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Contact: Trina Strong [strong AT
easilink.com] Y-DNA Kit # 259277 Group R1b - 01
0 William Randolf Davis b abt 24 Aug 1855 SC d 15 Oct 1888 French Camp, Choctaw Co MS
+ Katherine Margaret (known as Katie) Carter * b abt 1861 MS d 02 Feb 1934 Greenwood,
Leflore Co MS
1 Joseph William Davis b 13 Jul 1878 French Camp, MS d 17 Nov 1942 in Dallas, TX;
+ Leora Beatrice Shirley b 05 May 1883 Thrailkill MS;m 11 Jul 1899 in Attala Co MS d 25
Jun 1973 in Dallas, TX Both are buried in Scurry, TX
2 Owen Keith Davis - Private
*Note by Trina Long: After reviewing the Y-DNA data I can only assume that Katie had
married a man named Carter and had had a son Joseph William Carter. The husband must have
d and she remarried William Randolf Davis and the son Joseph took on the name of his new
father (since the child was only about a year old in the 1880 census and I can find no
birth or marriage certificate for him or his parents) and could have been adopted. Katie’s
maiden name could have been Bryan, or it could have been another husband’s name.
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/carter/default.aspx?section=yresults
http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/carter/pats
Robert "Mike" Terry
Carter DNA Project Administrator