Sorry to take so long, alittle hospital visit -----I think our J.T. Carter came from KY.
mother named Amelia , moved to Parker cnty TX
.try 1850 and 60 censuses. Neina
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From: Gayle Ellison <gayle(a)apbb.net>
To: CARTER-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sat, Jul 3, 2010 5:12 am
Subject: [CARTER] John Carter 1785 TN
I found this record in the Carter, Elizabeth Hyatt Ogden Collection, in SLC.
ooks like it was compiled in 1945:
Tennessee:
1785 - John Carter, pioneer of Tennessee. When the district of Washington,
ow the State of Tennessee, was annexed to North Carolina during the
evolution, he was elected with John Sevier and Charles Robertson, to the
onvention that assembled at Halifax, North Carolina in 1785, and framed a
onstitution for the State of Frankland (Franklin) which was reunited with
orth Carolina in 1788. (A. S. Carter's book)
1796 - Major Carter, of Watauga, 1796. John Carter was the foremost man of
he early Watauga settlement. Coming from North Carolina he had the
restige of family and a superior education, and was chosen head of the new
ommunity, serving efficiently in many capacities. He was concerned in the
tate of Franklin movement, and was frequently called out at the head of the
ilitia on Indian expeditions. Carter County was named for him. (Thwaite's
arly western Travels Vol. 3 p. 98).
Does anyone know exactly where in North Carolina that this John was from?
It is possible there is another Revolutionary War Ancestor here. The DAR
atriot index contains a Col. John Carter, b. 1730 VA, d. 1783 Washington
o, TN, member of Prov. Congress and militia. # A019973, but he dies in
783.
The Major John Carter listed above was still alive in 1796.
There is a John Carter in Edgecombe Precinct (and I think later Halifax
ounty), NC. I have his birth at about 1735 and him witnessing a deed at age
8 from Joseph and Elizabeth Bradley to Abraham Jones and then buying and
elling property the last of which was 24 Aug 1779, when he sold 50 acres to
harles Carter, who I am pretty sure is my ancestor.
ayle Braswell Ellison
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