CARTER
by Leland or Nancy Carter
Holly, Karen, and anyone who sees a connection, please contact me.
Leland Carter
carter(a)vzinet.com
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CYRUS HARRISON CARTER is my first known Carter ancestor. My lineal descent is:
Cyrus Harrison Carter, born about 1812, my great-great-great grandfather
Eli Thomas Carter, born about 1839, my great-great grandfather
James Bruce Carter, born 1858, my great-grandfather
Oda Monroe Carter, born 1884, my grandfather
Wallace Carter, born 1906, my father
DESCENDANTS OF CYRUS HARRISON CARTER
CYRUS HARRISON CARTER was born about 1812, in Georgia and died 1875-1880. He may have spelled his name as Syras or Cyras. He married MARTHA YATES April 13, 1835 in Fayette Country Georgia, the daughter of ELI and KATHERINE YATES of Georgia, formerly of Virginia. Martha died June 04, 1905, in Texas, county unknown.
Cyrus Harrison and Martha Carter had eight children born 1838-1851. The 1850 Potomac County Mississippi documents the following information:
Carter, Cyras H. age 38 Born in Georgia
Carter, Martha age 36 Born in Georgia
Carter, Eli Thomas age 11 Born in Alabama
Carter, Matilda age 10 Born in Alabama
Carter, Joseph age 8 Born in Alabama
Carter, Mary age 6 Born in Georgia
Carter, Martha age 2 Born in Georgia
Places where Cyrus Harrison Carter resided include Georgia,
Randolph County Alabama, Potomac County Mississippi, Texas, and Choctaw Territory Oklahoma.
Cyrus Harrison Carter is listed in the Travis County Texas Voter Registration, 1867-1869.
Their son, ELI THOMAS CARTER, was born about 1839 and married SUSAN, her maiden name is unknown. Eli and Susan's marriage date and place of marriage is unknown. The 1860 Sebastian County Arkansas documents:
Eli Carter age 23 Born in Georgia
Susan Carter age 16 Born in Georgia
James Carter age 2 Born in Arkansas
(names of Eli's brothers and sisters also listed in his household)
Eli was still in Arkansas when the War Between The States erupted and he enlisted in the 34th Arkansas Infantry in 1862. After the war, Eli came to Texas and in 1867 signed the U.S. Loyalty Oath in Travis County Texas.
Eli and Susan's son JAMES BRUCE CARTER , my great-grandfather, was born 1858 in Arkansas. James was two years old in the 1860 Sebastian County Arkansas census. James Bruce Carter married Julia Ann Boatright in Travis County Texas in 1877. Julia was the daughter of John L. and Rebecca Cole Boatright. Through her Boatright family, Julia is a descendant of Stephen Austin's Old Three Hundred, her family enumerated in the first fifteen families to colonize Texas.
James Bruce Carter and Julia Ann Boatright Carter had nine children:
Louella Carter, born December 10, 1878, died February 1916 in Travis County Texas.
Della Parrott Carter, born about 1881
Oda Monroe Carter, my grandfather, was born July 16, 1884 in Bastrop County Texas, died January 27, 1965 in Dallas, Texas.
John O. Carter born February 1887, died in Texas.
Edgar Bud Carter, (twin) born February 10, 1890 in Diaville, Travis County Texas, died April 03, 1974 in Post, Garza County Texas.
Edna Carter, (twin) born February 10, 1890 in Diaville, Travis County Texas.
Ida Elizabeth Carter, born December 07, 1892 in Texas, died May 28, 1959 in Greenville, Hunt County Texas.
Jacob Jake Carter, born November 1895, died in Abilene, Texas.
Manuel Manny Carter, born March 1897.
OLD MONROE CARTER married MINNIE MAUDE PRESLEY on December 07,
1902, Indian Gap, Hamilton County Texas. Minnie was the daughter of William
and Martha Suggs Presley. Their seven children:
Ruby Carter, b. 10 January 1904, Comanche County, Texas; d. 28 January
1992.
Wallace Carter, my father was born 13 March 1906, Comanche County, Texas, and
died 15 January 1998, Tyler, Texas
Oma Mae Carter, b. 10 September 1908, Comanche County, Texas
Otha Monroe Carter, b. 11 June 1912, Comanche County, Texas;
d. 11 April 2000, Wood County Texas
Oliver James Carter, b. 10 April 1915, Comanche County, Texas; d. 14 January
1988, Grand Saline, Texas Van Zandt County
William Henry Bill Carter b. 23 August 1918, Silver Lake Community, near Grand
Saline, Van Zandt County Texas; d. 11 January 1997, Kaufman County
Lois Juanita Carter, b. 30 April 1920, Silver Lake Community, near Grand Saline,
Van Zandt County, Texas.
My father, WALLACE CARTER married JEWELL SOPHRONIA BROWNLOW June
01, 1927 in Greenville, Hunt County Texas. Both are deceased. Their children are:
Dorothy Geneva Carter, born November 12, 1938 in Point, Rains County Texas.
Leland Carter, born March 13, 1936 in Tyler, Smith County Texas