Well, the answer about John Wise Carter and his wife and some of the
children are answered below in an obit sent to me by one of my genealogy
angels. However, I still have two John W. Carters in my files:
1. John W. Carter as son of Moses (1803) and Nancy Reams Carter.
2. John Wise Carter, s/o Blasingame Carter and Charity Hall per the Death
Cert. of a John W. Carter who's death dates are the same as the obit and
Graniteville Cem. Records.
1943 - Death Cert. 10379, Aiken Co, SC
John W. Carter
Male, White, Widowed, spouse Emma (H)unt Carter, occ: shoemaker
b. Oct 14, 1845, Pauling Co, GA
*father: (Blashengor) Carter, SC
*mother: Charity Hall, SC
d. Sept 4, 1943, Graniteville, Gregg twp, Aiken Co, SC
cause: myocarditis
informant: Bruce Carter, Greenville, SC
burial: Graniteville, Sept 5, 1943
UT: Posey's Funeral Home, Graniteville, SC
Death Notice: Augusta Chronicle, Sept 5, 1943
CARTER: Entered into rest at the residence, Graniteville, SC, September
4, 1943, age 98 yrs, Mrs. John wise Carter, husband of the late Mrs. Emma
Durst Carter,
Funeral services will be conducted at the Graniteville Frist Baptist
Church this Sunday after noon at 5 o'clock, Rev. J. K. Lawton officiating,
assisted by Rev. J. T. Sanders, internemtn in the Graniteville cemetery.
Posey's Funeral Home
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Obituary of John Wise Carter, published in the Augusta Chronicle, Sept. 5,
1943 [shared by YN]
Esteemed Valley Resident Passes -- Graniteville, SC, Sept 4 - John Wise
Carter, 97, one of Graniteville's most esteemed citizens and a veteran of
the War Between the States, died this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Funeral
services will be held at the First Baptist church here Sunday afternoon at 5
o'clock. The Rev. J. K. Lawton, assisted by the Rev. J. T. Sanders will
officiate. Interment will be in the Graniteville cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Russell Busbee, Alton Bryant, Edwin Powell, Jimmy
Parker, Tommy Friday and Quimby Wise; honorary pallbearers will be from
First Baptist and Calvary Baptist Churches: Pope Wise, Wilbur Norris, Jesse
Thompson, Marvin Slaton, John Ready, Ernest Parker, Charlie Powell, Hasting
Ergle, Gordon Burckhalter, N. N. Salters and Robert Arender; honorary
pallbearers will be Bowman Beafort, Dr. J. C. Pearce and Dr. S. A. Murrall.
Mr. Carter was a man of deep religious convictions. He was faithful to
his church, to his family, and the community in which he lived. He was a
deacon of his church and one of its most outstanding workers. His wife, who
was Miss Emma Durst, died in 1933.
CONFEDERATE VETERAN - Mr. Carter, a survivor of that fading army of Grey,
possessed a brilliant record as a soldier. At the age of 18 he volunteered
in the Army of the Confederacy. He enlisted at Macon GA in the 16th Georgia
Battalion; in 1864, he reenlisted in Co. "A", Captain T. R. Kendall,
Caswell Battalion, 4th Georgia Sharpshooters, Tylers Brigade, Bates
Division, Hardee's Corps, and Johnston's Army. He fought in the Battle of
Resaca in north Georgia, and was in the retreat from Dalton to Atlanta.
Here he contracted typhoid fever and was in the hospital at Milledgeville
until Sept 8, 1864. He was given a furlough for 60 days, after which he
returned to the same command under General Hood at Tupelo, Miss., and after
two weeks the remainder of the army came back and gatherer 18,000 strong at
Hamburg, SC. just across the river from Augusta.
This army (or remnant) marched along the Blocker Road, March 1865, via
Trenton, SC with the purpose of joining Johnston's army, but when they
reached Smithfield, NC, they learned of Lee's surrender. They then returned
to Greensboro, NC where they stacked arms and surrendered to General W. T.
Shurman.
Mr. Carter is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ada Ramsay of
Graniteville; Mrs. Annie Smith of Lavonia, GA; and Mrs. Jennie Peterson of
St. Petersburg, Fla; two sons, R. Bruce Carter of Greenville, SC and Claude
E. Carter of Graniteville; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
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I do not have anything but census records of Moses with a son John b. ca
1847-1848, and not with an initial W. So my tendency is to think that
Moses' son John is a different John and not the one above.
So John Wise Carter's ancestry seems like this:
1. [Wise] Carter b. ca 1792; widow in 1850
2. Blasingame Carter b. Bet. 1821 - 1824, SC/AL md Charity Hall b. Bet.
1821 - 1823, SC.
3. John Wise Carter (Oct 14, 1845, GA - Sep 04, 1943) md. Martha
Emma Durst
Harriet Imrey <himrey(a)ntelos.net>, 1322 Oak Tree Lane, Charlottesville VA
22901, citing the 1842 will of Elizabeth Carter's sister Rachel Wise, gives
Wise Carter's father as John Carter who married Elizabeth Wise. This is
from quite a while ago, so I don't know if the information has been amended
or not.
From Patriot Index posted to SC Genealogy list:
Carter, John
W22721
d. March 1815
m. Elizabeth ________
After moving from Virginia to Edgefield District, he entered the service
during January 1779 as a captain of the Eutaw Scouts under Col. LeRoy
Hammond and Gen. Williamson. He was in the engagement at Henderson's Mills
and on an expedition against the Indians and British at Ogeechee River. He
was in the battle at Stono, the siege of Savannah and was taken prisoner in
the fall of Charleston. About 1 May 1781, he joined the troops of Cols.
James Jackson and LeRoy Hammond. He was in the battle at Eutaw Springs and
in several skirmishes with Tories. A.A.1108; W412.
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Conclusion: John Wise Carter md. Martha Emma Durst and buried in
Graniteville Cem. is NOT the desc. of Charles Carter and Lydia Scurry as I
have previously had him attached. His grandfather may have been a brother
to Charles Carter, as both are born about the same time.
Billie Jones