CARTER
by Leland or Nancy Carter
I am searching for any information on my CARTER family:
Cyrus Harrison Carter was born 1812 in Georgia; died Abt. 1880 in Texas. WHO WERE HIS PARENTS? He married Martha Yates 13 April 1835 in Fayette County Georgia. She was born 1815, and died 04 June 1905 in Texas. She was the daughter of Eli & Katherine Yates.
The children of Cyrus and Martha Yates Carter were:
Eli Thomas b. 1838 in Alabama (Great-great-grandfather)
Matilada
Joseph
Mary
Rebecca
Martha
Cornelia
William
Cyrus & Martha also lived in Randolph County Alabama, Potomac County Mississippi, and Choctaw Territory Oklahoma.
Their son, Eli Thomas Carter, married Susan, maiden name unknown.DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN & WHERE THEY MARRIED? WHEN & WHERE DID SUSAN DIE? WHEN & WHERE DID ELI DIE?
Eli and Susan's son was James Bruce Carter born 1858 in Arkansas. James was two years old in the 1860 Sebastian County Arkansas census. Eli was still in Arkansas when the War Between The States erupted, he enlisted in the 34th Arkansas Infantry in 1862.
Sometime after the war, Eli came to Texas and in 1867 signed the Loyalty Oath to The United States in Travis County. Another researcher found the oath documentation, made notes, but does not have a copy of the source document.
Eli's son, James Bruce Carter married Julia Ann Boatright in Travis County Texas in 1877. Julia is a descendant of Stephen Austin's Old Three Hundred, her family being in the first fifteen families to colonize Texas. THIS CARTER-BOATRIGHT LINE IS FAMOUS IN TEXAS HISTORY!
If you have any information, please contact me. I wish I had more information to share but this is absolutely everything I know about my Carter family prior to 1877
Leland Carter
Van Zandt County Texas