thrown open and the Champion appeared on a magnificient
charger, both clad from head to foot in armor, and at two or
three stations in the great hall, he loudly challenged all comers
to deny the right and title of the sovereign, and, throwing his
gauntlet upon the floor, offered to defend their claims against
any one with lance, sword or mace. The King then drank from
a golden goblet, which was refilled and presented to the Cham-
pion, who drained it and carried the goblet away as a perquisite
of his office. Descriptions of several of these ceremonies have
been preserved, but I will give here only the first and last.
Some of the perquisites of the champion by prescriptive right
were :
"One of the King's best coursers, the second best in the royal
stable, with saddle, harness and trappings of cloth of gold ;
one of the King's best suits of armour, with cases of cloth of
gold, and all other things belonging to the King's body v,hen he
goes into mortal combat." Historians have enumerated the arms
provided for Sir Charles Dymoke, Royal Champion at the Coro-
nation of King James II. in 1685, as follows: "A complete suit
of white armour, a pair of gauntlets, a sword and hanger, a
case of rich pistols, an oval shield with the Champion's arms
painted upon it and a gilded lance fringed about the handle ;
also a field saddle of crimson velvet with gold and silver, a plume
of red, w^ite and blue feathers, consisting of eighteen falls and
a heron's top. Another plume for the horses head and trumpet
banners with the champion's own arms depicted upon them."
The first appearance of the King's Champion in England, of
which we have knowledge was at the coronation of William, Duke
of Xormandy, and his wife. Matilda of Flanders, as King and
Queen of England, 1068 A. D., at Winchester. The challenge was
delivered upon this occasion by Robert, Lord Marmyum in the
following words: "If any person deny that our most gracious
sovereigns. Lord William and his spouse, Matilcla, are King and
Queen of England, he is a falsehearted traitor and liar, and I, as
Champion, do challenge him to single combat."
Robert Marmvum, Lord of Castle Fontenav in Xormandv, and
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 29
a descendant of "Rollo the Dane/' who was made Dtike of
Normandy by Charles III. of France, was in Normandy the
hereditary Champion of Duke WilHam of Normandy, his kins-
man, later ""Winiam the Conqueror," and thus the office was car-
ried into England.
The la?t official appearance was at the coronation of King
George I\'.. July 19, 1821. Since then the coronation banquet has
been abolished and with it the public appearance of the Champion.
King Edward VII. changed the office from that of hereditary
Champion, to hereditary Bearer of the Royal Standard. When
this change was made, Frank Dymoke, Esq., of Scrivelsby pre-
sented to the King a suit of armor that for centuries has been
used at the coronation of English Kings, w^hich is now preserved
at Winsor Castle. The banquet scene at the coronation of King
George IV. is thus described :
"Westminster, the scene of this magnificent pageant, which
was one of the most memorable and splendid coronations ever
held there, was a spectacle which beggars description. The in-
termixture of waving plumes, glittering jewels and beautiful
costumes of the assembled multitude, the magnificent coronation
robes of the nobles, and in some instances the grotesque, though
splendid dresses of those who were to form part of the grand
procession, excited wonder and admiration and gave a singu-
larly striking appearance to the scene.
'•'As soon as the procession, which moved upon the royal blue
cloth, spread from the throne in Westminster Hall to the great
steps in the Abbey Church, where the coronation was to take
place, had left the hall, the scene was immediately changed, when
the floor, which only a few moments before had been thronged
with by far the greater portion of the nobles of the land in
all their pomp and splendor, was now taken possession of by
workmen and w*ho transformed the hall as if by magic into a
great banquet hall. On each side of the throne, sideboards were
erected, which were quickly loaded with massive gold plate, and
the great tables down each side of the hall were spread with
covers for 334. The royal table had covers for seven and displayed
a magnificent service of gold. Just before the return of the
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GEX'ETiLOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
coronation procession to the banquet hall, the 26 great chandeliers
and twelve beautiful candelabras on the tables, making upwards of
2,000 candles were lighted.
•'Before the first course, which was served in twenty-four gold-
covered dishes, carried by many gentlemen pensioners, preceded
by a large number of attendants representing all the officers of the
household and four sergeants-at-arms, was placed upon the royal
table by the clerks of the kitchen, the great doors at the lower
end of the hall were thrown open to the sound of trumpets and
clarions, and the Duke of Wellington, as Lord High Constable;
the Marquis of Anglesea, as Lord High Steward, and Lord Effing-
ham, as the Deputy Earl Marshall, entered upon the floor, mounted
upon richly caparisoned horses. The Duke of Wellington was
on the right and the Earl Marshall on the left, on beautiful white
steeds, and the Marquis of Anglesea in the center on a magnificent
dun-colored Arabian. Each was followed by a groom and at
theliead of each horse walked a page.
"Pausing for a moment under the archway as the trumpet
sounded, they proceeded slowly down the aisle between the tables
to the foot of the throne, where they remained while the twenty-
four golden dishes were being placed upon the table. As the
gentlemen pensioners delivered the dishes to the attendants they
retired one by one backward between the horses and were fol-
lowed by the three noblemen, who backed their steeds with great
skill down the center of the hall.
"The first course having been removed, the attention of the
assemblage was called to the bottom of the hall once more by a
loud and continued flourish of trumpets. The great doors were
instantly thrown open, and the King's Champion made his ap-
pearance under the Gothic archway, mounted on a splendid
charger. He was accompanied on the right by the Duke of Wel-
lington, and on the left by Lord Howard, but his polished steel
armor, his plumes and the trappings of his steed instantly pro-
claimed the capacity in which he appeared. He was ushered
within the limits of the hall by two trumpeters with the arms
of the Champion on their banners, and by the sergeant trumpeter,
and by two sergeant-at-arms with maces. An esquire in half
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY .j
armour was on either side, the one bearing the lance and the
other the shield. Each horseman was followed by a groom and
at the head of each was a page.
"The first challenge was given at the entrance to the hall,
the trumpets having flourished three times. It was read by the
herald attending the Champion: 'If anv person of what degree
soever, high or low, shall deny or gainsay our Sovereign Lord
King George IX . of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Defender of the Faith, son and next heir to our Soverei,gn
Lord Kmg George III., the last King deceased, to be the right
heir to the Imperial crown of this United Kingdom, or that^he
ought not to enjoy the same, here is his champion, who sairh
that he lieth, and is a false traitor, being ready in person to combat
with him, and in the quarrel will adventure his life against him
on what day soever he shall be appointed.' After pausing a
few seconds the Champion drew off his gauntlet and thr'ew
It upon the floor. As no one appeared to accept the challenc^e
the herald took up the glove and returned it to the Champion'
The cavalcade then advanced half wav up the hall, where it
again halted, and after the trumpets sounded, the same chal-
lenge was given as before.
At the foot of the throne the service was again repeated. Loud
shouts of "Long live the King"! followed each restoration of the
gauntlet. His Majesty, taking the golden goblet from his cup-
bearer drank to the bold challenge, then the Champion received
the cup and drank to the King— "Long live His Majestv, King
George the Fourth." After draining the cup the Champion gave
It to one of the pages, who bore it away as a perquisite of his
master."
At the coronation of King George II., when the Champion,
Lewis Dymoke, threw down his gauntlet, an unknown man leapt
from the crowd and seized it. A rush was made for him bv the
^ergeants-at-arms, but the crowd, largelv composed of Jacobite
sympathizers, opened a lane for his escape. Manv persons pro-
h^mf 1 ^'^ ''^''°^"'^^ '" ^^^ "^^"'"^^ intruder, the young pretender
The last of the Marmions was Sir Philip, a statesman, who
12 GEXE^TLOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
died in the rei^i of Henry III., leaving but two daughters, the
eldest of whom inherited Tanuvortli Castle in Warwickshire' and
became the ancestress of the Grevilles, the other inherited Scriv-
elsly and became the ancestress of the Dy mokes. For some time the
tenure of the Royal Championsiiip was in doubt, but the Court of
Claims decided in accordance with the original grant to Lord
Robert de ^larmyum, that the office of Champion belonged to the
owner of Scrivelsby. and accordingly Sir John Dymoke. the grand-
son of Sir Philip .Marmion, was the Champion at'tlie coronation of
Richard II. Sir Robert Dymoke was the Champion to three of
England's rulers, Richard III., Henry VII. and Henry VIU.
Sir Edward Dymoke was also Champion for three of his sover-
eigns, Edv.-ard VI., and Queens Mary and Elizabeth.
Sir Edward D}Tnoke's wife was Lady Ann Talbois, whose
ancestry was equally as illustrious as his own, she being a lineal
descendant of King Edward I. of England bv his first wife,
Princess Eleanor of Castile, daughter of Ferdinand III. of
Castile, by his second wife Johanna daughter of Louis VII. of
France, thus giving her a long line of Spanish and French royal
ancestry. Lady Ann was descended from two of the children
of Edward I. of England, namely, Edward II. and his sister.
Joan de Acre, who married Gilbert, ''the Red" Earl of Clare.'
who was the seventh Earl of Hertford and the third Earl of
Gloucester. She was descended from fourteen generations of
Percy ancestors, the Earls of Northumberland, one of the greatest
among the great baronial families of England. A warlike race,
brave and loyal, though hot of temper, and ever to the forefront
in contests of their time. The Percy was to England what the
Douglas was to Scotland. One of these Percy ancestors wa.
the famous Sir Henry Percy, the "Hotspur" of history, of whom
It was said that "no other was ever more bold or brave" ; when
Henry IV. made unjust demands of him for certain prisoners
in his charge. Shakespeare thus voices his reply:
"An*, if the devil came and roar for them.
I will not send them: I will after straight
And tell him so; for I '.vill ease my heart
Albeit I make a hazard of my head."
I GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY ., 33
I
I Which he did, for he was slain in the battle of Shrewsbury,
I and Henry IV. ordered that he be decapitated on the field '"so
I that all men mig'ht see that he was dead."
I The office of the King's Champion was in its very essence one of
I romance and chivalry, and its influence is shown in some of
I England's most delightful literature. In Ivanhoe there are a
I number of references to the knightly service of the champion;
I in Redgaiintlet the champion appears in person, and in Marmion
{Lord Robert was to some extent the original of the picture drawn,
and Tamwtjfth Castle, his home, is frequently mentioned.
I Scrivelsby Manor is one of the most unique establishments in
I England, situated in an extensive park, in one of the most beautiful
sections of Lincolnshire. The entrance to the park is through
a great old gray stone arch overgrown with ivy, and surmounted
by the life-size figure of a lion, standing out in bold relief against
the vivid green of the summer foliage or the soft dull gray of
a winter sky. The lion is one of the crests of the Dymokes, and
their arms show two lions passant upon a field of black, and the
motto "Pro Rege Dimico."
This quaint old manor of Scrivelsby has been immortalized by
Lord Tennyson in his Locksley Hall Sixty Years After, and Lady
Clare de Vere. Somersby, the childhood home of Tennyson, is
but seven miles from Scrivelsby, and it has been said that the
"stately park of the latter, with its wide stretching woods and
meadows, was frequently the chosen scene of his rambles," and
many times must he have passed through the great Lion Gateway :
"Here is Locksley Hall, my grandson,
here the Lion-guarded gate.
There is one old Hostel left us when
they swing the Locksley shield.
Till the peasant cow shall butt the Lion
passant from the field."
There is the life-sized figure of a cow in the park at Scrivelsby.
The Dymokes were also descended from Robert de Vere, Earl
of Oxford, and were very proud of their many coats of arms
and Norman blood.
34 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
In Lady Clare \'ere de \'ere, the poet says :
■"Nor would I brake for your sweet sake,
A heart that dotes on truer charms,
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth an hundred coats-of-arms.
You sought to prove how I could love.
And my disdain is your reply.
The lion^ on your old stone gates,
Is not more cold to you than L
■Many curious ballads have been written on the subject of the
Champion, one of which is as follows :
"The Norman Barons Marmyan
At Norman-Court held high degree; . .
Brave Knights and Champions, every one,
To him who won brave Scrivelsby.
"The Lincoln lands the Conqueror gave,
That England's glove they should convey,
To knight renowned among the brave,
The Baron bold of Fontenaye.
'"The royal grant from sire to son.
Devolved direct in capite.
Until deceased Phil Marmyon,
When rose fair Joan of Scrivelsby.
"And ever since when England's kings
Are diademed — no matter where —
The Champion Dymoke boldly flings
His glove, should treason venture there.
"Then bravely cry with Dymoke bold,
Long may the King triumphant reign,
And when fair hands the sceptre hold,
I More bravely still— long live the Queen."
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GEMIALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
35
In addition to the descendants of Diana Skipwith Dale through
her daughters, Cartharine Carter and Elizabeth Rogers, the
Dymoke blood is represented in \'irginia through the descendants
of Col. George Reade, who was the grandson of Sir Thomas
Windebanke and wife. Frances Dymoke.
Colonel Reade was Secretary of \'irginia, acting Governor in
1638, etc.: from him are descended the Nelsons. \\'arners. Wash-
ingtons, Lewises and other well known \'irginia families.
For the Skipwith and Dymoke data presented here, I am, in
addition to what I have from various English works on genealogy,
indebted to Mrs. Sally Xelson Robins and Mrs. Robert G. Hogan
for much of it.
15S3008
Descendants of Edward Carter, Eldest Son
of Thomas and Catharine Carter
Carters. Knights, Bacons, Tuggles, OTerralls, Friends, Landis,
Stokes, Wingos, Cummins, Gibsons, Whites, Prestons, Bil-
liards and others of Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ten-
nessee and other States.
Descendants of Edward Carter
Edward Carter, eldest son of Captain Thomas and Katharine
Dale Carter born April 9, 1671. died in 1743, intestate. Son
Thomas administrator. Inventory mentions only furniture for
room and a parcel of books. He probably divided his estate before
he died and lived with his son. In 1694 he was an e.xecutor
of his grandfather Dale; appeared in tax list for 1696 When he
paid for two persons. June 24, 1703. "Edward Carter of ye
p'sh of Christ Church, in ye county of Lancaster, Gent." gave
an indemnifying bond of t'500 sterling to brothers Thomas. Henry
and John guaranteeing title of land left them by their father,
"Thomas Carter late of this County Gent., dec'd." March 2,
1716, "Edward Carter of Christ Church psh gent" and wife Eliza-
beth sold land to John Rhodes. August 10. 1719, a negro boy,
son of a free negro woman, was bound to '"Mr. Edward Carter"
until he was of age, who. in addition to suitable maintenance in
his service, was "to cause him to be taught to read and write." In
172 1 he witnessed the will of brother Peter, and in 1733 that of
brother Henry. Xo other mention of him in the Lancaster
records.
The Carter Prayer Book shows the following:
"Edward Carter of y^ co^*' of Lanes*" & Eliz'' Thornton Dau :
to M'. W-". Thornton of y^ Co*^ of Gloucs"" was mar** 3*^ June
1697. It being a Thursday."
This was probably Elizabeth Thornton, daughter of William
Thornton, Jr.. of Petsworth parish, Gloucester, born August 26,
1672.
Thorntox Excursus.
\Vm. Thornton, Jr.. born Mar. 27, 1649, died Feb. 15, 1727. was a ves-
tryman of Petswortli. Gloucester County, and owned a good deal of land
in that parish. He was married three times, but his Bible while giving
the date of his marriages and the names and dates of birth of his fifteen
children does not give names of his wives. Elizabeth Thornton Carter
being the eldest child, a- his first marriage took place Aug. 24. 1671.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 39
\Vm. Thornton, Sr., is supposed to have been the emigrant ancestor of
this the largest and most prominent family of this name in Virginia. He
is supposed to have come from Yorkshire, and appears first in York Co..
Va.. records May 11, 1646. He settled in Petsworth parish. Gloucester,
and was a vestr\-man in 1677. He had several grants of land in Glou-
cester and other counties along the Rappahannock, and in his old age
removed to Stacord County, where he died after 1708. He had sons, Wil-
liam, who remained in Gloucester, and Francis and Rowland, who removed
to the Rappahannock lands in Richmond and Essex Counties. They were
men of wealth and social prominence, and have many distinguished de-
scendants, who have intermarried with the Pressleys, Fitzhughs, Gregorys.
Washingtons, and other well-known families; and have left behind them
several fine old homes, which in their day have been noted for elegant cul-
ture and lavish hospitality. See William and Mary Quarterly, Vols. HI.,
IV., v., and VI.
Edward and Elizabeth Thornton Carter had issue as follows:
Margaret, born June i, 1698; Katharine and Tlioiiias (twins),
February i, 1699/1700 — really 1700; Judith, June 22, 1702: all in
"Gloucester att ^^. \\m. Thorntons." Edward. August. 1704;
EIizab<;th, May 8, 1706; "in Lancaster to this time." There
may have been others born subsequently and not recorded in the
old Prayer Book.
Thomas Carter of Lancaster.
It is through his eldest son, Thomas Carter, born February i,
1700, died December 3, 1776. that the descendants of Edward
Carter are traced down to the present time. He probably owned
his father's home-place on Corotoman River, as his home adjoined
those of Dale Carter, his cousin, and of Col. James Gordon, in
whose interesting diary, Thomas Carter is mentioned as follows :
1795-
"Jan. 6. I went with Capt. Fouchee to Thomas Carter's to see
about his son's board. Rained all day."
"Jan. 9. Received a letter from Col. Conway and one to
Nancy upon religion, but in my opinion very little to the purpo'-e.
Thomas Carter rec'd one which displeased him very much. Col.
40 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Conway seems so great a bigot that people who are rehgiously
incHned dispise his advice."
"Aug. lo. Went to Col. Conway's in order to make friends
with him about the letters he has lately rec'd from Thomas Carter,
or in his name — which I performed with much difficulty. The
old gentleman was in a great rage at first."
"Oct. 22. Col. Conway has begun to write to Thomas Carter,
which surprises us all, after his promise to have done with such
writings.''
"Nov. 30. Thomas Carter here and several of the neighbors."
1761.
"Aug. 10. I went for some of the neighbors, viz : Dale and
Thomas Carter, John Mitchell, etc.,"' about getting a new minister.
"Dec. 26. Sent for several of the neighbors to dine with us —
Col. Taloe, Mr. Dale Carter, Thomas Carter and many of the
girls of the neighborhood. All very agreable."
1762.
"April 29, We went to Mr. Thomas Carter's to Mrs. Whale's
funeral, where Mr. Waddel preached an excellent sermon to a
large number of people, who seemed well pleased."
Note. — Mrs. Whale was probably the mother of Thomas
Carter's second wife, who was Anne IVale, before her first
marriage.
1763.
"Feb. 13. Mr. Waddel proposed ten persons for elders — Col.
Selden, Dr. Robertson, Mr. Chichester, Dr. Watson, Mr. Thomas
Carter, Mr. Dale Carter, Mr. John Mitdhell, Mr. Belvard, Mr.
Wright and myself."
"Aug. 14. Told Mr. Criswell that his difiference with Mr.
W. has m.ade it disagreeable at his boarding longer at our house,
so he and his wife went to Thomas Carter's."
Note. — Mr. Criswell v.as the minister of the Episcopal church,
and Mr. Waddel was the famous Presbyterian minister of that
day.
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Some Cuuixial Virginia Chlkches
where tlic Carters were communicants, ve-trymen, and church wardens.
I GEXEATOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 41
I "Aug. 2^. After dinner went with Mr. Chichester to the meet-
ing house to meet :Mr. Waddell and Mr.Criswell, who appointed
this day to talk over their differences before Mr. Thomas Carter
and Col. Selden. After much debate they agreed to be friends."
"Sept. 13. This day our son Nathaniel was baptized by Mr.
Wadell. No company but Mr. Chichester and Xancy, Molly Chi-
chester with :Mr. Carter and their girls.''
In 1745 and '46 Thomas Carter was a member of the vestry
of Christ Church as shown by the old vestry book. He seem.s
later to have gone to the Presbyterians as in 1763 his name was
one of ten proposed as elders in that church. In 1747 and 1752
his name appears in a poll of freeholders of Lancaster, when
he voted for Col. Edwin Conway and Capt. \Vm. Tayloe for
burgesses.
Thomas Carter was married twice, but the date of the nrst
marriage and the name of his wife have not been preserved.
The second marriage took place Jan. 15, 1750, to Mrs. Anne
Hunton, nee Wale, widow of Thomas Hunton, whom she had
married on Nov. 15, 1737, and by whom she had at least one
daughter, Anne Hunton, who was mentioned in Thomas Car-
ter's will.
Thomas Carter had issue by his first wife sLx sons and six
daughters :
1. Edward Carter, died in Lancaster in 1781.
2. John Carter, died in Lancaster in 1782.
3. George Carter, died in Halifax about i785-'86.
4. Thomas Carter, living in Lancaster in 1785.
5. James Carter, probably a cripple, as he was left to the care
of his brother Edward for the remainder of his life.
6. Raleigh Carter, youngest son, died in Nottoway between
1815 and 1820.
7- Sarah Carter, married a Mr. McTyre prior to 1776.
8. Alice Carter, married a Mr. Griggs prior to 1776.
9- Judith Carter, married a Mr. Chilton prior to 1776.
10. Mary Carter, married a Mr. Chilton prior to 1776.
11. Lucy Carter, married John Smithers, Nov. 11, 1761, died
prior to 1776.
42 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
12. Millicent Carter, married Rev. Chas. Cumminffs Feb n
1766. . ' ^'
Dec. I, 1776, '-Thomas Carter of Christ Church Parish. Lan-
caster, Gent.,- made his will, which was probated on the 19th •
he died Dec. 3rd. He disposed of his estate as follows : To son
John, negroes Mima and W'inny ; son Edward to have his lower
plantation and negro Frank : son Thomas, all that he had pai-^
on a hundred acres of land, half his wearing apparel and son
Ihomas Carter-s son Edward a negro woman named Sue: son
Oeorge to have negro woman Siller, and his book called "Becket
he vts to hf "^.° to mamtain him during his natural life-and
vas to have , ■ " '"' °'' '" '^°^^^^ ^^^-^^ Carter, who
^on^ r\ T "'^'"'^ '' J^"'^^^ ^'-^^^ fifteen vears longer-
son Rawleigh to have his upper plantation and a negro won^^n '
d ughter Mihcent Cummmgs to have the three ^roes he
ter S ::; ^^^'T"" ''''\ ^''^^'^ -^^ ^" ^^ -^-^ed for her^; daugh-
a he nad already g.ven her a negro divided in the estate of her
fi.t husband. Robert Henning. Jr.; daughter Alice Griggs to
Judith Chilton a negro woman; to daughter Marv Chilton-s
son Charles Chilton £40, he having already given her son Thomas
Chilton a like sum ; daughter-in-law (step-daughter) Anne Hun-
on a negro girl, a side saddle, the least great Bible, a new
table cloath, second best bed and furniture, the old desk and
a loom and weaving gear; cousin Dale Carter five pounds for a
mourmng ring. All children except Millicent Cummin... to
share in the residuary estate. Sons Edward and Raleigh "to b^
executors. *
Descendants of Edward Carter of
Lancaster
I. Edward Cartcr (Thos.\ Edw.'. Thos/) had licence Jan.
4, 175 1,, to marry Mrs. Catharine Brent, nee Martin, widow of
James Brent, whom she married July 2', 1727. She had Bren:
daughters, Eleanor married W'm. Stamps Nov. 15, 1750, and
Catharine, married Chas. Rodgers, Mar. 20, 1762, with con.sem:
of her stepfather Edward Carter.
In 1752 and 1753 Edward Carter was one of the ''proces-
sioners" of the lands in Christ Church parish, and in 1771
served with Colonel James Ball and James Brent as proces-
sioners.
The will of Edward Carter. '"Gent." of Christ Church parish,
Lancaster, dated April i. 1783, prob. March 18, 1784. wife,
Cathharine, and son, Edward, executors, divided his estate as
follows: Wife, Catharine, to have home plantation, six negroes
and a third of other personalty ; after her death to son. Edward ;
daughter, Hannah Hunton. and husband, John Hunton, six
negroes ; granddaughters, Mary and Catharine Kirke, each a
negro; son, Martin, £1.150 of lawful gold and silver money due
by bond from Colonel James Gordon, "to purchase my son a
plantation." Remainder of negroes and real estate equally to
sons, Edward and Martin. His personal estate amounted to
£1236.25. 2d. and included in the way of books, a large Bible
at £i.ios., two dictionaries, a Latin dictionary and a parcel of
old books.
The granddaughters, Mary and Catharine Kirke, were the
children of Lucy Carter, who married May 19, 1768. Jame>
Kirke, son of James and Mary Carter Kirk; there was al-o a
son, James Kirk. Jr., who was under the guardianship of his
grandmother, Catharine Carter, in 1783. ]\Iary Kirk married
William Digges, September ir, 1788. and Catharine Kirke
niarried Charles Brent in December, 1791. Mrs Catharine
44 GENE.-fLOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Carter's will was probated July 21, 17S8. She left son. Martin
her nding chair, horse and some other personal property-
daughter, Hanna Hunton, a negro; granddaughters, certain oer-
sonahty, and rest of estate to son, Edward. Edward Carter ^
may have been the Edward Carter who married Sally White'
February 16, 1786. No other data of this branch of the family'
Tjis following fraa Albemarle co.Y»*
records undaubtedly bQlon^ witb tbis
Caxter fecily:.
11 :.oV.176a- p»377 Deeds Lib. 2
Jabn '3annaway,Sr^,to Theodore C&rter, niy
grandson. . .xlary^ wife ol^ Jobn Gannaway,
consents to £:ift.
J©bn aannaway^tba eld«r, or Aibemarlg co.
for lovs and affection toward ^rv,rjl—
sen Th god ore Gart^fc» s.on of John Carter
of Menrico cOa, — 180 acres on the
nortb side of Layes Crkoot etdj.Jcbn
Peake^ Austin l^rtin <Sc Henry Perkins*
Si^ed— John Gannaway,sr.
kary Ganna-vv^y
(Jgbn a^nnaway and ^ife iilaida Larriate^ui
(n*in Barcelona 1704, Caine to Va • abo'jt
(1720; the son John II rn.Liar^^ llacGregor
(in 1745 • One ^f the daughters of Jorj:i I
(evidently married J^hn Carter. K.K-A*
Descendants of John Carter of
Lancaster
2. JoHx Carter (Thos.', Edward', Thos.') owned a good
plantation of about four hundred acres near Corotoman River,
in Christ Church parish. In my incomplete genealogy of the
Carters, published in the IViUiaui and Mary Quarterly, I
gave this John Carter as the son of Daniel (died 1759) and
grandson of Captain Thomas, Jr., but the Ca'-tcr Mss., 1858,
shows that I was mistaken and he was a^lson of Edward Carter.
The Carter Mss. says of him: "John Vv-as married twice. First
to a Miss Spencer, daughter of Edward Spencer, of Richmond
county, and lastly to a widow Pollard, who bore him no children.
By the first wife he had Spencer, Thomas and Lucy, who married
Tapscott Oliver, of Northumberland county, and has grand-
children living there now. Tom went to Culpeper and married
a Miss Gaines and had a big family. Spencer I remember very
well. He married a Miss Hayney and had sons, Spencer, John,
Rawley and Hayney, about my age, and daughters, Lucy and
Winny. I was at the infair at his second wedding when he mar-
ried the widow of George Conway."
Spencer Excursus.
There was a very prominent family of Spencer in the Northern Neck,
which was connected with the well-known families of Ball, Roane, and
other F. F. V.'s of that part of Virginia. This family sprung from Nich-
olas Spencer of Westmoreland, a member of an ancient Bedfordshire
family, and one of the most prominent m.en of the last half of the 17th cen-
tury in Vrginia. See Virginia Historical Magazine, Vols. II. and IV., and
William and Mary Quarterly, Vols- VI. and XVII.
So far as is known there is nothing that will connect Edward Spencer
of Richmond County with Col. Nicholas, except that they lived in the
s.Tme section of the country^ and that Coi. Nicolas had descendants of
whom we have no data. Little is known of Edward Spencer. In 1718
Stanley Gower of Richmond County mentioned him as his "son-in-law"
in his will; but from the wording, and from the custom of that day, it is
46 GEX'EALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
th'jght that Spencer was a stepson of Gower and not his son-in-law as
we now use the word. The old Farnham register says that Edward, son
of Edward and Winifred Spencer was born Nov. 20, 1710. It may give
ether Spencer data, but I did not know of this Carter-Spencer connec-
tion when I examined the old register at the courthouse. The published
extracts from the register and the county records show that the Gowers
were people of means and intermarried with well-known Richmond County
families. It is probable that John Carter's wife was a daughter of Edward
Spencer, Jr.. as they were married in 1749, when Edward, Jr., was 39
jears old. and that was a day of early marriages-
A deed in 1757 shows that John Carter's second wife was
Mary, the "widow of Mr. Thomas Pollard." In her will, dated
February 10, 1792, she left all her property to her sons and
daughters, Thomas and James Pollard, and Mrs. Ixlary Pollard
James, children of her first husband.
March 25, 1783, the personal estate of John Carter, deceased,
was appraised and divided between his widow, Mary Carter,
and sons, Spencer and Thomas, and daughter, Lucy, wife of
Tapscott Oliver. It amounted to f237.6s.6d. and included a
good lot of furniture contained in the following rooms: "The
hall, chamber, upstairs, the red room, the kitchen and cellar."
It mentions a china punch bowl, a Delf punch bowl, a great
Bible, two sermon books, a hymn book and a parcel of old books —
rather a close mixture of punch and religion. The negroes
were: Mima, Winney (these came to John Carter from his
father, Thomas Carter, and are named in the latter's will),
Mildred, Lucy and Jonathon. John Carter had given each of
his three children two negroes four or five years earlier, probably
tiegroes that had come to him in the estate of his first wife.
John Carter and his first wife, Miss Spencer, had issue:
13. Spencer Carter, born 1750, died after i8cx).
14. Thomas Carter, born 1752, died in 18 13-17.
15. Lucy Carter, born 1754, married circa 1775 Tapscott
Oliver, of Northumberland county, and had three children in
1783. The Tapscotts and Olivers were well connected familie.s
and people of means ; several families of the Tapscotts in Lan-
caster owned large plantations and from nine to thirty-two
seT^'ants each.
GEXEALOCY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 47
13. Spencer Carter, born in 1750 (Hayden), married circa
1775-76 a Miss Hayney, and in 1782 was living in Westmore-
land county, where he appeared in a list of slave owners a^
possessed of three servants. After the death of his father he
purchased thg home plantation in Lancaster from the other
heirs, and was living there in 1785, the head of a family of
seven. According to the Carter Mss. he had issue by this mar-
riage sons, Spencer, Jr.. John, Raleigh and Haynie. and daughters'
Lucy and Winifred.
December 29. 1792. Spencer Carter was married to INIrs. Anne
Conway, born September 20, 1748. widow of George Conway,
and daugliter of Travers Downman and his wife, Grace Ball,
daughter of Captain George and Grace Waddy Ball, of Wi-
comico, Northumberland county. Captain George Ball was a
son of Captain Wm. Ball, Jr., and grandson of Captain Wm.
Ball, the emigrant to Lancaster. See Hayden s Virginia Genea-
logies. She had a daughter, Grace Conway, who married John
Carter, son of Henry Carter. Spencer and Anne Downman Carter
probably had no issue.
No further record of Spencer Carter's descendants.
14. Thom.xs Carter, born 1754, in Lancaster, died in 1813
in Culpeper, where he married circa 1776-77, Sussannah, daughter
of Francis and Dorothy Gaines.
Gaines E.xcursus.
The Gaines family is one of the earliest in Virginia, and prior to
the Revolution was scattered in several Tidewater and Piedmont counties,
where they were people of means and good connections. The necessary-
data for a connected sketch of them is not at hand.
There settled in Accomac County, James Gaines in 1620, and Edward
Gaines, aged 3c, in 1634. Doubtless they were the ancestors of the Vir-
ginia Gaines family. In 1658, '61 and '63, Daniel, Robert, Thomas, and
James Gaines had large grants of land in Rappahannock County. They
may have been brothers and sons of one of the Accomac settlers-
The family of interest here seems to have come from, a Gloucester
County branch. The Abingdon register gives the following: Francis
(later of Culpeper), son of Francis and Sarah Gaines, baptied Feb. 9,
17-28: Elizabeth, daughter of Francis and Sarah, born May 28, 1731;
^lary, born .Aug. 19, 1733; Sarah, wife of Mr. Francis Gaines, was buried
Oct. ye 13. 1736. John Perrins. -on of Mrs. Sarah Gaines, died Mar. 14,
48 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FA^nLY
1733. This shows that Mrs. Gaines had married first a Mr. Perrins
After the death of his wife Sarah, Francis Gaines, Sr., married again and
removed to King and Queen County, where he died in 1774, leaving wife
Betty and the following children: Francis, Jr., of Culpeper; Elizabeth-
Mary married a Mr. Spencer; Catharine married Chas. Collier; Hannah?
Anne; Patty; Thomas; Henry. The latter was a major in the militia.
and left sons Harry of "Providence," \Vm. F. of "Greenway" (in King
William), and Robert of "White House,"' all of whom have prominent
descendants in King and Queen and King William Counties.
Francis Gaines (Jr.) of St. Mark's parish, Culpeper, made his will
Sept. 25, 1775, prob. July 15. 1776. Left land and personal estate, in-
eluding 12 negroes, to amountii2o8. 7s. gd- to wife Dorothy for the reiit
of her life, after v,-hich son James was to have the real estate, and the
rest of the property to all children : James. Lucy, Sally, Betty, Dorothy,
Anne, and Susannah Gaines. Daughters to each have a horse and saddle
after his death. -3132 to Isabella, daughter of nephew Henry Gaines. She
was probably the daughter of Wm. Henry Gaines who married Isabella
Pendleton, sister of the great jurist, Edmund Pendleton. The will of
Mrs. Dorothy Gaines, prob. June 19, 1786. divided her personal property
between her daughters Susannah Carter, Anne Martin, and Dorothy and
Betty Gaines, and granddaughter Elizabeth Carter. Desired that her son-
in-law, Thomas Carter, continue in the management of her plantation ana
negroes until the end of the year.
See Greene's Hist, of Culpeper, Bagby's Hist, of King and Queen,
Abingdon Register, and Culpeper records.
Thomas Carter owned 237 acres of land that he probably pur-
chased when he settled in Culpeper, which he sold Augu>t 8,
1807, to Wm. Gore. March 30. 1797, he purchased a 402-acre
plantation from Jos. Strother for £1500.
An old index volume shows that Thomas Carter's will was
recorded in a will book (now missing) for the period of 1813-17.
A summing up of his personal estate in June, 1817, shows that
it amounted to $2,687.50, and among other things mentioned a
silver watch, a parcel of silver buckles, books, pair of money
scales, etc. The will of Mrs. Susannah Carter, proh. June
19, 1820, divided her property between her seven sons ; Thomas
Spencer, James S., William, Landon, Abner, Robert P. and
Joseph. She does not mention her daughter, Elizabeth, who
married Abiah Guinn, January 2, 1806.
Thomas Carter is said to have served in the Revolution, and
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 49
the records show the service of several Thomas Carters from
Virginia, one of whom may have been' Thomas, of Culpeper.
Thomas and Susannah Gaines Carter had issue:
16. Thomas Spencer Carter, born circa 1778. removed to
FrankHn county, Ky.
17. James S. (Stephen?) Carter, born circa 1780, living in
Culpeper in 1832.
18. William Carter, born in ^larch, 1782, died in 1837 in
Bedford county, Tenn.
19. Elizabeth Carter, born circa 1784, married Abiah Guin,
January 2, 1806.
20. Landon Carter, born circa 1786, living in Culpeper in 1S17.
21. Abner Carter, born circa 1788, living in Loudoun count v in
1832.
22. Robert P. (Pollard?) Carter, born circa 1790, in Cul-
peper in 1823.
2^. Joseph Carter, born in 1792, died in January, 1856, in
Oldham county, Ky.
16. Thomas Spexcer Carter, married January 3, 1803, ^lar-
garet Anne, daughter of Isaac and Susan Green, of Culpeper
county. February 7, 1824, Thos. S. and ^largaret Anne Carter,
of Boone county, Ky., sold to brother, James S. Carter, of Cul-
peper county, \'a., half of the tract of 185 acres in Culpeper
left to the said Thomias and James by their father, Thomas
Carter. December 3, 1828, Thos. S. Carter, of Franklin county,
Ky., appointed his son. Isaac Green Carter, as his attorney to
collect all debts owing to him in Virginia. January 13, 1859,
James \V. Carter and wife, Xancy, and Alfred .M. Spicer and
wife, Jane, of Franklin county, Ky. — the said Nancy Carter
and Jane Spicer being daughters of Thomas S. and Margaret
Carter, now both dead, and the said Margaret Carter being a
daughter of Isaac and Susan Green, dec'd, late of Culpeper
county. \'a.— appointed Robert ^vlartin, of Grant county, Ky.,
their^ attorney to recover their share of the Green estate in
\ irgmia. Their descendants doubtless are now living in Frank-
lin county, Ky.
50 GEN'E'TLOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
17. James S. Carter, and wife, Susan, sold to D. John Bailes,
on September 10, 182 1, land left Janres S. Carter by his father,
Thomas Carter. April 16, 1832, James Carter, of Cuipeper,
purchased from Abner Carter, of Loudon county, a house and
lot in the village of Flint Hill, Cuipeper county. No other data
of James Carter or his descendants.
18. WiLLi.\M Carter, born in >.Iarch, 1782, was married in
Cuipeper county, Va., September 13, 18 13. to Keziah Tanne-
hill, daughter of !Martha Tannehill, whose will was probated
March 19, 1821, and mentions sons, William and George, and
daughters, Xancy, Keziah, wife of Wm. Carter; Elizabeth, wife
of Lewis Moore, Mariann. wife of Baker, and a daughter, the
wife of Anson Dearing.
Keziath T. Carter was born in September 1792, and she and
her husband, Wm. Carter, lost tlieir lives when their residence
in Bedford county, Tenn., was burned in 1837.
September 8, 18 17, William and Keziah Carter, of Cuipeper,
sold to Richard Jackson for S3. 500, half of a tract of 256 acres
of land left to William Carter by his father, Thomas Carter.
October 18, 1826, they made a deed to Susannah Carter for
half of a lot in the town of Washington, Cuipeper county,
and probably about this time removed from the county.
They lived for a year or two in Halifax county, Va., and then
removed to Bedford county. Tenn., where they died. The records
of this county were also destroyed by lire, so that no data
can be found of them.
A grandson of William and Keziah Carter, Mr. Abb Landis,
of Nashville, says they had issue eight children, as follows:
James, Charles, John, Martha. Susan. Mary, Sarah and Xancy,
^Ir. Landis' mother,
Xancy Carter, born in March 1827, died February 5. 1901 ;
married on June 27, 1843, Absalom L. Landis, born August
31, 1823, died June 6, 1896. They had issue:
(a) Melissa E. Landis, born September 4, 1844, married J.
M. Shoffner, July 24, 1862, and lives at Shelbyville, Tenn.
(b) Absalom ^Melville Landis, born April 3, 1846, died infant.
Abd Laxois, E-so
Nashville, Tenn.
CEXEALOGV OF THE C.iRTER FAMILY -^
{c) Helen Xarcissa Landis, born January i, 1848, died
October 25, 1887, married September 21, 1871, T. P. Green, of
Shelbyville, Tenn.
(d) Melville A. Landis, born Dec. 12, 1849, married Sept. 21,
1871. Eva Euless.
(c) Solon Lee Landis. born Feb. 26, 1852, married Oct. 23,
1873. Fannie Dunaway and lives at Hanford, Cal.
(/) Abb L. Landis, born Aug. 9, 1856, married Aug-. 18, 1S80,
Mary Alma Ward and lives at Nashville.
(S) bailie X. Landis, born May 10, i860, married Mav 14,
J 878, Josepii Biddle and lives at Hanford, Cal.
ill) Leonore Landis. born Xov. ro, 1863, married Xov. 10,
1885. Judge IHoyd Estill, of Winchester, Tenn.
(i) John T. Landis, born Aug. 4, 1866, married Dec. 17,
1890, Linnie Boone and lives in Xashville.
{;) Lulan Landis, born Oct. 27, 1S68, married in Xov., 1892,
-Margaret Cullen and lives in Xashville.
I regret that Mr. Landis has not furnished me with more data
of his brothers and sisters: and also of his mother's brothers and
sisters and their descendants. Of Mr. Landis himself I have the
following, taken from an insurance Encyclopedia published at
Hartford, Conn.
"Abb Landis, seventh child of Absalom L. and Xancy Carter
Landis, was born in Bedford County, Tenn., Aug. 9, 1856. He
was graduated from the University of Xashville in 1875, took
diplomas in special schools at Vanderbilt in 1876, and finished
the law course at Cumberland University in 1879. Practiced
law at Shelbyville, Tenn., for three years. He became editor of
the Nashville Daily Banner in January. 1883. During 1881-82
he was the owner and editor of the Shelbyville Gazette, and be-
cause of his successful conduct of the Gazette, he was elected as
cditor-in-chief of the Banner. Within six months he purchased
the controlling interest in the latter paper and assumed personal
Mipervision of its business management, and personally directed
it-^ editorial policy. From a losing business he converted the
paper into a profitable enterprise, and the vigor of his editorials
<^n city and State affairs soon placed the Banner in the lead as
52 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
an influential exponent of public sentiment. His criticism of
the policy of leasing convicts and his exposures of the abuses
incident to that system were the primary cause of its abandon-
ment. His attack upon the system attracted attention through-
out the country, and created intense excitement in Tennessee
because of the prominent and wealthy citizens who became in-
volved in the controversy, resulting in one of the most hotly con-
tested libel cases of record in Tennessee courts. Arrayed against
him was a powerful corporation employing a score of the most
promiinent attorneys and counsellors of the State, while he relied
upon a young lawyer and former schoolmate (now Circuit Judge
T. E. Matthew). His fight sealed the doomi of the penitentiary
lease system in Tennessee, but the cost of the prolonged litiga-
tion so involved him that he was compelled to sell his paper. Ht
practiced law with success in Florida during 1886-88, but con-
tinued attacks of malaria caused him to seek other fields, and
becoming interested in life insurance, he devoted several years
to the study of the science of the business. He was successful
first as an agency director and then as manager of the literary
department of a large life insurance company, and for the past
fifteen years has been a consulting actuary and legal adviser in
insurance litigation. He has clients in nearly every State in the
Union and Canada, and is recognized as authority in his line of
work. He is the author of several books, those of a technical
character being accepted as standards by the actuarial profes-
sion, and those written in popular form having a wide circula-
tion. He returned to Xas.hville in 1904. His father, Absolom
L. Landis, entered the Seventeenth Tennessee as a major and
afterward was quartermaster in general charge of the Depart-
ment of the East for the Confederate Army east of the Missis-
sippi. He surrendered with Lee at Appomattox and returned
to his devastated plantation in Bedford County to begin life anew
with vigor and determination and succeeded."' Abb Lowe Lan-
dis, Jr., was married Aug. 18, 1880, to Mary Alma Wood, and
they have a son and daughter: Edwin Carter Landis, born June
29, 1884, and Abbie Lucile Landis, born Aug. i, 1888.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 53
20. Laxdon C.'vRter, born circa 1786, probably received his
name from the acquaintance of his father with Landon Carter,
of "Sabine Hall,"' as Landon is not an "inherited" baptismal
name in the Thomas Carter family, though it appeared in two
or three widely separated branches of the family in the late
eighteenth and early ninteenth centuries. Nov. 16, 181 5, Landon
Carter, of Culpeper, married Polly Lillard. Oct. 10, 1817, they
sold to Richard Jackson 129 acres of land left to Landon by his
father, Thomas Carter. They also made a deed for land Nov.
3, 182 1. No other m.ention of them occurs in the records, so
they probably removed from the county about this time.
21. Abxer Carter, born circa 1788, married Martha Moore
Dec. 19, 1816. Sept. 21, 1818 Jos. Micklin sold to Abner Car-
ter two houses and lots in the town of Washington, and eight
acres near there. April 16, 1832, Abner Carter and wife Martha
sold to James Carter a house and lot in the village of Flint Hill.
No other data of them.
22. Robert P. Carter was a partner of a Joseph W. Carter
as a merchant in Culpeper in 1823. April 13, 182 1, Robert Car-
ter and wife Catharine sold his share of his father Thomas Car-
ter's estate to Tilman Porter. No other data of Robert and
Catharine Carter.
2T^. Joseph Carter, youngest son of Thomas and Susannah
Gaines Carter, born in 1792, died in Oldham County, Ky., Jan.
I, 1856. at the age of 64. Sept. i, 1814. he married Martha
Oglesby. She may have been of the Amherst County Oglesby^,
as Joseph Carter is said to have lived in that county for a short
time after his marriage, before he removed to that part of Shell'V
County, Ky., which later became Oldham County. His wife was
born in 1793 and died Nov. 7, 1842. He then married a cousin
of his first wife, named Jennie Oglesby. Joseph Carter owned
a good plantation and servants in Kentucky. He had issue by
his first wife: I. Stephen Oglesby Carter, born July 4, 1820,
died Jan. 15, 1863. H. Tipton Carter, died in Oldham County.
Ky., leaving son Addison, and three daughters. HL Addison
54 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Carter, died unmarried in Oldham County. 1\'. Meredith Car-
ter, died in Missouri during the war. leaving three daughters.
I. Stephen Oglesdv Carter, farmer in Oldham County, Ky.,
married Aug. 3, 1843. Susan H. Maddox, born Jan. 27. 1820.
died Sept. 2^, 1S62. They had issue as follows:
(i) Martha Jane Carter, born May 18. 1844, married James
W. Beall, Jan. 2j, 1863, and died without issue.
(2) Joseph Wilson Carter, born July 26. 1846, married .May
13, 1869. Fannie, daughter of Col. Ingram, of Oldham Countv.
They have i^ssue : James S., a farmer in Oldham County ; Susie
May. Roy S., a physician in Louisville; Ingram B., farmer in
Oldham County, and William, d. s. p.
(3) William Thomas Carter, born Jan. 27, 1849, died x\pril
II. 1896. He was a physician in Louisville, where he married
Susan Obst, and has a son, Steiphen Obst Carter, D. D. S. in
Louisville.
(4) James Meredith, born Oct. 5, 1851, mmrried Blance Carr.
daughter of Dr. Joseph Lonacre and Emeline Smith Carr, of
Clarksburg, W. X'a., on June 7, 1882. They had issue, a son.
Joseph Carr, who died of tuberculosis before the age of twenty,
and Emeline Meredith.
Mrs. Carter's father was one of the most prominent phy5ician>
m his section of X'irginia before and after the war. and was de-
scended from the Carr, Lonacre, and other well-known families
of the Valley of \'irginia.
James M. Carter is a minister of the Southern Methodist
Church, Western \'irginia Conference. The writer is unable to
express in a work of this character his affectionate appreciatioi^
of the beautiful and
vears
cnarmmg personality of Mr. and Mrs. Car-
twenty
ter, whose intimate friendship he has enjoyed for nearly
Descendants of George Carter, of Lancas-
ter, Caroline and Halifax Counties
3. George Carter. Thos./ Edw.,= Thos./ of Christ Church
Parish, Lancaster, was probably born about 1725-30, and died
in 1785-86 in Hah fax County. Ya. He seems to have possessed
the restless spirit of his generation and to have lived in at least
two other counties besides that in which he was born. The
author of the Carter MSS. in 1858 speaks of him as follows:
"George Carter settled in Caroline and had a big family. I
think his wife was a Miss Xeale, of Westmoreland. He had
son.s— Charles Edward, John, Richard Alexander, Thompson,
Spencer, George and Presley— and daughters— Betsy, Peggy
and Sally— and I think other children. I have seen George,
Jun., a few times. He died in Fauquier about thirty years ago,
and also spent a night once at John's tavern in Caroline. I
think the others all moved to the southern counties, or may be
out of the State."
Thus we see he lived for a time in Caroline County, but the
destruction of the county records limits our knowledge of his
residence in this county. July 10. 1766, he had a grant of 185
acres in the county of Halifax, and July 20, 1768, a patent for
354 acres in the same county.
The census reports for the years 1782, 1784 and 1785 show
that George Carter was not a resident of Halifax County, but a
letter of his widow in 1787 indicates that he had settled in Hali-
fax and died there between the census of 1785 and the date of
letter in 1787. The letter to the county clerk about a licenfe
for the marriage of Frederick Miller to Mary Carter is as fol-
lows: "Sir, as my husband has lately departed from this life
and the distance is so far that I could not conveniently come
down, should be glad if you would let Frederick Miller have a
license to marry my daughter and send my son for a witness.
"Yours, &c.,
'Tr\nces Carter."
56 G EXE A LOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
The marriage bond shows that the daughter's name was ^lary,
and the son's, Presley Carter.
There is no will of George Carter recorded in Halifax, or
record of division of his estate — '"the county records at this time
were very poorly kept and quite incomplete" — but Feb. 7, 1S05.
Thompson Carter, Presley Carter, Levin Carter and Frederick
Miller conveyed a hundred acres of land to Spencer Carter,
which was bounded on one side by land of Charles E. Carter.
As there are no deeds recorded to the above parties for the
above mentioned land, it probably came to them by inheritance
and was a part of the land originally granted to George Carter.
There were several members of the Giles Carter family living
in Halifax at this time, which complicates matters somewhat.
The name Presley indicates that the author of the Carter
MSS. was probably correct in his statement that Mrs. George
Carter was a Mis? Xeale, as Presley was a favorite name in that
family.
George Carter received from his father a book called "Bcckct
on the Nczu Testament," which he evidently left to his son
George, Jr., as the latter in his will in 1829 mentions the same
book.
George and Frances Xeale (?) Carter had issue:
24. Richard Alexander Carter, no other data.
25. John Carter, died in Caroline after 1799.
26. George Carter, died in Fauquier in 1829.
2/. Presley Carter, living in 1805.
28. Thompson Carter, living in 1805.
29. Levin Carter, living in 1805.
30. Charles E. Carter, living in 1805.
31. Spencer Carter, died in 1858.
2^2. Mary Carter, married Frederick Miller in 1787.
33. Margaret Carter.
34. Elizabeth Carter.
35. Sarah Carter.
They probably had other children, but these are all whose
names are preserved by the Carter MSS. and the county records.
George and Frances Carter were married probably about 1750-
I GEXEAL'OGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 57
f -- — hi; brother John was married in 1749, and brother Edward
I in 1 75 1, and settled about that time in Caroline County. The
I old court order books of Caroline show that in Feb., 1755,
I George Carter was ordered to deliver the estate of John Hub-
I bard, dec"d to the securities; and June 9, 1759, George Carter
r returned to court on account of the estate of the Hubbard or-
phans. His name does not appear again in the order books of
this county.
25. John Carter is mentioned by the Carter MSS. as con-
ducting a tavern in Caroline County, and the order book for
1795-98 mentions John Carter's "ordinary bond." He is sup-
posed to have been the father of the following Carters named
in the Caroline County Marriage Register: Thompson Carter
to Polly Farmer, on Dec. 22, 1S14: Spencer Carter to Sarah
iHetcher, on Mar. 24, 1815; Charles Carter to Matilda Hans, on
Dec. iS, 1818, and George Carter to Anne Shackelford, on Dec.
18, 1S18. He may also have been the father of William Carter,
who married Polly Carter on Jan. 2, 1813, or of William Carter,
who married Xancy Pates on Jan. 9, 181 5.
26. Gexirge Carter, Jr., settled in Fauquier County, where
his uill was probated Oct. 29, 1829. He was married twice, as
he mentions children by his second wife, but names neither one.
He left real estate and a good personal estate. His inventory
mentions ten negroes, a parcel of old books, a dictionary, lot of
pamphlets, Becket Explanatory of the Bible and Xezi- Testament
(this book was devised in the will to son Presley), a good lot
of household furniture, etc., and amounted to $1,988.71. He had
i^^sue as follows:
\\ illiam Carter, died unmarried in 1812. y
Presley Carter, no other data.
Martin Everett Carter, under age in 1829.
George Carter, Jr., no other data.
Mitty Carter, married a Mr. Xorris, prior to 18 12.
Sarah Carter, married a Mr. Duvall.
Pamelia Carter, married a Mr. Carver.
58 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Anne Carter, married a Mr. Grayson, prior to 1812.
Elizabeth Carter, unmarried in 1829.
William Carter's will, probated July 27, 1812, mentions 195
acres of land he had purchased from his father, George Carter.
He left his estate to his brothers and sisters as follows: Mitty
Norris, £250; Elizabeth Carter. £200; Melia Carter, £200: Anne
Grayson, £50: George Carter. £50; and residue to brothers
Presley and Everett.
2y. Presley Carter removed with his parents to Halifax
County. In 1787 he was the security at the marriage of his
sister Mary to Frederick Miller. In January, 1789, Presley Car-
ter and Anne Waddell were married in Halifax. In 1791 anfi
92 he purchased two tracts of land from persons by the name
of Waddell; and in July, 1794, Presley Carter, of Pittsylvania
County sold to Abner Rodney 199 acres of land in Halifax.
Feb. 7, 1805. Thompson Carter, Frederick Miller, Presley Car-
ter and Levin Carter sold to Spencer Carter a hundred acres of
land lying on the Halifax side of the Pittsylvania line, and ad-
joining the land of Chas. E. Carter. This land presumably
came to them from their father, George Carter. Presley Carter
does not appear again in the records of either county. Presley
and Anne Waddell Carter had issue four sons and probably
other children. The sons were: Peyton, Paschal, William and
Stewart Carter. ^Ir. Iverson Carter, an aged gentleman, who
lives near Danville, \'a.. is a son of the latter, and writes that
his uncles Peyton, Paschal and William settled at Dandridge.
Tenn., and that his father, Stewart Carter, removed to x\labama.
where he died, and that about 1840 the widow and her children
returned to North Carolina. No other data of this branch.
28. Thompson C.arter and his brothers, Levin and Charles
E. Carter, do not appear in the Halifax records except as par-
ties to the deed to Spencer Carter in 1805. A Thompson Carter,
presumably a son of one of these, was married in Feb., 1830.
to Nancy W. Young. I have no data of the descendants of either
of them.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER. FAMILY ^(^
31. Spexcer Carter was probably one of the younger chil-
dren of George and Frances Xeale Carter, and was probably
named for his first cousin, Spencer Carter, son of John Carter,
of Lancaster. He appears first in the Halifax records in 1805,
when he purchased a hundred acres of land from his brothers,
Presley, Levin and Thompson and as he owned another hundred
acres in the same tract, it is presumed that he inherited it. since
no deed for same can be found in the records of either Halifax
or Pittsylvania— the land lying in both counties. }*Iay i. 1856,
Spencer Carter conveyed by deed to his son, Richard Carter, his
home place of 200 acres of land lying in the counties of Halifax
and Pittsylvania, with the exception of one acre — the burying
ground. He had houses on each side of the county line, and
Xov. 26, 1830, was living on the Pittsylvania side, when he pur-
chased a hundred acres of land in Halifax from C. L Evans.
His wife seems to have inherited half of a tract of 290 acres in
Halifax from her father. James Lucas, as Dec. i, 1833. Spencer
Carter and wife, :Matilda, and Richard T. Dismukes and wife,
Mary, conveyed to Charles Lucas the tract of 290 acres, which
James Lucas had died seized and possessed of.
It is thought that Spencer Carter was married twice, the two
wives being sisters. His descendants have perpetuated the name
of \ ahnda Lucas, which they are certain was the name of their
ancestress, and the above deed gives the name of Spencer's wife
as Matilda Lucas. At any rate, Spencer Carter's father-in-law,
James Luca.s, served as a private in the Revolution in an in-
fantry regiment commanded by Col. Price. He lived formerly
near Ellicott City, Md., but in 1805 ^vas living in Halifax
County, Va., when he was a witness to the deed to Spencer
Carter.
Spencer Carter died about the year 1858 at the home of his
daughter. Mrs. Jane Soyars, in Pittsylvania County. Her home
was burned later, and the family Bible and other records de-
stroyed. Spencer Carter had issue by his wife. \'eriinda Lucas:
3^'. Richard Carter, born in 1808, died June 11. 1877
37- Jane Carter, born Dec. 8, 1809, died Mar. 23. 1888.
38. Alexander Carter, born in 18 17. died in 1858.
39- John Carter, no data.
6o GESEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
40. James Carter, no data.
41. George Carter, no data.
42. Thomas Carter, no data.
43. Alfred Carter, no data.
44. Mary Carter, married John Anderson, and has a son,
Nicholas, living now in Texas.
4";. Ruth Holmes Carter, died voung.
Halifax Carters.
36. Richard Carter was married in Plalifax on Oct. 14, 1S30.
to Elizabeth Sheppard, daughter of John T. Sheppard and his
wife, Elizabeth \^ass.
Mrs. Carter died Oct. 28, 1S63. and he married secondly ]Mrs.
Martha Richardson, nee Bchannon, widow of Thomas Richard-
son. She was born about 1832 and died March 11, 1907. Rich-
ard Carter purchased the old home place from his father, Spen-
cer Carter, in 1856, but had been living on a part of the farm
previously. He had issue as follows :
First Marriage.
46. John Spencer Carter, born Aug. 15, 1831, died May i,
1901.
47. Elizabeth Verlinda Carter, born Oct. 15, 1833, living,
married W'm. Motley.
48. Emily Jane Carter, horn Apr. 6, 1836, married Paul Mar-
shall, of Pittsylvania County, and died without issue.
49. Richard Alexander Carter, born Xov. 11, 1838, died Jan.
29, 1867.
50. Charles Samuel Carter, born Jan. 24, 1844, living.
51. Phillip Vass Carter, born Oct. 15, 1845, living.
52. Mary Anne Carter, born June 20, 1849, married Samuel
Milam and had one son, who died young.
Second Marriage.
53. Edwin S. Carter, born July 22, 1866, living.
54. Richard T. Carter, bom Sept. 29, 1869, died Sept. 8, 1884.
55. Nannie E. Carter, born Feb. 10, 1871, living.
56. William H. Carter, born Aug. 20. 1873, living.
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 6l
46 JoHX Spexcer Carter, married Jan. 25, 1853, Sarah Jud-
ith Walters (born Aug. 29, 1S28, died March 20. 1891), daughter
of Robert Wi-ter Walters, of Pittsylvania County. John Spencer
Carter was a private in the Brooklyn Grays, 23d Va. Reg. C. S. A.,
and was slightly wounded in Pickett's charge at Gettysburg. Had
issue as follows :
57. Sarah Jane Carter, born Dec. i, 1853.
58. John Samuel Carter, born Feb. 18, 1855.
59. Elizabeth Bates Carter, born May 6, 1856.
60. Charles Wall Carter, born Oct. 25, 1859. died May 21, i860.
6r. Charles Richard Carter, born July 10. 1861.
62. William Henry Carter, born July 7, 1866.
6^. Robert Wister Carter, born Jan. 10, 1S69. died July 24. 1888,
unmarried.
57- Sar^vh Jane Carter, married Dec. 15, 1868. William Mat-
tj^iew Dillard. a farmer living near Ringgold, Pittsylvania County.
They have issue :
^M- George Samuel Dillard, born Dec. 10, 1869. married in 1896,
Sallie B. Motley, and has issue: Willie Lee, Bessie Ree. and
Annie May Dillard.
65. John Spencer Dillard, born February 25, 1871, died Novem-
ber 15, 1905, unmarried.
66. Sarah Elizabeth Dillard, born September 6, 1872, died
March i, 1907, unmarried.
67. Lucy Anne Dillard, born February 3, 1874, died Septem-
ber, 1894, unmarried.
68. Emma Lee Dillard, born October 27, 1877, married April
30, 1900, James A. Goodson, of Pittsylvania county, and lives
near Danville. Has issue— Robert Wesley and Charles Lee
Goodson.
69. Jenny Alice Dillard, born July 9, 1879.
70. Charles Edgar Dillard, born October 20, 1880, died [May
7. 1&81.
71- William Henry Dillard, born July 13. 1882, died February
20. 1901.
62 G EXE A LOGY OF THE CARTER F.
iMILY
72. Joe Youn-er Dillard, born April 7, 1886, is a merchant at
Ringgold.
73' Peter Stanford Dillard, born September 8, 1S88. lives near
Ringgold. \'a.
74. Dora Edna Dillard, born September 3, 1891.
58. JoHx Samuel Carter, married on June 23. 1879 Julia
W ilhe Fans, daughter of Coleman Paris, of Pittsylvania countv
and lives near Danville. Has issue:
75- Dora Edna Carter, born .March 9, 1880, died infant.
76. John Coleman Carter, born .May 17, 1882. married Septem-
ber 9. 1906, Xellie K. WilHams. daughter of Charles William.
of Dry Fork, Va., and has issue: Stanlev Wavman, John Spen-
cer and Alice Lee Carter.
77- Gertrude F. Carter, born November 7, 1883, died infant.
78. Rorer Carter, born June 17, 1893.
61. Charles Richard Carter, Reno Xevada. Mr Carter ^vas
for a number of years engaged in telegraph and station-master
work in \ irginia and Alabama. In 1888, after livino- for a .hort
time m California, he settled in Xevada, where he became in-
terested in a mercantile business and holds a position in the
Washoe County Bank. He is treasurer of The Union Building
and Loan Association of Reno; treasurer of the Baptist church
of that city ; treasurer of the Xevada Baptist Convention, and Y.
M. C. A. : was vice-president of the Anti-Gambling League which
after two years' hard fighting succeeded in putting licensed
gambling out of the State; he has held several offices in his
local lodge of L O. O. P.. as well as the Grand Lodge, of which
he ,s now Grand Warden. Mr. Carter has furnished the data
of his branch of the family. He was married in San Francisco,
Cal., on July 10. 1894. to Jessie Gray Ford (born Xovember 15.
1872), daughter of Charles Ford of \'erdi. Xevada, and his wife'
Elizabeth Charlotte Gray. They have issue : Robert Ford Car-
ter, born May 21, 1896. Marcia Ray Carter, born Mav 12, iqoo
and Charles Valentine Carter, born Feb. 14, 1907. ' ' ' '
Charles Richaku Carter,
Reno, Xevado.
GEXEALOCA' OF THE CARTER FAMILY
63
62. William Hexry Carter, married Jan. 21. 1890, Sarah M.
Stultz (born Dec. 15, 1867), of Henry County, \'a., a lineal de-
scendant of a brother of Chief Justice John Marshall. He lives
in Danville, and has issue: Dora Lee, born Xov. 29, 1890; Cora
Frances, born April 27. 1893 ; William Edgar, born ^^lay 21, 1895,
and Xora P., born ^March 15, 1899.
50. Charles Samuel Carter was a member of Co. A, 38th
\'a. Regt. Armistead's Brigade in the Confederate army. He was
married Jan. 14. 1873, to Judith Anne Travis ( born Feb. 29. 1852),
daughter of Capt. John C. and 2^Iary West Travis, of Caswell
county, X. C, and now lives in Salisbury, X. C. They have issue:
79. Mary Edna Carter, born Oct. 27, 1873, died Xov. 14, 1895,
unmarried.
80. Bessie Frances Carter, born Feb. 9, 1876, m.arried March
21, 1903, Duke Leon Smith, of X. C, and died Sept. 13, 191 1,
leaving one child : Julia Frances Smith.
81. Charlie Cabell Carter, born Dec. 9, 1879, died infant.
82. Grace Estclle Carter, born July 3, 1881. died infant.
83. Samuel Carter, born June 6, 1884, now a pharmacist, Salis-
bury, X. C.
84. William Stamey Carter, born May 14, 1887.
85. Walter Carter, born Aug. 19, 1889, a medical student.
86. Annie Lucile Carter, born April 14, 1893, died infant.
51. Phillip Vass Carter was a member of Co. A. 38th Va.
Reg. C. S. After the war he was married to Margaret Woody, of
Caswell county, X. C, and had issue :
^7. William Vass Carter.
^. Xannie Carter, married Samuel Milam, of Halifax county.
89. Margaret J. Carter, married March 30, 1902, John Lewis
Cook, and has issue: Lewis Harman, Essie James, and Swan-
son Cook.
90- Dora Lue Carrer, married March 13, 1903, Robert Pace Ab-
bott, and has issue : Robert Thornton and Xoel Huorhes Abbott.
64 GEXEALO'GV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
56. William H. Carter, married Susan A , and
had issue : Carson Carter, born April 22, 1901, died infant ; Hugh
W. Carter, born July 17, 19-03 : Edgar Carter, born :\Iay 19, 1906;
Gertrude Carter, born !\Iay 30, 1911.
55. Naxxie E. Carter, married Ernest Strickland and has one
child. Claud L. Strickland, born Oct. 24, 1897.
37. Jaxe Carter, eldest daughter of Spencer and Verlinda Lu-
cas Carter, married Thomas O. Soyars, of Pittsylvania county, and
had issue:
91. Thomas O. Soyars, born in 1851, married May 25, 1874,
Maria Tuck, of Halifax, and had issue: John Alexander, Sallie
Whitt, Jane C, and B. F. Soyars. All living.
92. John Soyars, born Feb. 23. 1853, married March 5, 1874.
Virginia yi. Harris, of Ruffin. X. C. They live near Ringgold,
Va., and have issue : Edwin Thomas Soyars, born March 14,
1875. married a Miss Giles, and died March 7, 1905, leaving a son,
Alvis, and a daughter. Eddie ; James Ruffin, born August 30,
1877, died 1895, and William S., born Oct. 12, 1879.
38. Alexaxder Carter, one of the younger sons of Spencer
and \'erlinda L. Carter, was married in 1840 to Martha Lyon
(born 1820, died 1895), daughter of William and Eleanor Ander-
son Lyon, of Pittsylvania county. They had issue:
93. William Spencer Carter, born May 31, 1841, died June 14,
1896.
94. Elizabeth Jane Carter, born July, 1843.
95. John Alexander Carter, born in 1846, died in 1887.
96. James Heritage Carter, born in 1848, died in 1885.
97. Mary Ellen Carter, born in 1857, died in 1883.
93. William Spexcer Carter, enlisted in Co. A, 38th Va.
Regt. under Capt. Jos. Cabell, and was wounded three times, once
seriously at Gettysburg. Sept. 16, 1863, he was m.arried to Cor-
nelia Guerrant and had is-ue :
97. James Horace Carter, born April 14, 1867, married ( i )
Sallie Chandler, April 27^. 1890, and had issue: Sue Lee, Xuma
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 65
Richardson, James H., Jr., and William Spencer; (2) Bessie
Borum, Oct. 25, 1904. Xo issue.
98. Annie Vernon Carter, born April 27, 1869, married April
22. 18S8. to Avis Stacey and has issue: Eleanor Lyon, Janie Sue,
William. Carter, Irene, Guerrant, Linda \'ernon, and Alvis Louis.
99. Jennie Eleanor Carter, born August 7, 1874, married Ernest
L. Wright, Dec. 13, 1893. of Ruffin, N. C, and has issue: Wm.
Brown, Sam King. Ernest Linwood, Joe Guerrant, Mary Carter,
and Ivey King.
100. Lucie Daniel Carter, born Oct. 9, 1877, married Edgar
Wright, April 6, 1898, and had a daughter, Cornelia Ann.
loi. Augusta Cornelia Carter, born Jan. 25, 1880, married
Charles Anderson, April 8, 1903, and has issue: Mary Wylds,
Charles Wesley and Geo. Augustus.
94. Eliz.vbeth Jane Carter, married (i) in 1861, William
Calhoun, and (2) in 1869, Joseph Hill. Issue:
102. Eugenia H. Calhoun, born April 3, 1862, married James
Jones, Dec. i, 1880, and has issue: John W., ]Minnie Anderson,
Mary Lee, Annie Elizabeth, Charles Richardson, Nellie Gray,
Margaret Eugenia, and James Russell.
103. Pattie Will Calhoun, born 1865, died 1867.
95. John Alexander Carter, enlisted as a Confederate ca-
valr\nian, when but a little past fourteen years of age. He mar-
ried first in 1867, Nannie Nunally, and (2) in 1880, Sallie Poin-
dexter. . Issue by first marriage :
104. Mattie Sue Carter, born Feb. 21, 1868, married in 1S87
to James Howerton.
105. Wm. Austin Carter, born x\ug. 20, 1871, married Lula
C. Hotton, Nov. 25, 1897, and has issue: Edna May, Clarence
Dandridge, Harold Lee, and Wm. Alvin Carter.
106. Mary Ellen Carter, born June 6, 1875, married Charles
Rawlins, Nov. 24, 1895, and has issue: Ernest Linv/ood, Frank
Allen, Martha Dandridge, and Mary Sue.
107. John Dandridge Carter, born Feb. 11, 1880, married
Sophia Fitzgerald, Dec. 21, 1903, and has issue: Helen v'irginia,
and Nancv Nunailv.
66 GENt.ALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
John Alexander Carter had issue by second marriage two
daughters, Xannie and Sallie, who died young.
96. James Heritage Carter, married (i) in 1873, Emma
Hagood (no issue) ; (2) in 1879, Jennie Howerton. and had one
child.
97. Mary El[.i;x Carter, married in 1874, Thomas Hagool.
and has issue :
108. Deborah Hodges Hagood, born in Aug., 1875, niarried
Wm. P. Holderbv and has issue: Mary X'irginia, Clavton Svd-
nor, Minnie, Thomas Moreau, and Frank Penn.
109. William Courts Hagood, born in 1877, died in 1900.
no. John Thomas Hagood. born in 1879, married in 1906.
a Miss Clay, and has issue: Oakey. and Julian.
III. Floyd Taylor Hagood, born in 1883. married in 1905. Ada
Martin and has issue, Lillian Haygood.
Mrs. William CAKTt;K,
nee Jane Cre^hau•,
Born July 19, 1777. (from old portrait).
Descendants of Raleigh Carter, of Lancaster
and Nottoway Counties
6. Raleigh Carter (Thos.', Edw.'. Thos.' ) was probably the
voungest of the six sons of Thomas Carter, of Christ Church
parish, Lancaster, and his first wife. He was born in Lancaster
about 1740 and died in Xottoway prior to 1820, leaving numerous
and prominent descendants. He was married two times, first in
Lancaster to Sarah Sharpe. a ward of James Ball — marriage bond
dated Sept. 5. 1765: (2) to Lucy .\nne Crenshaw, daughter of
\Vm. Crensliaw. of Xottoway county, in i798-"99.
Between the date of his first marriage and Dec. 7, 1772. Raleigh
Carter removed from Lancaster, to what was then Amelia county,
as on the latter date "'Raleigh Carter, of Amelia county, planter"
sold to Burgess Ball, of Lancaster, part of a tract of 468 acres
of land left by Elias Edwards to his sisters ( half sisters ?), one
of whom was the .said Sarah Sharpe Carter. In 1776 he inherit-
e<l from his father a negro servant, "The Lpper Plantation."
and a share of the residuary estate, in Lancaster. In 1777 he
sold his share of his father's home plantation, which came to
him in the division of the residuary estate, to his brother Edward
Carter.
In 1782 Raleigh Carter was a justice of the Amelia County
Court, and doubtless continued as such until Xottoway county
was formed. In 1792 he was high sherifif of Xottoway. The
census of 1782 show.s him to have been the head of a family of
eight whites and twenty-one servants. This indicates that ho
had six children.
The family liible was burned during the war and likewise
most of the early records of Xottoway county, so that it is im-
iKissible to get a complete account of Raleigh Carter's children,
and the date of his death. An old tax receipt shows that Sept.
4. 1821, Dabney Morris and Lee Jones, executors of Raleigh
Carter, dec'd, paid taxes on 1,690 acres of land and 125 slavcj
in Xottoway county belonging to his estate.
68 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
He is said to have had issue six children by the first mar-
riage and three by the last, but the names of four of the first
have not been preserved. The others are as follows :
112. Raleigh Carter, Jr., married Susannah Stokes, of Lunen-
burg county, on June 30. 1805, and died later without issue.
113. William Carter, born ]\Iay ii, 1771, died Xov. iS. 1817.
114. Charles Carter, born in 1800, died in 1883.
115. Francis Carter, born in 1802, married Jane Lee. said to
have been a member of the great \'irginia family of that name.
They had issue : Bettie, died in infancy ; Sidney Lee died in
infancy; and Nancy, married her cousin, Charles Wesley Carter.
116. Lucy Carter, said to have married a Mr. Osborne.
113. William Carter, only son of Raleigh Carter and his
first wife, who left surviving issue, was married Dec. 17, 1795,
to Jane Crenshaw, daughter of Wm. Crenshaw, and sister of
the second Mrs. Raleigh Carter.
Wm. Carter owned a fine plantation adjoining that of his
brother, Charles Haynie Carter, and about eight miles from Not-
toway C. H. He was a captain in the county militia and a man
of great social prominence in Nottoway and surrounding coun-
ties. He had issue as follows :
117. Sarah Everett Carter, born Oct. 29, 1796.
118. Mary Anne Carter, born Feb. 23, 1798, died July 10. 1862.
119. Jane Carter, born Nov. 24, 1799.
120. Raleigh Carter, born Nov. 17, 1801, died in 1820.
121. William Carter, Jr., born Oct. 14, 1803, died in 1817.
122. Ailcy Carter, born Sept. 21, 1805, died infant.
123. Mildred Haynie Carter, born Feb. 15, 1808.
124. Ailcy Bond Carter, born Dec. 10. 1810.
125. Sharpe Carter, born Oct. 25, 1812.
126. Richard Thomas Carter, born Jan. 12, 1815, died in 1S21.
127. Joseph Carter, ^[. D., born Dec. 4, 1816.
Mrs. Jane Crenshaw Carter, born July 19, 1777, and died Dec.
10, 1851.
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Col. Jf.Hx Hughes Knight ( fruin old portrait).
Mrs. Sallie Everett Cakter K.vight (tnm oki portrait).
■■Claremcnt." Xottcnvay Co.. \'a.. iniilt 1818 by Cc!. Knight.
GEXEALOCy Of THE CARTER FAMILY Gy
Carters of Xottaway — Knight Branch.
1.17. Sarah Everett Carter, married April 11, 1815, Col.
John Hughes Knight, a prominent Xottoway banker and planter,
-on of \\'oodson Knight, of Prince Edward county, and his wife
Patty Walton, who were married June 18. 1781. She was the
daughter of Gen. George Walton, of Prince Edward, and cousin
of George Walton, the Georgia Signer of the Declaration of In-
dependence. Woodson Knight was the son of John Knight, Jr.,
who settled in Lunenburg county in 1766, and married Eliza-
beth Woodson, of a fine old Goochland family. Col. John Hughes
Knight was a member of the \'irginia Legislature for a number
of years, senior partner of the banking firm of Knight and Oliver,
and lived at '"Claremont,'" near Xottoway C. H. Mrs. Charles
E. Wingo, Richmond, has portraits of Col. and Mrs. Knight.
They had issue :
128. William Carter Knight, born June 18, 1818, died Feb.
2, 1896.
129. Dr. Oscar Mansfield Knight, born Oct. zt,. 1823. Living
1912.
130. John Hughes Knight, Jr., born Oct. 2^, 1829. Living
1912.
131. George Walton Knight, born March 31, 1836, died May
27, 1857.
132. Marv Prvor Knight, born Feb. ly. 1833, died Sept. 8,
1855-
133. Lucy Knight.
134. Indiana W. Knight, born Feb. 26, 1827, died March 4,
1844.
The last four died of tuberculosis.
128. Col. William Carter Knight, entered old Randolph-
Macon College in 1832, remained two sessions and then went to
Hampden-Sidney, from which he was graduated in 1835; and
then took a course in law and modern languages at the L'jiiver-
sity of \'irginia. Vv'as admitted to the bar in Prince Edward
county in 1839. Preferring the life of a planter he purchased
a place in Xottoway in 1841, where he was ^oon known as a
-JO GEXR.lLOCy OF THE CARTER FAMILY
model planter. In 1859 he became the owner of the famous old
Randolph estate, "Wilton," below Richmond, the home of the
colonial beauty Anne Randolph, known to her friends as "Nancy
Wilton.'' During the war Col. Knight furnished the Confeder-
ate government with over half a million dollars worth of supplies
from this plantation, and like other creditors of this ill-starred
government saw this fortune become worthless when it parsed
away. After the war he removed to Richmond and engaged in
the manufacture of farm implements in partnership with Mr.
George Watt, Sr.. who had married Col. Knight's cousin. Amanda
Swann. Later was president of the Richmond Stove Works.
All his life he was a prominent and scientific agriculturist, antl
one of the organizers of the Virginia Agricultural Society, and
was successively its secretary and president. i883-'89 he was
editor of the SoiitJicni Planter and Farmer, and in 1896 its editor
paid the following tribute to Col. Knight:
"In our daily intercourse with him we were often struck with
the versatility of his knowledge and his capacity for applying
the same to the every-day work of life. He was well versed in
the theory and practice of mechanics, and no stronger proof of
the vigor of his intelliect, even in his old age, can be given than
when over seventy years of age he invented and patented a rotary
engine. In all relations of life Col. Knight was pre-eminently a
gentleman. Gentle in manner, courteous in demeanor, consider-
ate of all. Whilst holding his opinions tenaciously and ^uppo^t-
ing them, if need be, vigorously, he never allowed himself to be
betrayed into language for which afterwards he need feel re-
gret."
June 12, 1839, he married Elizabeth Guerrant Dickinson, who
died Sept. i, 1849, ^"^ Nov. 12, 185 1, he married Cleverine
Thomas, who died Dec. 29, 191 1, at the age of eighty-seven.
DcpcY Excursus.
Mrs. Elizabeth fti Ny- Knight, daughter of L. D. and Mary Du-
puy Dickinson, and granddaughter of James and Mary Purnell Dupuy.
Old French genealogie-; carry the Dupuy family back to a Roman
origin; and Moeri in his "Le Grande Dictionaire les Genealogies Des
France," in 1789- g'^"-'^ twelve named generations between Chevalii:r
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Co[,. W.M. Carter Knigh:
kicliniond, Va.
GEXEJLOCr)- OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Alleman Dupuy in |ii5 A. D. and Jean Dupiiy, died in 1583. founder
of the Protestant or Hugenot branch of the family in Upper Languedoc
lie was the great great grandfather of , Bartholomew Dupuy. exiled
1 y the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, a favorite officer in the
Household Guard of King Louis XI\'. A short time before the
revocation of the Edict of Xantes, he married the beautiful Countess
Susanne le Villain and retired to his villa at Velours. Here they
were secretly warned l)y the king, and escaped across the frontier
into Holland — he in his uniform as an officer of the king's guard,
and his wife as a page. They remained in Holland eleven years, then
went to England, and finally about 1700 came to Virginia. Between
1685 and 1700 they had born five children — Pierre. Jean Bartholine^v^', Jean
Jacques, Phillippa and Martha.
Bartholomew. Sr., died in Virginia in 1732. and his sword was pre-
served by his descendants until lost in the burning of the home of Mrs.
Julian Ruffin near Petersburg during the war. Jean Batholomew Dupuy
married a Miss La Garonde and had issue: John. Magdalen, Mary. Pierre,
and James, who was the father of Mrs. Mary Dickinson, and grand-
father of Mrs. Elizabeth Knight, also of Mrs. John A. Bland, whose
.laughter Cornelia married Capt. John Hughes Knight. Jr. See Va.
?list. Society Collections. Vol. \.
Mrs. Qeverine &ip*<*r came of prominent New TSTSitc stock, and
had two lines of Thomas ancestry, both early settlers in Marshfield,
Mass., but unrelated. John Thomas, settled in Marshfield about 1643.
and died there in 1671. In 1648 he married Sarah Pitney (died iS6:?--,lt>S
and had son Neal Thomas (born 1670, died 1755), who married Bethia
Shuman and had a son. Amos Thomas (born 1703), married Ruth White
(died after 1752). They had a son. Abijah Thomas, who married
Rachel McCaul and had a son, Abijah, Jr., born 1777, died 1843, who
married Rhoda Lacy, born 1787, died 1859, and were the parents of
Mrs. Cleverine Knight. The other Thomas family began with William
Thomas, who settled at Plymouth in 1623. when past middle life, and
vvas later Deputy Governor of that colony. His old home descended
in the family until sold in 1837 to Daniel Webster by Capt Thom.a>.
He had son. Nathaniel, born 1605, died 1774, married Elizabeth
and had son, Nathaniel, Jr.. born 1643. died 1718. married in 1664
Deborah Jacobs, and had Dorothy Thomas, born 1670, married Josepii
Otis, born 1665, died 1754. They had son, Nathaniel Otis, who married
Mary Thatcher, and had daughter. Hannah Otis, born 1717. marr-ed
Benajah ^IcCaul, and had daughter Rachel, married Abijah Thomas,
Ruth Whit'-, wife of Capt. .\mo- Thomas, daughter of Joseph White.
72 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
was 'he g'-dnddaughter of Periguine White, the first white child born
in Plyn.outh, son of \Vm. and Susannah White, who came over in the
Maytlower. Data furnished by Mrs. C. E. Wingo.
Col. William Carter Knight had issue four children by each
marriage, as follows :
135. CarterOupuy Knight, died infant.
136. Robert Dickinson Knight, born in 1844. died in May. i8<j5.
137. Jennie Wickliffe Knight, born June 6, 1846, died June
13, 1908.
138. Emmett Carter Knight, born in March, 1848.
139. William Oscar Knight, born Sept. 6, 1852.
140. Wray Thomas Knight, born Feb. 20, 1854.
141. Sarah Everett Knight, born Oct. 15, 1855.
142. Creed Thomas Knight, born in 1857.
136. Robert D. Kxight, was a member of Co. I, Richmond
Howitzers, during the war. He married Alice Clay and had is-
sue six children. Lived in Chesterfield county.
137. Jennie W. Knight, married first, Henry Delaplaine
Danford, secretary of the Mutual Assurance Society, of Rich-
mond, and had issue: Bessie, died infant.'and John B., an elec-
trical engineer at Birmingham, Ala., married Lucy Cobb, of
Montgomery, and has no issue. At the beginning of the war Mr.
Danford enlisted as a private in Co. P., 21st \"a. Vols. C. S. A.,
and soon rose to the rank of captain. Mrs. Danford married.
second, Hon. Charles Triplett O'Ferrall. a prominent lawyer
and judge, colonel in the Confederate army, member of Congress
for twelve years, Governor of Virginia. i894-'98, etc. They had
issue: Frank Knight O'Ferrall, of Richmond; Wm. Carter
O'Ferrall, of Birmingham; Mabel O'Ferrall; Helen O'Ferral!.
married J. Taylor Thompson, a Farmville attorney.
138. Emmett Carter Knight, married Josephine Mayo and
had three daughters. Was a member of the famous V. -\L I.
Cadet Corps in the Confederate army, that distinguished itself
at New Market and elsewhere during the war.
139. William O. Knight, farmer, at "'Elmwood,'" Louisa
countv. Unmarried.
Homes of Col. \Vm. Carter Knight Before the Wak.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY -3
140. Wray T. Kxight, retired merchant of Richmond, post-
master under Cleveland and Harrison : married in Jan. 1879,
Louise Winn Talbott and has three sons and two daughters —
Mrs. M. Y. Manley, Macon. Ga.. and ^Nlrs. George Cooper, Mon-
terey, Mexico. Sons' names not furnished me.
141. Sar.\h E. Knight, married Dec. 18, 1878, Charles Evans
Wingo, son of Wm. A. and Sarah Johnson Wingo, of Amelia
county. He was a member of Co. I, Richmond Howitzers until
severely wounded at the battle of Sharpsburg. After the war
he organized the wholesale boot and shoe firm of Wingo, Ellet &
Crump: was vice-president of the American National Bank of
Richmond, and the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Amelia,
and director of the Bank of Commerce and Trusts, Richmond.
Member of Virginia Legislature 1907 to 19 10. Born July
12, 1843, died March 20, 191 1, after a short illness of double
pneumonia; he was one of the most prominent and public-spirited
citizens of Richmond and was mourned throughout the city. As
a mark of respect the Governor ordered the flags on the capitoi
displayed at half mast. They had issue: Jane; Charles E.. Jr.,
graduate of V. M. 1. in 1901, and Cornell in 1903; William
Wythe, graduate of \^ P. L in 1905 ; John Trevillian, graduate
of University of Virginia in 1909, now of the law firm of Well-
ford and Wingo, Richmond.
142. Creed T. Knight, merchant in Chicago, married Jennie
Aberdeen, of Canada, and has issue : Creed T., Grace. Cleverine
and Jessie.
129. Oscar Mansfield Knight, M. D., of "Claremont." the
old Knight home in Nottoway county, was a member of the first
class to graduate from the \'. M. L, and later received the degree
of M. D. from the Medical College of Virginia. Was a captain
in the Confederate army. :Married Ellen Todd and has one
daughter. Sarah Everett Knight, who married a ^Ir. De Campe,
of New Jersey, and has tv/o children.
130. John Hl'ghes Knight, Jr.. of -Poplar Hill," near Farm-
ville, was educated at Hampden-Sidney, University of X'irginia,
and Columbia University. Was graduated in law from the L'ni-
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\ersity of \'irginia and admitted to the bar in Prince Edward
county. Entered Co. K., 3rd Va. Cavalry, as sergeant, and came
out as captain at close of the war. Was twice wounded. Oct.
12, 1853, married Cornelia Alice Bland, daughter of John Archer
Bland, of Xottowav, and his wife Mary Anne Dickinson.
BlAXD E.KCUR5US.
John Bland and his wife Susan Duclere of Syth Lane, St- Antholin
parish, London, had four sons who emigrated to Virginia in the latter
half of the seventeenth century — John, Jr.. Edward, Adam, and The-
odorick. This family is one of high respectability, and dates back to a
remote period in England.
Theodorick Bland, baptized at St. Antholin's, Tan. 16, 1629, died at
Westover, Va.. April 2^. 1671. is the ancestor of the Virginia Elands. He
was a merchant at Luars, Spain, with his brother Edward, when he came
to Virginia in 1654. Here he purchased and settled the now famous James
River plantation, "Westover." and gave for the use of the county and
parish, ten acres of ground on which he had built a courthouse, prison,
and church, known as "Westover Church," in the chancel of which he is
buried. He was Speaker of the House of Burgesses in l659-"6l : member
of the Council in 1665. and Campbell and Mead say that '"he was in
fortune and understanding inferior to none in the colony." He married
Anne, daughter of Col. Richard Bennett of Weyanoke and Kiccotan, who
was a member of the House of Burgesses as early as 1629. member of the
Council in 1639, and elected Governor by the House in 1652. Died in Vir-
ginia in 1675. Mrs. Bland died at Wharton Creek, Md.. in 1687. They
had issue: Theodorick, Jr.. of "Westover," member of the Council, died
in 1702; Richard of "Jordon's Point/' and John. Richard Bland, born at
Berkeley in 1665. died at Jordon's Point, April 6. 1720; was a merchant
and planter, member of the House of Burgesses in i700-'02. and '06. etc.
He married (i) Mary, daughter of Coi- Thomas Swann of "Swann's
Point," Surry County, and had issue six children, all of whom. Mr.
Slaughter says, died young; (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Wm. Ran-
dolph of "Turkey Island." founder of the distinguished Randolph family
of Virginia. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Bland died Jan. 22. 1719. leaving five
children: ^^ary, married Henry Lee of "Lee Hall." Westmoreland: Eliza-
beth married Wm. Beverley of "Blandfield." Essex; Richard. Jr.. of "Jor-
don's Point:' Anne married Capt- Robt. Munford ; and Theodorick of
"Cawsons" and "Kippax." ancestor of John Randolph of Roanoke.
Richard Bland of "Jordon's Point," born in 1710, died at Williamsburg
of apoplexy. Oct. 26. 1776. where he was in attendance as a member of the
first Legislature of Virginia after the Declaration of Independence. Camp-
bell says of him: "His intellectual calibre was capacious, his education
Mrss Elizabeth Bland Kxight.
Capt. John Hughes Knight.
Poplar Hill. Price E<l-A;\rd County. Va
Col. John Thornton Knight.
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 75
finished, his habits of application indefatigable. Thoroughly versed m
the charters, laws, and history of the colony, he was styled the Virginia
Antiquary. He was a political character of the first rank, a profound
logician, and a writer perhaps unsurpassed in the colony." He married
Anne, daughter of Peter Poythress of "Fleur de Hundred." and had issue
twelve children, one of whom. Edward Bland, married Eliza Cocke and
had a son John, who married a Miss Jones, who were the parents of John
Archer Bland, father of :\Irs. Cornelia Bland Knight. See Meade's Old
Families and Old Churches, and Slaughter's Hist, of Bristol Parish.
Capt. and Mrs. John H. Knight had issue :
143. Elizabeth Bland Knight, whose wit and delightful per-
sonality, I have been told, make her one of the most charming
members of the entire connection.
144. Indiana Knight, married Walter Grey Dunnington. the
largest independent tobacco buyer in \'irginia. and member of
a fine old family of \'irginia and Maryland. They have issue:
Sallie Everett, married Ashton Clapham, of Loudoun county, a
Washington banker, and has two daughters, India Knight and
Sarah Dunnington ; Lucie Knight ; James William ; Walter Grey.
Jr.; and John. Mr. and Mrs. Dunnington live at "Poplar Hill."
Prince Edward county.
145. Lucie Everett Knight, married John Blackwood Strachan.
of Lynchburg, son of Dr. J. B. Strachan. of Petersburg, and con-
nected with the Bannisters. Boilings, Meades, and other well
known Virginia families.
146. John Thornton Knight, a graduate of West Point. Lt.
Col. and D. O. M. G. United States army, Washington, married
Edith Young, daughter of Gen. S. B. M. Young. U. S. A., re-
tired. They have issue: Alice Margaret, Sam Young, John T..
O'Ferrall and Alexander.
147. Emmett Fitzgerald Knight, merchant in Colorado.
148. Mcllvaine Knight, member of the Atlantic Importing Co.,
Xew York. Married Ida Fleming, of Farmville, Va.
149. Mattie Knight, died in infancy.
150. Mary Cornelia Knight, died in early life.
151. William Barret Knight, Main Division Engineer, Bos-
ton and Albany R. R.. married a Miss Johnson, of Litchhhcld.
Mass. No issue.
152. Carter Copeland Knight, dead.
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Carters of Xottowav — Bacon Branch.
Ii8. :>Iary Anne Carter, married Dec. 19, 1817, Col. Lydall
Bacon, born Dec. 26, 1793, died Jan. 23, 1875, son of Drury Al-
len Bacon and his second wife, Nancy Aris Jackson. At the be-
ginning of the war, Col. Bacon was the second wealthiest planter
in [Mecklenburg county, owning some fifteen plantations and
about a hundred and fifty ser^-ants, valued on the Assessor's books
at half a million dollars. His home place was called -Ten Oaks.
Bacon- Excursus.
The family of Bacon in England is said to date back to the Norman
Conquest, and -of this name, Bacon, there have been many persons ot
great account in former ages." The Virginia family is descended trom
Capt Edmund Bacon, born in England circa 1641, died m Ne%v Kent
County, Va.. Jan. 19, i/OS- He is said to have been a son of W ihiam
Bacon and a cousin of Nathaniel Bacon, "The Rebel," who lett no son.
as has been frequently claimed, to hand down his name, this W u.iam
Bacon may have been the William Bacon, gent., who patented lana m
Northumberland County, Va-, and died there about i^, leaving a:- nis
property to wife Margaret.
Edmund Bacon, as "Captain Edmund Bacon," patented land on the
Pamunkey, in New Kent, in 1687; was a vestryman of St. Peter's and
High Sheriff of New Kent; is said to have married Anne Lydall. sup-
posed to have been the daughter of Capt. George Lydall, who patented
land on the Pamunkey in 1654, commanded a fort en the Mattaponi in
1679 etc Capt. Geo. Lydall was a son of Sir Thomas Lydall and his wite
Bridget Woodward, daughter of George and Elizabeth Honeywood Wood-
ward, and therefore maternally a coujin of Nathaniel Bacon, Sr., member
of the Council, Acting Governor of Virginia, etc. Capt. Edmund and
Anne Lydall Bacon had issue a son John Bacon, vestryman, sherirt, etc.,
of New Kent, married (i) Sarah Langston. who died Jan. 4- i/^- '^•;^^'-
ing sons Nathaniel and William; (2) July 4, i/io, Susannah, daughter ot
John Parkes, and had issue: John, born 1711 ; Sarah. 1712; Lydall. ITI7\
Edmund. 1722; Anne. 1727; Frances. 1734. Lydall Bacon married in 1740
Mary Allen, and moved from New Kent to Mecklenburg, where hi; will
was 'probated Oct. 12. 1775- They had issue: Eliabeth. Lucy, Langiton.
-\nne Susannah, Sarah. Lydall, Mar>-, Edmund Parke, Richard, and Drury
Allen, born Dec. 14. 1765, died Sept. 3. 1843. in Mecklenburg. Drury A.
Bacon married second. Dec. 16, 1792. Mrs. Nancy Aris Jackson, daughter
of Frederick Nance, and their elde-:t son Lydall married Mary Anne Carter
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY jj
in 1817. The Bacon arms are : Arg. on a fesse engrailed between three
escutcheons, gules, as many mullets argent pierced sable.
Lydall and ]Mary A. Carter Bacon, had issue :
153. Nancy Aris M. Bacon, born Oct. 29, 1818, died in June,
1856.
154. William Allen Bacon, born March 25, 1820, died June
25. 1901.
155. Drury Allen Bacon, born July 14, 182 1, died Nov. 8,
1876.
156. Mildred Haynie Carter Bacon, born Nov. 20, 1822, died
in 1823.
157. Tames Lawrence Bacon, born Feb. 6, 1824, died Feb. 12,
1856.
158. Robert Carter Bacon, born Julv 20, 1825. died Feb. 8,
1885.
159. Edmund Cummings Bacon, born Feb. 16, 1827, died April
25, i860.
160. Lydall Bacon, Jr., born Dec. 2y, 1830, died August 15,
1843-
161. \'irginia Bacon, born ^March 20, 1828, died May 5, 1904.
162. Nathaniel Bacon, born April 16, 1833, died August 29,
1843.
163. Richard Parkes Bacon, born Dec. 25, 1834, died Oct. 10,
1875.
164.' Mary Jane Bacon, born ^Nlay 20, 1838, died Sept. 4, 188*9.
165. Josephus Carter Bacon, born April i, 1840, died Feb. 18,
1902.
153. Naxcv a. Bacon, married in June, 1846, Capt. John R.
Spencer, and lived near Clarksville, Va. They had issue : Thomas
Cole, lived in Prince Edward ; Mary, married a Mr. Branch ; Ed-
mund, and James. The last three moved to Texas.
154. William A. Bacox, married June 7, 1854, Lucy A. Man-
gum, of Mississippi, and has issue: Mary Elizabeth, married a
Mr. Tilly, of Durham, N. C. ; \'irginia M., married Simon Coz-
art, of Oxford, N. C. ; Kate E., married W. Henry Pettus, a to-
bacconi>t, Chase Citv, Va., and had issue: Henrv, Pajre, and
78 G EXE A LOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Catharine: Roberta B. married Dr. .H. P. Hardee. Stern. X. C. ;
May married and died in Texas; William, a farmer in X. C. ;
Frances married R. P. Freeze. X'ewton. X. C. ; Lydall.
158. Robert Carter Bacox, married Tune 8. 1858. Xancy
Mathews Fluke, of Monroe county. \V. \'a., and had issue:
Nathaniel Bacon, born ^lay 11. 1864. owner of the '■Walnut Hill
Stock Farm."' Talcott. W. \'a. : and Mary Jane Bacon, born
Dec. 30. 1867. died Jan. 22. 1896. Robert Carter Bacon was a
Confederate quartermaster in West \'irc:inia.
159. En.\[UND Cl'm.mi.vgs Baco.v, married in 1854. Mrs. Ta-
bitha Tate, of Arkansas, and had issue: James Lawrence. Fran-
cis Nathaniel and \'irginia.
161. Virginia Bacox, married Dec. 19, 1866, W. S. Harris,
of Powhatan county, and had a daughter. Annie M.. who married
H. Bedford ]Moseley, of Charlotte county, and has a son. Harris
Bedford Moseley. Lives at Chase City.
164. Marv Jaxe Bacox, married in Dec, i860, James Cun-
ning-ham, and had a son, James, who died unmarried. She mar-
ried second, in Feb., 1871, Tyree G. Finch, and had eight children,
all of whom died young, except Adam Tyree Finch, now a prom-
inent physician of Chase City. Va., who married a Miss ^^forton, of
Clarksville. and has issue: Mary Elizabeth, Margaret. Tyree
and Adam, Jr.
165. Joseph L's Carter Bacox. and his brother, Drury Allen
Bacon, were in Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's Cavalry during the war.
October 17, 188 1, J. C. Bacon married Lottie H. Lewis, of Green-
ville, X. C, and has issue: Mary Eloise. Lydall and Lottie Lou,
who married Xov. 15, 1910, Hugh Belfield Stewart, Wilson,
N. C.
166. Thomas .\lexaxder Bacox, served in the Confederate
Army in a company from Lee county. In Jan.. i860, he married
Pattie Farrar. of Chase City, and had issue : Drury, Xannie
Goode, Virginia and fonr other children, who dierl voung.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 79
Carters ov- Xottowav — Oluer F.raxch.
119. Jane Carter, married Dec. 18. 1819, John Billips Oliver,
a Xottowav planter and banker. meml)er of the firm of Knight
and Oliver. He was a son of Richard CMiver, said to have been
a soldier in the Revolution, and his wife, Mary Jennings, daughter
(if William Jennings, who owned ten thousand acres of land
about "Jennings Ordinary. "" Xottoway county. Richard Oliver
was a son of James Oliver, who moved to Xottowav from Hen-
rico about 1760. James (Jliver patented two thousand acres
of land in each of the counties of Xottoway. Halifax and Meck-
lenburg, and had seven sons in the Revolution, six of whom
came out alive.
John B. and Jane Carter r)liver had issue:
167. Charles Haynie Oliver, married a Miss Collier, of Mis-
souri, and had a son. Collier Oliver.
168. Lucy Jane Oliver, married Dr. Richard B. Tuggle, of
Prince Edward county. They settled at "'Ravens wood." an
old Carter place presented to Mrs. Tuggle by her father as a
wedding present. Had issue :
169. Susan Lacy Tuggle.
170. Richard Wilfred Tuggle.
171. John B. O. Tuggle.
172. Indiana Everett Tuggle.
173. Camilla Presley Tuggle.
169. Slsax L. Tlggu:, married April 30, i86r, Charles Fred-
erick Goodwyn. of Greenesville county, \'a.. Commonwealth's
Attorney of Dinwiddie, and judge of the Xottoway court for a
number of years. They had issuer a. Richard T. Goodwyn, mar-
ried Sallie Brockenbrough Aylett, daughter of Col. W. R. Aylett :
b. Peterson married Emily Lucas, of Texas, and has daughter,
Lillian ; c. Luc}- Oliver ( joodwyn. niarried Landon Jackson and has
daughter, Lucy Goodwyn. d. Wirt Goodwyn, married a Miss
Chandler, of \'ermont. and has four daughters. X'ermona. Rosa-
mond, Camilla and X'irginia. c. John B. O. Goodwyn, unmar-
ried, f. Mary Powe'l Goodwyn. married Rev. Christian R.
Kuyk, an Episcopal clergyman, and has sons. Charles Frederick
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and Dirk Adrian, g-. Wilfred Lacy Goodwyn, married Lydia
Harris, of Richmond, and has \V. L., Jr. h. Susan Lacy Good-
wyn, died unmarried, i. Indiana Davies Goodwyn, married
Sparrell A. Wood, of Floyd county, j. Bettie Harrison Good-
wyn, married John McSparran. of Lancaster county, Pa., and
has issue, Sarah ^Margaret and Lucy Isabell. k. Lanetta ^lason
Goodwyn, married Gordon Gillete Harris, of Culpeper county.
170. Richard W. Tuggle, a tobacconist at Blackstone, Va.,
near which he owns a beautiful county home, "The Grove." In
Oct., 1867, married Clara M. \'as5, daughter of James Cummings
Vass, and his wife, Eleanor Hawkins Smith. For a number of
years before and after the war ]Mr. \'ass was cashier of the old
State Bank at Richmond : his father, James Vass, born in Fer-
res, Scotland, died at Fredericksburg, \'a., in 1837. R. W. & C.
V. Tuggle have issue: i. Richard B. Tuggle, tobacconist at
Farmville, married Martha Xelson Berkeley, daughter of Wil-
liam R. and }^Iartha Xelson Berkeley. 2. Susie Brooke Tuggle,
married Maxwell K. Duncan, a tobacconist, son of John and
Sallie Branch Duncan, of Petersburg. 3. Florence Lacy Tuggle,
married Harry Stanard Beverley, a Blackstone merchant, son
of Robert B. and \'irginia Eppes Beverley, and have one child,
Clara Vass Beverley. 4. Eleanor Thornton Tuggle, married
R. M. O'Ferrall, son of Gov. O'Ferrall, and has a son, McLain
O'Ferrall. 5. Lucy L. Tuggle, married Dr. Richard Adams
Epes, of Blackstone, and has a daughter, Lucy Jane. 6. Doug-
lass Longstreet Tuggle, tobacconist at Blackstone, married Susie
Armstrong, daughter of Edward and Sallie Irby Armstrong, of
Mississippi. They have two children, Edward Armstrong and
Clara Brooke. 7. John B. Tuggle, representative of the Rich-
mond Paper Co., at Grand Rapids, X. C, married (i) a Miss
Moore, and has son, Richard Welford ; (2) Lucy Lee Joyner,
daughter of Rev. Francis Joyner, of Xorth Ca»-olina, and has a
son, Robert Thornton. 8. Maria Vass Tuggle, unmarried.
9. James Wilfred Tuggle, unmarried.
171. JoiiN" B. O. Tuggle, planter, Xottoway county, married
Lucy, daughter of Henry and \'irginia Epes Mason, of Surry
county. X'o issue.
Mrs. Richard B. Tuggle,
H' c i ucy Jane Oliver-
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 8l
172. Indiana Everett Tuggle, married Samuel D. Davies,
son of Dr. John B. and Maria Swift Davies, of Petersburg, \'a.,
and great, great grandson of Rev. Samuel Davies, second presi-
dent of Princeton and one of the founders of the Presbyterian
Church in Virginia. ^Ir. Davies was an attorney and opened and
conducted for four years the first law course given at Richmond
College. They had no issue.
173. Camilla Presley Tuggle, married Robert Grammer
Thornton, son of Richard and Priscilla Grammer Thornton, of
Halifax county, and general manager of the Richmond Paper
Co. They have no issue.
123. Mildred Havne Carter, married May 21, 1823, Dr.
Jacob S. Swann, of Kentucky, and had several children. Their
daughter, Amanda, married George Watt, a prominent Rich-
mond manufacturer. Xo other data of this family furnished me.
124. AiLCY Bond Carter, married May 21, 1827, Dr. Henry
Farmer, of Owensboro, Ky., and had issue : Henry Hugh, born
May 28, 1828; Virginia Carter, Born Sept. 14, 1829; William
Lodovick, born July 22, 183 1 ; Mary Sharpe, born April 5, 1833.
Dr. and Mrs. Farmer died when their children were quite young
and they were placed under the guardianship of their uncle,
Sharpe Carter, of Xottoway, Va. After their return to Ken-
tucky they were lost sight of by their Virginia connections.
Carters of Hickory Hill.
125. Sharpe Carter^ of "Hickory Hill,"' part of the old
Raleigh Carter plantation in Nottoway, was a graduate of Hamp-
den-Sidney. July 24, 1832, he married Alartha Anderson Craig
Gregory, born Feb. 10, 1808, died May 5, 1892, daughter of
Richard Claiborne and Frances (Craig) Gregory, of Lunenburg
county. Frances Craig Gregory was the daughter of the noted
Rev. James Craig, who served Hanover Parish, Lunenburg, from
1759 until his death in 1795. He had studied medicine, and so
doctored the bodies of his parishoners as well as their souls, and
prospered in worldly goods as well as in heavenly riches. Sharpe
and Martha Carter hadL issue:
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174. William Richard Carter, born April 22, 1833, died July
8, 1864.
175. Isabelle Carter, born July 29, 1835, died March 27, 1877.
176. Josephine Carter, born Nov. 29, 1837.
177. Sophronia Carter, born Jan. 26, 1841, died Jan. 29, 1843.
174. Wm. R. Carter, was graduated from Hampden-Sidney
in 1852 with the highest honors in his class; studied law and was
practicing in Richmond at the beginning of the war, when he
joined the Nottoway cavalry as a private and was soon made
colonel of the Third Virginia Regiment. Early in 1864 was
commissioned a brigadier-general, and died July 8, 1S64, from
a wound received at Trevillian's. He was noted for his quick-
wit and repartee ; an aged cousin recalls an early example of his
quickness at retort. While attending an "old field school" near
his home, the other pupils one day by hinting and otherwise tried to
make him stand back from the fire and give them the best places.
Finally one of them said : "You might as well assail a Tartar
as to give a hint to Billy Carter," to which Master William in-
stantly replied: "I might as well to quit this school as to take
a hint from every fool." He was unmarried.
175. Isabella Carter, married May 26, i860, Joseph Friend,
born April 23, 1819, died Feb. 27, 1910, of "Green Levels," Char-
lotte county. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Gaines Friend,
and grandson of Joseph Friend, who patented and settled the
"Green Level" place in 1767. Mr. Friend was a prominent citizen
of Charlotte Co., an elder in the Presbyterian church, etc. By his
third wife, Isabella Carter, he had issue: i. Mary Craig, born
in 1862, died in 1864. 2. William Sharpe Friend, an insurance
and real estate agent at Covington, Va., married Em.ma Hunt,
of Roanoke, and has issue : William Berkeley, Sallie Gary, Shir-
ley Carter, Mary Bruce and Robert Crenshaw. 3. Isabella Car-
ter Friend, married Briscoe Bouldin, of Charlotte county, now
of Greensboro, N. C, and has issue: Isabella Carter and Thomas
Vanderford. 4. Josephine Catharine Friend, who has a finely
cultivated talent for music, and has been musical director of
the schools at Greensboro for a number of years. 5. Joseph B.
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Friend, Jr., present owner of "Green Levels," married Mary
E. Scott, and this old mansion now shelters the fifth generation,
in his children, who are : Ruth Elfreth, Carter Watkins and Caro-
line Scott.
176. Josephine Carter, married (i) Captain David Ritten-
house Stokes of "Alt. Holly," Lunenburg county, September 27,
1858. At the beginning of the war he owned a handsome planta-
tion and about a hundred servants. Was captain of the Lunen-*
burg Infantry during the war, and after the war he was the
first treasurer of his county and continued in the office until his
death, Sept. 30, 1883.
Stokes Excursus,.
Captain David R. Stokes was the son of John and Susanna Jones
Stokes and grandson of Captain Peter Stokes, born Oct. 25, 1758, died
in Feb., 1828, and his wife Sarah Smith, sister of James Smith, who
ler resented Lunenburg county in the Virginia Assembly for a number
of years. Capt. Peter Stokes was. a captain in the Revolution, a wealthy
planter and brother of three very distinguished men, viz.: David Stokes.
Jr., a. lawyer of great ability, colonel in the Revolution, etc. : John
Stokes, a captain in the Revolution, United States judge of the Western
District of North Carolina and law preceptor of President Andrew
Jackson; Munford Stokes, United States Senator from North Carolina
and Governor of that State. They were the sons of David Stokes, born
Oct. 23, 1707, died Sept. 12, 1794. and his wife, Sarah Mountford, born
Feb. 3, 1717, died April 9, 1800, daughter of Col. Thomas Mouitford
of Old Point Comfort. David Stokes, Sr., was a vestryman, member of
the first court of Lunenburg, 1746. etc., and son of John Stokes, who
had patents for land on the north side of Nottoway River in 1701 and
3723. The latter was a member of the House of Burgesses in i629-'30
and died in 1646. He was probably of the Stokes family of Stanhawes,
Gloucestershire. See Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. VL
November 26, 1890, Mrs. Josephine Carter Stokes, married William.
J. Neb'ett, of "Brickland," Lunenburg county, son of Dr. Sterling Neblett
and nephew of the famous Richmond lawyer, W. J. McFarland, who
had the honor of entertaining in his home— now the Westmoreland Club
—the late King Edward, when he visited in this country as the Prince
of Wales. Col. W. J. Neblett was a lawyer, planter and at one time
represented Lunenburg in the Virginia Assembly. Captain and Mrs.
Stokes had issue: i. Terry Stokes, born September 5, 1859, married
84 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Nvjv. 14. 1883, Annie B., daughter of Maj. Thomas Bond, of Peters-
burg, and has issue, daughter, Annie Bond Stokes. 2. Martha Craig
Stokes, born Feb. 19, 1863, married June 19, 1S95, Peyton G. McCabe
of Martinsville. Va-, a cousin of Col. Gordon McCabe, of Richmond-
and the Graveleys of Lynchburg. 3. Richard Carter Stokes, born
June 14. 1865. manager of the Geo. W. Helme Tobacco Co., Lynch-
burg, m.ai ried Lillie A. Lee. daughter of John A. and Maria Crockett
Lee, and has a son, R C. Stokes, Jr., born April 14, 1895. R. C.
Stokes, Sr., is a colonel on Gov. Mann's staff. 4. David R. Stokes.
born Sept. 6. 1866, died July 3, 1902, unmarried. Was a merchant at
South Hill. Va. 5. Irby Stokes, born May 9, 1869, lives at the old Stokes
hoii.e, '"Mt. Holly," unmarried. 6. Isabella Overton Stokes, born .-Ypril
29, 1S71, married Nov. 26, 1904. E. H. Conquest, of Oakhall. Accomac
county. 7. Susan Jones Stokes, born Sept. 25, 1877, married Jan. 11,
1899, John A. Suiter, merchant. Garysburg. N. C, and has issue : John
A., Jr., Florence Carter and Overton Stokes.
Lee Excursus.
John A. Lee, father of Mrs. Richard Carter Stokes, was a son of Bev-
erley Lee and his wife Rebecca, daughter of William and Ara Noel Lee of
Bedford County. William Lee served in the Revolution in Capt. Cobb's
company of militia from Bedford County, and was in the battle of Guil-
ford C. H. — See Journal and Specie Waste Book in Auditor's office at
Richmond, Vols. XV and XVL Beverley Lee was a son of Capt. John Lee,
commissioned Jan. i^ 1777, and served until May, 1778, as captain and pay-
master in the First Virginia Regiment. — See records in U. S. Pension
office. After the Revolution he founded Leesville, Virgmia, where he
died Jan. i, 1819, leaving sons, Henry, Burwell, Stephen, John, and Bev-
erley. Captain Lee is said to have been a member of the great Lee
family of Westmoreland, but I have not traced the connection.
127. JosEPHUs Carter, ^L D., youngest son of William and
Jane Crenshaw Carter, was graduated from Hampden-Sidney in
1841 and from a medical college in Philadelphia in 1843, ^^'^
settled in Lunenburg as a planter and physician. His daughter
writes that he saw hard service as an officer in the Confederate
Army under General Chalmer, who was under General Forrest.
December 19, 1838, Dr. Carter married Martha A. Stokes,
daughter of Allen Stokes, and had a daughter, Mattie Carter,
born in 1846. who married Oct. 28, 1868, Robert Spencer, son
of Colonel Robert Spencer, of "Aspen/' Charlotte county. They
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY g^
have issue : Robert S., Mattie Carter, Joseph Carter, Sallie
Bouldin, Thomas E., Mamie V., Isabell F. and William Sharpe
Spencer — all unmarried.
After the death of his first wife Dr. Carter removed to Panola
county, Mississippi, where he married in 1854 Emma Jones and
had issue two children: William Fanning Carter, born 1855,
died 1908, planter and clerk of the county court for a number
of years; married Lolie Poitevant, of an old French family in
New Orleans, and had issue: Joseph, Virginia and William.
Katharine Carter, born 1858, married (i) David Craig, (2) a
Mr. Patterson.
114. Charles Havxie Carter, born in 1800, son of Raleigh
Carter, Sr., by his second wife, Lucy Anne Crenshaw, inherited
old Raleigh Carter plantation in Nottoway and was quite
wealthy. He married (i) his cousin, Mary Carter Coleman,
of Roanoke, (2) ]\Iary F. Hatchett, of Lunenburg county, by
whom he had issue two sons, Claude Llewellen and Haynie
Hatchett, both unmarried, and live in Blackstone. By the first
marriage there was issue: i. Anne B. Carter, married Captain
Ellsworth Howsen, a first cousin of General Winfield Scott.
2. Charles Wesley Carter, married his first cousin, Nancy Carter,
and had issue : Henry Coleman, Sallie Hardaway, Charles
Oliver, William, ]\Iattie and Raleigh. 3. Rebecca Carter, mar-
ried (i) Armistead Bruce, (2) Edward Stokes. 4. Mildred
Carter, married Dr. Robert Hudson, and had a son, Charles
Hudson, who married Jane Vaughn and had a daughter, Mildred
Bruce Hudson. 5. Asa O/liver Carter, married in 1867 Maria
Sue Crafton, of Prince Edward county, and had issue : a. Mil-
dred Haynie Carter, married Charles E. Borum and has issue:
Elbert Carter, Charles Haynie, Florence, William Bernard, Asa,
Louise, Robert, Jeffres and Walter, b. Mary Coleman Carter,
d. s. p. c. Charles William Carter, married Rosa Hubbard and
has issue: Shirley, Sharpe, Hill and Catharine, d. Wrenne
Carter, d. s. p. e. Catharine Carter, d. s. p. f. Bernard HuiYt
Carter, g. Clara Vass Carter, d. s. p. h. Sallie Oliver Carter,
married Thomas Whitehead, an attorney and stockman of Am-
S6 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
herst county and has issue: Asa Carter Whitehead and Kate
Carter Whitehead, i. Lucy Ellsworth Carter, married Wade H.
Mosby, of Lynchburg, and has a son, Ellsworth Carter Mosby.
6. Thomas Carter, married Sallie Gilchrist, of Como, }*Iiss.,
where he is a professor in a college. They have issue: Mary,
married William Swope. Annie, Charles and William, all of
Panola county, Miss. 7. Katharine Carter, unmarried, of Black-
stone, Va.
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Descendants of Millicent Carter and
Rev. Charles Cummings
12. Millicent Carter, daughter of "Thomas Carter, Gent.,"
of Lancaster county, and his wife, was born in Lancaster, Aug.
9, 1743. and married there on the 13th Feb., 1766. Rev. Charles
Cummings, a prominent minister in the Presbyterian church in
Colonial Virginia.
Rev. Charles Cummings, son of John and Sarah Polk Cum-
mings, was born in Denegal county, Ireland. Through the in-
fluence of his brother, James, who was the captain of a merchant
vessel, Charles came to America at the age of eighteen. He
entered Carlisle College, Pa., from which he was graduated, and
then went to Lancaster county. Va., where he was employed as a
tutor, and studied theolog}' with the noted preacher, Rev. James
Waddell. "The Carters, Gordons and others in that congrega-
tion were in the habit of employing, as teachers, young gentlem.en
of classical education from the mother conutry. A number of
these became ministers in the Presbyterian Church." — Foote.
He was licensed to preach by Hanover Presb>tery at Tinkling
Spring, April 17, 1766. Oct. 15, 1766, Rev. Mr. Cummings
received three calls, and accepted the one to ^laj. Brown's Meet-
ing House in Augusta, and filled it until June 2, 1772, when he
accepted a call from the congregations of Ebbing Spring and
Sinking Spring on Holston in Washington county, where he re-
mained until his death in 1812. He and his wife are buried in
the Sinking Spring cemetery. Foote says that: "His call from^
the Holston was signed by one hundred and twenty heads of
families, all respectable men, many of whom afterwards became
distinguished ; a fact as remarkable as true.'*
The following is extracted from a sketch of Rev. Mr. Cum-
mings by ex-Governor Campbell: "Having accepted the call,
he removed with his family, purchased land in the neighborhood
of where Abingdon now stands, and settled upon it. His first
88 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
meeting house at Sinking Spring was a very large cabin of un-
hewn logs, from eighty to one hundred feet long, by about forty
wide. . . . ]SIr. Cummings was of middle statue, about five
feet ten inches high, well set and form.ed, possessing great firm-
ness and dignity of character. His voice was strong and Had
great compass ; his articulation was clear and distinct. Without
apparent effort he could speak to be heard by ten thousand people.
His mind was good without any brilliancy. He understood his
system well, spoke always with gravity, and required it from
all who sat under the sound of his voice. . . . When he
came to Holston he was about forty years of age.
''At this time the Indians were very troublesome, and continued
to be for several years ; and generally during the summer months,
the families for safety were obliged to collect together in forts.
The one to which he always carried his family vv-as on the land
of Captain Jos. Black and stood on the first knoll on the knob road
south of Abingdon. In the month of July, 1776, when his
family were in the fort, and he with a servant and wagon and
three neighbors were going to his farm, the party were attached
by Indians, a few hundred yards from the meeting house. Cres-
well, who was driving the wagon, was killed at the first fire of
the Indians, and during the skirmish the other two neighbors
were wounded. }vlr. Cummings and his servant man. Job, both
of whom were well armed, drove the Indians from their ambush,
and with the aid of some men from the fort, who, hearing the
fire, came to their relief, brought in the dead and wounded.
"In his early ministry he became possessed of a valuable
library ; and appears to have been devoted to his work as a min-
ister of the gospel. ... He preached for many years and
until far advanced in life to one of the largest, most respectable
and most intelligent congregations ever assembled in western
Virginia.
"Mr. Cummings was a zealous whig, and contributed much
to kindle the patriotic fire which blazed forth so brilliantly among
the people of the Holston in the war of the Revolution. He
was the first named on the list of the Committee of Safety for
Fincastle county, and after the form.ation of Washington
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY Sq
county, 1776, he was chairman of the Committee of Safety of
that county, and took an active part in all its measures. Mr.
Cummings died in March. 1812, in about the eightieth year of
his age, leaving many and most respectable descendants. He
was a sincere and exemplary Christian, and a John Knox in his
energy and zeal in support of his own church. He never lost
sight of his object and always marched directly up to it with
a full front. He performed a great deal of missionary labor through
an extensive district of country, beyond his own large field. The
fruits still remain. ... In the expedition against the Chero-
kees in 1776, ^Ir. Cummings accompanied the forces from Hols-
ton, and preached at the different stations now included in the
State of Tennessee ; and in this way was the first minister of
the gospel in that State."
Summers' Southwest Virginia says that ]Mr. Cummings is ac-
credited with the honor of having drafted the Fincastle resolutions
which were adopted Jan. 20, 1775 '' ^^id that he assisted in drafting
the petition from the Hanover Presbytery to the General As-
sembly of Virginia asking for the separation of the Church and
State, in October, 1776.
Rev. Charles and Millicent Carter Cummings had issue :
178. John Cummings, born August 24, 1767. Never married.
179. Thomas Cummings, born Oct. i, 1768. Was educated
for the ministry, but died young, unmarried.
180. Sarah Cummings, born March 15, 1770.
181. Mary Cummings, born Dec. 15, 1771.
182. James Cummings, born Nov. 9, 1773, died Aug. i, 1840.
183. Charles Cummings, born May 10, 1776. Xever married.
184. Millicent Cummings, born Jan. 27, 1778.
185. Xancy Cummings, born Nov. 30, 1779, died in childhood.
186. Robert Cummings, born May 16, 1781.
187. Elizabeth Cummings, born April 16, 1783, died in in-
fancy,
188. George Cummings, born T^Iay 14, 1784, died in infancy.
189. William Cummings, born Oct. 7, 1788. Xever married.
As the descendants of Afilly Carter Cummings have intermar-
ried fourteen times with the distinguished families of Campbell
90 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
and Preston. I will give brief sketches of these noted families
of the Old Dominion before proceeding further.
Campbell Excussus.
The printed accounts of this family are all based upon that prepared
in 1851 by Gov. David Campbell of Virginia. John Campbell and five or
six grown sons and several daughters emigrated to Lancaster County,
Pa-, from Ireland in 17^6, and a few years later removed to that part of
Orange County, Va., which in 1738 became Augusta County. One of
these sons, David Campbell, married in Augusta, Mary Hamilton and had
seven sons and six daughters, all of whom removed to the head waters of
the Holston in ijGs-'ji, where David Campbell owned a tract of land
called the "Royal Oak." One of David Campbell's sons was the dis-
tinguished stateman and patriot. Col. Arthur Campbell ; another, David,
Jr., was the first Federal Judge, and one of the judges of the Supreme
Court of Tennessee. Daughters of the ist and 6th sons married sons of
Milly Carter Cummings.
John Campbell, eldest son of David, born in 1741, received a good
English education. In 1765 he accompanied Dr. Walker in his explora-
tion and purchased the "Royal Oak" tract of land. He was a lieutenant
in \Vm. Campbell's company, which arrived at Point Pleasant too late for
the battle fought on Oct. 10, 1774. In July, 1776, he was second in com-
mand at the battle of Long Island Flats of Holston. which resulted in a
signal victory over the Indians. In October of same year he commanded
a company under Col. Christian against, the Cherokees, and up untU 1781
saw almost continuous military service. In 1778 John Campbell was ap-
pointed clerk of the courts of Washington County and held the office
until 1824. His most distinguished son was David, who was governor of
Virginia i837-'4i. His wife was Elizabeth McDonald, and their daughter,
Mary Campbell, married James Cummings, son of Rev. Charles and Milly
C. Cummings.
Robert Campbell, 6th son of David, born in 1752^ was a volunteer in
the expedition of 1774, and a member of his brother John's company at
Long Island Flats in 1776. He served against the Cherokees, and in 1780
was an ensign under Col. Wm. Campbell at King's Mountain. For more
than thirty years he was a justice of the Washington County Court. In
his old age he removed to the vicinity of Knoxville, Tenn., where he
died in 1831. He was also a member of the Virginia Legislature for four
years. He married Rebecca McDonald, sister of his brother John's wife.
and daughter of Edward McDonald of Botetourt County, who was killed
by Indians. Their daughter, Mary Campbell, married Robert Cummings,
5th son of Rev. Charles Cummings.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Preston Excursus.
91
"Vieing with the Randolphs, Lees, Harrisons, BoUings, Lewises, Byrds,
Berkeleys, Campbells, Russells, and many other notable makers of Ameri-
can history in Virginia^ none are more remarkably connected with that
history than the family of Preston."
The emigrant, John Preston (a native of County Derry, Ireland), his
wife, Elizabeth Patton (a native of County Donegal, Ireland), their chil-
dren^ William, Lettice and Ann, came to Augusta County, Va.. about 1740
with Mrs. Preston's brother. Col. James Patton, Alexander Breckinridge,
and many others; and in May, 1746, he proved their importation "at his
own charge" in order to obtain the fifty acres of land allowed for each
emigrant. Mrs. Preston qualified as executrix of her huband's estate
Feb. 6, 1747. In 1843 Mrs. Letitia Floyd, wife of the first Governor
Floyd, and a granddaughter of John Preston, wrote an account of the
Preston family. Mrs. Floyd says: "Col, James Patton had four sisters,
two of whom married 'men of quality' in the old country. The youngest
sister, Elizabeth, while crossing the river Shannon in a boat, had as a
fellow passenger a young man of striking appearance, who proved to be
a ship carpenter named John Preston. This casual interview led to an
acquaintance and a runaway marriage. The young lady thus placed her-
self 'out of the pale of her family.' " "While living in Augusta, remote
from the seaboard, John Preston employed himself as a cabinet-m.aker,
constructing household furniture for himself and neighbors."
"John Preston appears to have been a quiet man, and without the bus-
tling energy which characterized other pioneer settlers ; but the traits
which he and his wife, Elizabeth, transmitted to their posterity is a
noble testimony that the pair possessed more than common merit."
William Preston, the only son of John and Eliabeth Patton Preston,
was born in the town of Newton, Ireland, Nov. 25, 1729; and received
most of his education from Rev. John Craig in Augusta County. He was
deputy sheriff of that county, clerk of the vestry, member of the House
of Burgesses in i766-'68-'69 from Augusta; first justice of the Botetourt
County Court, county surveyor, colonel of militia, etc. Between 1750
and 1780 he was prominent as a captain of rangers in the Indian wars,
and held an important command in Southwest Virginia during the Revolu-
tion. "His official papers show that he was a man of more than ordinary
culture." He was married in 1761 to Susannah, daughter of Francis and
Elizabeth Waddy Smith of Hanover County. Col. Preston died June 29,
1783, at his home called "Greenfield," leaving five sons and six daughters.
One of his sons was a governor of Virginia, a daughter married a gov-
ernor of Virginia and was the mother of another governor of the State.
Another son as a member of the Virginia Senate, the U- S. Congress, a
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GEXEAL'OGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Brig.-Gen. in War 1812, married a daughter of Gen. Wm. Campbell and
niece of Patrick Henry, etc. Another son was a major in War 1812, mem-
ber of Virginia Legislature, married a daughter of Edmund Randolph,
Att'y Gen. of the U. S. in Washington's Cabinet, governor of Virginia,
etc. Among his grandsons and grandsons-in-law may be mentioned — Wm-
C Preston, U. S. Senator from South Carolina, one of the foremost orators
and statesmen of his day; John S. Preston, member of the S. C. Legis-
lature, Brig.-Gen. in the Confederate Army; Wm- Preston, member of
Congress from Ky., U. S. ^^linister to Spain. Maj.-Gen. C. S. A-, etc; Wm.
B. Preston, Secretary of the Navy under President Taylor, and member
of the Confederate Congress; Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson; Gen. Wade
Hampton; James McDowell, member of Congress and governor of Vir-
ginia; John B. Floyd, Secretary of War, and governor of Virginia; Sena-
tor Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri; Thomas F. ^vlarshall, Alex. K.
Marshall, and Edward C- Marshall, members of Congress from Kentucky
and California; Thomas L. Crittenden, Secretary of State of Kentucky;
and a number of others prominent as officers in the Confederate Army,
members of their State Legislatures, etc.
Through his daughters, John Preston, the emigrant was the grand-
father of John Breckinridge, U. S. Senator from Kentucky, and U. S.
Attorney General under President Jefferson; Jam.es Breckinridge, mem-
ber of Congress from Virginia ; John Brown, U. S. Senator from Ken-
tucky etc. ; and James Brown, first Secretary of State of Kentucky, many
years U- S. Senator from Louisiana, and U. S. Minister to France; and
a number of distinguished professional men and beautiful women.
180. Sarah Cummixgs, born in 1770, married John Balfour,
of Scotland, and had a son, Charles, who married a Miss King,
and daughter, Millicent, who married James Vance. Xo data of
descendants.
181. Mary Cummings, born in 1771, married ^vlichael Swin-
gle. No data of descendants.
182. James Cummings, born in 1773, married Mary, daughter
of Captain John and Elizabeth McDonald Campbell, of Wa.^h-
• ington county. They lived at the old Cummings home near
Abingdon. He was a justice of the Washington county court
in 1803 and sheriff in 1827. Issue:
190. John Cummings, married Katharine Lynch.
iQi. Elizabeth Cummings, married Robt. R. Preston.
GENEACOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
93
192. Charles Cummings, married Eliza Gibson.
193. David Cummings, married Eliza White.
194. James Cummings, Jr., died in infancy.
195. Arthur Campbell Cummings, married Elizabeth Preston.
196. Robert Cummings, d. s. p.
191. Elizabeth Cummings and Robert R. Preston had issue:
I. Mary, married Joseph Campbell and had issue : Mary, Gar-
nett and Robt. R., who married Mary Byrd Trigg, of Abing-
don; II. Anne; III. Walter; IV. John; V. James, died infant;
VI, Arthur, died infant; VII, Campbell, died infant; Mil.
Amelia, married Robt. A. Preston and had issue: Sandy, mar-
ried Elizabeth Gordon, Elizabeth, married Robt. F. Preston.
Margaret, Thomas, married Florence Blair ; Mary and Robert ;
IX. Thomas Wilson, married 2^1ary Shelby and had Issue: Nelly
Cummings, Shelby, Margaret, Elizabeth and Miriam ; X. Eliza-
beth, married a ]Mr. Leyburn.
192. Charles Cummixgs, married Eliza, daughter of David
Gibson, of Romney, W. Va., and had issue: Campbell who
married Sallie White and has a daughter, Bessie : and David,
who married Lucy Clark. Chas. Cummings v.-as admitted to the
bar of Washington county in 1837.
193. David Cummings, married Eliza, daughter of Colonel
James L. White, of "Fruit Hill,'' Abingdon, \'a., and his wife,
Margaret Preston, daughter of Colonel John Preston of "Walnut
Grove." They had issue: I. James Cummings, married (i)
Elizabeth Preston, and (2) Mrs. Frances Clark, nee Summers,
and has issue Frances and Mary Campbell. II. Robert Cum-
mings, married Susan Keller and has a son Arthur. III. David
Cummings, Jr., born June 2^, 1861. He served as deputy clerk of
Washington county, 1882-1887; clerk, 1887-1897; commission-
ed judge of the Washington county court, Feb. i, 1897, and
recently was elected State Senator. David C. Cummings, Sr.,
was deputy clerk of the courts of Washington county, 1 8*^x^-1871.
195. Arthur Campbell Cummings was bom at old Cum-
mmgs home about three miles west of Abingdon, Oct. i. 1822.
94 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
In 1841 he was appointed a cadet at the V. M. I., from which in-
stitution he was graduated in 1844. He studied law and was
admitted to the bar of Washington county in 1846. Upon the
breaking out of the Mexican War he raised and was elected
captain of two volunteer companies under the call for volunteers
by the United States government, but neither was called into
service. In March, 1847, President Polk commissioned him a
captain of Company K, nth United States Infantry. He reached
Vera Cruz July t, 1847, and was attached with his company to
the command of Major Lally, whose troops were the first to
begin the march on the City of Mexico. Captain Cummings was
dangerously wounded in an engagement at Paso Ovejas, near
the National bridge leading to the City of ^Mexico, and was
made brevet major for gallant conduct. He was discharged at
Fort Hamilton, N. Y., Sept. i, 1848. Was appointed division
inspector of the Fifth Division October 22. 1849, and colonel of
the Fifth Regiment Artillery (militia) in 1858. Upon his return
home he resumed the practice of law. In May, 1861, he was
commissioned colonel of Virginia Volunteers and ordered to
report to General T. J. Jackson at Harper's Ferr}-, who assigned
him to the command of the 2d Regiment. He afterwards organ-
ized the 33rd Regiment and was assigned to its command, which
became a part of the famous Stonewall Brigade. He commianded
this regiment at the first battle of Manassas. Col. Cummings was
elected to the Virginia Legislature in 1863, 1869 and 187 1. In
1854 he was married to Elizabeth Preston, daughter of John M.
Preston, of Seven Mile Ford, and had two children — John C.
and Nellie, both of whom died unmarried.
184. MiLLicEXT Carter Cummings, was married Dec. 10,
1801, to John Gibson, born Jan. i, 1775, at Winchester, Va., and
died at his home near Abingdon Aug. 26, 1863. He was a justice
of Washington county court in 1810 and represented the county
in the Virginia Assembly in 1837. In the war of 1812 he held
the rank of captain. They had issue :
197. Sarah Hopkins Gibson, married Fairman H. Preston in
1825 and had a daughter, Anne Amelia Preston, who married
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY g^
David Cummings, son of Robert and Mary Campbell Cummings
and had issue: Sarah, Mary and Carter.
19S. Milhcent Gibson, never married.
199. Jane Gibson, born in 1814, married Rev. James ^IcChain
and had issue : James and Amelia, neither of whom married.
200. Louisa Gibson. No data.
201. Charles Gibson, married Elizabeth Campbell.
202. David Gibson. No data.
203. Andrew Gibson, married Sarah Thurman and had is-
sue: ^ Mary, married Benj. Gildersleeve, and has issue: Virginia,
married E. P. Taylor; Mary, not married; Bessie, married Rev.'
T. S. Russell; Nellie, married Leon Kirby; Benjamin; Grace,
not married ; and Basil.
204. James King Gibson, born Feb. 18, 1812. In 1834-1835
he was deputy sheriff of Washington county; was a merchant
at Abingdon 1835-1840; post-master at Abingdon (a distributing
office) 1838-1849, and in 1849 ^vas appointed teller in the Abinc--
don branch of the Exchange Bank of Virginia, which position
he held until the close of the war. In 1869 he was elected a
member of the 41st United States Congress and served until
March, 1871. He died March 30, 1879. He was married three
times: (i) Anne Campbell; (2) Mary Jane Gibson, daughter
of David and Eliza Armstrong Gibson, of Romney, W. Va. She
was born in 1826 and married in 1847; (3) Eliza Vance, who
bore him one son, Charles C. Gibson, who married Eugenia Pres-
ton. He had no issue by the first wife. By the second marriage
there were three daughters :
Amelia Carter Gibson, born in 1848, died in 1864.
Anne Markee Gibson, born in 185 1, died in 1855.
Eliza Armstrong Gibson, born in 1849, married in February,
1872, Thomas Wilson White, son of W. Y. C. White and his
wife, Margaret Jane Greenway, of Abingdon, and brother of
Hon. James L. White, one of the most prominent lawyers in
Southwest Virginia, whose wife was a daughter of Gov. Wynd-
ham Robertson. Thomas Wilson White was born in 1846, and
vvhile a student at the Virginia Military Institute entered the
Confederate army in the famous cadet corps from that institu-
96 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
tion, and was wounded in the battle of New ^larket, when
ieventeen years of age. This wound lamed him for the remainder
of his life. Thomas \V. and Eliza Gibson White had issue:
a. Margaret, born in 1873, married in 1894 Arthur Ponsonby
Wilmer, son of Frederick Bradford and Louisa Wilmer, of Eng-
land. They lived in Richmond, Va., where Mr. \\'ilmer is the
English consul. They have issue : Thomas Wilson, Louise
Gwendolen, Eliza Frances and Frederick Ponsonby.
b. James Gibson White, born in 1875, died in infancy.
c. Mary Gibson White, born in 1877, married in 1902 James
Clark Carpenter, son of W. A. and Ozella Carpenter. They
have issue : Wm. Alexander and James Clark.
d. Sarah Givin White, born in 1880, married in 1909 Marvine
Gorham, son of George and Ella Marvine Gorham, and has a
daughter, Elizabeth Gibson.
e. Thomas Wilson White, Jr., ]\L D., of Roda, Va. He was
married in 1909 to Lucy, daughter of J. G. and Lucy Skelton.
f. Eliza Wilson white, unmarried .
g. Gilbert Greenway White, unmarried.
186. Robert Cummings, born May 16, 1781, married ^lary,
daughter of Colonel Robert and Rebecca McDonald Campbell.
See Campbell Excursus.
Robert Cummings was commissioned a justice of the Wash-
ington county court Aug. 10, 181 1, and was a member of the
Virginia Assembly in 1826-1830. In 1834 he removed with his
family to East Tennessee, where he purchased a farm on Clinch
River known as ''Eagle Bend." Robert and Mary Cummings had
issue :
Eliza, married James Strother.
Sarah, died young.
Campbell, married Sallie Pickett.
David, married Anne Amelia Preston and had issue: Sally,
Mary and Carter.
John, married a ^Irs. Logan.
Charles, never married
James, never married
Descendants of Captain Thomas Carter, Jr.,
Second Son of Captain Thomas and
Catharine Carter
Carters, Hopkins, Hawleys, Worths, Browns, Davis, Stewarts,
Whites, Jelfs, Lancasters, Popes' Linlhicums Aliens, Rices,
and many others, of Virg^inia, North Carolina, Tennessee?
Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, Indiana, and other states.
Descendants of Captain lliomas Carter, Jr.
Thomas Carter, Jr., second son of Capt. Thomas and Katha-
rine Dale Carter, born "on the 4th day of June 1672 betwn 3
& 4 aclock in y"^ Morn^ and was Baptz*^ att y* new Church Aug*
5th. Capt: John Lee — M"" Th : Hayne ye Lady Ann Skipworth &
Eliz^*^ Dale god par'^", inherited after his mother's death 'Bar-
ford/' the Carter home on Corotoman River, where he died the
last of Septem.ber, 1733. He appears first in the Lancaster
records in 16S6 when "Tho : Carter Jun""" was a witness to a
power of Attorney given by \Vm. Robinson, of Belfast, Ireland,
then in Virginia, to "my trusty and well beloved friend 2^Ir.
Thomas Carter of Corotoman in the County of Lancaster and
Colony of Virginia." In 1696 he paid taxes on four persons;
July 12, 1699, was appointed attorney for James Corneline ; in
1700 probated his father's will and is mentioned in the probate
as the second son. Dec. 12, 1705, he took the oath as a Justice
of Lancaster court and served continuously from that date until
May 14, 1729, nearly a quarter of a century, on the county bench.
Serving with such men as Col. Robert Carter, Capt. William
Ball, Richard Chichester, Henry Fleet, Thomas Lee and John
Turberville. April 7, 171 1, he was commissioned by Governor
Spotswood a captain in the Lancaster militia ; his original com-
mission has been preserved by the family. Besides being a
planter he was also a merchant, and for a number of years was
connected with "King" Carter of Corotoman in the mercantile
business. "King^" Carter spoke of him in his will in very high
terms, as follows : "Whereas Capt. Thomas Carter hath gone
through a series of Business for me several years together in
selling divers cargoes of Goods and upon other accounts, of
whose honesty and integrity I have always had a very good
opinion. It is my will that such accounts of my affairs as lie
can make up. bi^ received as satisfactory from him by my Ex'tors,
and he be to n<;- trouble at law upon my account." He also directs
that all his "selling goodb" coming in by that shipping be de-
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GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY. 99
livered to Capt. Tliomas Carter to be disposed of hy him with
the goods already under Fiis care. After appointing has three
older sons his executors he continued, "And I do request, con-
stitute, and appoint & make rny Hon'ble & good friends & rela-
tions Mann Page. Esq.. of Gloucester Co., Maj. Benj. Harrison
of Charles City County, Maj. George Eskridge & Capt. George
Turberville of Westmoreland County, ]Mr. Richard Lee of
Northumberland County, & Capt. Thomas Carter of Lancaster
Co., to be assistant to my executors & to be consulted and ad-
vised with upon all occasions." After dividing certain parts of
his wearing apparel, as was the custom of those days, among
his three older sons, he directs "& my other clothes I would
have some given to my good friends Capt. Thomas Carter & Mr.
John Turberville."
Besides the land inherited from his father, Capt. Thomas
Carter, Jr., had grants between the years 1700 and 1722 for
1023 acres in various Northern Neck counties, and in 1712 a
grant for 2,400 acres in Stafford. This latter grant, however,
he seems to have disposed of before his death, but as the Staf-
ford records for this period are gone, no record of it can be found.
Sep. 12, 1706, he purchased lot No. 88 in Quecnstonni, Lancas-
ter county. It was the second lot from Anne Street and lay be-
tween Duke and Fairfax Streets. Aug. 6, 1720, "Thomas Carter,
Gent." had a deed from "John Cook Butcher" for twenty acres
of land adjoining land of Edward and Henry Carter in Christ
Church parish. If the old Christ Church Vestry Book could be
found for that period in which Capt. Thomas Carter lived in
Lancaster, I am sure it would show that he was a vestryman of
that parish, for few men of his station at that time but were
members of the vestry, and his two brothers who were living in
the period covered by the vestry book now in existence were both
vestrym.en, as well as his son Dale, and his grandson Daniel.
Among the papers of the late Col. Thomas Carter, of near
V/illiamsburg, Ky., was found a faded photograph of an old por-
trait, and on the back was written, "Portrait of Thomas Carter,
2nd., Lancaster, \'a." No mention is made in the inventory of
personal estate of Capt. Thomas Carter. Jr., of a portrait of him-
lOO GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
self, but he probably had presented it to one of his sons prior
to his death.
*Tho : Carter Jun"" & Arabella William'"'^ was Mar'' ye 22'^ Aug'.
1695." (Prayer Book). His wife probably was a daughter of
William Williamson, son of James Williamson, of Rappahan-
nock county, and a niece of Margaret Williamson, who married
Capt. William Ball, Jr., prior to 1673. The descendants of Capt.
Thomas Carter, Jr., and Capt. Wm. Ball, Jr., have handed down
the baptismal names of Jesse, Jeduthan, William^son, Margaret
and Arabella, which doubtless all came originally from the Wil-
liamsons. As Rev. Mr. Hayden in his genealogy of the Ball
family does not mention the use of the name of Arabella by that
family, I will give here an example of it I found recently in a
genealogy of the Ball and Hogg families, published in The
State Gazette, Point Pleasant, West Va. "Julia Ann Hogg (i
Peter, 2 Peter) married Aug. 21, 1828, Thomas Ball, son of
James Ball and Lucy Hardin his wife of Virginia (early emi-
grants to Mason County) Rev. Wm.. George officiating-. To this
union were born: (i) Lewis Ball, unmarried. (2) Robert Ball,
married Mary Ann Somerville. (3) Mary Matilda Ball, mar-
ried Samuel Somerville. (4) Frances Ball, married James Som-
erville. (5) Patsy Ball, married James Rice. (6) Lavenia Ball,
married Green Somerville. (7) Arabella Ball, married Jackson
Shirley. (8) Maria Ball, married James Rayburn, etc., etc."
Williamson and Underwood Excursus.
In the seventeenth century there were several Williamson families in
Virginia of more or less prominence in the counties cf Henrico, Surry,
Isle of Wight, York, and Rappahannock, of whom isolated notes have
appeared from time to time in various historical and genealogical publi-
cations. The family of particular interest here, and one of the more
prominent ones seems to have become extinct in the male line with the
death of Henry Williamson of Essex County in 1699.
A writer in the Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. VI.. saays that 'The
first Williamsons in Virginia settled in Surry, opposite Jamestown, nam-
ing the estate 'Cobham Hall' after Cobham Hall, Kent, England, the seat
of the English V/il!iamsons, and thence they spread over Virginia and
North Carolina." Probably from this family came Dr. Robert William-
son, who was Burgess in 1663 from the adjoining county of Isle of Wight,
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY loi
where he had grants for 3,850 acres of land in 1666; and also Mr. James
Williamson (who doubtless was a brother of Dr. Robert), a Justice of
the Isle of Wight court in 1646, et scq. This Mr. James Williamson was
the ancestor of the family of interest here. He married Anne Underwood,
sister of Col. Wm. Underwood, who died in Rappahannock County in
1662, and daughter of Mrs. Margaret Underwood, who married (2) Capt.
John Upton, a Justice of Isle of Wight in 1627, '31, '2>2', Burgess in 1630,
'32, '22, '39, '45 and '47; and "Mint Zslaster General" of Virginia in 1645;
died in 1652. In 1657, Zvlrs. Margaret Underwood Upton took a third
husband in the person of Mr. Thomas Lucas, Sr., of Rappahannock, a
Justice of that county in 1657, Burgess in 1658, died in 1673. Marriage
contract dated in April, 1657.
Capt. John Upton in his will, prob. Isle of Wight County, Dec. 16,
1652, left his land on the north side of Rappahannock River to his step-
daughters Elizabeth, Sarah, and Margaret Unden,vood, and Anne Under-
wood, now tTTe wife of IMr. James Williamson. Also gave them 1,500 acres
in Isle of Wight County, and likewise 850 acres if his son John Upton
died before he reached the age of twenty-one years. About this time the
Williamsons, Underwoods, and tlieir mother, Mrs. Upton, removed to the
Rappahannock land, lying in that part of Lancaster County, that in Dec,
1656, became Rappahannock County, and in 1692 Richmond County. In
addition to this land. James Williamson had patents as follows : May 22.
1650, 1,150 acres; May 9, 1651, 720 acres; and ilay 22, 1651, 1,800 acres,
on the last of which he settled, as is shown by a deed in Essex County
made Dec. i. 1697 by Wm. and Anne Tomiin for 700 acres of land on the
north side of the Rappahannock, "where Mr. James Williamson formerly
lived, and which was a part of a tract of i8co acres granted to him on
May 22, 165 1.
In Jan., 1652, Mr. James Williamson was a Justice of the Lancaster
court, and probably continued as such until his death in 1656; and in 1654
he paid taxes on seven persons. A statement in the Lancaster court
records, Dec. 8, 1656, shows that "Mr. James Williamson late of this
county, died intestate and administration was granted in behalf of the
orphans to Mr. William Underwood, who was uncle to said orphans en
the Mother's side." The record fails to name the orphans, but deeds :n
old Rappahannock records show that three of them were William, Mar-
garet, and Mary, and I think it very probable that Henry Williamson of
Rappahannock, who died in 1699. was another son of James Williamson,
and shall treat him as such in this account Rappahannock being cut off
from Lancaster in Dec, 1656, James Williamson's Inventory of persona!
estate was recorded in that county. It amounted to £330 besides 38,53'^
pounds of tobacco, and included "a small parcell of bookes" at fifteen
102 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
shillings. He was in addiiion to being a planter a merchant, as is shown
in a case in Baradall's Reports, which recites that ''Wm. Ball. Jr., was a
grandson and a heir of the mortgagor, James Williamson, Merchant, re-
siding in Virginia, who mortgaged an estate in England by deeds dated
19th & 20th Nov., 1655."
James Williamson was a friend of John Hammond, the author of the
celebrated tract "Leah & Rachel" — an account of Virginia and ^Nlaryland
about 1650, and which the author dedicated to him. In 1662 William
Underwood gave to his nieces Margaret and Mary Williamson a tract of
882 acres patented by him in 165S. Of the children of James and Anne
Williamson I have the following: Margaret married prior to March, 1671,
Capt. Wm. Ball, Jr., of Lancaster; Mary married prior to March, 1673,
John Rosier, Gent., of Westmoreland ; and William died prior to 1673,
leaving daughters Margaret and Arabella, of whom later; and Henry died
in 1699, leaving daughters Elizabeth, Katharine, and Frances.
Mar. 7, 1671. William i^Ioseley delivered to Mr. Wm. Ball, Jr., Mr.
James Williamson's patent for 1,800 acres of land dated 22 May, 1651, and
the Underwood patent to Margaret and :Mary Williamson for 882 acres,
dated March 11, 1662. March 20, 1673, Capt. Wm.. Ball. Gent-, and Mar-
garet his wife, a daughter and co-heir of Mr. James William.son, and A.n-
thony Bridges of Westmoreland, attorney for John Rosier, Gent., of West-
moreland, and Mar\' his wife, daughter and co-heir of James Williamson,
sold to Charles Dacres, Gierke (Minister) of Westmoreland. 450 acres,
part of a patent for 1.800 acres granted to Mr. James Williamson, dec'd,
etc. They guaranteed title against themselves and the heirs of William
Williamson, also dec'd.
The Ball family has an original deed from Archdale and Elizabeth
Combe, of Rappahannock County, dated Nov. 2, 1675, releasing her dower
in a tract of 882 acres of land given by her formxer husband, Maj. Wm.
Underwood to his nieces, Margaret and Mary Williamson. This deed
bears a seal showing the following crest : "A pelican feeding her young,"
encircled by the motto. "Sic bis qiios diligo." Rev. Mr. Hayden says that
works on heraldry give this as the crest of the Norris family of Scotland.
Mrs. Elizabeth Underwood Combe, may have been a Norris, and thus had
the seal, or it may have belonged to some bystander. There was a Norris
family in Lancaster. For descendants of Margaret Williamson Ball see
'•Virginia Genealogies." by Rev. Horace Hayden. There is no printed
account of the Rosiers, but the Westmoreland records doubtless would
give wills and deeds of this family. John Rosier, husband of Mary Wil-
liamson, was a son of John Rosier, minister, of Northampton County, who
married Elizabeth daughter of John Hillier of Maryland, and died leaving
a son John, Jr. His widow. Elizabeth, afterv.ard married Antb.ony Bridges,
clerk of Westmoreland County.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
103
^ William Williamson, son of James and Ann Underwood Williamson,
bad a grant of 200 acres of land in Rappahannock County, March 18,
1663, and Feb. 27, 1667, "William Williamson of the county of Rapp»
Planter" leased it to John Webb, who was to build a house, plant an or-
chard, etc. In March, 1673, he is spoken of as dead. And at a court held
in Rappahannock County, June 4, 1684, "Mr. Henry Williamson exhibited
an account as Guardian of Marg' & Arabella Williamson orphan Daugh-
ters of Mr- Wm. Williamson dec'd which was Exam'i and made oathe to
by him & Ordered recorded & vouchers filed." This Arabella Williamson
I take to be the one who married Thomas Carter, Jr., in 1692. Her
mother may have been a Miss White of Rappahannock County, as Ara-
bella was a baptismal name in that family.
Henr>' Williamson was a justice of Rappahannock in 16S0. et sen.,
and in 1692 was Presiding Justice. At the Apr:! court, 1684, Mr. Henry
Williamson was paid for the services of a man and horse impressed for five
days in bringing down corn and lumber belonging to the Rapp^ Indians
from their fort to the River side. At the same court "]Mr. Henry Wil-
liamson Did this day in open Court produce fiftysix Ells of Linen Cloath
three quarters wide And Made Oath that the same was of his own
Growth and Manufacture where upon this Court Ordered that Certificates
thereof be Returned to the Next hone'able Assembly."
Henrj' Williamson was married twice. First to a daughter of Ricliard
Loes, who was a Justice of the Lancaster court, i652-'56, and of the first
court of Rappahannock in Dec. 1656. and captain of militia. In his will,
prob. July 7, 1675, he left all his land on Rappahannock and persona!
estate to son-in-law, Henry Williamson. Henrv- Williamson married sec-
ond. Catharine Weekes, daughter of Abraham Weekes, vestryman of Lan-
caster in 1657, Justice in 1666. and later Justice of Middlesex court. In
1688 Abraham and Milicent Weekes of Middlesex, conveyed to ]Mr. Henry
Williamson of Rappahannock County, and his wife Catharine, their daugh-
ter, a tract of land, the other half of which they had deeded to their son
Francis Weekes.
March 30, 1699. "Henry Williamson of ye County of Essex in ye Colony
of Virginia Gen'." made his will. prob. Sept. 11, same year. He gave to
each of his three daughters — Elizabeth, Katharine and Frances, ten negroes
and several hundred acres of land, besides other property. The probate
shows that Elizabeth Williamson had married Thomas Meriwether be-
tween the making and filing of the will.
In Rappahannock County contemporaneous with James Williamson
and hi.s children, there was another family of Williamson, who evidently
were of a different social class, judging by the fact that without excep-
tion all of them from the midlle of the 17th century to the igth, made
their marks in signing their nills snd deeds- The first of these uas
104
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Thomas Williamson, who with Evan Davis had a grant for 900 acres in
1663. He seems lo have come from -York County. In 1669 Thomas X
Williamson, Sr., deeded land belonging to wife Katharine's former hus-
band, Richard Hubbeli ; and in 1671 he deeded land to children of son
Thomas Williamson. The Essex records show the following wills of this
family: James X Williamson, 1717: Toana X Williamson, deed as exec-
of father, John Williamson, dec'd. 1716; John X Williamson, 1742; Wm.
X Williamson, 1742: Edward X Williamson, 1748; Thos. X Williamson,
1765; Wm. X Williamson, 1775; Alice X Williamson, iSoo; Thomas X
Williamson, 1S02; Wm. X Williamson, 1804; and across the river in Rich-
mond County, Jonah X Williamson, deed, in 1707.
Of the sisters and brother of Anne Underwood Williamson: Elizabeth
Underwood married (l) Capt, Francis Slaughter of Rappahannock County,
a merchanr. justice of Rappahannock in 1656; and died m that year leaving
a son Francis, Jr. (2) Col. John Catiett in 1657. He was presiding jus-
tice of Rappahannock in 1665, and was killed by the Indians while de-
fending a frontier fort near Port Royall in 1670- Col. Catiett was very
wealthy. They had issue, — John, William, Thomas, Margaret, Sarah, and
Elizabeth. Like her mother. Elizabeth Underwood took unto herself a
third husband in the person of Rev. Amory Butler, by whom she had no
issue. Margaret Underwood married about i6s5-'s6 Humphrey Booth, a
merchant who came to Lancaster from. London in 1653. He was a justice
of the first court of Rappahannock in Dec, 1656, etc. They had issue,
Grace and Catharine, one of whom married Robert Brooke, and a son
Humphrey Booth, Jr. Sarah Underwood married a Mr. Pierce, probably
Maj. Wm. Pierce of Westmoreland, who had a wife Sarah in 166S. He
was a justice of that county in 1668, and died in 1702. William Under-
wood, only brother of Anne Williamson, was a merchant and planter in
Rappahannock County, Burgess from that county in 1652, a justice of the
first court in 1656, justice of Lancaster in 1652 before Rappahannock was
formed, etc., etc Died in 1662, leaving a son William, Jr.
April 24, 1728, "Thomas Carter of the County of Lancaster
Gent." made his will, probated Oct. 10, 1733. He left all estate
to wife Arabella during- her widowhood, after which it was to
be divided among- his eight sons as follows : Thomas to have
the home place ("Barford,"' the old homic of the first Thomas) ;
Peter to h.ave the half of the King George plantation next the
river — 250 acres; Edward the other half; Dale to have negroes
Harry and Winny,. and he failing heirs to go to son Thomas Car-
ter's son Jesse : Joseph to have negro Robin ; Daniel to have ne-
gro Nanny; Charles negroes Sarah and ^vlar}-, and he failing
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 105
heirs to go to son Thomas Carter's son Thomas ; James to have
the "great bed and furniture above stairs" fXov. 13, 1728, his
father deeded him a negro man) ; Peter to have best bed and fur-
niture below stairs ; Edward another bed and furniture upstairs.
Thomas 10 have the great Bible. All children to share alike in
the remainder of his land and personal property. Peter to have
the management of son Charles until he arrives at the age of
tv.-enty years, which was prior to the death of his father in 1733.
Wife Arabella to be executrix, but in case of her death or remar-
riage then son Peter to be executor. The original will shows a
fine signature and the mark of a large seal, but the wax has
crum.bled away. The inventory of personal estate amounted to
£415. and besides the usual furniture of a planter of that class,
included twelve negroes, twenty and a half ounces of silver plate,
portrait of Edward Dale, and picture called Hale's Xew Year's
Gift. He had in the book line, a large old Bible, another large
Bible worth three shillings more than the the first, a Common
Prayer Book. History of the Bible, a small History of the Bible,
The Whole Duty of ^lan, a Serman Book, Practice of Piety, Nel-
son's Justice of the Peace, and twelve other old books, and an-
other small Bible, making a total of tv/enty-two volumes. He
had a seal worth six shillings, which doubtless bore the family
arms, and probabily was the seal used by his son Joseph in 1739,
as that one bore the crest and the initials '-'T. C."
The family record of Thomas and Arabella Carter was evi-
dently kept in one of tlie Bibles, as the Carter Prayer Book gives
no record of births, etc., of their chhildren. The will shows that
they had eight sons as follows :
I. Thomas, HI., died in 1735 5. James, died in 1747.
- 2. Joseph, died in 1751. 6. Peter, died in 1789. -
3. Daniel, died in 1759. 7. Dale, died in 1776.
4- Edward, died in 1760. 8. Charles, died in 1766.
Mrs. Arabella Williamson Carter did not marry again, and
after the death of her son, Thom.as, in 1735, and his wife in
^737, she took care of his two sons, Jesse and Thomas, both of
whom in after years settled in Pittsylvania county and were the
ancestors of that branch of the family. r - . .
Descendants of Thomas Carter III.,
of Lancaster
Thomas Carter, eldest son of Capt. Thomas and Arabella
Carter, born about 1696. lived and died at or near the old home
on Coroton^an River. He was married about 1720- 1725 to Joana
Miller, said to have been of a ^laryland fam.ily, though there
was a Miller family at that time in Lancaster, but the Lancaster
marriage bonds do not contain his name. This Thomas Carter's
descendants have perpetuated the Williamson-Ball nam.es of
Jesse, Juduthan, Rawleigh and Williamson more than any other
branch of Arabella Williamson Carter's descendants. Sept. 28,
1730, he was granted 200 acres of land in that part of Gooch-
land county that in 1748 becam.e Cumberland county, and four
years later another grant for 400 acres. Thomas Carter, of
Christ Church parish, Lancaster made his will April 17, 1735,
probated July 9, 1735. He left all his estate to wife, Joan,
and after her death to his tv.o sons, Jesse and Thomas Carter.
He asked that no appraisement of his personal estate be made,
but an inventory shows that he left a good lot of household
goods, books, a gold ring, four negroes and seven sets of brick
moulds, which shows that bricks were made in that part of \'ir-
ginia. Joan Carter did not long survive her husband as on
May 3, 1737, Mr. Thomas James was appointed guardian of
Jesse and Thomas Carter, orphans of Thomas and Joan Carter.
Jesse Carter was of age prior to March 10, 1748, as on that
date the court made a final settlement with him for his share of
the estates of his father, Thomas Carter, and his grandfather,
Capt. Thomas Carter, Jr. Thomas Carter IV. was not of age
until Nov. 27, 1755, but Feb. 21, 1752, the court decided in his
favor a suit against his guardian, Air. Thomas Jam.es, for his
share of his father's and grandfather's estate. He then chose
his brother Jesse as his guardian, and Aug. 17, 1753, Jesse Car-
ter, as guardian of his brother. Thomas, returned to court an
account for the services of two negroes belonging to Thomias.
John Payne Carter. Eso.. of North Carolina.
Miniature about 1820.
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GEXEALOCV Of THE CARTER FAMILY 107
Thomas and Joan Carter had two sons named Thomas, as often
happened in colonial days. The elder of these, born before his
grandfather made his will, April 24. 172S. died about 1733- 1734,
and when another son was born Nov. 27, 1734, he was also
christened Thomas.
9. Jesse Carter, born circa 1724-1725, died in Pittsylvania in
Nov., 181 1.
10. Thomas Carter, born Nov. 27, 1734, died in Pittsylvania,
July 15, 1817.
Carters of "Oakland," Pittsylvania.
9. Jesse Carter, appeared in the Lancaster records next after
the settlement of his father's estate as, "Jesse Carter of the
Parish of Christ Church, Lancaster, Schoolmaster'' when on Dec.
8, 1749, he sold to Col. James Gordon 125 acres of land on
Corotoman River that had descended to him from his grand-
father, Capt. Thom.as Carter. At this time he was unmarried,
but in the next year he is said to have married Susan Satterwhite,
or Satherwaite, of whose parentage no record has been locaied.
That is a name that is found but occasionally in Virginia records,
and Mr. Crozier in his Index to Southern Pedigrees of more
than twenty thousand family histories and genealogical
notes failed to find one of this family. By this marriage he had
a son, Jesse, and daughters, Margaret and Frances. This v.ife
died and Jesse Carter was married to Mary Chattin, prior to
Dec. 6, 1760, when she joined him in a deed to William Griggs
for their home place on Corotoman River when they were about
to remove to Cumberland county. ]\Iary Chattin was probablv
a daughter of Joseph Chattin, of Lancaster, who was one of the
processioners of the land in the parish in 1743. She was prob-
ably connected with the Chewning family as Chattin Chewning
was a processioner in 1747. A search of the Lancaster records
for wills of Chattin and Satterwhite might throv/ som.e light on
the parentage of Jesse Carter's two wives. As said before,
Jesse Carter removed his family from Lancaster about 1 760-1 761
to his part of his father's land in Cumberland counr\, where
they lived until 178 1, when they removed to Pittsylvania.. v,-hcre
Io8 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
he was living: in 1782 as the head oi a family of ten whites and
seventeen colored servants. In 17*85 he purchased thirteen hun-
dred acres of land lying: on both sides of Bannister River, Pittsyl-
vania, built a fine house, called the place -Oakland"' and settled
down for the rest of his life. This old place is now owned by
his great grandson, Jesse Lawson Carter, and is situated about
four'miles from Chatham, the county seat. Jesse Carter of Oak-
land, made his will Dec. 11, 1805, probated Dec. 11, 181 1. He
left a fine estate in land, negroes, etc., to wife, ^^lary Chattin
Carter, and his eight children, four of whom only shared in
the residuary estate, as he had provided them their share of
his property before he died. Jesse Carter had issue as follows :
11. Jesse Carter, died in 1815 in Caswell county, N. C.
12. Frances Carter, married James Hopkins of Pittsylvania.
13. Margaret, married Samuel Thompson of Pittsylvania.
Sarah, married Jedutlian Carter, of "Mt. Viev^," Pittsyi-
14.
vania
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Thomas Chattin Carter, died 1820 in Pittsylvania.
[6. Joseph Carter, of "Oakland,"' died in 1838.
:\Iary Carter, was the second wife of James Hopkms.
18. John Carter, of "Sandy River,'' Pittsylvania.
II. Jesse Carter, Jr., born in Lancaster county, died in Cas-
well countv, N. C. in 1815. leaving a large estate in land, negroes
and other property to his third wife and eight children. He was
a soldier in the Revolution and his name appears in a list printed
by Virginia in 1835 of non-commissioned officers and men of the
Virginia Line during the Revolution, whose names appeared on
the army register, but who had not received their bounty land.
After the war he married Anne Payne, or Paine of Pittsylvania
county, supposed to belong to the family of Payne of Gooch-
land county, of which Mrs. Dolly Madison was a member, and
which had a branch in Pittsylvania county. She bore him two
daughters and two sons and died. He then married her sister,
Elizabeth Pavne, who bore him a son and daughter. After her
death he was married in Caswell ocunty, N. C, to which he had
moved, to Sarah Brown on Dec. 17, 1809, who with a son and
daughter survived iiim. In Caswell county, which adjoins Pitts-
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 109
sylvania county, Va., Jesse Carter, Jr., acquired a large estate
in land and negroes and was said to be at the time of his death
one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina. Is said to have
left his son, Dr. Jesse Carter III., about a hundred thousand
dollars in gold.
Payne and Brown Excursus.
As I have not succeeded in getting from any of the descendants data
from the Pittsylvania records that would show the parentage of Anne and
Elizabeth Payne Carter, I am unable to give an account of their family;
but I am reasonably sure that they were members of the Payne family of
Pittsylvania, Goochland and Lancaster, which since their settlement in
Virginia, has been a prominent fam.ily, taking an active part in the politi-
cal life of their counties, frequently holding the various county offices,
and marrying into the best families of Virgmia, such as the Balh Chi-
chesters, Woodsons, Lees. Merr>-mans, Madisons. etc. Exceedingly in-
teresting data of this family has appeared in the Virguiia Historical Maga.
zxne, Vols. V., VL, VIL, and the WilUam and Mary Quarterly Vols II
and VI. ...
Sarah Brown Carter was the daughter of John Edmunds Brown and
his wife Anne Bedford of Halifax County, who before the Revolution r-
moved irom Halifax to South Carolina. During the Revolution he was
driven out of South Carolina by the Tories, and on his wav back to Vir-
ginia decided to settle in Caswell County, N. C, where he purchased a
large plantation.
Besides Sallie Brown Carter, he had issue. Nancy, who married Ed-
mund Harper of Halifax; and sons Jethro, Bedford, and Vviliiam. one of
whom IS said to have been the grandfather of John C. Brown, Maj.-Gen.
C. S. A., and Governor of Tennessee. Jethro Brown married, Mav 28,
1788, Lucy Williamson, and had issue: James Williamson Brown, 'who
married Mary A. Carter, daughter of Jesse Carter by his first wife, Anne
^ayne; Bedford Brown, U. S. Senator from North Carolina for a num-
ber of years, and father of the well-known physician. Dr. Bedford Brown
of Alexandria, Va. ; John Edmunds Brown who married his first cousin,
thzabeth. daughter of Jesse Carter by his third wife, Sarah Brown; Jef-
ferson, William, Martha, and Elizabeth.
Jesse Carter's will, dated Sept. 30, 1815, probated in January,
|«i6, m Caswell county, X. C, ordered his house and lot in
etersburg, Va., sold ; mentions negroes brought by his last
wife Sallie Brown ; gives $500.00 to his nephew Jesse Thompson ;
no
GESEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Directs that all debts due him from Peyton Morton (the Paynes
and Mortons had intermarried), Ralph Hubbard (likewise the
Paynes and Hubards), and David Thomas, Sr. be cancelled.
and that Peyton Morton be permitted to live the rest of his life
on the Carter Plantation where he was then livin.^. Rest of
estate to wife Sallie Brown Carter and his eight children. Son
John Pavne Carter and son-in-law Romulus ]\[. Saunders and
friends John H. Brown, and John P. Harrison to be his execu-
tors. He left issue as follows :
ist Mar. 19. Rebecca Carter, married in 1S12, Hon. Rom.ulus
M. Saunders, U. S. Minister to Spain.
20. Mary A. Carter, married in 1818. James William-
son Brown.
21. John Payne Carter, an attorney, died in Alabama
in 1S30.
22. Archibald Gracie Carter, an attorney, died in
North Carolina.
2nd Mar. 23. Susan Satterwhite Carter, married Robt. Gallo-
way, of North Carolina.
■24. Dr. Jesse Carter, died in ^Mobile, Ala.
■3rd Mar. 25. Elizabeth Brown Carter, married in 1827, Col.
John E. Brown.
26. William Brown Carter, an attorney, in North
Carolina.
19. Rebecca Pine Carter, married Nov. i, 1812, Romulus
Mitchell Saunders, second son of William Saunders, Jr., and his
first wife a Miss Mitchell. Wm. Saunders, Jr., was an officer in
the 6th N. C. Regt. in the Rev. and one of the charter members
of the Society of Cincinnati. He was also a member of the first
"Provincial Congress" at Halifax, N. C. In 1794 he removed
to Tennessee, where he died in 1803. Romulus M. Saunders was
educated at tlie University of N. C, and was a prominent lawyer
in that state. Vv'as a member of the N. C. House of Commons
181 5 to 1820 and was Speaker of the House for two years. Mem-
ber of Congress from N. C. in 1821 to 1827, and 1841-1845.
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Hon-. Robert Bradley Hawley,
d.-ilvrston, Texas.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY m
I Attorney General of X. C. iSjS. and Judge of the Supre.T.e Court
I in 1835. In 1833 was President of the Commission to settle the
I U. S. Claims against France: and was Minister to Spain 1846-
I 1850. Romulus and Rebecca Carter Saunders had issue: Jam.es,
I Franklin : Anne Pine ; Rebecca ; and Camillus : all of whom died
I unmarried except Camillus Saunders, who married Harriet Tay-
I lor, of Xewport, R. I., and died without i-sue
I
I 20. Marv Axxe Carter, married July 30. 1818. Jam.es Wil-
I liamson Brown, of Caswell county. He was born Feb. 18, 17S9. at
I Yanceyville, X. C. and died in Dec, 1866, in Washington, where
I he was a clerk in the Treasury Department. He was educated
i at Chapel Hiil. X. C, in iSo2-'5, Wm. & Mary, Va., 1807-9, and
I after leaving college traveled extensively in Europe. He .uf-
I fered financial reverses and spent rhe last twenty-five years of
|- his life in the Treasury Department at Washington. J. W. and
I Mar>' Carter Brown had issue as follows :
I .27. John Payne Brown, settled in Des Moines and left descend-
I ants there.
2S. Lelia Brown, married a Judge Talbot of Shrevenort. La., a
wealthy planter and attorney. They had a son, Pinkncv
Talbot, died in the Confederate army; "and a daughter,
Mary, married a Mr. Cagle.
29. Susan Carter Brown, born Feb. 18, 1825.
30. Lafayette Brown, died of tuberculosis at St. Paul, Minn..
in 1864. In i860 he was Lt. Commander of the U. S.
sloop Powhatan on the west coast of Africa hunting vio-
lators of the slave trade laws. He married Julia Caru^i,
daughter of an Italian musician of note, sister of Eugene
and Xathaniel Carusi, Attorneys at Law, Washington,
D. C. ' ^ '
31. Mary A. Brown, youngest daughter, died of tuberculosis at
age of 20.
^29. Susan Carter Browx, born Feb. 18, 1825, Caswell Co..
N. C. died Sept. 27, 1867, Memphis, Tenn. Wh^ile visitir.g her
uncle, Dr. Pinkney Bethel, at .Memphis, she met and marri-d
Joseph Henry Hawley, September 27, 1843. Joseph Henry Haw-
112 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
ley, born at Louisville, Ky., Nov. 7, 1820, died at his home three
miles from Memphis, August 4, 1857. He was a son of Hezekiah
Hawley, and his first wife Mrs. Malinda McConnell, daughter of
Richard Finley, an early settler of Kentucky. Hezekiah Hawley
(born at Bridgewater, Conn., Feb. 18, 1782, died at ^.lemphis,
March i, 1859), an attorney at law, settled in Kentucky soon after
1800, where he practiced law and was on the bench at Louisville
for a number of years. He owned and built the famous mansion
and race course seven miles out of the city known as "'Wood-
lawn."
Hawley Excursus.
The Hawley family has been fully written up by Mr. Elias Hawley in
a large tome, 'The Hawley Record." The English ancestry of this family
is expounded back to 1006 A. D., with illustrations and coats-of-arms.
The first to come to America was Mr. Joseph Hawley. who resided at
Stratford, Connecticut, as early as 1629. He was the first town recorder
of that place as well as magistrate. He owned several thousand acres of
land in and around Stratford, and was returned to the General Assembly
as a Deputy twenty-nine times between the years 1658-1687. His wife was
Katharine Birdseye. Their eldest son, Samuel Hawley, was also a large
land owner and farmer, and succeeded his father as a m.ember of the Gen-
eral Assembly, being returned twenty-three times. He was a first settler
of the town of Derby. He was twice married, his first wife, Mar>-, being
a granddaughter of Governor Welles; and the second wife, Patience
(widow of Lieut. John Hubbell), was a daughter of Isaac Nichoils. and
granddaughter of Sergeant Francis Nichoils, through whom this family
claims descent from King Robert Bruce. (See "Sergeant Francis
Nichoils," by Walter Nichoils).
Stephen Hawley, son of Samuel and Patience, settled at New Milford,
Conn., where he owned a thousand acres of land and a fulling mill. He
also has to his credit many civic services. His wife, Mary DeForest, was
a descendant of the famous Huguenot, Jesse DeForest. who brought over
the first Walloon emigrants to New York City; and also of Capt. Benj.
Blagge. (See N. Y. Archives, Riker's History of New Harlem, and Baird's
Huguenot Emigration to America.) Stephen and Mary Hawley had a
son Hezekiah, who married Sarah, daughter of Daniel Phelps, and traces
back to William Phelps, who came over in the "Mary & John" in 1630.
and settled at Dorchester, Mass. This William Phelps was a member of
the Massachu-etts Assembly, was governor for a year of the new Colony
of Connecticut, with a commission from the government of Massachusetts,
Sle Mlrrav Hawley,
Wife of Mai. J.,hn Calvin Oakes. U. S. Enj
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 113
and was a founder and first settler of the town of Windsor. Conn. See
Judge Oliver Phelps' ■•Histor>- of the Phelps Family." Daniel Phelps was
also a descendant of Edward Griswold, an original settler and principal
promoter of the town of Clinton, Conn., originally called Kenilworth,
after his birthplace in England; a member of the General Court of Con-
necticut, etc. Also of Daniel Horsford, and William Thrall, both first,
settlers of Connecticut.
Hezekiah and Sarah Phelps Hawley had a son Joseph Chrysostom, who
was a soldier during the Revolutionary War, and was in the battles of
Flat Bush, White Plains, Germantown, and Monmouth, and spent the
winter at Valley Forge. His wife was Amy Bradley, daughter of Grifian
and Mabel Bradley of New Haven, descendants of first settlers of that
place. They had three sons and six daughters, the third son being Heze-
kiah Hawley, who removed to Kentuck-y. Copies of wills, marriage
records, war records and other records of this family are possessed by
Mrs. Short Willis of Washington, D. C, and are on file among the archives
of the General Society 'D. A. R.
Joseph Henry and Susan Carter Brown Hawley, of Memphis,
had issue :
(i) Robert Bradley Hawley, studied law under Judge Bow-
man of Louisiana, and later settled in Galveston, Texas, but did
not practice there; instead he opened a commission house and
became largely interested in sugar plantations in Louisiana and
Cuba. He was twice a member of Congress from Texas and re-
fused a third term. Dec. 11, 1878. he married Aviary Drake Rice,
and to them was born one child. — Susan ]Murry Hawley, on Oct.
22, 1879. ^^ay 2, 1902, she married Maj. John Calvin Oakes
of the L'. S. Engineers stationed at Galveston. iNIrs. Oakes was
one of the most beautiful women of Galveston, and her untimely
death in August, 1908, was a great shock to her wide circle of
friends. She left two sons, Hawley and John Calvin, Jr.
(2) Lucie Malinda Hawley, born Jan. 4, 1854, married Mr.
Green Williams, a wealthy capitalist of Memphis, and has one son,
Marion Williams.
(3) Frank Lafayette, born Xov. i, 1857. died unmarried, in San
Antonio Jan. 27, 1884.
(4) Joseph FTenry Hawley, Jr., born in Memphis April 20, 1846.
Appointed a cadet at the Xaval Academy by President Johnson, but
in the fall of 1867 resigned at the earnest request of his miother
114 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
when she was dying. Later engaged in business in Louisville, and
about 1875 removed to St. Louis, where he was in newspaper
work. In 1880 he was Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of
Representatives, and as a mark of esteem and appreciation that
body presented him with a handsome gold watch. Still later re-
moved to Galveston where he is a member of the firm of Currie
& Hawley, engaged in the export trade with ^lexico. Mr. Haw-
ley has a most interesting and charming personality and a wide
circle of friends and acquaintances. He is in great demand a:-
an after dinner speaker, not only in his own city, but is often
called upon to represent Galveston's various industries, etc.. at
distinguished gatherings in all parts of the U. S. and Mexico.
Feb. 22, 1870, Joseph H. Hawley was married in Christ Church,
Louisville, by Rev. Dr. Craik, to Sarah Anne Brown, daughter
of Chastaine William Scott Brown, of Louisville, and his wife
Rebecca Mary Debb. He was a son of William and Xancy
Scott Brown, who rem.oved to Kentucky early in the nineteenth
century from Culpeper Co., Va.
Joseph H. and Sarah B. Hawley had issue a daughter and son, —
Mary Carter and John Henry.
Mary Carter Hawley, born at La Grange, Ky., Dec. 23. 1871.
like her cousin, Sue Murry Hawley, was one of the belles of
Galveston, and on the 28th of March, 1894, became the bride
of Short A. Willis, son of Richard Short and Xarcissa Wor-
sham Willis, of Galveston. ]\Ir. Willis is a graduate of Prince-
ton, and now a retired banker and merchant, living in Wash-
ington, where he built a beautiful home in the Spanish style
of architecture on Nineteenth street. He is a member of the
Princeton Club of Xew York, and the Metropolitan and Chevy
Chase Clubs, Washington. Mrs. Willis is Librarian General of
the D. A. R., member of the Colonial Dames of Connecticut.
Cannecticut Historical Society, Connecticut Red Cross Society,
Daughters of Founders and Patriots Club of Washing-
ton, Washington Women's Club, Washington Society of Fine
Arts, W'ashington Colonial Dame Club, X'ational Geographical
Society, .American Historical AsscKriation, the Stonewall Jackson
Chapter U. D. C. at Washington, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Willis had
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three children, Olive Elizabeth, Richard Short, and Henry Haw-
ley.
John Henry Hawley. born Oct. 21, 1873, at La Grange, Ky., is
a cotton broker at Galveston. :March 5, 1898, he married Sarah
Ball Davis, daughter of Waters S. and Sarah Allen Davis, of
Galveston. They have two children, John Henry., Jr.,, and
Sarah Anne.
21. John Payxe Carter, eldest son of Jesse Carter, of Cas-
well, X. C, born in 1797, died at the age of thirty-three, Jan.
4, 1830, at the home of his cousin, Judge A. F. Hopkins, Hunts-
ville, Alabama, after a long and painful illness. He was gradu-
ated in 181 5 from. Princeton with the degree of A. B.. and was
a member of the famous old Cleosophic Society of that college.
After leaving Princeton he studied law at the Law School of
Judge Archibald 'DeBow Murphy, at 'The Hermitage," Ala-
m.ance County, X. C, and later m.arried the Judge's only daugh-
ter, after wnich they removed to the Carter plantation, "The
Oaks," formerly in Caswell County, but then in Davie County.
He was associated with his father-in-law, Judge ^slurphy, in
some sclieme for the improvement of the interior of the country.
by which they lost heavily. After this John Payne Carter re-
moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and entered into the practice of
law with his cousin. Judge Arthur F. Hopkins. He had not re-
moved his family from Xorth Carolina when he died in 1830.
The members of tlie bar assembled and passed resolutions of re-
spect to his memory, which they directed to be published and
spread upon the minutes of the next session of the Circuit Court.
They resolved that "in testimony of their regret for the death of
their esteemed brother, John P. Carter, Esq., and as evidence
of their respect for his integrity of character, urbanity of manner,
and profound legal attainments (they) will wear crape on the
left arm. for thirty days." X'ov. i, 1895, Judge Robt. P. Dick,
United States judge of the Western District of Xorth Carolina.
writing to Judge A. ^L Aiken, Danville, \'a.. a grandson of
John P. Carter, about his grandfather and great grandfather, said
in part as follows : "The letters called up vivid recollections of
conversations I had fortv or fiftv vears ago with mv father —
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which fully correspond with Judge Turner's estimate of your
great grandfather (Judge ]Murphy) and Judge Ruffin. ^ly
father had a very high estimate of thej intellect and genius
of Judge ]Murphy as the most highly gifted man he had ever
known. That his intellectual resources were marvelous — ready
for any company and equal to any occasion — genius of the
highest order. .My father often told me of a speech made by
Judge Alurpliy at Randolph Court, and said for manner, style
and intellectual force it had never been excelled in forensic elo-
quence in any age. It electrified the audience into breathless
silence and admiration. My father's conversations filled my mem-
ory with pleasant reminiscences of your grandfather, John Paine
Carter, and grandmother, Cornelia }klurphey. I have heard him
say that when married they were the handsomest bridegroom and
bride in the State. He told me that your grandfather was a
courtly gentleman and quite an orator at the bar, and highly
gifted with conversational accomplishments and social qualities.
I rem.ember your grandmother and the two little girls and boy
in her home."
Judge Aiken owns a very handsome miniature of his grand-
father, John Paine Carter. — see illustration. The beautiful
miniature of his wife. Cornelia Murphey Carter, was
5loIen by one of Sherman's soldiers, from her granddaughter^
Miss Cornelia M. Worth, of Wilmington, now M^s. George
Reade French. Mrs. French writes as follows of this incident:
"I have a miniature of m.y grandfather, John Paine Carter ; it
belonged to my mother, while the miniature of his wife was in
possession of Judge Aiken's mother until a few months before
the clove of the Civil War, when I was on a visit to my aunt
and there saw it for the first time. I was so impressed with its
beauty, that I begged her to allow me to bring it home with me
that the other members of the family might see how lovely
their grandmother was. It was painted on ivory, and vs-as in
a gold case made into a large oblong locket, with gold beading
around it and a little ring to suspend it by on a chain. We were
refugeeing near the town of Fayetteville, N. C, on the line of
Sherman's march, and I had the exquisite torture of seeing it
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Mr. John- Henry PIawlev, Galveston, Texas.
lllCHARD AND HeN'RY WlLLlS,
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GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY i^y
taken away by a very rough soldier. I implored him to take
the case and leave us the picture, but he said it would grace his
northern home and he wanted it. My grandfather's was in a
black case and did not appeal to him, this is why we have it
now. The beautiful one of grandmama is, I expect, in the
Atlantic Ocean, for the "Bummers" (Sherman's) took ^heir
stolen plunder gathered all the way from Columbia to Fayette-
ville, and shipped it by the steamer Mary Lyon to Xew York, and
she foundered off the Jersey coast or Cape Hatteras. I have
always hoped that miniature that awful soldier got was among
the articles shipped. I was so deadly afraid of those terrible men
I could not put up the fight for the picture I would now. I
can recall now ho\\- my heart died within me when I saw the
box in his hands containing all of mother's and cousin's jewelry.
This cousin was visiting us at the time and had a large collec-
tion of fine and valuable jewels which had been sent her by her
father, Peter Umstead Murphey, son of Judge Murphey, a cap-
tain in the United States Xavy before the war, but who had re-
signed and entered the Confederate Xavy. The box in which
we concealed the jewelry and miniatures was a small, beautiful
tea chest made from a root of olive wood from the Zslount of
Olives, in Jerusalem, and had been given to Uncle Umstead by an
old merchant in the town of Jerusalem, who was very fond of
him, he having spent some time there when he was a midshipm.an
on a cruise in the Mediterranean. Had the soldier known a rare
thing he would have kept the chest also, but we found it in the
yard toward evening, and carefully hid it from the thousands
who overrun our home for three long days. I have the chest
now with its silver plate marked 'Gethsemane.' "
On Thursday, January 4, 1821, John Paine Carter and Cor-
nelia Anne Z^Iurphey (born April 20, 1806) were married at '"The
Hermitage." She was the eldest daughter of Judge Archibald
DeBow Zvlurphey and his wife, Jane Armistead Scott. They had
issue three children :
32 Jane Rebecca Carter, born Xov. 5, 1821 ; died Aug. 22, 1882.
33- Archibald Murphev Carter, born Julv 23, 1824: died Oct.,
1888.
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34. Mary Elizabeth Jesse Carter, born Oct. i, 1827; died Dec.
31, 1896.
32. Jaxe R. Carter, married on Feb. 17, 1846, at ''Eagle
Falls," Rockingham county, X. C, Benjamin Wilson Aiken, an
attorney at law of Madison, X. C. He was born May 19, 182 1,
at his family home, "Somerset," Cumberland county, \'a., and
died June 15, 185 1. Their son, Judge Aiken, of Danville, has a
fine portrait of his father, and another descendant who lives out
of touch with a photographer has the companion portrait of Jane
Rebecca Carter. They had issue: (i). Martha H. Aiken, born
Dec. 12, 1846, married Oct. 15, 1867, Chas. P. ]\Iallett, of Fay-
etteville, X". C, and had issue : Margaret Wright Mallett, mar-
ried R. L. Holmes, a Wilmington, N. C, merchant ; Jane Carter
Mallett, married Harry Overman, a lawyer of Salisbury, X'. C,
and brother of Senator Overman of Xorth Carolina; Wilson
Aiken Mallett married and lives at Fayetteville ; and ]\Iarion
Alexander Mallett, unmarried. (2). Judge ArchiJbald Murphey
Aiken, an attorney, who has been on the bench for the past twenty
years, at Danville, Va. He was born Aug. 9, 1848, and married
on Dec. 14, 1881, to Mary Ella Yates, of Danville. They have
one son, Archibald, Jr., who was graduated from the University
of Virginia in 1910. (3). Benjamin Wilson Aiken, Jr., born
July 18, 1850, died in Houston, Texas, March 30, 1899, un-
married.
33. Archibald Murphey Carter, only son of John and Cor-
nelia Carter, was a shoe merchant. He married Virginia Esom-
bert, of Wilmington, X''. C, by whom he had three children :
(i). Augustus Esombert, who died in 1910, like his mother and
father, of tuberculosis. (2). Cornelia Worth, married a Mr.
Hundley and died leaving a son, Thomas Hundley, now in the
United States Army or X'avy — lost sight of; and daughters, Olive
and Mattie. (3). Martha.
34. Mary Elizabeth Jessie Carter, youngest daughter of
John Paine Carter, married June 26, 1845, Barzilla Gardner
Worth, in Ashboro, Randolph county, X^. C. They lived for a
couple of years in Xew Salem, X'. C, where Mr. Worth was a
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merchant, then four or five years in Ashboro, wTiere he was in
the same business, and finally settled in the fall of 1853 in Wil-
mington, where for more than half a century Mr. Worth was
one of the leading merchants, ship owners, manufacturers, etc., of
that city. He died Nov. 19. 1910, in the eighty-ninth year of his
age. The papers of his home city were filled with glowing
tributes to his life and memory, too long to reproduce here. From
that of Mr. James Sprunt, I take the following brief extracts:
"The words are recalled (a glowing tribute to Henry Clay),
upon the demise on yesterday of one of his devoted contem-
poraries, our venerable and beloved fellow- citizen, B. G. Worth,
at the ripe age of eighty-eight and a half years, whose honored
career, a living epistle, known and read of all men, has been for
more than half a century a benediction upon the people of \\'il-
mington ; for this man, like Enoch of old, walked with God and
was not, for God took him to Himself.
"Pre-eminent as a ship owner in the maritime affairs of our
port in antebellum times, when nearly a hundred vessels lintd
our busy wharves or waited at anchor in our streams, he lived
through peace and war, through pestilence and famine, to peace
again, always abounding in the work which had been given him to
do, and which he did so well that his labor has not been in vain.
"He was the last survivor of more than fifty old time mer-
chants of Wilmington of 1856, eminent among whom were the
intrepid spirits Vvho had builded the Wilmington and Weldon
railroad. 'A galaxy of moral excellence the most perfect, of in-
tellectual ability the most eminent, of fidelity the most unwaver-
ing,' in the annals of the Cape Flear.
''Closely identified with our civil and religious developm.ent.
since the date mentioned until his death, his patriotic spirit, his
guiding hand, his consecrated devotion, have been manifest in
the public life."
Worth Excursus.
The following is taken from the "'Biographical History of North Caro-
lina." by Capt. S. A. Ashe, Vol. Ill-:
'•Mr. Barzillai Gardner Worth \v.-i? born June 26, 1822. at Center, in
Guilford County, twelve miles from. Greensboro, N. C. His ancestors v.ere
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GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
all of English extraction, and were Friends, being followers of Fox. Wil-
liam Worth, the tirst of the name to come to America, fled from England
in 1662 to escape religious persecution, and landing in Massachusetts, he
settled on the Island of Nantucket, where in 1665 he married Sarah Macy,
whose father, Thomas Macy had come to Massachusetts in 1640. Wm.
Worth was the fir>t justice of the peace of Nantucket, being commissioned
by Governor Andrea, and in 1675 he was clerk of the court, and three
years later was recorder and assistant justice of the colony, and in 16S0
served as a clerk of the Admiralty. He attained a great age and died in
1723. Barzillai Worth's grandfather, Capt. Daniel Worth, at fir-^t fol-
lowed the sea, and was captain of a Nantucket Whaling ship, and m.ade
five long voyages from his island home. When thirty years of age, how-
ever, in 1769. he emigrated to North Carolina and purchased land near ihe
Friends' settlement, in the vicinity of Guilford Court House, and there
reared his family, dying in 1830. One of his sons, Dr. David Worth, mar-
ried Eunice Gardner, and purchased a plantation at Center, a neighborhood
which took its name from the Friends' Meeting House nearby. He was
Dorn in 1776, and died in 1844. He had a family of twelve children, of
v.hom Governor Jonathon Worth wa? the third and oldest to reach matur-
ity, and Barzillai the youngest." Dr. David Worth was a member of the
North Carolina Legislature in 1820, '22, and '23; and his son, Dr. John
Milton Worth, a member of the State Senate in 1842, while his third son,
Jonathon Worth, was Governor of the State.
B. G. and Mary E. Carter Worth had issue :
(i). David Jonathon Worth, born March 9, 1846, died April
23. 1846.
(2). Archibald Carter Worth, born Aug. 29, 1847.
(3). Cornelia ^Murphey Worth, born Feb. 10, 1849.
(4). William EUiott Worth, born Dec. 21, 1850.
(5). Mary Jane Worth, born Sept. 13, 1852.
(6). Eunice Virginia Worth, born Aug. 26, 1854.
(7). Joseph Barzilla Worth, born Oct. 16, 1856.
(8). Julia Ada Worth, born Sept. 22, 1864.
(2). Arcpiibald C.\rter Worth, is a graduate of Princeton,
and now a commission merchant at 434 Greenwich Street, Xew
York City. Dec. 9, 1869, he married Elizabeth Anderson, of
Fayetteville, X. C, and has issue: Wm. Anderson Worth,
cashier of Appomattox Tru-t Co., Petersburg. \'a., married Liitie
Bernard; Barzillai Gardner Worth, a graduate of Stephen- In-
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stitute, Hoboken, and is now an electrical engineer in New York ;
Dr. Archibald Carter Worth, a homeopathic physician, of Albanv.
N. Y. ; Frederick Clarkson Worth, a mechanical engineer, Cres-
kill, Xew Jersey; George French: and John Browning Worth,
both now students at college. Thev had daughters: Elizabeth,
wife of Walter Stillman Tennefly, X. J.; Jessie Xemans :
Margaret Wright, and Eunice.
(3). Cornelia ^Iurphey Worth, married Xov. 2S. 1872.
George Reade French, of the firm of George R. French & Sons,
wholesale and retail shoe merchants of Wilmington. They have
no issue.
(4). William Elliott Worth, is a manufacturer of ice and
cotton seed oil at Wilmington. He married Xettie Shey. of
Brooklyn, and has no issue.
(5). AIary Jane Worth, married W. J. Woodward, a busi-
ness man of Fayetteville, X. C. (now dead). They had issue:
Charles Worth ; Marion ; Eugene ; Isabella C, wife of x-\rthur F.
Bowen, of Raleigh; Mary Clara, wife of John Hazlehurst. of
Wilmington ; Cornelia : Eunice ; Elizabeth, and Emma. The sons
are in business in Wilmington.
(6). Eunice \'irginia Worth, married Jacob Weller, a man-
ufacturer of canned goods at Cincinnati. They have issue : :Mary
Ida, wife of Starr Walter; Barzillai Worth, married Delia Sowls ;
Arthur Douglass Weller.
(7). Joseph B. Worth (deceased), was an ice manufacturer
at Petersburg, \^a. He married Grace Brink and had issue:
Jos. B., Jr., Wm. Hofifer. and ^lasie B., wife of John James Jones,
of Craddock «& Jones, tobacconists of Petersburg.
(8). Julia Ada Worth, married Wm. Graham Hessivy and
had one daughter, Gladys Murphey Hessivy, of Wilmington.
22. Archibald Gracie Carter, second son of Jesse Carter, of
Caswell, by his first wife. Anne Payne, was an attorney and plant-
er. He has a grandson, Mr. W. F. Carter, a lawyer living
122 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
at Mt. Airy. X. C., but I have not succeeded in getting an account
of his grandfather's family.
2z. SusAx Satf.rwhite Carter, eldest child of Jesse Carter,
by his second wife, Elizabeth Payne, married Robert Gallowav^
a very wealthy tobacco planter of -'Eagle Falls," near Rocking-
ham City, X. C. Xo other data of her or her descendants.
24. Dr. Jesse Carter, the second child and only son of Jesse
Carter, of Caswell, by his second wife, Elizabeth Pavne, born in
July, 1807 in Caswell, X. C, died in Dec, 1884,' in .Mobile,
Alabama. He took a bachellor's degree from Chapel Hill X. c'.,
and then went to Philadelphia for a medical course, where he
was graduated with distinction in 1830, after which he was resi-
dent physician at the Philadelphia Alms House for some time.
In 1833 he was appointed by the governor as physician at Fort
Morgan, Alabama, and settled in .Mobile for the 'practice of his
profession. In 1835 he was married to Mary Louise Kennedy
daughter of Dr. Wm. E. Kennedy, a prominent earlv phvsician of
Mobile, and connected with the fine old French families of
Bienville, D'Olives and P.odin, who held large grants of land in
Alabama from the French crown, a part of which is now owned
by the children of Dr. Carter. Dr. Jesse and :vlarv L. Carter
had issue: I. William Arthur, born in 1836, of whom later;
n. Susan V. died a few years ago unmarried: HI. Cecil, born
July 17, 1842, died June 8, 1903, unmarried. At the beginning
of the Civil War he remarked that it had been said that this was
a rich man's war and a poor man's fight, and that so far as he
was concerned he would disprove it, so served throughout the
war as a private in the Mobile cadets of the 3rd Alabama Reo-i-
ment. Confederate States America, refusing promotion several
times. After the war he lived most of the time on his beauti-
ful plantation near Mobile. IV. Marv E., still living in Mobile
V. Jesse Carter, living in Xew York City, unmarried. VI.
Florence, living in Mobile, unmarried. VII. Braxton Emmer-
5on born in 1S46. died May 9, 1909, in Mobile, unmarried.
A few years ago Col. J. H. Hawley, of Galveston. Texas, paid a
visit to his cousin, the .Misses Carter of .Mobile, and urotr^ a
glowmg account of his delightful visit with these lovely old ladies
V^:^
Dr. Jesse Carter,
Mobile, Alabama.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
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and of their charming personaHty, that I regret I have not at
hand to reproduce here.
I. William Arthur Carter, D. D., is a Presbyterian min-
ister and brilliant classical scholar, living at Columbia. S. C. At
the beginning of the war he was a private in the Woodruff RiPies
of the 31st Alabama Regiment and later became a chaplain.
March 21, 1864, he was married to Agnes Law Ouigley. by
whom he had three sons and two daughters: (i). William Alonzo
Carter, born Jan. 12, 1865, a lawyer, and now on the bench at
Tampa, Florida. He married in 1890 Sarah Randolph and has
issue: John Arthur Shirley and Wm. A., Jr. (2). Jesse Adger,
born Feb. 12, 1866, d. s. p. (3). Curtis Braxton Carter, born
Oct. 15, 1867, at Columbia, S. C. Pie is now a specialist in
diseases of the eye, ear and throat at 105 West Seventy-first
street, Xew York City. He married Elizabeth Swazy Miller,
and has one daughter, Betty Miller Carter. (4). ^.lary Agnes
Carter, born May 12, 1870, died July i. 1891. (5). Edith Lee
Carter, born July 18, 1874, married Charles Marion Woolfork
and has issue Carter and Charles Marion, Jr.
25. Elizabeth Brown Carter, eldest child of Jesse Carter
by his third wife, Sallie Brown, married in 1827 her cousin.
Dr. John Edmonds Brown, a leading physician at Yanceyville,
N. C. He was a member of the Xorth Carolina Legislature for
two sessions. They had issue : L Col. John E., Jr., a colonel in
the Confederate Army, and after the war an eminent attorney at
Charlotte, X. C. He married Miss Laura Morrison, a sister
of the second wife of General Stonewall Jackson, who survives
him. Xo issue. H. William Carter Brown, ^L D., of Mockis-
ville, X". C. His wife was Anne Carter. Xo further data.
HL Maj. Thomas Jethro Brown, a major in the Confederate
Army, and after the war an attorney at Winston-Salem, X. C.
His wife was Delphine Hall, of Mobile. IV. Sallie Carter
Brown, married Emerson Hall of Mobile, and lived on the old
Brown plantation, "Ingleside," Lincoln county, X*. C. They have
six children. Xo further data. V. Jessie Carter Broun, married
J. M. McAllister, a capitalist, of St. Paul, Minn. Xo i==sue.
124 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
26. William Browx Carter, youngest son of Jesse Caner,
of Caswell, born July 15, 1814. died March 4, 1886. He was
a graduate of the University of North Carolina and took a
law course at the University of \'irginia, but preferred the life
of a planter on his plantations at ^ladison, Hiberna and at Mt.
Pleasant, Rockingham county, X. C. to the practice of law.
Dec. 12. 1838, he was married to Eliza Galloway at "Spring
Garden." the old Galloway home in Rockingham county. They
had issue: I. Mary Galloway Carter, born Aug. 16, 1840, died
Dec. 4, 1909. II. Sarah Brown Carter, born Feb. 8. 1842.
III. Roben Galloway Carter, born ^larch iC\ 1844, died July
20. 1844. I\'. William Brown Carter, born Sept. 8. 1845. living
now at Winston-Salem, X. C. He was a Confederate ^soldier ;
and Dec. 12, 1872, married Danetta Hall, of ^lobile. They have
issue : Delphine Hall : Betty Galloway, married a :vlr. Woodrutt :
Etta Hall; .Mary Galloway, and Willie Euphrazine Carter.'
\'. Jesse Carter, born Jan. 29. 1848. married Etta Vogln, of Salem.
and has issue: William, Emma, Jesse and Robert. VL Eliza
Galloway Carter, born Sept. 5, 1850, married Dr. B. W. Montane.
a Presbyterian minister, and has issue: Marv Gallowav, William
Carter and Alice. VIII. Thomas Franklin' Carter, born April
25, 1853^ died Alarch 13, 1804. Married Agnes Hunt, of Milton,
Carters of "Oaklaxd"— Hopkins Branch.
12. Frances Carter, daughter of Jesse Carter, of '-Oakland,"
it is said by his first wife, married October 23, 1793, James Hop-
kins of Pittsylvania county, Va. He was a son of Arthur Hop-
kins, Jr., and his wife, a Miss Jefferson, said to have been a
cousin of President Jefferson, and supposed to have been a daugh-
ter of Field Jeft'erson. of Lunenburg county, \'a., but the Jef-
ferson records of this county have not been searched to verifv
this. Arthur Hopkins, Jr.. was a son of Dr. Arthur and Eliza-
beth Pettus Hopkins, of Goochland.
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Hopkins Excursus.
From Brown's "The Cabells & Their Kin,"' and Woods' "History of
Albemarle County," we get the following facts regarding the Hopkins
family.
Dr. Arthur Hopkins, a highly educated physician, with a degree from
Edinburgh, was born in New Kent County, Va., about 1690, and .■narriei
in the same county about 1715 Elizabeth Pettus, a granddaughter of "Col.
Thomas Pettus. who settled in Virginia in 1640, who descended from Sir
John Pettus, one of the founders of Virginia." In 1731, "Arthur Hopkins
of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, physician," purchased a
tract of land in Goochland County, and soon after removed to that county.
In 1737 he was commissioned a Justice of the county court, and in 1739-
'41 High Sheriff; he was a vestrj-man of St. James parish, and in 1752
commissioned by Governor Dinwiddie, Colonel of the County Militia —
original commission is now owned by Dr. Arthur Hopkins Rice of Mis-
sissippi. Dr. Hopkins purchased other land in Goochland, and between
1734 and 1766 he had grants for more than four thousand acres of land in
Albemarle County, in which county his will, dated May 31, 1765, was pro-
bated March 12, 1767. He was survived by wife, Elizabeth, and sons and
daughters: Samuel, John, Arthur, William, Dr. James, Lucy, wife of
George Robinson of Pittsylvania ; Mary, wife of Col. Joseph Cabell, and
Isabella, unmarried. Interesting accounts of these sons and daughters and
their descendants, many of whom are among the most distinguished per-
sons of this country, will be found in the two books mentioned.
James and Frances Carter Hopkins had issue, one son, after
the birth of whom the mother died :
35. Arthur Francis Hopkins, born Oct. 18. 1794, in Pittsyl-
vania county, Va., died in the spring of 1865, at Mobile, Ala^
In a year or two after the death of his first wife, James Hop-
kins married her sister, Polly Carter, daughter of Jesse and Mary
Chattin Carter, of Oakland. They had issue several children
of whom but two grew to maturity :
36. Robert Carter Hopkins, d. s. p.
37. Reuben Hopkins, who was the heir of his uncle and Aunt
Jeduthan and Sarah Carter, of "^It. View," Pittsylvania. For
a number of years he was cashier of a bank in Danville. Va.,
but after his second marriage he sold his plantation and serv'ants
and removed to a western non-slave-holding State, where he was
unfortunate in his investments. His lirst wife was a native of
126 GEXEALOCV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Pittsylvania, and is said to have had a daughter who now has
descendants in Danville. His second wife was a northern lady
who was teaching in \'irginia. and by this marriage there was
a son, Holmes, and daughters. Emma. Elizabeth, now a teacher
in the public schools of Bakimore, and Cornelia, who married a
Mr. Barnes, and is now a widow. The three sisters now live
in Baltimore on Linden Avenue.
35. Arthur Francis Hopkixs. was graduated at an early
age from Chapel Hill. X. C, and then read law with the dis-
tinguished lawyer. William Leigh, of \lrginia. April 6, 1815,
Arthur Francis Hopkins was married to Pamelia Thorpe Alose-
ley, of Bedford county. Va. She was born near the foot of the
Peaks of Otter, Feb. 8, 1800, and was the daughter of Arthur
Moseley and his wife, Pamelia Thorpe, who was the widow
Crump when married to Mr. Moselev. Arthur Moselev had
sons Dr. Bennett Williamson Moseley. of Lynchburg, and Jack
Moseley, who married and removed to a plantation in Alabama
or Mississippi. Judging by the name Arthur and the speHino-
of the surname, the Bedford Aloseleys were a branch of the
Moseley family that settled originally in Norfolk county, and is
one of the most ancient and honorable in Mrginia. The Tide-
water Moseleys have a collection of very fine old familv por-
traits, silver, etc. Xo genealogy of this familv has appeared
Between 1816 and 1818 Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins removed from
Virginia to northern Alabama, where thev purchased a planta-
tion near ^loulton. in which town Mr. Hopkins opened his lav-
office. He practiced here about two years and then rem.oved
to Huntsville, where he remained until 1843, and then removed
to the larger city of St. Louis, Mo., but the water and climate
disagreeing with him and his family so much, he returned to
Alabama and settled in Mobile for the rest of his life. He was
a member of the /^rst Constitutional Convention of Alabama and
was the iirsf chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. A
very fine portrait of him hangs in the Supreme Court room at
Montgomery, and his descendants own several other portraits
and miniatures painted at different ages. Besides his law practice
he was largely interested in cotton plantations and other enter-
Jl'dge a. F. Hopkins, (from a miniature),
hrst ludge of Siinrem.e Court of Alabama.
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Jllk;e Arthi r Francis Hopkins, (miniature).
Mrs. P.>,meli.\ Moseley Hopkin.s, (miniature).
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
^ prises in Alabama and Mississippi, and was president of the
1 Mobile & Ohio R. R. It was said of Judge and ^Irs. Hopkins:
"He was equal and true to every duty in life, brainy and chival-
{ reus, and an elder in the Presbyterian Church. She was tail and
I beautiful, a loving wife, devoted mother, firm friend, charming
^ hostess, kind mistress, and a sweet Christian.*' They had issue
^ thirteen children:
f 38. Arthur Moseley Hopkins, born July 14. 18 16, died March
I 21, 1866, in Manchester, England.
I 39. A son, born Sept. 28, 1817. and died same year.
I 40. Corinne Frances, born Nov. 5, 1818, died in 1820.
I 41. Maria Malinda, born Oct. 26, 1820, died in 1880.
^ 42. James, born April 27, 1823, died in 1824.
I 43. Elizabeth Pamelia, born Jan. 26, 1825, died in 1834.
f 44. Louisa, born Xov. 26, 1825, died in 1853.
I 45. Cornelia Carter, born Xov. 14, 1828, died in 1904.
: 46. Augusta, born Jan. 13, 183 1, died in 1906.
47. Mary Moseley, born Jan. 10, 1834, died in 1864.
48. Virginia, born Jan. 2y, 1836, died in 1839.
49. Catharine Erskine. born July 18, 1838.
50. William Leigh, born March 9, 1841, died in 1873.
Oct. 4, 1852, Mrs. Pamelia Moseley Hopkins died on their
plantation in Hinds county, Miss., and a year later her remains
were removed to ^Mobile.
Xov. 7, 1854, Judge Hopkins married ^Irs. Juliet A. Gordon,
widow of a Captain Gordon of the United States x-Vrmy, and
daughter of Pliram Lindsey Opie, of Jefferson county, Va. He
was a direct descendant of Rev. David Lindsey, and his grand-
son, Capt. Thomas Opie. who were buried in the same grave in
Xorthumberland county, Va. Mrs. Juliet Hopkins was known
as the "Florence Xightingale of the South." At the beginning
of the war she sold all her property in Xew York, \"irginia and
Alabama, amounting to about two hundred thousand dollars, and
gave the proceeds to the Confederate government for the hospital
serv^ice, and enlisted as a nurse herself. She was appointed chief
matron of the Hospital Corp^ and had special charge of tl^e
Alabama Division. Her familv still have manv letters to her
128 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTEK FAMILY
from General Lee, some of them in cypher, notifyinii: her of
the movement of hi? army and advising her as to when and
where her services might be needed. She was wounded twice —
once when caring for a wounded Federal soldier on the battlefield,
and again while helping to amputate the leg of a Confederate
soldier in a field hopital near Richmond, she was shot in the
hip, which made her lame for the rest of her life. Her portrait
appears on the nventy-five cent note of the Alabama issue of
Confederate currency ; and after the war, ex-Governor Oates
tried to get a bill through the legislature to place a portrait of
her at the State's expense in the capital at ^.lontgomery. Mrs.
Hopkins died in Washington at the home of her uncle, Gen.
Romayn Ayers, and was buried in Arlington cemetery with
military honors. Judge Hopkins had no children by his second
marriage.
38. Arthur Moseley Hopkins, eldest child of Judge Hopkins,
was a highly educated gentleman, and a very handsome man. as
shown by his minature reproduced herewith. Having plenty of
means he was engaged in no particular business. About the close
of the war he went to England and died there near Manchester,
in ;March, 1866. July 19, 1837, , he was married to Eliza P. Bibb,
daughter of Hon. Thomas Bibb, second Governor of Alabamia,
and neice of the first Governor, Hon. \Vm. \V. Bibb.
Bibb Excursus.
The data given here of the Bibb family is taken from the Virginia His-
torical Magazine for April, 1910, Miss Hardy's "Colonial Families of the
Southern States," and the Times-Dispatch Genealogical Columns for Sep-
tember 20, 1908, and October 23. 1910.
The first of the Bibbs in Virginia seems to have been Benjamin Bibb,
who had sons William, James and Thomas. William Bibb had a son John
Bilb of Hanover County, born in 1703 (Bible Records), who married Su-
sanna Bigger, and besides several daughters had three sons — IVilliam,
Richard, and Thomas. John Bibb had the following grants of land in that
part of Amelia which later became Prince Edward County: Sept. 12, 1738,
800 acres; July 10, 1745, 1.200 acres; Augt. 10. 1759, 159 acres. William
rnd Richard Bibb settled on their father's land on the South Fork of Buf-
falo River, Prince Edward County, and in 1782 the land books of that
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Capt. John W. Rice ( Mexican War).
(Cameos cut in 1851 by Saulini. Florence. Italy).
AkTHLR MnSELEV HOI'KI.NS,
Mcbile. Ala.
Eliza P. B. Hoi-ki.vs, clai'.gluer of Governor Thomas
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county show that Richard Bibb owned 600 acres of land, and William Bibb
1,602 acres.
Richard Bibb was a major in the Revolution, and after the war a mem-
ber of the Virginia Legislature. In 1799 he removed to Logan County, Ky.,
wliere he purchased large tracts of land. Later he manumitted his slaves,
about fifty in number, and colonized them in Liberia. Richard Bjhb mar-
ried Lucy Booker, and their eldest son was Chief Justice of the Kentucky
Supreme Court, U. S. Senator, Secretary of the Treasury under President
Tyler, etc.
William Bibb, spoken of as "Capt. Wm. Bibb,"' was probably an officer
in the Revolution. In 1775 he was a member of the Committee of Safety.
and a few years later High Sheriff of Prince Edward Co'.mty. After the
Revolution he removed to Elbert iJounty, Georgia. In 1779 Capt- \\'i!l!a!ii
Bibb married Sallie Wyatt (born in 1762), daughter of Col. Joseph and
Dorothy Peyton Wyatt of New Kent County. They had issue : Wm. Wyatt
Bibb, born Oct. i, 1780, died July 9, 1820,— graduated from the University
of Pennsylvania in 1801 ; served in both Houses of the Georgia Legislature ;
member of Congress, i8o7-'i3; U. S. Senate, 1816; first Governor of Ala-
bama, iSi7-'i9, etc. Tl'.ojnas Bibb, born in Prince Edv.ard Co.. V'a-, in
1784. died in Alabama. Dec. 24, 1840, — was first president of the Senate of
Alabama, and in 1820 succeeded his brother as governor of that State. He
married Pamelia Thompson, and had issue: Thomas, Jr.. born 1813. died
l.%l ; and Eli^a P., who married in 1837 Arthur Mosely Hopkins, eldest
son of th? first judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama.
Arthur Moseley Hopkins and his wife, Eliza Bibb, had isstie
thirteen children: (i). ]Maria Isabella, born September 7, 1838,
died 20 days later. (2). Arthur Francis, born August 9, 1840,
died May 11, 1844. (3)- ]olm Walker, born July 22, 1842, died
Sept. 2y, 1891. (4). Thomas Bibb. Sept. 11, 1844, died Xov.
27, 1904. (5). Arthur !^vIoseley, born Feb. 17, 1846, died April
6, 1854. (6). Bessie Moseley, born June i, 1849, died Jan. 13,
1882. (7). Sallie Barnett, born Sept. 7, 1850, died Dec. 13, 1877.
(8). Frances Carter, born Xov. 8, 1851, died Jan. 30, 1867.
(9). and (10). Twins, James B. and William, born May 4,
1854. William died Oct. 30. same year. (11). Porter, born
Aug. 12, 1855, died June 9, 1861. (12). Frank Webb, born Oct.
23. 1857, living at Birmingham, Ala. (13). Robert Thom.pson,
born Sept. 19, i860, living at Xashville.
(3). John Walker Hopkins, was a lieutenant in the 7th Ala-
bama Regime
130
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
was a merchant in nortliern Alabama until he removed to Nash-
ville in 1S78, where lie was a cotton broker. April 17, 1866, he
was m.arried to Anne Cox and had issue: John Walker, Jr., born
Aug. 29, 1867, died June 30, 1S87; Lizzie May, born May 15, 1870,
died in Xashville April 24, 1900. She m.arried Duncan Harding-,
of Xashville, and has a son, Philip Hopkins Harding; Arthur
Moseley born ]May 19. 1873. married in 1S94 Frances Bang and
has John Walker. Arthur },[.. Jr., Wm. Frances and Anna Mary;
Ellie Cale, born Aug. 19, 1876, died Sept. 3, 1899 — married Fred-
erick Prescott. of Bo-ton ; left no issue ; Charles Thomas, born
Oct. 14, 1870. died ^larch 4, 1883 ; Anne ^Margaret, born Oct. 15,
i'3S3 ; Thornton, born June 15, 1S87.
(4). Thomas Bibb Hopkins, was in Frank Curtey's Confed-
erate Cavalry, and after the war was a merchant in northern
Alabama until 1893, when he went to Xashville. He was married
on Oct. 15, 1872, to \'irginia, daughter of Dr. Algernon Sidney
Harris. She died in Sept., 1907. They had issue: Frances
Carter Hopkins, born Dec, 1873, I'^iarried Dec. i, 1896, Vernon
Leake and had Jennie and \'ernon, Jr. Lived and died at Guthrie,
Ky. And Tom Harris Hopkins, born Xov. i, 1875, ^^^d in 1890.
(9). James B. Hopkins, a hardware merchant at Birmingham,
Ala. June 26, 1879, he was married to Madeline, daughter of
Dr. Wm. Tell Saunders. She died Jan. 28, 1894. They had
issue: Annie Elise, born April 7, 1880, married May 31, 1905,
Henry J. Certain, a Huntsville, Alabam.a merchant; Bessie ]Mose-
ley, born June i, 1882, married Dec. 22, 1901, Charles Small: and
Gertrude, born Oct. 12, 1884, died in 1910. James B. Hopkins
was married the second time on April 20, 1898, to Molly A
Baker.
(12). Frank Webb Hopkins, a real estate agent and coal and
timber broker of Birmingham, was married on Xov. 21, 1882, to
Mary O. Harris, daughter of Thomas Harris. They have issue:
Tom Harris, born Sept. 30, 1883, married in X'ov. 1907, a
daughter of John B. Floyd; Sallie, born X'ov. 10, 1S84, died
1885 : Lucile, bom and died in 1886 ; Arthur Francis, born Sept.
18, 1887; Dora, born 1888, died 1894; Jennie, born Jan. 12, 1891 ;
Dudley, born June 2j, 1894; Leroy, born Aug. 18, 1895; ^l■icy
Robert Thompson' Hopkins.
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Phillips, born Dec. 2^. iSy6; Charles Drennan, born April 14,
1899; Frank Webb, Jr., born April r4, 1899 (twins); Cornelia
Lowe, born July 12, 1901.
(13). Robert Thompson Hopkins, cashier of the Phillips, But-
torf Mfg. Co., Xashville, married Oct. 17, 1888, Ada Love ]\Iar-
tin, daughter of Charles E. Ivlartin of Xashville. She died Feb.
24, 1906, and Feb. 12, 1908. he married Jennie !\L^itland French,
daughter of Col. Xapoleon B. French, of Mrginia. He had issue
by first marriage: Martin Armstrong, born Oct. 23, 1889; Robert
Thompson, Jr., born Dec. 24, 1890; Sallie Maddin, born May 10,
1892; Irene, born Feb. 21, 1894, died r^Iarch 31, 1895; Ada Love,
born Jan. 31, 1898; Douglas, born Aug. 26, 1900, died July 7,
1901 ; Leslie Lyon, born Aug. 6. 1902.
41. Maria ^L\LIXDA Hopkins (born 1820), spent four or five
years in Europe, mostly in France and Germany, at school and
traveling. She married John J. Walker, a prominent lawyer of
Mobile, Ala. He was a captain in the Creek War, and a major
of General Bragg's staff in the Civil War. They had no children.
44. Louisa Hopkins (born 1825), married George P. Blevins,
a lawyer of Selma, Ala. They had issue: (i). Arthur, died
infant. (2). Joseph, died infant. (3). Louisa, or "Queenie,"
born 1 85 1, was finely educated in this country and the last two
years of school, in Paris, France. She married in 1869 Robert
C. Crawford, a cotton merchant of Mobile, and had issue: Maria
Walker, Kate Anderson, both of whom died in infancy ; James,
born in 1875, "ow a merchant at El Paso, Texas, where he married
in 1903 Mary Mahoney; Maud Louise. (4). Llewellyn, born
in 1853, is a lawyer and lives in Texas. He spent three years in
France and two in Germany finishing his education. In 1877 he
married ^linnie , and has issue: George Phillips, John
Walker, Arthur Hopkins, Elizabeth and Robert Blevins.
45. Cornelia Carter Hopkins (born 1828), spent several
years in Europe, and then married Henry A. Lowe, an English
cotton merchant of Mobile, who was born in Liverpool. He lived
and died in Mobile, but held his allegiance to the English crown.
They had issue : Maria Walker Lowe, died infant, and Flenry
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A. Lowe, Jr., a Mobile hardware merchant. He was educated in
i Paris and X'ersailles, France. In 1SS6 he married Annie Hughes
and died in 1896, without surviving issue.
46. Augusta Hopkins (born 1S31,). married in 1851 John
I W. Rice, a lawyer, born in Chester District, South Carolina, and
i died in Mobile 'in 1857. He was a captain in the 13th Infantry,
United States Army, in the ^^lexican War. They spent a year
abroad on their bridal tour, and v/hile in Florence had beautiful
cameo miniatures of themselves cut by Saulini, which are repro-
duced in this work. Besides the European countries, they visited
Egypt, and expected to go on to Palestine, but 3,Irs. Rice pre-
ferring the overland route— like the Israelites — they missed the
once a month boat by the water way. One night in the desert
with its Bedouin camps, peculiar moonlight and countless m-llions
of fleas, was sufftcient, so they fled back to the flesh pets of
Eg>-pt, and later on to Europe. After the death of her husband
she spent five years in France and Germany for the education
of her son and daughter. They had issue: (O. Arthur Hop-
kins Rice, born in Aug., 1852. He is a physician and lives at
Starkeville, Miss. In 1880 married Fannie M. Smith, and has
issue: Augusta Hopkins, born 1881 ; Arthur Hopkins, Jr., born
1885; Nannie Herndon, born 1886; Joseph Smith, born 1888;
Cornelia Lowe, born 1891 ; John Washington, born 1895. and
Harriet McFarland, born 1897. (2). Nannie Herndon Rice, born
in July, 1854, married in 1875, John Simpson Walker, a civil
engineer, Nashville. Tenn. For a number of years he has been
connected with the United States government improvements on
the Cumberland River. They have issue one son. Richard Wilder
Walker, "a six foot Viking," a first lieutenant in the United
States Army in the Phillipines, but now (1911) on sick leave in
the United States. Durmg the Spanish- American War, while he
was a sergeant in the 37th Infantry, he distinguished himself at
Muntinglupa by going alone in a leaky boat with three Filipino
prisoners as oarsmen, twelve miles to bring reinforcements and
ammunition to his entrapped comm.and. The whole distance he
bailed water with one hand and held a cocked pistol on his oars-
Lieutenant Richard Wilder Walker, U. S- A.
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men with the other. He was fired on twice from shore, but not
struck. Once when one of the men became obstreperous he
clubbed him into submission with his pistol rather than alarm the
country by shooting. He got reinforcements to Maj. F. B.
Cheatham and his command when they had but a couple of rounds
of ammunition left. In 1904 he married Alice Greenway Patton.
and has one daughter, Elizabeth Patton Walker.
47. !Mary ^Ioselev Hopkins (born 1834), married William
Barnewall. born in Xew York of Irish parents. He proved his
right to the title of Lord Thimberton of Ireland, but preferred to
live in America. He was a major on the staff of General Hardee
in the Civil War. They had a daughter, Maria Walker, who
died in infancy.
49. Catharine Erskixe Hopkins (born 1838), married
Starke H. Oliver, a ^Mobile merchant, and a colonel in Gen. Pat
Claiborne's Division, Confederate States Army. They had is-
sue: I. John Walker, born 1865, married Etta Hooks in 1897,
and has issue : : John W., Jr., Plenry Lowe, Etta and Catharine.
(2). Samuel W., born 1867, has two sons. (3). xA.rthur Hopkins,
born 1869. (4). Henry, born 1873. (5). Percy, born 1875,
married Margaret Walker in 1903 and has one daughter, Margaret.
(6). Catharine Hopkins, born 1877, married in 1901, Arthur
A. Hall, and has one son, Oliver Hopkins. (7). Cecil, born 1880,
has three sons. (8). Starke H., Jr., eldest son, born 1862 —
(omitted at the proper place).
Carters of ''Oakland" — Other Br.\nches.
13. Margaret Carter (Jesse 9), was married in 1787 to
Samuel Thompson, of Pittsylvania. They had issue: Jesse,
mentioned in the will of his uncle, Jesse Carter, of Caswell, X. C.
Samuel, Jr., married ^Margaret, daughter of ^vloses and Lucy
Parke Hutchings, and had issue Moses, Elizabeth and Margaret.
Samuel and Margaret Carter Thompson may have had other
children, but I liave no data of same.
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GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
14. Sarah Carter (9 Jesse), married her father's first cousin,
Jeduthan Carter, of "'Sh. \'ie\v," Pittsylvania. They had no
children, and this beautiful place, with several negroes and other
property, was bequeathed to their nephew, Reuben Hopkins.
15. Thomas Chattax Carter (9 Jesse), married his first
cousin, Elizabeth Carter, daughter of Thomas and Winifred
Carter, of "Green Rock.'' His will probated in Pittsylvania Jan.
15, 1821, left a good estate to the following children: Sarah;
Winifred H., married in 1830 Obediah Fountaine ; ]^Iary Miller;
Miller Carter, who had wife, Elizabeth, and daughter. Elizabeth,
in 1821, and later removed to the west ; Jesse ; and .Thomas.
16. Joseph Carter (9 Jesse), inherited from his father ''Oak-
land" and eight hundred and fifty acres of the home plantation
on Bannister River, half a dozen negroes and other property. His
will was probated Sept. 13, 1838. He married Xancy Robinson,
and had two children : I. Jesse ; H. Mary. I. Jesse Carter
married Lucy Neale, and had issue: (i). Celeste, born in 1834,
died 1856. (2). Nellie. (3). }^Iary, married first a ■Mr. Pen-
nick, and second, Rev. Mr. Petty, and had a daughter, ]\Iam.ie,
(4). Robert Carter, who inherited "Oakland."'
(i). Celeste Carter, married about 1850 Dr. John M. Hutch-
ings ; died April 5, 1887. Son of John and Anne B. Williams
Hutchings and grandson of Moses and Lucy Parke Hutchings.
Dr. John and Celeste Carter Hutchings had two sons :
a. Chesley, who married a Miss Wiley, and had Philip, Lena
and Chesley, Jr.
b. John R., born May 14, 1854, head of the firm of John R.
Hutchings & Co., tobacconists, Danville, Va. May 5, 1880, he
was married in Danville to Sue R. Doe, daughter of Thomas B.
and Sarah Ross Doe, and niece of Sam Rose Doe and niece of
Judge Charles Doe, of the L'nited States Supreme Court. They
have two daughters, Lucy A. and Sue D. Hutchings. Dr. John
Hutchings was a surgeon in the \'irginia Infantry, C. S. A.
(4). Robert Carter, of "Oakland," married a ]vliss Tovvnes
and had five sons : a. Jesse, m.arried a Miss Tov/nes and had
Jesse Lawson, present owner of ""Oakland," who married Mary
^ -Mk. and ^Mks. James Cartek, and Son, James S. Cakvek, Chauiarn, Va.
Greenrock." 1784. Built by Thomas Carter, great grandfather of James Carter.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTtR FAMILY 135
Diam, of Maryland ; Robert, married a Miss Williams, and
George, married a Miss Carter, b. Robert, who also married a
Miss Townes, and had sons James, Benjamin and Stephen.
c. Reuben, d. Thomas, and e. William.
II. Mary Carter, married on Dec. 2, 1824, Robert Hutchings,
son of tyloses and Lucy, a wealthy planter of Pittsylvania county,
and owned what was probably the first piano in the county.
They had one daughter. Anne Laura, who married her first cousin,
Wm. Hutchings, and removed to Georgia, and had two children,
John and Anne Laura, married a Mr. Camp.
18. John Carter (9. Jesse), of "Sandy River," Pittsylvania,
married a Miss Riger and had issue: I. Jesse of "Sandy River,"
a wealthy bachelor. II. Mary. III. Sarah. I\'. John, liad
sons Thomas and Christopher. V. Frances, married Xadianiel
Royall and had three children : ( i). Bettie, who married Thomias
Carter, of "Swansonville," and had Emma, May, married Wm.
Cousins, and Ada. (2). Sally, married a ^Ir. Swanson. (3).
Jesse Royall, married a Miss Graves.
Carter, of "Greenrock," Pittsylvania.
Thomas Carter (Thos.3, Thos. 2, Thos. i), bom at "Barford,"
Lancaster county, Xov. 2/, 1734, died at "Greenrock," Pittsyl-
vania, July 15, 1817.
In 1760 he sold his land in Lancaster and removed with his
brother, Jesse, to the land they had inherited from their father,
in Cumberland county. Here Thomas Carter married. July 10,
1764, Winifred Hobson, eldest daughter of Adcock and Joana
Lawson Hobson. She was born July 15, 1745, in Northumber-
land county, and died Dec. 3, 1831, in Pittsylvania.
Hobson and Lawsox Excursus.
Adcock Hobson is supposed to have been a grandson of Thomas Hcb-
son, who was clerk of Northumberland for the long period of fif-y-two
years — 1664 to 1716- July 30, 1741, Adcock Hobson married in Richmond
County, Joana, eldest daughter of John and Mary Lawson, born March
17, 1721, and had issue: John, born Oct. 31. 1742; Winifred, born July 15,
1745; Thomas, born Jan. 11, 1746; William, b. Sept. 7, 1748; Caleb, born
136 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
July 15. 1751-alI born in Northumberland; and Lawson. Lucv Edward
?nd Ehzabeth, born in Richmond and Cumberland counties. JoanL Law-on
Hobson's mother. Mary Lawson. died July 16. 1740. and her father's w,ll
was prob. in Richmond County. Feb. 2. 1761. They had issue: Christophe-
Lauson, whose will. prob. in Sept., 1772, names wife Sarah, and children
John, Betty D.gges. Epaphroditus. Joana. Katy and Lucy; Elizabeth born
teh. 17 1719. w,fe of a Mr. Barber in 1758: loaua, wife of Adcock'Kob-
son, and Catharine, wife of I^aac White, twins, born March 17 i~^i •
Lucy, born March 3, 1732. married George Booker after 1758
The parentage of John Lawson of Richmond County, but the names o-"
h.s children and grandchildren show positively that he was a member of
the Lawson family of Lancaster County, which is descended from Row-
land Lawson, the elder of three brothers-Rowland, Richard, and Epaphro-
ditus-who came to Virginia prior to 1637. when Epaphroditus Lawson
had a grant of i.-oo acres of land for their transportation. Between 16^9-
1656 they had large grants of land in Lancaster and Gloucester count-'es.
Richard settled in Gloucester, and died prior to 1662. He w^as probably
he ancestor of the Middlesex Lawsons. Epaphroditus and Rowland ^et-
led m Lancaster; the former died in Lancaster in 1652, and seems to have
left but one child, a daughter, who married Robert Davis. Rowland L-v
son was a justice of the Lancaster court, 1652-1656. His will, proba'led
May 8, 1661, names wife Letitia (named in the head rights in 1637) and
children: Rowland. Jr., a justice of Lancaster. 1684. died in 1706. leavin^^
sons Rowland 3rd. (died 1717). Henry and John: Elizabeth; Henrv and
John who died pnor to 1703, leaving sons John, Jr., and Epaphrodicu.'. and
daughter Elizabeth. Rowland Lawson H.'s will in 1706 bears a seal show-
ing a chevron between three martlets. Burke gives the arms of the Lawsons
of Brough Hall, Yorkshire, and of Cramington, Northumberland as-\rg"
a chevron, between three martlets sable. See Mr. W. G. Stanard's inter-
esting notes of the Lawsons in [Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. IV.
After their marriage Thomas and Winifred Hobson Carter
hved m Cumberland county until 1783. when he purchased .67
acres of land m Pittsylvania known as "Green Rock " Here'he
built a log house, and in 1787 a frame house, which wascon^id-
ered very fine at that time, part of which is vet standin- In
1797-1798 and 1,802 Thomas Carter, Sr., had 'grants for%.ro.
acres of land m Pittsylvania. In the census of 1782 there wer- ^Z
white members of hi^ family and seven servants.
His great, great granddaughter, Airs. X. E. Clement. Chatham
Va., has given me great a.-i^tance in collecting data of rhi. famdv'
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She tells an interesting story, as follows: '"Winifred Hob-
son Carter became converted to Methodism in Cumberland
county, but found no [Methodist church in Pittsylvania. She knew
Bishop Asbury and wrote him to stop at her house in his journey-
ings north and south. At his coming she notified the people of the
county, who gathered at her home to hear the bishop preacli.
Bishop Asbury was a man of low statue, so in order to address
the crowd, called for something to stand on. The mo?t conven-
ient thing at the time was one of Thomas Carter's liquor cases.
They are stoutly built, covered with leather and lined with velvet,
and are now owned by Mr. Scott Carter, Chatham. \'a. The
bishop preached from the liquor case and Thomas afterwards
teased his wife so much that before another visit from the bishop
she had a small pulpit built in her parlor.'' Later Thom^as Carter
gave a piece of land called the "Bold Spring Tract" for the erec-
tion of the first ^Methodist church in Pittsylvania.
'thomas Carter's will, dated Sept. 16, 1803, probated Aug. iS,
1817, divided a good estate between wife and children. The
personal estate included books, a large set of pink rose china,
two sets of large silver spoons and six sets of small ones, besides
a good lot of furniture, negroes, etc.
Thomas Carter's old Bible, now owned by 'Slv. Hill Carter Lin-
thicum. a prominent architect, of Durham. X. C, records the
following children :
51. Joana Carter, born Aug. 15, 1766, died in July, 1S09.
52. Elizabeth Carter, born June 21, 1768, married her first
cousin Thos. C. Carter, son of Jesse Carter, of '"Oakland."
53. Sarah Carter, born Feb. 17, 1773, died Dec. 25, 1805.
54. Edward Carter, born ^larch 8, 1775, died Sept. 18, 1843.
55. Thomas Carter, Jr., born March 8, 1777, died in Oct. 1852.
56. Jeduthan Carter, born ^Vlarch 22, 1779.
57. Lawson Hobson Carter, born June 13, 1781.
58. Christopher Lawson Carter, born Feb. 7, 1784, died Oct.
7, i860.
59. Dale :^riller Carter, born [March 17, 1786, died Sept. 8. 1796.
60. Raleigh Williamson Carter, born Feb. 8, 17S8, died Oct.
18. 1847. -
138 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
61. Jesse Carter, eldest son (omitted above), born Xov. 30,
1770, married a Mrs. Elizabeth. Lillie, and had sons, \\'illiam,
Robert and Henry Clay Carter.
54. Edward Carter, married Xancy Allen, died March 15,
1832, and had issue: (i). Anne G. Carter, born in June, 1816,
died Jan. 2^, 1870; (2). Elizabeth Carter, married John C. Royall,
and died in 1855; (3). Winifred, married a Mr. Boaz, and died
in 1855; (4). Joseph Carter; (5). Edward Carter, Jr.. married
a ^liss Alorton. (r). Anne G. Carter, miarried David S. Lanier,
a wealthy Pittsylvania planter, born June 25, 1813, died I\Iarch
20, 1878, and had issue: a. John E., married Oct. 2, 1877, Sally
Hughes and had issue : John E., Jr. and Annie, who married
Charles Xoel. b. ^lary Anne, who married James Jones and had
issue: John, married Mary Pannil, and had Marion, Stuart,
George W. and Mary Hunter, c. Adolphus Lanier, killed in
1865 in the Confederate army.
55. Thomas Carter, Jr., married in 1806 X'ancy Hutchings,
born May, 1788, died in Jan., 1835, daughter of Moses and Lucy
Parke Hutchings. After the death of his wife Thomas Carter
removed with his children, except sons James and Stokely, to St.
Charles, Missouri, where he died.
Hutchings Excursus.
Moses Hutchings, son of Christopher (died in 1807, very old), and
Elizabeth Hutchings, who removed from Cuipeper to Pittsylvania prior to
the Revolution, was born in 1754, and died in 1836. The pension declara-
tion of Moses Hutchings filed in Pittsylvania, Aug. 22, 1832, states that he
enlisted as an Ensign under Capt. John Donaldson, Mar. 11, 1777, in the
campaign against the Creek Indians; in Dec, 1777, was appointed Indian
Spy under Capt. Dillard, and in 1778 marched to Boonesboro. Ky. In 1779
he enlisted as lieutenant under Capt. Armistead, and was in the North
Carolina campaign of i78i-'82, in battle of Guilford C. H., etc
Dec. 13, 1780, Moses Hutchings married, in Pittsylvania, Lucy, daughter
of John Parke, a vestryman, justice, etc., of Pittsylvania in i779-'So. They
had issue: William, married Judith Johns, and had a daughter, Mary E.,
who married Edward Carter, son of Raleigh of Pittsylvania; John married
Anne B. Williams, and had a son Dr. John, who married Celeste Carter,
daughter of Joseph Carter cf '"Oakland;" Xancy married Thomas Carter.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 139
Jr-. Polly married Jesse Walton ; Samuel ; Peggy married Samuel Thomp-
son, grandson of Jesse Carter of ''Oakland;" Robert married Mary Carter,
daughter of Joseph Carter ; and Stokeley.
Moses Hutchings was a justice of Pittsylvania in 1814, and sheriff in
1817.
Thomas and Xancy Hutchings Carter had issue:
62. James Carter, born Feb. 18, 1807, died April 27. 1884.
63. Lucy Carter, born about 1809, married a Mr. Hubbard.
64. Samuel Carter, born about 181 1.
65. Winifred Carter, born about 1813, married a ]^vlr. Hubbard.
66. Stokeley Carter, born April 23, 1815.
67. William Carter, born Feb. 9, 18 17, died in 1900.
68. Patsy Carter, born about 1S19.
69. Margaret Carter, born about 1821, married, (i), a ]\Ir.
McGregor; (2), Judge ^lilton Lovell, of Missouri.
62. James Carter, a Pittsylvania farmer, m.arried July 21, 1834,
Lucy Washington Lanier, daughter of Capt. James ]\Ionroe
Lanier and his wife, Mary ^Merriman Johns.
Lanier Excursus.
James M. Lanier was a planter of great wealth and entertained in a
lavish manner at his fine old brick mansion in Pittsylvania County. He
was admitted to the bar in 181 7, was a captain in the War 1812, and died
suddenly in 1820. He was the third son of Capt. David Lanier and his
wife, a Miss Hicks, who purchased a plantation in western Pittsylvania,
May 28, 1772, to which he removed from Brunswick County. In 1776 this
was included in the new county of Henry, whose records show that David
Linier was a captain of Henry County militia in the Revolution, which
saw service under General Green. In early days the Brunswick Laniers
intermarried with the Surry County Washington family, over which a
heated genealogical controversy raged for a long time, until settled by a
search of the county records a few years ago- Sidney Lanier, the poet, was
of this family.
Lucy Washington Lanier Carter, born Sept. 18, 1S17, died
July 29, 1891, was "a woman of strong personality, possessing
great intelligence and business acumen." James and Lucy Carter
had issue: ,
I40 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
yo. Mary Thomas Carter, born May 26, 1836, died in Xov.
1909.
71. Hutchings Lanier Carter, born Mav 2, 1838, died in Xov.
1892.
72. Ross Carter, born }^Iarch 8, 1S40, died in 1903.
y^. James Carter, Jr., born April 3, 1842. Living.
74. Scott and Taylor Carter (twins), born Xov. 5. 1847.
Taylor died infant.
75. John Dale Carter, born ^Nlay 2, 1849. Living.
76. Ellen Hicks Carter, born June 7, 185 1. Living.
yy. Ada B. Carter, born July 20, 1853, died June 2, 1872.
78. Hugh Carter, born June 15. 1856.
79. William Carter, born Jan. 9, 1863.
70. ^Iary T. Carter, married James P. Johnson, a Chatham,
Va., merchant, and has issue : Xeaie, Lyle. Lucy, married Henry
Bolanz, a Chatham merchant; Foote, ^^lamie, married Horace
Partridge, an attorney, Washington, D. C.
71. HuTCHiXGS Laxier Carter, was ist lieutenant. Company
I, 53rd \'irginia Infantry, C. S. A., the only company that
crossed the stone wall at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. An ac-
count of this by the color corporal in The Times-Dispatch,
says: '"When the brigade reached the wall there was few men
left and General Armistead, turning to Colonel R. W. ^.lartin,
said, 'Colonel, we can't stay here,' and Colonel Martin replied.
'Then we'll go forward*; and over the wall the few remaining
went, but there were only seven or eight men left— General Ar-
mistead, Colonel Martin, Lieutenant Hutchings L. Carter,
Thomas Treadway. James C. Coleman and some others. When
Color Sergeant Jones fell from the wall, Lieutenant H. L. Carter
seized the colors and ran forward among the artillery, which
the enemy had abandoned. But reinforcements coming up they
returned and retook the guns, there being no one lef^t to hold
them, and opened fire again on our lines. General Armistead
was killed while trying to turn a gun on the enemy; Colonel
^lartin was wounded, his leg being shattered by a ball, and his
friend, Thomas Treadway. who ran to his assistance, v.as shot
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
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and fell dead across his body. The others fell also, and Lieutenant
Carter finding himself alone in the enemy's line surrendered and
was sent a prisoner to the rear, leaving the liag among the gims.
He had seventeen bullet holes in his clothes and yet was without
a wound. Thus he carried the flag of the 53rd \'irginia to the
farthest point in the enemy's lines that day. Of its ten guards
eight were killed outright, and Jones and myself were severely
wounded."
Lieutenant Hutchings L. Carter married Eliza Poindexter and
had issue: a. James S.. a lumber merchant of Lynchburg, who
married Kate Prescott of X. C, and has issue Prescott and Sallie ;
b. Edgar, for a number of year a banker in Cuba, died unma.r-
ried March 11, 1909, at Thomasville. Ga. Buried at Chatham.
\'a. ; c. Nellie : d. Dr. Henry Carter. ^IcKenna. Dinwiddie county,
\'irginia.
72. Samuel Ross Carter, captain of Company G, 53rd Vir-
ginia Infantry, C. S. A., married Sally Lucke and had issue:
a. Shields, married Louise Rice of Xew^ York and had Rosewell
York and Elaine; b. Williams: c. Ada, married Ciias. Stultz;
d. Florence ; e. Percy H.. a chemist, living in Georgia.
73. James Carter, corporal Company I, 53rd \'irginia In-
fantry, C. S. A., is the present postmaster at Chatham., Va. He
married, Feb. 19, 1874, Bettie Pigg. Issue: a. Rurledge P.,
merchant in Danville; b. Lanier, physician at Chatham, married
Mabel Moon and has James and Mrginia ; c. Martha Maud, mar-
ried Nathaniel Clement, an attorney at Chatham, and has issue,
Elizabeth Lanier, Rutledge Carter and Henry Turner; d. James
Shirley.
Rutledge, Ward, Chiles E.xcursus.
Bettie Pigg Carter, was the daughter of Hezekiah Ford Pigg and
-Martha Ward Rutledge. Alartha Ward Rutledge was the daughter of Dr.
John Biddle Rutledge of Maryland, and his wife, Lucinda Ward. He was
I ihe son of Joshua Rutledge of "My Lady's Manor," Maryland, and his
I Wife Augustine Biddle of Delaware. Joshua Rutledge served in the Revo-
I iution as a lieutenant in the Fourth Maryland Regiment, Continental Line,
t 2nd was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
142 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FA^niY
Lucinda Ward, born October 28, 1S04, married Dr. John Rutledge on
October 14. 1823, in the ball room of "The Mansion," the old Ward home
in Campbell County, Va. She was the daughter of Henry Ward, born
April 2, 175 1, the youngest child of Maj. John Ward of "The Mansion" by
his first wife, Anne Chiles, daughter of Co!. Henry Chiles, whose will was
probated in Amelia County, March 20. 1746. "Major John Ward built his
home, 'The Mansion,' about 1751. It is standing to-day, a quaintly beau-
tiful home on the cliflf above the Staunton River overlooking the wide
plains below. The rooms have the corner fireplaces, with tiny cupboards
buih in the chimneys just above the mantles. It was the first weather-
boarded, plastered house in that section of the country, and the friendly
Indians and the people for miles around came to view the magnificence of
the 'Mansion.' " Maj. Ward died at the advanced age of a hundred and
five years, and his will was probated in Campbell County, Nov. ir, 1816.
Clement Excursus.
Maud Carter, daughter of James and Bettie Pigg Carter, married on
June 24, 1902, Nathaniel Elliott Clement, a lawyer of Chatham, Va. He
was born Nov. 15, 1872, and is the son of Henry Clay and Harriet Morri-
son Clement of Pittsylvania County. Henry Clay Clement served in Flour-
noy's Cavalry in the Confederate Army. He is the son of Dr. George
Washington and Sarah Turner Clement. Dr. Clement, born in 1785, was a
graduate of Jefferson College, Philadelphia, and was a physician of promi-
nence and wealth in Pittsylvania County, where he died in 1867. He was
the son of Adam and Agnes Johnson Clemet. Adam Clement was a cap-
tain of the Bedford County Militia in the Revolution, and his old sword is
now owned by Mr. N. E. Qement, his great-grandson. In 1786 he was
one of the original trustees of the city of Lynchburg; died in 1813, and
was a son of Benjamin and Susannah Hill Clement, pioneer settlers in
this section of the State. As early as 1738, Benjamin Clem.ent was buying
and selling lands in Amelia County; in 1752, before Pittsylvania was cut
oflF from Halifax, he was a justice of the Halifax court, and in 1756 was
commissioned captain of Rangers in that county. He was a son of Wil-
liam Clement, who was sheriff in 1755, and died in 1760. Benjamin
Clement built his home on a beautiful knoll overlooking the valley of the
Staunton; it is a quaint old house with corner fireplaces and other old-
time features, and is still owned by the family. Benjamin Clement died
in 1786.
74. Scott Carter, is the proprietor of the leading hotel in'
Chatham, Va. He is the owner of the handsome old liquor
cases of his great grandfather, Thomas Carter of "Greenrock."
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Edward Ri;i;ektsijx Caktek. Eso.. Pllg^n. Texa^.
Mrs. Marv L. Cartkk Owens, < daugh'.LT ).
Mrs. Jaxe S- Owens Carter ( graruklaugluer )
MozELLE AND Wii.i.iAM A. Cakter { great-giandch.M
ren).
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 143
These cases may be much older than it is supposed, as the
inventories of the estates of the father and grandfatlier of
Thomas of "Greenrock"" both mention Hquor cases.
Scott Carter married Behe Ragsdale and had issue : Mary,
died in young girlhood ; Argyle, died infant, and Scott, Jr.,
a voung business rnan in Baltimore.
75. Jopix Dale Carter, is a farmer in Missouri, where he
married a Mrs. East and had one son. Ernest.
76. Ellen Hicks Carter, married W'm. B. Hurt, a merchant
at Chatham, \'a.. and has issue: Walker, a bookkeeper at Cov-
ington, \'a. ; Henry Hicks, a chemist, married Emily Adair, of
Richmond, and has sons, William and Henry ; Lucy, marrietl
Dr. Chesley Martin, and has Nellie and Chesley, Jr.; Xannie,
married Chester Hancock, an Albemarle farmer, and has sons,
Henry, Chester and Philip ; Stanhope ; Jane, married Logan
Coleman, a wealthy Pittsylvania farmer, and has sons, Henry
and William ; John, m.arried ^laria ^vlitchell, and has a daughter,
Lucy, and Philip Hurt.
78. Hugh Lawson Carter, is a farmer in Texas. No other
data.
79. WiLLLiM J. Carter, is a wholesale merchant in Baltimore.
He married Carrie Dufur, and has issue : Bessie, Lucy and
George.
66. Stokeley Carter, born in 181 5, lived at "Stoney Mills,"
Pittsylvania county. He was married prior to 1836 to Frances
Keen, and had issue: Nannie, married a Mr. Blair; Thomas,
of Danville, m.arried Nannie Smith, and had Wllliard, Charles
and Bessie; James; Rufus, and Elisha, married a ]Miss Smith,
and had a daughter Frances.
67. WiLLL\M Carter, born in 1817, married Olive Agnes
Ferney, born May 24, 1817, died in 1852, and had issue: James,
born in 1840; Thom.as 3.L, born in 1842; ^lartha. born in 1843,
married Charles Carnes Allen, of IMis:50uri, and had issue:
144 GEXEALQGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Olive, William, Joseph, Charles, Lucy, Lucas P., ^Martha, James
and Ernest Clement; Lucas Hutchings born in 1S45 ; Oliver
Parker in 1847; Lucy Margaret, in 1849; Sarah, in 1851, and
WilHam Joseph, in 1852.
56. Jeduthax Carter, born }klarch 22, 1779, ^''^'^ among other
children a son. Jeduthan, Jr. (authoritv of the venerable Mrs.
Arabella Carter Womack). Jeduthan Carter, Jr., born in 1821,
was captain of Company F, 38th \'irginia Infantry, C. S. A.
He married Anne Hubbard (died June 8, 1874). and am.ong
other children had a son, John W. Carter, born ]\Iarch 25, 1S51,
who in 1885 organized the first wholesale grocery firm in Dan-
ville, Va., under the name of John W. Carter & Co. December
3, 1879, he was married to ^vlargaret A., daughter of Frank and
Anne E. Watson Redd, of Prince Edward county. They have
sons, Warner P. Carter ; J. Eppes Carter, and John W. Carter, Jr.
Being unable to obtain from the family any answer to my
letters of inquiry, I have had to rely upon otliers for such
data as is given of this branch of the Carter family.
58. Christopher Lawsox Carter, born at "Greenrock.''
Pittsylvania county, \'a., Feb. 7, 1784, died in Lincoln county,
Missouri, Oct. 7, i860. January 2, 1809, he was married in
Pittsylvania to }.Iary, daughter of James and Frances Rogers
Sawyers. She was born Sept. 2"/, 1791, and died on the old
Carter place in Lincoln county, Dec. 2, 1876. The descendants
of Christopher L. Carter have from him the statement that his
father, Thomas Carter, of "Gre(enrock,^' Pittsylvania, was a
soldier in the Revolution, and they think that he was the Thomas
Carter who enlisted March 10, 1777, for three years as a private
in Captain John Dandridge's comapny, ist Artillery Regiment,
Continental Line, under Colonel Charles Harrison, and was as-
signed to service in the State of Virginia.
They also have the tradition that Christopher Lawson Carter
and two of his brothers saw service in the War of 1812. I
find from the Muster Rolls of the War of 18 12, published in
1852, that Captain Edward Carter's troop of cavalry was at-
tached to a regiment of L'nited States Cavalry under Colonel
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 145
P. Holcombe in the service of the United States from the 3rd
to the I2th of Sept., 1814, and inchided the following Carters:
Captain Edward Carter, Sergeant Rawley \V. Carter. Sergeant
Christopher L. Carter and private Jesse Carter. They were
probably all four the sons of Thomas Carter of "Greenrock" — two
undoubtedly were.
Christopher L. and Mary Sawyers Carter had issue eleven
children :
80. Frances Carter, married Barton Hubbard, and has de-
scendants in Missouri.
81. Pleasants Carter, died young.
82. Rebecca Carter, married Pines Shelton, and has descend-
ants in Missouri.
83. James Sawyers Carter, born in 1814, married Aviary J.
Duncan, and had one son, Christopher \V. Carter, who saw service
in the Confederate army. He married Xannie Ross Dyer and
moved to Texas in 1874. They had four children, Martha Pleas-
ants, married a Mr. McLeod ; Emner L. ; Henry L.. and Errol.
All live at Seymour, Texas.
84. Jane Carter, married James Shelton. and had several sons
in the Confederate army. She has descendants living near Waco,
Texas.
85. Christopher Lawson Carter, Jr., born Xov. 4. 1818, was
but twelve years old when his father removed to ]Missouri. In
1848 he went to the gold fields of California, returning to Mis-
souri in the fall of 1850 by way of the Isthmus of Panama. In
1854 he removed his family to Waco, Texas, and a year later
to Palo Pinto county, Texas, where he lived until his death in
July, 1888. During the war he was in the service of the State
of Texas, but always on the frontier against the Indians. He
was a large cattleman^ and with Simpson. Slaughter and others
formed the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association, which has become
the most complete association of its kind in the country. He
was m.arried in Lincoln county, ]Mo., on July 7, 1842. to Anne
Smith Ross, born Oct. 18, 1825, in Lincoln county, died at the
Carter homestead in Palo Pinto county, Texas, Xov. 17, 1895.
They had issue eleven children:
146 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
a. Ross Carter, born :\Iay 7, 1843, died Sept. 23, 1846.
b. Pleasant Carter, born Nov. 11, 1845, died Sept. 13. 1846.
c. Shapley Prince Carter, born Aug. 2, 1847, died of wounds
received in battle with Comanche Indians, Alay 18, 1869.
d. Ella Carter, born Oct. 19, 1851, died May 3, 1861.
e. Lawrence Sulivan Carter, born Xov. 4, 1853, ^vas educated
at Washington & Lee University, \'irginia. He is farmer and
stockman at Canyon City, Texas. In 1878 he was married to
Louise M. DiUalunty. and has four children, L. S., Jr., EHza-
beth, Lewis Randolph and Helen.
f. EHzabeth Carter, born Dec. 14, 1855, died Feb. 16, i86r.
g. Peter Ross Carter, born Dec. 10, i860, died May ir, 1861.
h. Christopher L. Carter, Jr.. born ^larch 25. 1863, Hves
in Hardamon County, Texas. He married, (i), Lucy Clarke,
and had issue: Lottie and Isaac Lawson ; (2)
i. Mary A. Carter, born March 4, 1864, married Aug. 25.
1887, Isham R. Darnell and lives at Benkelman, Nebraska. Thev
have issue, Mary A., died in infancy; Katharine C, Shapley
Boyle and Ruth Elizabeth Darnell.
j. Thomas Miller Carter, born Jan. 22, 1867, married in 1897
Ola Kuykendall and has one daughter, Nannie Carter. They
live on the old Carter place in Palo Pinto county.
k. Katharine Ross Carter, born July 26, 1870, married ^\'m.
M.- McGregor, of Wichita Falls, Texas, on July 25, 1890, and
has issue: William Carter McGregor and Lillian May Mc-
Gregor. Mr. McGregor has been the cashier of the First
National Bank of Wichita Falls for the past twenty years.
86. Judith Carter, born in 1820, married Washington Wright,
and died in 19 10, leaving descendants in :\Iissouri.
87. George Carter, served four years in the Confederate army.
He married Missouri Henry and had descendants in Missouri
and California.
88. Mar>^ Carter, died young.
89. Colonel Thomas Miller Carter, born in Virginia just be-
fore his father removed to Missouri in 1830. He served in the
war with Mexico, and in 1861 raised a company and entered
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 147
the Confederate army under Colonel F. M. Cockrell. He was
wounded at Elkhorn, \'icksburg, Corinih and Franklin. When
Colonel Cockrell was promoted to a brigade. Captain Carter com-
manded the regiment until he was w'ounded at Franklin. He
married Alabama Henry, sister of his brother George's wife,
and had four children. Colonel T. M. Carter died in 1910.
a. Ida Carter, married John E. Richards and has several chil-
dren. Lives near Troy, ]Mo.
b. Austin Carter, unmarried. Lives in St. Louis.
c. Georgia Carter, married a Mr. Scholl and lives at Colorado
City, Colo.
d. Joseph Carter, married and lives in St. Louis.
90. Raleigh Carter, never married, and died about ten years
ago in the Confederate Home at Columbia, Mo.
The data of this branch of the family was furnished by Mr.
Isham R. Darnell, of Benkelman, Xabraska.
60. Raleigh Williamsox Carter, youngest son of Thomas
and Winifred Hobson Carrer, of "Greenrock," Pittsylvania, in-
herited the old home and was a prosperous farmer. In 1S09
he married Anne Robertson, daughter of Edward and MoUie
Thompson Robertson, of Nottoway county. Edward Robert-
son is said to have come to Virginia with General Lafayette,
under whom he served as a sergeant in the Yorktown campaign.
Another branch of the family says that Raleigh W. Carter's
wife was Anne Jennings Robinson, daughter of Christopher and
Anne Thompson Robinson, of Xottoway, and that Anne Thomp-
son's mother was Anne Jennings, daughter of a wealthy Eng-
li>hman.
Raleigh W. and Anne R. Carter had issue :
91. Thomas Robertson Carter, born Jan. 11, 181 1.
92. Dale Miller Carter, born April i, 1813, died Aug. 20, 1839.
93. Edward Robertson Carter, born Oct. 17, 1814, died Feb.
3. 1908.
94. Raleigh Williamson Carter, Jr., born Oct. 31, 1815.
95. Arabella Williamson, born May 18, 1818, living in 1911.
96. Tarpley Williamson Carter, born IMarch 22, 1820, died
July 23, 1833. ',
148 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
97. Lawson Hobson Carter, born April 11, 1821, died July 6,
1821.
98. Mary Robertson Carter, born Aug. 7, 1823.
99. Lawson Hobson Carter (second of name), born March
12, 1825.
100. John Robertson Carter, born Jan. 5, 1827, died Feb. 3,
^833-
loi. Christopher Lawson Carter, born July 31, 1830.
102. Christopher John Tarpley Carter, born Sept. 15, 1832,
died in 1852.
103. Susan Anne Carter, born May 17, 1833, died in 1868.
104. George Adcock Carter, born May 20, 1834, died March
16, 1892.
93. Edward Robertson Carter, married in April, 1848, Eliza-
beth Hutchings, and removed to Bastrop county, Texas, in 1850,
where he died Feb. 3, 1908. in his ninety-fourth year. "He was
an exemplary man in every respect. 'Mark the perfect man,
and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.' "
Edward and Elizabeth Hutchings Carter had issue: (i). Mary,
married William Owens, of Elgin, Texas, and had issue:
a. Lucy E., married Dr. Wood, and has son. Dale: b. Jane S.,
married R. L. Carter, and has Mozelle, William A. and R. L., Jr. ;
Clyde Carter Owens, married Lizzie Wilks, and has issue, Eliza-
beth, Mattie Arabella and Xellie. (2). Lucy Carter, married
William H. Rivers, of Elgin, Texas, and had issue: ]\Iarvin
Leon, Edward Carter, Wm. H., Jr., W. C, Mary E., Roy Dale,
Julian and Ida Ruth. (3). William H. Carter, married Belle
Littleton and had issue : Edward Robertson, Mary E., Lucy
Lee, James Dale and D. B. Carter.
95. Arabella Willl\mson Carter, named for her grand-
father Carter's grandmother, Arabela Williamson, wife of Cap-
tain Thomas Carter, Jr., of "Barford," Lancaster. She is a
most wonderful old lady of ninety-six years with an excellent
memory and is a bright and interesting conversationalist. In
early life she married Watson W^omack, of "Cedar Hill,'' Pittsyl-
vania, where she still lives. They have no surviving issue.
S-tjiftfii Mill ; loMiiiMiU'.m^Asmi^tnunt' m
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GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 149
98. Mary Robertsox Carter, married a Mr. Younger, and
had issue: (i). Xancy, married Chas. Womack, and had issue:
William; Dr. Hobson Womack, married Oma Shields; Dr.
Charles Womack ; Kate Womack, married Lawson Hardin, and
had son, Lawson : Aviary Womack ; Stone Womack ; Dr. Lawson
Womack; Annabell \\'omack. (2). Lawson. (3). Raleigh.
(4). Betty Younger, married Duval Porter, and had daughter,
Mamie.
^ 103. ScsAX AxxE Carter, youngest daughter of Raleigh Wil-
liamson Carter, married April 7, 1S52, William Henry Linthi-
cum, died Sept. 22, 1886), son of John Terrell Linthicum and
his wife, Frances Glenn Dabney, of Prince Edward county. Mr.
Linthicum was an architect of considerable ability, and fol-
lowed this profession at Durham, X. C, where he was succeeded
by his son, Hill Carter Linthicum. They had issue:
(i). Raleigh Dabney Linthicum, born in Feb., 1853, died
K'ov. 20, 1910.
(2). George Williamson Linthicum. born in Jan., 1856.
(3). Arabella Linthicum, born in 1858. Dead.
(4). Hill Carter Linthicum, born April 8, i860.
(5). Ida Susan Linthicum, born in 1863. Dead.
(6). Henry Thomas Linthicum, born in 1864.
(7). Edward Linthicum, born in 1867. Dead.
(i). Raleigh D. Lixthicum, was a contractor and builder,
and lived the last twenty-four years of his life in Durham, X. C,
where he died in 19 10, leaving a wife and the following chil-
dren: Allen Carter, Wm. Henry, Rawleigh Dabney, James,
Alfred, Edward Hill, Chalmers, Estella, Susie and a daughter,
the wife of Mr. P. T. Elliott.
(4). Hill Carter Lixthicl-m, one of the m.ost promanent
architects in the South, president of the Xorth Carolina Archi-
tectural Association, designer of many well known buildings in
Virginia and Xorth Carolina, such as the beautiful high school
buildings at Front Royal, Va., and Durham, X. C.
A writer in The Southern Architect and Building Nezfs savs
150 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
of Mr, Linthicum : "With his experience of over twenty-five
years and his continuous study of the new ideas as they are
introduced makes him unquestionably one of the most able men
in his profession in the entire South, being as he is most pro-
ficient, not only in architectural design, but structural engineer-
ing as well Outside of his professional work,
Mr. Linthicum is well known throughout the city. He is an
active fraternal man and member of the Masons, Odd Fellows,
Knights of Pythias and other organizations."
July 30, 1884, ^Ir. Linthicum m.arried at Stattord, Ontario,
Canada, Elizabeth Freeborn, and has issue: Susan Anne, born
Aug. 9, 1885 ; Henry Colvin, an architect, located in Richmond,
Va., married Catharine Otino. of Roanoke, \'a.. and has a son.
Edward Dale Lithicum ; Leroy Freeborn, died in infancy.
The talent of the family is not confined to Mr. Linthicum, as
his daughter, Susan Anne, besides graduating with honor from
local schools in North Carolina, took the honors over seven
hundred other girls at the American Institute of Applied Music,
New York City, in June, 1910. She has been successful in the
concert field, and has appeared in Carnegie Hall, New York
City, and various places in the South. Her voice has been de-
scribed as a "wonderfully sweet and pure lyric soprano, com-
pletely captivated her hearers, and their intense appreciation
of the varied and difficult classical selections rendered, evoked
repeated encores."
104. George Adcock Carter, youngest child of Raleigh W.
and Anne R. Carter, was graduated in the early fifties from the
University of Virginia with the degree of A. M., and from the
Medical College of Virginia with the degree of ^L D. ; later he
took a course in special work at the University of New York. He
settled in Danville and for forty years or more was one of the
foremost physicians of his section. He served four years in
the Confederate army as surgeon of a company raised at Chat-
ham, and came out unhurt except for the loss of his front teeth,
which were knocked out by a stray bullet. December 21, 1858,
he married Eettie Anne Womack. and had issue: (i). Kate \V.,
born Oct. 17, 1859, married Jeppy Stone, and had Betty, married
Miss Slsw l \xtkr Linthilum,
Durliam, X. C-
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILV 151
Kirkwood Penard, of Lynchburg; Samuel and Mary. (2).
George A., Jr., born Feb. 24, 1864. ,(3). Emma A., born in
1865, married Jan. 17, 1893, Richard Coates. (4). Raleigh Wil-
liamson, born May 14, 1868. married Mary Coates. (5). Samuel
Stone, born Sept. 21. 1869. (6). Allen \V., born July 31, 1871.
(7). Dr. Charles Thomas, born July 29, 1875, lives in Dan-
ville. (8). Edward Robertson, born July 2, 1877. (9). Ste-
phen D., born Oct. 11, 1878.
Descendants of Joseph Carter,
of Spotsylvania
Joseph Carter, second son of Thomas and Arabella Williamson
Carter, born in 1696-1697, at "Barford,"' Lancaster, died in
April, 175 1, in Spotsylvania. He received from his father a
negro named Robin and a share in the residuary estate, both real
and personal. He lived in his native county until 1738, when
he removed to Spotsylvania, where he had a grant of 215 acres
of land, to which he added 89 acres in 1739, c>ne hundred acres
in 1749, another hundred in 1749 and a hundred and ninety in
1750.
From 1724-1725 until 1738 Jos. Carter was iobacco Inspector
at the port of Corotoman ; and from correspondence relative to
the manner in which he performed his duty, we get the only
insight we have of his character, from which we may draw
the conclusion that he was a man who had a strength of char-
acter and purpose sufficient to do his duty as he saw it, even
in the face of strong opposition and unpopularity.
From as early as 1619, X'irginia had from time to time passed
laws looking to the improvement in the quality of tobacco grown.
These provided for an inspection of tobacco shipped from every
port, and any that failed to come up to the quality of the lowest
grade acceptable to the English merchants, was to be burned on
the spot. There was always a great deal of trouble to get inspectors
who would do their duty in the matter and not be governed by
feelings of friendship for their neighbors and relatives. When
one did what he thought was right there was always a great
cry that he was partial to some and vented a private spite toward
others. Joseph Carter was accused of an overbearing temper,
partiality, and injustice toward many. Colonel Edwin Conway
was the spokesman of this faction and several of his letters
to the Governor have been preserved. The trouble began about
1727 and by 1732 was widespread, as the greatly inferior crops
I GEXEAL'OGY OF THE CARTER FA:JILV
of those years made it necessary for the inspectors to exercise
their authority more. Several letters ■ of Colonel Conway in
1732 are very bitter, but he does not seem to have been able 10
persuade the Governor and Secretary, John Carter, that Inspector
Joseph Carter had done anything but his duty, as they held him
in the office until he removed to Spotsylvania, and then appointed
Dale Carter in his stead. In one letter Colonel Conway wrote :
"Yesterda}' I presumed to write to yor Honr to inform you
how the Secretary had baffled me \\''e are willing
the Secretary may Nominate whom he pleases to be in Mr.
Carter's room. Enough are willing to take the office, so that his
Honr may have great Choice and I hope we shall have no Occasion
to be troublesome anymore." At a later date he v.-rites : '"Surely
the Secretary may find a friend in Lancaster as worthy as ]\Ir.
Carter ; if not in Lancaster, he may in Virga — we think none will
do Less Justice." On the other hand such men as Mr. Richard
Lee, Mr. Edwards (the minister at Christ Church), and ]Mr.
Philip Smith, Jr., of Northumberland, wrote the Governor and
Secretary very strong letters in favor of Joseph Carter. Mr.
Smith said of him and the two inspectors associated with him :
"I consider them very honest men, and as far as I see very
careful in their office not to pass any tobacco but what was good,
and in my opinion have done equal justice to all."
In 17 19 Joseph Carter married Catharine Stevens, daughter
of James Stevens, of King and Queen county, from whom he
had a deed of gift for a negro woman, "Bet." Joseph Carter,
of St. George's parish, Spotsylvania, made his will Feb. 19, 1750,
probated May 7, 1751. Wife Catharine to have the home planra-
tion of 215 acres and two negroes; son Joseph, the Wheeler
land, a negro man, young horse and a gun called "Mary" ; son
John to have the Matthews land, negro man, young horse and
a gim called "Ye Reed" ; son George, the Brown land and thirty
acres adjoining, a negro man, choice of other three guns and
£3 current money; after death of wife, son Robert to have
the home place, choice of other two guns and £30 current
money; a negro girl to daughter, Mary Elizabeth (wife of James
Davis); £33 current money to daughter, Elizabeth; £30 cur-
154 C-EXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
rent money to daughter, Catharine. Sons to all share alike in
his brandy still and residuary estate. Wife, son, John, and
friend, Mr. John Minor, to be executors. The appraisement of
the personal estate of "Mr. Joseph Carter" amounted to £404.2.2
and besides a lot of good household goods, included a "parcel
of books, a pair of silver buckles and four silver spoons." Catha-
rine Carter was still living in 177 1, when she made a deed to
her son, John Carter.
Joseph Carter seems to have inherited the family seal men-
tioned in the appraisement of his father, Thomas Carter, Jr.'s,
estate, as on Jan. 2. 1739. "Joseph Carter of ye Psh of St. George
in the County of Spotsylvania Planter" made a deed to his
daughter, Mary Elizabeth, and her husband, Jam.es Davis, for
two negroes, and sealed the deed with a seal showing a crest
of the Bedfordshire Carters — a demi talbot out of a mural
crown, and below the crest the initials "T. C."
Joseph and Catharine Carter had issue (Bible Records) :
I, Thomas Williamson Carter, bom May 8, 1720; killed by
the accidental discharge of a gun Christmas week. 1738.
' 2. Mary Elizabeth, born Dec. 2, 1721. in King and Queen
county, married James Davis, of "Broadfield," Spotsylvania.
3. Edward Dale, born June 2, 1723, died prior to 1750.
4. John, born June 8, 1725.
5. George, born Dec. 18, 1728.
6. Elizabeth, born Sept. 20, 1731.
7. Joseph and Catharine, twins, born May 3, 1733.
8. Robert, born Aug. 12, 1735.
Davises, of "Broadfield," Spotsylvania.
2. Mary Elizabeth Carter, was married at the age of six-
teen, on Christmas day, 1738, to James Davis, of Broadheld,
Spotsylvania. He was born Nov. 3, 1719, and was the second
son of Thomas Davis (born Aug. 8, 1693, son of John and
Susannah Wyatt ( ? ) Davis of StatTord), and his v.-ife, Sarah
Fielding (born May 12. ifx}-., daughter of Edward and Hannah
Fielding, of Northumberland).
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Fielding Excursus.
The earliest ancestor of the Fieldings of Northumberland. Va., to whom
we can trace without a break is Rev. Roger Fielden. or Fielding, an Epis-
copal clergyman at Horton, Gloucestershire. England, in the early part of
the 17th century. Though the connection has not been discovered, it is
almost certain that he was a member of the ancient family of Fielding of
"Newham Paddox." Warrickshire, which was elevated to the peerage in
1622 with the title of Earls of Denbigh. The first Earl of Denbigh had a
brother. Sir Roger Fielding, who is the founder of a distinguished branch
of that family. The sons and grandsons of Rev. Roger used the Haps-
burg seal of the Fieldings of Newham, and similar baptismal names.
Original wills, deeds, etc, show that Ambrose Fielding, the emigrant
to Virginia, had the following brothers and sisters :
Dr. Robert, born in 1620, died after 1693 in Gloucester, England.
Richard, a merchant in Bristol, died in 1667.
Edward, a merchant in Bristol, died in 1693.
Elizabeth, married a Mr. Gwin of Horton, Eng., living in 1693.
Margaret, married Walter Fryer, and was living in 1693.
In 1696 certified copies of several Fielding wills, deeds, etc., were made
from the English and Virginia records for one of the Virginia members
of the family. These with some original papers are now ov/ned by the
writer. They show the relationship of the above-mentioned brothers and
sisters, but the name of their father comes from the records of the en-
trance of Dr. Robert Fielding at Balliol College, Oxford.
"Robert Ffeilden, son of Roger, of Horton, Co. Gloucester, Sacerd,"
matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford, in March. i637-'38, at the age of
18 years. May 7, 1641, he rec'd the degree of B. A., and was made a
fellow of the college in 1646, but was ejected from his fellowship in 1648
by the Parliamentary Party under Cromwell. He returned, and on Dec.
14. 1653, rec'd the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1664 he was made
honorary fellow of the College of Physicians, at which time his name
was spelled "Ffeildinge." Later practiced in the city of Gloucester. (See
Foster's Alumni Oxoniensis, and Munk's Roll of the Royall College of
Physicians, London.) Richard and Edward Fielding each left small re-
membrances to their brother, Dr. Robert Feilding of Gloucester.
Richard Feilding, merchant and ship owner, of Bristol, England, lived
for a time in Virginia, where on Dec. 14, 1662, he purchased from Capt.
Peter Knight, a thousand-acre plantation, near the head of Great \\ ico-
comico River, Northumberland County; and the old order books of North-
umberland show that in the next four years he recorded deeds for several
other tracts of land, but as the deed books were burned, the size of these
can not be learned. His wili, prob. April 18, 1067 (see Virginia Historical
l^e GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Magazine for abstract), gave small legacies to sisters and brother Robert.
his plantation in Virginia, with all stock, servants, household goods, etc.,
thereon, to brother Ambrose, and the rest of his property in England and
elsewhere, ship Phoenix, etc.. to brother Edward of Bristol.
"Edward Ffeilding, Esq^"^, one of the Alderman of the city of Bristol,"
made his will Feb. 9, 1690. prob. March 2, 1693 (see Virginia Historical
Magazine for abstract). He was the wealthiest of the brothers, and be-
queathed a large estate, consisting of lands in Lacock parish, Wiltshire,
Eniterne and Landegge parishes, Monmouthshire, houses and stores in
Bristol, ship Phoenix, plantation and servants in Virginia, a large lot of
goods in his shops, some five thousand pounds in cash, a great deal of
silver plate, Jewells, etc. The bulk of the estate was entailed upon his son
William and his heirs; his wife, Elizabeth Fielding, receiving houses and
land in Wiltshire and Bristol, besides a great deal of personal property;
and his daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, Susanna, Martha, and Anne from
eight hundred to a thousand pounds each, sterling. Elizabeth, the eldest
daughter, receiving also, an estate in Monmouthshire known as "Cardi;:
Hall." He also gave from three to forty pounds each to his sisters.
brothers-in-law. brother "Robert Ffeilding. Doctor in Physic" at Glou-
cester, a servant, and to the poor of the parishes of St. Peter's in Bristol,
and of Horton in Gloucestershire. And to "}>Iy nephew Edw. Ffeilding.
son of my late brother, Mr. Ambrose Ffeilding. Dec'd 500 acres to be laid
out of my lands and plantation at Wiccocomico. in the Co. of North-
umberland in the Country of Virginia beyond the Seas." This plantation
had about twenty-five hundred acres, seventeen hundred of which he had
by a deed for from his nephew, Richard Feilding. son of Ambrose, on
Sept. I, 1686. After laying out the five hundred acres for Edward
Feilding of Virginia, the remainder of this plantation was sold by Edward
Eeilding's executors in 1696 to "King" Robert Carter of Lancaster, to-
getTier with all stock, servants and household goods thereon. These may
have included silver plate, as Mr. Wm. A. Eliason, a descendant of "King
Carter," living at Statesville, N. C-, owns a piece of very ancient plate,
which bears a lion rampant instead of the regular Carter crest. This is
the device on the arms of the Feildings of Northumberland. William
Feilding. only son of Edward of Bristol, matriculated at Magdalen College,
O.xford, March 2, i687-'88. at the age of 17.
The Virginia Fieldings
Ambrose Feilding. the other brother, was the ancestor of the fam.ily
of interest here. To the original thousand acres he added 400 more in
the years 166S, '70 and '71. and named the place "Wicocomico Hall." as
shown by the inventory of his personal estate in 1675. Here was a brick
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
157
house containing the following rooms: "Ye hall parlour," "Ye parlour
Chamber," "Ye Chamber over ye hall parlour." "Ye Chamber over ye
parlour chamber," "Ye Create Roome." (a sort of dining room). "Ye Oute
Kitchen and Servts. Roome."
A few years ago, Mr. Eppa Fielding, of Harrison, Ark., visited North-
umberland County, and by tracing the title down, and other means, he
located the old Fielding place, on which is yet standing an old brick house
of five or six rooms. Its walls are unusually thick, and show the remains
of loopholes for defending it against attacks of the Indians. An old man
living there told Mr. Fielding that when he was a boy there had been a
brick wall surrounding the yard, which also had loop holes in it.
Ambrose Fielding was a justice of the Northumberland County Court
from June 3. 1669, to Feb. 4, 1675. His will, probated Nov. 17, 1675, gave
his wife Anne a mourning ring, and all the rest of the estate to his chil-
dren, Richard, Edward, and Anne. The inventory of the personal e.^tate
amounted to i279.og.06 ; Tho. Hobson, Wm. Presley, Tho. Brereton. and
Peter Knight, appraisers. It included among other things, six negro ser-
vants, and five white servants ; nineteen silver spoons, a '"silver tankered
wth ye Ffeilding Armes on it," a smaller one "markt A. F-," a dram cup,
a Sack cup, a tumbler "markt wth : ye armes," a bowl, and a salt dish, all
of silver. A watch & seal, a pair of buckles. 2 pairs of buttons, and a
"Tobaky bo.x" of silver, a plain ring, a "sealed" ring and two mourning
\ings, all of gold. A "pcell of old small bookes," a "pcell of old large
bookes," a large Bible, a pair of silver candlesticks, four family pictures
and five other pictures. In the way of furniture there was in the parlour,
an oval table, a Turkey work carpet, seven turkey work chairs, three
Russia leather chairs, a Dutch carved chair, a silk chair, tapestry couch
a "court cubbard," etc. The best bedroom contained besides other things,
a "Great Bedd & Cord wth: Curtains & Vallaines lined wth; Silke, teas-
ters, and a Damask & Silke Counterpayne," a carved chest of drawers,
looking glass, etc. In other rooms were a number of beds, tables, chests,
chairs, etc.
The fragmentary condition of the early records of Northumberland
add to the difficulty of writing a complete history of this family. Of Anne,
the daughter of Ambrose Feilding, I have no data. Richard, the elder
son, was the manager of. his uncle Edward's Virginia property, and had
a good deal of trouble with his uncle about it. Finally, in 1686, he turned
over to his uncle everything he had and probably left Virginia, as he
does not appear again in the records.
Edward Feilding, the second son, was a justice of Northumberland in
March, 1679, and Sept., 1683, and doubtless during the interval. He
seems to have been married twice, as in his will, probated June 16, 1696,
158 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
he left to "my tiozi' loving wife Hannah Fielding" the use of all his estate
until his sons arrived at legal age. when his estate was to be divided as
follows : Eldest son, Edward .to have the home place and the tract called
the "Mill Necke;" Son Richard to have half of a patent for 850 acres he
had with Mr. John Harris; son Ambrose the tract he had from his uncle,
"Mr. Edward Fielding of Bristol ; infant daughter Sarah to have fifty-
pounds when she reached the age of eighteen; daughter Anne a hundred
pounds on the following conditions : "I have refused my consent to the
present marriage of my daughter Ann to M^ Dennis Connaway Jun^ and
if they wait the four years till she arrive at the age of eighteen, Si Mr.
Conaway is more settled, I hereby give my consent & direct my Ex" to
pay to my daughter. Ann Ffeilding, £100 Sterl.. and if she whedle her
mother's consent before sd time she shall have but fifty pounds from my
estate." The sons were to maintain their sisters as became their station
until they married, and to put Sarah to school as he had Ann. After they
came into their land each of them was to pay their mother a thousand
pounds of tobacco so long as she remained a widow, which was not long,
as she married a Mr. Hill, and lived to an extreme old age — mentioned
great-granchildren in her will, probated in Nov., 1740. The daughter Ann
married Mr. Conway, but whether she waited the prescribed time, or
"whedled her mother's consent" earlier, is not known. The infant daugh-
ter, Sarah Fielding, born May 12, 1695 (parish register and family records),
married in I7i6-'i7, Thomas Davis, born Aug. 8. 1693; and their second
son, James C. Davis, born Nov. 3. 1719, was later James Davis of "Broad-
field." Spotsylvania. For further account of the descendants of Edward
and Hannah Fielding, other than the Davises, see IVilliam and Mary Quar-
terly for October, 1910.
James Davis owned a plantation of some six hundred acres
on "Plentiful Run," Spotsylvania, where in 1740 he built a
brick house, a story and a half high, with dormer windows, and
great inside chimneys. An old letter tells of the burning of this
house in October, 1789, but a quaint faded pen and ink drawing
made in 1788 by Thomas Davis when he removed to Kentucky
is still preser\-ed. Among the family traditions is one that the
Davis children received the most of their education from a tutor
kept by a neighbor — a Captain Winslow. This seemo to have
been ample for those days, especially for a family of moderate
means, as Thomas, the youngest son of James and Mary Eliza-
beth Carter Davis, after his removal to Kentucky in 1 787-1788
advertised for a school in the old Kentucky Gazette of May 31,
The Hai'Sklkg Seal
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The Fieldings of Xewham Padi'.ox.
r.-ed by
Edward Fielding in 16S4.
Sarah Fieldixg, eurx May 12.
nanghter of Edward and Hannah Fielding
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I SicNATLKE AND Sk.al (Engraving retouched; of Eilward Fielding, 1684.
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
159
1788, stating that he was qualified to teach "Reading-, writing,
and Arithmetic in its various branches, bookkeeping, surveying,
and Navigation, geography or the use of the globes, etc." The
Woodford county, Ky., records show that he made a great many
land surveys in that county. The old records show that the
colonial \'irginians endeavored to maintain their families in the
best possible position, as regarded their social connections, edu-
cation, etc., some even going beyond their means to do this,
as for example, the case cited in the extract from a letter written
in July, 1772. by \Vm. Wiat, a Fredericksburg merchant, to his
brother, Francis Wiat. Liverpool, England: "The X'irginians
have no idea of bringing up their children. If a person has two
or three negroes and a few acres of land, let him have what
quantity of children he may, they must all be brought up gen-
teely to preserve the dignity of the family, although he spends
twice his annual income. Such has been the method all our
relatives have taken, and when the principal prop was sunk, the
greater part of them were reduced to poverty and obliged to
be a burden on the rest of his friends."
Another tradition is that, several years before his death, James
Davis, while riding through the forest in a stcrm was struck
on the head by a limb blown from a tree, knocked from his
horse and dragged for some distance. When found he was un-
conscious and paralyzed, but later recovered partial use of his
legs and arms — he evidently suffered from a fractured skull and
a clot of blood on some part of the brain.
His will, dated Feb. 16, 1765, probated Oct. i, 1765, left to
his wife a hundred and thirty acres of the home place, all fur-
nishings, stock, etc. (she had three negroes of her own, not
mentioned in this will) ; son James 200 acres and the home place
after the death of his mother ; son John forty shillings, as he had
already been given his share (a hundred acres of land and a
negro) ; son Benjamin the rest of his land; daughter Elizabeth
a bed and furniture and a cow and calf; the rest of his personal
property and five negroes, amounting to £203, to be shared equal-
ly by his four younger children, when they came of age — Mary,
William, Charles and Thoinas.
l6o GEXEALOGY VF THE CARTER FAMILY
Mrs. James Davis, mentioned in a deed in 1770 by her son,
John Davis, of Mecklenburg, and in a list of Spotsylvania slave
owners (had three servants), died in the live years prior to
1792 — letter of her daughter Polly.
Her son, Thomas Davis, of Woodford county, Ky., when ap-
plying for a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War,
tore the birth records from his Bible and filed them with his
application in the pension records at Washington. They give birth
records of the following children of James and Marv E. Carter
Davis, of ''Broadfield" :
9. John Fielding Davis, born Jan. i, 1740, removed to Meck-
lenburg in 1766.
10. James C. (Carter ?) Davis, born March 5, 1741, died in
1792 in Spotsylvania.
11. Benjamin, born Jan. 10, 1743, died in 1791, in Spotsyl-
vania.
12. Elizabeth, born Feb. 22, 1745. No other data.
13. Snead, born May 16, 1748, died in infancy.
14. William Dale, born Aug. 28, 1750.
15. Mary, born May 24, 1753. Was unmarried in 1792.
16. Felix, bom April 27, 1755, died in infancy.
17. Charles, born Oct. 22, 1758, living in Spotsylvania in 1794.
18. Thomas W. (said to have been Wyat by some, and Wil-
liamson by others, but no record to prove either), born Nov. 30,
1760, died Nov. 8, 1839, in Woodford county, Ky.
See portraits of James and Mary Carter reproduced herewith.
9. John Fieldixg Davis, born in Spotsylvania in 1740, died
after 1782, in Mecklenburg county, Va. March 15, 1766, John
Davis and wife, :\Iartha, of St. George's parish, Spotsylvania,
deeded a hundred acres of land previously deeded to him by his
father, James Davis. Doubtless this was the time of their
removal to ^Mecklenburg county. October 17, 1770, John Davis
and his wife, Martha, of Mecklenburg county, made a deed to
his brothers, James and Benjamin Davis, of Spotsylvania, for his
share, by reversion, in four hundred acres of land on " Plentiful
Run, Spotsylvania County, where of their father James Davis
dec'd died seized & possessed of," which share was expectant in
GESEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY i6i
the death of their mother, :^.Iary Davis, who held a life estate
therein. The census of 1782 shows that John Davis, of Meck-
lenburg, was the head of a family of seven white souls and
twenty-three servants. The county records fail to show his Vv'ill
or settlement of estate, but the will of his son, John Davis, in
1798, shows that Martha Davis married after the death of her
first husband, a Major Floyd, and had by him at least two chil-
dren—Wells and William Floyd. In this will, probated June
II, 1798, John Davis, Jr., directed that his son, James Batte
Davis, have the proceeds, when he became of age, of the sale
of a tract of two hundred acres of land and six negroes and
their increase ; his daughter, ;Martha, to have five negroes when
she was eighteen years old or married ; his mother, Martha Floyd,
wife of ;Major Floyd, to have one negro, three horses, three
choice cows and calves, four beds and other furniture, etc.. which
was to be sold at her death and divided between his two children
and his two sisters, Axny and Elizabeth, and his half brothers.
Wells and William Floyd. The rest of his property to his two
children equally. Wm. Walker and James Batte executors.
Personal estate amounted to £600 6s. 9d.
Captain George W. Davis, Goodes Ferry, Va., and the wife
of Mr. H. F. Hutcheson, clerk of Mecklenburg county, are said
to be descendants of this family. Data of other descendants
not available.
10. James Davis, born in 1741, died in 1792 in Spotsylvania.
He was not married when he joined his brother, Benjamiin, and
the latter's wife in a deed Jan. 17, 1771, to John Nelson. His
will, dated July 14, 1790, names wife, Sarah, and mentions their
children without naming them. They had sons ; Fielding, John,
Wm., James, Thomas, and Joseph, and possibly other children.
All are said to have moved to Kentucky prior to 1800. .
11. Benjamin D.wis, born 1743, died in 1791 in Spotsylvania,
will probated March i, 1791. Wife, Elizabeth, and Edward Col-
lins executors. He married prior to January 17, 1771. April i,
1794, Edward Collins gave bond as guardian of James, Lewis,
Benjamin, Elijah, Richard and Acy Davis, orphans of Benj.
l62 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Davis, deceased. Benj. and Elizabeth Davis had at least one son
of age in 1791 — See Polly Davis letter. Benjamin Davis was
a subaltern in a company under Captain \Vm. Mills in the Revo-
lution, as shown by the pension declaration of his brother, Thomas
Davis, in 1818. (See Booghcr's Gleanings from Virginia History,
page 327.)
Most of Benjamin Davis' sons moved to Kentucky and Ten-
nessee. James, the eldest son, married his cousin, Mary Davis,
and had several children, among others a son, John Carter Davis,
a soldier in the Mexican War. He married Elizabeth Anderson
and settled in Grimes county, Texas, where he acquired a good
deal of land. They had issue: James Davis, a lieutenant in the
Confederate army; John Davis, and Benjamin Davis, both of
whom, served as privates in the Southern army ; and daughters,
Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret and Sarah.
14. William D.a.le Davis, is said to have removed with his
brother John to jMecklenburg, and the census of 1782 shows that
there was a Wm. Davis in that county the head of a family of
five and four servants. The Davis family of Spotsylvania are
said to have been cousins of the several families of Davis liv-
ing in Mecklenburg, prior to the settlement of John Davis in
1766. The census of 1782 shows that besides John and William
mentioned above, there were the following heads of families by
this name: Wm. Davis, a justice of the county court, who was
the head of a family of nine and owned forty-five servants — it
is evident that he was not the father of the other William Davis
mentioned, else the distinguishing Sr. and Jr. would have been
used; Baxter Davis, head of family of nine whites and twenty-
one servants; Lewis Davis, of five; Edward Davis, of four and
thirteen servants ; and Joshua Davis, of seven whites and thirteen
servants.
15. ;Mary Davis, born May 24, 1753, died after 1792, in which
year she was unmarried. She shows something of herself in
the following gossipy letters v/ritten to her brother, Thomas,
after he removed to Kentucky:
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 163
Broadfield, Ocf 27-1789.
Dear Sister, Mr. Jones brought your Welcome Letter today and I
' hasten to tell you how Happy we are to hear from you & bro. Tom and
Betty & Polly again. We are delited to hear you are Well and have a
little Boy now and call him Fielding. That is a Good Name. I suppose
we will never see any of you again it is so far to Kaintucky. We went
Iinto Fredericksburg last week to the Races & saw Mr. Catlett and your
Cousin Larkin. They ask'd about you & hop'd the Savages haven't killed
? you. Cousen Beverly W. (supposed to have been Beverley Winslow, who
I was said to have been related to the Carters, and thus related to the
f Davises of Broadfield) and Mr Mann Page dined here last Sunday. Cousen
I Beverly is as fine looking as ever & Mr Page is one of the most elegant
I Gentlemen I ever saw. We had a Viset in the Summer from Cousen
Eppa Filding & Edwin F. who we never saw before. They are fine looking
men and very Clever gentlemen. Cousen Edwin talks of going to Ken
and says he will go to see you. Two weeks ago I went to a big Ball at
Newlands. Elliot Herndon and Cousen Sally Carter were there and very
Lover like. Polly Carter is a great ... of beauxes. -i wore my straw
colored Sattin and new . . . Jack Gordon was attentive to Betty
Thornton & Mr Spottw ... to Polly Thornton. She wore a blew
Lutestring . . . white muslin . . . Mr. Mortimer was ....
Benton and Mr. R. . . . i^Ir & Mrs. Stannard of Roxbu. ... I
shall be happy to do . . . they will regain . . . Cousen John
Davis ... he said all was . . . Have you built your . . . ex-
pect to go into Lexington. ... It has been very Sickley ....
Brother Williams Family was sick all summer and little Carter died in July.
old mrs Bowles died on the first. Little Fieldin Corbin is very sick with
sum sort of Fever, I know you & bro Tom will be sorry to hear the eld
Home Place was burnt up on the loth of last month, brother James lo~t
all his furniture and the portraits of grandfather & grandmother Davis,
and great grandfather & grandmother Fielding. They saved the spoons
and the old Fielding Tea Service but not the candlesticks. The Fire was
about midnight and brother James & his family Bearly got out Alive.
They are living now in the little house where you use to live. Old Mr.
Stubble fields Horse fell down with him about two weeks ago and broke
his Leg and he is in a Bad Way I here. I saw Mr and Mrs Maurye at
Church and they asked about you and how you lik the land in Kcn'ky.
A great many people here are talking of Settling in that Country for their
land is getting so poore here and Money hard to get a holt of. Write us
by every Person that comes this Way for we are Anxious about you dear
sister and brother in that far Wild country. God prosper and protect you
both is our constant Prayer.
Affect'Iy Your Sister
Polly.
l64 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
October 30th
Mr Wilhite informs me he will not set out to Kaintucky til next week
so n conclude to finish my sheet. I forgot to tell you George Anderson .
& his Bride who was Berkeley Clarke was at the ball. She is a prettie
little thing and wore white gause over pink silk with pink silk roses m
her hair. They were very Loving. This is a miserable Pen and John is
not here to make me a new one. The Ball was a splendid one Beautiful
Ladies and • ► . (The rest of the letter is torn off.)
Addressed to Mrs- Susannah Davis, near Lexington, Kaintucky.
Broadfield 4th Aprill 1790.
Dear Brother. M^ John Hardin from Staff'd has just stopped for the
Refreshment of himself & his horse and I will avale myself of the oper-
tunity to send you dear Tom a few lines as he is on his way to Lexinton
and expecks to join some Friends in Amherst and Bedford next week.
This is the first opertunity Ive had to write you since in the fall thow
you & yf Family is always in our Minds & Harts and never a day we do
not talk of you. Bro. Ben has been in a pore State of Health all winter
and I fere will never be any better in this World but he has made his
Peace with God & is redy to go- he cofifs most all the time and has fallen
to skin & bones. Bettie as you know is all a good wife ought to be and
tends his every wish and the boys take the care of ever>thing from him.
His oldest son has taken to himself a wife since I wrote you a Miss
Hampton of Fairfax. She is aclever Sensible girl 20 years old and with
some Mony from her mother the ist Wife of mr John Hampton junr.
They stay at brother Bens now but talk much of going out to Kaintukie—
at least they will not stay here long, brother James also talks of sellmg
out here & taking his family to your section as the land is so pore here.
Fielding tends to be a little Wild, but a good wife will Quiet him I know
nothing like a good Woman to make a good Man. John, Wil i Jo arc
Stedy enough— Jimmie is a great Gallante with the girls but Tom is the
handsomest one of all and in a few more years will make ail the grls
harts pitty pat when he comes near, the last we had from bro Will they
was well and happy. The roads was dredful all winter and I did not
stirr far from home amused my self reading all the books of the neigh-
borhood some entertaining Xovells lately. Cousin Jo Carter was over
from Orange to cous. Johns some two v,-eeks ago and come to see us he
says uncle John is broken so since aunt Susanah died the rest was well-
Mr. Hardin has sent for his horse to be of? so must close with our best
love and Respecks to you & Sister & the dear Children, brother never
let pass any opertunity to send us in a letter and we will do the same.
Hope you can come in to see us this summer. God bless all of you.
Yr sister Mary Davis.
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 165
Broadtield Spotsylvania Virginia Novembr 6lh 1792.
Dear Brother & Sister.
I reseaved your letter of Aug't 2 which gave me the Agreeabel Account
of yourselves & Familys health which I pray God may continue you. We
have lost so many of our Dear Ones in the past five year Our Dear
Mother, Bro. Benjamin little Carter & Bro James. As for myself I thank
Providence I am in Perfect Health. I had great thought of going out to
you in the Summer when Mr Aliens family set out to Caintucky but my
Hart failed me &: went over in Stafford & Westmor'ld for a month. I
stayed 2 weaks in Westmor'd at Uncle William Smiths & a day & night
with Cousen John & Elizabeth Davis. They-af«in a Bad Way now they
think, cousen J. is a bad ^Manager and they had to sell most of the land
and all the black People but 8- Uncle William has a very pleasant seat on
^ominy River and has set up a Charlotte. One Sunday we drove to
Ucomico Church in great stile. Mr Berkeley— Mr. Thos Beal & Coll. Ball
dined at Uncle Williams one day and Mr Berkeley inquired of you. He
says K is a great country & thinks of going out and wants you to write him
about the best Lands. Cousen Edward Carter & his Lady drove over from
Lancaster and stayed a day & night. I never saw them before. Cousen E.
is a man of few words and much Sense and Learning, he has a blunt
mannor & drole way of expressing himself. His Wife is a Proud Peace
with a sharp tongue & not Pretty. Uncle William drove me over in his
Chair to uncle John Davises and from there I went the round of all the
Carters and Davises in Staford. God is granting them all good Health &
Prosperity. I thot you knew the old Fielding Bible v;as burnt up in the
oldhouse. I have the Davis Bible & will enclose you a copy from it. I
think you do right to put these records in your Bible for your Children.
Grandfather Joseph Carter died in the Spring two years before I was born
that would make it 'April or May 1751- I think he was about 53 or 54
years old. Grandma Carter you remember. As soon as I can I will go
to see Uncle Joseph Carter, and write Uncle Robert and sea if they can
give me the Carter record- I think Uncle John use to' have the old Bible
of mothers Grandfather old IMaj. Thos. C. of Lancaster. God must be
prospering you if you can have a Silver Teapott & Shugar Dish. I did
not think Lexington was big enough to have a silversmith. Miss Betty
Clayton drank tea with me last Friday & I got her to draft the coats of
arms from the old Fielding Teapott for you they are just the same on the
other things. Are you going to have them on your teapott? I guess the
Davises never had any. Uncle John Carter had a very curious old cup
that belonged to the Carters along time ago in England. It had a hons
head holding a star with a long tail in his mouth. I dont remember what
was on the sheald. So little Betty and Polly are getting to be great
l66 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Beautys — I did not doubt theyd be in your eye?, and Buty is a great ad-
vantage to our Sex as I have felt the lack of before. How Time flies by
heres little Fielding three & a half and Larkin past one and never saw
their aunt Polly. You must tell them every day about me and may be
Providence will bring us alltogether again. Your old friend Captain
John Herndon has a fine Son just a month old today, they call him Ed-
ward Hampton. I send a bundle of the Virginia Heralds which I am sure
will afford you so great Satisfaction bro. Tom will not mind paying the
carriage on them. And I put in them a red ribbin for Polly & a blue one
for Betty from their Aunt Pollf with her Love. Tell Mam Sara rache! &
Dick have a fine boy and they call him George Washington. We have had
a number of Deaths in the last three months of a Fever & Disentery- Mr.
Duvall, Mrs. Nicho. Hawkins, John Shirley. Peter Linn, and a iot of blacks.
We made a pore Crop Tobaco this year — the crop of Corn is Prety good.
Money seems harder to get holt of than during the War. The People are
all stird up over old John Bagwel whipping his black Wench nearly to
death. Such a black hearted Rascal oughtnt be allowed to have black Peo-
ple. Mr Wyatt told me the poor things back was cut up like a piece of
raw meat. Pray present my Compliments to Mr. Aliens Family when you
see them. I must confess I'd be heartily glad to see you bro. To over here
next Summer if I do not set out to Kentuckie. God keep and Prosper all
of you.
Affect'ly yr Sister
f ; • • : Polly.
Woodford Couxty. Kv., D.wis Family.
i8. Thomas W. Davis, youngest child of James and Mary E.
Carter Davis, was born at "Broadfield,"' Spotsylvania county,
Va., Nov. 30, 1761, and died at '"Sinking Creek," Woodford
county, Ky., Xov. 8, 1839. Though his father died four years
after he was born, Thomas Davis received a good education, and
after he removed to Kentucky turned it to good account by
teaching school for a number of years. In April, 1788. he ad-
vertised in one of the old Kentucky Gazettes for a school, and
mentioned that he could teach "reading, writing and arithmetic,
its various branches, bookkeeping, surveying and navigation,
geography or the use of the globes, &c.'' The records of Wood-
ford county show that he miade a number of land surveys in
that countv. v ^
Thoma> Davis, \V..,;,iiord Cuunty. K>
(Miniature t.bout 1795,'-
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I GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 167
I April 25, 1779, he enlisted under Captain Alexander Parker,
^ in Colonel Richard Parker's \'irginia regiment in the Revolution,
and according to his sworn declaration on file at Washington, he
saw eighteen months' service ; was during that time stationed at
Williamsburg for two months, in the battle of Waxhaws and
the siege of Yorktown. where he saw General Cornwallis sur-
renderr August 18, 1818, he received a pension for his services
in the Revolution. (See Booghcr's Gleanings from rirginia
History.)
May I, 1783, Thomas Davis was married in Orange county to
Susannah Hyatt with her brother, John Hyatt as security on the
marriage bond. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah
I Hyatt, lier father having died prior to her marriage. Susannah
f Davis had brothers, John Hyatt, who died in Orange county in
I 1789; William Hyatt who, with wife, Tabitha, was living m
I Lincoln county. Ky., March 23, 1789, when they joined
I brother, John Hyat, of Orange county, Va., in a deed for a b.m-
^ dred acres of land; Stephen Hyatt, who with his wife, Sally,
sold their home place in Orange on Sept. 28, 1789, preparatory
to removing to Kentucky; and Benjamin Hyatt.
In preparation for his marriage an old account book gives the
following items: "Februarv 17. 1783 Paid for & brought hom.e
from Fred-ksb'g my Wedding Cloathes £18.3. i Black \ elvet
Coat, I Green Silk Waistcoast, i pr black Cloath Breeches, i
pr silk Stockings and one Hat." In 1781 Thomas Davis pur-
chased a tract of 400 acres of land in Orange county from
George Grace, and after his marriage continued living there
until In February, 1784, he sold this place to W^m. Knight, and
probably returned to Spotsylvania, as he was living in that county
when he removed to Kentucky in the fall of 1787. His mother
and sister, Mary, are said to have lived with him until his mar-
riage, and this would account for the fact that in 1782 he ap-
peared as the head of a family of three and six servants. The
little account book quoted before, gives the names of fourteen
servants that he had vshen he removed to Kentucky, six of whom
had been brought to him bv his wife. They were: Sarah (the
old Davis nurse or "Mammy-), Adam, Rachel, Matthew. Pallas,
1 68 G EXE A LOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
I^Iary, Ball, Josiah, Martin. Carter, Jane, Priscilla, Willia and
Fanny. His Bible records tiled at Washington give the names
and dates of birth of eleven others, as follows : Betty, Rachel,
^SSy> George Lawson, Mary, Jr., ]!^,Iinnie. ]Mariah, John Bull,
Charles Lewis ; and the inventory of the estate names four chil-
dren born later, viz., George, Priscilla, Sarah and William. His
granddaughter, Miss Sallie Jelf. also gives the names of several
other servants who do not appear in any of the above lists,
among them a big Guinea negress named Xan, who had lost
but little of her savagery since coming to this country. She
frequently went on a rampage and '"cleaned up tlie place,'' on
one occasion poisoning thirteen of the other servants badly, after
which she was sold to the cotton plantations in ^Mississippi. On
one occasion he was offered a hundred acres of land, which is
now in the city of Lexington, for a favorite house servant. The
little account book gives lists of the new furniture purchased
in 1783 for their home and also of the old things brought from
their former homes ; among the new things purchased on June
7, 1783, were a chest of drawers, a mahogany dressing glass, a
cherry bedstead, a large and a small cherry table, a small chest
of drawers, a candle stand, twelve winsor chairs and two leather
chairs, a pair of brass candle sticks (now owned by the writer),
a looking glass in a gilt frame, a set of blue decorated dishes.
The old furnishings listed contained about everything necessary
for an ordinary house. July 2, 1783, he purchased a dozen silver
teaspoons, half a dozen tablespoons and a small silver ladle.
These spoons were taken with them to Kentucky and were among
the first silver spoons in that State. They descended to the
eldest daughter, Betty, wife of Rev. Beverley Allen, whose de-
scendants still have them. Among other items in this little book,
which covers a period of several years of household expenses.
are the names of the following books purchased at different
times: The Art of Surveying, Bailes Dictionary, The Surveyor,
in 4 Vols., History of Europe, in 3 Vols., Robertson's History
of Scotland, Shakespeare's Works, in 6 \'ols., Blackzvell's Cias-
sics, in 2 Vols.. Malvern Dale, a novel, Covnuon Prayer Bonk
and Domestic Medicine. In 1784 he purchased a set of survey-
GENEALOGY 'OF THE CARTER FAMILY 169
ors chains and compasses. The youngsters of a century ago
were no more immune to colic than those of the present, so that
Dec. 7, 1784, about two months after the birth of their eldest
child, we find mention of "Asafidity and Cordial Drops for
Betty.'" December 20 he very extravigantly paid fifteen shillings
for an English doll in a red silk dress for two-months-old Betty.
After selling his place in Orange, Thomas Davis seems to
have owned no land so far as the Orange and Spotsylvania
records show; and in 1785 was hiring out his negroes, as the
following item shows: "Hired Carter, William, :Martin. Fanny
and Mary to William Dawson for one year for £40 sterling.
He is to clothe and feed them well and pay for a doctor if
much sick," dated April i, 1785. So, perhaps it was easy to
get him to listen to tales of the fine land in Kentucky— so cheap
as regards money, but so dear when one considered the perils
and hardships that must be met by those courageous men and
women who sought to better their forturne in this western wilder-
ness. Doubtless there were many long talks and prayers before
Thomas Davis and his wife decided to cut loose from their
friends and relatives in Virginia and seek a new home beyond
the great mountain ranges. Leaving what they knew for what
they did not know, breaking the last tie with sad hearts, to
press on in uncertainty as to what the wilderness held in store
for them.
At last, in the fall of 1787, they sold most of their servants
and all household goods that could not be carried on horseback,
took leave of jheir old friends and associations and set out on
their six weeks' journey through the wilderness to the promised
land of Kentucky. The main Wilderness Road extended from
Philadelphia to central Kentucky, a distance of 825 miles. It
crossed the Potomac at Watkins Ferry, and thence up the Val-
ley of Virginia, through Winchester, Wocnlstock and Staunton to
Fort Chiswell, on New River, built in 1758 by Colonel Wm.
Byrd. Here the main road was joined by another from Rich-
mond and that section of Virginia east of the Blue Ridge, over
which the Davises travelled. From Fort Chiswell it was two
hundred miles to Cumberland Gap, where the Kentucky emmi-
170 gexlalogy of the carter family
grants reached the borders of the great wilderness, through wh.ich
the trail led for a liundred and twenty-five miles to Harrodsburg.
Until 1792 this la.-t three hundred and twenty-five miles of this
so-called "road" was merely a trail through 'the woods, impas-
sible for wheeled vehicles of any kind, so that the great tide
of emigrants had to make this tedious and tiresome journey
on horseback or on foot; a trail so beset with ambushed In-
dians, ferocious wild beasts and starvation, that hundreds of
those who set out so bravely, left their bones bleaching along
the way, or met a worse fate in some northern Indian town.
The caravans were made up of men and women on horseback.
often with one or more children before and behind them, pack
horses with huge packs of bedding, provisions, etc., and here
and there droves of domestic animals, many of which were
forced to be burden bearers. The men were well armed and
ever on alert for signs of the dreaded Indians. Fort Chiswell
was the rendevous, and the different parties waited here until
enough had come to make it fairly safe to undertake the re-
mainder of the journey. It took William Brown from May
2y to July 29 to make the journey from Hanover Court House,
Va., to Harrodsburg, Ken.
Happy indeed must have been Thomas Davis and his wife
when they at last passed through this perilous way, and were
greeted in this new country by friends who had come out before.
When they went out, Thomas Davis had the title to 1,400 acres
of land on Green River, but he chose to settle in the southern part
of Fayette county near the Woodford county line on a farm of
a little over a hundred acres, which later he gave to his son Larkin.
He was settled here as early as April 5, 1788, as one of the copies
of the old Kentucky Gazette preserved by the family bears that
date, and is directed to "Thomas Davis. Sinking Creek," Fayette
county. After their arrival it took them but a short timie to get
settled, as "A new arrival was heralded with a cordial welcome
for miles around and a neighborhood, which scarcely knew limits
hastened to lend its friendly offices in rearing a cabin. A. day
was appointed and no invitation was needed to draw together a
company of capable, willing hands. To assist in raisincr a cabin
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
171
for a new family was a duty which the unwritten law of the
community imperatively laid upon every able bodied man, and to
know of the occasion was a sufficient invitation."' A year later
his sister Polly asks if he has built his new house. While in this
work as in most genealogies emphasis has been laid upon the
possession of servants, silver spoons, books, mahogany furniture,
etc., we must not forget that our forefathers in Kentucky, like.
their emigrant ancestors in \'irginia, lived in a primitive age and
during the formation of a new country. They lived most roughly
in their log cabins and under many difficulties — lighting their
fires with flint and steel, m.oulding their candles and pewter spoons
in mould brought from their old \'irginia liomes, spinning, weav-
ing, and making their own clothes, most of their furniture crude
and homemade ; doing their daily work or worshipping God on
Sunday while holding their guns in one hand in momentary dread
of the terrifying Indian warwhop.
In 1806 Thomas Davis purchased a small farm of a hundred
and fifty acres just over the line in Woodford county, still on
Sinking Creek, to which he removed for the rest of his life. Here
he built a two-story hewn log house (later weatherboarded) with
two rooms on each floor, and a stone chimney at each end. In
the northeast corner of the yard stood a two-roomed kitchen and
dining room with an open passage between. The house stood
about two hundred yards from the road in a grove of poplars
and cedars. There was a beautiful old-fashioned flower garden,
most of whose favorites came from seeds and roots carried across
the mountains from the old home in Virginia. In addition to the
home place he purchased several other small tracts of land in
Woodford, some of which he sold later, and others gave to his
children, as upon the marriage of each of them he gave as a
wedding present, a hundred acres of blue grass land, or its equiva-
lent in negroes.
In August, 1809, the Lexington papers contained the advertise-
ment of Messrs. Ollendorf & Mason, "who respectfully acquaint
the ladies and gentlemen of Lexington and Vicinity that they have
opened at the Kentucky Hotel a new and elegant collection of
Wax figures equal if not superior to any exhibited in America."
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Among others mentioned in the advertisement were : ''An ex-
cellent representation of Geo. Washington giving orders to tlie
Marquis de la Fayette, his aid." "General Bonaparte in }klarsha!l
Action,"' the duel between Hamilton and Burr, and a long list of
other famous persons. And at the end of the advertisement
stated that ••PROFILES TAKEX WITH ACCURACY at the
Museum."' A forty mile journey did not prevent Thomas Davis
and his family from visiting this •'unsurpassed collection" of
famous folks, and fortunately he chose as a souvenir of the oc-
casion to have '"profiles taken" of himself and wife. These quaint
old silhouettes in the original gilt frame are reproduced here-
with. This is the only "likeness" we have of Mrs. Davis, but a
well executed miniature on ivory of Thomas has been handed
down among his descendants and is nov.- owned by the wrire.*.
It seems to have been painted in the last decade of the eighteenth
century, and probably was executed by one of the excellent
artists who had studios in Lexington at that tim.e.
Some remininiscences of the old gentleman, by his grand-
daughter, Miss Sallie Jelf, of ^lortonsville. Ky., say that he wore
on all occasions a ''bee gum hat" — a tall white beaver — and always
carried a red silk handkerchief, with which to brush smooth its
nap when he took it off. His Sunday clothes were of blue broad-
cloth, with brass buttons, and his everyday outfit one of home-
spun and his second best beaver hat. He loved to have company
about him and was a good story teller; and very fond of teas-
ing his wife, whose quieter Welch blood didn't approve of much
hilarity. Like most of his day, when every sideboard bore a
decanter and every guest, no matter ho a- short the call, was oft'ered
liquid refreshment, he was not a total abstainer, though he never
was drunk in his life. "Sometimes when he returned from one
of his weekly trips to town he would pretend to be intoxicated,
and would have the black boy, John, who always waited to open
the road gate for him, help him from his horse and into the house,
where he would catch grandmother about the waist and dance
her about the room, saying "Be jolly, old lady! Be jolly'! After
he had teased grandmother enough he would settle down and be
as straight as any one. She was a Methodist and did not approve
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GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
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The Davises were all sensible
people with good heads, which nothing could turn when once
they set them to anything."'
Thomas Davis gave to his children or sold before he died all
his land but the home place on Sinking Creek and six negroes.
The inventory of his household goods calls for a good lot of
furniture, such as high post and low post beds, two chests of
drawers, tea table, dining table, candle stand, two secretaries,
books, chairs, silver spoons, etc.
Thomas Davis died Nov. 8, 1839, and his wife, Susannah
Davis, !vlarch 8, 1847. They had issue:
19. Elizabeth, born Oct. 16, 1784, in Spotsylvania county, Va.,
died July 24, 1831.
20. Mary Carter, born Dec. 22, 1786, in Spotsylvania.
21. Fielding, born }vlay 9, 1789, in Fayette County, Ken., died
in 1871.
22. Larkin, born Sept. 27, 1791, in Fayette county, Ken., died
Sept. 20, 1840.
23. Thomas, born Jan. 3, 1794, died Oct. 20, 1794.
24. Thomas, born Aug. 29, 1795, died in May, 1817, in Ten-
nessee.
25. Williamson, born April 7, 1798, died prior to 1839.
26. John Carter, born June 8, 1800, died Aug. 9, 1800.
27. Susannah, born Aug. 13, 1801, died Nov. 27, 1861.
28. James, born April 17, 1804.
29. Diana Dale, born June 17, 1806, died in 1825.
30. Benjamin Hyat, born March i, 1809, died Sept. 6, 1828.
31. Sallie Stevens, born April 17, 181 1.
Davis Family — Allen Branch.
19. Elizabeth Davis, or "Betty," ran off at the age of six-
teen and married Beverley Allen, a young Virginian of good fam-
ily, education and means, but at that time quite wild, which was
the reason for her father's opposition to the marriage. However,
he later became a member of the Methodist church and entered
the ministry. In 1835 he and his brother-in-law, James Jelf, v/itii
some assistance from other persons in their neighborhood had
174 GEXEA'LOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
erected a stone church on the land of Mr. Jelf, which has ever
since been known as ]\It. Edwin Chapel and is still used by the
Southern Methodists. For a number of years Rev. Mr. Allen
was the minister here, as his home was only a few miles away.
I have not been able to tind the names of his parents or birth
place. He was probably a member of the prominent Allen family
of Fayette county. Ky., to which the distinguished novelist. James
Lane Allen, belongs, as Beverley was a baptismal name in this
family in the early days, and the marriage and deed records of
Fayette prior to 1825 show the names of two or three Beverley
Aliens, but neither of them the one who married Betty Davis,
of \\''oodford county. Between 1822 and 1829 Beverley Allen
purchased several adjoining tracts of land on Clear Creek, Wood-
ford county, until he had a beautiful farm of five hundred acres.
only a mile or two away from the homes of his wife's brother.
Fielding Davis, and sister, Susannah Davis Jelf. He and his
wife are buried in a graveyard near their home, and from the
marble slab over his grave we learn that he was born March lo,
1785, and died Dec. 24, 1854; and his wife was born Oct. 16, 1784,
and died July 24, 1831. The inventory of Beverley Allen's per-
sonal estate amounted to $1,400, and included among other house
furnishings, seven high post beds with curtains, etc., three bureau^.
two dressing tables and looking glasses, desk, bookcase and a
great many books, twenty-one chairs of various kinds, wardrobe,
fire screen, tall clock, twelve silver teaspoons, six silver tablespoons
and a silver cream spoon (the silver that Thomas Davis pur-
chased when he was married in 1783), a large quantity of small -^r
furnishings of all kinds, etc.
They had issue:
32. William, t^^. Jam.es. 34. Lewis, 35. Clemency, 36. Lucy,
37. Betty, 38. Susannah. The descendants of Rev. Beverley and
Betty Davis Allen are nearly all farmers and stockmen in central
Kentucky.
32. William Allex, married Mary Adkins and had issue:
Lewis, William., Louisa, Frances and Mary Jane.
33. James Allex, married Sailie Anne Young, anl had issue:
I GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 175
f Charlotte, married Robert Hoover ; David Jackson, married Betty
I Lancaster and lives near \'ersailles ; Reuben, v.ho at the age of
f seventeeen was married to his father's first cousin, Annie Davis,
I age thirteen years, daughter of Fielding Davis.
t 34. Lewis Allen, a Woodford county farmer, was married
f twice, as follows: ist. Lucy Dawson, by whom he had issue a
i son and daughter: (i). James P. (2). Elizabeth, married David
I Brandenburg. He m.arried 2nd Sallie Rumsey, by whom he had
I nine children: (3). George. (4). Lewis. (5). Hayden. (6).
I Beverley. (7). Martha. (8). Mary Anne. (9). Emiline. (10).
Lucy. (11). Alice.
(i). James P. Allen, married Gertrude Vv'alker and had izoue
a son, William, who died without issue, and a daughter, Lucy,
who married Thomas Shipp and had a son, William. At the
time of his death on April 11, 1907, the \'ersailles paper contained
the "following account ot James P. Allen :
"James P. Allen, Esq., one of the community's most respectable
citizens, died last Thursday night at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Thomas J. Shipp, in this city, after a long illness, aged
67 years.
"Mr. Allen was the eldest son of the late 'Squire Lewis Allen,
and spent all his life in this county. He was a valiant soldier
in the Confederate army under General Morgan during the Civil
War and for eighteen months was a prisoner at Camp Douglas.
He married 2vliss Gertrude Walker, sister of Z. T. Walker, of
this county. His wife died many years ago leaving two children —
Lucy, now }tlrs. Shipp, and William Allen, who died several year?
ago. }^lr. Allen is survived by one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Bran-
denburg, and seven half sisters and brothers, viz. : Mrs. Martha
Hitt, Mrs. R. D. Gregory, Mrs. John T. Veatch. Mrs. Felix Bun-
ton, Mrs. Alice Bouldin, of Missouri, and Messrs. Hayden T. and
Beverley Allen. Mr. Allen was a member of the Methodist
church. He was an honorable, upright, kindly man and a good
citizen, who was esteemed by everybody who knew him. Funeral
services were held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted
bv Rev. W. S. Grinstead. assisted bv Dr. Williams. Interment
176 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
in family burying ground on tiie Walker farm near ^^lortons-
ville. Confederate veterans acted as pall bearers."
(2). Elizabeth Allen, married David Brandenburg, a Wood-
ford county farmer, and had issue : James, Lester, Lucy, Lee
and Stephen.
(3). George Allen, farmer, married Betty Raines, and had
issue: Emma Lee, married Thomas Eaves, a Woodford county
farmer; George, a railroad engineer; Joseph, a railroad engineer,
and Benjamin, an electrician. George Allen, like his brother,
James P., was with General ^lorgan.
(4). Lewis Allen, was married twice, first to Sarah Ellen
Leach, and second to Frances Carter, and had several children.
(5). Hayden Allen, a Woodford farmer, married Sarah Martha
Rice and has two children.
(6). Beverley Allen, settled and married somewhere in ^^lis-
sissippi.
(7). Martha Allen married Henry Hitt (died 1904). a Wood-
ford farmer, and had issue : Lewis, William, Albert, James,
Betty, married a Mr. Reece, of Owen county; Dora, married a
Mr. Stephens, of }^Iercer county, and 3.1attie, married Burley
Hackley, a Woodford farmer.
(8). 3.1ary Anne Allen married Richard D. Gregory, a W^ood-
ford farmer, who died in 1905. They had issue: John, Richard
and James, farmers, William, a midshipman in the U. S. X. ;
Addie, married a Mr. Shelton, of Fayette county ; Margaret,
married a Mr. Smith, of Owen county, and Lillie.
(9). Emiline Allen, married Felix Bunn, an Owen county
farmer.
(10). Lucy Allen married John Veatch, a Jessamine county
farmer and stockman, and has several children.
(11). Alice Allen married James Bouldin, of Mercer county,
and removed to Missouri.
35. Clemency Allen, married George Harp, a farmer and
member of a prominent Fayette county family. They had two
children, Lewis and Marv Elizabeth.
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's6. Lucy Allen, married, first, James Hammond, and second.
George Hall, both Woodford county farmers. She had issue:
Beve-ley Hammond, farmer, married Atemisia Chilton ; Clemency
Hall, married Dudley Chilton, farmer ; Helen Hall, married Asa
Jewell, farmer ; Betty Hall, married George ^IcCormick, farmer ;
Sallie Hall, married James Roach, farmer.
37. Betty Allen, married Boswell Hulett, a wealthy Wood-
ford farm^er, and had issue: Clemency, married Hugh Guym
a Woodford farmer: Eugenia, married a Mr. Prather, farmer;
Liona, married a ^Ir. Prather, farmer ; ^lary Elizabeth, died un-
married, of consumption: Walter Hulett, farmer.
38. Susannah Allen, married George Dawson, of Versailles.
a contractor and house carpenter, and had seven children : Sarah
Jane, married John Scott, farmer; :^Iyrtle Lee, married Albert
Scott, a wealthy Woodford farmer ; Lucy Anne, married Uriah
Young, a Woodford farmer ; Martha, unmarried, has for a num-
ber of years been one of the chief clerks in Landowne's store at
Versailles ; Edward Roberts, a carpenter and contractor, m.arried,
first, Eliza Young, and second, a Miss Hawkins. During the
war'he was a member of the famous '-Orphans Brigade," in the
Confederate army; Samuel, married Betty Nance. During tne
war he was with General Morgan ; John Wesley ; Hubbard Kava-
naugh, and Joseph. Most of the above are dead.
39. Louisa Allen, married Moses Hoover, a Woodford far-
mer, and had issue: Alice, Eudora, and Scott, all of whom re-
moved to Indiana.
D.wis Family — Baker Bflvnch.
20. ^L4RY Carter Davis, born Dec. 22, 1786, in Virginia, died
at an advanced age in Orange county, Indiana. About 1804-1805
she was married in Kentucky to James Baker, after which they
removed to Orange county, Indiana, where they purchased a tarm
near Paoli. He died in 1814 and is buried on his farm near an
oak sapling that he selected just before he died, which is now
a great tree. He left three small children to his widow to rear
1-8 GEXEALOGV TJF THE CARTER FAMILY
and educate, a task she performed with great fidelity and credit —
one son was a prominent physician of his home county, and the
other a lawyer, who for several years was on the bench, and be-
fore the war a candidate for Congress. The daughter married
well. I regret that the descendants of these have furnished me
with so little data of this branch of the Davis family. The issue
of James and Polly Baker was :
40. John Baker, a lawyer, judge of the circuit court, and a
candidate for Congress. He died a great many years ago in
Vincennes, leaving several children, but of them I have no data.
41. Jennie Baker, married James Dillard, an Indiana farm.er.
42. James Baker. ]^I. D., inherited his father's home farm,
where some of his descendants now live. He was a physician
besides being a farmer, and had an extensive practice in his
home county. He married Sallie Burgess, and had issue one
son and three daughters, as follows :
(i). A. V. Baker, of Paoli, Ind. Xo other data.
(2). Polly Anne, married Dudley Vickery, and died in 1873.
(3). Sarah, married Stephen By rum, and lives in Marengo,
Indiana.
(4). Elizabeth, married Jacob S. Marshall, a well to do
farmer living four miles northeast of Paoli.. She is now sixty-
two years of age. They had issue : Rev. John \V. Marshall, of
Chicago, a well known evangelist in the Christian church, whose
field of work extends from Chicago to Texas, and as far in other
directions. James H. Marshall, a well to do business man in
Oklahoma City. Orphes L. Marshall, a contractor and builder
in Fort Worth, Texas. Cora Marshall, married Rev. J. C. }^Iul-
lins, of South McAlester, Indian Territory. Altha ^larshall.
married James Pickens. Laura Marshall married Joseph Pickens.
Lydia Marshall married Joseph Cromwell. The husbands of
the last three are farmers and all live near Orleans, Ind. Rev.
Mr. Marshall writes: "I am told that I have taken m.y features
largely from the Davis family. An old gentleman in Texas
recognized a peculiar line or mark on my forehead, and almo-t
gave the history of my antecedents. He said this peculiar shape
was known only in the Davis family."
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GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 1-9
The Fielding Da\is Family.
21. FiELDixG Davis, the first of the Davis children that was
born in Kentucky, lived to the ripe old age of eighty-two years,
dying in 187 1. He was born just over the line of Woodford
county in that part of Fayette which later became Jessamine
county, and spent all the remainder of his life in Woodford
county, where he owned several tracts of land and about twenty
to twenty-five servants. His home place on Clear Creek near his
brothers-in-law, Rev. Beverley Allen and James Jelf, contained
five hundred and ninety acres. He was married three times, as
follows :
First, to Susan Overstreet, of the ^Mercer county Overstreets,
by whom he had four children:
43. Thomas Davis, born in 1823, died in 1903.
44. Allen Fielding Davis, 'SI. D., born Oct. 2, 1825, died March
31, 1908.
45. Eliza Davis, born in 1827.
46. Susan Davis, born in 1829.
He married second, in 1854, Sarah, daughter of Solomon
Brandenburg, a Woodford county farmer and m.illowner, and
had one daughter, Anne, who married at the age of thirteen,
her cousin, Reuben Allen. He married third, Eloisefa L. Walker,
who survived him without issue and married a 'Sir. Rumsey.
43. Thomas Davis, in the latter years of his life removed
to Kansas, where he died. He married first, Ellen Gray, daughter
of ]Milton Gray, a wealthy Woodford county farmer. By this
marriage there were four children: (i). Eliza, (2). John,
(3). James, (4). Susan. Thomas Davis married second, Alary
Carter, daughter of James Carter, of Woodford county, and
had: (5) Maud, (6). William, and two others whose names
are unknown to me.
(i). Eliza Davis, married James Ford and removed to Kansas,
where he is a farmer and stockman. They have sons, Allen
Warren and Zacharay Thomas, and two daughters.
(2). John Davis, is a large land owner in Woodford county,
Ky., and one of the leading merchants of his section. He married
(t). Rosa Hortense Lillard, daughter of Stephen Lillard, a
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farmer and stockman of Anderson county and a member of
one of the pioneer families of Kentucky. By this marriage there
are two sons, Stephen T. Davis and Jean Allen Davis. Married
(2). Mary Carpenter and has no issue.
Stephen T. Davis, born Xov. 28, 1883, received the degrees of
Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the Kentucky Wesleyn
College, and Bachelor of Laws from the University of \'!rginia
in 1904. A year later he began the practice of law at \\'incl:e5ter.
Ky., and in 1909 was elected to the office of county attorney for
Clark County. He was married in October, 1905, to Susan H.
McKinley, eldest daughter of Dr. I. H. McKinley and his wife,
Lucy Taliaferro. They have one daughter, Lucy Taliaferro
Davis, born Jan. 3, 1908. Jean Allen Davis is a graduate of
Georgetown College, Ky., and lives at \'ersailles.
(3). James Davis is a Kansas farmer and stockman, and is
unmarried.
(4). Susan Davis, married Richard Williams, and lives in
Lexington, Ky.
44. Dr. Allen Fielding Davis, born Oct. 2, 1825, took a
course of lectures at the old Transylvania University, and began
practicing medicine in his home county before he was twenty-one
years of age, in which he continued for fifty years. In early life
he was married to Catharine Fur, who died in 1905 at the age of
yy years. The Versailles and Lexington papers contained the
following notice of Dr. Davis : "Dr. Fielding A. Davis died at
the home of his son-in-law, Mr. Eugene L. Lillard. of Stout
Avenue, Wednesday at 10 P. AL (March 31, 1908), after a
short illness. He was 83 years of age and was born and reared
on a farm at Mortonsville, where he spent all his life except the
last year when he came to make his home with his son and daughter
in Versailles. For fifty years he was a practicing physician of
that section of the county and beloved in every household. He was
a great worker in the little Methodist church, and was the highest
type of kindly. Christian character. His wife preceded him to
the grave several years ago, and two children survive him. Mr.
Thomas W. Davis and Mrs. Eugene L. Lillard, both residing
here. The funeral was held at 10 o'clock. Rev. W. S. Griusiead
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conducted the service and then the body was taken to the family
burving ground near the old homestead in ^^lortonsviUe.'"
Dr. AHen Fielding and Catharine Fur Davis liad issue:
Thomas \V. Davis, a farmer, unmarried ; Yancey, a physician, who
died unmarried ; and Susie, who married Eugene Lillard. a wealthy
farmer and stockman. They have two children, Catharine and
Jean Allen.
45. Eliza Davis, married Benjamin Wilson, a Woodford county
farmer, and had issue: (i). James; (2). Isaac: (3). John; (4).
George S. ; (5). Jerry: (6). Susan Mary: (7). Benjamin; (8).
Fielding S. a merchant at ^lortonsviUe ; and Blanche, married
Jos. Smith.
(5). Jerry Wilson, married Fanny Simer and has issue: John
B., Williard and Eliza. (8). Fielding Suther Wilson, merchant
and farmer, married Sallie A. Egbert and had issue: Benjamin.
a merchant living in Kansas, married a Miss Moseley ; James, a
druggist, married a :\Iis5 Graves ; Mary and Sallie.
46. SusAX Davis, married Smith Overstreet, a Woodford
countv farmer, and had issue: (i). Mattie, died unmarried;
(2). William; (3). :Milton, a lawyer living in lUinois ; and (4)-
Presley, a minister.
The Larkix Davis Family.
22. Larkin Davis, second son of Thomas and Susannah Davis,
was bom Sept. 27, 1791, in what is now Jessamine county, and
died Sept. 20, 1840, in Orange county, Indiana. He inherited
the first home of the Davises in Kentucky, but soon after he was
married sold it and removed to Indiana. Aug. 5, 1813, he was
married to Griselda Scott, of Jessamine county, Ky. She was
born Sept. 19, 1793, and died in 1873. Mrs. E. W. Mcintosh, of
Xew Albanv, Ind.. a granddaughter, has quaint, old water color
portraits of' Larkin and Griselda Scott Davis, painted in 1822.
They had issue :
47. Sophia, born Oct. 18. 1814. died 1900.
48. Thomas, born Nov., 1816, died in 1861.
lS2 GEXEALGGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
49. Samuel, born June 18. 1S18. died Dec. 30, 1910.
50. Sunah ]., born Aug., 1820, died in 1852.
51. Fletcher, born Dec. 6, 1823, died Sept. 8, 1873.
52. Sarah, born June 13, 1825, died 1901.
53. Mary, bom Sept. 9, 1827. living in 191 1.
54. Martha, born Oct.. 1831, died in 1902.
55. Malinda, born Xov.. 1835, Hving at Denver. Colo.
47. Sophia Davis, married on Oct. 18, 1832, William Craig,
a builder and contractor, and had six children. Two of her ?ons
were in the war; Isaac as captain of the 50th Indiana \'olunteers,
U. S. A., and Armstrong Craig, who was taken prisoner and died
in Andersonville prison.
48. Thomas D.wls, married Nov., 1839, Sarah Brown, and had
issue four children.
49. Samuel Allen D.wis, married in 1845, Li-'Crctia Anne
Pinnick, whose father was an officer in the ^vlexican War. Tliey
were the parents of fourteen children. The notice of Samuel A.
Dav's in the paper at the time of his death is as follows: '"Cncle
Samuel Allen Davis, who has been an invalid for a long while,
departed this life Friday, Dec. 30 (1910), aged 92 years, 6 months
and twelve days. He was born in Jessamine county, Ky., June
18, 1818. At the age of four years he, with his parents, came to
Orange county (Indiana), being one of our first settlers, where he
has resided ever since with the exception of a few years spent in
Missouri and Illinois in the seventies. In 1845 ^^ ^^'^^ united in
marriage to Lucretia Anne Pinnick, daughter of Colonel Pinnick,
and to this union were born fourteen children, eiglit sons and six
daughters. After the war the family scattered. One of the older
boys, Theodore, left home and was heard of but once or twice
indirectly afterward. Only three of the children reside in Orange
county. Samuel, Jr., Ix>uis B., who resides on the old homestead,
and Mrs. Mary ]Moore, of Red Quarry. Mariah lives in Illinois,
and Odison in Kansas. The rest are dead. ^Irs. Davis preceded
her husband to the grave several years ago, and his body was
laid to rest by her side la<?t Saturday at one o'clock, in the old
Baptist graveyard."
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 183
50. SuN'AH J. Davis, married in 1839, Bazel Payne, and re-
moved to Texas. They had four children. One son, Davis Payne,
was killed in the Confederate army.
51. Fletcher Davis, married in Feb., 1848, Mary Pinnick, and
had two children: (i). Rev. J. P. Davis, a minister of the
Christian church at French Lick Springs, Ind. (2). Emma,
married a Mr. Underwood, and lives at Yazoo, ^Miss.
52. Sar-IH Davis, married in 18-14, John Brown, an Orange
county farm.er. They had issue eleven children. One son, J. P.
Brown, was once a Commissioner of Orange county ; and another
son, T. L. Brown, was sheriff of the county, and still another,
\Vm. Brown, was treasurer of Lawrence county, Ind.
53. ^Lary Davis, married July 18, 1849, Jo'"'" Cobb, an Orange
county farmer, and had eight children.
54. ^L\RTHA Davis, married James Pinnick and had issue five
children.
55. Malinda Davis, married D. D. McElvey, of Denver, Colo.
No issue.
25. Williamson Davis, born April 7, 1798, married March 27,
1825, Xancy Tillery, and died some four or five years later, leav-
ing two- children.
D.wis Family — Jelf Branch "
27 Susannah Davis, born Aug. 13, i8or, died Nov. 27, i86r,
was married Oct. 7, 1819, to James Jelf, a Woodford county
farmer. She was the first of Thomas Davis' daughters to be
married at home, Betty and Polly both having eloped. James
Jelf about the time of his marriage purchased a fine farm on
the Kentucky River in Woodford county, but neglected to see
that he had a clear title to it, and soon was involved in an ex-
pensive law suit with another claimant, and finally lost it alto-
gether. Having thus lost everything he had. and with a grow-
ing family, he and his wife found the next few years extremely
l84 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY'
hard. Finally in 1S30 he purchased a small farm of a hundred
acres on Clear Creek near the homes of his brothers-in-law, Field-
ing Davis, and Beverley Allen, which is still owned by his de-
scendants. Here he built a two-story hewn log house of five
rooms and a two-room detached kitchen connected to the main
house by an open passway, whose sides could be opened in the
summer and closed in the winter. The chimneys were of iiewn
stone and each of the large rooms had a great open fireplace. A
grove of locust and cedar trees and a pretty, old-fashioned garden
adorned the outside.
Like the Davises, James Jelf and his wife were members of
the Episcopal church, but joined the Methodists soon after that
denomination appeared in Kentucky. In 1835 they gave the
ground and a good part of the money used in building ]vlt. Edwin
Chapel, a limestone church building still used by the Southern
Methodists. James Jelf had a fine old English Prayer Book with
many illustrations and possibly family records that belonged to
his parents and probably grandparents, which after his death
was given by his children to a Mrs. White, of Gloucester, who
gave it to a Rev. ]Mr. \'enerable, an Episcopal minister. But
further than this I have not been able to trace it.
Jelf Excursus.
James Jelf, born Jan. 28, 1794, died in 1867, was the third son of Isaac
and Anna Crigler Jelf, who had emigrated from Culpeper County, Va., to
Lincoln Co., Ky., where they purchased a farm near Danville. In January,
1796 following their settlement, Isaac Jelf died of Pneumonia. He was
the son of Elias Jelf, or Chelf, as it was originally written, and was born
Dec. 25, 1765. His wife, Anna Crigler, born Dec. 16, 1768, died in 1S54,
was the youngest daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Aylor Crigler of
Madison County, Va. Nicholas Crigler was one of the Germans brought
to Virginia by Gov. Spotswood about 1720. He lived on Robinson's River
in Madison County, where he was granted two tracts of land containing
340 acres and owned other land by purchase. Isaac and Anna Crigler Jelf
had issue: Joel, born Sept. 8, 1787, died in 1876 at Carterburg, Ind. ;
Thomas, born Dec. 21, 1789, removed to Indiana about 1835; Mary died
unmarried at advanced age. She was born Dec. 21, 1791. fumes, born
Jan. 28, 1794; and Laac, born May 5, 1796, died Sept. 4, 1877, in Woodford
County.
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4- Thomas Jelf — altout 1859.
GESEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 1S5
James and Susannah Davis Jelf are buried with other mem-
bers of their famihes in the family graveyard on the old farm on
Clear Creek. They had issue:
56. Finetta, born Oct. 23. 1830. died in 1SS4 in Orange county,
Ind.
57. Mary Elizabeth, born July 13, 1820, died ]May 16, 1S90, in
Kentucky.
58. Patsy, born Dec. 21. 1824, died in June, 1S95, in Ken-
tucky.
59. Susannah, born Oct. 23, 1826, died in Aug., 1891, in Ken-
tucky.
60. Allen, born Dec. 7, 1828. died Aug. 6, 1834.
61. Thomas, born Feb. 26. 183 1, died Jan. 10. 1910, at the
old home place.
62. Sallie Stevens, born Dec. 16, 1833, living in 191 1, un-
married.
63. James Fielding, born July 9, 1836, died March 21, 1861.
Unm.arried.
64. Benjamin Wilson, born Sept. 10, 1838, living in 191 1.
Unmarried.
65. Eliza Jane, born ^May 13. 1841, died Dec. 5, 1855.
66. Judith Fletcher, born Aug. 17, 1842, died Oct. 5, 1842.
67. Clemency Harpe. born Sept. 12. 1844, died in 1872.
56. FiXETTA Jelf, while visiting her uncle, Larkin Davis, in
Indiana, met and married a wealthy widower named Thom.as
Kirby, and had issue : Giles Kirby, now a farmer and stock-
man in Kansas; Susannah, married a ^Ir. Ireland; Mary; and
Anne Eliza, each of whom married a ^Ir. Johnson, Kansas
farmers.
57. M.\RY Elizadetii Jelf. married Aug. 21, 1847, Joseph
Lyons (in old county records the name is generally spelled with-
out the final '"s"), born in 1827, and died of consumption in
^lay, 1854. He was a descendant of the Lyon, Curran and
McAfee families, all early settlers of Mercer county, Ky. ; his
grandmother's brother, Gen. Roliert Breckinridge McAfee, was
a m.ember of the Kentuckv Senate for ei2:ht vears, of the lower
1 86 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
house for eleven years, lieutenant governor of the State 1824-
1828, United States minister to the United States of Columbia
1833-1837, etc.
jMv grandmother, as I remember her, v,-as a tall, slender woman
with black hair and eyes, and a firm mouth and chin. She was
always busy, and while at work talked very little — a saying of
hers being, ''your hands and your tongue can never work at the
same time without slighting the work of one or the other."'
She was a woman of strong religious convictions, and much
inherent refinement and beauty of character. Left a widow
seven years after her marriage, with four small girls, and but
little means, as neither her father or husband had had much
of this world's goods, she performed the task of rearing and
educating the two daughters, who survived childhood with credit
and honor to herself and them.
Of my grandfather, a lady in Woodford, who knew him well
said : "Joseph Lyons was a good man, the flower of his family.
Being even tempered, accomodating and a pleasant and inter-
esting companion, he gained a host of friends wherever he went."
Another friend said: "I have heard my father say that Joe
Lyons was one of the finest men in the county and had friends
all over it."
Ancestry of Joseph Lyoxs.
The Lyon family of Mercer County, Ky., has a traditional Virginia
origin, but no records have been found that will connect the emigrants to
Kentucky with any of the known Lyon families in the Old Dominion.
However, the frequent use of the names Stephen. James, and Joseph,
would seem to connect the Kentucky Lyons with the family of Col. James
Lyon, who was a prominent man in Henry County before and during the
Revolution, and who probably was the brother of Stephen Lyon, killed by
Indians in 1754 on the Holston River. Col. James Lyon, born in March,
1736, died Dec 29, 1817, in Stokes County, N. C. He lived for a number
of years in Henry County. Va., where he was a Justice of the Peace in
1777, Lieut. -Col. of Militia in 1780, etc. He had son Stephen, v/ho died in
1820 in Granger County, Tenn. ; a son Humberson. who died in 1793 in
Virginia ; and a younger son, James, who died in 1849 in Stokes County,
N. C. Another '^on was probably the ancestor of the Lyons family that
continued in Henry County. A Captain HumberaOn Lyon and a Lieut. \Vm.
r-T;?-5r5?v^-Wjii-
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James Hexueksux Miller. Eso-, < i874.)-
Mks. James Hexdeksox .Miller, n-je Fihetta Anne Lyon>. 1^74. » niir.aturc
-Beech Hill," .Ma-.on C... \V. \'a., Home ui Hen-!er-<,n Miller, iS49-i^'J^-
G EXE A LOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 1S7
Lyon were in the troops at King's Mountain, from Washington County.
They may have been sons of the Stephen Lyon killed on Holston in 1754.
The frequent use of the name Stephen by the Kentucky Lyon families
would indicate a connection with those of Southwest Virginia.
Joseph Lyon, the earliest known ancestor of the Kentucky family was
settled on Lyon's Run, in what is now Mercer County, as early as 1775,
when he was one of eighty-four men, inhabitants "of that part of North
America, now denominated Transylvania." to sign a petition to the Vir-
ginia Legislature energetically protesting against the unreasonable demands
of Richard Henderson and his partners, and begging to be taken under
the protection of the government of Virginia. In the spring of 1785 he,
with other heads of families, settled on and near Salt River, Mercer
County, assembled for the purpose of building a house for church and
school purposes. A log house eighteen by twenty feet was erected and
named "New Providence" in memory of that awful day in August, 1773,
when the McAfee Company on their road back to Virginia from Kentucky,
being without food and water for several days, had almost given up in
despair on Big Black Mountain, when seemingly as an act of Providence,
Robert McAfee killed a big buck standing near a spring of water.
There was also in Mercer County, prior to 1795, an Ezekial Lyon with
several sons nearly or quite grown at that time. His will, probated in
1839, names sons Stephen, John. David, and William, and daughters Polly
Cochran, Sally Renear, Elizabeth Cochran, and Susan McGee, also a
number of grandchildren. Eekial Lyons was probably a brother of Joseph
Lyons.
Sept. 26, 1803, Joseph Lyon and Jane, his wife, conveyed to Ezekial
Lyon 80 acres on Lyon's Run ; July 24, 1803. Jos. Lyon purchased 250 acres
on McAfee's Run; July 22. 1810, he had a deed for 150 acres on Lycn's
Run. He evidently owned land on Lyon's Run prior to 1803, but I have
found no deed for it to him. Sept. 24, 1824, he gave his son Robert 75
acres on Lyon's Run. He died prior to 1833, as in that year John Lyon
gave his brotHer Robert a quit claim deed to his father, Jos- Lyon's estate.
Oct. 4, 1842. Jos- Lyon's heirs (Nancy Kennedy, Stephen. George, John
and Robert Lyon) by Commissioner made partition deeds to John and
Robert for land on Lyon's Run. Jan. 3, 1827, Stephen Lyon sold to brother
George Lyon 150 acres on Dry Run of Salt River. Deed signed by his
wife Anne, who was a daughter of James and Sarah McAfee Curran.
Her father having come with several other gentlemen from Maryland at
sn early date, and tradition says they were all m.arried on the same day to
young women already settled in Mercer County. Sarah Mc.A.fee Curran
was the second child of Robert and Anne McCoun McAfee, born about
1770- Robert McAfee, born July 10, 1745. in Virginia, died in a hospital
in New Orleans, May 10, 1795, as the result of a blow on the head with an
l88 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
ax in the hands of a man who was attempting to rob him. He was the
sixth child of James McAfee, Sr., and his wife Jane McMichael. and the
most daring and adventurous of the famous McAfee brothers-, w^s a
soldier in the Battle of Point Pleasant: a member of the McAfee Com-
pany that explored Kentucky in 1773. ^nd author of one of the Journals
kept upon that expedition; and was Sergcant-at-Arms of Col. Richard
Henderson's famous May Convention held at Boonesborough in I775- H-.s
son. Robert Breckinridge McAfee, probably the most distinguished mem-
ber of this family, was an officer of Col. Johnson's (Ky.) Regiment in the
Battle of the Thames in 1S15. later general of the Kentucky militia; a
member of the Kentucky Legislature (both Houses) for twenty years;
Lieut.-Gov. of the State in i824-'28: U. S. Minister to the U. S. of Colum-
bia, i833-'37; President of the Board of Visitors to West Point in 1842;
author of some well-known MSS. on the early history of Kentucky; mem-
ber of the Royal Antiquarian Society of Denmark, etc.
James McAfee, Sr., father of Robert, and grandfather of Sarah Mc-
Afee Curran, was born in County Armagah. Ulster. Ireland, in the old
stone hou.~e erected in 1672 on the farm of his grandfather, John McAfee
(this house was still standing in 1846). He was the son of John McAfee.
Jr., and his wife Mary Rogers. He married Jane McMichael in I735, came
to America in 1739, and died in Botetourt County, Va., in 1785- John
McAfee. Jr., born in 1673, died in 1738. was a soldier under King William
in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. as was his father, John. Sr., who was
born in Scotland about 1645, married Ellen Montgomery about 1670, and
removed to Ulster in 1672. For an extended account of this family see
the "Woods-McAfee Memorial," by Rev. N. M. Woods.
Joseph and Jane Lyon had issue : John, Robert, George— father of Capt.
Wm. Lyons. U. S. A., and quite a wealthy man; Nancy married a Mr.
Kennedy, and Steplwu. who about 1819 married Anne Carter, daughter of
James and Sarah McAfee Curran. They had issue: James Lyons, who mar-
ried Patsy Jelf; Thomas Jefferson: Jennie died unmarried: and Joseph
Lyons, born in 1827, married Mar>- Elizabeth Jelf in 1847 and died in 1854.
Anne Curran Lyon died before the Civil War, and Stephen Lyon died
in 1867 at an advanced age. The death of most of this family years ago
has made it practically impossible to get any positive data about them, and
what is given is from the recollections of my mother after an absence.
except for brief visits, from her old home for about thirty-five years.
Allen Lyons, a son of James and Patsy Jelf Lyon, was said to be in pos-
session of the old Lyon Bible, but claimed that the records were too much
faded to be deciphered. Since his death several years ago, the Bible has
not been located.
GEXBALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 189
Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Jelf Lyons had issue four
daughters :
(i). Paralee Lyons, born July 12, 1849.
(2). FiNETTA AxxE Lyons, bom Feb. 26, 1851. My mother.
(3). Josephine Lyons, born Jan. 24, 1853, died Sept. 16, 1863.
(4). Joseph Mary Lyons, born Oct. 8, 1854, died Sept. 20,
1863.
(i). Par^^lee Lyons, married in 187 1 Thomas Gillispie, of
Woodford county, and had issue four children: Nettie May,
Richard, Ernest and John — all in clerical positions in Lexmg-
ton, Ky. John served as a private in a Kentucky regiment in
the Spanish-American War.
(2). FrxETTA AxxE Lyoxs, was educated at the Woodford
schools and two years at Millersburg Female College, Kentucky,
in 1866-1867. After leaving school she taught in several private
families in Kentucky and West Virginia, until Sept. 29, 1874,
when she married at Versailles. Ky., James Henderson ^liller,
of "Beech Hill," Mason county, West Virginia.
It has been said of her: '"She is a woman of fine personality,
quiet in manner, educated, refined, who easily wins and keeps
friends among every class with whom she comes in contact. She
always sees the good in people, and even her most intimate
friends never hear her speak unkindly of any one. During the
thirty years she was mistress of "Beech Hill" she always met her
friends, and the 'strangers within her gates,' with that dignified
cordiality and beautiful hospitality typical of the Southern woman
of the old school."
Henderson ^^liller, l)orn June 6, 1829, in Mason county, Va.,
died at "Beech Hill," which had been his home for nearly fifty
years, Feb. 19, 1898, of apoplexy. It has been said of him:
"He was a man of very fine principles and a high sense of honor;
he had good business judgment, but believing other men to be
of the same high standard, he often suffered by his confidence.
Being fond of the society of his friends and neighbors, especially
young people, he kept open hou^e the year round at Beech Hill
190 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Like hi? father
he was a Mason for about forty years ; and an active member
in the Southern Methodist church. In 1S5S he gave about three
acres of a grove of original forest trees and half of the money
needed to erect a church, since known as "Beech Hill.' In an
unostentious way he did a great deal of charity among the poor
folks in the hill country back of his home." He was educated
by private teachers, had two years at Gallia Academy, and two
years at ^^larshall College, Cabell county. Va., in 1845-1846.
Here he had for roommate, Albert Gallatin Jenkins, later a
brigadier-general in the Confederate army, and in 185 1 grooms-
man at the marriage of Henderson Miller and Harriet Craig,
daughter of James Kennerley Craig. She was a great grand-
daughter of Rev. John Craig, father of Presbyterianism in the
Valley of \'irginia ; great granddaughter of John ^ladison, first
clerk of Augusta county, and father of Bishop Madison, the first
American bishop in the Episcopal church ; granddaughter of
Captain William Arbuckle, a noted Indian fighter ; and other
well known colonial Virginians. Mrs. Miller died in 1872 leaving
six children.
Miller Excursus.
James Henderson Miller was the only son of John Miller of "Locust
Hill,'" Mason County, by his second wife, Sarah Henderson. John Miller.
born May 19, 1781, at Woodstock, Va-, died March 6, 1846, at "Locust
Hill," Mason County, 3rd son of Christian and Catharine Wisemann Mil-
ler left Woodstock in 1796 to "go west" to the Great Kanawha Valley in
starch of his fortune. As his father's parting gift he received i40 in gold
and the advice to go security for no man. After a short time at Fort
Clendenin, he settled in the French town of Gallipolis as a hatter, where
he learned to speak and read French, as there were but two English speak-
ing men in town. In 1810 he returned to the Virginia side of the Ohio
River, bought a large farm and built the second brick house in Mason
County, now known as "Elwell," the homeplace of the late Judge C. P. T.
Moore. A few years later he purchased from the heirs of General Wash-
ington about nine hundred acres in the Kanawha Valley, comprised in the
"Locust Hill" and "Beech Hill," farms — the former and part of the latter
are still owned by his descendants. He also owned a thousand-acre farm
in Tea; Valley, and about twenty-five servants. He married in Jan., i£o6.
Seri.eant Christian Miller, of The Revolution.
(£744- 1 836)
Woodstock, \'irginia
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
191
[ Sophia, daughter of Maj. Wilham and Margaret Handley Clendenin. The
t Clendenins and Handleys are prominent in the military and poHtical life
^ of the pioneer settlements of Virginia. She died April 17, 1823, leaving
seven children, and he speedily consoled himself with another wife in the
person of Sallie Henderson, Oct. 23, 1823.
Christian Miller, born in 1744. in Germany, died at Woodstock, Va.,
April I, 1836. and was said by a newspaper of that date to be the last Rev-
olutionary War soldier in Shenandoah County. In 1771 he married Catha-
rine Wisemann, born in 1746, in Germany, died at Woodstock, in May.
1837. From August. 17S0, till May. 1781, he served as a sergeant under
Capt. Jacob Rinker in the Revolution — see U. S. Pension records. His
greatgrandson, Thomas W. Miller, a Roanoke attorney, owns a fine por-
trait of Christian Miller, said to have been painted by Sully. He was the
3rd son of Jacob Mueller, born in Germany about 1698, died at Woodstock.
Va., in May, 1766, and his wife Barbara. They landed on the Delaware
I F.t Newcastle, Sept. 15, 1749, and two years later settled in the Shenandoah
Valley, where he purchased from Lord Fairfax and others i,950 acres of
land, twelve hundred of which, according to Hening. he laid out into lots
and streets and founded the town of Woodstock, incorporated in 1761-
His inventory- amounted to £527. 35. id., and mentions two servants and
"to all the Books English & Dutch, £2. 55." See IVest Virginia Historical
Magazine, for April, 1902.
Henderson' Excursus.
Sallie Henderson Miller, born Jan. 6, 1797, died Jan. 26, 1872, was the
3rd daughter of Col. John and Elizabeth Stodghill Henderson, who settled
in 1797 on a tract of 1,400 acres of land at the mouth of the Great Kanawha
opposite Pt. Pleasant, granted his father, John Henderson, Sr., by Gov.
Randolph-
John Henderson, Jr., born in Botetourt, Aug. 30, 1768, died in Mason,
Aug. 19, 1824, 2nd son of 'Capt. John and Anne Givens Henderson, is said
to have to have been a student at the old Liberty Hall Academy, now
Washington and Lee University. His parents moved to that part of Green-
brier now in Monroe County, about 1775, where John. Jr., was a lieutenant
in the Greenbrier Militia in 1795; Commissioner of the County Revenue in
i796-'97. After settling on Kanawha he was a justice of the first court of
Mason County in 1804; represented the county in the Virginia Assembly In
1809, '10, '13, '14, '17, '18, '19, '20. '22, and '24; Comm.issioner of Revenues,
1814; High Sheriff, i8i5-'i6; colonel of io6th Regt. Va- Militia as shown
by original orders in i8i2-'i4. His correspondence with public men of his
day show that he was highly regarded by them. He was described as "A
quiet courteous old gentleman, given to much reading and thinking, and
shrinking from publicity though he spent many years in the public ^er-
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GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
vice." A tax receipt in 1S15 shows that he owned 550 acres of land and
12 servants. In 179:? he married Eliabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth
Harvey Stodghiil of Greenbrier, born Aug. 3. 1776, died Feb. 20, 1846.
Two of her sisters married Hugh Caperton and John Arbuckle of promi-
nent Greenbrier families. Col. John and Elizabeth Henderson had issue:
Jane, married Charles Hoy; Sarah, married John Miller, after refusing
four other elegible men ; Rhoda, married Henry Hannan ; Angelina mar-
ried \Vm. A. MacMulIen ; Elizabeth married Rev. David Quinn Guthrie ;
Nancy married Thomas J. Bronaugh — see elsewhere in this work: Emily
married Dr. Joseph Cadwallader Shallcross of Philadelphia; James Madi-
son Henderson, only son, died unmarried.
John Henderson, Sr.. born in 1740, died March 24. 1787 in Greenbrier,
married in 1765 Anne Givens, sister of Eliabeth Givens, wife of General
Andrew Lewis of Pt. Pleasant fame (tradition in both families). At this
time John Henderson lived in Botetourt, and in 1774 served under his
brother-in-law as a lieutenant in the company of Capt. John Lewi?, at the
battle of Point Pleasant, Oct. 10, 1774 (see Thwait's "History of Dunmore's
War"). About this time he settled in Greenbrier County, and was a cap-
tain in the militia in 1776 when he enlisted for three years' service in ihe
Revolution under General Daniel Morgan; and served until April, 1779.
as Corporal — see records of the Revolution at Washington. In Nov., 1780,
he was a justice of the Greenbrier court. He left 2,100 acres of land and
£536 of personal property, including four negroes, to wife and following
children: Samuel, married Sallie, daughter of Col- Andrew Donnally: John
married Elizabeth Stodghiil ; Margaret married \Vm. Vawter of a fine old
Essex County family; James married Elizabeth Maddy ; Jean married Wm..
Kirkpatrick; William.
Captain John Henderson, Sr., was the 2nd son of Lieut. James Hender-
son, born Jan. 17, 1708. died in 1784 in Augusta County, Va., and his wife,
Martha Hamilton (married June 23, 1738), daughter of Audiey Harrison
Hamilton, "gent.," and his wife Eleanor Adams. James Henderson came
to Virginia, circa, 1740, and served as a lieutenant in the French and
Indian War — see Hening, Vol. VII. He was the 2nd son of William Hen-
derson, Gent-, born April 30, 1676, died Aug. i, 1757, son of John Hender-
son, Gent., of Fifeshire, Scotland. Wm. Henderson married Feb. 5, 1705,
Margaret Bruce, born March 1, 1680, died Dec. 15, 1759. See West Vir-
ginia Historical Magazine for April, 1905, and "Ancestry and Descendants
of Lieutenant John Henderson.
The order for Sallie Henderson's wedding outfit, which was carried on
horseback over the mountains from Richmond calls for a white satin dress,
seven India lawn and book muslin dresses, five silk dresses, and four crepe
dresses, with the various accessories to complete the toilets. John and
Sallie Henderson Miller had issue: Elizabeth, married Rev. John \'an Pelt:
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1 ti-ANL) Fielding Miller and Henderson Hampton Miller (at age of J ycar>,).
J"HN Hamiton Miller (at age of 4 ytari.j
'"• J<J-~EiH LvoN Miller.
^ GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 193
I
I Nancy, married Rev. Stephen K. Vaught ; Anne Eliza, married Capt. Robert
I Buffiington ; Mary Caroline, married A. P. Chapman ; Roda James, married
I Capt- Edmund Pendleton Chancellor; Emily, married Hunter B. Jenkins;
I and James Henderson Miller, only son.
i James Henderson and Finetta Anne Lyons ]\Iiller had issue
two sons: Joseph Lyons Miller, ^L D., born Oct. 10, 1875;
I Stephen Kisling Miller, born ]March 9. 1880.
f It is hoped that it w^ not be thought out of place for the
i author of this work to state a few facts concerning himself. I
was born at "Beech Hill." Alason county, ten miles up the Kan-
awha from Point Pleasant, where my great, great grandfather,
John Henderson, fought the Indians exactly one hundred and
one years previously; and reared in a neighborhood, whose ideals
and customs had been handed down from an old \'irginia
ancestry. In 1892 entered ^^lorris Harvey College. Cabell county,
and continued there two years ; in 1895 won a two years scholar-
ship by competitive examination at the University of Xasville;
and in Oct., 1897, entered the L'niversity College of ]vledicine
at Richmond, \'a., then under the presidency of the famous
surgeon, Dr. Hunter McGuire, from which I wsls graduated
April 26, 1900. With the exception of eighteen months spent
in private practice at Ashland, Ky., I have been first assistant
physician and surgeon to the employees of the Davis Coal and
Coke Co., at Thomas, West Va., ever since. In 1906 became
one of .the surgeons of the Western ]\Iaryland R. R. ; and hold
the position of examiner of several of the great life insurance
companies. Member of several medical societies and several
historical societies — The \'irginia Historical Society, The West
Virginia Historical Society, The Filson Club, Louisville Ky., etc.
I am a Phi Chi, Mason, Democrat and Southern Methodist. As
a recreation and relaxation from my medical work, I indulge
in a '"hobby" of the local history and genealogy of the Virginias
and Kentucky; but hold that no man of breeding will bore his
friends by "riding his hobby' publically, except among kindred
spirits, or upon rare occasions in self-defense.
June 3, 1902, I v/as married at Ashland, Ky., to Pamelia Dorcas
Hampton, only daughter of Rev. John Waring, and Louise
194
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Virginia (Ireland) Hampton. She was educated at the Texas
Polytech|}|c College and Randolph Macon Woman's College, at
Lynchburg. She has a great deal of talent for music and has had
especial training in piano and voice culture. Is an excellent
conversationalist, witty and quick at repartee. We have three
sons: Henderson Hampton, and Ireland Fielding (twins), in
1903: and John Hampton in 1906.
H.\MPTOX Excursus.
John Waring Hampton, born May 16, 1S42, died Jan. ig, 1912, son of
William and Sarah Buchanan Hampton of "Hampton." Boyd Co., Ky.. was
a student at Emory and Herry College, Va., at the beginning of the v.ar.
He left college and entered the Sth Va. Cavalry, C. S. A., served two years
and was transferred to Gen. Wm. Jackson's Brigade of Horse Artillery
for eighteen months; was in a number of important engagements, includ-
ing Gettysburg; and while swabbing a gun at North Mountain Depot on
the B. & O., July 3rd, 1863. was shot through the head, the bullet entering
in front of one ear and emerging in a similar position on the other side.
He was nursed back to life by Dr. and Mrs. Buckles of Berkeley County,
and returned to his command. After the war he was graduated in March.
1867, from the lav,- department of the University of Loui-ville, Ky.. and en-
tered upon the practice of law in his home county as the partner of Judge
William Crutcher Ireland. In 1884 he became a member of the Southern
Methodist Church, and feeling a call to the ministry, gave up a large law
practice and entered the active ministry in 1885- From this time until 1902
he filled many of the best appointments in Texas and West Virginia, such
as Fort Worth, Charleston, Huntington, Ashland. Ky. In 1902, ov.ing to
the health of Mrs. Hampton, he retired from active work, returned to the
old home at .\shland, and resumed that part of his law practice which had
to do with the settling of estates, etc., and the conducting of the Boyd
County Abstract Office, which he owned. July 4, 1871. he married Louise
Virginia Ireland, born May 4, 1849, died April 7. 191 1, at Ashland, eldest
daughter of Judge Wm. C. and Pamelia D- Robb Ireland. She was gradu-
ated from Rose Ridge Seminary in 1869, and in the words of a friend of a
lifetime — Judge John F. Hager : '"She was a woman of rare accomplish-
ments, whose entire life was embellished by the refinements and graces of
a sweet and abiding religious faith. From early girlhood to her last vital
breath, her life was characterized by simple faith and the good works of a
consecrated Christian- V\''ith culture and accomplishments of the highest
order, and with a modesty born of a nature exquisitely sensitive, ?lie im-
pressed all with her gentleness of spirit and the simplicity of abiding faith
in her Lord and in love oi iier kind. She passed from death to lite eternal
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 195
from the old home of her honored father and mother in which she spent
a happy girlhood, and from whence she passed a lovely bride." Mrs.
Hampton organized the f^rst Foreign Missionary Society in the Western
Virginia Conference of the M. E. Church, South, and was an active worker
in all departments of her church.
"Rev. John W. Hampton was a man of extraordinary talent, having
been far above the medium both in the ministry and in the law as a prac-
titioner, having been a law partner oi Judge W. C. Ireland when the firm
was regarded as one of the strongest in Eastern Kentucky. His person-
ality was that of the real, polished gentleman, and he was greatly esteemed
by all who knew him, being ever recognized as a sincere and dignified
man who was honored and implicitly trusted by all good people."
"It can be truly said of him that he ministered unto men. There are
many preachers. There are fewer ministers. In the truest and most
abundant and beautiful meaning of the word. Rev. John W. Hampton
was a minister. A man among men, ministenng unto the hungry and
thirsty soul. Such he would have been regardless of craft or callmg. Had
he remained a lawyer, as was his original mtention, his life would no
doubt still have been a continual ministration to the people about him.
It is doubtful if any personality has ever left upon this city or upon this
county a more golden im.press than did Rev. John \V. Hampton. His
name is linked with some of the really epochal chapters of Ashland's hi.^-
tory, but more than this his memory is a living presence in the heart; ot
hundreds of her men and women. He thought in sympathy with the needs
of the time. He knew more of men than he did of theolog>-, and cared
more-
" 'I like a church, I like a coul,
I like a church, I like a soul,'
said Emerson, and Rev. Mr. Hampton was truly a prophet of the soul.
That is why he touched all men, regardless of their creed or lack of creed.
His death is a source of griet throughout this section, but his life is
cause for even greater gratitude. In his seventy years he not only warmed
both hands before the fire of life, but he warmed the spirits of others as
well, and the service he rendered his time will remain a force for good
and happiness long after the churches he filled have crumbled."
"All that was mortal of this good man was carried to .\shland*s beau-
tiful City of the Dead as the sun was red'ning the west at the close of a
beautiful winter day. and laid to rest beside his wife who preceded him
to the Spirit Land, and since whose death he has never been quite the
same.
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GEXE.iLOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
" 'Sunset and evening star.
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea,'
"Only two children survive him, and both were with him when the
final summons came, Mrs. Pamelia Miller of West Virginia, and Ireland
Hampton of Fort Worth, Texas. The honorary ball bearers were: Capt.
J. M. Furguson (under whom he fought in '61. Mr. Wartield Lee, Co).
Douglas Putnum, Dr. J. M. IVIartin, Judge J. F. Hager (his former part-
ner), and Judge G. C. Kinner ; active pall-bearers were Judge J. J. Mon-
tague, Capt. Wm. Kouns. Judge P. K. Malin. Mr. Charles Russell, Mr.
Harold Means, and Mr. M. W. Thomas."
The above extracts are from lengthy notices in the daily papers of
Ashland and Catletsburg, Ky.
To return to the lineage of Mr. and 'Mrs. Hampton, which has been
prominent in Eastern Kentucky since early pioneer days. Mrs. Hampton
was the eldest daughter of Judge William Crutcher Ireland, born Nov.
28, 1823, in Mason Co., Ky., died Feb. 21, 1894, at Ashland, Ky.. eldest
son of Capt. Samuel D. Ireland and his wife Sarah, daughter of Matthew
Crutcher of Mason County. Capt -Ireland, born Aug. i, 1798, in the old
block house at Washington, Mason County, Ky., son of James Ireland a
pioneer settler irt Mason County from Pennsylvania, Indian fighter under
General Wilkinson, and nephew of Rev. James Ireland, an early Baptist
minister in colonial Virginia, was an early steamboatman on the Ohio,
owning and running the steam.er "Emigrant" in 1826, and in the next
twenty years, the "New Emigrant," "Cuba," and "Hunter." In 1845 he
returned to his farm near Maysville, in Lewis County, where he died in
1861. Sarah Crutcher Ireland, born in 1800, was the daughter of ^Matthew
C'utchcr, who came to Kentucky from the Rappahannock section of Vir-
ginia. Judge Wm. C. Ireland rec'd an excellent education and was ad-
nitted to the bar in Lewis County in 1848, and in 1852 removed to
Greenup County, and soon had one of the largest law practices in five
neighboring counties. In 1859 he was elected to the Kentucky Legisla-
ture, serving until 1863, being a strong Union man, he was active in his
opposition to both Secessionists and Abolitionists. i863-'65 he was chief
'-lerk of the State Senate, and in 1874 the Democratic party, of which he
was an active mem.ber, elected him judge of the i6th Kentucky Judicial
District. July 4, 184S, he married Pamelia Docas Robb, born March 23.
182S, died August i. 1905, daughter of Joseph Robb and his second wife
Dorcas Fee, whose mother, a Miss Curran, is said to have been a fir5t
cousin and sweetheart of the great Irish Orator. Philpot Curran. their
marriage having been opposed by her father on account of relationship, he
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Willi \M Hampton. (1808-18K7),
Boyd County. Kentucky.
Mrs. \Villl\m Hamptox, (i8o7-i<S74).
nee Sarah [juchanan.
Hampton- Hol-sk, i8;,o. Boyd County, Kentucky.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 197
removed to Philadelphia, where his daughter married James Fee. Joseph
Robb, was of Virgina parentage, and for forty-seven years was the clerk
of Lewis County.
William Hampton (father of Rev. John Waring Hampton), born in
1808 in Cabell County, Va., died July 25, icSSj, at Catletsburg. Ky.. third
son of William and Malinda Shortridge Hampton, was a large land owner
in Kentucky and his old-time brick house, yet standing on the banks of the
Big Sandy near Catletsburg, was built on a big scale, as, for exam.ple. the
dining room is thirty feet long by twenty wide. August 31. 1828, he mar-
ried Sarah Buchanan, daughter of William and Elizabeth Caldwell Buch-
anan of Lawrence Co., Ky. Wm. Buchanan, born in Lancaster Co.. Pa-
is said to have been closely related to President Buchanan: in early life
he removed to Woodford Co.. Ky., a few years later to Montgomery Co..
and finally to a large farm on the Big Sandy in Lawrence County, where
he died at the age of ninety. Sarah B. Hampton, born Nov. 6, 1S07, died
April 20, 1874. Original portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Hampton are owned
by their granddaughter, Mrs. J. L. Miller. They had issue: George Short-
ridge, Wm. Oliver, Joseph N.. Charles H.. John JVariiig, Wade, and
Frances. William Hampton, Sr., born in Prince William County in 1779,
died on his farm in Cabell Co., \''a.. in Nov-, 1819, elddst son of [Dr.
Henry and Elizabeth Pluncket Hampton, married Malinda Shortridge in
the winter of 1803, and had issue : Wade, George Shortridge, William.
Dr. Henry. Levi, Eliza, Eli, and Louisa. Malinda Hampton was the
daughter of Col. George Shortridge, who married Margaret Muir in 1778
in Fairfax County, Virginia, and removed to Harrodsburg, Ky., the next
year. In 1802 they removed to a farm on the Kentucky side of Big Sandy
opposite that of their future son-in-law, Wm. Hampton, Jr. They were
the parents of Judge Eli Shortridge, a prominent jurist in Alabama in
early tim.es. and ancestors of Gov. John Shortridge of North Dakota-
Col. George Shortridge (colonel of militia), son of John Shortridge of
Fairfax Co.. Va.. is said to have served in the Revolution and later against
the Indians in Kentucky. His wife was the daughter of John and Karon-
happuch Muir of Fairfax, and had brothers, James, John. George, and
Robert, and sister Elizabeth.
Dr. Henry Ham.pton (father of Wm. Hampton, Sr., of Cabell), born
at "Buckland," Prince William County, Va-, in 1750, died in July, 1834,
in the summer house in the garden of his son. Dr. Anthony Hampton, on
the Virginia side of the Big Sandy, was the second son of Henry Hamp-
ton, Sr., of "Buckland." Dr. Henry Hampton was a surgeon or surgeon's
mate in the Revolution from Virginia (positive tradition among a!i de-
scendants), and a few years ago Judge Wm. J. Hampton. Ashland, Ky.,
saw Dr. Henry's original discharge from the army among his father's
papers, which has since disappeared — probably destroyed with what was
19-8 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
thought to be worthless papers. The official records of the Revolution at
Richmond and Washington contain no record of service of Dr. Henry
Hampton, but do of a Cary Henry Hampton, who was a surgeon's mate
from Virginia. None of the records in Virginia of the Hamptons show
any Cary H. Hampton. Traditions in the different branches of the family
say that Dr. Henry's mother was a Miss Preston or a Miss Cary, but no
proof of either, except the use of the name Preston, by descendants. After
the Revolution Dr. Hampton practiced medicine in Prince William and
Fauquier until iSoo, when he removed to Cabell County, where he ov.ned
a great deal of land inherited from his father. He married Elizabeth
Plunkett in i/'J-'/S. and had issue: ]Villiain, Dr. Anthony, Henry, Jr._,
Richard Wade, and Ellen.
Henry Hampton. Sr., of •'•Buckland," Prince Vv'illiam County, born
circa, 1720, died in March, 177S, was the third son of John and }*Iargaret
Wade Hampton of Fairfax County, and brother of Anthony Hampton,
who married Elizabeth Preston and removed to South Carolina, where
they were killed by the Indians in 1774; they were the parents of the dis-
tinguished Col. Wade Hampton, :\rai. Henry Hampton, Col. Richard
Hampton, Capt. Edward Hampton, and Preston Hampton, officers in the
Revolution from South Carolina. Henry Hampton of "Buckland" was
married twice, but we have only tradition for the name of the first wife,
who was the mother of his children— that she was either a Miss Preston
(her grandson. Dr. Anthony Hampton of Cabell, named his eldest son
Preston) or a Miss Car>-; the second wife was Mrs. Eleanor Garner,
widow of John Garner of Fauquier. He left about 1.500 acres of land in
Prince William, and 800 in Cabell County on the Ohio, and £3.576 of per-
sonal property, including seventeen negroes, to his sons, William of "Rock
Hill." Fauquier, Dr. Henry, and daughters Mrs. George Newman Brown.
and Mrs. Thomas Brewer.
John Hampton, Sr., of Truro Parish, Fairfax County, son of a John
Hampton of King William County, born about 1690, died about Jan!:ary,
1748 (his will, probated March 31, 1748), married about 1710-11 Margaret
Wade, born May i, 1694, died in May, 1773, daughter of James V.'ade of
New Kent, and sister of Anthony, Henry, James, Mary and Sarah Wa.Je.
It was from this marriage that the names of Anthony, Henry, and Wade
entered the Hampton family of Virginia. Kentucky, and South Carolina.
Owing to the destruction of the records of the counties in Virginia, where
the Hamptons were originally settled, the line can not be traced iinbf-.ken
further back; but from the few fragments of data obtainable, it is thought
that, John Hampton of King William was a son of Rev. Thomas Hamp-
ton, Jr., of James City County, and grandson of Rev. Thomas Hampton.
Sr., who was graduated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Tan. 30.
1627, and was the minister at Jamestown in 1629, and died in York County
G EXE A LOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
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in 1648. For extensive history of the Hampton family see the Times-
Dis patch for November 26th, Dec. 3rd, and Dec- loth, 191 1.
Stephen Kislixg Miller, youngest son of Henderson and
Finetta Anne Lyons Miller, was born at Beech Hill. Mason
county, [March 9, 1880, and educated in the neighboring schools.
He inherited the homeplace at ""Beech Hill" and continued there
until 1903, when he became an agent of die International Har-
vester Company in its southern Ohio territory. He has a great
natural talent for mechanics and all his life made especial study
of machinery. He was soon promoted to the place of manager of
their southern Ohio branch: and in Feb., 1906, received an in-
crease in salary and a handsome gold watch and a purse ciin-
taining a hundred and fifty dollars in gold as an appreciation of
his work. About a year later he became the general manager
of the American Seeding [Machine Co. in Mrginia. and after a
year in this State they placed him in charge of a third of their
territory in Michigan, and in 191 1 gave him charge of their
business in the entire State. He is an indefatigable worker, and
has a personality that makes him a host of firm friends where-
ever he goes. Jan. 4, 1904, he was married at Parkersburg,
W. Va., to Fay Curtis, the accomplished daughter of [Mr. and
Mrs. Preston Gilmore Curtis. Mr. Curtis is connected with a
large railroad construction company, which has built some of the
largest railroad bridges and tunnels in this country. For several
years has been living at Lynchburg, \'a.
Stephen K. and F^ay C. Miller have issue: Hugh Curtis,
born July 5, 1907; Nancy Catharine, born June 15, 1910, and
Jean Anne Preston, born [March 4, 1912.
Curtis Excursus.
Nancy Fay Curtis, born at Little Hocking, Ohio .Feb. 6, 1883, is the
daughter of Preston Gilmore Curtis, born Jan. 24, 1857, and his wife Nan-
nie Viola Dunfee, born Aug. 28, 1858, at Coolville, Ohio. P. G. Curtis was
the son of Columbus B. and Anne King Curtis of Little Hocking. Colum-
bus Curtis was the son of Horace Curtis, and Anne King Curtis was the
daughter of Jacob King, born July 22, 1799, Westmoreland County, Pa-,
near Props' Furnace, and his wife Mary Covert, who were married at
Pittsburg, Nov. 7, 1826.
20O GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Mrs. Nannie Dunfee Curtis was the daughter of George B. Dunfee.
born Sept. 4, 1816, at Jersey City, X. J., and his wife Xincy Tipton, born
Aug. 4, 1816, at Unionport, Ohio, whose mother was Xancy Waldron, a
descendant of Resolve Waldron, one of the old Dutch Patroons of New
York, and original owner of immense tracts of land where Harlem no.v
stands. From his great wealth he was sometimes called "Lord" Waldron,
but the title is said to have been one "more of fancy than fact."
58. Patsy Jelf, born in 1S24, died in 1895, married Oct., 1844,
James Lyons, of Mercer county, son of Stephen Lyons. They had
issue: Eliza, FrankHn, Thomas, Sarah, Allen, Anne and Harp;
all died unmarried except the last two, who married brothers by
the name of Holburn.
59. SusAXXAH Jelf, fourth daughter of James and Susannah
Jelf, married Richard Lancaster, of W^oodford county, and had
issue : Susannah, Roberta, Anne, married Boone Salee of an
old Huguenot family ; Susan, married Perry White and had son
William ; Eliza,- married James Smith ; Mary Lee, married a
Mr. Foley ; James, married Ella Doty and has son William ;
Merritt, married Jane Rice ; Fletcher, married Eliza Self ; Ben-
jamin Fielding, married Ella ^Mitchell.
60. Thomas Jelf, born Feb. 28, 183 1, died Jan. 10, 1910. at
the home where he was born eighty-two years before. In 1854
he married Eliza Anne White and had issue : Willis, Nettie
Lee, Sarah Jane and Lucy Anne — all of whom died unmarried :
Robert J., Allen, John, Lewis and Elizabeth. Robert J. Jelf
married his first cousin, Eliza Jelf, and has a son, Wayne, now
a private in the L'nited States engineers in the Philippines. Alien
Jelf married Lucy Strange and has issue : Cora, Owens, Bessie,
Charles and Foster. He owns the old Lilliard place near Mor-
tonsville. Woodford county, Ky., and is considered one of tlie
best farmers of his county. John Jelf married Lillie Eaves
and has eight children. Lewis Jelf, died Jan. 6. 1910, at the age of
thirty-nine, leaving issue: Lillian, Ethel, Anne, Ella, Henry
and Elizabeth.
Of Thomas Jelf and his wife the Versailles papers contained
SxErHRX Kl.-LIXG MiLl.KR.
Mrs. Stei'HK.v Ki>i.ixf; Mh-Lkk ( ulc Fay Curii-s).
High Clkti^.s Millek and Xa.vcv Catharine Millei
Xancv C. Miller.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 201
"The shock of his son Lewis' death was more than Thomas
[elf. in his enfeebled condition from old age, could withstand,
and on ^Monday the loth instant, he passed away. (Jan. 10.
1910.) ^Iv. Jelf was eighty-two years of age. He was one of
the oldest farmers in the country and an honorable and highly
respected man. His wife, who survives him. has been an in-
valid and bedridden for several years and is now in a very
serious condition. He leaves a brother, Benjamin Jelf, and a
sister, 3.1is3 Sallie Jelf. of ^lortonsville. Universal sympathy
is felt for this sorely afflicted family, and particularly for the
aged m.other and the surviving son, Allen Jelf, who is ill and con-
fined to his bed with fever and was unable to attend the funeral
of either his brother or his father. Funeral services over the
body of Lewis Jelf were held at the ^li. Edwin :Methodist Church,
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The funeral of Thomas Jelf
took place at the residence Tuesday afternoon, the services being
conducted by Rev. J. W. Crates, of \'ersailles. Both the bodies
were interred in the family burying ground near the old home."
"Mrs. Eliza Anne Jelf, aged seventy years, widow of the late
Mr. Thomas Jelf, died Saturday morning at 6 o'clock at the
home of her daughter-in-law, ^Irs. Josie Jelf, near Xonesuch.
Mrs. Jelf was a great sufferer, having 'Deen confined to her bed
with rheumatism for the past three years, though her death was
hastened by the shock of the sudden death of her son, Lewis
Jelf, followed in three days by the death of her husband, both
occuring in the past two months. Mrs. Jelf's entire life was
spent in the southern part of this county. She was a life-long
member of Mt. Edwin Methodist Church and an exemplary
Christian woman. Two children survive her — a son, Allen Jelf,
of Pinckard. and a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Day, of Lexington.
Funeral services at Mt. Edwin. Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Interment in the family burying ground."
65. Eliza Jane Jelf, born May 13, 1841, married at the age
of thirteen, in Oct., 1854, and died Dec. 5, 1855, after the birth
of her son, David Allen Wilson, who m.arried ]\Iary Jane Hackney
and has sons, Claud, James, and Joseph.
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202 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
66. Clemexcy Harp Jelf. married Feb. 21, 1S67. Robert A.
White, of Louisville, and had issue: James B., and Granville
Clackner White.
28. James Davis, born April 17, 1804, married Eliza Jettres
and moved to Indiana. Xo other data.
29. DiAXA Dale Davis, born June 7, 1806, died in 1825, four
years after she married Frederick De^Ioss, who owned a large
farm on the Kentucky River. She left issue. William and Susan,
who were taken to 2\lis?ouri by their father about 1835, where
Susan married Joseph Holt, of Clinton county.
31. Sallie Stevexs Davis, youngest daughter of Thomas and
Susannah Hyatt Davis, married William Howard, a wealthy
Woodford farmer, and had issue : Anne, married Thomas White ;
W^illiam, married a Miss Hutcheson and removed to ^Missouri.
Carters of Orange County, \'irginia,
AND
Simpson County, Kentucky.
After this lengthy account of the Davis descendants of Joseph
and Catharine Stevens Carter, of Spotsylvania, will give such
data as I have been able to secure relative to their other de-
scendants. Regret that I have not been able to obtain either from
the public records or the descendants more complete data of them
and the allied families.
4. John Carter, eldest son of Joseph and Catharine Carter,
born June 8, 1725, died in Orange county, Va., after 1793. After
his father's will in 1750 he appears next in the Spotsylvania
records, Jan. 4, 1771, when his mother deeded him 215 acres,
where his father, Joseph Carter, deceased, had lived. April 24,
1780, Joseph Rogers, of Culpeper, sold to "John Carter, gent."
of Spotsylvania an improved plantation of 188 acres in Orange
county. Feb. 25, 1785, John Carter, planter, of Orange, pur-
chased an improved plantation of 455 acres in that county from
Robert Thomas. March 25, 1785, John Carter and wife, Susan-
John- Allex Carter,
Loiii.ivillc, Kv.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 203
nah, of Orange, sold to William Coats, 165 acres in Spotsylvania,
purchased by the said John Carter's father. Joseph Carter, from
Robert Goodloe, and April i they sold sixty acres of the same
tract to Meredith Anderson. Both deeds witnessed by Beverley
and William Winslow, said to have been cousins of the Carters.
April 13, 1787, John Carter, of Orange, made deed of gift to
son-in-law, David Lively, of Spotsylvania, for a negro servant.
June 20, 1787, John and Susannah Carter sold to Joseph Bell
thirteen acres of their home plantation in Orange. This is the
last appearance of Susannah Carter's signature to her husband's
deeds. Feb. 21, 1791, John Carter purchased 41 acres adjoining his
home place from Richard r^Ioore Thomas, of Woodford county,
formerly of Orange. This deed is witnessed by John Carter's son
and daughter, Joseph and Priscilla Carter. Jan. 28. 1793. he sold
276 acres of his home place to Roger and Henry Bell, and on same
date 104 acres to Adam Quisenberry. April 22, 1793, he bought of
Joseph and Jane ]\Iay an improved plantation of 200 acres, and
does not appear again in the records of Orange county.
In the census of 1782 he was the head of a family of sixteen
whites and thirty servants. As no will can be found we do not
know the names of all of his children, for the two Bibles in
which he appears give only his birth and that of his son John.
But from the sources given it is shown that he had issue :
68 , daughter, married David lively, of Spotsyl-
vania.
69. Priscilla Carter, unmarried in 1791.
70. Joseph Carter, sold land in Orange in 1815 and 1817
formerly owned by father, John Carter. Had wife Polly.
71. Sarah Carter (?).
72. John Carter, Jr., born Sept. 21, 1757, died June 20, 1808,
in Spotsylvania.
71. Sar.\h Carter. About T770-1771 Charles Bell and Sarah
Carter were m?~ried somewhere in Mrginia, and in 1792 removed
with their family to Mason county, Ky., when their youngest
child was six years old. They had issue : Charles, Jr., married
Willia Porter: Carter, married Sarah Wofford : Willis, m.arried
Polly Early; Thornton, unmarried; Elizabeth, married William
204 G'EXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Summers ; Lucy, married W'ilHamx Prather, and Clarissa, married
Michael Summers.
From the fact that Joseph. Roger and Henry Bell were near
neighbors of John Carter in Orange county, it is thought prob-
ably that Charles Bell was a son of one of them and Sarah Carter,
a daughter of John Carter, Sr.
22. John Carter. Jr., married Sept. i, 1784, in Spotsylvania,
Winifred Allen ^McAllister (widow of Nathaniel ^IcAllister, by
whom she had issue: Nathaniel. Jr.. born Oct. 12, 1774, Eliza-
beth, born Dec. 11, 1776, and Rachel, born March 26, 1779). Mrs.
Winifred Carter, born Nov. 12, 1756, died Aug. 13. 1S31. in
Simpson county, Ky.. was the daughter of Joseph Allen, of
Spotsylvania. About a year after the death of her second hus-
band 3ilrs. Carter moved from Spotsylvania to Simpson county.
Ky., where she purchased a fine farm of six hundred acres, which
is still owned by her descendants.
The old Bible of John Carter, Jr., is owned by his great grand-
daughter, Mrs. J. Adger Stewart, Louisville, Ky., and gives his
children as follows:
73. Garland Carter, born Dec. 15, 1785. IMay have been
the maiden name of John Carter's mother, Susannah Carte/.
74. Allen Carter, born Dec. 15, 1787, died Feb. 15, 1816, un-
married.
75. Nancy Carter, born Jan. 14, 1791, died June 26, 1792. in
Virginia.
y6. Sophronia Carter, born Sept. 14, 1795, died Nov. 2, 1812.
unmarried.
/J. Caswell Carter, born July 7, 1798, died May 28, 1883.
J/. Caswell Carter, the only child of John and Winifred
Carter, v\ho married took as his wife, Nov. 15, 1821, Lavinia
Jones, born Feb. 10. 1802, died May 14, 1886, daughter of Allen
Jones, Sr., and his wife, Jane McClanahan, of Simpson county.
Mrs. Allen Jones was a daughter of Thomas McClanahan and
his wife, Nancy Green, and granddaughter of Rev. William }.Ic-
Clanahan and his wife, Mary ^ilarshall, of Westmoreland county,
Va.
CvbWELL C\KTFR E><_
Simp.-un Cuiintj, K^.
[ GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY op-
f
Caswell and Lavinia Carter had issue :
I. John Allen Carter, born Aug. 22, 1S22, died March 16
1894.
II. '.Viiiifred Jane Carter, born Jan. 26, 1824, died \Dril 30
1843-
III. James Garland Carter, born Xov. 25, 1825, died Dec
30, 1889.
IV. ;Mary A. E. Carter, born Jan. 2^, 1828, died Dec. 12,
1904.
V. Louise Mitchem Carter, born Mav 9, 1829, died Oct 8
1882.
VI. Virginia Emmiline Carter, born Aug. 26, 1831, died June
30. 1833.
VII. Jefferson Caswell Carter, born Feb. 28, 1833. Living.
VIII. Nancy Caroline Carter, born Jan 20, 183;, died Sept
I, 1883.
IX. Bernilla Frances Carter, born Julv 27, 1838, died Oct
8, 1882.
X. William Harrison Carter, born Sept. 10, 1841, died Julv
21, 1854.
XL Benjamin Franklin Carter, born Xov. 8, 1843. Living.
I. John Allen C.\rter, one of the leading business men of
Louisville, Ky., for nearly half a century, was associated with
his brother, James Garland Carter, as owner of one of the
largest dry goods stores in the city. He was a director in the
L. & N. R. R., the Fidelity Trust Co., Bank of Kentucky, and
many other institutions; trustee of the Institution for the Blind
(and of Cave Hill Cemetery. Mr. Carter was a prominent lay-
man in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and established a
scholarship at Vanderbilt University. Jan. 28, 1852, he married
Albana Caroline Carson, daughter of Thomas D. and Caroline
Hines Carson, of Butler county, Ky. They had issue :
(i). Caroline Sophronia Carter, born July 25, 1853, died April
12, 1909.
f (2). Levina Carter, born 3Iarch i, 1857, died March 6, 1S77.
! (3). Robert Allen Carter, born Feb. 23, 1867, died Aug. 6,
206 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
(4). Anna Briggs Carter, born July 15, 1875.
(i). Caroline S. Carter, was married on April 26, 1876, to
Dr. Charles S. Briggs. of Xashville. Tenn., one of the greatest
surgeons of the South, whose name will live always in the annals
of the great surgeons of America. They had issue three children :
a. Elsie M. Briggs, born Jan. 31. 1877, married Francis ^Ic-
Keldin Gettys, of Louisville, Ky. He is cashier of the Union
National Bank, president of the American Clothing Co., and in
1907-1908 was president of the National Credit ^vlen's Associa-
tion. Mr. Gettys is a graduate of the University of Tennessee,
and is a member of the S. A. E. Fraternity, the Sons of the
American Revolution, the Pendennis Club, the Louisville Courtrv
Club, etc. They have two daughters— Caroline Carter and Eliza.
b. Binnie Briggs, born May 25, 1879, married Robert Lusk,
a prominent attorney and clubman of Xashville, graduate of
Yale, etc. They have two daughters — Caroline Carter and Eliza-
beth Fairfax Lusk.
c. William Thom.pson Briggs, born Aug. 19, 1S81. He grad-
uated at Yale in 1905 and X'anderbilt Medical in 1909. Married
Artemisia Barrow, of Lexington, Ky., April 26, 191 1.
(4). AxxA Briggs Carter, married on April 26, 1899, J-
Adger Stewart, a prominent business man and manufacturer of
Louisville. ^Ir. Stewart is a member of the Pendennis Club.
Louisville Country Club, Sons of the American Revolution. So-
ciety of Colonial Wars, Society of Cincinnati in Virginia, Les
Cheneaux Club. Piedmont Driving Club, S. A. E. Fraternity.
Virginia Historical Society, South Carolina Historical Society.
etc. Tliey have issue:
John Carter. J. Adger. Jr.. J. Alexander and Jean Hollings-
worth.
HL James Garland Carter, born Xov. 25, 1825, was asso-
ciated with his brother, John Allen Carter, as a merchant in Louis-
ville for more than thirty years. He was a director in the Colum-
bia Trust Co., president of tiie L"nion Lime and Cement Co., etc.
He was niarricd two times.
Mrs. Caswell Carter.
nee Lavinia Jones.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 207
First marriage, Dec. 14, 1847. to America James, to whom
was born :
(5). Edwin Lucas Carter, born Feb. 27, 1849, died Oct. 11,
1879. He married Maria Kendrick, of Louisville, and had one
son. James Lucas Carter.
(6). Annette Rose Carter, born July 25, 1850. married first,
June 9, 1 87 1, William J. Seward, and had a son, William Carter
Seward; married second. Ambler Bass, of Russellville, Ky.. Xov.
18, 1879, and has issue : Edwin Lucas, }^Iary Allen, Russell
Morton and Winnie Louise.
Second marriage on June 6, 1855, to Melvilla Brown, to whom
was born :
(7). James Garland Carter, Jr., born June 11. 1856. He mar-
ried and has a son, James Garland Carter, HL
(8). Caswdl Brown Carter, born xA.pril 14, 1858. Died Sept.
4, 1864.
(9). Allen Rogers Carter, was born Feb. 11, 1865. He is a
graduate of and one of the trustees of A'anderbilt L'niversiiy, presi-
dent of the Herndon Carter Co., director of the Carter Dry Goods
Co., Union Lime & Cement Co., etc. Married Xora, daughter of
Charles Gheens, April 3, 1894, and has a daughter, Eleanor Mel-
villa Carter.
(10). Mellie Emmett Carter, born Dec. 6, 1871, married Xov.
7, 1894, John Delawon Otter, and has a daughter, Melvilla Wor-
tham Otter. Mr. Otter is vice-president of Otter & Co., director
of Louisville Title Co., Louisville and Kentucky Insurance Co.,
president of Board of Aldermen, member of the Louisville
Legion, Pendennis Club, Louisville Country Club, Society of
Colonial Wars, Virginia Historical Society, etc.
IV. Mary A. E. Carter, was married in Simpson county to
John W. Stanley, a wealthy tobacco planter of that county, on
Aug. 12, 1846. They have issue: Jane, ]Mary, Lavinia, Binnie,
Wilbur, Caswell and John.
V. Louise Michem Carter, married April 12, 1849, J'^^''" ^■
Jackson, a Simpson county planter and had issue: Lina W.
and John D., Tr. . .
2o8 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
VII. Jefferson Caswell Carter, is still living at the old
Carter place in Simpson county. H^ was married Sept. ii, iS6o,
to Lucy Che^tnutt and has a daughter, Annabel, who married
J. B. Brownlie, of Birmingham, Ala.
VIII. Xan'cy Caroline Carter, married (i). Sept. 4. 1855,
Gabriel F. Taylor: (21. James W'ickware. Issue first marriage:
Mollie, Winnie, Lavinia, Gabriel, Fountaine and twin who died
in infancy.
IX. Per.millk Frances Carter, married (i). June 17, 1856,
Alexander B. ]\IcElwain : (2), John W. Crow. Issue first mar-
riage ; William and John.
XI. Benjamin Franklin Carter, a Simpson county planter,
was married Dec. 25, 1872, to Mary M. Dawson, and had issue:
Anna, married Charles X. Baird ; Herbert, married Polly Hay-
don ; Binnie Carter, and Elizabeth Carter.
Descendants of Daniel Carter of Lancaster
County
Daniel Carter, third son of Captain Thomas Carter, Jr., of
'"Barford," and his wife, Arabella Williamson, was born in 1700
and died in 1759 in his native county. He owned a farm of
about 350 acres and eight servants.
He seems not to have held any official position in his county
and parish, and appears but three times in the county records.
First, May 17, 1725, when he was the attorney for his friend,
Robert Briscoe, at court; second, in his father's will in 1728,
when he received a negro woman and a share in the residency
estate ; and last, when his own estate was appraised and divided
between his wife and seven of his nine children. One son had
had a disagreement with his father and left home and was lost
sight of before Daniel Carter died. The eldest son is supposed
to have had his portion previously to his father's death, so did
not appear in the division.
We are indebted to a grandson of Daniel Carter for the account
of the Carter family in the Carter AISS. of 1858. The account
given of his branch is as follows :
"Grandfather and his brothers, Dale and Tom. was all that
staid in this county Grandfather Daniel Carter had
a good plantation of about 350 acres and about a dozen servants.
He died in 1759 in his 59th year. He married a widow who was
a daughter of William Pannill of Richmond county ; she died at
the age of 81. they had 6 sons and 3 daughters. Wm. Panil
the oldest, John, Thomas, Robert, Joseph, and Daniel the youngest
was my father, the girls was aunt Fanny died at my house in
1830 at the great age of 92. Peggy married Wm. Kent and
had sons Wm., John, and Dan'l. and daughters Betsy. Molly
& Fanny. Mary Eliz*^ married a Kirk & had sons James, John,
&William. Uncle William lived in Pr. William county & died
just a m.onth before father died in 1794. He had 7 children, Dan'l.,
210 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Billy, John, Molly, Sally, Catharine. & Rachel named for mother.
Uncle John went to the western p^rt of the state & is supposed
to have been killed by Indians. Uncle Joseph & uncle Tom after
grandfather died moved to the southern counties Mecklinburgh
I think, & then later on to Carolina, they had big families, but
I don't know anything of them. Robert had a quarrel with his
father and left home before grandfather died & was never heard
of again. The youngest son Daniel was my father & your grand-
father. He married late in life Rachel Smith & died Octo. i^"^
1794 at age of 56. }vIother died Jan'y loth. 1829 aged 78. they
had three sons and one daughter Betsy who never married. Your
uncle Ambrose v/as the oldest son and I was next and your father
Joseph Carter was born seven months after father died as you
know. I am now 79 years old & reasonably active for my age.
Father and all his brothers fought in the war for Independence
and I was in Captn. Sherman's Company in the last war with
England." In speaking of another branch of this family the
author of the }.ISS. says of his aunt, Fanny Carter, daughter
of Daniel Carter, Sr. : '"Augustine (son of Dale Carter, brother
of Daniel) and aunt Fanny was engaged to be married but she
got mad one time when he danced 2 or 3 times at a ball with a
girl she didn't like and told him he could marry her if he wanted
to for she wouldn't have him. and they never made it up and
neither one married. He died in this county during the last war
with England." He made his will Oct. 21, 181 1, when lacking
one day of being 70 years old. She died in 1830, at the age
of 92.
Daniel Carter, Sr., married about 1722-1725 Elizabeth Pannil,
daughter of William Pannil, of Richmond county, and had issue:
1. William Pannil Carter, died in Prince William county in
Sept., 1794.
2. John Carter. Supposed to have been killed by Indians.
3. Joseph Carter, said to have settled in one of the Carolinas.
4. Thomas Carter, said to have settled in one of the Carolinas.
.5. Robert Carter..^'
6. Margaret Carter, married William Kent.
7. Mary E. Carter, married a Mr. Kirk.
8. Frances Carter, born in 1738, died in 1830, unmarried.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 21 1
9. Daniel Carter, born in 1738, died Oct. i, 1794.
The last two were probably twins, though the ^ISS. does not
state so, though it is possible for one to have been born in the
first part of the year and the other at the dose.
Daniel Carter, Sr.'s personal estate amounted to £343 2s. 4d.
and included eight negroes, a sword, books, and the usual furni-
ture. It was returned to court in Lancaster on Xov. 16, 1759.
Pannil Excursus.
William Pannil, father of Mrs. Daniel Carter, died in Richmond County
in 1716. Will, probated Augt. i, 1716, names wife Frances, and children,
William, David, George, Eliabeth, Frances. Katharine, and Mary.
A petition to the Richmond County Court on June i, 169S, from Wil-
liam Pannil and Frances his wife, recites that William Mills formerly of
Rappahannock, owned land which descended to his daughters Ann and
Elizabeth, and that the sd Frances Pannil was the daughter and heir of
the sd Elizabeth ; but it does not give the name of the husband of Eliza-
beth Mills.
Elizabeth Pannil Carter's brother, Wm. Pannil, Jr., removed to Orange
County about 1735, and Ras had many prominent and distinguished de-
scendants in Virginia and other Southern States, among whom may be
mentioned the famous Confederate Cavalryman, Gen. J. E. B- Stuart, and
the late Gov. Holt of North Carolina. See William and Mary Quarterly,
Vol. VI.
I. William Pannil Carter, eldest son of Daniel and Eliza-
beth P. Carter, w^as born in Lancaster about 1724-1725, and died
about the first of Sept., 1794, in Prince William county. His
will was probated Sept. 5, 1794, and mentions the following
children: Mary Deacons, Catharine Carter, died unmarried ini8i9
— inventory ; Daniel Carter, died in 1839 — inventory ; Sarah Lynn ;
William Carter, Jr., and John Carter, died in 1819 — inventory.
One of the sons, Daniel, William, or John, had a son, Addison
B. Carter, who sold in 1829 two hundred and seventy-two acres
of land, part of which had fallen to him in the division of the
estate of his aunt, Catharine Carter.
William Carter, Jr.'s will was probated in Prince William,
Sept. 6, 1858, and names wife, Xancy, son, Philip, daughter,
"Abbigale, to have the manchion house," daughter, Jane Duvall.
son, Daniel and his children, son. William, daughter, Mary Carter.
212 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
and son, John Carter. Abagail Carter's will was probated Oct.
12, and left all estate to brother John, and Sister Mary.
Daxiel Carter Family— South Carolina Branch.
5. Robert Carter, born between 1725 and 1738, v/ho quarreled
with his father and left home before his father died, may have
been the Robert Carter who emigrated from \'irginia (place un-
known) to Sumpter county, Camden District. S. C, about 1752,
where he was married in 1754 to .Margaret, daughter of William'
Brunson. In my former account of this family, not knowing
of Daniel Carter's son, Robert, I advanced the opinion tha't
Robert of South Carolina was a son of Joseph Carter of Spotsyl-
vania, who had a son born in 1735 and lost sight of between
1751-1760.
Robert Carter of South Carolina was a m.ember of the Pro-
vincincial Congress at Charleston. S. C, in 1775. He made his
will Dec. 28, 1791, in which he named the following children:
10. Robert Carter, Jr.. born about 1755, who left issue two
sons, who died without issue.
11. James Carter, born about 1757, had a son, John, who was
educated by his bachelor uncle, Benjamin Carter, served one or
two terms in Congress and died without issue. Some members
of this family say that the above John Carter's father was William
Carter, and there was no Robert Carter, Jr.
12. Benjamin Carter, born about 1759, served in the Revolu-
tion as captain in the Xorth Carolina line, and after the war
received a grant of five thousand acres of land in Williamson
county, Tenn. He was a member of the Society of Cincinnati,
which honor is now held by his grandnephew, ^Ir. Benjamin F.
Carter, Pulaski, Tenn. Captain Benjamin Carter died unmarried
13. Daniel Carter, born Nov. 27, 1761, died in Tennessee in
1834. If Robert Carter of South Carolina was a son of Daniel
Carter, who died in Lancaster county, Va., in 1759, then this
son of his was probably named for his father after he heard of
his death. Daniel Carter of South Carolina was a lieutenant of
cavalry in the Revolution, and after the war purchased and settled
on a part of his brother's grant in Tennessee. He married in
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
213
South Carolina on July 2, 1782. Sarah Conyers, and had issue:
James Rutherford, Robert, William, Daniel, Dr. Benjamin, John
Conyers, Isaac, Alexander, ^Milton, Anderson, Margaret, IMary
Elizabeth, Agnes Caroline and Susannah Amelia. Dr. Benjamin
Carter, born June 14. 1792, died in 1865 in Pulaski. Tenn. He
had issue : Elizabeth, married Robert Rodes ; Cornelia, married
Dr. Jacob Epperson ; Mary Margaret, married Robert H. Wat-
kins ; and an only son, Benjamin P., born in 1829. who served as a
major on the staff of General John Carter Brown in the Con-
federate army. He has sons, John .Rivers Carter, a civil en-
gineer at Birmingham, Ala., and Benjamin Carter, Jr., an at-
torney at Washington, D. C.
Robert Carter also had daughters, ^Margaret Alexander and
Susan Storrey, mentioned in his will.
9. Daxiel Carter. Jr., youngest son of Daniel and Elizabeth
Pannil Carter, bom in 173S. died in Lancaster in 1794. The
old vestry book of St. Clary's and Christ Church shows that
Daniel Carter was the clerk of the vestry of the lower church
in the years 1759 and 1760, for which he received a salary of
1,700 pounds of tobacco in the first year and 1.200 in the second.
His will, probated Oct. 20, 1794. mentions wife, Rachel, and
children. John, Ambrose and Betsy ; but the account of the famJIy
prepared by John Carter of ''The Nest," Lancaster county in
1B58 shows that Daniel Carter had a son, Joseph, born seven
months after the death of his father.
14. Ambrose Carter, born prior to 1779. Xo other data.
15. John Carter, born in 1779, was living in 1858. Unmarried.
16. Elizabeth Carter, born about 1781, died unmarried.
17. Joseph Carter, born in April, 1795, died in 1849 in Ken-
tucky.
17. Joseph Carter, was born seven months after the death
of his father, and when his mother had reached the age of forty-
three. May 10, 1820, he was married to Sarah Anne Brent, of
Lancaster county, Va., and the following year emigrated to Lin-
coln county. Ken. He also owned a good deal of land in Whidey
county. They had issue:
214 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
i8. Sarah Anne Carter, died, unmarried, of tuberculosis.
19. Elizabeth Carter, died, unmarried, of tuberculosis.
20. Rachel Carter, died, unmarried, of tuberculosis.
21. Frances Carter, died, unmarried, of tuberculosis.
22. Brent Carter, died unmarried.
23. Daniel Carter, eldest son, born June i, 18^1 died Oct
30, 1848.
24. Thomas Carter, born 1825. died Xovember, 1907.
2^. Daniel Carter, was married June 8. 1842. to .Mary,
daughter of James and Mary Smith, of Lincoln countv, and had
issue two children-Mary and John Carter, who removed to
San Francisco after the war. He died there in 1900 unmarried
and his sister, Miss Mary Carter, has since returned to Ken-
tucky, where she expects to make her future home.
24. Thomas Carter, second son of Joseph and Sallv Brent
Carter, was a lieutenant in the Confederate army, and after the
war bore the popular title of -Colonel." He was married Oct.
2, 1847, to Betty Yarborough, who bore him two sons and a
daughter, all of whom died in infancy. Mrs. Carter died in
Feb., 1861. At the close of the war Colonel Carter went to
Chicago and opened a feed store and livery stable, which were
burned in the great Chicago fire a few years later. Among the
heirlooms and other personal belongings burned in his room
above the store, were the portraits of Major Dale and Captain
Thomas Carter, Jr., of Lancaster county, both of which had
come down in the Daniel Carter branch of the familv. Fortu-
nately he had had them photographed, after going to Chica-o,
for his niece and nephew, and equallv as fortunate there hap-
pened to be copies of these photos among his personal papers
that were rescued from the fire, as the photographs sent to his
niece were afterward misplaced and lost.
A short time before Colonel Carter's death in IQ07 I had the
pleasure of spending half a day with him, when he gave me the
photo of the Dale portrait but thought the photograph of the
Carter picture lost. After his death it was found among his
papers, as well as the little leather bound diarv of 1858, in which
Col. Thomas Carter, 1847,
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J GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 2\^
; was written for him by his uncle John Carter, of Lancaster, an
I account of the Carter family. Though physically weak, being
I then in his eighty-second year. Colonel Carter's m'ind was quite
I active and he was able to give me a good deal of data that has
I been of considerable assistance in tracing several branches of
I the family. He was much interested in the history of his an-
f cestors, and I regret that this book could not have been com-
pleted in his lifetime. Colonel Carter was a typical "gentle-
man of the old school," and my half day with him will Ilways
be a most pleasant memory. As a m.emento of our friendship,
as well as owing to the fact that he had no near relatives e.xcept
his unmarried niece, Colonel Carter devised to me an iyory minia-
ture, set in gold, of himself, and a gold pen and pencil set with
a large topaz. These were the bridal gifts exchanged by him
and his wife when they married in 1847, and were sent to me by
his executor after he died.
Edward Carter of Westmoreland County,
Virginia
Edward Carter, son of Captain Thomas Carter, Jr., and his
wife, Arabella Williamson, of "Barford," Lancaster county, was
probably the fourth son.
I have been able to secure but little data of him and his
descendants.
The Carter }*ISS. of 1858, says: "Grandfather's brothers.
James and Edward, settled in Westmoreland and had big fami-
lies. James married a ^liss and had sons. Tom
and Edward, and three or four others. Some of the Xeales and
Popes are descended from him. Edward married a ^liss Betty
Heale and had sons. George, John, Edward and Charles, who
all moved away after the war of Independence."' In a list of
slave owners in Westmoreland county in 1782 there appears the
names of a John Carter, owner of 20 servants, and a Charles
Carter, owner of 19. They may have been the above mentioned
sons of Edward Carter.
Mrs. Betty Heale Carter was probably Elizabeth Heale, born
March 8, 17 10, daughter of George and Catharine Chinn Heale,
of Lancaster, as there seems to be no other Elizabeth Heale of
that period unaccounted for. If this is true she was a grand-
daughter of George Heale, Sr.. who was a justice of Lancaster
court in 1684, Burgess in 1695 and 1697. He was a son of
Nicholas Haile, of York county, and died in Lancaster in 1697.
His children intermarried with the Balls, Chinns, Do\vnm.an_>,
Opies, and other well known families of the Northern Xeck.
Sept. 29, 1747, Edward Carter, of Westmoreland, was ap-
pointed by the court of that county the guardian of his brother,
James Carter's orphans, and from that date until his death in
1760 he returned annual reports of his charge. June 24, 1700.
administration papers on the estate of Edward Carter, deceased,
were granted to Augustine Washington. The inventory of his
estate was returned to court March 31. i76[. and recorded, but
is not to be found at this time in the records.
Descendants of James Carter of Westmoreland
County, Virginia
James Carter, son of Captain Thomas Carter, Jr., of '"Bar-
ford," and his wife, Arabella WiUiamson, was probably tlie sixth
son. He was probably married about 1728, as in ihat year hi?
father m.ade a deed of gift to him for a negro man, and also
left h'm in nis will "the great bed and larniture above stairs,"'
bcM-los a shar-j in the residuary estate.
From the peculiar name of James Carter's wife — Joyce — it
is thought that she may have been a granddaughter of Daniel
and Joyce Holland, of Northumberland county. She may pos-
sibly have been a daughter of Daniel Xeale (born 1642, died
1727) and his wife. Elizabeth, a daughter of Daniel and Joyce
Holland, as James Carter's descendants perpetuated names pe-
culiar to the Xeale family. Richard Carter, a grandson of James
and Joyce, owned land in Xorthumberland, which he seems to
have had by inheritance, probably through his grandmother.
James Carter does not appear in the Lancaster records after
the death of his father, in 1733. Jan. 24, 1746, James Carter.
of Washington parish, Westmoreland county, had a lease of a
plantation in that parish from Daniel ^McCarthy for the term
of his lifetime, for which he paid a yearly rental of £6 5s. This
term was very short, as on ]\Iay 8, 1748, the inventory of the
estate of James Carter, deceased, was returned to the Westmore-
land court by Joice Carter, his relict and administratrix.
Sept, 29, 1747, Edward Carter was appointed guardian of his
brother's orphans, named as follows : Thomas, James, Edward
and Sarah Carter. For the next thirteen years he returned an-
nual reports of their estate to the court, and in 1758 petitioned
the House of Burgesses for pay for a runaway slave of James
Carter's heirs, who had been legally outlawed, and was later
found dead in the woods.
June 30, 1 76 1, the Westmoreland county court ordered that the
estate of James Carter, decea.-ed, be divided between his orplians
!//£!'
2l8 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FA
Carter and Saral, Carter. They must have all been of age at this
time, and were probafalv born as follows-
1. Thomas Carter, born circa .733-1734, died in i-8r.
2. James Carter, born circa 1735-1736.
3- Edward Carter, born circa 1737-1738.
4- Sarah Carter, born circa 1739-40.
The commissioners appointed by the conrt in 176. reported
o the court on .March .9, ,763, that this division had been mlfe
ctT l\ IV' '.^ ^^^""dants of Edward. James or Sarah
of the Ca r '''''''\'"'' J^"^= "^y have been the ancestors
bonds; '" ''' -°"""""'S "■^^""o-l-nd marriage
Elizabeth Carter and Richard Weaver, .\u£.. 30. ,-S6- Martha
a^J'Reu'b' ^r""-d' ^''™"'" -''"' '■ '^-9'^ EHz^^eth Cat
and Reuben Gutr.dge, July ,3, .797: Sarah Carter and William
7-° r':^ "'■ '?'"' ^°''" ^'"'' '"^ ^'->- Carter, Sept. ,9,
1/97, Catharme Carter and Herman Jenkins, Oct. 20 ,80.
Ehzabeth Carter and William Ryals, ,&6; Daniel Cart'er ^d
fre Z'-B^'^V"'- "°"^ '^"'^ ^"'^ Chart Tu^n
Jan. 6, ,819, Dan.el Carter and Sally Hinson, Oct. 30, ,822
c'^^e'^lhSsrol J™es.^^™ ^"" '-"'''''-" -^--"
Ta^'e^"°]'T' *^'"J"'' '"PP°''='^ '° ''^^•^ been the eldest son of
under ^T ^r'""~^' '"^' '"^ ^"^-' °f 'hose who were
Ty^.yi-' H ^7" ''"'" ''■^<'' P^°^='^'>- ""-d about
>7&>I76> H.s w,fe s name was Ann and the name of her
youngest son Presley Carter, suggests that she n.av have been
a member ot the family of .Veale, Stone, McKennv Cox 1"
a r' Td H°' "":';'' '''"'''■ "'^^ ^ S'^-" nameVho: ver
of the Carter fam.ly through the wife of James Carter
Thomas Carter owned a small tract of land in Lancaster that
:™:; ^.E -oT;' '° r '':■"'''''"■ ^^P-- Thomas Ca;'er
„L ^,'"°"^- '° "'^' h,s will was recorded in the latter
county.
T, , , "■" 'v.,.vjiucu 111 me latter
It was probated m Lancaster March i ^, ,,-8, and
b.queatned h,s saddle, br.dle and certain wearing ap'pare'o
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 219
brother, Edward Carter; the rest of his estate of all kinds to
wife, Anne Carter, and her heirs — presumably his children. It
is thought that his widow, Ann Carter, was probably the Mrs.
Ann Carter who was the head of a family of seven whites and
two servants in Northumberland county in 1782, as the Lan-
caster census of 1782 shows no Mrs. Anne Carter, nor does
the Westmoreland list of slave owners in 17S2, thoug^h her in-
ventory of estate in Westmoreland in 1789 shows that slie owned
slaves. At the same time there was a Richard Carter in Northum-
berland, head of a family of three whites — this was probably
Thomas and Ann Carters son, Richard, as deeds show that he
was a resident of Northumberland at a later period ; also Thomas
and Anne Carter's son, Thomas, Jr., is supposed to have been
the Thomas Carter who was living- in Northumberland in 1784
with a wife and two children.
The will of ]Mrs. x-\nne Carter, widow of Thomas Carter, was
probated in Westmoreland county. Jan. 5, 1789. She gave her
daughter, Mary Neale. her riding mare, "Lillyfoot" : daughter,
Frances Carter, a mare colt, a large oval table and half a dozen
china cups and saucers ; daughter, Jane Carter, a bed, low bed-
stead, chest, half a dozen china cups and saucers, tea pot and
tea kettle ; daughter, Lucy Carter, the bed and furniture she
lay on, looking glass and spice mortar ; sons, Robert, Thomas,
John and George Carter, and daughters, Anne Annadele and
Sarah Payne, five shillings each ; son, Richard Carter ; son. Presley
Carter, and daughters, Frances, Lucy and Jane Carter to share
equally in the residuary estate. Son-in-law, Presley Neale, and
friend, Daniel }^IcCarthy, to be executors of her will and guar-
dians of her son, Presley Carter, until he was of age.
5. Richard Carter.
6.
Thomas Carter.
7-
Robert Carter.
8.
George Carter.
9-
John Carter.
10
. Presley Carter.
II
. Anne Carter, married
a
^Iv.
Annadale.
12
. Sarah Carter, married
a
Mr.
Payne.
220 GEXEA'LOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
13. Mary Carter, married Presley Xeale.
14. Frances Carter, married Lawrence Pope.
15. Jane Carter, married Joseph Annadale.
16. Lucy Carter.
5. Richard Carter, was married in \\'estmoreland, Dec. 21,
1790, to Susannah Briscoe. She was probably his second wife,
if I am right in thinking he was the Richard Carter who ap-
peared in Northumberland county census of 1782. Xov. 18,
1798, Richard Lee, gentleman, and wife. Anne, deeded to Rich-
ard Carter, planter, of Westmoreland, 535"^i2 acres of land in
that county, with the houses, mills and other improvements there-
on. Richard Carter seems to have also purchased a tract of land
from Henry Lee, as May 13. 1816, Richard Carter and wife,
Susannah, of Northumberland county, sold to Richard Neale,
a tract of 474 acres he had purchased from Henry Lee. This
land adjoined the land of John Neale and other heirs of Presley
Neale, on Presley Neal's mill dam, and cornering to the lands
of his brother, Robert Carter. No other data of Richard Carter
and his descendants.
6. Thomas Carter, no data other than that he was probably
living in Northumberland in 1784 with wife and two children.
7. Robert Carter, was married in Westmoreland, June 22,
1795, to Nancy Spillman. or Spellman, and was living in that
county in 1816.
The Spillmans were early and prominent settlers in West-
moreland, going back to Clement Spillman, who was a justice
of Westmoreland Court and died in 1677. They are connected
with the Kenners, Foxes, Cralles and other well known N. N.
fam.ilies.
Robert and Nancy Spillman Carter had issue at least three
children, as Feb. 14. 1827, Robert Carter and wife, Margaret,
Landon Carter and Presley Carter, of Westmoreland county, sold
to John Spillman, of Richmond county, a small tract of land
formerly owned by their father, Robert Carter, deceased.
Robert Carter, Jr., was married on Feb. 16, 1820, to Margaret
Sanders.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 221
8. George Carter, married July 5, 1792, Lattice, daughter of
Luke Stowers, of Richmond coumy, and died before 1816. He
had a daughter, Lettice, who married Geo. V. Hudson, April
2-f, 1814; a daughter, Elizabeth, who married John Pusley on
Aug. 31, 1816, with the consent of her guardian, her uncle, John
Carter, and daughter, Frances, who married William Redman,
.\ug. II, 182 1, with the consent of her mother, Lettice Carter.
There may have been other children, but I have no data of them.
9. John Carter, married Feb. 15, 1798, Sarah Brewer, and
died prior to 1824. They had issue:
17. William Carter. No data.
18. John S. Carter, married (i). Eliza Anne Harrison, March
4, 1815; (2). Anne Pierce, July 31, 1824. He is said to have
gone to Australia.
19. Presley Carter, was a ship captain and died on board
his ship off the coast of Valparaiso.
20. George Washington Carter.
21. Sarah Carter, married Hiram Smithers, June ii, 1824, with
consent of mother, Sally Carter.
20. George Washington Carter, married in Westmoreland
county, Va., in 1834, Catharine Elizabeth Berkeley. She had
brothers, Charles and John Berkeley.
About 1838-1840 they removed from Virginia to Morgan
county, Missouri, where Catharine Elizabeth Berkeley Carter
died in 1847, and George W. Carter in 1849. Their children then
went to live with friends in St. Louis., and there being no com-
munication between them and their relations in Virginia, their
descendants know but little of their Virginia ancestors. They
had issue:
21. Mary Frances Carter, born in 1835, ^'^^^^ March 30, 1866.
22. Wheeler Carter, born in 1837, died about 1900.
2^. Susan Elizabeth Carter.
24. Lettice Anne Carter.
25. Catharine Carter, died in infancy.
26. Penelope Carter (later called Carrie by her foster mother).
222 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
21. Mary Frances Carter, married in St. Louis on Feb. 22,
1859, Asa Maddox. and went to live in Kansas City. Tliey had
issue: Truston Annon Maddox, born in Xov., i860, died in
April, 1861 ; and Effie A. ^laddox, born July 21, 1861, married
Dempster Wishart on March 22, 1882. Xo issue.
22. Wheeler Carter, married Emily Jones in 1S58. and had
four children. Cora, married a Mr. ^deekins. and is now a widow
with one child, Xeola, who is about twelve years old. They
live in Los Angeles, Cal.
George Carter, died in infancy.
Frances Carter, married a Mr. Mullencott, and is now a widow
with three sons. They live in St. Louis, Mo.
Ophelia Carter, married Edward Hollowell, and has a daughter
about 12 years old. They live in Chicago.
Mrs. Wheeler Carter lives in Los Angeles. Cal., 1203 Arapahoe
Street.
23. SusAX Elizabeth Carter, married Matthew Martin Flesh
on March 30, 1858, and lives in St. Louis. They have five
children:
Laura Flesh, married C. L^ Goodloe, and has a son, Dem-
ster Wishart Goodloe.
Frances Flesh, married T. P. ]Moore, and died Aug. 26, 1905.
They had three sons, Perry Moore, died in 1900, Matthew Moore.
and Lee Moore.
Lillie Flesh, married (i). a Mr. Fisher, and had a daughter,
Irene Fisher, and (2). W. F. Olcar, and has a son, W. F.
Olcar, Jr.
Edward Flesh, had one child, Hetty May, who died at the
age of six years.
Mattie Flesh, unmarried. :Mrs. Susan E. Carter Flesh, died
April 30, 1902.
24. Lettie Axxe Carter, married (i). Richard Hill, and
had three sons :
Richard Hill, Jr.. died in infancy.
William Hill, married, but has no children.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAyULY 221
Leroy Hill, married, and has a daughter, Grace, about 12
years old.
Mrs. Hill married (2). Wm. T. Jones, brother of her brother
Wheeler's wife. She had four children by this marriage:
Claudia and Olive (twins), the latter died in infancy, and the
former married Charles Burlingame and died about 10 years
ago, leaving a daughter, Annie, aged 6 years, and a son, Lam.ar,
aged four.
Clarence Jones, died in infancy.
\''arilla Jones, married Harvey Todd, and lives in Chicago.
Xo issue.
25. Penelope Carter, married on Feb. 3, 1869, Asa Maddox,
whose first wife was her sister, Mary Frances. She lives now
in Chicago. No issue.
The above data furnished by Mrs. Dempster Wishart, Kansas
City, Mo.
10. Presley Carter, may have been the Presley Carter who
was married in Caroline county on Dec. 3, 1794, to Elizabeth
Pettus, as the Presley Carter of the Caroline county family seems
to have been living in Halifax county at that time. Xo other
data.
13. Mary Carter, married prior to 1789 Presley Xeale, who
was probably a cousin. He was dead }>Iay 13, 1816, and left
a son, John, and other heirs.
14. Frances Carter, was married on Dec. 30, 1790, to Law-
rence Pope, of Westmoreland county, as his second wife.
Pope Excursus.
Lawrence Pope, born in 1740, died July 31, 1810; will prob. Aug. 27,
1810, in Westmoreland. He was a son of John Pope and his wife Sarah.
daughter of Christopher Mothershead, whose will, June 11, I745. and men-
tioned his daughter Sarah Pope. A deed from John Pope, Oct. 2-, 17,58,
shows that he was a son of Lawrence Pope and his wife Jemima, who
was the daughter of Thomas Wa.ldy of Westmoreland and \\\i widow
of John Spence. Lawrence Pope's will was probated March 2, 1723. and
224 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
left a large estate to his eight children. Lawrence Pope was ihe eldest
son of Humphrey Pope the first of his family in Westmoreland and his
wife Eliabeth, daugliter and heir of Richard Hawkins. Humphrey Pope
appeared as surety on the bond of John Quisenberry in Rappahannock
County, north side, now Richmond County, on May 12, 1656. Feb. 2. 1659,
he appears or the first in the Westmoreland records when he bought 150
acres of land near the Cliffs from Thomas Pope. They were probably
brothers, or at least cousins. Thomas Pope was related by blood and
marriage to the Washingtons. Humphrey Pope died in Westmoreland
County in 1695. See William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. XHI.
Lawrence Pope and his second wife, Frances Carter, had i?sue
one daughter, Jane Carter Pope, born Sept. 25, 1791.
Jan-e Carter Pope, married George Quisenberry, of King
George county, and had issue: ""
Nicholas Quisenberry, married (i). Mary L. Grimes, and had
issue, Mary and George; married (2). Rosa Green, of George-
town Heights, and had issue, Lucy, Nicholas, Alice and Rou"by.
Austin Quisenberry. moved to La Grange, Mo., and had issu'e,
Martha, Catharine and Augustine.
William Augustine Quisenberry, never married.
Catharine Quisenberry, married William B. Marmaduke, and
had issue, William Carter and Joseph.
Pope Quisenberry, never married.
Descendants of Peter Carter of King George
and Fauquier
Peter Carter, fifth son of Captain Thomas and Arabella Carter,
was born in 1706 at "Barford," Lancaster county, and died in
1789 (or in January, 1790) in Fauquier county, \'irginia : and
has left few notices of himself in the public records. His father,
Captain Thomas Carter, Jr., in his will — dated April 24, 172S — ■
made him executor in case of the death or remarriage of his
wife, Arabella Carter; and aho made him. guardian of his brother,
Charles Carter, until the latter arrived at the age of tv.enty
years. Under this will, Peter Carter inherited the half of his
father's five hunderd acre plantation next to the river in King
George county, and his just share of the residuary estaie. In
the account written in 1858 of the Carter family it is stated that
Peter Carter purchased the rest of this plantation and lived here
until late in life, when he removed to Fauquier with his ^on,
George Carter. Peter Carter owned the old Prayer Book of
his grandfather, Captain Thomas Carter, Sr., which contains
many valuable records of the family. This old book descended
to Elizabeth Carter, daughter of George Carter, grandson of
Peter, who in the fifties became the second wife of a ^Ir. John
Payne. They removed to California after the war, where she
died without issue. The old Prayer Book, with other personal
belongings of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter Payne, passed to her step-
daughter, Mary Payne, who is now^ Mrs. John Scarlett Sm.ith.
She saw the Carter genealogy as it appeared in the William and
Mary Quarterly and wrote me about the book. In addition to
a great deal of data of other Carters, this old book contains a
good deal of Peter Carter and his children. He evidently ex-
perienced a deeper religious feeling in the years 1775 and 17SS
than at other times, as under these dates he made several records
in the old prayer book, of which the following is an examT)le :
''Ye Datte of this Holy Book is at it stands from the priaicr
226 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
as follows. MDCLXII (1662) in the year of my God 1775 and
in ye year of my Xattral Life 69.''
"In ye Year of my God 1788 and in the year of my Nattral
Life 82 Lord Give me a Clean heart And Renew a right spearit
within me in ye of my Life 82."
"Roman^ y^ 10 Chap & 9. vers. If thou shalt confess with
thine mouth the Lord Jesus; and shall Believe in thine heart
that God hath Rased him from the Dead thou shalt be saved.
"Romans ye 10 & 9 vers my Xatral Life 82 in ve vear of my
God 1788.
Peter Carter."
The inventory of his personal estate was recorded in Fauquier
on 22nd of Februar}-. 1790, and he probably died either in Dec.
1789, or Jan., 17-90. This inventory mentions two negro m.en
servants, bed and furniture, chest, 6 chairs, and other furniture
of a bedroom. He evidently lived with his son, George, who
was living in that county. Peter Carter seems to have been
the last of his generation of the family to die, as in recording
the deaths of his brother, Dale, and cousin. Thomas, both of
whom died in Lancaster in Dec, 1776, he said: "Xow indeed
am I the last of my generation, the lone leaf on the tree Waiting
the last Frost."
The records of his own family seems to have been written in
the Prayer Book at one time with a trembling, old hand, the
year before he died:
"In the year 1788 & in ye year my Life 82. 58 years last
May Day (May ist, 1730) I was Married to Judith Xorris who
passt on ye 15'' day :\Iay 1765. We was Blest with 9 sons and
4 daughters viz. Dale & Thomas on ye 24^ April 1731. Judy
on y« 2^ Xov"" 1732. Job on >■« i^' Jan'y 1734. Joseph on ye
4^^ September 1736. Arabella Catharine on ye 17 August 1738.
Solomon on ye 25 Septr. 1739. Frances Ball on ye 8'' Jan'y
1 741. Peter on y-^ 9=' March 1743. Sarah on ye 16^' June 't744-
Daniel on ye 22^^ Dec 1746 ye same Day and year as Dan' son
of my cozen Roh^ Carter. Xorris on ye 8*^ Xovembr 1748 and
George on 15 :\[arch 1757. of which Thomas, Joseph. Peter,
Xorris, George. Frances and Sarah are now living. George
with me Peter in Amherst and the others on Clinch."
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 227
Mrs. Judith Xorris Carter, probably belon-ed to the Xorris
family ot Lancaster, who were well to do people in that countv
but there is nothing to give a clue to the names of her parent.
Judith was a baptismal name in the Lancaster familv, as the
marriage bonds of that county show the marriages of two Judith
Nornses; one in 1788 to Fortunatus George, and one in iror
to John Brent.
The children of Peter and Judith Carter will be taken up
according to where they lived, instead of in the order of their
birth.
1. Job Carter, died in Amherst in 1782.
2. Solomon Carter, died in Amherst in 1786.
3. Peter Carter, died in Amherst in 1791.
4. George Carter, living in Fauquier in 1782.
5. Thomas Carter, died in Russell in 1803.
6. Joseph Carter, died in Russell in 1809.
7. Xorris Carter, died in Scott in 18 16.
XoTE.— Scott was a part of Russell till 1813.
Have no data of the sons Dale and Daniel and die daughters,
other than the dates of their birth. The sons may have died in
infancy.
Amherst Carters.
I. Job Carter (Peter,' Thos/, Thos.\) born Jan. i. 1734, prob-
ably in King George county, died in Xov., 1782, in AmheVst—
will probated Dec. 2, 1782. Fie left land and a good personal
estate to wite (unnamed) and their seven children: a. Solomon
(had a grant in Amherst in 1793); b. Peter; c. Dale; d. Job
(had grant in Amherst for 290 acres in 1789) ; e. Elizabeth
Dawson; f. Xancy Vaughn; g. William, who was executor. The
sons are said to have descendants in Xelson county, Va.
2. Solomon Carter (Peter^ Thos.=, Thos.^), born Sept. 25,
1739, probably in King George, died in Amherst, Sept. 28. 1786.
In 1767 had a grant of land in Albemarle near Amherst line, and
had other land in Amherst by deed. In 1783 was head of familv
of eight and two servants. Will, probated in i78rj, left land and
228 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
good personal estate to wife, Mary Anne Eickley Carter, an-l fol-
lowing chi'dren: a. William, head of family of three in 178;,: n.
Abraham, granted 856 acres in Amherst between 17S8 and 1822;
c. Milla Davis; d. Peter; e. Sallie ; f. Elisha ; g. Patty; h. Nancy.'
Brother Peter and son Abraham executors.
About 17CXD Solomon Carter married :\Iary Anne Bickley (will
of her father. John Bickley, Amherst, 1793), daughter of John
Bickley and his first wife, }^Iary Hurt. John Bickley's second
wife was Mrs. Susannah Harding Ellis, of "Red Hill,*' Amherst,
mother of the wife of Peter Carter, of Amherst.
Bickley E.xcu.rsus.
John Bickley, born in King and Queen County, Dec. 7. 1713. will
probated in Amherst County. Sept. 16, 1793. was one of the six sons of
Joseph Bickley of Stratton-Major parish. King and Queen, and his wife
Mrs. Sarah Shelton Gissage, who were married in March, 1704. She was
the widow of Richard Gissage, and previously of a Mr. Shelton. John
Bickley married first, Mary Hurt, and lived in Louisa County: and second,
Mrs. Susannah Harding Ellis, widow of Josiah Ellis of '"Red Hill." Am-
herst County, between Aug. 14, 1760, and Feb. 6. 1769, and went to live
at '-Red Hill," where he is buried. By his first wife he had issue:
Charles, Wm., Jos., Elizabeth Coleman, Mary Anne Carter, Jane Holland,
Humphrey, Matilda, Hannah, James, and Frances. And by his second
v.'ife a daughter Mildred.
Joseph Bickley, grandfather of Mary Anne Carter, was the Sth son of
Sir Francis Bickley, third baronet, of ".Attleborough Hall." County Nor-
folk, England, and his second wife. [Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir
Humphrey Winch. Bart. This is proven by the fact that Joseph and
Sarah Gissage Bickley's eldest son, William Bickley of Virginia, suc-
ceeded to the baronetcy in 1752 upon the death of his uncle, Rev. Sir
Humphrey Bickley, Bart., and rector of St. Mary's .\ttleborough. Joseph
Bickley removed from King and Queen County to that part of Hanover
which in 1743 became Louisa County, and was the first sheriff of the new
county as well as a justice in 1754. His father. Sir Francis Bickley, 3rd
baronet, was buried at St. Mary's, .Attleborough, June 19, 1687, and was
the eldest son of Sir Francis, 2nd baronet, and his wife Mary, daughter
of John Maw, sheriff of Norwich in 1649. etc., etc. See account of the
Bickleys in JP'illla>n and Mary Quarterly, Vols. V. and X.
Bickley arms: "Arg. a Chev. embattled, counter-embattled, between 3
griffins heads erased sable, each charged with a plate."
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Dai'ghter of Col. Charles Carter, wife of Judge Raphael Lancastei'
Lincoln Countv, Kv.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 229
Of the descendants of Solomon and Mary Anne Bickley Car-
ter I have no further data, but doubtless there are some of them
now in Xelson county, \'a.
Peter Carter of Amherst.
Peter Carter (Peter*, Thos.'), born March 9, 1743, probably
in King George county, died in Amherst about January. 1791.
Besides purchasing land from private parties, he had grants in
1768 and 1780 for land situated on Tobacco Row Mountam,
Amherst. In 17S3 Peter Carter was the head of a family of
ten whites and eight servants. And during the Revolution he was
a private in the \'irginia artillery. About 1763- 1764 Peter Carter
was married to ^lary Anne Ellis, born Dec. 25. 1747. daughter
of Charles and Susannah Harding Ellis, of ''Red Hill." Am-
herst county. She removed in 1798 with her eldest son, Charles
Carter, to Kentucky, and died there. In 1S49 ^^i"- Thomas H.
Ellis, of Richmond, Va., published an account of the Ellis family
in pamphlet form, which contains data of interest to the Peter
Carter family.
Ellis Excursus.
The first of the Ellis family in Virginia was John Ellis of Tuckahoe
Creek. Henrico County, who is said to have been of Welsh descent. He
aappears first in the Henrico records as a witness at court, Oct- i, 16S3.
In a deposition dated Feb. i, 1691. he stated that he was born in 1661.
Jan. 31, i697-'98, "John Ellis of Henrico. Planter," sold 240 acres of
land to John Pleasants. Sr. Dec. 5, 1715. John Ellis and wife Susannah
acknowledged deed to Robt. Napier. Dec. 16, 1714, John Ellis had a grant
for 500 acres on eastern branch of Tuckahoe Creek; and March 24. 1725.
a grant for 400 acres more in Henrico. They had issue: John, William.
Thomas, Henry, James, Josiah, and Charles. For their descendants see
the Ellis book. Charles Ellis, born in i7\g-'20. married in the "hard
winter" of i739-'40 Susannah Harding, by the Rev. Wm. Stith. She was
the daughter of Thomas Harding and Mary Giles his wife, born in 1721-22.
died in March, 1817, at "Red Hill,"' Amherst County. In I754 Charles
Ellis removed his family from Henrico to a tract of land he owned on
Pedlars River, then in Albemarle County, since known as "Red Hill,"
where he died May 4, 1759, and is buried in the family graveyard at that
place. They had issue: Hannah. Edith, Susannah. Josiah, Mary Anne,
married Peter Carter. Charles, Sarah. Bethcna. Elizabeth, and Rosana.
230 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Peter Carter, by his will, probated Feb. 7, 1791, gave to each
of his ten children a negro servant and seventy-five pounds cur-
rent money and all of his land, and rest of personal estate to
his widow during her widowhood and good management. Josiali
Ellis and William Crawford, executors. His personal estate
amounted to £849 is. 6. All children but Charles and Jesse under
age in 179 1. Peter and 3>Iary Anne Ellis Carter had issue as
follows :
8. Charles Carter, born in 1765, died after 1837.
9. Jesse Carter, born circa 1767.
10. Peter Carter.
11. Susannah Carter.
12. James Carter. Xo further data.
13. Edward Carter, born circa 1775, died in 1832 in Amherst.
14. Solomon Carter, died prior to 1837.
15. Mildred Carter.
16. Elizabeth Carter. Xo further data.
17. John Carter.
8. Charles Carter, born in 1765, and in 1837 was living in
Lincoln county, Kentucky. Oct. 11, 1787, he was married in
Bedford county, Va., to Diana Lambert. In 1788 Charles Car-
ter and wife. Diana, had a deed for land in Bedford from C.
Lambert, who was probably the father or mother of Diana Lam-
bert Carter. In 1798 they sold this land to John Sled, and re-
moved to Lincoln county, Ky., where he owned a large farm
and lived in considerable style. In 1896 Rev. S. B. Spalding,
a great grandson of Charles and Diana Lambert Carter, had the
following letters from Mr. I. P. Hill, Stanford, Ky., and >.Irs.
}klaria Griswold, a granddaughter of Charles Carter, about ihe
family. Mr. Hill wrote :
"I have your letter of the 12th Nov., and will make it a point to see
my friend Geo. Carter and get the information you desire. I was born
and raised withn one mile of the home of Co!. Charles Carter, and knew
him well sixty years ago. He was an exceedingly dressy, military look-
ing man, then very old, but erect and commanding. Wherever he went
two negro men accompanied him as servants. He was very often at my
grandfather's when I was a boy, and was an object of great reverence and
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 231
affection among his neighbors, owing to the fact then currently reporred
and received as true, that he was one of the heroes of the Revolution and
was said and believed to have been a Captain in the Army of the Revo-
lution. He rode in a carriage and was driveft by one servant and another
rode horseback, dressed in the most spotless cloth, and with large ruffles
on his shirt. On reflection I can recollect him sixty-five years age."
Mrs. Griswold wrote :
"As regards the questions you ask about our grandfather Carter I
deeply regret not being able to answer all of them. We knew but little
of our Carter kin personally. A trip to Lincoln County from our home
m those days was like a trip to California now. and there was scarcely
any intercourse between our families. Aunt Pamela (Mrs. Bait. Meigs)
as a young girl spent some time with mother (her sister), and my siLr
Isabella visted Lincoln County once. Uncles George and Peter Carter also
came to Taylorsville to visit us. When I was a very little girl Grandpa
Charles Carter came to make us a visit, and I remember him very well.
I can see him now coming down the broad stairway, looking like a prince.
He was a great, tall man, with courtly manners. He had blue eyes and
white, curly hair. I know that grandfather was called Colonel, that he
was Charles Carter of Amherst County, Va., that he married Diana Lam-
bert of Bedford, Va.. and emigrated to Kentucky in 1796. when my mother
was four years old. Grandma Carter died when my sister Isabella was
eight months old (about 1818).
Colonel Charles and Diana Lambert Carter had issue:
18. George Carter, born 1788 in Virginia, died in Lincoln
county, Ky. He was a farmer, and married Mary Spears. In
1837 they had eight children.
19. Peter E. Carter, born circa 1790, was a farmer. He
married Anne McFerrin, and in 1837 had seven children.— £//w
Book.
20. Caroline Matilda Carter, born Jan. 21, 1792, died Jan. i,
1852, of whom later.
21. Catharine Carter, born circa 1794.
22. Charles H. Carter, born circa 1804. He was a clergyman
and in 1837 resided in Philadelphia.— £///.? Book.
23. Permelia V. Carter, born circa 1806, married Bait :\Ieigs,
a Lincoln county farmer, and in 1837 had four children.— £/7j:^
Book.
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GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
20. Caroline Matilda Carter, married near Danville, Lin-
coln county, Ky., June 22, 1814, Judge. Raphael Lancaster, judge of
probate at Springfield, Ky., formerly clerk of Spencer county, Ky.
L-\N'CASTER Excursus.
Judge Raphael Lancaster, born April 22. 1792, died of gout on Oct. 14.
1852. He was a son of Capt. John and Catharine Miles Lansaster. who
emigrated to Kentucky from Maryland prior to 1788- In 1799. 1800, '01.
and '02 he represented Washington County in the State Legislature. An
interesting adventure of Capt. Lancaster with the Indians is given in a
history of "The Early Catholic Missions in Kentucky," but is too lengthy
to reproduce here. He was descended from some of the leading Catholic
families of Maryland, his descent being as follows: '"He was a son of
Raphael Lancaster of Charles County. Md., and his wife Eleanor Bradford.
Raphael Lancaster was the son of a Capt. John Lancaster and his wife
Elizabeth Xeale. She was the daughter of Raphael Xeale of Charles Co..
Md. (son of Anthony Neale), and Mary Brooke, v.'ho was a daughter of
Hon. Baker Brooke of De La Brooke Manor. St. Mary's County, Md. (aon
of Gov. Robert Brooke) and Anne Calvert, daughter of Gov. Leonard
Calvert, first governor of Maryland, who was the second son of Lord Balti-
more. Ellenor Bradford (supra) was daughter of John Bradford of
Prince George County, Md. (son of Col. John; son of John), and Anne
Darnell, daughter of Henry (son of Dep. Gov. Henry Darnell) and Anne
Digges. daughter of Dep. Gov. William Digges of Maryland, and grand-
daughter of Gov. Edward Digges of Virginia (i655-'58)."
Judge Raphael and Caroline ^I. Carter Lancaster were the
parents of four children :
24. Isabella Lancaster, born circa 181 5, married Samuel
Spalding and has descendants at Lebanon, Ky. One son was
Rev. S. B. Spalding. Xo other data.
25. Catharine Lancaster, d. s. p.
26. Joseph Lancaster, d. s. p.
2y. Maria Mosr.v Lancaster, born Aug. 22, 1820, at Spring-
field, Ky. ; June 22, 1842, married at Springfield William Dickin-
son Griswold. of Terre Haute, Ind., formerly of \'ermont. They
lived at Terre Haute until 1S72, when they removed to St. Louis,
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 233
where ^Ir. Griswold died, March 30, 1896. He was born March
6, 1815, at Benson, \'t.. and was a direct descendant of Edward
Griswold, first of his name in Connecticut (1636), and of John
Alden and PrisciUa MulHns, whose wooing was made famous by
Longfellow. After graduating from Middlebury College he went
to Indiana and began the practice of law at Terra Haute, and
later became the partner of Judge Usher. Secretary of the In-
terior under President Lincoln. He left his practice to become
the president of the Evansville, Ind., and Crawfordsville. K\-.,
R. R., and afterwards president of the Ohio and Mississippi R.
R. Mrs. Griswold died at her summer hom.e at Castleton. \'r.,
Sept. 20, 1904. Mr. and ]\Irs. Griswold were the parents of three
children.
28. Joseph Lancaster Grtswold, born in 1844. married Emily
Adae and has one daughter, Ellen Griswold. now living in Cin-
cinnati.
29. Carolixe Griswold, d. s. p.
30. L-iURA Isabella Griswold, born July 9, 184S. died of
apoplexy at her summer home at Castleton, \'t.. Aug. 9. 1904.
She was educated at Eastern schools, and on the i8th of Nov.,
1871, married at Terre Haute, Huntington Smith, U. S. X. ;
who was graduated from x-\nnapolis in 1867 and served in the
U. S. X. until 1872. when he resigned and went to live in St.
Louis. He was born at Louisville, Ky., March 15, 1847, ^^i*^
died at Castleton, \'t., Oct. 31, 1907, and was the son of Hon.
Hamilton Smith, of Kentucky, and his wife, Louise E. Rudd.
daughter of Dr. Christopher A. Rudd, and his wife, Ann Benoi-t
Palmer, of Prince George county, Md. Hon. Hamilton Smith
was born at Durham, X. H., where his ancestors had resided
since the first settlement in X'ew England, and he numbers among
them Governor John Winthrop, first Governor of Massachu>ett>.
and Thomas Dudley, the second Governor. Louise Rucld Smith
came of a long line of distinguished ]\Iaryland ancestry, number-
ing among others, Robert Brooke, Governor of Maryland in
^^^S-, and Deputy Governor Xicholas Sev/all.
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Huntington and Laura Isabella Griswold Smith had issue four
sons: a. William Dickinson Griswold Smith, born iSth of Juiie,
1873, of "Glenbrook," Castleton. \'t. b. Hamilton Smith, third,
born Aug. 6, 1S75, of "Glenmore," near Brandy Station, Cul-
peper county, \'a. He is married and has issue; Louise Hunt-
ington, Virginia Lancaster and Hamilton fourth, c. Ralph Lan-
caster Smith, born April 13, 1880. d. Huntington Smith, Jr.,
born July 3, 1885.
9. Jesse Carter, son of Peter and Mary Anne Ellis Carter,
married Frances Lucas and had issue five children, all of whom
married and lived in Lincoln county, Ky. They were :
Mary Carter, married James Cooper, a Lincoln county farmer,
prior to 1837.
Elizabeth Carter, married Ellis Brown, a Lincoln county
farmer, prior to 1837.
Lucinda Carter, married Tilgham Hocker, a Lincoln county
farmer, prior to 1837.
Jklalinda Carter, married John Houston, a Lincoln county
farmer, prior to 1837.
Richard Carter, m.arried a ]\Iis5 Hocker, of Lincoln county, Ky.,
prior to 1837.
10. Fetter Carter, was married three times, and was living in
1837, but the Ellis book does not say where. He married, first,
Delphia Sandridge, and had a son, Larkin, who emigrated to
Missouri and died prior to 1849. Second, Anne Martin, and had
issue: Feter Walton, Charles, Job and John, whose will, probated
in Amherst, July 15, 1833, mentions his wife, Creasy, and chil-
dren— Mary X., }^Iartha, Jacob D., Shedrack, William C, Eliza-
beth A., Xancy A., Lucy P., Sarah Anne, Peter D., Verjane,
James R. and Caroline ^L Carter. Peter Carter married, third,
Elizabeth Hamilton, and had issue seven sons and a daughter,
none of whom are named by Mr. Ellis in his book.
■ II. Susannah Carter, married William Lawless and had
several children. The entire family removed soon after 1800
to Indiana.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 235
13. Edward CARTFJi, son of Peter and Mary Anne Carter,
married Anne Wright, and died in Amherst in 1832. Plis will,
probated 'Sla.y 21, 1S32. left his estate to the following grand-
children : Garnet. Granville, Mary, Thomas, Powhatan and
Frances Layne ; and Anne Cashwell (daughter) wife of James
Cash well.
14. SoLO.MOX Carter, son of Peter and ^^lary Anne, married
Anne Carter and died prior to 1837. They had five or six
cliildren, all of whom married, but names not given by 'Slv. Ellis.
15. ]\IiLDRED Cartpir, daughter of Peter and Mary An!ie, mar-
ried James Tankersley. and liad a son. James, and a daugiiter,
wiio married a Mr. Hocker. All moved to Missouri before 1837.
17. John Carter, youngest son of Peter and }>Iary Anne Car-
ter, married Gemimja Goff and moved to ^lissouri about 18 14.
No other data.
4. George Carter, youngest son of Peter and Judith Carter,
of Fauquier, born March 15, 1757, was living in that county
with his father in 17S2. Pie married and had at least one son,
George Carter, Jr., George Carter, Sr., probably died inte-^tate
and his son probably removed from Fauquier, as the v/ill of
neither one is of record in that county. The George Carter wlio
died in 1829, mentioned in my notes in The William & aIarv
Quarterly, I have found to belong to another branch of che
family. Little as we know about him, the old Carter Prayer P^ook
seems to have descended in the family of George Carter, son of
Peter.
The latest records in the book show that Peter Carter at that
time was its owner. Of its ownership and whereabouts from thyc
date until 1911 I have the following: In 1851 a ]Mr. John Payne,
of Fauquier, married as his second wife Elizabeth Carter, daugii-
ter of George Carter — presumably of Fauquier — and removed <;o
California before the v.ar. Here Mrs. Elizabeth Carter Payne
died without surviving issue, and her personal eltects later be-
came the property of her stepdaughter, Mary Payne, who married
Mr. John Scarlett Smith. A friend of }vlrs. Smith's who had
236 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
seen the old Prayer Book saw my genealogy of the Carter family
in The William & ^Iarv Quarterly and told her about it.
Mrs. Smith wrote me about the book, and I was able to purchase
this valuable old Carter record from her, together with three
other books bearing the names of Edward Dale, Thomas Carter
and other members of the Carter family on their tiy-leaves. Th.ey
had doubtless been preserved as curiosities.
The fact that Mr. Payne and Elizabeth Carter were married in
185 1 would indicate that she was a granddaughter instead of
z daughter of George Carter, youngest son of Peter and Judith
Carter. :Mrs. Smith knows of no brothers or sisters of her
stepmother.
The Southwest Virgi.via Carters.
Between the years 1772 and 1795 the following Carters settled
in that section of Southwest Virginia now comprised almost en-
tirely in the county of Scott: Thomas, Joseph and Xorris Carter,
sons of Peter Carter, of Fauquier; Dale, John and Charles Carter!
sons of Charles Carter, of Amherst, brother of Peter of Fau-
quier; John Carter and sons, John and Landon, supposed to
belong to th.e -King" Carter family, but not found on the chart
of that family ; and a Joseph and John Carter, who came direct
from England. Many of their descendants have interm.arried.
until some of the present generation are descended from four
of the original emigrants. Few of the older generations kept
family records, many of them left no wills, so that the proper
assorting and classifying of their numerous descendants has
presented a genealogical problem, beside which the solution of
the famous Chinese Puzzle would seem easy. Fortunately, the
late Hon. Joseph H. Carter (born in 1820), a grandson of one
of the emigrants, a few years ago dictated a chart of the Carters
of Scott to his grandson-in-!aw. Mr. I. C. Coley, of Gate City,
who has kindly furnished me with a copy, as well as with other
data -leaned fmm the old graveyards, countv and private records.
etc.
The descendants of Peter Carter in Southwest \'irginia have
represented their section in four of th.e seven Constitutional Con-
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ventions of Virginia, beginning with the second one in 1788. and
seven of them have been members of the State legislature. In
the local affairs of their county they have frequently been sheriffs,
county clerks, etc.
Thomas Carter and His Descendants.
Thomas Carter, eldest son of Peter and Judith Xorris Carter,
of Fauquier, born April 24, 1731, died in Rye Cove, then in
Russell county, in 1803. Was married probably about 1755- 1765
to Elizabeth . She may have been a Morgan, as
they had a son named Morgan, and a grandson named Thomas
Morgan. In 1773 Thomas Carter removed his family to Rye
Cove, near Clinch River, in what is now Scott county, but then
in Fincastle. March 24, 1774, he had a grant for 197 acres of
land in this Cove, and on }\Iarch 31, 1783, a grant for 1,420
acres, to include his improvements. When Fincastle was abol-
ished in 1776 his home fell in the new county of Washington,
and from 1776 till 1784 he was one of the overseers of the roads
in that county, and when Rye Cove fell in the new county of
Russell he was a justice of the first court, May 9, 1780, and a
lieutenant in the militia. In 1788 he represented Russell in the
Constitutional Convention of that year ; and is said to have been
a member of the legislature several times subsequently. His will
was probated in Russell, Oct. 25, 1803, and left a third of his
entire estate to wife, Elizabeth. Son Charles to have two-thirds
of the remaining two-thirds of his slaves and other personalty,
and daughter, Rosamond Dickenson, the remainder. Sons John
and Morgan, and daughters, Phoeby Jones and Sarah Taylor,
had already had their portions. Grandson, Thomas Morgan
Carter, to have 1.300 acres of the home place. I have but little
data of the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth Carter. Sarah
Carter married, first, a Pennington, who died about 1802. and in
1803 she married James Taylor, by whom she had several chil-
dren, among others a daughter, Sarah, who married Elijah Car-
ter, a grandson of Thomas Carter's brother, Joseph. She also
had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married a Wood, and had a
daughter, Marv Wood, who married Charles M. Carter, a great
238 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
grandson of Thomas Carter's brothers, Joseph and Xorris Carter.
John Carter, died unmarried in 1804 aud by his will left freedom
to three negro servants and their children, and gave the rest
of his estate to his sister, Sarah.
Morgan Carter, together with his cousin, Elijah Carter, was
captured by the Indians and carried to Western Xev/ York.
After about eighteen months captivity they escaped and made
their way back to Mrginia. ^Morgan Carter died in 1809 inte-
state, leaving wife. Ursula, and probably a family of children.
Thomas ^lorgan Carter probably was the son of a son of Thomas
Carter, who died prior to his father. He had a wife named
Matilda and died about 1828, and is said to have left a son,
William, and two or three others.
Joseph Carter and His Descendants.
Joseph Carter, third son of Peter and Judith Carter, of Fau-
quier, born Sept. 4, 1736, seems to have had a survey of land
in Rye Cove about the time his brother, Thomas, settled there,
but which he abandoned until [March i, 1783, when he had a
survey for 200 acres to contain his old improvements. To this
he added 320 acres in 1795 and 200 acres more in 1799. He is
said to have been a private in the Revolution. His wife was
Elizabeth Presley, a half-sister to his brother Norris Carter's
wife, Agnes Allen. They are buried in Rye Cove in the old
Carter graveyard, and the graves marked by a stone. Joseph
Carter's will, probated in Russell, Aug. i, 1809, left his entire
estate to wife for life, after which sons Thomas and Presley
were to have the home plantation ; his servants to go to such
of his children as were willing to retain them in slavery — evi-
dently some of his children had manumission ideas. Residue to
be divided equally among all his children, none of whom were
to be charged with what he had previously given them. Joseph
and Elizabeth Presley Carter had issue:
31. Elijah Carter.
' 32. Thomas Carter. i
33. Presley Carter.
34. Anne Carter.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 239
35. Mima Carter.
36. Judith Carter.
31. Elijah Carter, after liis return from captivity amonT^ t!ie
Indians, married and settled down in Rye Cove. Aug. 19, jSoi,
he purchased 2CX) acres of land from his father, and on the next
day 70 acres from Thomas Carter. March 19. 1813, Elijah Car-
ter and wife, Anne, sold to brother, Thomas Carter. 196 acres
of land formerly belonging- to their father. He had issue an
only son, Allen Carter, who removed to Texas in 1S18. then a
few years later to Arkansas and finally back to Texas, where
he died leaving a large family, of whom I have no further data.
32. Thomas Carter, born in 1782, was married about
1806 to his first cousin, Judith Carter, daughter of Xorris Carter.
She was born in 17S2 and died in 185 1. Both of them are
buried in the old Carter graveyard in Rye Cove, and their graves
marked. Thomas Carter was a constable of Scott county in
1823 and commissioned a lieutenant in the 126th Regiment, \'ir-
ginia Militia on June 13, 1823. They had issue:
(i). Matilda, born 1807, d. s. p.
(2). Anne, born 1809, d. s. p.
(3). William A., born 181 1, d. s. p. He was in the 48th
Virginia, C. S. A.
(4). Joseph, born 1813, d. s. p.
(5). Presley, born 1815, died 1900.
(6). Samuel, born 1817, died 1854.
(7). Polly, born 1826, died 1866.
(5). Presley Carter, farmer, married circa 1864 ^Irs. Polly
Horton, nee Collier, and had issue :
a. Minerva, born 1865. b. Judith, born 1867, married Jos.
Fields, c. Miles, born 1870. d. Emmet M., born 1874.
d. Emmet M. Carter is a lawyer, and represented Scott County
in the \'irginia Legislature in 1890-94. In 1902 he was married
to Eura DeBusk, a great, great, great granddaughter of Xorris
Carter, and has issue, Roland, Judson and Herbert.
(6). Samuel Carter, farmer, born 1807. died 1854. married a
Miss Horion and had i^^uc: z. Cowan W. b. Patton. c. Charles
240 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
M. d. Florence, married John Davidson and removed to Kansas.
a. Cowan W. Carter, farmer, was siieritif of Scott county 1899-
1903. He married Ellen Gillenwater and had issue: Flora. Ellen,
d. s. p.; Rebecca, married Asbury Carter (descendant of Xorris)
and has daughter, .Mary Ellen; Samuel, married and has son,
Samuel, Jr. ; Molly, married David Sargent and has son. David,
Jr. ; and Ezra Thomas Carter, a lawyer at Gate City. \'a.. who,
September 9, 191 1, received the nomination for tlie State Senate
from the Democrats of the First Senatorial District •"by acclama-
tion" and accepted the nomination in a strong speech, which sent
the delegates home detennined to send a Democrat to the next
General Assembly in place of Senator Xoel." "Great enthusiasm
prevails here tonight as a result of the nomination at Big Stone
Gap today of Ezra T. Carter of Gate City, as the Democratic can-
didate for State Senator. !Mr. Carter is a brilliant } oung lawyer,
an orator of wondrous power, a Christian gentleman and a man
popular with all. He has always stood for high, clean politics
and has the confidence of Republicans as well as Democrats. He
is a near relative of Flon. Henry C. Stuart."
b. Patton Carter, married Fanny Carter and has issue : Sarah,
Eliza and Molly, who married Enoch Fields.
c. Charles M. Carter was clerk of Scott County 1S87-1S94. He
married first Mary Wood, thus uniting in their children the blood
of the three brothers — Thomas, Joseph and Xorris Carter; mar-
ried second, Alice Cox. Issue: ist. mar. James W. Carter, a
banker, married Loula Godsey and has daughter, Willie Sue ;
Julia, married Xoah ^ledley ; and Charles C. farmer, married
Louise Moore. 2nd. mar. Mary Cecil, and Clinton, all unmar-
ried.
(7) Polly Carter, born 1826, died 1866, married ^vlilton Carter
and had issue: a. Virginia, b. Mary. c. Emily, d. Jackson, e.
Mourning, f. Milton L. g. Marion, h. Martha
a. Virginia Carter married Wm. Stewart and had a daughter,
Laura, who married W. W. Ramey, present treasurer of Scott
County. They have daughters, Anna, Mitrie and Jennie.
b. Mary Carter married Joseph Starnes and has Frank, Polly,
Hiram, Ava.
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c. Emily Carter, married "Doc" Starnes.
d. Jackson Carter married Mrs. Phoeby Carter, nee Cox, and
has son, ]\Iosco.
e. Mourning Carter married Emory Carter, a distant cousin.
g. Marion Carter married Mrginia Starnes.
T,^. Presley Carter, farmer, born circa 1784, died 1844, son of
Joseph and Elizabeth Presley Carter, married in 1806 Elizabeth
Porter, the step-daughter of his cousin Dale Carter, and had issue :
(i). George, born 1807.
(2). Elijah, born 1809, died 1900.
(3). Allen J., born 1812.
(4). Katharine, born 1812.
(5). Thomas, born 1817.
(6). Anna, born 1818.
(7). Joseph H., born 1820, died 1909.
(8). James, born 1822.
(9). Eliza, born 1837.
(i). George Carter, married and removed to Kentucky, where
he had issue : Thomas, Jesse, Wayne, Presley, George and Anna.
(2). Elijah Carter, married Sarah Taylor, a granddaughter of
the emigrant Thomas Carter, and had issue: a. \'an Buren. b.
Monroe, removed to Texas, c. Hershall. d. Emory, e. Eliza-
beth, married Samuel Rose and removed to Kentucky, f. Sally,
married Charles Green, g. Rosa. h. Polly.
a. Van Buren Carter married and had issue: George, Van
Buren, Jr., Joseph, Elijah and Mary. No further data.
c. Hershall Carter, married Phoeby Cox, and had son, Worley,
born 1876.
d. Emory Carter, married his first cousin, Mourning Carter, and
had issue : Alice, married Jesse Stone : Polly. He married second
Frances Dorton and had sons, Hershel and Lloyd.
g. Rosa Carter married George R. Dove of Bristol, and had :
Mima, m.arried a Mr. White ; Maud, married Charles Leonard :
Hershell, editor of the Bristol Herald-Courier ; and John.
h. Polly Carter,
Rosa.
242 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
(3). Allen J. Carter married and had: Anna, married a Jackson.
b. Jackson, born about 1843, has a soji, James, c. David M. d.
Presley, e. Floyd, f. Xancy, married a Harris, g. Sarena,
married a Harris, h. Maggie, i. Lou.
c. David ]\[. Carter married a Miss Jackson and had son, J. D.
Carter, who married Sally Richmond and had Bonnie, J. D.. Jr.,
Charmie and Robert M. He then married a Miss Fraley and had
Floyd, Boyd and Sliirley.
d. Presley Carter married Sally Wilkinson and had Maggie and
Othello. All live in Texas.
e. Floyd Carter, born 1855, cii^*^ 1905- married Xancy Dishner
and had Grover, Samuel. Presley and ^laggie.
(7). Joseph H. Carter, farmer, born in 1820, died in 1909, v.-as
a private in the 25th \'a. Cav. C. S. A. ; and after the war he repre-
sented Scott and Lee counties in the State Legislature. In 18-1.4
he was married to Elizabeth Pennington, and had issue:
a. Presley Gilbert, born 1845, ^^^^ 1908.
b. Rachel, born 1846.
c. Zion Pennington.
d. Catherine.
e. Hannah, born 1850, died 1909.
f. Martha.
g. Emma.
h. Amanda.
i. Ella.
a. Presley Gilbert, farmer, married Margaret Cameron, and
had: Joseph, born in 1874; Elizabeth; James; Mary, Roger Mills;
Thomas ; Joshua and Lakie. They all live at Kingston, Texas.
b. Rachel Carter married John Wolfenbarger, farmer, born
1834, died 1909, and had issue: Emmet, farmer, not married;
Kate, born 1870, married J. A. Counts, a jeweler, and has Roy,
Nellie and Edgar ; Cora, married L C. Coley, a teacher, and has
sons, Edmund Randolph, Lew Kennedy and John Palmer: Joseph,
born 1874, married Laura Johnson and has Mamie, Frank, Kyle
and Rufus ; Lou, born 1877, married J. D. Franklin, a farmer, and
has Lizzie, Mary and Benjamin; Benjamin, born 1879, unmarried;
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
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\ Randolph Carter, born 1885, unmarried; \'enus, born 1888, iin-
I married,
I c. Zion Pennington Carter, farmer, though but a young boy
I when the war began, he was in the "State Line Service" of the
i Confederacy. He married Xancy Gillenwater and had issue :
I Henry, born 1869. farmer, married ^Martha Dimcan and liad Brad-
I ley, Rhea, Kelly and Horton : Susan, born 1872, married Rev. J. B.
• Craft, Baptist State Evangelist, and has a daughter, Rachel ; John
I Mosby, born 1880, married Ellen Boatwright, and has Howard.
F Nannie, Reba and Joseph H. ; ]\Iaude, married Samuel Buchanan.
a pharmacist.
d. Catharine Carter, born 1849, died 1907, married Rev. M. B.
Ouillin and had issue: Alilligan. married Sally Tate; Rightly, died
in 1905, leaving two children, Mamie and Broaddus.
e. Hannah Carter, born 1850, died 1909, married James Jones
and had Kate, married Aleck Poston and had James, Elizabeth,
Archie and Wilmer; Betty, born 1879, married Roscoe Stair, and
had Hannah, Holdnay, Clara.
f. Martha Carter married Simpson W'olfenbarger, and had is-
sue : Joseph, now in Kansas ; Harry, in Kansas ; Peter, d. s. p. ;
Elizabeth, now in Texas ; Mary, married Wm. Spencer.
g. Emma Carter, married \V. D. Davidson and had issue : Cora,
who married W. A. S. Lee, merchant, and had issue : W. A. S.,
Jr., and Edward, Gilimette and O'Ferrall.
(8). James Carter, youngest son of Presley and Judith Carter,
married Eliza Horton and had issue :
a. Presley, d. s. p.
b. Hickory, no data.
c. Sally.
d. Fanny.
e. Xancy.
f. Roseland.
g. Rebecca.
c. Sally Carter, married Jefferson Dillon and had issue: Jam.es.
Benjamin, married a ^liss Chesser ; Ellen, m.arried Daniel Lit-
trell ; Amanda, married Benton Shepherd.
d. Fanny Carter, married Patton Carter — see supra.
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e. Nancy Carter, married R. E. Jennings, of Duffiekl, \'a., and
had issue : Charles, Dora, Lilly, Venice, Burley, Kyle and two or
three others.
f. Roseland Carter, married Jeremiah Aloseley and had issue :
Emily and Hickory.
g. Rebecca, married Thomas Pannell and had issue : Edward
and several others, whose names I do not know.
(9). Eliza Carter, born in 1837, youngest child of Presley and
Judith Carter, married a Mr. Southard and removed to Kentucky.
About 1908 she was still living at London, Ky.
XoRRis Carter and His Descendants.
XoRRis Carter, the younger of the three sons of Peter and
Judith Carter of Fauquier, who settled on Clinch, seems to have
gone there at a later date than his brothers Thomias and Joseph.
He seems to have purchased a farm in Rye Cove, but the Wasli-
ington records, which are not complete, fail to show record of
same. In 1793 he had a small grant of land and in 1805 he pur-
chased a part of a large tract that had been granted to his cousin,
John Carter, in 1783. Xorris Carter, born Xov. 8. 1748, was
married about i770-'7i to Agnes Allen, a half-sister of his brother
Joseph Carter's wife. He made his will June 7, 1816, which was
probated Aug. 13, 1S16; in which he gave to wife, Agnes Carter,
his entire estate, both real and personal, for the remainder of her
life, "it being my intention to give my said wife a fund sufficient
for her comfortable maintenance during life out of its increase or
profits, which I intend she shall use for that purpose." After
death of his wife he desired that his granddaughter, Jemima Car-
ter, eldest daughter of his daughter Molly, should have '"all my
lands, building and household furniture lying below the big branch
running through the plantation whereon I now live." And son
Henry to have the remainder of the plantation.
X'orris and Agnes Allen Carter had issue six sons and two
daughters :
37. Dale, born 1772, died 1847.
38. John, born 1774. died 1836.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 245
39. Chas. Burr, born 1776.
40. Williamson, born 1777.
41. Henry, born 1779. died 1872.
42. Judith, born 1782, died 1851. "•,
43. Peter, born 1784.
44.Molly, born 1786, died 1842.
37. Dale Carter, eldest son of Xorri? and Agnes Carter, had
a grant for 65 acres on Copper Creek, Russell County, June i,
1796; Xov. 16, 1804, he purchased 186 acres known as "Camp
Spring Place," from \Vm. Xash, of Sullivan county, Tenn. Prior
to Oct. 7, 1806 (deed") Dale Carter was married to Mrs. Catherine
Porter, who had a daughter, Elizabeth, whom he adopted. He
made his will Aug. 6, 1847, ^nd named sens Dale \V. and Thomas
W. as executors. He gave wife Catharine a third of his estate,
and the remainder to be divided equally between his children.
named as follows: Polly Stewart, Jane Legg, Agnes Mitchell.
Anne Stewart, Margaret Travis, Katherine West, John Carter,
d. s. p., Xorris Carter, d. s. p., Dale W. Carter, Thomas W. Carter
and adopted daughter Elizabeth Carter (she had married his
cousin, Presley Carter).
Dale W. Carter, farmer in Scott, married and had issue : Dale,
who had sons Elbert and Frederick ; Xorris, d. s. p. ; John, d. s. p. :
Thomas, who was the father of Catharine : Mary married a
Thompson ; William and Elizabeth. Thomias W. Carter, farmer,
was sheriff of Scott i846-'5o. X'o data of his descendants or of
other descendants of Dale Carter, Sr.
38. John Carter, 2nd., son of Xorris and Agnes Carter, had a
grant for 400 acres of land Oct. 2. 1798; purchased 120 acres on
southside of Clinch from Thos. and Rebecca Eastland on October
5, 1807; 200 acres on the southside of Clinch from Jos. and Sarah
Whiteley on Dec. 16, 180S: 58 acres from David Cock, Sr.. on
March i, 1813; and Jan. 25, 1815, 10 acres from Samuel Ewing.
John Carter and wife Sarah sold land as follows: Jan. 3, 1803, to
Joseph Carter 75 acres: June 17, 1809, to Wm. Cock 130 acres;
Feb. 20, iSro. to Isaiah Solyers 120 acres. John Carter was mar-
ried first prior to 1803 to Sarah Frazier, who died in 1823-24 ; he
246 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
then married Mrs. Molly Xeil, nee Roller. She had a da'jghter,
Elizabeth Xeil. who married James .P. Carter, son of John and
Sarah, and a sister of Ruth Roller, who married George Carter,
another son of John and Sarah Carter. John Carter made his will
June 15, 1836. and gave a third of his estate to his wife and various
legacies to all his children — sons Eiihu Embrie and John Trigg,
being then under age. He had issue as follows :
First marriage:
45. Dale, born Oct. 14. 1S02, died Dec. 20, 1S78.
46. George, b^rn 1S04, died in i8S$.
47. Chas. Rando'ph. born 1806. died 1S53.
48. Henr}-, born iScS. died 1879.
49. Joseph, bom 1810. died 1880.
50. James P., bom 1812, died 1897.
51. Frazier. born 181J.. died 1852.
52. Elihu Embrie, b:m 1S16.
53. John Trigg, born 1818.
54. Davidson.
55. Polly.
56. X'ancy.
Second marriage :
57. Allen T., born 1S28, died 1S62.
58. Sally, born 1830.
45. Dale Carter, bom Oct. 14, 1802, died at his home in Rus-
sell count}-, "Carter Place," Dec. 30, 1778. He was the wealthiest
and most prominent of the Southwest Virginia Carters, his suc-
cess being entirely due to his own efforts, as he left home quite
early in life to m.ake his own .vay. He studied law. was a.-~i::ed
to the bar in Russell county, and soc'n becam.e cne of the m.ost
prom.inent lawyers in Southwest Virginia.
He represented Russell in the Constitutional Convention of
185 1, and was elected from this county to the &rst session of the
legislature after the war. He was one of the committee sent by
this assembly to Washington to confer with President Johnson
about the reconstruction of the State government. Hon. Dale
Carter owned an immense area of land in southwestern Virginia
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
247
I — said to be greater in extent than the entire State of Delaware.
I Some sixty-five thousand acres of this was granted to him by the
\ State between 1838 and 1856. His personal property amounted
I to about twenty-one thousand dollars.
I Dec. 15, 1829, Dale Carter married Elizabeth Campbell Smith.
I born Jan. 2, 1813, died Nov. 6, 1897, daughter of Col. Harry
'i Smith, of "Clifton", Russell county, and his wife Mary Taylor.
^ Mary Taylor was the daughter of John Taylor of Botetourt and
I his wife Elizabeth Campbell, eldest daughter of Charles and Mar-
I garet Campbell of Augusta county, and sister of the distinguished
I Gen. William Cam.pbell, the hero of King's ^Mountain, who mar-
p ried a sister of Patrick Henry. Charles Campbell (died 1767)
of Augusta is said to have been a son of Patrick Campbell who
came with his father John Campbell about 1726 to Lancaster
county, then later to that part of Orange that in 1738 became Au-
gusta county, Va.
Dale and Elizabeth Smith Carter had issue :
59. Mary Taylor, born June 6, 1831. died July 3, 1862.
60. Henry Smith Carter, born April 2, 1833, died 185 1, while
a junior at Emory and Henry College.
61. John Taylor Carter, born Jan. 18, 1837, d. 3. p. in 1908.
62. Margaret Crockett Carter, born Aug. 27, 1839. died in 1874.
63. Charles Dale Carter, born April 11. 1844, died Dec. 29. 1896.
64. Elizabeth Campbell Carter, born Oct. 20, 1847.
65. Sallie Preston Carter, born Jan. 21, 1843, ^li^d Jan. i, 1910.
66. Archibald Stuart Carter, born Xov. 20, 1855.
59. Mary Taylor Carter, married Aug. 7, 1849, William A.
Stuart, a merchant and stockman of Saltville, V'a. He was a
brother of the great cavalry leader of the Confederacy — Gen. J.
E. B. Stuart, and son of Archibald Stuart.
Stuart Excursus.
About 1725 a young Scotchman, named Archibald Stuart, residing in
Ireland, took part in a Presbyterian insurrection, which was quickly put
down by the government and the leaders proscribed. He escaped to Penn-
sylvania, and a few years later, owing to a general amnesty act, was able
to send back for his wife and children. She was Janet Brown, a sister of
24S GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Rev. John Brown, a distinguished devine, who also came to Pennsylvania
and was the founder of a prominent family in Virginia and Kentucky. In
1738 Archibald Stuart removed his family to Augu-ta Co.. Va.. where he
acquired large tracts of land. He died in 1759,'leaving Thomas. Alexander,
Benjamin, and Eleanor.
Alexander Stuart, born 1733. died 1822, also patented large tracts of
land. In the Revolutionary War he was a major in Col. Samuel Mc-
Doweirs regiment, which he commanded at the battle of Guilford Court
House, where he was dangerously wounded. He was an ardent friend of
education and gave largely toward the endowment of Liberty Hall Acad-
emy, now Washington and Lee University. Major Stuart was married
three times: ist, to Mary Patterson, by whom he had Judge Archibald,
Robert, Frances, Jane, Mary Elizabeth, and Eleanor. 2nd, To Mrs. Mary
Faxton, nee Moore, and had, James. Priscilla. Benjamin, and Judge Alex-
ander. 3rd, Mrs. Anne Reid. nee Miller, by whom he had no issue.
Alexander Stuart, youngest son by the second wife, was educated at
Liberty Hall, and read law with his brother. Judge Archibald Stuart, who
had read law under Thomas Jei^erson. Alexander Stuart, then settled in
Campbell County, but was soon elected a member of the Executive Council
of the State and removed to Richmond. When the Illinois Territory was
formed he was appointed U. S. Judge, and removed to Kaskaskia, which
proving unhealthy to his family, he returned to Virgnia ; and later he
became District Judge of the U. S. Court in Missouri, where he died in
1832. While living in Richmond he was married to Anne Dabney, and had
issue. Judge Archibald Stuart and Anne, who married Judge James Ewell
Brown of Wythe County.
Archibald Stuart, only son of Judge Alexander Stuart and his first
wife, Anne Dabney. was a prominent lawyer and politcian in Patrick Co.
He was an officer in the War 1812; represented his county several times
in both houses of the Virginia Assembly; was a member of Congress: and
was a member of the Virginia Constitutional Conventions of i829-'30, and
l850-'5r. He married Elizabeth Letcher Pannill. only daughter of David
and Bethenia Letcher Pannill of Pittsylvania County. For an account of
the families of Pannill and Letcher see William and Mary Quarterly, Vol.
VI i
Archibald and Elizabeth P. Stuart had issue: Anne, Betinna, Creva-
lier, Mary, David P.. William Archibald, Dr. John, and Gen. J. E. B.
William A. Stuart, once owned the Greenbrier White Sulphur
Springs, and most of the salt used in Virginia during the war
came from his works at Saltville. Mrs. Mary Taylor Carter
Stuart, while nursing in a Confederate hospital fell a victim to
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 249
"Camp Fever", of which she died July 3, 1862. They had issue
three sons:
67. Hexry Carter Stuart, born Jan. 15, 1855, of whom later.
68. Dale Carter Stuart, born July 24, 1858, married Sallie
Preston White in 1892 and has two sons, John White and Henry
Carter.
69. John J. Stuart, born April 15, i860, is a prominent at-
torney at Abingdon. \'a. In 1889 he married Kate Preston and
has issue : William A.. Katharine G.. Henry C, Walter P., and
Margaret P.
William A. Stuart, the eldest son, after a competitive examina-
tion in December, 1909, won a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford Uni-
versity, England. A notice of him says : "W. A. Stuart began
his school life at Stonewall Jackson Institute, v/here he attained
the distinction of receiving a High Honor Certiticate. being the
only boy who has received one in ihe history of the school. When
he was twelve years of age he went to the /\bingdon Male
Academy, and while attending this school received the only prizes
offered, namely : two gold medals for declamation. At the age
of fifteen he entered Emory and Henry College, where he re-
ceived the Williams medal for declamation in his freshman year.
In his junior year he received the Collins medal for Englis'i com-
position, and the Robertson prize medal for oratory. In his senior
year he won the first honor of his class given for the highest
average grades in his studies during the junior and senior ye^rs.
He also received the gold medal awarded for the best original
poem published in the College magazine in 1909. He was presi-
dent of his class though the youngest man in it : and represented
Emory & Henry College in the State Inter-collegiate oratorical
contest held at Charlottesville in April, 1909. In athletics he re-
ceived numerous prizes for running, jumping, etc., was twice
awarded the prize as the best all-around athelete in college : and
alono- ^vith H. L. Spratt won the tennis championship. He placed
center on the basketball team and fullback on the football team.
He entered the University of \'irginia in 1909 and was on the
250 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
football squad there, etc.. etc." He won the Rhodes scholarship
against ten other competitors.
67. Henry Carter Stuart, eldest son of \Vm. A. and ]\[ary
Carter Stuart, is a lawyer and one of the wealthiest and most
prominent men in Southwest \'irginia. A newspaper notice of
him in 1910 says: "Everybody in \'irginia knows who Henry C.
Stuart is. He was a member of the State Constitutional Conven-
tion, and proved by his work in that body his fitness for public
service of the highest order. He was a member of the Corporation
Commission and was generally regarded as the ablest member
of that commission. He was a candidate for the nomination for
governor last year, but could not make the race because of the-
serious illness of a member of his family, which took him abroad
at the time. He is a man of fine presence, of charming manners,
of great intellect, and of large wealth." In 1910 ]\Ir. Stuart was
the Democratic candidate for Congress from the 9th \''a. Dist.
and after a hotly contested race reduced a norm.al Republican
majority of more than five thousand to less than three hundred.
Feb. 26, 1896, he was married to ^largaret Carter, daughter of
his uncle Charles Dale Carter, and has one daughter, Mary Fulton
Stuart.
61. John Taylor Carter, farmer, Carterton, Va., married
Margaret Bartee and died in 1908 without issue. He served dur-
ing the war in a Confederate regiment ; and in iSjj-'/S repre-
sented Russell in the legislature.
62. 2^Iargaret Crockett Carter, married Sept. 15, 1864,
John T. Lampkin, farmer, a son of John W. Lampkin, of Russell
county. They had issue, a son and daughter : Dale Carter Lamip-
kin, born Dec. 25. 1868, a wealthy farmer and stockman, living at
Carter Place, the old home of his grandfather, Dale Carter. He
is unmarried. And Sarah Preston Lampkin, who was married
Dec. 15, 1896 to \V. W. Bird, a prominent Russell county lawyer.
She died Dec. 16, 1898, leaving no surviving issue. Mr. Bird is
a son of \Vm. Beverley Bird of "Cypress Hall", King & Queen
county and his wife ^vlartha K. Harwood, daughter of Samuel
Fauntleroy Harwood (born 1817, died 1906) of "Xewington",
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King (S: Queen, and his wife Bettie Brcckenbrough. For an ac-
count of Xewington and the Harwood^, see Bagby's Hist, of King
& Queen county.
65. Sallie Preston Carter, was married Oct. 17, 1S7S to A.
A. O. Pennis, a prominent civil engineer of Holland, who was
sent to this country by his government to study American methods
and systems of fortitications. They had no children. ^Irs. Pen-
nis was greatly interested in her ancestry and sent me the first
data I had of the Southwest \'a. Carters. She died at Johns-
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, on Xew Year's day, 19 10. A notice
of her said in part: ■'Mrs. Pennis was in the 67th year of her
age, and was the daughter of the late Dale Carter, one of the most
prominent men of this section in his day and generation. Her
mother was ^liss Elizabeth Smith, of a family notably linked
with the history and progress of Russell county. The deceased
was a woman of unusual attainments socially and mentally, of
commanding personal appearance in her younger days, possess-
ing a beautiful Christian character, having been a consistent mem-
ber of the IMethodist Episcopal Church, South, from her child-
hood. The early part of her life was spent at the home of her
uncle Charles Smith, at "Clifton,"' who was a man of public af-
fairs, etc., etc."
63. Charles Dale Carter, was a prominent farmer and stock-
man in Sm}th county, where he died Dec. 29, 1896. June 19,
1866, he married Mary Taylor Fulton, daughter of Rev. Creed
Fulton and his wife ]^Iary Taylor of Smyth county. They had
issue : Creed F. Carter, born Sept. 6, 1867, of "Seven Mile Ford."'
Oct. 24, 1900, he married Caroline Kyle Fulton, daughter of Sam-
uel Monroe Fulton, and has issue, Charles Dale, Allen Taylor,
Katharine Kyle, and Creed Fulton, Jr.
Mary Stuart Carter, born Feb. 8, 1870, was married Feb. 8,
1893, to George William Tyler, a brother of Ex-Gov. J. Hoge
Tyler, and son of Hon. George Tyler, of Caroline, and his wife,
Jane Coleman Quisenberry, sister of Hon. W. D. Quisenberry.
They have issue, Alary Stuart, Carter, Sarah Fulton, Jane Quisen-
berry, Elizabeth Dejarnette, and George William.
252 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Elizabeth Dale Carter, born May 8, 1873, married on }vlay 23,
1894. Frederick Hill Stith. a descendant of Rev. VN'illiam Stith.
He died leaving a daughter Elizabeth Stith. April 25, 1903. she
married John Wolf \'on Xieda and has no issue by the second
marriage.
Mary Crockett Carter, born Feb. 17, 1877, married Feb. 26,
1896, her first cousin, Hon. Henry Carter Stuart. See under head
of Stuart. Dale Carter, born Jan. 25, i88r, died Jan. 4, 1907, mar-
ried Sept. 25, 1904. Sadie Barnes, daughter of Clinton and ]\Iary
Taylor Barnes, of Tazewell county.
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64. Elizabeth CA^[PBELL Carter, born Oct. 20, 1847, married
Nov. 25, 1868, Dr. William White (born 1830, died 1904) of
"Fruit Hill," x\bingdon. \'a., who for a great many years was the
leading physician of that place. He served in the war as a cap-
tain in the Confederate army. Dr. White was the son of Col.
James L. White of "Fruit Hill" and his wife Margaret Preston,
daughter of Col. John Preston of "Walnut Grove," Russell county.
The Preston family is'one of the most distinguished in Virginia
and has intermarried with many of the notable families of the Old
Dominion and other southern States. Dr. and Mrs. White had
issue, a son and daughter: Stuart White, born Sept. 15, 1870,
an electrician now in Oregan. June 30, 1894 he married Emily
West, but has no issue. Pauline C. White, born Sept. 25, 1871,
married Xov. 23, 1898, Thomas H. Mason, a large lumber ex-
porter of Abingdon.
Mason Excursus.
Thomas H. Mason is a son of Judge Mason of Charlestown, West
Virginia, ?nd grandson of Hon. James Murry Mason, born November
3, 1798. died April 28. 1871. He was a United States Senator from Vir-
ginia from 1847 until expelled in July, 1861, with the other Southern sena-
tors. He drafted the "Fugitve Slave Law" in 1850, and in 1861 was sent
by President Davis as minister from the Confederate States to England
and France, but was captured by the United States authorities and held
prisoner until January 1862. James M. Mason was a son of the distin-
guished George Ma^on of "Guston Hall," Virginia, author of the famous
Bill of Rights, etc. This is one of Virginia's oldest and most notable
families. See Mason Notes elsewhere in this book.
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66. Archibald Stuart Carter, born Xov. 20, 1855, youngest
son of Hon. Dale Carter, was married in 1891 to Lillian McXeil
and removed to his ranch near Newbury, Oregon. They have no
children.
46. George Carter, born 1804, died 1888, second son of John
and Sarah Frazier Carter, was a farmer in Scott county. He mar-
ried Ruth Roller and had issue : Andrew, v/as in the 25th Va.
Cav. C. S. A. ; Charles, was in the Federal army ; James was in
the Federal army; Winfield, was in the 48th Va. Inf., C. S. A.;
John F., was in the 64th \'a. C. S. A., married Mary Lane and
had issue, Elijah, Ruth, Amanda, George, Joseph, Charles and
Alba, Henry, Xancy, and Ellen.
47. Charles Randolph Carter, born in 1806, died in 1853 at
Bryantsville, Indiana. He was married near Glasgow. Barren
county, Ky., to Lucy Edwards (lived to be 82 years old) daughter
of Wm. E. Edwards, and removed at once to Lawrence county,
Indiana. They had issue :
a. Dale Campbell.
b. George Washington.
c. John Donaldson.
d. Charles Williamson.
e. Louisa.
f. Elizabeth. —
g. Benjamin F.
a. Dale Campbell Carter, married Belle DeMoss, and died
without issue at the age of 73 years in E>alla5, Texas. He was a
prominent civil engineer and helped to survey the Union Pacific.
When the war began he happened to be in West Virginia, where
he raised a company and joined the 13th West Va. Regt. L'. S. A.,
with the rank of captain. In the later years of his life he w^as
the senior member of the firm of Carter, Bird & Co., who owned
a large planing mill at Dallas. Texas.
b. George Washington Carter, removed to Missouri before the
■>var, but was colonel of the 2i5t Texas Regiment in the Confed-
erate Army under Gen. Price. After the consolidation of the
armies of Gens. Price and Pemberton. he v.as Transportation
254 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Quartermaster and was in the besieged city of Mcksbiirg- with
Gen. Pemberton. but a few days before' the surrender he was given
an indefinite furlough and succeeded in escaping through the
Federal lines. He went to a little place in Illinois opposite his
^Missouri home, where his wife joined him. A few months later
Gen. Rosecrans. hearing of Col. Carter's retreat, sent a detachment
of soldiers with a special invitation for the colonel to visit him
in St. Louis. Under the circumstances he could hardly refuse to
go, but having more option in the matter of taking the oath of
allegiance he refused that and so spent nine months in prison, and
was then released on his parole not to go south of the Ohio River
or west of the Mississippi during the remainder of the war. After
the war he removed to Terrell, Texas, where he died in 1890. His
wife was flattie Bird and they had issue : Marshall Dermott,
Charles, Hilda, and Hattie, all of whom are said to live in Terrell,
Tex.
d. John Donaldson Carter, born in 1834. died 1908 at Orleans.
Ind., was orderly sergeant, Co. D. i6th Ind. Vols., and "was
wounded in his first engagement at Richmond, Ky., where Kirby
Smith worried Xelson in a manner which the latter despised.''
He married Mary Carter (not related to him) and had issue:
Luther, Frederick, and Belle, who married Leonidas Magner and
has a daughter Teresa.
d. Charles Williamson Carter, born in 1836, died at Havre.
Ind., Aug. 3, 1863, unmarried. He was sergeant in the iSth U.
S. Regulars for two years and was captured by Gen. Kirby Smith
at Richmond, Ky., being connected with the i6th Regt. in that
battle.
e. Louisa Carter, married circa i860 Afred H. Terrell of Huron.
Ind. They have issue : Charles, Jesse, Florence, married James
Elrod, a merchant at Orleans, Ind.
f. Elizabeth Carter married Chas. M. Freeman, of Salem, Ind.,
and has sons \Vm., French, and Simon.
g. Benjamin F. Carter, born Oct. 28, 1843, ^'^'as orderly sergeant
Co. D. 145th Ind. \'ols. during the war. He married Mollie True-
blood on Dec. 8, 1S63, and lives now near Cumberland, Ind. They
have issue: Xigel Bruce Carter, born Sept. 19, 1S64. He is a
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY' 255
railroad man and lives at Cheyenne. Wyo. Is unmarried. Charles
William Carter, born Xov. 6. 1871. is stock superintendent at the
Atkins Saw Works at Indianapolis. He was married Oct. 19,
1895, to Winifred J. Dawson and has a daughter, Winifred Louise.
Lucy Leona Carter, born X'ov. 15, 1875. married Chas. Anderson
Luse, auditor of the Continental Casualty Co., of Chicago. Xellie
Allen Carter, born Oct. 29. 1887, married Xewton C. Hurlburt.
of the Kenney Machine Co. of Indianapolis, and has a daugluer
Katharine Louise, and a son.
48. Henry Carter, born in 1808, died in 1879, farmer in Scott
county. During the war he was in the '"State Line Service" in
the Confederate army; i867-"69 was sheriff of Scott county; and
about i878-"79 represented that county in the State Assembly.
He married Dicey Frazier and had three sons :
a. James H.
b. Solomon Frazier ("Keon").
c. Jackson. All three were in the 25th Va. Cav. C. S. A.
a. James H. Carter, farmer, married first a ]Miss Horton, who
was the mother of twelve of his twenty children. He had issue
as follows : W' infield married Xancy Kern and had James, Rosa,
Charles, John, Ballard, Xettie, Henry, Esther, William, }^Iattie,
Emma and George ; Henry married Mary Kilgore and had Benja-
min and William ; Jessee d. s. p. ; Hilary married Robert Harris
Esther married Vigie Bray ; James married Polly Hill ; Robert
married Kate Rhodes ; Xancy married Richard Kern ; Charles
married Esther Minor ; John married a Miss Kiser ; Solomon
married Elizabeth Starnes ; Hiram; Benjamin; Addie ; Laura;
Amanda ; Stephen ; Audley ; Rhea and Clinton. The last named
are by James H. Carter's second wife.
b. Solomon F. Carter, farmer, married and had issue: John
Trigg married Emma \\'alker and has Roy ; Elkanah ; 'Slavy m.ar-
ried Philip Owens.
49. Joseph Carter, born 18 10, died 1880, farmer, married Rit-
tie White and had is>ue ; Xelson married a Mi'^s Gray: Ho^coe
married ]\Iicca Morri-on and had Elizabeth, Mamie, M'jxie and
Mary; Henrv married Elizabeth Hilton and had Xeil. Fiovd and
256 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Nora ; Dale ; Helen : Abigail ; Margaret ; Dicey ; Louisa and Rit-
tie.
50. James P. Carter ("Squire Jim"), born 1812. died 1897,
farmer, was in the "State Line Service** in the war. He married
his step-sister Elizabeth Xeil and had issue: Hoscoe : Clay, who
was in the 25th Ya. Cav. C. S.,, after the war, married and had
James of Chattanooga, Ella married first James [Mann and second
W. C. R. Strong, and Elizabeth who married Wm. Tipton; Bal-
lard ; John X. who had son James E. and a daughter Laura who
married an Edwards and lives on the old Carter place.
54. Davidson Carter, married Bettie Landreth and removed to
Indiana. They had issue : Thomas L. : Dale \V. ; John P. : Hen-
derson and Xancy. They are all dead now, but some of them left
decendants of whom I have no data.
52. Elihu Embrie Carter, born in 1816, removed to Indiana
with his brothers John, Davidson and Charles Randolph. He had
a son John who was blown up on one of Admiral Farragut's ves-
sels in Mobile Bay, and other children of whomi I have no data.
53. JoHx Trigg Carter, born in 1818, removed to Indiana and
was married twice. First to a Miss Ard, by whom he had a son
William, and second to a :Miss Williamson of III, by whom he had
several children.
51. Frazier Carter, while cutting down a tree one day acci-
dentally killed one of his little sisters upon whom the tree fell.
He brooded over this till he was nearly insane. Finally went west
and was lost sight of.
57. Allen T. Carter, born 1828, died 1862, only son of John
Carter by his last wife, was married in 1852 to Susan Bledsoe and
had issue :
a. Burdine, born in 1853.
b. Abraham, born in i860.
a. Burdine Carter married Frances Robinson and had issue :
Allen, H. P., Burley, Doyle. Elbert, Ernest, Jemima, Rebecca.
Mollv, Owa and Mattie. Th'?v all live in Lee county.
GENEALOGY GF THE GARTER FAMILY 2^7
b. Abraham Carter married Martha J. Anderson and has issue-
Virgima, Myrtle, Lonetta, Minnie, Moxie, Allen, Benton and
McKmley. All live in Lee county.
55- Polly Carter, daughter of John and Sarah Frazier Carter
ran away and married a Mr. Solomon. Her grandson, Frank
Morehouse, Lynchburg, writes: -'Her maiden name was Pollv
Carter, and she married a man by the name of Solomon (he was
a very handsome man, and was the overseer of her father's slaves)
They ran away. I do not know his given name as she never spoke
of him."
39- Charles Burr Carter, third son of Xorris and Agnes
Allen Carter, born about 1776, died in 1842, was a farme^'r in
Scott county. He married Xancy Taylor and had issue:
a. Taylor \V., who was an invalid for many vears and died in
1838 unmarried. Fie is said to have been well educated and had
he had good health would have been one of the prominent men of
his section.
b. Ibbie, married in 1839 John Duncan and died in 1843.
c. Margaret, married Jezreel Groseclose, of Wvthe countv
(now Bland) and had issue three daughters: Adel'ine married
Maj. Repass ; Xancy married Jerome Harmon : and Ibbie
married Dr. Repass. Xo other data.
John and Ibbie Carter Duncan had issue two sons: Charles T..
born July 9, 1840, and William R., born in Xov. 1841.
Charles T. Duncan is a prominent attorney at Jonesville. Lee
county, who has served two terms as Commonwealth's Attorney
and one term as judge of the countv court. During the war he
was Lieutenant of Co. D. 37th Va. Vols. C. S. A. and "served
quite a large part of the war as aide, first to Gen. \Vm. B. Talia-
ferro, and later to Gen. Geo. H. Stuart, of Baltimore, who com-
manded the Brigade after the promotion of Gen. Taliaferro."
"My brother belonged to the same companv and regiment a>
myself. We were both in the army of the Confederacy from the
begmning to the end. being mustered into service on the 20th dav
of May, 1861, and getting home from prison about the ist of Julv,
1865. Vv'e were captured on the 12th day of .May, 1864, at the
258 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Bloody Angle near Spotsylvania court-house in the battle of the
Wilderness. I was twice wounded during the war, the first time
at Sharpsburg, :Md., and the second time at Chancellorsville, \'a.
I was under fire forty-three times and participated in eighteen of
the hardest fought battles of the war in Virginia, missing none
except first Manassas, from the beginning up to the time I was
captured. My brother participated in about the same number."
Judge Duncan writes also: '"I was a member of the State Consti-
tutional Convention of i86/-'6S, better known as the 'Black and
Tan Underwood Convention.' But I want you to distinctly under-
stand that I was on the white man's side of that Convention, and
therefore very much in the minority."
Judge Duncan has been married twice. First to Mary L. ]\Iar-
tin, daughter of Col. William S. Martin, and niece of Hon. Elbert
S. Martin, who represented his District in Congress in iS6o-'6i.
Second to Mary E. Holliday, daughter of Francis Holliday. of
Illinois. He has five children: Maggie Lee. who married L. T.
Hyatt, an attorney at law at Abingdon; Elizabeth, wife of Dr.
W. A. Baker, of Big Stone Gap. \^a. : Emma, unmarried ; Charles
T., Jr., and Paul, who are students at Emory and Henry College.
William R. Duncan, removed m 1888 to a cattle ranch he owns
in the Cascade Mts., near Spokane, Washington. He married
Sallie \'ermillion in \'irginia and has issue: Katharine, Charles.
and John.
40. WiLLi.\MSOX Carter, farmer, born about 1777, died after
1850. On Feb. 23, 1805, he purchased a hundred acres of land
on the north side of Clinch river, from John Carter. It was
probably about this time that he married a Miss England. They
had issue: Elijah. Sheffey, Winifred, Russell, Landon and Mor-
gan. Russell and Landon were in the 25th Va. Cav. C. S. A. Xo
further data of this branch of the family.
41. Henry Carter, born in 1779. died in 1872, farmer in Scott
county, married Polly IMcXew and left no issue. ,
43. Peter Carter, born about 1784, farmer Scott county, m.ar-
ried Ursula Raine\-. .-aid to have be^n one of the mo.-t beauiiful
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
■59
women in that section of \'irginia. They had issue, a son Hiram,
and two daughters. Jemima and another who married ^lilton Car-
ter.
Hiram Carter, born circa 1810, died about 1900. married Eliza
SalHng and had issue: Craig: Hotler : Joseph Larue married
Thos. Xeff; Henry; Berry: Washington; ^^lonroe; ^Margaret ;
Elizabeth married first a Mr. Hogan and second a ^Mr. }^Iarkman ;
Mahala married Gilbert Xelson ; and a daughter who married C.
C. Starnes. All are of Scott county.
Jemima Carter, eldest daughter of Peter, married in 1S20 John
R. Carter, whose father. John R. Carter, Sr.. came with his brother
Joseph Carter in 1790 to Southwest Va.. direct from England.
John R., Jr., had brothers Wesley, and ^.lilton, who married a
younger sister of Jemima Carter. John R. and Jemima Carter
had issue:
a. Hansford, clerk of Scott county i852-'58, died in 1866.
b. Charles Pinckney. born 1832, died 1905.
c. Francis ^Marion, was in the 25th Va. Cav. C. S. A., and died
in 1885.
d. :Milton Ladd.
e. Rosamond, married Wm. Berry.
John R. Carter was commissioned a lieutenant in the 124th Va.
Regt. Mil., April 22, 1822.
b. Charles Pinckney Carter, farmer, Scott county, is said to
have been "'one of the brainest men that lived in this or any other
county, a veritable encyclopedia of information on every subject
from the growth of plants to the functions of a government." He
married a Miss Egan, and had sons, Thomas, Stonev.-all Jackson,
and Hansford. He was in the 48th Va. Inf. C. S. A.
d. MiLTON' Ladd Carter, at the beginning of the war entered
the Confederate army as a lieutenant in the 48th Va. Inf., and
later was promoted to the rank of major in the 7th Battalion. He
was married twice: (i) Polly Carter of Scott county, (2) Susan
McMath Palmer, of Montgomery county. Issue by first marriage :
Virginia Hinkle Carter, married William Stewart, a Scott
county farmer, and had one child, Laura E. Stewart, who married
Wm. W. Ramey, the present treasurer of Scott county.
Mary Lloyd Carter.
26o GEXEALGGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
John Pinckney Carter, farmer, married Phoebe Cox.
Milton Ladd Carter, Jr., merchant.
Thomas Marion Carter, dead.
Issue by second marriage :
Charles P. Carter.
George E. Carter, farmer, Scott county, married Elizabeth
John?on.
Clara A. Carter, married John J. Alley, a merchant and manu-
facturer of hardwood lumber at Bristol, Va.-Tenn. He is a
native of Scott county, and at one time was sheriff of his countv
and later Deputy United States Collector of Internal Revenue for
the Western District of Virginia. They have five children : Janie
Elizabeth, Margaret Sevier, Ethel Katharine, John Palmer and
Rufus Carter.
44. Molly Carter, daughter of Xorris and Agnes Alien Car-
ter, married a ^Nlr. Carter. Could this have been Landon Carter,
son of the John Carter who settled at Wolf Hills (Abingdon)
about 1777, and several years later settled Carter's Valley, Ten-
nessee? She had issue:
a. Landon C. Carter.
b. Jemima Carter."
c. William B. Carter.
a. Landon C. Carter, farmer, was in the 25th Va. Cav. C. S. A.
He married twice and had issue: Dale W. (was in the 64th \"a.
Regt. C. S. A.) v.ho m.arried and had Davis and Malissa ; Morgan
(in the 64th Va.) who married and had James, Rosa, and Sally;
Joseph ; Agnes, married a Mr. Darnell ; Elizabeth married a Mr.
Boatright ; Ibbie ; Ira ; Isaac ; Robert and Landon.
b. Jemima Carter married Wflliam Aslin and had a daughter
who married a ^Ir, Davidson.
c. William B. Carter, married and had issue: Thomas, d. s.
p.; Peter; John R. : Polly married Dionisus Wolf.
Peter Carter married Phoeby Cox and had William. Marion,
Nathan, Peter E., Ballard; Ellen married Vwn. Fugate. and Eliza-
beth married J. F. Richmond, present clerk of Scott county.
John R. Carter married fir^t a Miss Moore and had Wilh'am.
Hugh, Floyd ; Mary m.arried Chas. Egan ; he then married Sarah
Cox and had Isaac and Robert.
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4. Mrs. Claka Caktek Am.ey.
Descendants of Dale Carter of Lancaster
County
I Dale Carter, son of Capt. Thomas and Arabella Williamson
f Carter, was probably the seventh son in point of birth. He was
I born circa i/oS-'io, and died Dec. 12, 1776, in the county where
f he was born. The account of the Carters written in 1858 by John
I Carter, a ^andson of his brother Daniel Carter, says: "Grand-
I father and his brothers Dale and Tom was all that staid in this
I county. Dale owned a good plantation in Christ Church parish
I and was a man of great respectability, he died in 1776 and his will
I is at the court-house. He was married twice. The first one I
I think was a ^liss Edwards and was the mother of his children,
I the last one was a widow I think but I don't know her name. He
i had six sons and three daughters nam.ed Jeduthan, Augustine,
I John, Jesse, Billy and James, the girls were Bell, Fanny and Ann.
I Jed went south and I don't know what became of him. Augu?-
1 tine and aunt Fanny were engaged to marry, but she got mad one
i time when he danced two or three times at a ball with a girl she
I didn't like and told him he could marry her if he wanted to, for
she wouldn't have him. And they never made it up, and neither
one married. He died in this county during the last war wiih
England. John married a Miss Yerby and went west. Jesse was
an Episcopal minister and lived a long time in King & Queen
county, but I don't know much about him. think he had a son,
James and a son John. Billy died in this county and left no wife
or children. James died in this county twenty-five or thirty years
ago, leaving sons, Humphrey, James, Dale and Tom, and sam.e
others."
Dale Carter was a vestryman of Christ Church and appears first
in the vestry book of the combined parishes of St. Mary's and
Christ Church at a vestry meeting Xov. 29. 1744, and at many
of the meetings in subsequent years. From Xov. 7, 1763, till Xov.
II. 1776 — just a month before hi? death — he appears as t'ne clerk
of the vestry of Christ Church. He seems, however, to liave been
262 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
interested at least, if not actually a member of the Presbyterian
church, as Col. James Gordon, in his diary in 1763. names Dale
Carter, among others, proposed by Mr. Waddel for elders in the
Presbyterian church. "Dale Carter, Gent." was a justice of the
county court in i763-'64-'65-"66; and in 1774 and 1776 he was a
member of the Comimittee of Safety for Lancaster county (see
Wm. & Mary Quarterly). In 1769 he was Tobacco Inspector at
the Davis and Lowry Warehouse on the Rappahannock; and
succeeded his brother Joseph as tobacco inspector in 1738.
The following extracts mentioning Dale Carter are taken from
Col. Gordon's diary:
June 9, 1758. "This day my daughter Anne was m.arried to Mr.
Rich'^ Chichester about 1 1 o'clock forenoon ; had a very agreeable
company, viz. : Col. Conway. ^Irs. C. and her children. Col. Tay-
loe. Dr. Robertson, & his wife, Mrs. Chinn, Mr. Armistead, Mr.
Dale Carter & his wife, Mrs. Dogget & Sally, Bridger Haynie,
Col. Seldon & Miss Betty Seldon, Richd. Spann, and Robt. Ken-
ning."
Oct. 14, 1761. "Went with Col. Tayloe and Mr. Dale Carter
to Mr. Chichester to get his English papers ready to send to Wmrg.
to have the Governor's certificate & seal of the Colony."
Jan. 6, 1762. "Mrs. Conway and her children, Col. Tayloe, and
Dale Carter to dinner. Stayed all night.''
March 24, 1762. "This night Sallie Carter died— Dale's daugh-
ter."
Feb. 16, 1763. "Mr. Dale Carter came to let us know that ^Irs.
Edwards has cleared up Sally Dogget's character by oath."
Oct. 5, 1763. "Went with my wife to see Mr. Dale Carter,
found him very ill. My wife carried him something and he was
better in the evening."
Oct. 6, "Mr. Dale Carter's negro came to tell us his master
is very ill all night. ]My wife rose very early and went to see him.
We called there as we went to Col. Conway's funeral and found
him better."
Dale Carter's second wife was a Mrs. Elizabeth Stradford, who
had a son Peter Stradford by her first husband. She was prob-
ably from Middlesex county.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 263
Dec. II, 1776, "Dale Carter Gent." of Christ Church parish
made his will, which was probated on the 19th. He left to wife
all the estate she had brought with her and what he paid out for
Peter Stradford, in lieu of her dower. Son James to liave the
home plantation ; daughter Anne to have negroes Mary and Spen-
cer ; son John to have £5 cash ; and he and Anne to have the right
to live at the home place until married. Rest of estate equally to
all children. Dale Carter evidently inherited his great grand-
father Edward Dale's seal, as his will bears a seal showing the
Dale crest similar to that on his grandfather Thomas Carter's
will in 1700. Dale Carter and his first wife Miss Edwards (?)
had issue :
I. Jeduthan.
II. James, died circa 1825.
III. William, died in 1790.
IV. Augustine, died in 1812.
V. Rev. Jesse, died after 1800.
VI. John.
VII. Sallie, died March 24, 1762.
VIII. Frances, married a Mr. Edwards.
IX. Anne. -i ^
X. Arabella. " ''
I. Jeduthan Carter, removed to Pittsylvania county, where
he married his cousin Sarah Carter, daughter of Jes?e Carter of
"Oakland", and died in 1820 without issue, leaving a fine planta-
tion known as "T^It. \'iew."
II. James Carter, was married and had three children in 1785.
He is said to have had sons Humphrey, Dale, James and Thomas,
besides others. Humphrey and Thomas Carter, were privates in
Captain Hugh Brent's company of Alilitia that saw service in the
War 18 1 2.
IV. AcGUSTixE Carter, born Oct. 22. I74[, made his will Oct.
21, 181 1. He mentions brother James Carter, and left his prop-
erty to be divided equally between "Mr. Charles Webb for his
kindness to me this present year, and to the poorest man in Lan-
264 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
caster county." As stated above he was at one time engaged to
be married to liis cousin Frances Carter, daughter of his uncle
Daniel Carter, and the engagement was broken. Neither one
married and she died in 1830 at the age of 92 years.
V. Rev. Jesse Carter, was an Episcopal clergyman, but owing
to the loss of the records of King &: Queen and Caroline counties,
but little is known of him. In 1772 he applied for the parish of
Southam in Cumberland county and preached there until Novem-
ber, 1773, when a Mr. Saunders was chosen rector. After this
he seems to have been the minister of one or more churches in
Drysdale parish, King &: Queen county, where between Sept. 10,
1778, and April 26. 1796. he baptized ten of the children of Temple
and Anne Baylor Gwathmey, Between 1794 and 1816 the parish of
South Farnham, Essex county, was without a regular minister,
and Bishop ]\Ieade gives the name of Rev. ^Ir. Carter, of Drysdale
parish, King & Queen, as one of the ministers of nearby parishes
who officiated in South Farnham for the rites of baptism, mar-
riage and burial. In 1785. 'Sj, & '89 he represented Drysdale
parish, Caroline county, in the Episcopal conventions ot" those
years.
Descendants of Charles Carter of Stafford
and Amherst
Charles Carter, youngest son of Thomas and Arabella William-
son Carter, born circa 17 lo' 12, died in Amherst county in 1766.
He was under twenty years of age when his father made his will
in 1728, and was left in the care of his brother Peter until he
reached that age. He inherited a good plantation of several hun-
dred acres of land in Stafford from his father, who at one time
owned twenty-four hundred acres of land in that county. About
1755 he removed to that part of Albermarle which became Am-
I herst in 1760, where his will dated June 21, 1766, was probated
I Dec. I, 1766. He died Nov. 2, 1766. He left to each of his five
s children two negroes .and the rest of his estate to '"laving wife
I Lucy" during the rest of her lifetime. His personal estate
amounted to £764. 2s. 8d., and included 14 negroes, eleven shil-
lings worth of books, good lot of furniture, etc. The surname of
Charles Carter's wife and the date of their marriage is unknown.
The Overwharton Register records the birth of four of their
children. They had issue:
I. John Carter.
n. Dale Carter, born Aug. 9, 1744.
HI. Judith Carter, born March 17, 1747, died Dec. 18. 1750.
IV. Lucy Carter, born Feb. 16, 1750, died August 22, 1751.
Y. Catharine Carter, born Oct. 26, 1753, died prior to 1766.
VL Susannah Carter, probably born in 1755 in Amiherst.
Vn. Elizabeth Carter.
VHL Charles Carter.
L John Carter, on April i, 1783, had a survey for 172 acres
of land lying on north side of Clinch river below the mouth of
Cane creek, and on the same day the county "Com", certify that
Jno. Carter is entitled to 400 acres adjoining the mouth of Cane
creek on north side of Clinch river, 92 of which was surveyed Mar.
26, 1774, by virtue of an order of Council passed 16 Dec, 1773
266 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
to include his improvement?, he having proved to the court that
he was entitled to the sam.e by actual settlement niade in the year
I773-" ^Vhen Russell county was formed John Carter and his
brother Charles qualified as deputy sheriffs on May 9, 1786. A
year later his entire family was murdered by the Indians, and is
mentioned by Summers as follows: "On the 9th day of July 1787
a party of Indians came 10 tlie house of John Carter, on tlie Clinch,
and killed his wife and six children, and after plundering the
house, placed the dead bodies in the same and burned the whole.'*
His deeds for land show that he married again, but I have not
been able to locate his will or any descendants. ]\Iay 26, 1803,
John Car^^r sold ^2 acres of his 1783 grant, to Robert Mitchell.
No wife mentioned. February 23, 1805, John Carter and wife
Margaret sold 100 acres of this grant to \Vm. Taylor; and on the
same day they sold another 100 acres to Williamson Carter, son
of Norris Carter.
As they do not appear again in the county records. John Carter
and wife may have removed from Russell county after this date.
II. D.\LE Carter, born August 9, 1744, in Stafford county,
was killed by Indians on October 6, 1774, near Blackmore's
Fort. About 1772 he removed to the Clinch River settlements
with his brother John and cousin Thomas, of Fauquier. ]\[arch
26, 1774, had a survey for 97 acres on Clinch River. Original
letters from ^Major Arthur Campbell to Colonel \Vm. Preston
(preserved by the Wisconsin Historical Society) give an account
of his murder as follows:
"Royal Oak, October 12, 1774.
" * * * Yesterday also I had an Express from Ciynch,
with the following intelligence. Thursday ye 6th Ins. at Black-
mores one Dale Carter was killed and scalped within 55 Steps
of the Fort. Mr. Anderson, who had a man with him, fired at the
Indian as he was Scalping the ^Man killed, while the other }^Ian
.•shot another Indian. The Indians fired several shots at Ander-
son and the other, when they fired off the Bastion at them. The
Indians had like to done Andersons Job, having struck the stock-
ade a few Inches from his head. Evidently the Indians inten-
tions was to m.ake a bold push to enter the Fort as the PeOi'>le
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 267
was chiefly all some distance away from the Gate upon Logs, and
the Enemy it seems had silently crept along under the Bank of
the River completely out of view, until poor Carter discovered
them, he immediately commenced hallooing ^lurder ; one Gun
fired and missed — another shot him thro the Thigh, but not
]\Iortal, he could not escape as he was too lame (from the shot) ;
one fellow more bold tlian the rest soon ran up and tomaliaked
and scalped him, the remainder of the enemy escaped at the
distance of about 100 yards and fired as mentioned before.
* * * This unlucky affair happened when there were but
few men in the Fort and Capt. Looney happened to be in this
settle^Tient & Lieut. Cox has not got out."
Four days later ]\Iaj. Campbell wrote: "There was an ac-
count came here last Xight that a woman & two children were
killed or taken near Blackmores since the Murder of Carter. But
as it has come thro several hands by way of report I hope it is
not true; as the people in that Quarter suffer of late a kind of
Seige and I think Women and children would not be straggling
out." I have not been able to get any abstracts from the old
Fincastle county records as to the distribution of Dale Carter's
property.
VL Susannah Carter, born circa 1755, made her will in
Jan., 1 78 1, which was probated in Washington county, where
she then resided. She left to brother Charles Carter of the
same county all her property, which included three negroes, two
of whom had been devised to her by her father Charles Carter,
of Amherst county.
VIIL Charles Carter, qualified as Deputy Sheriff of the new
county of Russell on May 9, 1786. Six years later his home in
Russell fell in the new county of Lee, which was cut off from
Russell in 1792. He became the first clerk of Lee county and
continued in that office from 1792 until 1824. From 1793 until
1826 his name appears frequently in the deed records of Lee.
but the records of this county do not contain his will, so it is
impossible to say if he left de-cendants. He is supposed to be the
Charles Carter, buried in tlie old Carter graveyard in Rye Cove,
Scott county, whose tombstone states that he died in 1828.
Descendants of
John Carter, Third Son of Capt. Thomas
and Catharine Carter
Carters, Taliaferros, Simpsons, Bacots, Taylors, Millers, Suttons,
Stevens, Marshalls, and Others of Virginia, South
Carolina and Other States.
John Carter, Gent., of Lancaster and Caroline
Counties, Virginia, and His
Descendants
John Carter, third son of Captain Thomas and Katharine
Dale Carter, "was born*^ ye 8'^ May 1674 and bap'^ Sunday ye
14th and had for God parents Coll. John Carter, ^1' Jno : Stretch-
ley and :M" Ball."— Prayer Book.
The Colonel John Carter mentioned as a godfather must have
been Col. John Carter, Jr., of "Corotoman," as Col. John Carter,
Sr., died in 1669.
June 24, 1703, John Carter and his brothers, Thomas and
Henry, gave bond of five hundred pounds sterling to their brother.
Edward, guaranteeing his possession of a hundred acres of land
left by their father, "Thomas Carter late of this county Gent
dec'd." This is the last appearance of John Carter in the records
of Lancaster, and until I had access to the Carter MSS. of 185S
I was at a loss as to where he settled after leaving Lancaster.
This speaks of him and his descendants as follows :
'T have never known but one member of this branch of the
Carter family and that was a Mr. Norborn Sutton, a lawyer
living in Caroline. A few years ago he spent several days in
Lancaster, taking depositions in a suit I saw him at the court-
house, and on hearing my name he said his grandfather was
a Carter. He spent Sunday with me and I found him a pleasant.
well informed man. He knew a lot about his people and told
me that his grandfather's father was a John Carter, who settled
in Caroline from Lancaster before the county was formed. He
did not know the name of John's father, but I believe it must
have been our old ancestor. Tom, who had a son, John. He
said that this John was married three times ; first to a ^liss Ball.
who was a sister or cousin of General Washington's mother. She
died without leaving any children. He then married a ^liss
Pavne and had several daughter^ none of which m.arried, and
-MuLRNi.NG Rixr, (.F Ji I H X Carter. Sr-. df Spots vlvax (A. Silver Kxitti:
Needle Shield, axd Cap Strixgs uf Mrs. Hanxah Chew Carter.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 271
after she died he married a ]\Iis3 Todd of King- and Queen
county and settled in that county. She was an heiress and brought
him a nice dot in land and slaves. They had sons, Thomas. John,
Mr. Sutton's grandfather, WilHam, who has descendants now in
Carohne, Robert, of King and Queen, and James, v.-ho left no cliil-
dren ; and a daughter, ^Margaret, who never married. John, the
oldest son, was married twice, first to a IMiss Betsy Armstead, of
Richmond county, and last to a Miss tiannah Chew, of Spottsyl-
vania. The first wife had sons, William, married Curtis; John,
married Sinjon, and daughters, Fanny, married Curtis ; Martha,
married Goodlo ; xA.nn. married Heslop : Peggy, married Mar-
shall; Betsy, married Thomas, and Sally, married Sutton, and was
the mother of Mr. N. S. The last wife had son, Robert, never
married, and daughters, Mary, married Stevens ; ^^largaret Chew.
married Taliaferro ; Judy, married Sutton. Lucy, married Talia-
fero, and Tilly, never married. He was a captain in tb.e War
of Independence and was a man of great means and fine style
of living. His children all had big families, who are scattered
everywhere. John Carter, first of Caroline, lived to be very
old."
The old Prayer Book has the record of John Carter's first and
last marriage, but gives nothing of the second.
"John Carter & Frances Ball was Mar'd on Tuesday the 21st
Day Xov^'r 1698." She was a daughter of Joseph Ball, of 'Epping
Forest,' and his first wife. Elizabeth Romney, as shown by the
notice of her death in the Carter records. She was born in 1681
and was, therefore, Jos. Ball's eldest daughter. As her only
child died in 1700 it is easily seen why she does not appear in
the partition deed made in 1707 by Colonel Ball to his daugh-
ters, and likewise in his will in 171 1.
"Frances the loving & dear wife of John Carter and Dau.
of M^ Joseph Ball and Elizabeth his Wife Departed this life at
5 min*^ to 8 a clock in the ]Morning of y^ 3'^ day of Sep"" 1699
three hours after she was Deliv** of a Son in the i8th Year of
her life. And was buried on the 5^ day at S' Marys White
Chappell attended by an Aftectionate and Sorrowing Husband
and a large Concorde of Relatives and friends."
272 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
"Joseph Ball Carter followed his mother to the Grave on the
1st day of July 1700 of a Flux and was bur"^ at S' Marys on
ye 2"^.'"
Colonel Joseph Ball, as is well known, was the father of ^lary
Ball Washington, the mother of General George Washington.
As his daughter Frances Carter left no surviving issue no notes
of the Ball family will be given here; but will appear at other
places in this book, as there were five intermarriages between the
descendants of the emigrant?, Captain William Ball. St., and
Captain Thomas Carter, Sr.
Nothing is known of the second wife and children of John
Carter more than is given above. The date of the third mar-
riage is as follows :
"John Carter was married to Margaret, the Dau*" of ^1" W""
todd dec'd on the 4th day of June 17 14 by R' M' J. Shafe at
10 o'clock in the morn^."
Todd Excursus.
The traditon in the Carter MSS-, the fact that the marriage was per-
formed by a King and Queen minister, the similarity in names, etc., makes
it almost a certainty that Wm. Todd, father of the third Mrs. John Car-
ter, was the Wm. Todd who had a grant of 238 acres of land in King and
Queen in i6gi, and 500 acres in 1693, which in 1695 was regranted to
Margaret and Frances Todd, orphan children of Wm. Todd, dec'd.
It is also reasonably certain that this William Todd was the William
Todd (born circa, 1665) one of the untraced sons of Capt. Thomas Todd,
Sr., and his wife Ann Gorsuch, of "Toddsbury," Ware Parish, Gloucester
County, Va., and Baltimore County, Md., where he settled in 1664; was
Burgess from Baltimore County, i674-'75; and died at sea in 1676- He
patented land in Elizabeth City County in 1647, and in Gloucester in 1664,
and probably was a son of Robert Todd, who was mentioned in the York
County records for 1642 who bought land in Gloucester in 1652.
Another point in favor of the assumption that Mrs. Carter's father,
Wm. Todd of King and Queen, was the son of Thomas Todd, Sr.. of
"Toddsbury," is that Thos. Todd, Jr.. of "Toddsbury," patented land in
King and Queen in 1696, and in 1709 his son William married Martha
Vicaries and settled in King and Queen County, where he died in 1736,
and was the founder of the distinguished Todd family of "The Mount,"
on the upper Mattaponi. See "Todd Family Chart" by Mr. Stanard in
the Virgnia Historical Magazine, Vol. III.
GEXEALGGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 273
"Toddsbury," the Gloucester home of the Todds, is said to be probably
the oldest colonial home now standing in Gloucester County, that Virginia
county that has been noted for generations for its splendid old homes
and hospitality. It is a very quaint old brick house, and contains much
beautiful panelling and deep, recessed windows.
Anne Gorsuch, wife of the first Thomas Todd of Virginia, and ances-
tress of the Virginia Todds, was a daughter of Rev. John Gorsuch of
Walkhorne in Hertfordshire, and his wife, Ann Lovelace a sister of Sir
Richard Lovelace, poet and cavalier, who sang:
"Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,
That from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind
To war and arms I fly.
"True a new mistress now I chase,
The first foe in the field.
And with a stronger faith embrace
A sword, a horse, a shield.
"Yet this nconstancy is such
As you, too, shall adore;
I could not love thee, dear, so much
Loved I not honor more."
Ann Lovelace was the daughter of Sir William Lovelace and Ann
Barne. Sir Wm. Lovelace was a great-great-grandson of Launcelot Love-
lace, who owned Hever Castle, Kingsdown. The wife of one Wm. Love-
lace, Anne Lewis, was burned ^t Canterbury. One Richard Lovelace, an-
cestor of Mrs- Todd, was pardoned in 1450 for joining Jack Cade's rebel-
lion. Anne Barne, the grandmother of Mrs. Todd was the daughter of
Sir Wm. Barne of Woolwich, Kent, who possessed Borstall Manor and
Plumstead, dating from Henry VH. in the Barne family. The wife of
Sir Wm. Barne was Anne Sandys, daughter of Sir Edwin Sandys of St.
Bees, Lancashire, and Archbishop of York, and sister of George Sandys,
the first Virginian poet, who made his verses at Jamestown in the early
days of the colony. Sir Wm. Barne was a son of Sir George Barne, a
member of the London Company. The above data furnished by Mrs. Sally
Nelson Robins in an article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The records of King and Queen and Caroline having been
destroyed, nothing further of John Carter, Sr., can be learned.
274 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
John Carter, Sr., had issue by his third wife, 2^Iargaret Todd,
as follows :
1. Robert Carter, of King- and Queen.
2. WiUiam Carter, of CaroHne, died after 1770.
3. James Carter, died unmarried after 1760.
4. John Carter, II, probably eldest son, died in 17S3.
Carter Family — Kixg axd Queen- Branch.
I. Robert Carter, of King and Queen county. Owing to the
loss of the county records no positive data can be gotten of him,
but he is supposed to have been the Robert Carter who wa^.
married about 1740-1750 to Mary Collier, daughter of John and
Ann Epes Collier, of "Porto Bello," King and Queen county.
Collier Excursus.
The first of the King and Queen County Collier family was William
Collier, "Citizen and Weaver of London," who came to York County. Va.,
in 1670, and later settled in Xew Kent County, where in 1675 he appears
as lieutenant-colonel of the county militia. He is said to have been the
ancestor of a numerous progeny in the counties of Xew Kent, King Wil-
liam, King and Queen and Charles City. Among his sons was Charles
Collier of King and Queen, born in 1660, probably in England, and died
in King and Queen in I735- He had a son John Collier (shown by will of
John Collier, Jr., probated in Hanover in 1749), who was born in 1685
and died in 1765. — Dates from "Colonial Families of the Southern States. '"
John Collier, Sr., was a vestryman, and in a list of King and Queen
militia, June 12. 1707, was a captain of foot. This is also shown by a
patent he had for 103 acres in King and Queen in 171 1. The "Colonial
Families of the Southern States" says that Capt. John Collier married,
(i) Elizabeth Ballard, daughter of Capt. Thomas Ballard, a Burgess from
James City County in 1666; (2) a Miss Gaines; and (3) Nancy, daugh-
ter of Col. Francis Eppes. The authority for these marriages is not given.
but the will of his son, John, Jr., would seem to bear out the last two. as
he mentions his "sister-in-law" (step-sister) Martha Gaines, which indi-
cates that the second wife was a Mrs. Gaines instead of Miss Gaines; he
also mentions his mother-in-law (step-mother) Ann Collier— the names
Ann and Nancy often being applied to the same person. A suit in the old
General Court records for 1722 shows that John Collier. Jun's. mother
was a daughter of Franci- nnd Elizabeth Ironmonger; so if Capt- John
married Elizabeth Ballard, Mrs. Gaines and Ann Eppes, he must have had
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 275
four wives. Mary Collier, said to have been a daughter of Capt. John by
his last wife, Ann Eppes, married Robert Canter and had issue, three sons
and three daughters.
5. John Carter, no data.
6. James Carter, no data.
7. William Carter, no data.
8. Daughter, married a 1\lr. Meredith.
9. Daughter, married a TnIt. White.
10. Daughter, married a Mr. Phillips.
Carter Family — Caroline Branch.
2. WiLLL\M Carter, probably named for his grandfather, Wil-
liam Todd, appears in the old order books of Caroline county
in various suits, for and against, between the years 1745 and
1770. Xo other data can be gotten of him from the records. But
we have the statement of Mr. Sutton that he left descendants
in Caroline. The genealogist is hampered in his account of the
Carters of Caroline, not only by the irreparable loss of the county
records, but aloo by the fact that besides John and William Car-
ter, sons of John Carter of King and Queen, there were settled
in Caroline at the same time, George Carter, of Lancaster, 1750-
1785, a cousin of the first two, who had a big family, and whose
son, John, married and settled in Caroline about the time his
father and the rest of the family removed to Halifax, in 1785.
There was also in Caroline between 1760 and 1775 Owen Carter
and Grifiin Carter, of an Essex county family.
The Carters now in the county cannot go further back than
1800 in their family records, but would seem to be descendants
of William Carter.
The marriage register shows the following marriages of Car-
ters who cannot be placed in the line, but probably are descend-
ants of William C.
John Carter and Xancy Carter, ]\Iay 19, 1786. John is sup-
posed to have been the son of George Carter, who removed from
Caroline in 1785, but his wife was probably a daughter of
William.
Molly Carter married Eanjamin Murrah, Oct. 24, 1787.
276 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Lucy Carter married Thomas Reynolds, Dec. 25, 1794.
Joseph Carter married Xelly Carter Feb. 2, 1802.
John Carter married Catharine Timberlake. Feb. 4. 1801.
Phillip Carter married Betsy Carter Dec. 14, 1803.
The other Carters in the marriage register can be placed fairly
accurately.
There was a George Carter, of Caroline, who bought land in
Orange county in 1789, which was sold by the executors of
George Carter, deceased, of Caroline, on Feb. 27, 1797. This
George Carter was not the George Carter who settled in Caroline
about 1750, nor his son George, but may have been a son of
William.
Philip Carter, who married Betsy Carter, Dec. 14. 1803, was
probably a younger son or grandson of William Carter, and is
supposed to have been the same Philip Carter who married about
1807 a Miss Hackney. They are the ancestors of the present
Carters in Caroline, and had issue:
11. William Carter born circa 1808.
12. Peter Carter, born in 1810.
13. James Carter, born in 1812, died 1885.
14. Maria Carter, bom about 1814, died unmarried.
15. Phillip Carter, born about 1816.
11. William Carter, removed to Alabama, where he married
a half-breed Indian girl, and had one son, Ross Carter, who was
graduated from the University of \'irginia at the age of twenty,
and died shortly afterward.
12. Peter Carter, married Sarah , and settled in
Hanover county. They had issue: Edward, Hill. James and
Mattie, who married a Mr. Brock and lives at Ashland. \'a.
13. James Carter, third son of Phillip Carter, was married in
1843 in Caroline county, to Emeline Garnett, daughter of Phillip
and Xancy Short Garnett. of Caroline county, but a member of
the Essex county Garnett family, which is one of the m.ost distin-
guished families of Virginia. James and Emeline Garnett Carter
had issue :
16. Luther Carter, married Lucy Haynes and has issue: Lucy,
B., William, Emma, Andrew, Alice and Ruth.
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
^11
17. French Carter, d. s. p. at the age of 21 years.
18. Eugene P. Carter, of Sparta. \'a.. He married (i) a Miss
Carter in 1S81 and had issue: Ivey and Ross; (2) in 18S6 a
Miss Robinson, and had issue : Aubrey, Mattie, Benjamin and
Maria.
19. Sallie Carter, married R. S. Parr, and has issue: Julian,
Robert. LesHe, Harry and Ethel.
20. Florence Carter, married Phillip Catlett and has issue four
sons.
15. Phillip Carter, married Emeline Penney ( ?) and had issue:
Hallie. Judson, Ross. William. Rita, Roland and Cora. These
all live in Caroline near Zion and Deloso postoffices.
Mr. Eugene P. Carter writes that in his father's lifetime there
vvas a Captain John Carter who was quite wealthy and lived about
four miles from Bowling Green. "He had a son. Hugh Mercer.
and three daughters, none of whom married. My father was born
in 1S12 and was first or second cousin to him." He must have
been a son of an older son of William Carter, or possibly his son,
as all the Johns in the family of William Carter's brother John
are accounted for. until after that period.
Major Benjamin Alsop, writing in 1828 to Mr. Zacariah Talia-
ferro, of South Carolina, says : "Your old friend, James Carter,
is still living and well the last I heard of him." As he was writ-
ing of Caroline people, this James Carter was probably a son of
William Carter.
Descendants of John Carter of Caroline
and Spotsylvania
4. John Carter, son of John and ^Margaret Todd Carter, was
probably born in King and Queen county about 171 5-1720, and
died at his home on the CaroHne-Spotsylvania county line in Nov.,
1783. His will was dated May 9, 177S; had a codicil recognizing
daughter Elizabeth ^^latilda. born after the will was made, dated
Oct. 13, 1783; probated in Spotsylvania Dec. 18, 1783; sons John
and William, and friends Thomas Colson and Joseph Brock, ex-
ecutors. Son Robert Carter to have a hundred pounds for his
education ; son John to hold in trust two negroes for granddaugh-
ter, Sarah Kenyon Thomas ; son-in-law, Rice Curtis, and his wife,
Frances, to have the 300 acres of land upon which they lived ;
wife, Hannah, and all children to share in residuary estate; his
daughter, Martha Goodloe, died without issue, her portion was to
return to the other children.
Capt. John Carter appears frequently in the old Court records
of Caroline between 1744 and 1775, and is said to have owned a
good deal of land in that county. He appears first in the Spotsyl-
vania records when he purchased on May 3, 1743, 140 acres in that
county from Robt. King and wife, Mary of Orange, and Sept. 6,
1743, from same parties 150 acres, and in 1763 "J'^^n Carter,
Gent.," from "Rice Curtis, Gent.'" 594 acres. July 17, I773< ^^^
purchased two tracts of land from the executors of Owen Thomas.
Oct. 2, 1758, John Carter was commissioned a captain in the
Spotsylvania militia. Oct. 2, 1759, was a vestryman in St.
George's parish; Oct. 20, 1768, Capt. John Carter, Sr., was ap-
pointed by the Governor High Sheriff of Spotsylvania; and July
17» '^77^, ^vas a justice of the county court (Crozier's Abstracts of
Spotsylvania records). In a list of Slave Owners in Spotsylvania
County in 1783, Capt. John Carter, Sen'r, had 31. The above
political positions would seem to indicate that Capt. Carter's home
'.vas on the Spotsylvania side of his plantation. His home plan-
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GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
279
tation is said to have been about twelve miles west of Bowling
Green. The house was built of brick, was of good size and set in
a large grove of trees. The old gentleman is said to have lived
in considerable style, and entertained lavishly. He was a captain
in the Revolutionary War, as stated by his grandson, Mr. Xor-
borne E. Sutton, in an account of the family he prepared in 1845
for his cousins in South Carolina — the original MSS. is now owned
by Mrs. J. X. Hook, Clemson College, S. C. ]Mr. Sutton bases
his statement upon the authority of his mother, a daughter of
Capt. Carter, and of an old uncle of his, a ^lajor Sutton, who said
that he had served in the Revolution with Capt. Carter. Mr.
Sutton is also the authority for the account of the John Carter
family of King and Queen and Caroline counties, given by 'Sir.
John Carter, of Lancaster, in his }^ISS. account of the familv in
1858.
In the division of his estate the old home of Capt. Carter and
142 acres around it fell to the share of the only one of his chil-
dren who removed from the State — Sirs. Margaret Chew Talia-
ferro, of South Carolina. In 1825 the old mansion was burned
and later the bricks sold for other purposes. ]Maj. Benj. Alsop,
Mr. Taliaferro's agent in Spotsylvania, wrote him in 1827, saying:
'"Your place is truly unlucky after the mansion house was burnt,
Mrs. Lucy Taliaferro repaired the Overseer's house and lived in
that, and a few days before last Christm.as it took fire and was
burnt down. She is living on the land near where the old house
stood, has put a chimney to the carriage house and is living in
that in a very uncomfortable manner." He continues: "^[rs.
Taliaferro talks very much of coming to your country as soon as
she gets her m^atters rounded up." . . . "We have had a very
Cold Winter, the coldest we have had for many years, and at
this time (March, 1827) our roads are almost impassable."
Capt. John Carter was married twice, both wives coming from
prominent families of the Old Dominion — the Armisteads and
Chews.
He married first about 1735-40 Elizabeth Armistead, born
March 28, 1716, daughter of Francis and Sarah Armistead, of
Richmond County — Carter MSS., 1858.
28o GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Armistead Excursus.
Francis Armistead, father of Elizabeth Armistead Carter, died \n Rich-
mond County, April 4, 1719, where his will was probated, and leaves his
estate to wife Sarah, and children. — Elizabeth Armistead, and John Armi-
stead, born Feb. 26, 1718, and in default of surviving issue to his son and
daughter, his property was to go to Francis Armistead, son of Ralph
Armistead. who was probably his brother. Francis Armistead's place in
the Armistead family of Virginia has never been definitely settled, but his
line of descent probably should be as follows :
Francis and Ralph Armistead were probably sons of the John Armi-
stead, whose inventory of estate was recorded in Essex County in 1703
with Francis Moore as executor. He is supposed to have been the John
Armistead who was married in Essex County (at that time old Rappa-
hannock) in i6S8-'89 to Mary Brown. This John Armistead was probably
a son of a Ralph Armistead, who patented land in Gloucester County in
1678, and who is thought to have been a son of William Armistead, the
emigrant.
William Armistead, the progenitor of this distinguished Virginia fam-
ily, is thought to have been a son of Anthony and Frances Thompson
Armistead of Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, who was baptized at "All Saints'
Church," the only one in the parish of Kirk Deighton, August 3, i6ic.
He came to Virginia about 1635 and obtained large grants of land in Eliza-
beth City County, subsequently Gloucester County, where he died prior to
l66o. This William Armistead has many distinguished descendants. One
of his sons was a member of the Council, and ancestor of President Har-
rison; another was ancestor of President Tyler; his only daughter mar-
ried into three well-known families — Aylmer. Elliott, and Wormley. A
granddaughter, Judith Armistead. was the first wife of Robert Carter of
Corotoman, the wealthiest American of his day.
The Armistead arms are: "Or. a Chevron between three points of
spears sable, tasseled in the middle." Crest: "A dexter arm in armor
embowed ppr. holding the butt end of a broken spear." Motto : "Suizez
raison." See IVilliam and Mary Quarterly, Vol. VI., and Virgiiiifj
Heraldica.
Capt. Carter and Elizabeth Armistead had issue two sons and
six daughters, as follows :
21. William Carter, born circa 1740, died in 1802.
22. Elizabeth Carter, died prior to 1778, leaving daugliter,
Sarah Ken\on Thomas.
22). Frances Carter, married Rice Curtis II.
24. Martha Carter, married Robert Goodloe, no issue in 177S.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 281
25. Anne Carter, married William Heslop.
26. Margaret Carter, married Capt. John r^Iarshall.
27. Sarah Carter, married William Sutton.
28. John Carter, Jr., born circa 1750, died after 1800.
Mrs. Elizabeth Armistead Carter probably died about 1763-65,
as in i767-'68 Capt. Carter married Hannah Chew, the fifth child
of Capt. John and ^Margaret Beverley Chew, of Spotsylvania
County. Of the marriage of Capt. John Carter, Sr., and Hannah
Chew there was issue :
29. Mary Beverley Carter, married Capt. Richard Stevens.
30. Margaret Chew Carter, born Jan. 14. 1771, mar. Zachariah
Taliaferro.
31. Judith Carter, born in 1773, married Joseph Sutton.
32. Lucy Carter, born in 1775, married Burton Taliaferro.
^;^. Robert Carter, born in 1777. died unmarried prior to 1827.
34. Elizabeth [Matilda Carter, born in 1780. died prior to 1827,
unmarried.
Chew and Beverley Excursus.
The first of the Chew family in Virginia was John Chew, born in 15:^,
and died in 1668, said to have been of a Somerset family. He came to
Virginia about 1620, and in 1636 was mentioned by the governor as "one
of the ablest Merchants in Virginia." He settled first at Hog Island, and
was the Burgess from that place in 1623, 1624 and 1629: and for York
County in 1642, '43. and '44. In 1624 he had a deed for a small parcel of
land near his dwelling house in James City. His wife's name was Sarah.
and they had issue: Samuel Chew, later of '"Herrington." Maryland, a
justice, burgess, etc., in that colony, and ancestor of the distinguished
Chew families of Maryland and Pennsylvania ; John Chew and Joseph
Chew, ancestors of the Virgnia family- John Chew, Sr., was a justice of
York County, Va., 1634 to 1652. and about the latter date removed to
Maryland, where he died in 1668.
Joseph Chew, born 1641. died 1716, in Anne Arundel Co., Md., where
he removed from York Co., Va., after 1659, married a daughter of a Mr.
Larkin of Annapolis. They had a son, Larkin Chew, born 1686, died i7-9r
returned to Virginia about 1700, and lived subsequently in counties of
King and Queen, Essex, and Spotsylvania. Justice of Peace of Spotsyl-
vania in 1722; Sheriff, i727-'28: Burgess, 1723 and '26. Will prob. April i,
1729- Married Hannah, daughter of John Roy of Port Royal, Va. Had
issue: i, Thomas, justice of the peace, sheriff, etc., Spotsylvania; 2. Anne;
3, John, of whom later; 4. Larkin, justice of the peace, sheriff, etc.
282 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
John Chew, justice of the peace in 1731 of Spotsylvania, married. Jan.
26, 1729. Margaret, daughter of Capt. Harry and Ehzabeth Smith Beverley
of "Xewlands," Spotsylvania, christened in Middlesex, March 27, 1704.
Their daughter, Hannah, married Capt. John Carter, circa, 1767.
Chew Arms: "Gu- a chevron arg., on a chief az. three leopards' faces
or."
Beverley.
The Beverleys are one of the most distinguished and wealthy families
of Virginia's ancient aristocracy. The first of the family in Virginia was
Maj. Robert Beverley of Beverley, Yorkshire, who settled in Middlesex
County Va., about 1663, where he died March 16, 1687, leaving an estate of
more than fifty thousand acres and a large personal property. In 1670
he was elected clerk of the House of Burgesses, and from then until his
death took a most active and varied part in the political turmoils of Vir-
ginia 2t that time. In Bacon's Rebellion he was "the most active and suc-
cessful com.mander on Berkeley's side." His first wife, Mary, was the
widow of George Keeble. She is buried in Christ Church yard, Middle-
sex, and the slab over her grave states :
Here lyeth interred the Bodi of
Mrs. Mary Beverley, wife of
Maj. Robert Beverley.
Mother of nine sons & three daughters
Who depa^ed this Life the ist Day of
June 1678 aged fortie one yeares & three
Months, having been married to him •
12 years & 2 months — and was
A careful Mother teaching Vertuous Life
Happy and making happy when a wife
Religious to Example, may all strive
To imitate her vertues whilst alive.
One of her sons was Capt. Harry Beverley, who was a justice of Mid-
dlesex in 1700 ; surveyor of King and Queen and King William, i702-'i4;
one of the chief surveyors of the Virginia-North Carolina line in 1713;
and presiding justice of Spotsylvania Court for a number of years. In
1716 Governor Spotswood gave him command of a sloop fitted out to go
to the Bahama Islands in search of Spanish wrecks and pirates. They were
captured by a Spanish Man of War and taken to Vera Cruz, where sev-
eral of the men died of privation. .A.fter seven months, Capt. Beverley
escaped, and reached Virginia agam in 1717. In 1720 removed his family
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY jS^
from Middlesex to Spotsylvania, where he died in 1731. His wife, Eliza-
beth, was the daughter and heiress of Robert Smith of "Brandon." Mid-
dlesex, and granddaughter of Maj.-Gen. Robert Smith of "Brandon," who
was for a number of years prior to his death in 1686, a miCmber of ;he
Council.
The Beverley book plate and seals give the arms as: Arg, c cJicvron
sa. on a chief of the second, three bulls Jieads cabossed of the first."
In 1739, Wm. Beverley of "Blandfield" sent his London merchant an ex-
pensive seal to be re-cut. It was cut in 1723 and had the arms as given
above, but— "Ye arms my father used are a Red Rose seeded and barbed
on a field ermine with an Unicorn's head for ye crest, and not the bui's
heads." For extensive and interesting history of this family, see Mr.
Wm. G. Stanard's history of the Beverleys in the Virginia Flistoriccl
Magazine^ Vol. II. and Vol. III.
21. William Carter, son of John and Elizabeth Armistead
Carter, married prior to 1761 Frances Curtis, daughter of Rice
Curtis, II, "Gent.," of Spotsylvania County, as shown by a deed
to Wm. Carter from Rice Curtis, III, on Nov. 20, 1761, which
states that a marriage had already taken place between Wm. Car-
ter and Rice Curtis, Sr.'s daughter, Frances.
William Carter inherited a good deal of land and other prop-
erty from his father, but in 1783, prior to his father's death, he
appeared in a list of Spotsylvania slave owners as the owner of
ten servants. His will was probated in Spotsylvania County Xov.
26, 1802, and left his estate to his wife, Frances Carter, grand-
daughter Polly Carter, daughter of son John, sister Elizabeth
Carter, stepmother Hannah Carter, and the following children:
35. Lucy Carter married a Mr. Aylett prior to 1802.
16. Elizabeth Belinda Carter.
37. Sarah Carter, wife of Edmund Foster.
38. Frances Carter, wife of Rice Connor.
39. Rice Curtis Carter.
40. John Carter, died in 1815.
41. Guilford D. Carter.
42. Kenyon Carter.
43. Abraham Carter.
44. A daughter who married James Hume, as shown by a deed
made Sept. 15, 1794, by William Carter to James Hume for four
284 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
negroes to be held in trust for William Lewis Hume, son of the
said James Hume and grandson of the said Wm. Carter.
I have no data of any of the descendants of Wm. Carter except
of his son John.
40. John Carter, son of Wm. and Frances Curtis Carter, had
a deed from his father Sept. i. 1789. for 216 acres of land in Berke-
ley Parish, Spotsylvania. John Carter was married in 178S to
Mary Herndon. born May 4. 1770, died after 1834, daughter of
Joseph Herndon, of "^Mattaponi." Spotsylvania, and his second
wife, Mary Minor, whom he married Aug. 15, 1765. She was a
daughter of John and Sarah Carr ]\[inor.
Herxdox Excursus.
Joseph Herndon. born May r. 1737, died October 28, 1810, lived on a
beautiful estate called "'Mattaponi,'' six miles southeast of Fredericksburg.
He was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, and after his return
to Virginia took a prominent part in public affairs. Was vestryman, col-
lector of levies, etc., in St. George's parish; and was one of the citizens
who took action June 24, 1774, regarding the Boston Post Bill. April zS.
1775, he was a signer of the famous Fredericksburg Resolutions drafted
by Peyton Randolph and Edmund Pendleton, thus more than a year before
the Declaration of Independence, he, with the other signers, banded them-
selves together "to resist to the death all attempts against their rights from
whatsoever quarter they might be assailed," and pledged themselves to
reassemble at a moment's notice "by force of arms to defend the laws,
the liberties, and the rights of this or any other sister colony from unjusc
and wicked invasion," and concluded with "God save the liberties of
America."
He was the third son of Edward and Mary Brock Herndon— daughter
of Jos. Brock. Edward Herndon. died 1759, lived on the Brock Road,
where a century later the battle of the wilderness was fought. He was
sheriff of Spotsylvania in 1734, '38, '39, and '40, and was a son of Edward
Herndon, born 1678. died 1742. of New Kent County, and his wife Mary
Waller. Edward Herndon. Sr.. was the eldest son of Wm. Herndon. who
patented lands in St. Stephen Parish, New Kent, in 1674 and 1677, and his
wife Catharine Digges, youngest daughter of Edward Digges, Governor of
Virginia in 1655. See Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. IX.
John Carter's will was probated in Spotsylvania Oct. 2, 181 5,
with son James Carter and friend. John W. Herndon. executors.
Wife Mary was to have all his property, both real and personal, as
GEXE'.rLOGY OF THE CARTER F.-iMILY 285
long as she remained a widow. Daughter Polly to have on lier
marriage a negro man. horse, cow and calf, six head of sheep and
a bed and furniture. After wife's death or remarriage the rest
of the property was to be divided "among all my children, except
my daughter Polly." Sons John and Joseph to account for $150
each. It is not known if he had other sons than the three named
above or other daughters than Polly. Polly Carter was married
on Sept. 24, 1834, to Capt. Thomas M. Horn. Xo other data of
this family.
23. Frances Carter, daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth
Carter, married Rice Curtis, III., born July 30, 1729, in Middlesex
county. He must have been at least ten years older than his wife,
Frances Carter, who may have been his second wife. Aug. 27,
1779, Rice Curtis, III, made a deed to his children and wife nam.cd
as follows : Wife Frances Curtis, children — Xancy, John, Eliza-
beth, Mary, Frances, ^largaret, George Bartemous, and James
Curtis. He was the owner of 8 servants in Spotsylvania County
in 1783. Xo other data of Frances Carter Curtis' descendants.
Curtis Excursus.
The Curtis family was quite numerous in Middlesex and Gloucester
Counties in the 17th and i8th centuries and prominent as vestrymen, jus-
tices, officers in the militia, etc. A thorough search of the Middlesex
•records should give some iteresting data of this family, which probably
originated with Major Thomas and Avarilla Curtis of Ware Parish, Glou-
cester County. In Middlesex there was a Mr. Charles Curtis, a Mr. James
Curtis, a Mr. Giles Curtis, and a Mr. Christopher Curtis prior to 1685,
who were probably sons of Major Thomas of Gloucester County, as the
names of Thomas and Avarilla appear in the Middlesex Curtis family.
Rice Curtis appears first in the Middlesex register in 1704, and probably
was a son of James or Christopher Curtis mentioned above, though he
may have been a younger son of Major Thomas of Gloucester.
Rice Curtis I. and his wife Elizabeth, had a son Rice Curtis II. , bap-
tized at Christ Church. September 30, 1704. This family of Curtis moved
to Spotsylvania after 1730, where Rice Curtis, Sr. (I.), was a vestryman
of St. George's Parish in 1738. His will was probated in 1753, and names
wife Elizabeth and son Rice. I have lost my notes of the Curtis wills in
Spotsylvania, so cannot give the other legatees.
286 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Rice Curtis II., born in 1704. and his wife Martha had three children
born in Middlesex before they removed to Spotsylvania. They were:
Elizabeth, born Aug. 19, 1724; Mary, born March 18. 1725; and Rice
Curtis III., born July 30, 1729. After they removed to Spotsylvania, Rice
Curtis, Jr. ((II.), was a vestryman of St. George's in 1741, and April 3,
1750, was commissioned a Major of Horse in the Spotsylvania Militia.'
The will of Rice Curtis II. was probated in Spotsylvania in 1774, and
names son Rice Curtis III. (notes of will lost), and others.
Rice Curtis III., born in 1729, is supposed to have married Frances
Carter about i755-'6o. He died sometime after 1783.
24. Martha Carter, daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth
Armistead Carter married Robert Goodloe, and had no issue when
her father made his will in 177S. The Goodloes were a family of
excellent standing in Spotsylvania and Middlesex, and later in
Kentucky, where a .Mr. Carter Goodloe was quite prominent, and
from his name was probably a descendant of :Martha Carter and
Robert Goodloe, of Spotsylvania.
^ 25. AxxE Carter, daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth, mar-
ried William Heslop, and had one son, Horace, and probably other
children. Xo other data of them.
26. Margaret Carter, daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth,
probably named for her grandmother, Margaret Todd Carter, m.ar-
ried Capt. John Marshall, of Caroline, said to have been a son of
William and Elizabeth Williams Marshall, of Caroline County.
Capt. John died before 1794, as in that year ^largaret Marshall,
widow, joined her brother Capt. John Carter and his wife :^Iary
m a deed for land left to them by their father, Capt. John Carter,
Sr. An old letter of Maj. Alsop's mentions a son of John and
Margaret Carter Marshall, named Horace, who was a bankrupt in
1827, and at time living in Philadelphia. Xo data of other chil-
dren.
Marsh.\ll Excursus.
A Capt. John Marshall, born in 1396 in England, came to Vlrgnia about
1650, and settled in Westmoreland County. He is said to have had sons
Thomas, born in 1655. and John, born in 1660. I believe that either a
generation has been omitted or else the birth of Capt. Marshall placed too
early.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 287
Thomas Marshall, born in 1655, married Martha Jane Pendleton, and
died in Westmoreland County, where his will was probated May 31. 1704.
They had issue: William, married Eliabeth Williams, and settled in Caro-
line; Thomas, born in 1678; and John, born in 1682, who was the grand-
father of Chief Justice John Marshall.
William Marshall, born in Westmoreland in 1672, died in Caroline
after 1730. His son. William, Jr.. was born in Caroline August 27. 1730.
and is supposed to have been the eldest son. Capt. John was probably
born about 1735. See "Colonial Families of the Southern States."
Carter Family — Suttox Br.\xch.
27. Sarah Carter, dangliter of Capt. Jolm and Elizabeth Car-
ter, married William Sutton, of Caroline coimty, and had issue:
45. Bettie Sutton, married a ^Ir. Chapman and had issue:
James. Reuben, Robert. ^^lartha and Lucy.
46. Sarah Darley Sutton, married Robert Lewis, son of Dr.
John Lewis, of Spotsylvania, and brother of Drs. Zachariah and
John Lewis, Jr., and had issue: Cadwalader. Sarah married Ar-
mistead O. Sutton, and Jane married Augitstus Grymes.
47. John Carter Sutton, of "Pine Forest," on the Mattaponi.
He was married twice. First to his first cousin, Maria Chew
Sutton, daughter of Joseph and Judith Carter Sutton, by whom
he had a son. John Oliver Sutton. ^^laria C. Sutton died in 1813.
and he married Elizabeth Page Pendleton, only child of Edmund
Pendleton, of '•Edmundton," and his first wife, Jane Burvveli
Page (married in 1794), daughter of John Byrd Page.
Pendleton Exct-Rsus.
The above named Edmund Pendleton was the favorire grandnephew of
the famous jurist. Edmund Pendleton, who gave him the plantation called
"Edmundton." He was born in 1774. and was the eldest son of Edmund
Pendleton of "White Plains," Caroline County, and his wife ^^lildred Pol-
lard. Edmund Pendleton, Sr.. born 1750, was the eldest son of Hon. John
Pendleton ad his first wife, a Miss James. Of him. Rev. Philip Slaughter
wrote: "John, 4th son of Henry and Mary Taylor Pendleton, born 1710,
died 1799. was in his 58th year at the beginning of the Revolutionary War;
he held various offices of trust and honour in the Colony of V^irginia. and
in the Senate. He was appointed by a Convention of Delegates of the
Coimties and Corporations of Virginia at Richmond on Mond.iy. July 17,
288 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
1775, to sign a large issue of Treasury notes." ""The issue was about
i350,ooo and the ordinance read: 'of the notes to be issued 50,000 shall be
of the denomination of one shilling and shall be signed by Johrv Pendleton.
Jr. Gentleman, which notes shall be on the best paper.' " Later he was ap-
pointed by the Governor of Virginia a judge of the court. John Pendle-
ton was the son of Henry and Mary Taylor Pendleton and grandson of
Philip Pendleton, born in England in 1650, and came to Virginia in 1674,
etc. For an interesting account of the Pendletons see Slaughter's history
of St. Mark'sParish. The Pendleton arms are: "Gu. an incsciitchcon arg.
between d escallop shells in saltire or. Crest : On a chapeau gn. turned up
ermine a demi-dragon, z^-ings inverted or. holding an escallop shell arg."
John Carter Sutton and Elizabeth Page Pendleton had issue:
Edmund Pendleton, William Carter, Hugh Carter, Xorborne E.,
John Carter, Robert W., Patrick H., Sarah Jane, Lucy Carter,
Anne Lewis, and Betty Burwell.
48. Xorborne E. Sutton, an attorney at law of Bowling Green,
Caroline County. In 1834 he was the postmaster at Bowling
Green, and in 1845 represented his county in the Virginia Senate.
He is the authority for the account of the Caroline Carters in the
Carter ^ISS. of 1858, and of an account of them sent in 1S45 ^^
his South Carolina cousins.
About i827-'30 he was married to Dorothea Washington, born
Nov. II, 1808, and died in 1844, daughter of George and Eliza-
beth Courts Washington, of "Woodpecker," Caroline County.
Washington Excursus.
George Washington, father of Mrs. Dorothea Washington Sutton, v.-as
born July 8, 1775, married Elizabeth Courts, daughter of Dr. John Courts,
on July I, 1794; served as major in the War of 1812, and died at the
family home in Caroline, July 15, 1815, at which time he was a member
of the Virginia Senate. He was the second son of John Washington, who
married in 1770 Elizabeth Buckner. and is thought to have been the John
Wasfiington who lived in King George County, who was one of the County
Committee of Safety in 1775.
If the ancestry of all the Washington fam.ilies of the Rappahannock
and Piedmont region of \''irginia are ever traced back, it is almost a cer-
tainty that they will go to the Westmoreland V/ashingtons or emigrant
ancestors of General George Washington. Just as those in the southern
part of the State who have so long been a bone of contention to genealo-
gists in connection with the Lanier family will trace back to em.igrc'nr
1^?^
^^;;^;iUJb^:i«^^^^\\^^T^Ygss
Mrs. AkcHiKAi.L) M. Aikes,
nee Mary E. Yates,
Danville, \'a.
(.See page iiS-j
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 289
ancestors in Surry County, contemporaneous with, but so far as known not
related to the Westmoreland family.
Late in life r^Ir. Xorborne E. Sutton removed to Texas, where
he died. It is thought that he had no issue.
John Carter, of
"Brandywine," King William County.
28. John Carter, Jr. (III.)? youngest son of Capt. John and
Elizabeth Armistead, born about 1750, was sent to England to be
educated, and from strong circumstantial evidence is thought to
be the John Carter who, after the Revolution, settled on a planta-
tion in King William County, called "Brandy wine," v.here he
died.
The evidence that seems to indicate that John Carter, of
"Brandywine,'' and John Carter, son of John and Elizabeth Carter,
were one and the same, is as follows : The approximate year of
birth is about the same; descendants of John of "Brandywine"
say that he married Mary St. John ; the Carter MSS. of 1858 says
that John Carter, Jr., of Caroline-Spotsylvania, married Miss
Sinjon, which is taken as the phonetic spelling of St. John, and
deeds in 1784 and 1794 show that John Carter, Jr.'s wife was
named Mary; John Carter, of "Brandywine," named his eldest
son 0/r//.j; "William Carter, brother of John, Jr., married Frances
Curtis, and had a son named Curtis, and Frances Carter, sister of
John, Jr., married Rice Curtis ; other family names in both fami-
lies are similar, such as William. John and Thomas. John Carter,
Jr., disappeared froin the Spotsylvania records some time prior to
1800. So that in lieu of proof to the contrary John Carter, Jr.,
of Caroline-Spotsylvania, and John Carter of King William, will
be considered as one and the same person.
Sept. 18, 1777. John Carter, Jr., was commissioned a captain in
the Spotsylvania [Militia. In 1783, before the death of his father,
he was the owner of nine servants. In 1784 John Carter and wife
Mary with his brother Wm. and sisters and their husbands joined
in a deed of partition of their father's lands. May i, 1794- Capt.
John Carter and wife Mary (residence not stated) and sister Mar-
290 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
garet, widow, signed a deed to Dr. Robert Well ford for a small
tract of land formerly belonging to their father, Capt. John Carter,
St., in Spotsylvania county. There is no will or other record of
this John Carter to be found in Spotsylvania.
There are two traditions among the descendants of John Carter
of "Brandywine," King William County, as to his origin. One
is that he came to \'irginia with two brothers from near the border
of Wales and settled in King William county, while one brother
settled on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the other in one of
the Southside counties. The other tradition, and I think the cor-
rect one, is that he was born in Mrginia and sent to England for
his educaion, that he returned to \'irginia about the beginning of
the Revolutionary War. in which he served with distinction as an
officer; his sword is still cherished by his descendants. He set-
tled in King William "late in the i8th century." and named his
plantation "Brandywine,'' which doubtless came from his partici-
pation in the battle on the Brandywine in the Revolution. It was
rather common for a soldier of the Revolution to name his home
for some place associated with his war experiences, as for exaniple
Gen. Daniel Morgan called his home in the Shenandoah Valley
"Saratoga." "Brandywine" was probably a Todd plantation and
inherited by Capt. John Carter, Sr., from his mother, Margaret
Todd.
John Carter married, when about twenty-five or six years old
Mary St. John, in the year 1776 or yy. They had issue :
49. Curtis Carter, born Oct. ri, 1778, died Aug. 2, 1850.
50. Thomas Carter, no data.
51. John Carter, no data.
52. Chanie Carter, no data.
53. William Carter. Had son Henry Lockwood Carter.
An account of the descendants of Curtis Carter has been given
me by Miss Stella Pickett Hardy, the compiler of Colonial Families
of the Southern States.
49. Curtis Carter, the eldest son, inherited the plantation at
"Brandywine," where he died in 1850. In the war of 1812 he
served as a private in Capt. Wm. Richardson's company of Rifle-
men from Richmond, \"a. He was married four times: ist. May
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 291
26, 1801, to Lucy Pointer, who died in 1802; 2nd.. Jan. 10, 1S05,
to Elizabeth Baker, who died in 1814; 3rd., Oct. 11, 1815, to
Letitia La Tellier, a widow, nee Woodward, who died in 1S37;
4th., March 21, 184S. to Fannie Tahaferro. Of the first three
marriages there was issue fifteen children — one by the first, five
by the second and nine by the third, as follows :
54. Celisce B. Carter, born Aug. i, 1802, died May 13, 1S04.
55. Eliza Anne Carter, born Oct. 5, 1805. died Sept. 10, 1S42.
56. Edwin Harvey Carter, born July 8. 1807.
57. Anne Rebecca Carter, born April 28. 1809.
58. William Martin Carter, born July 20, 181 1, died Jan 19,
1849.
59. Susan Elizabeth Carter, born May 18. 1814.
60. Curtis Carter, Jr., born Sept. 22, 1816.
61. Joseph Carter, born Oct. 4, i8r8.
62. Harriet Woodward Carter (twin), born Nov. 5, 1820.
63. James Milton Carter (twin), born Xov. 5, 1820.
64. Jesse W^oodward Carter, born June 13, 1825.
65. John Henry Carter, born Dec. 25, 1827, died July 22, 1S32.
66. Samuel Parson Carter, born July 4, 1830. died in infancy.
6j. John Henry Carter (second of name) born ^vlay 10, 1833,
died July 10. 1833.
68. Virginia Louise Carter, born Feb. 24, 1836, living in 1910.
Eliza Anne Carter married Thomas J. White; and \lrginia
Louise Carter married Joseph J. White, of Richmond, Va. Issue:
Edgar, Carter Florence, Harriet, Stafford, and Wythe White.
58. William Martin Carter, second son, who owned a great
deal of property in Richmond and plantations in Henrico County,
where he died. He was a successful planter and for many years
was an elder in the old Sycamore Church, Henrico County. He
was married Feb. 2. 1833, to Jane Winn Snead, born in 181 1, died
in 1859, daughter of Robert Snead and his wife Sophia Harris.
They had issue. nine children:
69. Elizabeth Winn Carter, born Dec. 22, 1833, living at Dover.
Del., in 1910. Married James Davis Harwood, a merchant, son
of Gassoway Harwood, of Belleville, West Va., and his wife Annie
Braidon Davis.
292 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER TAMILY
70. Alpheus Barton Carter, born Oct. 3, 1835, ^i^d in infancy.
71. Robert Curtis Carter, M. D., born Jan. 12, 1838, died July '5,
1909, at Higginsville, Mo. During the war he was a member of
Shelby's Brigade of the Confederate army, and after the war a
distinguished and much beloved physician in Missouri. He mar-
ried Lenoir Church Campbell, daughter of Jam.es F. and Mary
Fishback Campbell.
22. Laurabelle Carter, born Jan. 8, 1840, died in infancy.
7S- William Henry Carter, born Jan. 30. 1842, died Aug. 20.
1895, at Lafayette, Mo. He serv^ed as a member of the ^Missouri
Legislature ; later while living in Coldwater, Kansas, was a Demo-
cratic nominee for Congress. He married Ada Byron Campbell,
daughter of Robert Cass Campbell and his wife Catha Cotton
Vivian.
74. Sophia Helen Carter, born April 10, 1844, died in Oct.,
1850.
75. Anne Rebecca Carter, born Jan. 27, 1846, married Aug. 27,
1874, Dr. John \Vm. Meng, who was a son of Dr. Samuel Thorn-
ton 2\Ieng and his wife Elmira Harrison. Dr. Meng, Jr., served
in Shelby's Brigade in the Confederate army. Dr. and Txlrs. ^leng
live at Lexington, Mo., and have a son, Warren Meng, and a
daughter, Jean Campbell :\reng, both unmarried.
76. Edwin Harvey Carter, born Oct. 20, 1847, died in infancy.
77. Edwin Albert Carter, born Nov. 17, 1848, died in infancy.
64. Jesse Woodward Carter, son of Curtis Carter of ''Brandy-
wine," King William County, and his third wife, Letitia Le Tel-
lier, born June 13, 1825, died at Waverly, Missouri. Sept. 20,
1896, where he was superintendent of the public schools. July 4,
1850, he was graduated from Bethany College, Virginia, with the
degrees of A. B., and A. M. ; and in the same year married at
Bethany, Margaret Campbell (born in 1823 at Xenry, County
Down, Ireland, died at Sedalia, Mo., Oct. 25, 1899), daughter of
Archibald Campbell, a Presbyterian professor, uncle of Alexander
Campbell, founder of the church of Disciples of Christ. After
his marriage, Jesse W. Carter settled on a plantation called
"Ravenswood," he owned in Henrico County, Va., until 1852,
when he removed to Missouri. They had issue six sons and
daughter, as follows :
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 293
I. Curtis Carter, died infant.
II. Frank Carter, died infant.
III. James Carter, died infant.
IV. Jesse Lee Carter, born 185 1 in \'irginia, died Nov. 19. 188S,
Waverly, Mo., married Jennie Harwood in 1882 and had issue:
Jesse Lee, Jr., of Oklahoma City, who was graduated from the
. University of Missouri with degree of A. B. in 1910, and A. ^l. in
* 1912; and Lenoir Carter, born 18S7.
I V. Marian Dixon Carter, born 1853, Dover, Mo., married in
i 1875 ^'- H. Gentry, Esq., of Wooddale Place, Sedalia, Mo., and
[ has issue: Jael Gentry, born 1878. married \Vm. Fulton. M. D.,
I of Chicago; Ella Gentry, born 1879; ^'annie Gentry, born 18S0,
[ married ^lajor Kidd. of Sedalia; Lucy Gentry, born 1881 ; Joel.
died infant; Lee Morrison, A. B. 05 University Missourn., m.ar-
ried 1910 Christian Spencer.
VI. William Martin Carter, D. D. S., born 1857, lives at Se-
dalia, Mo., married in 1880 Mary L. Fletcher and has issue:
Fletcher Woodward, born 1883. D. D. S., graduate of Washington
University, Missouri; ^.larguerite, born 1887; Frances, born 1890.
VII. Joseph Woodward Carter, D. D. S., born June 29, 1863,
graduate University of ^Maryland, 1885, lives at Marshall. ^Mo.
Married in 1888 Katharine McKeever, and has issue: Woodward
Lee Carter, born in 1889, A. B. '10 University of Missouri, now a
student at Northwestern University, Chicago ; and Katharine St.
John Carter, born in 1903.
Carter F.\mily — Stevens, Suttox and Taliaferro Br-\>:che5.
29. Mary Beverley Carter, eldest daughter of Capt. John
Carter, Sr., and his second wife Hannah Chew, married Capt,
Richard Stevens, of Caroline or Spotsylvania County, and had
I issue: Lucy, Lewis, Robert, Hiram. Horace, Polly and Judith.
The daughters and sons Lewis and Robert all married, but have
no data of them.
31. Judith Carter, 3rd. daughter of Capt. John and Hannah
Chew Carter, born in 1773, died in 1827. She married Joseph
Sutton, a Caroline county planter, and had issue :
294 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
7S. Maria Chew Carter, married her first cousin, John Carter
Sutton, of "Pine Forest," on the Mattaponi, and died in 1813,
leaving one son, John Oliver Sutton.
79. Stephen Sutton, M. D., married Eliza Oliver and had issue:
Armistead O. Sutton married his cousin, Sarah Lewis. David
married a Miss Xoland, Pulaski, d. s. p., Elvira, Stephen, d. s. p.,
and Mary Eliza Sutton.
80. Robert Carter Sutton married Catharine Washington, of the
Caroline County Washington family, and had issue : John Ors-
ville Sutton married ^Martha Chapman and had Charles. Logan,
James, Maria Chew, and Judith ; Susan Sutton, Maria Sutton,
Judith Ann Sutton married a 'Sir. Shepperd, Robert Sutton. Oscar
Sutton, and Edward Sutton.
32. Lucy Carter, daughter of Capt. John and Hannah Chew
Carter, born in 1775, ^^^^^ ^^ 183 1 "of a fit." She was the second
wife of Burton Taliaferro, brother of her sister Margaret Chew
Carter's husband. They had no issue. After the death of her
husband she rented the old Carter home from her sister, Airs.
Zachariah Taliaferro, of South Carolina, and lived there until she
died. The old mansion house was burned in 1825. and among
other things it is thought she lost two or three Carter portraits.
After the home was burned she lived in the overseer's house until
it was burned in 1827: she then built a chimney to the carriage
house and lived there "in a very uncom.fortable manner." There
are several Carter portraits owned by the descendants of ^largaret
Chew Carter Taliaferro in South Carolina, but are scattered in
plantation homes and not easily accessible to a photographer.
The Taliaferros of South Carolina.
30. Margaret Chew Carter, the 2nd. daughter of Capt. John
Carter by his second wife, Hannah Chew, born Jan. 14, 1771, in
Virginia, died May 19, 1822, at her home, "Mt. Jolly," near Pen-
dleton, S. C. July 31,1802, she was married at her father's home
in Virginia to Zachariah Taliaferro, an old bachelor lawyer of
South Carolina. He was born in Caroline County, \'a., April 28,
1759, and died in South. Carolina April 14, 1831. He was a son
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 295
of Zachariah Taliaferro, Sr., and his wife Mary Boutwell. Zach-
ariah Taliaferro, Sr., owned large tracts of land in Amherst
county, to which he removed about 1770, and in 1 775-76 was a
member of the Amherst County Committee of Safety.
Zachariah Taliaferro, Jr., was a soldier in the Revolution, and
after the war studied law and settled in South Carolina, near Pen-
dleton, where he was a prominent lawyer and planter for about
forty-five years. He has been described as "A man six feet tall,
weighing over two hundred pounds, blue eyes, black hair, and
clean shaven face. He was a man of good understanding, equable
temper, liberal to the poor, and a most humane master." One
summer when about the age of forty years he was visiting his
relatives and friends in Mrginia. On the eve of his return to
South Carolina he was persuaded to remain a day longer and
attend a grand ball at Fredericksburg the next night. The night
before the ball he dreamed that he attended the dance and on
entering the room saw a beautiful young lady at the other end of
the room tying her slipper. The night of the ball, as he entered
the room his dream was singularly verified. He sought an intro-
duction and later the young lady — ^Margaret Chew Carter — lie-
came his bride. The Taliaferro arms as used by this gentlem.an
are described as : "A hand and arm holding a dagger cutting a
bar of iron. The motto, Fortis et firmis."
Zachariah and ^Margaret Chew Carter Taliaferro had issue :
81. Sarah Anne, born June 2. 1803, died Aug. 12, 1888.
82. Lucy Hannah, born May 5, 1806, died Aug. 17, 1875.
83. ^lary Margaret, born May 5, 1808, died June 4, 1896.
84. John Zachariah, born Nov. 22, 1810, died in infancy.
85. Caroline Virginia, born Xov. 5, 181 1, died }klay 14, 1877.
86. Zachariah, born Xov. 5, 1813, died in infancy.
8r. Sarah Anne Taliaferro married on March 20, 1823. Dr.
0. R. Broyles, of "Ashtabula," Pendleton, S. C, and had issue:
1. Augustus Taliaferro, born 1824, died 1904. He was a grad-
uate of the South Carolina College, a lawyer, and captain in the
Confederate army. Unmarried. H. Charles Edward, also a law-
yer, a colonel of a Georgia regiment in the Confederate army, and
after the war a member or the Georgia Legislature. He married
296 GEXEMlOcy OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Lucy Johnson, and had issue : Laura, married >fr-ALT4-r^c Bo^i • ""
Sarah married Dr. Arthur Boyd; Charles, Frank. Robert, and
i^rice. III. \\ m. Henry, a private in the Confederate armv, mar-
ried Rebecca TaHaferro and settled in Alabama. IV. Mar-aret
married Dr. Sam \-an Wyeth. of Xew York citv, and had Ssue •
VVUIiams, d. s. p.; Samuel M., married Pierce Harrison and had
Mariach. .Margaret May, Dolly, and Sallv Anne; Oze Broyles
married Elizabeth Keith and had Lydia. married John Shuford
Overman removed to Texas, O. B.. Jr.. and Elizabeth. V. Robert'
private C. ^. A., married Ella Keith, of Charleston, S. C. and had
issue; Roberta, Avena. Sarah, Ferro and Robert, none of whom
married. \ I. Sarah married \Vm. D. Williams, a wealthy Ten-
nesseean and had issue: Ale.xander, Wm. D., Jr., Lucien, John
Margaret, and .Alary, none of whom married. VII Thomas pri-
vate C S. A., married ( i ) Mary Raeney and settled in Tennessee.
Mar. (2) Bettie Harrison, of S. C. VIII. John Pendleton, C S
A., married Bettie Hubbard.
^2. Lucy Hanxaii Taliaferro married in Sept., 1826, Col
David Sloan Taylor, a wealthy planter of Anderson Countv S C
He was born in 1808 and died in 1867. Thev had issue : f Zach-
ariah, served in Confederate army, married Marv Meriwether and
had issue : Mary Rosa married Dr. Ampert ; Zachariah, Jr. ; Davi. •
William; James; and Gertrude married Price M Benson II'
Rosa married Dr. D. D. Bacot, a member of one of the oldest and
most prominent French families of South Carolina, which traces
back to Pierre Bacot, born in Tours, France, about 1670, married
Jacquine Mercier in 1690 and fled to South Carolina in 1694. where
he purchased a large plantation on Goose Creek, 19 miles from
Charleston, and died there in 1725. Dr. Bacot was a graduate of
the Charleston Medical College in 1848 and practiced at Oran-e-
burg and Piedmont, S. C. Died at Pendleton in 1862. They had
issue ; David Taylor, married Florence Norton and had Xorborne •
Florence married a Mr. Reed, of Virginia; George; and Rachel
who married Campbell Simons, member of another of South Car-
olma's most prominent families; Laura married Paul Jenkins and
had Ada, married John Simons (brother of Campbell), Paul
Daniel, and Rosamond ; Zachariah, d. s. p. ; and Taliaferro, d. s p'
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297
III. Joseph Taylor, C. S. A., married Ellen King, of Charleston,
and had issue: Eleneta, married \Vm. H. Heyward ; Lucia m.ar-
ried Moultrie Clement, Pauline. Taliaferro and Hugh — all of
Charleston. IV. Lucy married Edward R. Belcher and had
Robert, who married a Miss Ligon. \'. Susan married Edward
L. Parker, of Charleston, and had Sue, who married Cuthbert
Fripps and had Edw. Parker and Marion. \T. Sam.uel. died in
the Confederate army at the age of nineteen. \'II. Davis. C. S.
A., married Bessie Rucker and had issue : John Ligon. Lucia mar-
ried a Mr. Hudgins, Eubank. Rucker and Frank. VIII. William.
d. s. p. IX. Meriwether married Mary DeSaussure Bacot. daugh-
ter of Richard Hutson Bacot and his wife Mary Louise Cuthbert.
Her father was a graduate of West Point, and after several years
in the army, resigned and retired to a large plantation near Beau-
fort, S. C. They had issue: Ernest, DeSaussure and Louise. X.
Carter, d. 3. p. XI. Edward \\^ married Anne Cuthbert Bacot.
born in 1858, a sister of Meriwether Taylor's wife. They had
issue: a son, David, who married Pauline X'ewell, of Georgia.
83. ]VIary ^Margaret Taliaferro married Dec. 2/, 1836. ^laj.
R. F. Simpson, of Laurens Co.. S. C. He was born in 1798 and
died at ''Mt. Jolly," the old Taliaferro home near Pendelton Oct.
29. 1882. He was a major in the Seminole War. i835-"42, a mem-
ber of the South Carolina Legislature several times, a member of
Congress in 1845 ^^^ later, a member of the South Carolina Sen-
ate, a member of the South Carolina Secession Convention, and
after the war was a candidate for Governor (when the South
Carolina Governors were elected by the Legislature) and lost it
by but one vote. He was a graduate of the South Carolina Col-
lege, and a planter. They had issue: I. Taliaferro, killed in
the Confederate army at Chickamauga. II. Richard W., a pri-
vate in the Confederate army, a lawyer, and a member of the
famous "Wallace House" that redeemed South Carolina fro:n
negro rule in 1876. For many years "Col." Simpson was Chair-
man of the Board of Trustees of Clemson College, S. C. He mar-
ried Maria Garlington and had issue: i. Margaret married Dr. W.
W. Watkins ; Susan married P. H. E. Sloan and had Paul. Loui-e.
Ella, Jean, Lela, Margaret. Mary R., and Susan ; 2. Louis ; 3.
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Anne married Prof. S. M. :\[artin and had Mauer, Richard and
Ben; 4. Jennie married A. W. Klugh and had Williston and
Louise; 5. Richard: 6. John married Lucy Jones and had John
Garlington; 7. TaHaferro, married C. Bradfield and had Talia-
ferro, Jr. IIL :^Iary married Thos. J. WiUiams, of Tennessee.
IV. Anne T., died infant. \'. John G., died infant.
22. CaroHne \'irginia Taliaferro married }^Iay i, 1844. Dr. H. G.
Miller, of Abbeville, S. C. He was born in 1820 and died ^larch
21, 1899, at his home "Vallambrosia," near Pendleton. S. C. They
had issue: L Harry C, killed in battle near Strasburg, in the
Confederate army, on the 2nd. Aug.. 1863. aged twenty-four years.
n. Resica Elizabeth, married John X. Hook, of Clemson College,
S. C. Xo issue. HL Caroline, married Wm. W. Simons, of S.
C. Xo issue. IV. Wm. George, married Edith E. Walker and
has issue: i. Harry married Lillian Smallwood and had Dorothea,
Harry and Ben ; 2. Percy married ^larian Marston and had son
Marston; 3. :Maud ; 4. Mattie married Harry Scharfe and has
Harry and Martha; 5. Edith; 6. Beatrice; 7. Campbell: 8. Sue
Pickens; 9. Caroline married E. H. :\Iorton and has Harry and
Ben. V. Taliaferro ^Miller. Xo issue.
Mrs. Hook has the following gossipy letters written to her
grandmother and grandfather Taliaferro:
Neulich August 2^ 1801
With inexpressible Sati^facton- I received My Dear Cousin's much
esteemed favor, dated July 7th. Was sorry to hear aunt Carter had had
another attack of the cholic; and hope she is now well enough to visit
us as she promised when I was in Caroline that she would be up this
month, and that she would come first to Xeulich ; we have been looking
for you and counsin Lucy ever since we came from Caroline.
Mama's quilt is not put in the frame yet. She has been waiting for
you; it has been ready ever since I wrote you last. I wish you would
come. I want to see you all very much. You complained of not having
any way — that is a trifling excuse Cousin; for I am certain Kindness can
bring you as far as this. I would not be cerem.onious. I would come
down but am very busy making wax work; and hope in the course of a
few weeks to have two boxes compleated. One 3 and the other 4 pains of
glass. I wish you were here to assist me, I expect you are quite a hand.
Mrs. Marye has promised to learn me to paint as soon a.s I finish my wax
work. Mrs. Marye and Mrs. Stevenson were here last week and some
GEXE.-iLOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 299
very agreeable young ladies & I wish you could have been with us.
Cousin Mary P. Stanard left us last Friday; we were very sorry to part
after living with her ten weeks. Caroline cries at hearing her name men-
tioned. I was sorry to hear that cousin Sutton was so much disappointed
in our not going to see her. I hope the next time I come to Caroline we
shall certainly go as I never wanted to go eny where mont in my life.
Give my best love to Cousin Stevens and her family; and tell cousin Lucy
Stevens I shall expect her up with you: she must certainly come. Cousin
L. C. (Larkin Chew ?) promised to bring her. Mama desires to be re-
membered to Aunt Carter in the most afifectionate manner and says it has
never been in her power to visit her this summer as she intended, but
shall be happy to see her up this month. You say that you have never
had any opportunity of writing to m.e ; Cousin L. Stanard's James comes
here every Sunday almost; if you will send your letters there he can bring
them. I now write by him. Mrs. Scott and E. W. have gone to New
York. Nellie came to take leave of us- She cry'd very much, she de-
sired to be particularly remembered to you. You write me cousin that
the young, the gay, the Spritely was paying his vows there. I can guess
the name begins with T. I heard you were to be married very soon. I
want to see you very much, cousin N. Chew is now at cousin L. Stan-
ard's. ^ I expect he will visit you before he returns. I shall flatter my-
self with the hope of receiving a letter from you by him. Excuse bad
writing James hurries me, mama and sisters unite their love with your
affectionate cousin,
Mary Chew.
Do write me. I shall expect some of them handsome beaux up with
you. We have had several letters from Brother C. lately, and 2 from
Brother B. they desired to be remembered to you all. Brother John came
up last week in a very low state of health & is gone to the springs.
Miss Margaret Chew Carter
Caroline.
.Care of Miss M. P. Stanard.
Spotsylvania Standfield
4th October 1805
How pleasing the reflection my beloved cousin . . . (large piece
missing). Accept my best wishes to entertain you in whatever way they
are concerned. I have just returned this morning from Caroline, and
have thepleasure to inform you that I left your amiable parent and sister
Lucy well. I had the satisfaction of perusing your last letter, and assure
you my beloved cousin it was my pleasure to observe I was not forgotten,
300 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
thoi:gh you have neglected me in not writing (another mis5:ng part).
your fond mother and sisters perfectly happy, and add much to the felicity
of all your friends and relatives. I left home a few days ago. and with
infiinite pleasure enform you my beloved and Honored parent and amiable
sisters were well. We have letters from all our beloved brothers of very
recent date they were all enjoying perfect health that finest of all bless-
ings. Brother B. was in London when he wrote last and it is with the
greatest regret I tell you his return to America is uncertain, he has for-
warded us a bale of handsome goods and intends to send each of his
sisters his minature elegantly set. We are flattered with hopes of a visit
from brother Thomas in december. I note what you say respecting a
certain gentleman to cousin Lucy. I think he is rather uncivil in his re-
quest. You must tell him the sight of the Virginia girls would be suf-
ficient compensation for the expenses of his journey even if he could not
prevail on cousin L. to accompany him back. My sisters Lucy, Caroline
and my self are preparing ourselves for the races, which will commence
on the 20th inst. We promise ourselves great pleasure as the players are
to be m Town and we have many particular friends and acquaintances in
Fredericksburg. We spent the most of last winter there, the assembly
balls were unusually pleasant. I have made you two models of caps which
were the newest fashion when I left home. I intend to send you some
pieces of my drawing and painting, if I have an opportunity from N. Lich
to Caroline before Mr. Boothe sets out, if I do not will send them by
the first safe opportunity and all tho' they are not elegantly executed, I
must request you will accept them as a small mark of my affectionate
remembrance, and have them framed as they will serve to remind you of
your fend Mary. It is with the greatest regret I tell you that the family
here is much indisposed with ague and fever. My esteemed Cousin Stan-
ard and sweet little Caroline both had an attack yesterday and five of
the servants. Cousin M. P. S. is now on James River on a visit to her
brother and sister. I shall make no apology to you for my stile or in-
accuracies. I write with out the least study, never aim at anything more
than the eflFusions of a heart tenderly attached to you. and which feels
deeply interested in your happiness. Cousin S. is now very sick, which
obliges me to be more brief than I intended. I have a particular request
to make of you, which is to send me some of your hair when you write
me as I wish to have a ring made to put it in. Cousin Stanard, Hugh,
Tom, and Betsy all unite with me in love to your good companion and
yourself. Kiss Sarah Ann for me and teach her to call my name. I have
nearly finished my paper, and must bring my ill composed narrative to a
close. By assuring you my ever dear friend that you both have my sincere
wishes for your mutual happiness, and believe me I am never more at a
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 301
loss for words than when I attempt to express with what sincerity and
affection I remain,
Your unchangeable friend,
Mary Chew.
Mrs. Margaret C. Taliaferro, Pendleton, S. C.
My Dear Child , , ^'^^ ''' '^'^'■
You can't imagine the pleasure it gave me to hear from you tho' anf
sorry to hear of the loss of your dear sons. I hope that you will con-
sider that they are happy. You say that you cannot account for mv long
s.lence; ,t ,s not for want of respect, or of a parent's true affe'ction
tho must acknowledge that you have a right to complain. Don': let that
hender you from coming to see me, if you do not come this summer, and
the dear children, I do not ever expect to have the pleasure of seeing
hern. ^. our sister Sutton has had a very sick family; poor dear Mana
.s dead. She married Sally Sutton's son John. She had three children
but one living which is a son. They are all well at present. Mr T and
Lucy IS well and as fat as they can be. Polly intends to write; so expect
she will inform you. Tell my dear Sarah Ann I shall show her letter
to her cousin John O. Sutton and ask him if you do not outlearn him
My eyes and fingers give out, I can scarce hold the pen. If any thing
will keep me alive it is the thought of seeing you all.
Hannah Carter.
Her daughter, Mrs. Burton Taliaferro, adds a postscript saying:
"My dear old mother has solicited me to write for her, as her trem-
bling hands are incapable. Do my Peggy, do not fail you and Mr Talia-
ferro, together with all your children to visit us this summer."
In November 1829, Maj. Alsop wrote Mr. Taliaferro the following
about the connection and friends in Virginia :
"Horace Marshall is broke and sold out. Was in Philadelphia the last
I heard of him. Mrs. Mary B. Stevens has become very poore. She is
living with her son Lewis at present. Lucy Stevens is with Mr. L. Tal-
iaferro. Capt. Stanard is still here, but in bad health."
In January, 1830, he wrote:
"With respect to your Old Acquaintances I will endeavor to give you
some Account. Larkin Stanard is still living-he has a sore leg which
keeps him Confin^. Henry C. Coleman is living in Caroline, Wm & Zach
302 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
T. Wilson has been dead for several years, the children of Wm. Taliaferro
are all living but the oldest son Walker he has been dead some time ; the
daughtrs all Married. Some doing pretty well & some badly. One of the
! daughters is dead and left 2 or 3 children. Your old friend James Carter
I is still living and v,-ell the last I heard of him. Capt. Jones and his
i wife are dead & the land sold and the children Squandered off. Col".
I Coleman's widow & her Children has moved to Kentucky, we have lately
heard her oldest Son is dead. So goes the World some Coming in Others
Going Out."
! Another letter of his shows that Mrs. Hannah Carter died in 1821,
I leaving a personal estate of about seven thousand dollars-
I r
Descendants of Henry Skipwith Carter of
Lancaster County
"Henry Skipwith, 4th son Tho : & Kath : Carter, born'^ of a
Wednes^ the 7^ June. 1676. & baptzd att Home by R"''' ]\P Doggettc
on Sun^^y aft^ Service ye 18^. Cap." W^ Ball, Cap.'' David Fox and
M" Srah Fleete standing." — Old Carter Prayer Book. He died
in Lancaster in 1743.
At the time of his father's death in 1700 Henry Carter was in
England, either on business or a visit to his relatives. He re-
turned, however, to Mrginia, where he was married on ]\Iay 6,
1704, to Anne Harris — old Prayer Book. Her parentage is shown
by a lease for 200 acres of land on Nov. 9, 1704. from Henry
Carter and wife Anne, ''who was daughter of Gainey Harris, late
of this county, Gent, who by his will dated 14th April, 1693, left
the above mentioned premises to his daughter Ann."
June 24, 1703, Thomas, Henry and John Carter, "gentlemen,"
gave a bond to their brother Edward Carter guaranteeing his pos-
session of a negro man, Robin, left to him by their grandfather,
Edward Dale.
From 1728 until 1740 "Mr. Henry Carter" was continuously a
member of the county court. He was a vestryman of Christ
Church, probably for several years, as shown by the fragment of
the old Vestry Book of St. Mary's White Chapel, which gives his
name in a list of the vestry of the two parishes in a general meet-
ing in 1743. April 5, 1737, he was one of eleven signers to a
memorial to the governor complaining that W'm. Ball. Jr., Gent.,
who had been a justice of Lancaster for nine years, had been
omitted from the Commission because of misrepresentation.
In a deposition made April 8, 1743, Henry Carter stated that he
was about sixty-seven years of age.
March 21, 1732, "Henry Carter, of the County of Lancaster.
Gent.," made his will, which was probated Oct. 10, 1743. He left
home plantation and negro man, Courtney, to son, Gainey Carter.
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Negroes Tom and Jack to his three daughters and son Robert, all
of whom were to have the right to remain at home imtil the
daughters married and Robert arrived at the age of i6 years.
Daughters to have two beds and furniture and their m.other's
jewelry — Catharine to have the biggest gold ring, and Anne the
lesser one. and Elizabeth the gold bobbs. Son John to have a
chest in the "outward room," a new hat, "my silver cup, my ten
shilling piece of gold my mother (Katharine Dale Carter) gave
me, to make him a mourning ring; and one-eight part of my cattle
after miring time is over." Son Harry a little trunk, a new drug-
get coat and breeches and dimity linen clothes. Son Jcsiah a
horse named Jack, new saddle and bridle and one steer. Son
Robert the smallest bed and furniture upstairs. All children to
share equally in the rest of personal and real estate. Brother
Thomas to have "my silver seal." 'Tt is my desire that my
cousin Thomas Carter be assisting to my son Gainey in managing
the negroes." Sons John, Harry and Gainey Executors. This
mention of his "cousin Thom.as Carter" would seem to indicate
that Capt. Thomas Carter had had a brother who had settled in
that part of Virginia. The account of the family writen in 1858
says that he had a brother John Carter in Essex. There was also
a family of Carter in Middlesex contemporaneous with those of
Lancaster, who had similar given names. On the other hand,
Henry Carter may have meant his nephew Thomas Carter, son
of Edward, as in that day the term "cousin" was used to cover al-
most any degree of relationship. Henry Carter's personal estate
was inventoried but not appraised. It included a large amount of
house furnishings, a bass viol, 15 books, silver cup, silver shoe
buckles, tw^o gold rings and gold "bobb," five suits of clothes, an
overcoat, and numerous other articles of his wearing apparel, a
great deal of earthen and pewter ware, including the unusual item
of 2 pewter flower pots, four negroes, etc.
Henry and Anne Carter had issue:
1. Gainey Carter, eldest son, died prior to ^lay 12, 1749, un-
married.
2. Catharine Carter, died unmarried in 1749.
3. Anne Carter, unmarried in 1749.
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY :^o5
4. Elizabeth Carter. No data.
5. Jchn Carter, died in Stafford prior to 1785.
6. Josiah Carter, died in Lancaster in 1763.
7. Harry Carter, died in Lancaster in 1784.
8. Robert Carter, died after 1767 in Culpeper.
2. Catharine Carter, died unmarried, in Lancaster. Her
will, prob. July 14. 1749, disposed of her estate as follows: To
loving brother Harry Carter her silver studs and one pistole ; to
brother Josiah Carter her plain gold ring ; to sister Ann Carter her
mourning ring; to brother Harry's wife her best suit of clothes
and cloak ; to brother Robert Carter one-third of her estate, and
the remainder to sister Ann Carter. The inventory mentions the
following books: one large Bible, Speed's Chronicles. Byfield's
Senrions, and a Common Prayer Book.
5. JoHX Carter, second son, died in Stafford prior to 17S5.
The Carter MSS. says of him: ''John married first a ]^Iiss Payne
and had sons Richard, Merriman and Josiah. and a daughter Ann.
He then married a Miss Butler and settled in Stafford. They
had sons Harris, John and Robert, and daughters Molly, Fanny,
Kitty and Betty. John was born at my grandpa Smith's when
his parents were returning to Stafford from a visit in Lancaster.
The date is in grandpa's old Bible first day of May. 1752. Aunt
Fanny was very fond of the last Mrs. Carter and her daughters,
and for many years made them a yearly visit in Stafford. After
the death of the old folks Harris lived at the home place. The
other sons all moved to the southern counties."
We have no other data of the first wife of John Carter, but
the names of her sons. Richard and ]\Ierriman, sugr^ests that she
may have been a daughter of either Richard. William, John, or
George Payne, who were the sons of William Payne. Sr.. and his
wife Susannah ^lerrim.an, only daughter of Richard Merriman.
Gent., and his wife Susannah. Rich'd Merriman's will was proved
in Lancaster June 10. 1696.
John Carter married (2) Mary Butler, of Stafford County, on
Feb. 4, 1745. May 12, 1749. John and Mary Carter, of Staff<,rd.
sold to broiher Josiah Carter, c;! Lancaster, 95 acres of land on
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Corotoman River, part of a tract of land left by their father,
Henry Carter. "Gent.." to his eldest son. Gainy Carter, who, dving-
without issue, the land descended to John Carter as next eldest
son of Henry Carter.
John Carter had issue :
I. Richard Carter. Xo data.
n. Merriman Carter.
HI. John Carter, born ]\Iay, 1752, died after 1840.
IV. Josiah Carter.
V. Anne Carter. Xo data.
VI. Harris Carter. The census of 1785 shows that Harris Car-
ter was living in Stafford County, with a wife and four children.
VII. Robert Carter. Xo data.
VIII. Mary Carter. Xo data.
IX. Frances Carter. X'o data.
X. Catharine Carter. X^o data.
XL Elizabeth Carter. Xo data.
The Carter MSS. says that all the sons except Harris removed
to the southern counties. I find traces of a Merry Carter, Josiah
Carter, and John Carter in several of the southern counties, who
finally settled in Bedford County, and doubtless were the sons of
John Carter, of Stafford.
The following disconnected notes are given with the hope that
some descendant may have private records that will supply the
missing links. The use of the names Harris, Laicsou, and Angus-
tine, which are peculiar to the Thomas Carter family, furnishes
another bit of evidence that John, Josiah, and Merry Carter, of
Bedford, belonged to that family.
The records of the French and Indian War give the name of
Merry Carter as a soldier in 1758 from both Lunenburg and Bed-
ford counties, but probably refer to the same man. In 1774 John
Carter was a member of Capt. Buford's company of Bedford Co.
Militia in Dunmore's v.-ar. Josiah Carter took the oath of alle-
giance in Henry County in 1777. Between 1755 and 1775 they
appear in the deed records of Lunenburg, Pittsylvania. Henry and
Bedford Counties.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
ir. .Merry Carter of Bedford Countv (probablv the son of
John Carter of Lancaster County)., married Frances Leftwich
daughter ot Augustine Leftwich of Bedford Countv, and had
issue as follows :
a. Augustine Carter, married Xancy Pullen, in 1790.
b. John Carter, married Polly Pullen in 1789.
c. James Carter.
d. William L. Carter.
e. Alolly Carter, married in 1782, Joshua Alston.
d. Nancy Carter, married George Reid.
There may have been other children, but the Bedford County
records do not contain a will or other record of Merry Carter's
estate; except a power of attorney, dated Oct. 17. 1S18. to Isaac
St. Clair of Bedford County, from the above mentioned children
of Merry and Frances Carter, all of whom were then living in
Davidson County, Tennessee. St. Clair was to sell for them a
tract of land on Little Otter, Bedford Countv. \'a., formerlv
owned by their father, Merry Carter, Dec'd ; and to receive all
moneys due them from the estate of their grandfather Auo-ustine
Leftwich, Dec'd. as heirs of Frances Carter, deceased.
Merry Carter appears in the Bedford deed records in 1761 '6c)
'77, '96, and 1816.
in. John- Carter of Bedford stated in 1840 that he was 88
years of age, which would make the year of his birth 1752. the
same as that of John Carter son of John of Lancaster ; this I think
IS a strong indication that they were one and the same person.
He had wife Frances, born in 1768 and living in 1830. His will is
not of record in Bedford, but the deed records give the names of
his sons, John, Jr., and Lawson, and probably of a son David.
In 1802. David Carter and Judith Carter (probably his wife)
gave a deed of trust on a part of a tract of land that had been
sold in 1789 to John Carter, Sr., by James Buford.
John Carter appears in the Bedford deed records in 1778, "89.
'99,^ ^805, '06, '17, '18, '20, '22, 25. '27, '3c>-from 1820 on appears
as ''Sr." He was a soldier in the Revolution and appears in a Ii>t
of pensioners of that war publi>hed in 1840. at which time he was
88 years of age and was then residing with Thomas Stewart. His
3o8 GEXEArOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
pension was allowed Apr. 26, 1S30. at which time he had at home
a wife aged 62 year?, a single daughter aged 2S years, and a son
Lawson. He enlisted in 1779 and served 2 years as a private in
Capt. Taylors company, under a Col. Scott ; and was at the siege
of Yorktown. In 1820 John Carter, Sr., deeded land to John
Carter, Jr., and in 1827 to his son Lawson Carter. He may have
been the father of some of the other Carters who appear in the
marriage record.
IV. Josiah Carter was security at the marriage of James An-
thony in Bedford County in 1772. He probably owned land in
Bedford by patent, as he does not appear in the deed records of
that county until 1820, '22 and 28. In the first two deeds he was
styled "Sr." There are no will or settlement of estates of ^lerry.
or John Carter, but in 1832, Thos. Cottrell settled his account as
administrator of the estate of Josiah Carter, Dec'd. A Tosiah
Carter, probably, "Jr.," was married in 1817 to Ann Caddy.
Betw^een 1800 and 1830 there appeared in the deed records of
Bedford, Wm. Carter, David Carter, Augustine Carter. Joseph
Carter, Sr., and Field Carter, who probably were sons of the first
three. In 1818 there was a division of the estate of Joseph Carter
between Joseph Carter, Joseph G. Wilson, Josiah ^McKenny and
wife Polly, Ammon Carter, Priscilla Burnett, and Isham Miles.
There was an allotment of the estate of Harris Carter to the
children of Edward Jones, viz. : Thomas G. J., Mary E., Dolly,
and Joseph H. Jones.
The Bedford County marriage records show the following Car-
ter marriage between 1782 and 1830, which I am unable to place:
John Carter & Polly Pullen, 1789; Augustine Carter to Xancy
Pullen, I79C'; David Carter & Anne Duefill, 1800; Joel Carter &
Nancy Sinkler, 1804; John Carter & Mima Gough, 1804; Josiah
Carter & Ann Gaddy, 1817; John Carter & Magdalen Plall, 1820;
Braxton Carter & Polly Furlong, 1823; John L. Carter & Lucy
Eubank, 1825; Fleming Carter & Polly Blankinship. 1827. Mary
Carter & Joshua Alston, 1782 ; Xancy Carter & Xed Alatthews,
1794; Elizabeth Carter & Aaron Fuqua, 1796; Febey Carter &
Stephen Callahan, 1796; Polly Carter & Arch'd Pullen, 1807;
Xancy Carter & Thom.as Pheips. 1814: Rebecca Carter & Charles
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY .rv.
Kerr. 1818; Xancy Carter & John Wood. 1822; IMartha E. Carter
& John Ellis, 1829.
6. JosiAH Carter was married twice (Carter Family, 1858),
but name of first wife not known. He was married Juiv 24. 1753,
to Betty Dog-get, daughter of William Dogget, who probably was
a grandson of Rev. Benjamin Dogget, an Episcopal minister, who
died in Lancaster in 1682.
Josiah Carter voted at an election of Burgesses Jan. 15. 1752.
"Xew Style." May 12. 1749, he purchased 95 acres of land from
his brother John : and Feb. 6, 1756. 138 acres from Thos. Hubbard.
The inventory of his personal estate was recorded July 13, 1763,
and included among other things '"5 painted plates," a punch bowl,
a pair of silver clasps, and "four pounds weight of bookes." The
division of the estate names wife Betty, and children George,
Betty, and Xancy. but does not state whether they were the issue
of the first or last wife. This George Carter was probably the
George Carter who married Elizabeth Jam^es Xov. 16, 1780. and
had one child in 1783.
7. Harry Carter. "Planter," in Sept., 1750, added to the land
inherited from his father 180 acres from Peter Conway. His
sister Catharine's will shows that he was married prior to May.
1749. He made his will July 5, 1775. it is supposed as he was
about to enter the Revolutionary army. This will was probated
June 17, 1784. He gave all his land and other estate to wife,
Lucretia, during her widowhood, after which it was to be divided
between his son Thomas and daughters Lucretia, Betty, Chloe. and
Sinah. The inventory of his estate included the following books :
a Bible. The Connection of the Old & Xew Testament. Drib.^
Court, The Prodigal Son, and a Parcel of old Books.
9. Thomas Carter, only son of Harry Carter, by his will pro-
bated in Lancaster, Feb. 16, 1824, left "the land which was my
father Harry Carter's," to his daughters Rebecca and Lucretia.
and they failing issue, to the children of his brothers-in-law. Jos.
Dale and Robt. D. Palmer. Wife Judith to have all the rest of
his estate as long as she lived, after which it was to go equally to
all their children, viz.: Dale. Lucretia, Rebecca, and Harriet.
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10. Lucretia Carter married Jos. Dale.
11. Betty Carter married Root. D. Palmer.
12. Chloe Carter died unmarried in 1827, leaving her estate to
her nieces and nephew, Dale, Lucretia, and Rebecca Carter.
8. Robert Carter, youngest son of Henry and Anne Harris
Carter, was not 16 years old in 1732 when his father made his will.
About 1744 he was married to Winifred Lunsford. They prob-
ably lived in Lancaster for a few years, but were in Stafford Feb.
17, 1748, when their third son. Robert. Jr., was born. In 1760
Robert Carter was an appraiser of the estate of Solomon Carter in
Stafford, but was not there in 1785. The descendants of his son
Daniel have the tradition that he lived in Culpeper; so he prob-
ably removed from Staft'ord to that county between 1760 and 1785.
It is certain that some of his sons lived in Culpeper ; and Robert
Carter probably lived with them and did not own land in that
county, as its records contain no will or other record of him. The
birth records of the children of Robert and Winifred Carter are
taken from an old Bible and confirmed by the Overwharton Reg-
ister for part of them. They were :
13. William Carter, born May i, 1745.
14. Daniel Carter, born December 22, 1746.
15. Robert Carter, born Feb. 14, 1748.
16. Mary Carter, born }klay 21, 1750.
17. Jedisiah Carter, born July 29, 1752, living in Stafford in
1785, unmarried.
18. ^lilly Carter, born ]\Iay 22, 1755.
19. Henry Carter, born June 28. 1757.
20. John Carter, born Xov. 8, 1759.
21. Winny xA.nne Carter, born Dec. 4, 1762.
22. Frederick Carter, born July 28, 1767.
The descendants of Robert and Winifred Carter have been
traced only through their son Daniel Carter, but before proceed-
ing with these will give some notes from the Culpeper records
that probably refer to the other sons of Robert Carter, as they
cannot be placed in any other branch of the family.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY ^n
CULPEPER XOTES.
Between July 19, 1771. and Oct. 19, 1795, William Carter ap-
pears in the Culpeper records five times in deeds for land, negroes,
etc. June 19. 1797. a W'm. E. Carter had a 21-year lease of a
plantation in Culpeper from Robt. Beverley of "Blandficld." and
on same date appointed Robt. Green, Jr., his attorney as he was
"going- to move his family a long distance from his Beverley
lease." Wm. Carter married Mary Chester May 3, 1789; and W'm.
Carter married Susannah Googe (Gooch?) Feb. 26, 1795. After
1800 there was another \\'m. Carter in Culpeper, son of Thomas
and Susannah Gaines Carter.
In 1797 Henry Carter of Culpeper deeded to Frederick Carter
of Richmond County, Georgia, nine negroes and other personalty
for £1500 current money. This may have been the Frederick Car-
ter who married Xancy Jenkins July 28, 1797.
Oct. 19, 1795, John Carter purchased a negro and other per-
sonalty from William Carter (brothers?). Deeds for land in 1S05
and 1819, wife Rachel in 1805. Dec. 31, 1825. John Carter of
Montgomery Co., Tenn., "formerly of Culpeper Co., \'a.," ap-
pointed Richard Field his attorney. June 9. 1783, the inventory
of a John Carter recorded.
The above William, Henry, Frederick, and John Carter were
probably sons of Robert and W^inifred Carter. There was also in
Culpeper Thomas Carter and his sons, cousins of Robert ; Wm.
Champe Carter of "Farley," and Charles Carter and wife Betty
Lewis, both of the Corotoman Carters ; and Joseph W., and Charles
Carter of the "Barford" Carters. Some of the following named
Carters were probably grandchildren of Robert and Winifred
Lunsford Carter:
Daniel H. Carter, and Charles R. Carter deeds in 1817 — one
indicates they were brothers. In 1824 Charles Robert Carter of
]Vradison, formerly of Culpeper. sold 1749 acres in Culpeper. He
married Sally Stout., Dec. 6, 1832, and July ir. 1846, his inven-
tory was recorded with Sally M. Carter as Admx. In 1789 Luiis-
ford Carter had a deed from Birket Davenport ; in 1795 his inven-
tory was recorded, and in 1798 his wddow. Elizabeth, sold same
land. Oct. 30, 1805, Birket Carter married Xancy Hawkins.
312 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
L'nidentified Carters in marriage records : Charles Carter to Su-
sannah Tapp, Dec. 28. 1797; Sally Carter to Elliott Herndon. Dec.
10, 1791: Mary Carter to Daniel Zimmerman, Feb. 6, 1794 (old
letter of Polly Davis of Spotsylvania in 17S9 speaks of Sallv and
Polly Carter as her "cousins.") ; Atary Ann Carter to Ephraim
Barlow, Jan. 27. 1789.
14. Daniel Carter, born in Lancaster or Stafford Dec. 22,
1746, second son of Robert and Winifred, married in Culpeper
about 1 77.1 -"72 Anne Lemon. The Culpeper marriage records do
not extend this far back. Later they removed to the southern part
of the State, probably Franklin County, as their eldest daughter
was married there in 1788: still later they settled in Robertson
County, Tenn., near old Mt. Zion church, around which i? the
Carter burying ground.
They had issue :
2Z. Mary Carter, born July 16, 1773 (old Bible).
24. William Carter, born June 2t„ 1775, diecl July 11, 1837.
25. Elizabeth Carter, born about 1777.
— c;26. Nancy Carter (twin), born in 1790 in Virginia.
2y. Catharine Carter, born in 1790 in \^irginia.
In the thirteen years between 1777 and 1790 it is very proi)able
that Daniel and Anne Lem.on Carter had other children, uho
doubtless died in infancy.
23. Mary Carter, married in Franklin County. \'a., May 26.
1788, Thomas Plaster, who was born Oct. 30, 1767. in Charles
Co., Pa. They have descendants living now at Chandlerville, 111.,
and Auburn, Nebraska, but no other data has been furnished of
them.
24. William Carter was a farmer and local Baptist m.inister.
In 1802 he was married near Richmond. Va., to Ruth Huff, born
in Feb., 1783, died July 12, 1843. They settled near Cooperstown.
Robertson Co., Tenn., and had issue:
28. Rachel Carter, born Sept. 7, 1803. Married d). Jolm Du-
lin; (2). Jas. Maxey in 1847; (3). to a Mr. Hackreeder.
29. Mary Carter, born Nov. 3. 1805.
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 313
30. Steven Carter, born June 11, 180S. died Nov. 15, 1846. un-
married.
31. Xancy Carter, born April 5, 1810, died in 1890.
32. Lavenia Carter, born Aug;, i. 18 12.
33. Ruth Carter, born Aug. 2, 18 16, died Feb. 17, 1890.
34. William Carter, born July 21. 1817.
35. Henry Carter, born April i, 1819. died in Oct.. 1892, un-
married.
36. ^Miles A. Carter, born Jan. 19, 1822, died in 1893, unmar-
ried.
37. Lavicia A. Carter, born Aug. 24, 1S26, married Oct. 16.
1850, Patrick M. Carter in Robertson County. Tenn., and re-
moved to Pleasant Plains, 111.
29. Mary Carter, married Dec. 15, 1825. Dr. John Johnson
Dunn, of Robertson County, Tenn., and had issue : Xancy J., born
Sept. 24, 1826; \Vm. L., born Feb. 3, 1828, never married; Rachel
M., born Jan. 5. 1830, never married: John Robert, Yi. D.. born
Jan. 22, 1832; Sarah Lavinia. born May 7. 1S34; America Calan-
tha, born Oct. 29, 1837: \'irginia Catharine, born Feb. 7, 1840;
Alary Jane, born June 9, 1843 • ^lai'tha Anne Stephens, born June
22, 1845 ; ^"^ Ruth Frances, born ]\Iarch 4, 1848.
31. Xancy Carter, married in 1832, Isaac Xa^e, born in 1805.
died in 1883, in Robertson County, Tenn. They had issue:
38. Frances Xatfe, born in 1833, died in 1873.
39. Ruth Xa^/e, born in 1837, died in 1874.
40. William H. XaVfe. born in 1841, died in 1893.
41. Mary X'axle, born in 1844, died in 1896.
42. Eliza Xifrfe, born in 1847.
38. Fr-vxces X'aVe married John David Reeves and had issue:
G. W. Reeves, a Baptist minister who lives now in Oklahoma, and
has sons G. W., Jr., and Ritsy : Xancy Reeves married Jos. Miller.
farmer, Springfield, Tenn., and has Frances, Charles R., I-red-
erick H., and Ruth — all unmarried ; John H. Reeves, a physician
at Coopertown. Tenn., has two sons, Charles and Rabon : and
Isaac E. Reeves, an attorney at law, ]\IcKinney, Texas, and has
one son. Martin Winn Reeves.
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GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
40. William H. Xa>/e, farmer, Robertson County, Tenn.,
served in the Confederate army during the war. He married
Susan Pilen and had issue : Clarence E. : Clara married Atchison
Copley and had a daughter, Susan, who married S. D. James and
has a son, Copley James ; Isaac S., living in California, unmarried ;
J. L. Xane. All are dead but I. S. Xane.
42. Eliza XaVe, married Rufus L.^^Iiller, and lives near Joel-
ton, Tenn.
33. Rlth Carter, married William X'aT^, Robertson Co.,
Tenn.. on Xov. 14. 1839. They had two children, one of whom died
in infancy, and the other, Susan Ellen Xane, married Jan. 2, 1867,
George T. Williams. They had issue: ^Islvx ^.liriam, born July
16, 1870, married Dec. 28. 1884, William S. Davis, and had a
daughter. Myrtle W. Davis, who married in 1907 C. }*I. Kirk-
patrick; \\'illiam Robert Williams, born Oct. 4, 1872, living now
at Eldorado, Oklahoma; and Sallie R. Williams, born Jan. 29,
1874, living now in Xashville, Tenn.
25. Elizabeth Carter, born circa 1777, daughter of Daniel
and Anne Lemon Carter, married a Mr. Farmer, and in 1834 was
living in Illinois on the banks of the Ohio. Xo other data of them.
26. X^axcy Carter, born in 1790 in Franklin County ( ?), Vir-
ginia. She married Rev. Thomas 3tlartin, a Methodist munister,
son of George Martin and his wife, a ]\Iiss ^McFeran, who removed
from Virginia to Robertson Co., Tenn. X'ancy Carter ^lartin
died in Robertson Co., Tenn., in 1831. and her husband in 1855.
They have descendants living near }vlt. Zion Church, in that
county.
27. Catharine Carter, born in 1790, in Virginia, probably
Franklin county, was married in Robertson county, Tenn., to Rev.
Thos. Spence, a Methodist minister who lived on a fine farm about
six males from Springfield in that county. He was the eldest son
of David and Mary McElyea Spence and was born near the Yad-
kin River in Surrey county, X. C. David Spence was born in
Xew lersev and was the son of Thomas Spence, who came from
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 315
Scotland to New Jersey and married there Sarah Herriman,
daughter of David Herriman, who had emigrated to America
from Wales. -David Spence fought in the Revohitionary war
under Gen. Alarion. While the troops were passing the home of
Mary McElyea (in North Carolina) she helped to give them water,
and he was so pleased with her that he came back after the v.ar
and married her. She lived until after the Civil War and was
one hundred and four years old, straight as an arrow, and had
never taken but one dose of medicine." Thomas Spence re-
moved his family in 1828 to Union county, Illinois, where his v.-ife
died April 8, 1833. and he in 1835. They are buried near Anna,
111. They had issue:
43. David, died at the age of four years.
44. Anne, married her cousin Spence.
45. Isaac, married twice. He died in 1876 at Houston. Texas,
Vv'here he has one daughter, [Mrs. Samuel Allen, living now.
46. William, died in Bardstown. 111.
47. Mary Lemon, married twice. First a Mr. Cannon, second
a Mr. Ritchie and died near Corsicana, Texas, where her descen-
dants now live.
48. Xancy [Martin, married twice. First a [Mr. Peterson, sec-
ond a Mr. Madden. Died in Vienna, 111. Her daughter, :vlrs.
Ruth Chapman, lives there.
49. Absalom [Martin, died in Texas.
50. Sarah Catharine, married twice in Beardstown, 111. First
Thomas Saunders, second Xorman Parsons. She had issue:
John Saunders, who married Emma Taylor, and has issue : Agnes,
Ethel and Thomas, lives at Aspen, Colo. ; George Saunders, mar-
ried Emma [Miller, and lives in Beardstown, 111.; and Elva Jane
Saunders, living at Beardstown.
51. Sinah B., died in infancy.
52. Lydia Paralee, married James ^^IcClure, of Philadelphia.
Both died at Beardstown, 111. They had issue : William, died in
Beardstown; Catharine married Arthur Dolan and has Charles
and Elizabeth,— lives at Spokane Falls, Washington ; Elva Jane,
married Charles Critzer and lives at Spokane Falls. War^h. ;
Charles ^IcClure lives at San Francisco ; Frank :yIcClure married
3l6 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Gertrude Chalfant and has Effie and Paralee,— lives at Beards-
town; Edward McCIure married Anna Wolf and has son Edwin,
— lives at Beardstown, 111.
53. Elva Jane, married John McCIure. of Philadelphia, and
had no issue. Both died at Beardstov/n, 111.
54. Elizabeth Peters Spexce, born in Robertson county.
Tenn., Sept. 16, 1822. In 1828 she was taken to Union county,
111., when her parents removed to that place, where they died in
1833 and '34. In Oct., 1835, she. with her sisters and brothers.
went to live with their brother Isaac Spence at Beardstown. Cass
county, III. Here she met and married Charles Joseph Xorbury,
son of Judge Joseph Britt Xorbury, of Philadelphia, whose fam-
ily is one of the oldest in England. They were married Jan. 9,
1839, and had issue : ( i) Rebecca Catharine, married David Henry
Flickwir, of Philadelphia, and lives now at Los Angeles, CaJ.
They have issue, Jerry Williamson married Alice Schielscbott ;
Elizabeth Xorbury married :\IalcoIm Wallace ; David Henry. Jr.
married Lottie Thomas; Joseph W., Arthur Heath married a
Miss Guinn. (2) William Spence Xorbury, died at Beardstown.
(3) Lydia Jane Xorbury married Samuel Dale and had a daugh-
ter, Grace Weston Dale. Her husband and daughter are buried
at Canon City, Colo. (4) Martha Paralee Xorbury, married Os-
car Kuechler, of Berlin. Germany, now living at Jacksonville,
111. They have two children, Henry Xorbury Kuechler, a civil
engineer, who married :\Iary Foster, of San Rafael. Cal., and
lone Selma Kuechler. (5) Arthur Frick Xorbury married Hal-
lie Millard and lives at Denver, Colo. They have sons, Arthur
LeRoy, and Henry Joseph. (6 ) Elizabeth S. Xorbury, living now
in St. Louis. (7) Xellie Cutter Xorbury married John Burns and
had one son, Frank Xorbury. She and her son are buried at
Beardstown. (8) Anne Carter Xorbury, married Wm. D. Epler,
of Beardstown, 111., and has two children, Mary L., and Earl Xor-
bury. (9) Frank Parsons Xorbury, a distinguished physician of
Springfield, 111. At one time he was president of the Mississippi
Valley Medical Association. He married Mary Garni and has
two children, Frank Garm, and Elizabeth. (10) Marv Gertrude
Xorbury married Gustave B. Hegardt, civii engineer, of Stock-
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
31/
holm, Sweden, now living in Portland. Oregon. They have three
children, James Xorbury, IVIary Elizabeth, and Nellie.
In the Xorbury family is the tradition that Daniel Carter, their
ancestor who removed from Virginia to Tennessee, was a soldier
in the Revolution.
Descendants of James Carter, Elizabeth Carter
and Katherine Carter, Sons and
Daughters of Capt. Thomas
and Catharine Carter
Descendants of James Carter of Lancaster
and Stafford Counties, Va.
James Carter, eighth son of Capt. Thomas and Catharine Dale
Carter, was born at "Barford", Lancaster county, on "Christmas
Day, 1684, it being a Thursday at 2 in y" :Morn^ & was Christn^
at Home on Sunday. M'. Jno: Edwards, ^.P. Tho : Wilkes &
M". Edwards standing as Godpar'^"
James Carter was married twice, first on Oct. 3, 1715, to Han-
nah Xeale, daughter of Daniel Xeale, presumably of the North-
umberland family.
"M^. Hannah Carter Deparf^ this life on 9th Octo., 1722, and
left a sorrowful Husband and 4 tender Children Tho. Dan\ Presly,
and Hannah.*' On Aug. 12, 1724, the "sorrowful Husband" con-
soled himself with another bride in the person of Mary, daughter
of Hugh Brent, of Lancaster. They removed to Stafford county,
where "^Mr. James Carter, of Stafford" had the following grants
of land in that county: 393 acres, Feb. 5. 1725 ; 1.137 acres Sept.
26, 1726 — his brother Joseph, of Lancaster, was a half owner in
this, but later sold out to James; 188 acres, April 19, 1728; 549
acres in King George county, Oct. 18, 1727; and 605 acres in
Prince William county above the Falls of the Potomac, adjoining
land of the said Carter, June 13, I73i- Thus he owned about
twenty-nine hundred acres, besides what he may have had from
private parties. The mutilated condition of the Stafford records
makes it impossible to obtain very full data of this branch of the
family.
The Overwharton Register says that James Carter, "an honest,
good man," died Oct. 24, 1743. The will book for this period is
missing, but the old order books show during the next ten years
numerous mention of Charles Brent as executor of "Mr. James
Carter, Deed" and also guardian of his younger children. From
the old Carter Prayer Book and the Overwharton Register we
find that James Carter had issue as follows :
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 321
First ^vlarriage.
1. Thomas Carter, no other data. . ' - - -
2. Daniel Carter, no other data. • - ■ '
3. Hannah Carter, no other data.
4. Presley Carter, no other data. ' - - ■
Second marriage.
5. Joseph Carter, born in 1725. probably in Lancaster at his
grandfather Brent's in accordance with a custom of those days.
6. John Carter, born May 7, 1727. in Stafford.
7. James Carter, born }vlar. 31, 1729, in Stafford.
8. William Caner. born Jan. 11, 1731. in Stafford (twin).
9. George Carter, born Jan. 11, 1731. in Stafford (twin).
10. Catharine Carter, born April i, 1735, in Staft'ord.
11. Hugh Carter, born Xov. 8, 1740, in Stafford.
12. Charles Carter, born Oct. 10, 1743, in Stafford.
5. Joseph Carter, eldest son of James and Mary Brent Carter,
with his brothers, John and George Carter, heirs of James Carter,
Dec'd had a grant on Sept. 4, 1747. for 1,137 acres of land
formerly granted to their father and his brother Joseph Carter,
of Lancaster county. He is mentioned in the will of his brother
William Carter probated in Stafford in 1761, and does not appear
again in the Stafford records. The census of 1785 mentions a
Joseph Carter, of Stafford, head of a family of three.
He may have been the Joseph Carter, ancestor of the Carters
of Bath and Morgan counties, Kentucky. They have a tradition
that their ancestor, Joseph Carter was a soldier in the Revolu-
tion, and after that emigrated to Kentucky, and settled on a farm
in Bath county. This Joseph Carter had a son. Dr. Benjamin
Carter, of Bath county, and a son Joseph, who was 14 years old
when they removed to Kentucky. Joseph, Jr., married Betsy
Scott, said to have been a daughter of Rev. John Scott, of Prince
William county, \'a., son of Rev. James Scott of same county,
who was a brother of Rev. Alex. Scott, of Stafford — all distin-
guished ministers of the Episcopal Church in \'irginia prior to
the Revolution. Rev. James Scott was also an ancestor of the
well-known families of Bullitt and Blackfiurn. of Kentucky, and
Wa-hingtcn, of Jeff'erson county, V'a.
322 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Joseph Carter, Jr., represented Morgan county, Ky., in the
State Legislature in 1S44. He had issue: Asa, Cynthia, Benj. F.,
Dr. Willis Green, Winifred, Polly, Margaret, and Frances.
6. JoHx Carter, born Alay 7, 1727, in Stafford, died in thai
county in 1790. In addition to being a planter, he was a "House
Joyner" by trade, as in his day it was the rule that every boy
should be apprenticed to learn some trade, unless he was heir to
a very great fortune. June 12. 1759, Thomas Thacker, orphan of
Thomas Thacker, of King George county, apprenticed himself to
John Carter, "Joyner," of Stattord, binding liirnself not to "play
at cards, or dice or arfy dther unlawful games." John "Career was
married circa. i75o-"5i to Leanna . . The Overwharton Reg-
ister records the birth of two of their sons, but they had other
children: one, probably a daughter, was at home with them in
1785. They were:
13. James Carter, born Ju'y 17, 1751. died in 1793.
14. John Carter, Jr., born, June i, 1754, died in 1791.
In June, 1790, William Edwards gave security as executor of
the estate of John Carter, Sr., and in Sept. of same year was
summoned by the court to settle the estates of John and Leanna
Carter, Dec'd.
13. James Carter, was the head of a family of seven in tlic
census of 1785. Dec. 4, 1785. James Carter and wife ]\Ialinda, of
Overwharton parish, Stafford, made a deed for 62 acres to Chas.
Porter; and in July, 1792. they acknowledged a bill of sale to
Edw. Xorman. James Carter had a judgment against Wm.
Sharpe at the March court in 1793. -"^n old index volume shows
that his inventory of estate was recorded in 1793. They probably
were the parents of John Carter, who on April 4, 1803, had an
assignment of a lease from Wm. Edwards, his grandfather. Jolm
Carter's executor. Xov. 27, 1807, this John Carter, of Staft'ord.
gave a deed of trust on four beds and furniture, a mahogany
dining table, "beaufet," desk, bookcase, candle stand, drcs.-in::
table, looking glass, walnut table, a dozen v.indsor chairs, eleven
silver spoons, and a parcel of earth.en and china ware. kitcl:cr.
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY ^2^
utensils, etc., at liis liome in the town of Woodstock, Stafford
county.
14. JoHx Carter, Jr., born June i, 1754. died a year after his
father, leaving six children under 21 years of age. In March,
1792, Joseph Reddish, guardian of Wrenn Carter, Robert Carter,
Hannah Carter. Xancy Carter, Hugh Carter, and Thomas Carter,
orphans of John Carter, brought suit against \Vm. Edwards, ex-
ecutor of John Carter, Sr.. their grandfather.
Sept. 17, 1799. Wrenn Carter, '"House Joiner" of Prince Wil-
liam county, sold his right and title to two negro girls, which he
brought suit that day to recover from his brother Thomas Car-
ter, who was a non-resident of the State. Which slaves were al-
loted to the said Thomas Carter as his proportion of "our De-
ceased father John Carter's estate allotted by the Commissioners
appointed by the Court of Stafford county, subjected to the sum
of £13 .4 .4d., which sum I have accoumed for and paid my father's
other legatees."
7. James Carter, third son of James and ]\Iary Brent Carter,
seems to have inherited his father's plantation of 509 acres in
King George county, and does not appear in the Stafford records
after the settlement of his father's estate, except in the Over-
wharton Register, which states that Catharine, daughter of James
and Rachel Carter was born April 21, 1754.
In 1758 James and Rachel Carter leased to George Strother a
hundred acres of their land in King George county, and a year
later released him from the same. They probably were the parents
of sons, James and Lewis Carter, of King George county. Nov.
II, 1782, James Carter, of King George county, purchased from
Xehemiah and Sarah Rosdel a hundred acres of land in Orange
county, and on Oct. 24, 1809, James Carter and wife Frances, of
King George, sold the same land to brother Lewis Carter, of
King George.
8. William Carter, born 173 1, m.arried and died in Stafford.
His will probated Dec. 22, 1761, names wife Catliarine. and bro-
thers Joseph and John Carter, all of Stafford. Xo children men-
tioned.
324 GEXEALOGY of THE CARTER FAMILY
9. George Carter, the twin brother of William, inherited a
third of the 1,137 acres mentioned before, and settled in Staitord.
In 1777, George Carter, of Stafford, paid \Vm. Green, of Cul-
peper, £700 for an improved plantation of 184 acres in Culpeper.
and Sept. 14, 1778, George Carter and wife Sally, of StaiTord,
sold the same to Henry Field and Leonard Barnes. The census
of 1785 does not name George Carter among the heads of families
in Stafford. The old general index shows that a Geo. Carter
died in 1813.
10. C.\th.\rixe Carter, only daughter of James Carter and
his second wife, was married Xov. 2^, 1755, to William Davis.
Xo other data.
11. Hugh Carter, born Xov. 8, 1740, was evidently named
for his grandfather Brent. Aug. 15, 1769, Hugh Carter, of Pr.
William county, deeded to William Davis, a sorrel horse and
feather bed. This Wm. Davis may have been Carter's brother-
in-law. X'o other data of Hugh Carter.
12. Charles Carter, youngest son of James and Alary Carter,
of Stafford, probably was the Charles Carter, who died in Cul-
peper in 1781 — inventory of his estate recorded Dec. 29, 1781.
amounted to £138.25.. and included besides a good lot of furni-
ture, a dozen pieces of china, and six "whole books" and some
pieces. The furnishings of his home indicated that he had a fam-
ily. He may have been the father of Charles Carter, who mar-
ried Susannah Tapp, in Culpeper, Dec. 28, 1797; ]^Iary Carter.
who married Daniel Zimmerman, Feb. 6, 1794; and of Sallie Car-
ter, married Elliott Herndon, Dec. 10. 1791. A granddaugliter
of Joseph Carter, of Spotsylvania, in a letter written in 1789 men-
tions the above named Sally and Polly Carter, and speaks of them
as cousins. Says that Elliot Herndon was very attentive to Sal-
lie.
Descendants of Peter Carter of Lancaster
County, Va.
Peter, the ninth son of Capt. Thomas and Katharine Dale Car-
ter, "was born near midnight 23"^ :May, 1688, & Baptzd on 3^-
June. ^P. Edwin Conway, :\r. Tho : Dudley & ^P^ Ann Chown-
ing standing." He died in 1721.
Peter Carter and his brother Joseph, inherited their grandfather
Dale's home plantation in St. Mary's parish, and on Jan. 22. 1712.
they divided it accordang to his will, both "now being above the
age of one and twenty year?." All the rest of the Carters lived
in Christ Church parish.
Peter Carter is said to have been married three times ; his first
wife was his first cousin Catharine Rogers, to whom he was mar-
ried Sept. 23. 1712. His last wife was named Margaret. Noth-
ing is known of the second wife, if there was one. His widow,
Margaret Carter, married Capt. Robert Galbraith on June 26,
1722, less than a year after the death of Peter Carter. His v.ill
made July 5, 1721, and probated Oct. 11, 1721, devised his home
plantation to son Moses, and best bed and furniture to wife Marga-
ret. Rest of the estate equally between wife Margaret, son Moses
and daughter Margaret, children of "my now wife." and "my other
two children Aaron and Catharine Carter." Wife and brothers
Thomas and Henry executors. Appraisement amounted to £195.
His funeral expenses were £2 .is .id. ; and Dr. Thomas Sandford's
bill for medicine and attendance was £3 .4s .6d.
1. Aaron Carter.
2. Catharine Carter.
3. Moses Carter.
4. Margaret Carter.
I. Aaron Carter, eldest son of Peter Carter, was probably a
son of his first wife, Catharine Rogers. He probably became of
age about 1738, as x\ug. 11. 1738, he gained a suit against his
guardian, Robert Galbraith, who was also the husband of his step-
326 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
mother, for six hundred pounds of tobacco, besides a crop of to-
bacco and a crop of corn growing on his land and a negro man
named Csesar. April ii, 1740, Aaron Carter sold to his uncle,
Joseph Carter, 100 acres and improvements in St. Mary"s parish,
giving possession in the old English manner "by the delivery of
Turfe and twigg in the name and token of seizen of all land and
premises within mentioned in the presence of Dale Carter, Wm.
George, and Gawin Lowry." His wife ^Martha, signed a release
deed on this date.
Dec. 14. 1772, Aaron Carter's personal estate, amounting to
£302.135, was devided between his widow and children. The
widow, ]Martha Carter received three negroes, best bed in the
large room, chest of drawers, large oval table, clothes press, flag
chairs, etc. The five children each received one negro and a fifth
part of the remainder. Martha Carter, widow, died in 17S2.
Her inventory returned to court in June. 1782. Aaron and 3.1ar-
tha Carter had issue : Katharine ; ^MoUy married Edwin Luns-
ford, Nov. II, 1772; :Mildred; Elizabeth married Phillip Brooks,
prior to Dec. 14, 1772, and Aaron Carter, Jr., under age in 1772.
No further data of any of these.
3. Moses Carter, youngest son of Peter Carter, of White
Chapel parish, m.ade his will Jan. 3, 1740, probated A.pril 11,
1740. He left a negro to his mother Margaret Galbraith, and his
plantation to his brother Aaron Carter. Appraisement of his
personal estate included a pair of silver shoe buckles and a pair
of knee buckles.
4. M.XRGARET Carter, youngest daughter of Peter Carter, is
said to have married a ^Ir. Thornton — tradition in the Starke
family descended from Tabitha Carter Starke. They had a
daughter Prudence Thornton, who married Capt. John English,
of King George county, and their daughter Sarah English mar-
ried John Carter Starke, son of Tabitha Carter and Jeremiah
Starke. See under the head of Starke.
The Daughters of Capt. Thomas and
Catharine Dale Carter
Elizabeth Carter, the eldest daughter, married W'ilHam George,
of Lancaster county, June 15, 1698. He died in 1710, leaving all
his estate to wife and children, unnamed in will. She probably,
married again. They probably were the ancestors of the Metho-
dist Bishop George, of Lancaster.
Katharine Carter, married John Lawson, June 16, 1703. The
Carter MSS. of 1858, says she married a Mr. Tabb — probably a
second marriage.
Descendants of Joseph Carter, Youngest Son
of Capt. Thomas and Catharine Carter
Carters, Bronaughs, Beales, Herefords, ^Mitchells. Blackwell;
Striblings, Starkes, Breckinridges, and others of Vir-
ginia, West \'irginia, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio and
other States.
Joseph Carter, Gent, of ''Daleland,"
Lancaster County, Virginia,
and His Descendants
Josepli Carter, youngest son of Capt. Thomas and Katharine
Dale Carter, '"owned a tine plantation called 'Daleland' near old
White Chapel church, where he lived in considerable style." —
Carter MSS., 1858.
He was born "Friday, 28 Xov., 1690, & Christ"'^ at home on
loth Dec^ M--. Rob^ Carter & M'. Joseph Ball Godfath^ & ^P. Ju-
dith Carter Godmother." — Carter Prayer Book.
According- to the will of Maj. Edward Dale, his grandsons
Peter and Joseph Carter inherited his home plantation of some
six hundred acres in St. Mary's White Chapel parish, a negro
man servant each, and other personal property, when they ar-
rived at the age of twenty-one years. In January, 1712, Peter
and Joseph Carter being above the age of twenty-one years de-
vided this plantation, and probably went to live on it, as ever
after that he appeared in the records as Joseph Carter, "Planter"'
or "Gent, of St. Mary's White Chapel parish." In 1724 he
added to his farm a tract of 133 acres from John ^Marshall, and
April II, 1740, a hundred acres from his nephew Aaron Carter,
son of Peter Carter, possession of which was given in the old
English fashion "by the delivery of Turfe and twigg in the
name and token of seizen of all land and premises within men-
tioned in the presence of Dale Carter, Wm. George, and Gawin
Lowry."
Joseph Carter. Gent., had a grant for 147 acres in Lancaster
county, Feb. 8, 1729; Sept. 26, 1726, he, with his brother, James
had a grant for 1,137 acres in Stafford county, and 6^ acres in
1724. Joseph Carter also owned other land in Lancaster and Staf-
ford as shown by the disposition of it in his will, but I have no
data of its purchase by him : it may have been land inherited from
his father anrl grandfather, as he shared in their residuary es-
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331
tates. March 19. 1714, Joseph Carter purchased from John Pines,
for £96 sterhng. a negro man named Punch, a negro woman named
Nan, two beds and furniture, six leather chairs, a chest of draw-
ers, and some kitchen utensils. This John Pines was probabiy
either the father-in-law or brother-in-law of Joseph Carter, as
the old Prayer Book says, that ''Joseph Carter & Ann Pines was
married on 23 Dec, 1713."
In 1729 and subsequently, Joseph Carter was a justice on the
County bench of Lancaster: and Nov. 25, 1741, "Mr. Joseph Car-
ter, Sherif" made oath before Mr. Edwin Conway as to the true
return of a poll for the election of Burgesses. The fragmentary
vestry book of St. IMary's parish shows that Joseph Carter was a
member of the vestry of that parish from 1743 until his death
in 1764, and in 1754 was one of the church wardens.
Col. James Gordon, in his diary, under date of Aug. 11. 1761,
says: "Mr. Hunt and old Mr. Joe Carter to dinner . . . Had much
discourse with old Mr. Carter and gave him a book to read."
Aug. 31, 1724, Rich'' Chichester, Esq. made a deed of gift to
"Judith, the daughter of Mr. Joseph Carter" for a negro boy
named "Gift." Mr. Chichester was probably Judith Carter\^ god-
father and for that reason made her so valuable a present. In
1734, Rich"* Chichester, Esq., made "my friend Joseph Carter"
one of his executors and gave a mourning ring each, to his friends,
Joseph Carter and his wife, Mrs. Anne Carter.
Joseph Carter, Gent., of White Chapel parish. Lancaster, n-.ade
his will, Jan. 12, 1764, which was probated Aug. 19, 1765. He
gave his plantation in Stafford to son Jeremiah, and divided his
lands in Lancaster between his sons Joseph, George and Henry.
Gave son Joseph his Chariot and three horses, his watch and gold
rings, etc. His negroes and other personal property equally to
all children. Son, Joseph Carter and nephew. Dale Carter, execu-
tors. Joseph and Ann Pines Carter had issue:
1. Joseph Carter, Jr., died in Lancaster in 1771.
2. George Carter, died in Lancaster in 1791.
3. Henry Carter (youngest son) died in Lancaster after 1785.
4. Jeremiah Carter, died in Stafford, Feb. 2, 1781.
5. Judith Carter, no data.
7^T^2 gexealogy of the carter easily
6. Anne Carter, no data.
7. Tabitha Carter, died in Stafford, Nov. 6, 1759.
I. Joseph Carter was probably the eldest son of Joseph and
Anne Pines Carter, of "Daleland." He lived in Stafford until
after the death of his father, and was married both times in that
county. Joseph Carter seems to have owned land in Staft'ord.
Prince William, and Lancaster, for which I could find no deeds
to him, owing to the gaps in the records ; part of it however, he
had from his father and probably other portions came with his
wives. Sept. 25, 1745. he had a grant for 400 acres in Prince
William. Xov. 5, 1748, Joseph Carter, Gent., and wife Margaret,
of Overwharton parish. Stafford, leased 172 acres of land in
Dittengen parish, Prince William county, to John Delganie. On
the margin of the record book in Prince William is a crudely drawn
seal showing the head and shoulders of a talbot, which is a Car-
ter crest.
The Overwharton Register gives the marriages of Joseph Car-
ter as follows :
Joseph Carter and ]vlargaret Mason were married Xov. 2j,
1746. Margaret Mason Carter died March 12, 1752, one day
after the birth of her youngest daughter, and on Feb. 5, 1755,
Joseph Carter was married to Lettice Lynton. Oct. 12, 1753.
John Peyton gave bond as the guardian of Lettice Lynton, or-
phan daughter of Anthony Lynton, Dec'd.
Mason Excursus.
The destruction of so many of the records of Stafford County makes it
impossible to ever write a complete history of the Mason family of that
county, from which in one line has sprung so many distinguished men.
I am of the opinion that all the Masons of Stafford spring from. George
Mason, who was born in Staffordshire, England, and appeared in Stafford
County, Virgnia. about 1651. where he became a large land owner, colone^
of militia, etc., and died n 1686. His descendants through his son George,
whose will was probated in Stafford, November 14, 1716, have been traced.
and will be given later. From the circumstantial evidence of baptismal
names I believe Margaret Mason Carter's ancestry to have been as follows :
i?t generation — George Mason, the emigrant, died in Virginia in i6^b.
2nd generation Mason, son of the emigrant.
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GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FA:\f[LY
6. Anne Carter, no data.
7. Tabitha Carter, died in Stafford, Xov. 6, 1759.
I. Joseph Carter was probably the eldest son of Joseph and
Anne Pines Carter, of "Daleland." He lived in Stafford until
after the death o'f his father, and was married both times in that
county. Joseph Carter seems to have owned land in Staft'ord.
Prince William, and Lancaster, for which I could find no deeds
to him, owing to the gaps in the records ; part of it however, he
had from his father and probably other portions cam.e with his
wives. Sept. 25, 1745, he had a grant for 400 acres in Prince
William. Xov. 5, 1748, Joseph Carter, Gent., and wife Margaret,
of Overwharton parish. Stafford, leased 172 acres of land in
Dittengen parish, Prince William county, to John Delganie. On
the margin of the record book in Prince William is a crudely drawn
seal showing the head and shoulders of a talbot, which is a Car-
ter crest.
The Overwharton Register gives the marriages of Joseph Car-
ter as follows :
Joseph Carter and Margaret ]\Iason were married Xov. 2j,
1746. Margaret Mason Carter died March 12, 1752, one day
after the birth of her youngest daughter, and on Feb. 5, 1755,
Joseph Carter was married to Lettice Lynton. Oct. 12, 1753.
John Peyton gave bond as the guardian of Lettice Lynton, or-
phan daughter of Anthony Lynton, Dec'd.
Masox Excursus.
The destruction of so many of the records of Stafford County makes it
impossible to ever write a complete history of the Mason family of that
county, from which in one line has sprung so many distinguished men.
I am of the opinion that all the Masons of Stafford spring from George
Mason, who was born in Staffordshire, England, and appeared in Stafford
County, Virgnia, about 165 1, where he became a large land owner, colo^e^
of militia, etc., and died n 1686. His descendants through his son George,
whose will was probated in Stafford, November 14, 1716, have been traced.
and will be given later. From the circumstantial evidence of baptismal
names I believe Margaret Mason Carter's ancestry to have been as follows:
i=t generation — George Mason, the emigrant, died in \'irg!nia in 1686.
2nd generation Mason, son of the emigrant.
Master Otis Striclixg Yolxi
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I 3rd generation— George Mason, whose will, probated in Stafford, May
I II, 171 1, names his wife Margaret, sons George. William. Lyman, and
daughters Margaret and Mary Anne. George Mason (presumably the
above George, Jr.,) died in Stafford, and his will, probated September 14.
1715. names wife Mary as his executor and sole legatee, and mentions
his sisters, Margaret Bennett and Anne French- This will indicates that
he had no children.
4th generation. — William Mason. I have no data of him other than
above, but I think he very probably was the father of Margaret Mason
Carter, as her daughter, Mary Anne Carter Bronaugh's descendants per-
petuated the name of William instead of Lyman as they would have done
had she been a daughter of the third son of George and Margaret Mason.
Margaret Mason Carter's two daughters were named Margaret and Mary
Anne, which I think strong presumptive evidence that she was closely con-
nected with the family of George Mason who died in 171 1. The distin-
guished branch of the Mason family have used the name of French as a
baptiSTml name. May it not have come through the marriage of Mary
Anne Mason, daughter of George Mason, who died in 171 1- If so it would
strengthen my contention that all the Stafford County Masons are of the
same stock.
As there has been two intermarriages between the Carters and the other,
or traced line of Masons, I will give it here-
George Mason, of Staffordshire, England, came to Virginia about 1651
and settled in Stafford County, where he owned large tracts of land and
died in 1686. He had a son George Mason, 2nd, whose will was probated
in Stafford, November 14, 1716. He w^as a large land owner, lieut-colonel
of the county militia, etc., and had by his first wife, Mary, daughter of
Col. Gerard Fowke of "Gunston Hall," Maryland, a son George Mason.
3rd, born in 1690, died in Stafford in 1735. He was married in 1721 to
Anne Thomson (second wife), daughter of Stevens Thomson of "HolIIn
Hall," Staffordshire, son of Sir William Thomson, Knt., Alderman, etc.
George and Anne Thomson Mason had issue: i, Rosa Enfield Mason, who
married first. John Dinwiddle, brother of Gov. Dinwiddle, and second. Col.
Jeremiah Bronaugh (born Feb. 25, 1703, died Nov. li, 1749), by whom
she had a son John, who married Mary Anne Carter, daughter of Joseph
and Margaret Mason Carter. 2, George Mason. 4th, born 1725. di^d 1792.
author of the famous Virginia Bill of Rights, one of the chief miembers of
the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1776, member of the Continental
Congress 1777, the U. S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. etc. He mar-
ried ist. Anne, daughter of Col. Wm. Eilbeck of Maryland, and 2nd, Sarah
Brent. He had among others : Hon. John Mason, born 1764, died 1824.
of "Analostan" and "Clermont." who married Ann Maria Murry, daugh-
ter of Dr. James and Sarah Murry of Annapolis. They had issue among
J J, GEXE-ILOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
OO-r
Other?: Hon. James Murry Zvlason. born 1798. died 1871. He was a grad-
uate of William and Mary and the University of Pennsylvania, and prac-
ticed law at Winchester, Va., iS20-"6i. He was a member of the Virginia
Assembly, Presidential Elector in 1833, member of Congress and the
U. S. Senate l847-'6i. President Davis sent him as one of the Confed-
erate Ministers to England, etc. He married Eliza, daughter of Hon.
Benjamin Chew, and had among others a son. Judge James M- Mason of
Cha'rlestown. W. Va.. whose son. Thomas M. Mason, a large lumber ex-
porter of Abingdon, Va., married Pauline White, daughter of Dr. Wm.
White of "Fruit Hill," and his wife Elizabeth Carter, daughter of Hon.
Dale Carter of Russell County. See Miss Rowland's "Life of George
Mason of Gunston Hall," Hayden's "Virginia Genealogies," and Miss
Hardy's "Colonial Families of the Southern States."
Joseph Carter had issue as follows— dates are from the Over-
wharton register:
By first wife :
8." Mary Anne, born Dec. 7, 1747. married Dr. John Brcnaugh.
9. Margaret, born March 11, 1752, died Oct. 11, 1754-
By second wife:
10. Anthony, born Dec. 14, 1755, no data.
11. Alexander, born June 16, 1758, no data.
12. Joseph, born circa i76o-'65.
13. Anne Pines, married Samuel Haynie about 1778.
14. Sarah Ellen, either she or her sister Mary Page married a
Mr. Chinn.
15. Mary Page.
Joseph Carter's will dated July i, 1769, was probated in Lan-
caster, July 18, 1 77 1. He gave wife Lettice the use of half his
estate; daughter Mary Anne Bronaugh forty shillings as her
portion had already been given her; son Anthony a tract of land
in Stafford and all his land in Lancaster; son Joseph his watcli
and gold ring; Robert Brent, Esq., of Stafford, 250 acres in that
county; residue of estate, equally to all children except eldest
daughter. Wife, son Anthony, cousin Dale Carter, and friends
Thomas and Matthew Myers, to be executors. His personal es-
tate in Lancaster amounted to £464. 12s .3d., and included 14 ne-
groes besides an excellent lot of furniture, a "parcel of book-.
etc.; and on his Prince William plantation to £379.43., and m-
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
zro
eluded 9 negroes. In 1755. he deeded to his daughter Mary Anne,
four negroes, probably servants that had come to him with he."
mother.
April 24, 1 78 1, James Gordon, Henry Towles and Charles
Rogers, allotted to "Air. Rodham Lunceford, who intermarried
with the widow of I\Ir. Joseph Carter, Dec'd, her share of his
estate,"' vizt. 13 negroes, and other personal property. They also
allotted to Samuel Haynie who intermarried with Anne Pines
Carter her share of her father's estate. }drs. Lettice Lynton Car-
ter married Rodham Lunsford, Feb. 26, 1774, with her brother-
in-law, Henry Carter as security. He was probably a widower,
as in the census of 1782 Rodham Lunsford was the head of a
family of ten whites and thirty blacks.
The Broxaugh Family.
Traditionally the Bronaughs of Virginia are descendants of "Paul
Bruneau, Sieur de la Chabrosiere, who was born in La Rochelle and was
a grandson of Jean Brunseau, counselor, and eminent citizen whose family
obtained patents of nobility in the middle of the 17th century. Paul Bru-
neau was accompanied in his flight to America by his nephew Henri Bru-
neau. While in England they obtained letters of Naturalization on March
20, 1636, and changed the spelling of the name to Bronaugh. Paul and
Henry Bronaugh were instrumental in building the first Presbyterian
Church in South Carolina." The family was settled in the Rappahannock
country in the last years of the seventeenth century, where the first knoicn
ancestor of the family of interest here was born.
Jeremiah Bronaugh, born Feb. 25, 1702, settled in Stafford County.
where he is said to have been a colonel of the militia, justice, vestryman,
etc. He died here November 11, 1749. He was a son of a Jeremiah Bro-
naugh who is said to have been settled in Stafford County, and nephew of
William Bronaugh who died in Richmond County in 1718. Col. Jeremiah
Bronaugh, Jr., married a Mrs- Rosa Enfield Mason Dinwiddle, widow of
John EHnwiddie, brother of Governor Dinwiddle, and sister of the ,>tate--
man, George Mason of Gunston Hall. She was born in 1703 and died at
Gunston Hall, November 22, 1761. For an account of their descendants see
William and Mary Quarterly. Vol. XVH. Their youngest son, John Bro-
naugh, i.. said to have been a physician. He was born January 15. 174?.
in Staff'ord. and died in the same county, November 24, 1777- Sometime
prior to July i. 1769 (date of Joseph Carter's will), John Bronaugh nr.ir-
ried Anne Carter, daughter of Joseph and Margaret IMason Carter.
336 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Though John Bronaugh's home was in Stafford, he owned land
in Loudoun and Fauquier, where his will was probated, !May 2-,,
1778. It names two sons and two daughters, but some of the
descendants say there was a third daughter, Anne Bronaugh, born
after the death of her father. }*Irs. }^Iary Anne Carter Bronaugh
died at the home of her son William Bronaugh on the Gt. Kanawha
River, in Mason county about 1820-25.
In the census of 1785, ^Mrs. ]\Iary Anne Bronaugh, of Stafford
county, was given as the head of a family of eight white persons.
This census did not enumerate the servants as did the previous
ones. There is some controversy among the descendants of Dr.
John and }^Iary Anne Carter Bronaugh as to the number of their
children, but they seemi to have had six, one of whom was born
after Dr. Bronaugh's death, and another died quite young. They
were :
16. Margaret Bronaugh, born in i767-'68, died after 1800.
17. Mary }kIason Bronaugh, born Xov. 19, 1770, died Oct. 2,
1831.
18. John Bronaugh, Jr., M. D., born about 1772, died after 1825.
19. William Bronaugh, born about 1774, died in 1859.
20. Martin Bronaugh, born about 1776, died young.
21. Anne Carter Bronaugh, born in 1778, died after 1800.
Carters of '"Daleland" — Beale Branch.
16. Margaret Broxaugh, eldest daughter, was named for her
grandmother, Margaret Mason, wife of Joseph Carter. When
quite young she was married to Richard Eustace Beale, of Rich-
mond county. There is a decided difference of opinion among the
descendants of Dr. and Mary Anne Carter Bronaugh as to this
marriage. Mrs. C. A. Renaker, Cynthiana, Ky., says that her
father. Dr. A. J. Beale, always called }vlr. Robert Hereford, of
Mason county, and his wife, ^.lary Mason Bronaugh, uncle and
aunt and said that Mrs. Hereford was a sister of his grandmother
Beale. ]\Iiss Cora Bronaugh, of St. Louis, a grand-daughter of
William,, the second son of Dr. John and Z\Iary Anne Carter
Bronaiirjh, says very positively that Margaret Bronaugh did not
marry Richard Eeale, but was the second wife of Joseph Hale.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 33-
Judge Thomas Harvey, Huntington, West \^a., a grandson of
Joseph Hale, has the old Hale Bible, and says that his grand-
father's second wife was Anne Carter Bronaugh, youngest daugh-
ter of Dr. John and Mary Carter Bronaugh, and a first cousin of
the first wife who was Margaret Bronaugh, daughter of Wil-
liam and Margaret Alurdock Bronaugh. The evidence seeming to
be in favor of the Bronaugh-Beale marriage, I have so consid-
ered it.
Beale Excursus.
Richard Eustace Beale was the son of John Beale of Richmond County,
and his wife Elizabeth Eustace, daughter of \Vm. Eustace of Wicomico
Parish, Northumberland County, and his wife Ann Lee. daughter of Han-
cock Lee. John Beaie's will was probated in Richmond County, August
3, 1767, and names wife Elizabeth Eustace and children, Anne, Sarah,
Winifred, Elizabeth, Charlotte, and only son Richard Eustace. He was a
son of John and Elizabeth Fitzhugh Beale, and a grandson of Thomas and
Elizabeth Tavernor Beale.
Elizabeth Tavernor, born March 25, 1681, died March 29, 1729, was the
daughter of John and Elizabeth Cole Tavernor of Richmond County.
Thomas Beale was the son of Capt. Thomas Beale (2nd), born in 1648,
died Oct. 16, 1679, at his home "Chestnut Hill." Richm.ond County, where
his tomb is yet to be seen showing the Beale arms. These are the same
as those of the Beale family of London, which are: "Sa- on a chevron
between three griffin heads erased ar. three estoiles gu. Crest,— a uni-
corn's head erased or. semee d'estoiles gu."
Capt. Thomas Beale of "Chestnut Hill" was the son of Thomas and
Alice Beale, who came to York County, Va., prior to Oct. 26, 1646, and
settled on a plantation called "Mulberry Bend," where they are buried;
and was married Feb. 27, 1672, in York County, to Anne, the daughter of
Capt. Wm. Gooch, who was born in England in 1626. and died Oct. 25,
1655, and is buried in the old York Church, whose ruins are near the old
Moore house where Lord Cornwallis surrendered. Capt. Gooch was a
member of the House of Burgesses in 1652 and 1654, and of the Council
in 1655.
Thomas Beale, Sr., the emigrant, was a member of the Council in
1662, and a lieutenant-colonel of the York Militia.
Richard Eustace Beale and Margaret Bronaugh had a son,
Richard Tavernor Beale, who married first Hannah Wils'-m,
daughter of John Wilson, who was born in Aug., 1749, and died.
Aug. 31, 1823, and is buried on the old Beale farm in Ma~nn
338 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
county. The slab over his grave bears the following inscription :
"Here lies the body of John Wilson, who was an officer in the
Revolution, a peaceable Citizen, and an honest man, who died
Aug. 31 — 1823, in 74 year of his age."
Richard T. Beale married, second, Margaret, daughter of James
H. and Elizabeth James Seaton.
He had issue by first marriage :
22. John Beale, died in 1867.
23. Anne Maria Beale, died in 1850, unmarried.
24. William Beale, bom in 1820, died in Nov., 1872.
25. David Beale, died in 1847.
26. Richard Eustace Beale. died in 1873.
2j. James Monroe Beale, born in 1829, died in 1903.
Issue by second marriage :
28. Andrew Jackson Beale, born Nov. 19, 1831, died Jan. 4,
1909.
29. Sarah Beale, married Jesse Bassett.
24. William Beale, of Mercer's Bottom, Mason county, \'a..
was married Dec. 29, 1852, to Lavinia Moore, born, 1834 — still
living. They had issue : Wm. Clinton Beale, now dead ; ^Irs.
Margaret Franklin, of New Orleans ; Charles Moore Beale. liv-
ing now in Oklahoma ; Mrs. F. B. Reynolds, of New Orleans ;
John M. Beale, a prominent merchant and business m.an of Guyan-
dotte, West Va., who married Margaret, daughter of Dr. A. B.
and Elizabeth Thornburg ^^IcGuinnis ; Robert Wilson Beale. dead ;
and Ella Augusta Beale, dead.
26. Richard Eustace Beale, married Mary Ellen Moore, and
had a daughter, Atlanta, who married a Mr. Gibbs and died in
1887, and a son George Beale, living now at Paducah, Ky.
27. James M. Beale, married Jane Wiley, and died at Area!;,
111., in 1903, leaving a son and daughter.
28. Andrew J. Beale, M. D., served during the war in the Con-
federate army, and after the war for nearly half a century, at-
tended to a large practice in and near Cynthiana. Ky. July 12,
1856, he was married to Mrs. Mary A. Elliott, nee Tucker. Tliey
have three daughters living: Mr-. C. A. Reniker, CMitliiana. Ky.,
Mrs. Lalla Grav. wife of Dr. Grav, of Fort Wortli, Texas, and
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 339
Mary Beale, who is married and living at Paul's Valley, Okla-
homa, but the name of her husband was not furnished me by any
of my correspondents.
Carters of "Dalelaxd" — Hereford Branch.
17. M.\ry Mason Bronaugh. second daughter of Dr. John and
Mary Anne Carter Bronaugh, of Stafford county, was married
Dec. 7, 1790, to Robert Hereford, born in Loudoun county, Oct.
8, 1769, died in Mason county in Jan. 1853.
Hereford Excursus. •
Robert Hereford was the son of John Hereford, born in 1725, died in
Fairfax County, Va., in 1794. and his wife Margaret x\mmon, and grand-
son of John Herriford, who came to Fairfax County from Hertfordshire,
England. John, Sr.'s will was probated in Fairfax in I747. and John. Jr.'s
in 1794. and names his children as follows: John (3). Wm., Tho;., Francis,
Robert, Ann. Peggy, Kitty, and Elizabeth.
Robert Hereford and his wife continued to live in Loudoun
after their marriage until 1807, when they removed to a thou-
sand acre farm that Mr. Hereford had purchased in 1805 from
the lower end of the Mercer grant on the Ohio River, in Mason
county. Here they lived in a hewn log house until 181 1, when
Mr. Hereford's negro servants and a bricklayer imported from
east of the mountains completed a two-story brick house, in which
his great grandchildren are now living. This house is the oldest
one now standing in the county, and is said to have been the first
one completed of brick in Mason county, though it is claimed
on the authority of old residents, that the brick house of John
Miller, a neighbor of the Herefords, was completed a year earlier,
on the farm known as Elwell. now owned by the Moores. Also
in 181 1 another two-story brick house was built for Samuel Hen-
derson on the Henderson grant, south of Kanawha at Point
Pleasant, now owned by his great grandson.
In writing of this old home the late Miss Ellen Neale, of "Ben
Lomand," Mason county, to whose persistent efforts and kind-
ness I am indebted for most of the interesting data that has been
gathered of the descendants of Mary Anne Carter Bronaugh,
Miss Xeale savs :
340 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
"The old house of nearly a century past (she was writing in
1905), though some changes have been necessary, is unique in
one particular — it has been lived in by six generations and is
still unfinished— walls not plastered and rough and pioneer like
in many ways. The rooms were ceiled with walnut plank, and in
one never whitewashed, shows plainly bare foot prints of many
sizes. While the lumber was piled in the yard it must have been
played over by children whose feet were wet with dew and stains
of weeds. :Mrs. Hereford's mother (:Mrs. Mary Anne Carter
Bronaugh), in the latter years of her life, would stay six months
with this daughter, and then made comfortable in a pirogue, with
feather bed, pillows, etc., would be rowed by servants up the Ohio
and Kanawha Rivers to Buffalo, where her son William was
living. This was repeated each year until her death, about 1820-
1825. In the yard is an old-fashioned w^hite rose bush, set out
in 1810 — some of the largest locust trees in all the country round—
a beautiful walnut tree planted by one of the daughters in 1818.
In the house are many relics— a tall hall clock and solid mahogany
tables from England— a cherry bedstead with high posts beau-
tifully carved in pine apple design — a wine buffet from Scot-
land, old silver, etc., from old Virginia. The garret is a store-
house of old papers of the family and those connected by mar-
riage. Many were destroyed by mice, but others remain, some
dating back to 1764.
"Mr. Robert Hereford was a man of piety— true and sincere
in his convictions of right and duty — a member of the Methodist
Church, but not bigoted. On one occasion, when present at a
communion service in a Baptist church, he advanced to the table.
but was met by the preacher with: '"Hold on, Brother Hereford,
this is our table." Mr. Hereford stepped back, replying, 'T beg
pardon, I thought it was the Lord's."
"Feeling the need of a house of worship in this frontier wilder-
ness, he built a church on his farm, and in the churchyard sur-
rounding it, he, his wife and Virginia Lewis Hereford (daugh.ter
of Howell Lewis and granddaughter of Betty Washington Lewi>
of Kenmore), and other members of his family are buried. Not
vrKi^ ^.
'Rural Retreat.'" Ma-^on County, iSic.
(Built hv R. ben Hereford).
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 341
a vestige of the building remains — only a grove of trees and a few
tombstones."
Robert and Mary r^Iason Bronaugh Hereford had issue:
31. William xA.nsley Hereford, born Aug. 27, 1791, died in
Texas in Sept.. 1839.
32. John Bronaugh Hereford, born June 11, 1794.
33. Robert Ammon Hereford, born Feb. 18, 1796.
34. Anna Maria Hereford, born in Feb., 1798.
35. Elizabeth Page Hereford, born Jan. 29, 1800, died in 1872.
36. Thomas Ammon Hereford, born ]March 18, 1802.
37. Margaret ^^lason Hereford, born March 10, 1805, died
July 19, 1 888.
38. ]Mary Anne Hereford, born Jan. 21, 1807, died Nov. 27,
1886.
39. Catharine Ellen Hereford, born Jan. 29. 1810.
40. Francis Marion Hereford, born Jan. 25, 1814.
The first six children were born in Loudoun county, the next
two in Fauquier, and the last two in Mason.
31. William Ansley Hereford, married Emily Chinn, of Fau-
quier (related to the Ashbeys of that county), and had issue:
41. Dr. John Robert Hereford, of St. Louis, v/ho married Mary
Couszins, of a fine old French family of that city.
42. Eliza Hereford, married Dr. Allen Sebrell, of Mason county.
43. Mary Catharine Hereford, married her cousin, Dr. John
Hereford Beale.
44. Andrew Chinn Hereford, was a major in the Confederate
army.
45. Thomas Hereford.
46. Emily Hereford, married a Mr. Brand and lived in Galena,
111.
32. JoHX Broxaugh Hereford, removed to Louisiana, where
he was married in West Felisiana parish to Catharine Mary Stir-
ling, born in 1786, daughter of Lewis and IMary Turnbull Stir-
ling. Her father was United States quartermaster in the War of
1812 at New Orleans, and was a son of Alexander Stirling who
342
GEXEJLOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
emigrated from Scotland to Point Coupee parish, La. John and
Catharine Sterling Hereford had issue :
47. Dr. Francis Robert Hereford, married Julia Lecoque.
48. Sarah Turnbull Hereford.
49. Lewis Stirling Hereford, married Elizabeth R. Percy.
50. Anne Matilda Hereford, married Clarence Percey.
51. John Bronaugh Hereford, Jr., married Elizabeth J. Rob-
ertson.
52. James Stirling Hereford, married, first, Adeline Harris;
second, Jennie Chichester ; third, Mary Brewer.
53. Catharine Mary Hereford, married Anthony Doherty.
54. Isabella Semple Hereford, married, first, Demarct Haw-
kins ; second, Rev. G. R. Upton.
33. Robert Ammox Hereford, married Virginia Lewis, daugh-
ter of Howell Lewis and his wife, Ellen Hackley Pollard, and
grand-niece of General Washington.
Lewis Excursus.
Howell Lewis, born Dec. 12, 1771, was the youngest son of Co!. Field-
ing Lewis of "Kenmore," near Fredericksburg, and his wife Betty Wash-
ington, only sister of General Washington. Col. Lewis, born July 7, 1725,
died in 1781, was a wealthy and prominent man in Virginia about the timo
of the Revolution, and gave large sums of money toward the manufacture
of cannon and small arms for the Continental troops. He was a son of
Col- Lewis of "Warner Hall," Gloucester, who married about 1719 Fran-
ces Fielding, only daughter of Henry Fielding of King and Queen County.
Col- John Lewis was commissioned a colonel in Gloucester militia in
1734, and was a member of the Council in i748-'5i. He was born March
22, 1692, and died in 1754, and was a son of Col. John Lewis, Sr., mem-
ber of the Council in 1715, born Nov. 30, 1669, died Nov. 14, 1725, and
his wife Eliabeth Warner, born Nov. 24, 1672, died Feb. 5, 1720, daughter
of Col. Augustine Warner of "Chesake" and "Warner Hall," the latter
was at one time one of the largest and handsomest homes in coionia!
Virginia.
Howell Lewis died in 1823 and the inventory of his estate in Mason
County shows that he owned 27 servants in that county.
Robert and \'irginia Lewis Hereford are buried at the oM
Hereford place in Mason county. They liad issue:
GEXEAL'OGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
343
55. Robert Lewis Hereford, who was quite a "Beau Brummel"
in his dress and appearance. He removed to the West and lived
among the Indians, and paradoxical as it may seem, he married
a halfbreed French and Indian squaw. He is said to have acted
as an interpreter for General Custer in his Indian campaigns.
56. Brooke Gwathmey Hereford, born Dec. 31, 183 1, died in
April, 1899, married Miriam Hannan and removed to Ohio.
56. Frances Hereford, married John Hall, of }vIason county,
and lived at a handsome old place on the Ohio above Point
Pleasant.
57. Kate Bronaugh Hereford, married a Mr. Shroeder.
58. Betty Washington Hereford.
59. Lawrence Berry Hereford.
34. Anxa }^Iaria Hereford, born in 1798, married Maj. John
W. Beale, of Botetourt county, and died in St. Louis. He was a
son of John Beale and his wife, ^vlargaret, daughter of Colonel
George Skillern of the Revolution.
Beale Excursus.
John Beale, father of John W. Beale, was a son of Tavemor Beale. Jr.,
and his wife Elizetbeth Hite, daughter of Jacob Hite by his first wife
Catharine O'Bannon of Dublin. Ireland. Tavernor BeaJe, Jr., was the
4th child of Tavernor Beale, Sr., and his wife Frances Madison, daughter
of Ambrose and Frances Taylor Madison. Frances ^Madison Beale mar-
ried secondly the Jacob Hite mentioned above and removed to South
Carolina, where she, with her husband and younger children, were mur-
dered by the Indians.
Tavernor Beale, Sr., was the third sen of Thomas Beale of Richm.ond
County, and his wife Elizabeth Tavernor- See Beale notes elsewhere in
this section.
John W. Beale and Anna Maria Hereford had issue :
60. Dr. John Hereford Beale, living in San Diego, Cal., ii.
1909: He married his cousin, Mary Catharine Hereford, and had
at least one daughter, Miss Emma Beale, of San Diego.
61. Mary Margaret Beale, died in 1900, married Philip Wm.
Hale, son of William Payne Hale and his wife, Eleanor Ham-
344
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
son. They had issue: \Vm. Beale Hale, Howard Hale, Rober:
Hale, Channing Hale, Anne Hale, of whom later ; Julia Hale,
married Captain Ambrose ; George Robert Hale,
married Anne Dunn, and lived at Baton Rouge, La., where he
became a judge on the Louisiana bench ; Charles Hale and Thoma^
Hale. Anne Beale Hale, married, first, Theodore Wendall, born
in April, 1S37, in Albany, New York, by whom she had issue
two daughters — Eva ]NL Wendall, married Dr. William L. Barne?.
and Margaret Romaine Wendall, unmarried. Mrs. Anne Bcale
Wendall married, second, in 1890. Charles Rollins ^Miller, born
in Cayuga county, Xew York, in 1834, and died in Adrian. ]\Iich..
Oct. 13, 1908. Dr. and Mrs. Wm. L. Barnes have one daughter,
Dorothy Barnes, who in May, 1910, unveiled at Ionia, IMich, a
tablet erected by the Daughters of the Revolution to the memory
of Dexter colony, who were the original settlers in that city ; her
father bcmg a grandson of Dr. Wm. B. Lincoln and Oliver Arnold,
members of the colony in 1833.
35. Elizabeth Page Hereford, named for her father's f i\ orite
sister, Elizabeth Hereford, who married Gawin Page, born about
1758, son of ]\Iann Page, of "Rosewell," and his second wife,
Anne Corbin Tayloe, of "Mt. Airy,' inherited the old Hereford
place in Mason county. She was married in 1828 to Dr. Mathew
W'right Stribling, born at Berryville, \'a., in 1796, died in Fau-
quier county in 1845. He was a son of Thomas and Betsey
Snickers Stribling, of Clarke county, Va., and grandson of Talia-
ferro and Elizabeth Wright Stribling. Dr. Stribling received a
fine classical education in Virginia and his medical education a/
the Philadelphia Medical College. In 1817 he settled at Red
House Shoals, on the Great Kanawha, to which place his father
and brother had previously removed. In 1828 he was elected to
the Virginia Assembly, and taking his bride they rode througli
to Fauquier on horseback, where she remained with relatives
while he v/ent on to Richmond. Two years later they returned to
the Kanawha \^alley and settled in Charleston, and in 1835 removed
to Point Pleasant. His health failing in 1845, they traveled again
across the mountains, hoping the change would be beneficial, but
he died and was buried in Fauquier county. It was said of Dr.
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345
Stribling: "No one ever possessed a higher sense of honor, no
one ever had warmer feelings of friendship, or was more free
from vindictive feehngs — no more ardently affectionate son, hus-
band or father."
Dr. Mathew W. and Elizabeth Page Hereford Stribling had
issue :
62. Mary Caroline Striblixg, born in 1829 in Fauquier, mar-
ried in 1858, a cousin, Junius Temple Hereford, of Charleston,
and died at Atchinson, Kan., in 1872. Their only child, Fred-
erick Stribling Hereford, died at Mercers Bottom, West Va., in
1880.
63. Robert Mackey Stribling, M. D., was educated at
Drevv-en College, Ky., and at the Cincinnati ]Medical College. He
was a surgeon in the Confederate army, and after the war settled
at Florrisant, St. Louis county, Mo., where he died unmarried
in 1888.
64. Otis Francis Stribling, born in 1836, the present owner
of the old Hereford home in Mercers Bottom, was educated at
Gallia Academy, and in the law department or Washington and
Lee University at Lexington, Va. In 1869 he was married to
Virginia Caroline Neale, daughter of William Presley Lewis
Xeale, of "Ben Lomond," Mason county, and his wife, Catharine
Beale Steenbergen, daughter of General Peter H. Steenbergen.
Neale Excursus.
William Presley Lewis Neale was the youngest son of William
Presley Neale, who died in Fauquier County, Va., in 1808, at the
age of twe.ity-seven, who at the age of nineteen ran away with
and married his stepsister Nancy Maria Smith, who was but si.K-
teen years old. She was a daughter of Lewis Smith and his wife
Mary Nelson and granddaughter of John Smith and his wife Eliza
Marshall, daughter of John Marshall of "The Forest." Wm. Presley
Neale was a son of Richard ^^caie and his first wife Frances Underwood,
daughter of Thomas and Ami Underwood of King George County, and
was born in 1781, and married to Nancy Smith in 1801. Richard Neale,
born 1734, married prior to July, 1767, was the youngest son of Presley
and Margaret Ncale of Westmoreland County. Presley Neale was at one
346 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
time a "'sub-sheriit" of that county, and died in 1749 in Fairfax, leaving
a good estate. He was a son of Daniel Neale, who died in Westmoreland
in 1713, and his wife Ursula Presley, daughter of Cil. \Vm. Presley, and
sister of Capt. Peter Presley of "Northumberland House/' Northumber-
land County. Daniel Neale was a son of Christopher Neale (born in 1644.
died in 1651) of Northumberland County, and his wife Hannah Rodham,
daughter of Matthew and Eliabeth Rodham. Christopher Neale was a
son of Lieut. Daniel and Ellen Neale, who emigrated to Northumberland
County prior to 1659.
Otis F. and Virginia Caroline Stribling had issue:
Matthew Weightman, born in 1871, married in 1897 Alary M.
Hunter, daughter of Jefferson and }vlahala Carroll Hunter ; Catha-
rine Beale Stribling, born in 1873, married in 1899 James A.
Young, of Louisville, a son of Norborne and Sarah Harper Young,
of Magnolia, Ark., and have one son, Otis Stribling Young;
Elizabeth V. C. Stribling, born in 1875, died in 1902, and William
Neale, born in 1877.
36. Thomas Ammon Hereford, born in 1802, married ]\Iary
Cumberland Wilson, born in 1806. died in 1835, daughter of
James and ]Mary Prentice Wilson, and granddaughter of Cumber-
land and Janet Allen Wilson, of Glasgow, Scotland. Thomas A.
Hereford was the first postmaster below the Kanawha River in
Mason county, which office bore his surname. They had issue :
65. Dr. James Wilson Hereford, married Elizabeth Hayman.
66. Robert Prentice Hereford, married, first, ]\Iorena Marilla
Gowdy at Wheeling, Va., and second, a Miss Hereford, in Fresno
county, Cal.
67. Junius Temple Hereford, born in 1830, at Charleston, Va..
married his cousin, Mary Caroline Stribling.
^j. Marg.aret INIa.son Hereford, born in 1805, married Alonzo
Gushing, an attorney, born at Fredonia. X. Y., but a resident of
Gallipolis, Ohio. They had no children. A portrait of Mrs.
Gushing is at her old home in Mercers Bottom.
38. Mary Axxe Hereford, born in 1807, married Captain
Dempsey Cain, a wealthy planter in Mississippi, where they lived
until the war. Captain Dempsey took his servants to Texas for
safe keeping when the Federals got control of the Mississippi
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River, and on the road home was robbed and murdered. His
wife sought refuge with one of her brothers in Alabama, until
after the war, when the plantation was sold at a great sacritice,
and she came to Gallipolis to live with her sister, ]Mrs. Gushing.
She left no issue.
39. Catharine Ellex Hereford, born in 1810. married Dr.
Daniel Couch, a prominent pioneer physician of ]\Iason county.
who was born in Hanover county, Dec. 13, 1813, and died in
Mason county at an advanced age.
Couch Excursus.
Dr. Daniel Couch was a son of Daniel Couch, Sr., born in Williams-
burg, Va., April 19, 17S7, died at his home "Long Meadow," 3.1ason County,
Dec. 5, 1824, and his wife Sarah Richardson, born in Hanover County,
June 21, 1782. died at "Long Meadow" Nov. 16. 1852. They were married
in Hanover, Jan. 29, 1807. Daniel Couch was a son of Samuel Couch,
born Sept. 16, 1752, married in the old Swedes Church, Philadelphia, on
Jan. 3, 1776, to Anne Quigg, born at Mt. Holly, New Jersey, Oct. 5, 1754.
It is said that Samuel Couch owned at one time most of the land upon
which West Philadelphia is built, but selling it in 1777, he removed to
Virginia, where he purchased large tracts of land in Goochland, compris-
ing the "Little Creek" and other farms, and a good many slaves, but
later he became a strict Quaker and manumitted all of his servants. He
had issue: Rebecca Webb, who married Anthony Robinson, seventh in
descent from John Robinson of York County, who died in 1688, and l.ad
a large family. 2nd, Daniel Couch, married Sarah Richardson and re-
moved to the Kanawha Valley. 3rd, Anne Wolasten, born in 1786. mar-
ried, Aug. 6, 1803, Christopher Anthony, a prominent attorney of Lynch-
burg. 4th, Deborah, who was in the famous Richmond Theatre fire, and
csc&ped with her brother-in-law, Mr. Robinson, by jumping from an upper
widow. — Hay den's Virginia Genealogies.
Dr. Daniel Couch read medicine with Dr. Shaw at Point
Pleasant, and later took a course of lectures at Transylvania
University, Ky., before he settled down to practice in Mason.
Dr. and Mrs. Couch had issue:
68. Mary Couch, died unmarried.
69. Edward Couch, removed to Atchison, Kan., where he mar-
ried Parmee Abell, and had ijsue: Hallie, married a Mr. Ingra-
ham and removed to Texas, and a son, Harrv.
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 340
town of Buffalo, Puinam county, then in Alason county, which
is still owned by his descendants. IVIason county was named for
George .Mason" of '-Gunston Hall," a brother of William Bron-
augh's grandmother, Simpha Rosa Alason Bronaugh. This countv
with a long frontage along the Ohio and divided by the Great
Kanawha and with an average elevation of less than six hundred
feet above sea level, had most of its choice lands in the Ohio
and Kanawha \'alleys granted to General Washington. General
Andrew Lewis, General Hugh Mercer, ^lajor Peter Hogg, Cap-
tain John Henderson. Major Andrew \\'agoner, and a few other
more or less prominent Mrginians. From 1790 to 1825 these
grants were divided into farms of from three hundred to a
thousand acres each and in most instances settled on by the rela-
tives or friends of the original grantees, so that today is to be
found in Mason county the blood and names of Washington, Ball,
Hogg, Lewis, Thornton, Henderson, Waggoner, Beale. Neale!
Miller, Clendenin, Bronaugh, Hereford, Steenbergen, George^
Eastham and other well known families of the mother State.
William Bronaugh was married twice, first, on Aug. 14, 1799, i"
King George county, to ^vlaria Fitzhugh, daughter of Colonel
William and Hannah Fitzhugh, of "^larmion," in that county.
Fitzhugh Excursus.
Col. William Fitzhugh of Marmion. born April 13, 1725, died in 1791,
is thought to have been the Wm. Fitzhugh who was a major of the Staf-
ford militia in 1752. and member of the House of Burgesses in i748-'5i.
He was the eldest son of Maj. John Fitzhugh of Stafiford, who married.
about 1719, Barbara McCarty, daughter of Daniel' McCarty of Westmore-
land, who was Speaker of the House of Burgesses, etc.. and died Jan. 21.
1733- Maj. John was the youngest son of Col. William Fitzhugh. the dis-
tinguished^ lawyer, merchant, and planter who emigrated from Bedford-
shire to Virginia about 1670, where he purchased large tracts of land and
lived in great style. For extensive account of this family see Virginia
Historical Magazine, Vols. VH and VHI.
William Bronaugh and Maria Fitzhugh had issue one daughter,
Maria, who is said to have died unmarried. Wm. Bronaugh
married, second, in 1805, ^lary Catharine Pope Peyton, fourth
child of Yelverton and Elizabeth Heath Peyton, of Stafford
countv.
GEXEALOGY' OF THE CARTER FAMILY 351
81. Christopher Cohinibus, born Julv ii, 1808, died Julv 9,
1876.
82. Ludwell Lee. born Sept. 8. 1810.
83. Thomas Jefferson, born in 1S12.
84. Addison Carter, born in 1814.
84. Virginia, born in 18 17.
86. Belle, born 18 19, died in 1875.
Sy. William Yelverton, born in 1821.
S8. Warren Carter, born in 1824. died in infancy.
89. Catharine Pope Peyton, born in 1827.
80. Mary Anne Bronaugh, married in 1822, William Black-
well, said to have been a nephew of General John Blackwell, of
Fauquier county. He died in 1827. and in 1830 she married David
C. Harrison, by whom she had no issue. By the first marriage
there was :
90. Catharine Blackwell, born in 1823. died in 1S48.
91. John William Blackwell, born in 1825, died in 1879.
Blackwell Excursus.
If, as stated in Hayden's "Virginia Genealogies." William Blackwell,
husband of Mary Anne Bronaugh, was a nephew of General John Black-
well, then he must have been a son of George Steptoe Blackwell, born in
i753< living in 1787, who is said to have married and had several children.
as the sons of all the other brothers of General John are known. Miss
Stella Pickett Hardy has kindly gi\en me data of this family.
George Steptoe Blackwell, born in 1753, was a son of Joseph Blackwell
of Northumberland County, and his wife Lucy Steptoe, (laughter of John
and Elizabeth Eustace Steptoe of Lancaster County. Joseph Blackwell,
born July 9, 1715, at '"Walnut Lodge," Northumberland, died in Fau-
quier between April 26, and June 25, 1787. He was a second lieutenant
for two years in the 3rd Va. Regt. in the Revolution, and was the second
son of Samuel and Margery Downing Blackwell of "Walnut Lodge,"
Northumberland. Samuel Blackwell, born Sept. 23. 1680, died in 1732,
vestryman, justice, etc.. m.arried. circa, 1709, Margery, daughter of William
Downing, was the son of Joseph Blackwell, the emigrant to Northumber-
land County prior to 1680.
90. Catii.vrixe Blackwell, married in 1850. Rev. Samuel
Wiatt. a Baptist minister, and had issue: a. John David Wiatt,
352 GESEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
died in the Confederate army; b. Mary Anne, died infant ; c. Fran-
cis Wiatt, married a Mr. Dabney; d. William Edmund Wiatt,
married Louisa Slaughter and had issue: W'm. Slaughter Wiatt,
married Nov. ii, 1904, Emma Moore,, of Boston; Charles Wiatt;
Frances Wiatt, married Rev. Arthur Darrow, a Baptist missionary
in India ; Walter Wiatt, a Baptist missionary in India, married
Maud Darrow on Sept. 7, 1904; Katharine Wiatt, married in
Oct., 1908, Dr. X. J. Lynott, of East St. Louis ; Margaret Wiatt,
Neoma Wiatt and Ruth Wiatt.
91. John William Blackwell, married in 1845 Sarah E.
Jones and had issue 2vlarie. John Wm., George H., Lucy, married
Saunders, Chas. H., Edward, Elizabeh.
81. Christopher Columbus Broxaugh. was married in 1S39
at Warrenton, Va., to his cousin, Mary Anne Elizabeth Waters
(born 1820), daughter of William and INIary Samuel Heath Peyton
Waters. Mr. Bronaugh was a lawyer and a year after his mar-
riage removed from. Mason county to Henry county, Mo., where
he was admitted to the bar. He was on the bench for ten years in
Missouri, and in addition to his law practice, owned and managed
a. large farm in Henry county. They had issue :
92. Eugenia Bronaugh, born in 1842, married Aug. 15, 1867,
John a Bushnell, a merchant of Calhoun, !vIo., born in Harrison-
burg, Va., in 1830, died in 1876 in ^Missouri and had issue : Horace
B. and John Adams Bushnell.
93. William Yelverton Bronaugh, born in 1843, ^^^^ infant.
94. Frederick Peyton Bronaugh, was a captain in the Confed-
erate army. In 1867 he was married to Helen Myers, of Boone-
ville, ]Mo., and lived on his farm "Steep Hill,'' near that place.
They had issue: Frederick Lewis, born in 1872; William Hamp-
ton, in 1874; Christopher C, in 1877; Henry Peyton, in 1S79;
Francis Eugene, in 1882, and John Bushnell, in 1885.
95. Warren Carter Bronaugh, born in 1846, was in a Con-
federate regiment from Parsons, Mo. In 1885 he married Eva
Blankerbaker and lives at Bronaugh, near Clinton, Mo. He is
a stockman and has ranches in Texas and Missouri.
96. Carrie Maria Bronaugh, born in 1848.
Capt. John Henderson. Sr., of The Revolution.
(i740-i7«7)
Col. John Henderson, Jr.. of The War i8iJ.
(i768-i8.'4)
Mrs. John Henderson, Jr., nee Elizabeth Stndghill.
(1 776- 1 846)
Mrs. [ohn Miller, tk^:- Sallie Henderson.
(i797-!87_')
Henderson House, at mouth of the Great Kanawha,
Henderson Arms
(See page 191-)
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GEKEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 353
97. Samuel Heath Peyton Bronaugh, is a lawyer and on the
bench in Concho county, Texas.
98. Thomas Jefterson Bronaugh, born in 1853, died in 1878.
99. Francis William Bronaugh, born in 1857, unmarried.
100. Cora Bronaugh, born in 1859, lives at 5095 Cabanne
Avenue, St. Louis.
loi. Mary Bronaugh, born in i860, married a Mr. French.
82. LuDWELL Lee BrOxXaugh, born in 1810, inherited the old
home place on Kanawha, where he was born and died. During
the war he was imprisoned at Wheeling as a Southern sympa-
thizer for six months. May 8, 1835, he was married to Sarah
Allen, born in 1818, daughter of David Allen, of Fauquier county.
They had issue eight children :
102. Sarah Catharine Bronaugh, born in 1837, married Jan. 14,
1864, Charles Thomas Fife, of Putnam county, and has issue :
William Edwin, married Retta Xash ; ]Mary Elizabeth; Thomas
Lee ; Sarah R., married James B. Morgan, Jr. ; Houston Estill,
married Xannie A. Row, of Orange county, Va. ; Robert Garnett
married Amanda '\l. Yeager, of Orange county, and Anna Katha-
rine.
103. Charles Eastham Bronaugh, born in 184O, was in Company
A, Thirty-sixth \'irginia Infantry, C. S. A., and died of typhoid
fever in hospital at Lewisburg in 1861.
104. Edwin Addison Bronaugh, born in 1843, ^^'^s in the
Thirty-sixth Virginia Regiment, C. S. A.
105. William Daniel Bronaugh, d. s. p.
106. Robert Warren Bronaugh, d. s. p. •
107. Mary Elizabeth Bronaugh, d. s. p.
108. Lewis Ludwell Bronaugh, born in 1855, married Sarah
Dulaney and had a son, Charles Lewis Bronaugh.
109. Frances Edith Bronaugh, married Charles A. Lo\'e, of
Cabell county, and had issue Edwin, Edith and Grace. All '.lied
infants.
83. Tiio.\[AS Jefferson Bron'augh, born in 1812, was married
Oct. 18, 1832, at •'Fordell,"' Mason county, to Xancy Henderson,
born Xov. 11. iSi i, died Feb. i, 18S6, seventh daughter of Colouci
354 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
John Henderson. Colonel Henderson was colonel of the lo^th
Virginia Regiment of Militia, part of whom saw service in the
War of 1812; member of the Virginia Assembly, high sheriff,
justice of the first court, etc.. of Mason county. See Henderson
Excursus in a preceding section of this work.
About 1840- 1842 Mr. Bronaugh removed his family to a large
farm he owned in Henry county, Missouri, near Calhoun. Tliev
had issue:
no. John William Bronaugh, AI. D.. born in 1834, married in
1862 Georgia R. Knox, of Shawnee :\Iound, Mo., and had issue.
Francis, Marshall, Preston and John.
111. :Mary Catharine Bronaugh, born in 1836, married in 1874
Henry T. Redford, a Henry county farmer, and had issue: Emma,
Maiy, James B. and Henry Lee.
112. James Henderson Bronaugh, :M. D.. born in 1838. married
in 1868 Leona C. Knox, and had issue: Bessie, Lilly, John and
Fitzhugh.
113. Christopher Columbus Bronaugh, farmer Henrv county,
unmarried.
114. David Harrison Bronaugh, born 1843, removed to Los
Angeles, Cal.
115. Thomas J. Bronaugh. Jr., born 1845, died prior to 1888.
116. Emily Elizabeth Bronaugh, born in 1847, died prior to
1888.
84. Addisox C.\rter Broxaugh, born in 1814, married Susa
Travers Peyton and had four children, all of whom died i
infancy.
85. Virginia Broxaugh. born in 181 7, married Dr. Edward
Chilton, son of Mark Anthony and Eloise Blackwell Chilton, of
Missouri, and grandson of General John Blackwell and his wife,
Agatha Anne Conway Eustace.
Chiltox Excursus.
Mark Anthony Cliilton was tlie fourth son of Charles Chilton.
of "Hereford."' Prince William county, and his w'fe, Elizabeth
Blackwell, born 1742. daughter of Joseph and Lucy Steproe Black-
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY y-
vvell, of Fauquier. Charles Chilton, born in 1741, was a signer
of the Westmoi-eland Protest against the Stamp Act in 1765. and
was a son of Thomas and Jemima Cooke Chilton, of "Currioman,"
Westmoreland county. Thomas Chilton, born in 1699. died in
^775' "^vas the son of John Chilton, whose tomb at ''Currioman"
shows that he died July 11, 1726. See Colonial Families of the
Southern States.
Dr. Edward and \'irginia Bronaugh Chilton had issue:
Ellen Chilton, married John Thornton, of Clinton, Mo., and had
son, Edward Thornton.
Catharine Chilton, married James Vickers, of Montrose. Mo.,
and died in 1882, without issue.
86. Belle Broxaugh, born in 1819, married in 1845 Douglas
A. Tucker, had a son, John E. Tucker, who was married in 18S0.
and has son, James D., and daughter, Elizabeth Tucker.
8/. William Yelvertox Broxaugh, born in 1821. was a
captain in the Confederate army, and died in service in 1863.
He married Martha Newman, of Natches, Miss., and had issue:
Yelverton Peyton, Margaret. Jennie. Mary, Gertrude and William.
89. Catharine Pope Peyton Bronaugh, born in 1827. was
married in 1849 to Jacob Hutton Tucker, born in 1809 in Hamp-
shire county, Va., died in 1856 in Cooper county. Mo. She mar-
ried, second, in i860, William K. Ruffner.
Issue first marriage : Fannie Tucker, married in 1872 James E.
Watson and has son, Edwin.
Issue second marriage: Elizabeth, William H., :\Iary Chilton
and Owen Ernest Ruffner.
21. Anne Carter Bronaugh, born in 1778, after the death
of her father. Dr. John Bronaugh, of Stafford county, married
Dec. 19, 1799. Joseph Hale, just a year and seven days after
the death of his first wife, who was her first cousin, Margaret
Bronaugh, daughter of Captain William and Margaret Murdock
Bronaugh. Joseph Hale, born Dec. 19, 1770, died March 2:^.
1825- 1826 and is buried at the old Harvey place, a few miles
lower down the Kanawha than the Bronaugh farm. He had
350
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GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
no issue by the second wife, but had two daughters by his first
wife, whom he married Oct. 26, 1791. These were always spoken
of as children of the second wife, Anne Carter Bronaugh Hale.
They were :
Sarah Smith Hale, born Oct. 28, 1793, died Oct. 5, 1850.
Mary Daniphan Hale, born Feb. 17, 1798, died ]May 17. 1819.
Sarah Smith Hale, married June 29. 1809, Dr. Henry Bowyer
Harvey, who settled at the old Hale place on the Kanawha, now
known as the Harvey farm, below Buffalo. They had issue twelve
children, who, though not of the Carter blood, are, because of
their intimate connection and relationship to their step-grand-
mother, Anne Carter Bronaugh, given here. They were :
Mary Margaret, born Dec. 7, 181 1, died Oct. 4, 1824, married
Peter E. Hogg.
Robert Trigg Harvey, born June 14, 1814, died Jan. 5, 1896,
married Annie M. Hope.
Joseph Hale Harvey, born July 3, 1816, married Louise Destre-
han, died May 19, 1882.
Martha Anne Harvey, born Aug. 7, 1819, died June, 1893, mar-
ried P. A. C. Kemper.
Magdalen Louise Harvey, born July 26, 1820, died unmarried.
Lewis Henry Harvey, born June 6, 1822, died Jan. 19, 1825.
Sarah Frances Harvey, born ^lay 14, 1824, died Oct. 11, 1891,
married Geo. W. Carper.
James Craine Bronaugh Harvey, ^L D., born Nov. 21, 1826,
died Jan. 4, 1862, married a ]Miss Miller.
George William Harvey, born April 29, 1829, died unmarried
in 1851.
Henry Bowyer Harv^ey, born May 11, 1831, died April 4, 1S92.
married Sallie A. Fort.
Caroline Maria Harvey, born Jan. 30, 1831, married first a Mr.
Pettie, second Rev. Mr. Weightman.
Henry Lewis Harvey, born Sept. 4, 1836, died Aug. 2. 1841.
Carters of "Dalelaxd" .\xd '"Xutsworth."
12. Joseph Carter, HL, born about 1760 '65. son of Joseph
Carter, H., and his second wife Lettice Linton, married and set-
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 33-
tied in Lancaster, where he died in 181 5. He is said to have been
married twice, and he may have been the Joseph Carter who mar-
ried Sarah Chilton in June, 1783. His will shows his last v.ite
to have been Frances Everett. This will, probated in Lancaster
Dec. 18, 1815, left a good estate to wife Frances Everett Carter,
and his eiglit children, and desired that his wife should educate
the younger children in "as liberal a manner" as he had the three
older ones. Sons Joseph Addison and Warren to be executors.
They and a daughter Mary were probably the three older chil-
dren and the issue by his first marriage. He had issue:
118. Joseph Addison Carter, died prior to 1843.
119. Warren Carter. Xo data.
120. Mary Carter. Xo data.
121. William Henry Carter.
122. John Miller Carter. X'o data.
123. Robert Carter. Xo data. '■
124. Alexander Carter. Xo data.
125. Frances Carter. Xo data.
118. Joseph Addisox C.\rter (Joseph Carter IV.) owned a
plantation in Lancaster called "X'utsworth," which, judging by
the name, probably belonged originally to his wife's father. Dr.
Xutt. A bill of sale in Westmoreland county, dated Aug. 2, 1830,
shows that Joseph Addison Carter was "Deputy ^Marshall of John
Standard, Marshall for the Superior Court of Chancery for Fred-
ericksburg Dist." From Hayden's Virginia Genealogies it is
learned that Joseph Addison Carter married Eliza Chinn Xutt.
daughter of a Dr. Xutt and his wife Elizabeth Chinn, born Sept.
27, 1774, daughter of John and Sarah Chinn.
Chinx, Ball and Yates E.xcursus.
John Chinn, born in 1739, died Feb. 7, 1791, vestryman Christ Church,
i769-'84. church warden 1769, 1775 and 1783. married. March 16. 1765.
Sarah Yates, born 1742, died 1794, daughter of Rev. Bartholomew Yates.
John Chinn was a son of Joseph Chinn, died Jan. 28, 1784. High SheritT
of Lancaster i730-'34, Justice 1734, Burgess 1748, I75-. and 1754. vestry-
man Christ Church i739-'5i, married. May 2, 1727, Elizabeth Ball. Joseph
Chinn was the eldest son of Raleigh Chinn, vestryman 1739. died in Aug.
1741, and his wife Either Ball, born in 1685, died in May, 1751. daughter
^^S GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
of Col. Joseph Ball of "Epping Forest," and his first wife Elizabeth Rom-
ney. Col. Ball, born May 24, 1649 in England, died in June, 171 1, was a
son of the emigrants Col. William Ball and his wife Hannah Atherold of
'"Millenbeck" (said to have been named for two daughters, Mildred and
Rebecca, who died prior to their father). Col. Joseph Ball was an officer
in the Lancaster militia, vestryman, etc., but is chiefly distinguished as the
grandfather of General Washington.
Raleigh Chinn is thought to have been a son of John Chynn, Planter
of Moratico, Lancaster. Bishop Meade says: "From Raleigh Chinn de-
scend those model males and females of that name who have served to
give character to our country."
Rev. Bartholomew Yates, born 1677. died July 26, 1734. father of Sarah
Chinn, was graduated from Brazenose College, Oxford. Oct. 12, 169S, was
ordained and licensed to preach in Virginia in 1700; and rector of
Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, for thirty years, having succeeded his
father. Rev. Robert Yates in this parish in 1704. He v;as married to
Sarah Mickelborough, September 14, 1704.
Joseph Addison Carter died prior to Xov. 20, 1843. a.-^ shown
by the will of "Eliza Chinn Carter, widows of Joseph Addison
Carter," probated on that day. She left all her estate to educate
and provide for her three younger children, as the others had been
better educated, etc.. in their father's lifetime. Her daughter Eu-
genia prayed the court for an appeal from this. Son Addison L.
executor. Jos. and Eliza Carter had issue :
126. Margaret Elizabeth Yates Carter, married John B. Bran-
ham and had four children.
127. Adelina Somerville Carter, married W. L. G. Mitchell.
128. Roselina Althea Carter, married a Mr. Smart.
129. Eugenia Carter, mentioned above.
130. Addison Lombard Carter, married Mary Jones and had
one child. The Richmond County records show that Addison L.
Carter of Lancaster purchased on March 20, 1852, from Wm. E.
Hill 464 acres of land in Richmond, and on the 27th of the month
834 acres from John P. Armstrong. April 6, 1852, Addison L.
Carter and wife Mary sold 88 r acres to Wm. M. Jackson and
Thos. A. Watson, of Boston, j.Iass.
121. William Hexry C.\rter. son of Joseph and Frances Car-
ter, was married Feb. 22, 1831, to Harriet Ball, born Feb. 14, 1814,
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
359
daughter of Hilkiah and Harriett Ball, who were married Nov.
II, 1811.
Ball Excursus.
Hilkiah Ball, born in 1-S6. died Jan. 5, 1S32. was a son of George and
Jane Ball, and his wife was a daughter of David Ball. George Ball was
the eldest son of Capt. David Ball, born 1737, died in 181 1, vestryman
Wiccomco Parish 1770, and his wife Hannah Haynie, and was grand-on
of Capt. George Ball, died in Sept., 1770, justice of Northumberland I753.
sheriff 1757, vestryman 1770, etc., who married on June 14. 1736 Anne Tay-
lor, daughter of Elizabeth Taylor of Lanca-ter. He was a son of Cant.
George Ball, Sr., of Wicomico, Northumberland, born 168 — , died 1746.
who was a son of Capt. William Ball of Lancaster, born Jan. 2, 1641, died
Sept. 30, 1694. justice 16S0, Burgess 1685, captain militia 1672, etc. and
his wife ^largaret Downman. See "Virginia Genealogies."
Wm. H. and Harriet Ball Carter had issue:
131. Joseph Addison Carter, born in June, 1832.
132. William Henry Carter, born April 29, 1835.
134. Frances Everett and Robert Warren Carter, twins, born
April 8, 1838.
135. Virginia Page Carter, born March 22, 1840.
136. John Miller Carter, born in Nov., 1842.
137. Mary Jane Carter, born June 30, 1845.
When Rev. Mr. Hayden was writing in 1891 Frances Everett
was the only member of this family living.
It will be noticed that the descendants of Mary Anne Carter
Bronaugh in Mason county, and of her half brother Joseph Carter
in Lancaster, have handed down the similar names of Addison
and Warren.
127. Adelina Somerville Carter, married William Lawrence
Gunnion Mitchell, son of William Ball Mitchell and his wife Mar-
garet Downman, born ^^larch 31, 1786, daughter of Joseph Ball
Downman of "Moratico" and his wife Olivia Payne, daughter of
Capt. Wm. Payne of Warnick. England. Jos. Ball Downman was
a great grandson of Col. Joseph Ball of "Epping Forest," Lan-
caster.
W. L. G. Mitchell and A. S. Carter had issue :
138. Wilhelmina, married Henry X. Harrison.
139. Somerville, married a Miss Thornton.
36o GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
140. Lombard, married a :\riss Fitziiugh.
141- Robert.
142. Margaret.
143. Lawrence.
144- Adelina.
145- Eliza.
146. William Ball.
147- Hampton.
148- John Chinn, born March 6. 1868. died in 1869.
CARTERS OF D.\LELAX[>— George Carter Branch.
2. George Carter, son of Joseph and Ann Pines Carter, wa.
born, lived and died in White Chapel Parish. Lancaster. In t^e
census of 1783 he was the head of a family of five white per^.^n,
and twenty-one servants.
Feb. 24, 1791, "George Carter of White Chapel Parish. G^mk -
made his will, in which he speaks of being "very old - It wa^
probated Dec. 19, 1791. He left his entire estate to wife Ellen
for the remainder of her life, after which the home plantation and
thirteen negroes to son Joseph Carter ; one negro to granddauohter
Katy Chmn Carter: daughter Jane Berrv. wife of George B"er^^■
having had her portion, was to have now but two negroes her
choice of beds, and a large walnut table; daughter Ellen Phillips
to have nine negroes, a desk, second choice of beds, and if =he
died without issue her share was to revert to the children of her
brother and sister.
Joseph Carter is said to have married a Miss Chinn and had a
family of girls— Carter MSS. Xo further data.
Jane Carter married George Berry in Jan.. 1783, and was living
in ^orthumberland County in 1784, at which time she had one
child. Xo further data of either of the daughters of Geor-e and
Ellen Carter. '"^
Carters of Dalelaxi^Hexrv Carter Braxch.
3- Hexry Cartfr. youngest son of Joseph and Anne Pine-
Carter, owned a g.ood plantation in White Chapel Parish where
he died some time afrer 1785. He was a captain in the French
and Indian War-Starke note^. Aug. 9. 175S he wa. marri.d to
Hannah Chilton in Lancaster County, said to have been a daughter
of William. Chilton, Sr. (Carter MSS.)
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 361
The Chiltons of Lancaster.
The Chilton family of Lancaster was settled in that county at an early
date, and doubtless were more or less closely connected with the family
of Westmoreland Chiltons. The Lancaster Chiltons have been more or
less prominent in the county affairs since prior to the Revolution, and the
present clerk of the county is a member of that family. Unfortunately
I did not know of tliis Carter-Chilton connection when in Lancaster, else
would have made abstracts of the Chilton wills. I remember to have seen
among the original papers of the eighteenth century, one signed by a Wm.
Chilton, and bearing a seal with a coat-of-arms. which, as well as I re-
member, was similar to those borne by the Westmoreland Chiltons. which
are: Arms,— Argent a chevron gules within a bordure, gobonated or. and
az. Crest,— A griffin passant sable bazantee. Motto,— Terra et mare.
(From old seal owned by Miss Stella Pickett Hardy, Batesville. Ark.)
The census of 1783 shows that William Chilton. Sr., and his wife were
living alone, and owned seventeen servants. Wm. Chikon. Jr., was the
head of a family of six. and eight servants. George Carter and Henry
Carter probably lived near the Chiltons, as their names appear together
in the census report.
Henry Carter in 1783 had 8 white persons and 16 colored
servants in family. The author of the Carter :MSS. in speaking
of Henry Carter, says: "I remember the old gentleman very well.
He had eight or ten children, Joseph, John, William, Henry, Robert
and several daughters. John died in this county about forty years
ago, leaving several children and a good estate. He had a son
Rawley by his first wife, who was a daughter of George Conway,
whose widow married Spencer Carter, and a son Robert and three
or four other children by his last wife, who, I think, was a Miss
George. The other sons moved away." I have no further data
of Henry Carter's descendants except through his son John Car-
ter, Xo. 149.
149. JoHX Carter (Henry, Jos., Thos.) was married on Jan.
22, 1795, by Rev. B. Phillips to Grace Ball Conway, daughter of
George and Anne Downman Conway.
CoNw.w, Downman E.xcursus.
George Conway, born in 1744, died prior to 1792, was a son of George
Conway. Sr., died in May. 1754, and his wife Anne Heath, born May 9,
1721, daughter of Samuel Heath. George Conv.-ay, Sr., was a son of Col.
362 GEXEILOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Edwin Conway, born in i68r, died Oct. 3. 1763, and his wife Anne Ball
daughter of Col. Joseph Ball and Elizabeth Romney. and half sister of the
mother of General Washington. Colonel Edwin Conway was a .on of
Edwin Conway and Sarah Fleete, and his son-in-law, Col. James Gordon.
said, "was a man of very great parts." He was a member of the House
of Burgesses 1710 to 1742, except in 1720; vestryman of Christ Church
and St. Mary's 1739- '63, etc.
Grace Ball Conway Carter's mother. Anne Downman. born Sept. 20
1748, was a daughter of Travers and Grace Ball Downman. Traver^
Downman. born .Mar. 16, 1726. married Dec. 23, 1748. to Grace Ball
daughter of Capt. George Ball and his wife Grace Waddv of Wiccomi-n
Northumberland County. See Hayden's Virginia Genealogies.
John Carter and Grace Ball Conwav had an onlv son. Ralei-h
Downman Carter, of whom later. This wife died and he married
Carmm George ( ?), by whom he had issue sons Robert. Job.n and
Joseph, named in his will, and possibly others. He made his will
Dec. 23, 1821, probated Mar. 18, 1S22. He gave to son Raleigh
Carter seven negroes he had already loaned him and gave wi^e
Carmin Carter the use of all lands and personal propertv, including
fourteen negroes named in the will "for the support and education
of my three young children, Robert. John and Joseph Carter."
Raleigh Downman Carter married a .Miss Hughlett, of Xorih-
umberland County, and had among other children, Tascoe Conway
Carter, eldest son, who married Marv Elizabeth Lee Harvev ; "her
mother was Susan Lee of Cobbs Hall, the Colonial home of
Charles Lee, first cos. to Gen. R. E. Lee of Armv of Xorthern \'ir-
ginia. This is about all that I can tell. I was raised at Col)bs
Hall by my uncle Lewis Giles Harvey"— Capt. William Harvex"
Carter, of Wiccomico Church, Northumberland Countv, son of
Tascoe Conway Carter and M. E. L. Harvey Carter.
Starke Family.
^ 7- Taeitha Carter, daughter of Jos. and Ann Pines Carter of
''Daleland," born circa 1722-^24. died in Stafford Xov. 6. 17-9.
She was married in 1741 to William Lowry and settled in Staff oVd
County, where he died in 1745, leaving two children:
150. Judith Lowry, born Feb. 13, 1742.
151. George Lowry, born Xov. 24. 1744.
Xo further data of them except that both were living Xov. 8.
1757, when their stepfather, Jeremiah Starke rendered an account
as guardian of their estate.
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 363
Jan. 29. 1747, Mrs. Tabitha Carter Lowry was married to Jere-
miah Starke, second son of James and Elizabeth Thornton Starke,
who came to StatTord County, \'a., in 1717. He is said to have
been a lawyer and to have had brothers Archibald, Daniel and
Jeremiah, who also came to America.
Jeremiah Starke is said to have been born about 1726 in Staf-
ford, and to have been in the \'irginia troops against the French
and Indians when he was wounded by an Indian arrow in tlie arm
so badly that it was necessary to amputate the arm. After the
death of Tabitha Carter Lowry Starke, Jeremiah Starke married a
]Mary Elizabeth Green or Guinn, by whom he had several children.
He and all of his sons are said to have served in the War of the
Revolution. He died in Stafford in 1805. -"^ branch of the family
in Tennessee has an old silver snuff box that bears the date 1744.
and the motto, ''fortiornin fortia facta'' the motto of the Starke
family arms, and is said to have belonged to James Starke.
Jeremiah and Tabitha Carter Starke had issue :
152. John Carter Starke, born Nov. 16, 1748.
153. Henry Carter Starke, born in i750-"5i.
154. Mary Starke, born ]May 19, 1753.
155. Robert Starke, born in 1755.
152. John Carter Starke, born in 1748. died in 1814, in Sum-
ner County, Tenn. He is said to have been a lawyer and farmer,
and to have served four years in the latter part of the Revolution.
Removed to Tennessee between 1790 and 1800. Jan. 4, 1769.
John Carter Starke v.-as married to Sarah English (or Inglish),
born July 2t„ 1749, died in 1820. She was a daughter of Capt.
John English and his wife Prudence Thornton of King George
County. "Sarah English's grandmother on the Thornton side
was Margaret Carter, own cousin of Tabitha Carter Starke. Col.
Thornton, own uncle to Aunt Charlotte, wrote to John Starke of
lands in 1800. When he came out he brought Jackson to see him,
with whom he had served." If it be true that Margaret Carter
Thornton was a first cousin of Tabitha Carter, she must have been
the daughter of Peter Carter, who died in Lancaster in 172 1 by
his second wife, as Peter's daughter Margaret was the only Mar-
garet in that generation.
364 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
John Carter Starke was a strong Baptist, and established the
first Baptist church on Drake's Creek. Sumner County. Tenn.. of
which he was clerk. He had issue by his wife Sarah English :
156. ^lehethlen Starke, born in 1770.
157. Prudence Starke.
158. Charlotte Starke.
159. Thornton Starke.
160. Jeremiah Starke.
161. Alexander Starke, born in 1780.
162. Tomat Starke.
163. Elizabeth Starke.
164. John Starke, born in 1788 in Stafford County, Va.
161. Alexander Starke, born in Stafford County, died in 1862
in Sumner County, Tenn. He married ^vlargaret, daughter of
John and Frances Coleman Waters and had issue :
165. Coleman Starke.
166. John Starke.
167. Henry Carter Starke.
168. Alexander Starke.
169. Margaret Starke.
170. Mehethlen Starke.
171. Elizabeth Starke.
172. Sarah Starke.
173. Frances Starke.
164. John Starke, born in Stafford County May 8, 1788. died
in Sumner County, Tenn., in 1862. He was married Sept. 6, 1812,
to ^largaret Primm, born Oct. i, 1787, daughter of Capt. John
Prim.m and his wife Elizabeth Langhead Hansbrough.
Primm Excursus. ;
The Primms of Virginia are said to belong to the ancient French
family of De la Pryme. That in 1725 Abraham De la Pryme removed
from France and settled in the Isle of Man. and twenty-five years later
his son John emigrated to Virginia, where in deference to the then ex-
isting prejudice against French names, the De la was dropped and spell-
ing changed to its present form. This John Primm had four sons,—
William, James, Thomas, and John.
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 365
John Primm, born in Stafford County, Va., May 17, 1750, died in St.
Clair County, III., March 12, 1837, where he had moved his family in 1803.
He is said to have been an officer in the Virginia troops in the ilevolu-
tion, and to have been present at the surrender of Yorktown in 1781-
Oct. 9. 1777, he was married to Elizabeth Langhead Hansbrough, born
Jan. 5. 1761, died Nov. 25, 1832. They haa issue seventeen children: Wil-
liam, born Sept. 14, 1778; John, born July 25, 1783; Thomas, born May 11,
1782; James, born Sept. 10. 17S3; Peter, born April 25, 1785, married
Marie Angelique Le Roux D'Esneval of St. Louis, and was the father of
Judge Wilson Primm; Daniel, born June 2^. 17S6; Peggy, born Oct. I,
1787, married John Starke, Oct. i, 1812, and lived and died at Springfield,
Tenn-; Enoch, born Dec. 15, 1788; Elijah, born March 8, 1790; Silas, born
Jan. 6, 1792: Elizabeth, born May 26, 1793; Parmenas. born Oct. 26, 1794;
Joseph, born Sept. 8, 1795; Levi, born June 11. 1797 '. Aram, born July
28, 1799; Lydia, born Jan. 31, 1801 ; Mary, born July 31, 1804.
John Starke and his wife Margaret Primm had issue :
174. James Starke, born Jan 15, 1814.
175. Elizabeth Starke, born Jan. 30, 1815.
176. Lydia Starke, born April 14, 1816-
177. Joseph Carter Starke, born Dec. 30, 1817.
178. Louisa Starke, born May 30, 1819.
179. Sarah Anne Starke, born Sept. 11, 1820.
180. Mary ^L Starke, born Dec. 25, 182 1.
181. Evelina Starke, born April 18, 1823.
182. John Primm Starke, born Aug. 19, 1824.
183. Margaret ^l. Starke, born April 19, 1826, died July 28,
1853-
184. Catharine K. Starke, born Jan. 16, 1828.
Joseph Carter Starke had a daughter who married Mr. William
Clark Breckenridge, secretary and treasurer of the Phoenix Plan-
ing Mill Co., of St. Louis, and died in 1902, leaving one daughter,
Lamiza Baird Breckenridge. Most of the above data of the
Starke and Primm families was furnished by Mr. Breckenridge.
Jeremiah Carter Br-vnch.
4. Jeremiah Carter, son of Joseph and Ann Pines Carter of
"Daleland," born in Lancaster July 8, 1720, died in Stafford Feb.
2, 1781. His Bible records show that he was married to Ann
Harriion Oct. 4, 1746. She u-a^ born Jan. 5, 1728. and died ^larch
366 CEXE.ILOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
18, 17-8, and may have been a daughter of Luel and Hannah Har-
rison (daughter of John Footman, .Gent.) of Cople Parish, West-
moreland County.
Feb. 7, 1747, Jeremiah Carter, Planter, of Cople Parish, West-
moreland County, mortgaged to Henry Lee, Esq., a one hundred
acre plantation purchased from Luel Harrison and Hannah his
wife, daughter of "John Footman. Gent., Dec'd," adjoining the
plantation of Col. Lsaac Allerton ; five negro slaves; 12 head of
cattle : 32 head of hogs : 4 feather beds and furniture, a dozen
chairs, a desk, and two oval tables, to secure the payment of a debt
of £ro3.2s. ^lay 11. 1752, Jeremiah Carter of Stattord County
and wife Ann sold this plantation to John Crabb.
May 10, 1755, Jeremiah Carter and brother Joseph Carter of
Stafford petitioned the House of Burgesses for pay for taking up
a runaway slave.
Jan. 10, 1757, they sold to Thomas Xewman some land they
owned together.
Feb. 6, 1756, Jere Carter, Planter, of Overwharton Parish, Staf-
ford, hired three negro servants to Richard Graham, Merchant of
Dumfries, for one year for £20.
July 20, 1759, '-Joseph Carter, Gent.," of W^hite Chapel Parish,
Lancaster, deeded a negro to Anne Carter, daughter of his son
Jeremiah Carter of Stafford, and in his will probated in 1765 left
to son Jeremiah 400 acres of land in Stafford.
The old Jeremiah Carter house is yet standing about two miles
from the Stafford Courthouse. It is surrounded by some fine old
trees in a good sized yard and is a two-story and attic frame build-
ing, and formerly had a two-story wing at the back, as shown by
the doors in the upper and lower halls. At each end of the main
building is a huge hewn stone chimney, and at one side of the
yard is another that evidently belonged to a detached kitchen. Over
the front and back hall doors are beautifully latticed transoms. A
pre-nuptial contract recorded in 1844, shows that a Jeremiah Car-
ter married Elizabeth Wamsley. daughter of Benj. C. Wamslev.
He is supposed to have been the son of Jeremiah Carter. Sr.'s -on
Joseph who was living in Stafford at the old home with a wife
and one child in 17S5.
CEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 367
The Carter MSS. in speaking of Joseph Carter of "Daleland"
and his children, says : "'Jeremiah Carter married a Miss Harrison
and settled in Stafford. About thirty years ago I had to attend
court in Stafford and stopped for a night with a ^Mr. Jeremiah
Carter who lived at a nice place about 2 miles from the C. H. He
owned a good plantation and a good many servants. Mr. Carter
told me that his place was settled by his grandfather Jeremiah
Carter from Lancaster County about 1750, and showed me the old
gent's Bible, which was about a hundred years old and very
curious I noted down in my pocket book some of the dates in it.
Jeremiah Carter born 8th July, 1720. Betsy Ann Harrison was
born i8th Jan'y, 1728. Jere Carter and Ann Harrison was mar-
ried on 4th Octo'r, 1746. Jeremiah Carter, Sen. departed this
life Feb'y 2nd., 1781. Ann Carter, Sen., Departed this Life iStli
March, 1778. They had ten children, but I did not copy their
dates in full. Jeremiah 1748, Ann 1750, Katharine 1753, Henry
1755, Tabitha 1757, Joseph 1759, Robert 1761, Benj'n 1763, Wil-
liam 1769. Mr. Carter told me the girls never married. Some of
the sons died young. Jere Jun. married a Miss Brent and left no
surviving children. Henry went to a western county and married.
Joseph married a Miss Sally Edwards and were my host's parents.
William married a Miss Jenkins and moved co the southern part
of the state when Mr. Carter was a boy. Mr. Carter cared little
about the fam.ily pedigree and knows nothing of his uncles' fami-
lies."
185. Jeremiah Carter, Jr., born in 1748.
186. Anne Carter, born in 1750, died unmarried in Stafford m
1791.
187. Catharine Carter, born Jan. 28,1753, was living unmarried
in 1791.
188. Henry Carter, born in Sept., 1755, probably Henry of Fair-
fax in 1782.
189. Tabitha Carter, born Dec. ir, 1757, died unmarried.
190. Joseph Carter, born in 1759, had a son Jeremiah, living in
1828.
191. Robert Carter, born in 1761. Xo other data.
368 GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
192. Benjamin Carter, living in 1790 when he was summoned
to court.
193. IVilliajii Carter, born in 1769, died in Logan Co., Ohio in
1833. ( ?)
193. William Carter, son of Jeremiah and Anne Harrison
Carter, is supposed to have been the William Carter, who appeared
in Bedford County, \'a., prior to i8(X), and from thence removed
to Logan County, Ohio, in 1830. where he died in 1833, though
William Carter of Bedford may have been a son of John Carier
of that county, who was a son of John and :Mary Butler Carter
of Stafford. The evidence is only circumstantial, but points
strongly to a Jeremiah Carter origin. It is as follows :
Jeremiah Carter of Stafford had a son William, born in xjfx).
who married a Miss Joikins and removed to the southern part of
the state. This Wm. Carter had a sister and aunt named Tabitha.
William Carter, who died in Logan County, Ohio, in 1833. "''-^^^
born about i769-"70. He had a son Jenkins, born in Bedford
County about 1794, and a daughter Tabitha born about 1798. The
only wife of Wm. Carter of Bedford County known to his de-
scendants was named ]\Iary Wade, and some branches of their
descendants knew nothing of a son Jenkins. It is thought that
probably Wm. Carter was married twice, and that the first wife.
Miss Jenkins, had but one or two children, and as Jenkins Carter
went to Louisiana, where he died in 1832, he was lost sight of by
his half brothers and sisters in Ohio.
William Carter of Bedford County married (2?) Mary Wade.
of French descent, born about 1768, died in 1848 in Logan county.
Ohio. He was a millwright by trade as well as a farmer, and in
the summer of 1832 removed with his family and the families of
his married children to Logan County, Ohio, where he purchased
land near the town of Rushylvania.
He gave the land for the Rushylvania cemetery and was th.e
first person buried in it, as he died in the early spring of 1833.
A tradition in the family says that Mary Wade's parents were
people of considerable means, and when she married Wm. Carter
they gave her a servant v/oman. but Wm. Carter having puritanical
ideas, freed her. Later Mary'.^ parents feeling sorry for her wit'n
GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
369
increasing family and duties gave her another servant girl, who
was al5o freed by William Carter. This incensed the Wades so
that they disinherited their daughter and refused to have any-
thing more to do with her husband. This rift between the two
families and his hatred of slavery decided Wm. Carter to emigrate
to Ohio, but he had considerable difficulty in persuading his mar-
ried children to leave the blue hills and beautiful valleys of Bed-
ford for the level prairies of Ohio. Mary Wade is said to have
shared her husband's abolition ideas, and to have been a devout
member of the ^lethodist church. William Carter had issue a>
follows :
194. Jenkins Carter, born circa 1795, was a Methodist ^^linister
and died in Louisiana prior to 1832.
195. Lucy Carter, born about 1796.
196. Tabitha Carter, born in 1798.
197. William Carter, born July 28, 1800, died in 1850.
198. Robert Stewart Carter, born July 28, 1800, died Feb. 12,
1842.
199. Joseph Carter, was a manufacturer of fine hats in Phila-
delphia when last heard of.
200. Benjamin Carter,
201. Charlotte Carter.
202. Margaret Carter.
203. Edward L. Carter.
204. Sarah Otey Carter. . .
205. Elizabeth Carter.
195. Lucy Carter, married Xathan Bales in Virginia and re-
moved to Logan County, Ohio, in 1832. They had issue : John ;
Tabitha. married a Zimmerman ; ^Margaret, married an Archer ;
Beryl ; Jenkins ; and Sarah.
196. Tabitha Carter, married Xov. 25, 1816, in Bedford
County John Watson, Jr., by Rev. Josiah Morton. They removed
to Ohio in 1832, and are buried at Rushylvania. They had issue:
Mary; William; and ]\Iaria. Fulton Hughes, a grandson of
Tabitha Carter Watson, lives at Ridge way, Ohio.
370 GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
197. William Carter (twin of R. S. C), married Rebecca
Palmer in Virginia and removed to Ohio in 1832 and later to
Arkansas, where he died in 1S50, after which his family returned
to Logan County. They had issue :
I. John W. Carter.
II. Caroline Carter.
III. Charles E. Carter.
I\\ Tabitha Carter, married Robert Henderson.
V. Susan Carter, married Michael Stewart and live in Urbana.
111. They have issue: Annabelle, married Charles Freeman: Lil-
lie; Charles; Cora, married Frank Flaltman ; Xora, married a Mr.
Dunn ; and Osie. married a 'Mr. Dunn.
\T. Matthew Carter.
VII. Martin Carter, married Eva Cary. and lives at Urbana. III.
Has issue: William; Bessie; Ella: and Fay.
\TH. Mary Carter, married Peter Funk and lives at r.ellfon-
taine, Ohio. They have issue : Charles, married Anna Freeman :
Alice ; Arthur, married ^^linnie Xeer ; Emma, married James
Niven ; and Fred.
IX. Anna Carter, married Benjamin Meredith and had issue:
Jonah, married Effie Emery ; Rebecca ; Owen, married Lena Dick-
inson ; Esther, married Harry Jamison.
X. William Carter, Jr., married Ella Buckley and had issue :
John. Cleo, Giles, Mary, Marion and Robert. All live at Bellfon-
taine.
198. Robert Stewart Carter. As the data of this branch of
the faily is so much more extensive than of any of the others, it
will be given last.
200. Benjamin Carter removed to Rushylvania with his father
and was one of the first merchants of that place. About 1856 he
removed his family to Greenup, 111.
2CI. Charlotte Carter, married July 29, 1829. Henry Grisson
in Bedford Co.. \'a., and removed to Ohio in 1832, and later re-
\ . moved to Illinois, where her descendants live.
iO-. .Targaret Carter, married Robert Elliott of Ohio.
geneAlDgy of the carter family
371
had issue: Martha, Lucy, married a 'Mr. Andrews, and two sons.
All of Logan County.
203. Edward L. Carter, born in X'irginia, died in i860 in
Logan Co., Ohio. He was a farmer, teacher and lawyer. Mar-
ried Betsy Sutherland and had issue:
L Cynthia Anne Carter, married Wm. Long.
IL Henry Milton Carter, married Anne Mullen, and had issue:
Minnie, married Wesley Peterson of Bellfontaine, Ohio : and
Leora, married E. Dodson, a lumberman of Columbus, Ohio.
HL Tabitha Carter, married ^Michael Long.
IV. John Carter lives with his brother, Edward L. Carter, Jr.,
in Sacramento, Cal.
V. Edward L. Carter, married Charlotte Davis and had issue:
Frank and ^^'illiam.
VL Harvey Sutherland Carter, married Margaret 3.1yers and
lives at Bellfontaine, Ohio. Has issue : George, Ethel, Clara.
VH. Lillian Carter, died in early girlhood.
204. Sarah Otey Carter, born Feb. 10, 1812, was v/el! edu-
cated and for a number of years a teacher. She married George
W. Kearnes in Logan County, Ohio, about 1842, and died Aug. i,
1880. They had issue :
L Jacob D. Kearnes, born Feb. 9. 1845.
n. Sarah Jane Kearnes, born July 16, 1846.
HL Robert Kearnes. born July 9, 1848.
IV. Daniel Kearnes, -born in 1850.
V. George Kearnes. born in 1852.
II. Sarah Jane Kearnes, married in March, 1874, Lee Winner
and lives at Wes't ^Mansfield, Ohio. They have is>ue: Ree
Kearnes Winner, born Feb. 28. 1875, married a Mr. Hill: and
Glee H. Winner, born Aug. 22, 1882, married a Mr. Brewer.
I am indebted to yir:-,. Sarah J. Winner and Dr. Blanche M.
Haines for the data given of the Carters of Bedford County. \'a.,
and Logan County, Ohio.
205. Elizabeth Carter, born in Bedford County, \'a.. died at
Rushylvania, Ohio. Married Richard Thompson and had issue:
I. Hugh Alexander Tho-npson.
372
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
II. Edmund Thompson, married and had issue: Mary, and
Edmund, Jr.
III. Nicholas Thompson, married and had issue: Anna and
Hattie.
Hugh Alexander Thompson, married March 25, 1859, Ellen
Painter and had issue : Edmund P., Alfred R., Elizabeth, married
Geo. Sells, and Robert L. Thompson.
198. Robert Stewart Carter, twin of William, born July 28.
1800, in Bedford County, A'a., died in Logan County. Ohio, Feb.
12, 1842. He was a teacher and farmer, and he and his children
have been identified with the pioneer life and development of the
richest lands of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. "Untimely
graves mark the progress of these early pioneers." Oct. 2^. 1825,
he was married in Bedford County to Evaline Ellis Cheatwood.
born April 24, 1804. died June 10. 1881. at Hamburg, la., daughter
of William and Nancy (Cottrell) Cheatwood, and through her
mother possessed Huguenot blood. "She was a woman of much
force of character and high ideals. Her sons-in-law have borne
testimony to her excellence." They had issue :
206. George Washington Carter, born Aug. 25, 1826, died April
14, 1891.
207. Elizabeth Jane Carter, born April 15, 1829, died at the
age of 7.
208. Mary Anne Carter, born April 21, 1831, died Dec. 26, iijoo.
209. James Madison Carter, born June 2/, 1833, died }vlar. 2=,,
1901.
210. Robert Trent Carter, born Aug. 23, 1835, died April 30,
1864.
211. [Martha Louisa Carter, born Mar. 3, 1838, died Nov. 8,
1871.
212. Anne Eliza Carter, born April 18, 1840, died ^lar. 14, 1869.
213. John Edward Carter, born Mar. 8, 1842, died Sept. 26,
206. George W. Carter, married March 27, 185 1, at Gallipoli-.
Oh-;-, Mary Evans, born in Wales Dec. 19, 1835, died Feb. 16,
19-?'!. at York, Neb. They ha'l issue:
GEXF.ALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 373
I. Sarah Anne Carter, born July 25, 1852, died Oct. 11. 1853.
II. Emma Isadora Carter, born Sept. 7, 1854, married Oscar
R. Jones and lives at York, Nebraska. Xo issue.
III. Louie C. Carter, born May 14, 1857, married Dec. 2^, 1887.
Paris Conlee of Ft. Madison, Iowa, and has a daughter }^Iabel,
who married a Mr. Falk.
IV. Eva R. Carter, born March 25, 1865, married Aug. 6, 1887,
J. O. Sprague, Ottumwa, Iowa, and had issue : Orion, Earl, Emma,
and Lillian.
V. John \'. Carter, born Aug. 4, 1869, married Belle Kern and
lives at Council Bluffs, Iowa. They have issue: Roland, Mildred,
Clifford.
208. ]Mary Anxe Carter, married ]May 20, 1847, Jacob Cot-
trell at Gallipolis, Ohio, and had issue :
I. Cecelia Cottrell, born Feb. 3, 1849, died Nov. 18. 185 1.
II. Rocetha Cottrell, born June 10, 1851, died July 5. 1902. nt
York, Nebraska. Married INIarch 11, 1871, Oscar R. Jones, wlio
after her death married her cousin Emma Carter. They had i>-
sue : Orville, Bertha C, and Lloyd. Orville Jones has two daugh-
ters, Roetha and Ruth. Bertha Jones married a Mr. Stayley and
has issue: Winifred, Elroy, Edison, and Oscar. Lloyd Jones is a
graduate and former instructor of the University of Nebraska, and
is now connected with the Bureau of Standards at Washington.
.III. Truman Cottrell, born Aug. ii, 1854. married Mar. 31.
1881. Anne Caplinger and lives now at the old Caplinger home-
stead in Taylor Co., Iowa. They had issue : James Cottrell. mar-
ried Lula Beach in 1906.
IV. Robert Ancil Cottrell, born July 11, 1865, lives at Des
Moines. Iowa.
V. Frank Lloyd Cottrell, born Feb. 23, 1868, lives near York.
Nebraska, on a farm. Has two children. Lloyd and Lois.
VI. Ellsworth Moore Cottrell, born Aug. 10, 1871.
209. jA.NfF.s ^NIadisox Carter, married May 17, 1876, Elizabeth
Gelvin and had issue: Robert N., born 1884, died in i()oy\ Dora
B., born in 1882. married John L. Carr and died in 1910: .\nna E.,
born in i8Sn, married in 1908 Edwin Gilder of Omaha: and Ethei
374 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
S. Carter, born in 1892, married in 191 1 Frank Reeves of York,
Nebraska.
210. Robert Trent Carter, enlisted at the beginning of the
war in Co. H, 1 19th lU. Vols., and died at the siege of Vicksburg,.
Miss., April 30, 1864. He was unmarried.
211. Martha L. Carter, was educated at private schools at
Elmwood and Prairie City, 111., and later taua^iii for a number of
years in several different counties in Illinois. She was married
Oct. 4, 1870, to Dr. George R. ^^loore, whose first wife was her
sister Anne Eliza Carter, and died thirteen months later of tuber-
culosis at Lincoln, Xeb., whither they had gone for her health.
212. Axxe Eliza Carter, born in Logan County, Ohio, April
18, 1840, died at Blandinsville, 111., March 14, 1869. She was
married Sept. 8, 1859, at Fulton, 111., to Dr. George R. Mcnorc.
born Feb. 19, 1835, in Chester Co., Pa., died Dec. 21, 1910. at
Clarkson Hospital, Omaha, Xeb. She was educated at Elmwood.
111., and taught school in Fulton and ^^IcDonough Counties. She
was small of stature, dainty and graceful, and a friend says: '"She
reminded her of a bird in the swiftness and grace of her move-
ments; that her manners were polished, and that she possessed
unusual natural courtesy, high ideals, and abundant good sense."
She is buried at Bushnell, 111., where her husband and sister lie
beside her.
Dr. Moore was a son of Sharpless and Rachel Roberts ]\Ioore,
and a descendant of old Quaker families near Philadelphia. \\\\o
\ had come to Pennsylvania with Penn and Logan. Among thcni
\ were the Roberts. Doyles. Sharpless, Watsons, Kinseys and Fell-.
He was educated at Ercildoun Academy, Pa., and had a course of
lectures at Jefferson ^Medical College. In 1857 he removed to
Illinois, but did not practice medicine there, instead was a mer-
chant and teacher. In 1880 he settled at Oxford Junction, Io\va.
where he practiced medicine and for a number of years was tiie
j Division Surgeon of the Chicago, }vlilwaukee and St. Paul R. R.
I They had issue one daughter :
Blanche Moore, born Dec. 21, 1865. in Xew Castle County.
Delaware. She was graduate^l from the Woman's Hospital Me<;i-
GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY 3-5
cal College of Chicago in 18S6. Served as interne in the Mary
Thompson Hospital of Chicago in 1887. She married May 15,
1890, Dr. Thomas J. Haines, born June 5, 1853. in Logan County,
Ohio, son of John Hunter and Lydia Hole Haines.
Dr. T. J. Haines is a graduate of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, Chicago, and was interne at Cook Co. Hospital in 18S9.
They are members of several medical societies, and live at Three
Rivers, ^lichigan. Xo issue.
213. John Edward Carter, born March 12, 1842. in Shelby
Co., Ohio, died Sept. 26, 1882, at York, Xeb. At the beginning
of the war he enlisted in Co. H. 119th 111. \'ols., and served until
Aug. 26, 1865, participating in six battles; under date of Xov. 20.
1864, he wrote his sister Anna, saying: "Since the 26th of Jan-
uary we have marched nineteen hundred miles, to say nothing of
the thousands of miles we have traveled by river and railroad. . .
Those who read the history of this war will see that we have done
m.ore marching than any other troops in the service, since Jan.
26th."' After the war he removed to the west and built the first
house in Lincoln. Xebraska. He was of a lively disposition and
fond of a joke. Sept. 26, 1867, he married ^lartha E. Eastin,
born June 17, 1849, i" Kentucky, burned to death at Los Angeles,
Cal., Dec. 4, 1909. They had issue one son:
Robert Ellsworth Carter, born March 18, 1869, at Bardolph, 111.
Married April 15, 1906, Ardella S. Storm. He is president of the
Beacon Light Co., of Los Angeles, California.
Addenda
Some Virginia Carters in the Revolution
Since the MSS. of the first part of this book was sent to the
printer, the Roster of the \'irginia Soldiers in the Revokition. men-
tioned in the Preface, has been issued by the \'irginia State
Library. This vakiable hst contains the names of more than
thirty-five thousand \'irgin:a soldiers and sailors who saw service
in the War of the Revolution, and is compiled from all the known
sources available to th.e compilers ; the United States Goverr.nieiU
having refused the State the privilege of cop}-ing the rolls and
other records of \'irginia soldiers, preserved at Washington.
There are one hundred and ninety-three entries in the name of
Carter, under thirty-nine different baptismal names. Some of t!ie
entries taken from different sources were known to refer to the
same person; others gave no means of distinguishing between dif-
ferent men of the same name; but allowing for these duplicate re-
cords, there v/as probably not less than a hundred \'irginia Carters
in the Revolution, as shown by this roster. The commoner bap-
tismal names being represented by several different men under
each, as for example in one list that I examind I found three
separate Henry Carters.
If your ancestor's name appears among those given below, you
may obtain, for a reasonable fee, a certified copy of record of
service either from the \'irginia State Librarian, or Mr. W . G.
Standard, Secretary of the \'irginia Historical Society. Richmond,
Va. If your revolutionary ancestor does not appear in this list.
you may be able to find some record of his service in the Pension
Office or War Department, Washington, D. C.
In the case of th.ose who petitioned the Legislature for a pen-
sion or settlement of their claim, the county of their re:-idence i-
shown. I will give their names and county without gi\ing the
number of times each appears in the records. In the case of t!ie
others, where there is no marks of identification I give th.e num!:!cr
GEXE.-lLOGy OF THE CARTER FAMILY 377
of diftereni records in which that name appears, which in regard
to some of the commoner names probably means there were nearly
that many different men of the same name.
Carter Xa.mes Appearing ix the \'irginia List.
Carter, Charles, of Goochland Co., 1792.
Carter. George, of "Shirle}-," i779-"8o.
Carter, Halsey, of Buckingham Co., 1835.
Carter, James, of Northampton Co., 1S35.
Carter, James ]\[., of Tslecklenburg Co.. 1835.
Carter, Jesse, of Buckingham Co., 1795.
Carter. John, of Bedford Co., 1835.
Carter, John, of Caroline Co., 1835.
Carter, John, of Plalifax Co., 1781.
Carter. John, of Cabell Co.. 1828.
Carter, Joseph, of Xorfolk Co., 1835.
Carter, Poval. Prince Edward Co., 1835.
Carter, Samuel, of Prince Edward Co.
Carter, Thomas, of Lancaster Co., 1835.
Carter, Thomas, of Shenandoah Co., 1838.
Carter, Thonias (Assistant Surgeon), Brunswick Co.. i
Carter, Thomas (Surgeon).
Carter, William. (Surgeon), James City Co.. 1791.
Carter, William, of King William Co., i779-"8o.
Carter, William, of Henrico.
Carter, William, of Patrick Co., 1835.
Carter, William, of Monroe Co., 1835.
Carter, William. 2nd., of Patrick Co., 1835.
Carter, Abednego.
Carter, Barnabas (3).
Carter, Caleb.
Carter, Dale (2).
Carter, David.
Carter, Francis (Xavy).
Carter, Henry (9).
Carter, J. C. (barrack m.)
S7S GLXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
Carter, Capt. John (probably Capt. John of CaroHne-Spotsyl-
vania).
Carter, John (19).
Carter, Armistead (2).
Carter, Benjamin.
Carter, Charles, Col.
Carter, Charles, private.
Carter, Edward.
Carter, George (Xavy).
Carter, Hnddleston.
Carter, Hudilsee.
Carter, Capt. John Champe (of the "King Carter" family).
Carter, John Jar ret (barrack m.).
Carter, John, Xavy (7).
Carter, Jesse (of Pittsylvania- died in Caswell Co., \ C in
1816).
Carter, Job (probably of Amherst).
Carter, Lt. Lemuel.
Carter, Alesh.
Carter, Obediah (4).
Carter, Phillip (3).
Carter, Robert (5).
Carter, Towns.
Carter, Capt. William.
Carter, Wiyjam (18).
Carter, James (4).
Carter, Joseph, (6).
Carter, Landon.
Carter, Levy.
Carter, Xicholas (3).
Carter, Peter.
Carter, Richard (3).
Carter, Samuel (2).
Carter, Thomas (Cornet).
Carter, Thomas (10).
Carter, William P.
In the li^t of Revolutionary war soldiers published by Mr. W
m.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY 379
Armstrong Crozier in the \'irginia Records Quarterly, I notice
two not given in the \'irginia State Library list, viz. : John Carter,
Dec'd, Richard Carter, heir at law. Nov. 4. 17S4, Sergeant Conti-
nental Line 3 years ; and Hy. Carter, private Coniinental Line for
3 years.
A Partial List of \'irgixia Carters in Service in the
War of 1812.
The following- names were noted in a hurried search through a
volume of Militia Rolls of the War of 1812 published by the
State of Virginia. A careful search would probably disclc>e
other Carter names. Those familiar with the old militia organi-
zation may be able to give the names of the counties by the num-
bers of the regiments given. The volume., which was publi>iied
in 1852, gives the length of service, certificates of which probably
can be obtained from the State Librarian or ^[r. Stanard fur a
reasonable fee.
92nd Regiment, Lancaster County. — Xine Carters, as follows :
Raleigh, John, Humphrey, Nicholas. Charles, George. George (in
Capt. Kirk's Co.), Thomas (Capt. Brent's Co.), Thomas (Capt.
Kirk's Co.).
30th Regiment. Caroline County. — Seven Carters, as follows:
Jam.es, James B., \'icman. Joseph. Spencer ^L, Philip, and Charles.
33rd Regiment, Henrico County. — Six Carters, all of whom
probably belonged ot the Gi'e- Carter f?milv: Mos^, Charles G.-,-
\\"illiam, Theodorick, Dandridge, and Joseph G.
Carter's Cavalry, Pittsylvania County. — Capt. Edward Carter.
Serg. Rawley W. Carter, Serg. Christopher L. Carter and Private
Jesse Carter, all sons of Thomas Carter of "Greenrock."
69th Regiment, Halifax County. — Theodorick Carter.
64th Regiment, Henry County. — Walker Carter.
22nd Regiment, Mecklenburg County. — John P. Carter and
Little B. Carter.
The following regiments have no county given :
4th Regim.ent.— Robert W. Carter, Zachary Carter.
6th Regiment. — John Carter.
nth Regiment. — Francis Carter.
38o GEXEALOGV OF THE CARTER FAMILY
i6th Regiment. — Seven Carters, as follows : Adcock. James, Sr.,
James. Jr., John. Corp. John S., Thomas, and William.
19th Regiment. — Four Carters, as follows: Charles, John, Jo-
seph, and two Georges.
25th Regiment. — Lewis Carter.
36th Regiment. — James, David, and William Carter, each name
appearing twice.
37th Regiment. — James R. Carter.
41st Regiment. — Daniel Carter.
52nd Regiment. — Edward Carter.
65th Regiment. — Stephen Carter.
71st Regiment. — William and Champion Carter.
74th Regiment. — Thomas Carter.
iioth Regiment. — Phillip Carter.
I nth Regiment. — John and Abner Carter.
115th Regiment, Warwick County. — Thomas C. Carter.
Capt. Robert Carter's Troop of Cavalry. — Capt. Robert W. Car-
ter and Lt. David L. ^l. Carter.
The Davis Family of Wilkinson County,
Mississippi
Since the MSS. of the Carter genealogy was sent to the printer,
data has been received of two Davis famiHes that settled in Mis-
sissippi from Kentucky in the first quarter of last century, said
to have been from Todd or Christian County, Kentucky, but the
records of these counties fail to show any mention of them. Cir-
cumstantial evidence indicates strongly that one of them was a
branch of the Davis family of '■Broadfield,'" Spotsylvania County,
Virginia, and the other a near connection of that family.
Samuel Davis, father of President Jefferson Davis, removed
with his large family from Christian County, Kentucky, to the
same county in Mississippi as the others, and about the same time,
which probably accounts for the idea that all three came from, the
same county in Kentucky. Like other branches of the "Broad-
field" family, the Mississippi Davises have a "tradition" of very
distant kinship to the Confederate President; but as no records
have been found that even remotely indicate it, and those who
have the traditions cannot give the slightest suggestion of the
connecting link, no credence has been given to the idea of the two
families being connected.
The other families were those of Fielding Davis, Sr., supposed
to have been the son of James Davis, Jr., of "Broadfield,"' 'See
Davis family elsewhere in this book.) and Austen Jeter Davis,
whom his granddaughter says was a distant cousin of the Fielding
Davis family. ]\[rs. Annie H. Hamilton. San Antonio, Texas (a
grand-niece of Mrs. Austen J. Davis) thinks that the heads of the
two families were first cousins, but Mrs. Susan Hampton Davis
Holly, Brunswick Landing, Miss, (granddaughter of Austen J.
Davis), is most probably correct and the two famiilies were more
remotely connected. She owns the old Bible of her branch of the
Davis family, but as she is away from home for the summer its
data cannot he obtained until toiD late for this publication. The
382 GEXEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
family Bible and other papers of the Fielding Davis familv were
most unfortunately destroyed in the burning of the home of Mrs.
Mary Davis Loving in the seventies.
Upon their removal from Kentucky the Austen Jeter Davis
family settled in Wilkinson County, Miss., while the Fielding
Davis family settled in another county, which has not yet been
located ; however, Col. Fielding Davis. Jr., in 1824 purchased land
and also settled in Wilkinson county, wliere a year later he m.ar-
ried his distant cousin, ^Mary A. Davis, daughter of Austen Jeter
Davis and his wife Susannah Hampton Davis. Mrs. Ida Loving
Turner, a granddaughter of Col. Fielding Davis, has collected
from various sources the data upon which the following account
of him is based :
The connection of the Fielding Davis family of ^Mississippi witli
that of James Davis, Jr., of "Broadfield." is summed up as follows :
1st. The Mississippi Davises have a tradition of Virginia origin
with a sojourn of a few years in Kentucky. The Woodfortl
County, Ky., descendants of Thomas Davis, who went from
"Broadfield" to Kentucky in 1788, say that the sons of his brother
James Davis, Jr.. of "Broadfield," also removed to Kentucky after
the death of their father in 1792, and a letter from Polly Davis,
sister of Thomas and James, written in 1790, says that her brother
James and his sons were thinking strongly of removing to Ken-
tucky. The Spotsylvania records show that they did remove from
that county after the death of James Davis in 1792, who had a son
Fielding of about the same age that the head of the ^Mississippi
family must have been.
2nd. The baptismal name of Fielding has been a favorite in the
Mississippi family just as it has been in all the branches of the
"Broadfield"' Davis family of which we have data. It came into
the Davis family through the marriage of Thomas Davis and
Sarah Fielding, the parents of James Davis, Sr., of "Broadfield,"
in 1717, and has been much thought of as a name for the sons
since then. So far as my observations go of other Davis fam.ilies
to be found in tlie X'irginia County records, and they are pretty
nearly as numerous as the ubiquitous Smith, the name Fielding
has never been used bv anv other Davis familv.
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3rd. There is a most striking resemblance between different
members of the Mississippi Davis family and those of Woodford
County, Kentucky ; notably between Col. Fielding Davis of Wilk-
inson County, Miss., and Thos. Jelf of Woodford County, Ky.,
whose grandfathers were brothers if the families were connected,
as is believed. The strong resemblance not only of their separate
features, but also of the expression of their entire faces, may be
seen by comparing the reproductions of old daguerotypes of thein.
xA.nd descriptions of the mental and social peculiarities and char-
acteristics of the two families as given by aged members of each
show the same striking similarity as do their features.
The Acstex Jeter Davis Family.
This family does not properly belong in a genealogy of the
Carter family, but owing to its close connection v.ith the Fielding
Davis family of Mississippi, which is supposed to be descended
from r^Iary Elizabeth Carter Davis of "Broadfield." Spotsylvania
County, \'a., some notice of it is given.
Soon after settling in Wilkinson County, Austen Jeter Davi^
married Susannah Hampton, daughter of Col. Henry Hampton,
who had settled in that county from South Carolina. He was an
officer in the Revolution, son of Anthon) and Elizabeth Preston
Ham.pton, and grandson of John and Margaret Wade Hanipt .n.
of Fairfax County, \"irginia.
One of the Polly Davis letters mentions that her nephew, the
eldest son of her brother Benjamin, had married in 1790 a Mi-s
Hampton, daughter of John Hampton, Jr., of Fairfax. At first
it was thought that they may have been the Austen Jeter and
Susan Hampton Davis of Mississippi, but it is now known to lie
merely a coincidence. The first names of the couple mentionerl
in the letter are not known.
Austen Jeter Davi? (his name appears in the Wilkinson County
records as Austen, but is said to have been Andrew, by his grand-
daughter. Mrs. Holly). ?n'I \\\< vife Susannah Hampton, had i--
sue six daughters and one son, as follows: r. Susan, married a
Mr. Smith and had sons James and Hampton: 2. A dap',d'tcr
married a Mr. Lewis: 7. .-\niie. born in 180S, died in 1S26, mar-
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ried Gen. \V. L. Brandon of "Arcoli," Wilkinson Co., Miss., and
had two sons who died in infancy ; 4. Mary A., born in 18 10. mar-
ried Sept. 15, 1825, her kinsman. Col. Fielding Davis, of Wilkin-
son County, and died without surviving issue ; 5. Ellen, married
in 1825 Robert Percy of Natchez and had issue : Dr. Robert,
Thomas, Christine, and Hampton Percy; 6. Rosa, married Robert
Emmett Brandon and died shortly after the birth of a son, who
died in infancy : 7. Henry Hampton Davis of Brunswick Land-
ing, who married his adopted si>ter Letitia Berry of Tennessee and
had issue: Henry Hampton, Jr.. died unmarried in 191 1; Sue
Hampton, married Wm. Holly ; ^Margaret, married Wm. Wood,
and Lee Davis, all of Brunswick Landing. ^liss.
The Fielding D.wis Family.
Fielding Davis, born ijjo-'j^ in Spotsylvania, \'irginia, is
thought to have died in ^^lississippi some time after 1802. He was
living in Kentucky when his son Fielding, Jr., was born in 180 1,
but died prior to 1824. The tombstone of his wife, Sabrina Davis,
owing to some unknown reason, is at "Arcoli.'' the Brandon plan-
tation in Mississippi, though it is known that she is not buried
there. The inscription on it is as follows :
Sacred to the Memory of
SABRINA DAVIS
Died March 17, 1817. Aged 47.
Here where the silent marble seems to weep,
Lies a fond mother and faithful friend.
On whose kind heart did all the virtues keep their
sacred seat
And with each other blend.
On ways of Christian Charity she stood
And then resigned her pious Soul to God.
Fielding and Sabrina Davis had issue two children known to
the present generation, and possibly others. If the county of his
residence in Mississippi can be located, doubtless his will may be
found among the records and the names of all his children ascer-
tained; it v.ould also settle beyond a doubt his baptismal name.
GENEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
385
A number of old people in Mississippi who knew his son Col.
Fielding Davis of Wilkinson County, .say the father and son bore
the same name. The known issue of Fielding and Sabrina Davis
was a son and a daughter, as follows :
1st. Phoeby Davis, born circa 1793-95, married in i8o8-'o9 Wil-
liam Ferguson, a wealthy planter of Warren County. Mississippi,
whose home was on the ^Mississippi River below Vicksburg. They
had issue one son, Thomas Ferguson, born Jan. 25, 1810, died
Aug. 15, 1838, and is buried on the plantation. He married Caro-
line Downs and died without issue. She married Benson Blake
and had a son, H. L. Blake, who now owns the old Ferguson
place, known at present as "Blakely."
2nd. Fielding Davis, Jr., born in Kentucky in 1801, died in
New Orleans Oct. 29, 1859, and is buried at Natchez, the home of
his third wife. He was a wealthy and prominent planter in lower
Mississippi in the quarter of a century preceding the Civil War.
His plantation was called "Altop." From 1824 until 1850 he
appears frequently in the deed records of Wilkinson County, as he
bought and sold a good deal of land in that county.
Fielding Davis was a colonel in the Mississippi militia, sheriff
of Wilkinson county in i829-'34, member of the State Legislature
from Issaquena County in the fifties, and U. S. ^Marshal under
President Zachary Taylor, who was a personal friend of Col.
Davis. He was a ^lason and joined Asylum Lodge, No. 6T),
Woodville, Miss., by demit, Aug. 3, 1844, but the lodge from
whence he came does not appear in the records.
About 1850 Col. Davis purchased a large river plantation in
Issaquena known as "Dunbarton," upon which he had fifty-two
servants (county records) ; during the "reconstruction days" this
plantation was sold for state and levee taxes to some "people by
the name of Jeffards, who came in there with the Carpet Bag
gang-"
Though quite the opposite of a "quarrelsome man," Col. Field-
ing Davis was in three separate duels, in each of which he killed
his opponent ; they were with a ^Mr. Lee. a lawyer, who attacked
Col. Davis with a sword cane : Dr. Moore. Mr. Lee's brother-in-
law ; and a Mr. Leigh, the eldest son of Benjamin Watkin? Leigh,
386 GESEALOGY OF THE CARTER FAMILY
of Virginia. Bearing upon Col. Davis' conduct in these duels are
the following extracts from letters written by men who knew him :
John F. Jenkins, Esq., Clerk of the Chancery Court, Adams
County, Miss., says :
^ "Col. Davis was as peaceable a man as could be found, and en-
joyed a reputation for an amiable temper and affectionate dispo-
sition both to friends and relatives, but the fashion of the times
and day in which he lived embroiled him in three different duels
I in which he killed his opponents ; but no blame ever attached to
I him among his friends or the public generally, because it was
j generally conceded that he was forced into these unfortunate
; affairs."
I Samuel W. Brandon, Esq., New Orleans, son of Gen. W. L.
\ Brandon, says :
j "Mr. Foster, who married a sister of Col. Davis' wife, was a
.| member of the grand jury that found an indictment against a Mr.
I Lee, a young lawyer, for gambling at cards. When Mr. Foster
I entered Mr. Lee's office he was told that it was no place for an
j mformant. Mr. Foster resented the insult and was assaulted by
; Lee. For rhis act Lee was denounced by Davis. Lee advanced
on Davis with a drawn sword cane, warned not to advance, con-
tinued to do so, and was shot and killed by a pistol ball fired by
Davis. Dr. Moore, a brother-in-law of Lee, was for some cause
challenged by Fielding Davis. The weapons were 'Yeagers' or
Mississippi ritles. My father, Gen. Brandon, was Davis' second.
On the way to the duelling grounds Col. Davis announced hi.> in-
tention of tiring into the air. My father remonstrated, saying.
'Don't you see by the terms of the duel Mr. Moore intends to kill
you?' The terms referred to were, after the word 'fire' there was
no time l:rr:it or count of one. two, three, but each could continue
to fire at will. Then Col. Davis said. 'I will kill him at the word
"fire," ' which he did, striking him just above the left hip and
severing the femoral artery."
j The duel v.ich Mr. Leigh is mentioned in Mr. Henry S. Footc's
"Bench and Bar of the Southwest," but the details of the affair
have not been furnished me.
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387
Mr. Brandon also says of Col. Davis: "He was a gentleman of
the old school. I never saw him wear other than a ruffled bosom
shirt. He was not only genial, but jovial. He was full of life
and a great practical joker, but when he gave offense was prompt
to make 'intent cordial,' so much so that he was regarded as
timid ; but when occasion demanded he was glorious."
Mrs. H. T. Sharp, Whitaker. Miss., says of him: "Col. Fielding
Davis was a valued friend of my father and mother. His planta-
tion was not far from theirs, and after they left the county he and
his family returned to pay his old friends a visit. I was then a
child, but I remember distinctly the splendid figure of Col. Davis
and his genial and polished manners. With him and Mrs. Davis
were their daughter, Rosa, then the widow of a Mr. Mason, who
was Attorney General of Mississippi during his life, and the son
of Col. and Mrs. Davis — Zachary Taylor, a handsome, spirited
boy much younger than his sister."
Other acquaintances give much the same description of him.
Col. Davis was married three times, as follows :
1st. On Sept. 15, 1825, to his cousin, Mary Davis, daughter of
Jeter and Susan Hampton Davis, who died without surviving
issue; he then married about 1831 Dorinda Robinson, of Missis-
sippi, who died in 1833 leaving an only child — Mary Davis, born
in Woodville, Miss., June 29, 1833, died in Ft. Worth, Texas,
March 15, i88r. It is only through this daughter that Col. Davis
has descendants living at this time. His third wife was Lucinda
Newnran, of Natchez, sister of Samuel B. Newman, a prominent
and v.ealthy Mississippi planter and merchant. By this marriage
there were two children: ist. Rosa Davis (died about 1865),
whom Mr. John F. Jenkins says was "the most beautiful woman
I ever saw." She married first about 185 1 -'52 a Mr. Mason, At-
torney General of Mississippi, who died shortly afterward with-
out issue. She then married Charles Balfour, of Natchez, and
had one daughter. Rosebud Balfour, who died unmarried. 2nd.
Zachary Taylor Davis, who died about 1870 without issue.
Mary Davis, daughter of Col. Fielding Davis and his second
wife, Dorinda Robinson, was married in 185 1 to Christopher B.
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Loving, who died of yellow fever in Carroll County, Mississippi.
October 29, 185;, leaving three daughters, as follows:
1. Fielding Davis Loving, born April 30, 1853, in Greenwood,
Miss., died Feb. 13, 1902, in Kansas City, Mo.
2. Elizabeth Watson Loving, born Dec. 6, 1854, in Corrollton,
Miss., died in Xew York city, April 5, 1900.
3. Ida Bennett Loving, born March 2S, 1858, in Carrollton.
Miss. Living at Ft. Worth, Texas.
1. Fielding Davis Loving, married in 1871 David Crawford at
Carrollton, Miss. He died at Ft. Worth, Texas, in 1877. They
had issue one child: Ruby Crawford, born in 1872, who married
Edward W. Temple in 1889 and had issue : Marv Davis Tcmplt;,
born in 1891, and Frank Ball Temple, born in iSq6.
2. Elizabeth Watson Loving, married ist in Sept., 1S76. Gen.
J. J. Byrne, U. S. A., who was killed by Indians in Quitman Can-
yon, Texas, Aug. 10, 1880. They had issue, Ida DeLacy Byrne,
born Sept. 9, 1877, died in June, 1879. In June, 1S83. ^Irs. Bvrne
married Max Elser and had issue: Frank Ball El^ir, born June
9, 1885, married Dec. 28, 1910; Rebecca Elsbrey ^Uk of Cranford,
N. J., and has issue a son, Robert Fielding Elser, born Dec. 11.
1911 ; and Max Elser, Jr., born June 10, 1S90.
3. Ida Bennett Loving, married May 5, 1874. John W. Turner,
who died in 1892 at Alonterey, Mexico. They had issue two
daughters: Alma Loving Turner, born in 1876, married Dec. 14,
1900, John Phelps, of Baltim.ore, Md., and has issue: Katharine
Fielding Phelps, born Mar. 29, 1905, and Alma Eleanor Phelps,
born Sept. 6, 1907, and Fielding Davis Turner, born Oct. 29, 1879,
married Josiah Brown Chase, of Boston, Mass., Dec. 14, 1901, and
has issue: Elizabeth Loving Chase, born Sept. 29, 1902.
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