I too am like Kathy in hopes that the DNA project will prove or disprove if
the Greene Co. TN Carters are related to the Carter Co. TN Carters. There have
been several researchers who say there is no connection. From what John Denton
Carter wrote, in his paper THE CARTERS OF GREENE COUNTY TENNESSEE An Early
American Frontier Family, the following: "The Greene County Carters should not
be confused, as they sometimes are, with the more prominent and better known
Carters of nearby Carter County, Tennessee." ( The Carter County Carters were
descendants of Col. John Carter a native of VA). John Denton Carter was an
Asst. History Prof at WV University at Morgantown, so we know he had access to
material that we might not be able to find so we have to put some stock in his
statement but I still have a lingering doubt in my mind about it so now maybe we
will know for sure.
My kit (#14547) should be back within three weeks or so and I have hopes that
someone from Col. John Carter will submit a kit.
Clarence Clayton Carter