The DNA testing by Carters still in the NJ area along with Carters in TN
will prove if there is a relationship.
Gayle Braswell Ellison
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Subject: [CARTER-L] Carters
With the recent roll call activity I have notices some inquires on groups of
Carters not tie to my John Carter, who settled Carter's Station. In some
cases their line is buried in the Carter Station Cemetery.
Information only: I have a document written by John Denton Carter and he
has made so observations that may help some researchers.
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John Denton Carter stated: The Carters living in New Jersey in the middle of
the eighteenth century, that is, those who later migrated to Greene County
(TN) were not of a single family, but were a group of familles bound
together not
only by ties of kinship but of common church membership and the status of
immigrant farmers in search of free land on the American frontier. No doubt
some
of the Carter kin remained in New Jersey but at least two of the family
groups, headed by the patriarchs John Carter, Sr. and Levi Carter, Sr. made
the
trip together from New Jersey to Tennessee, with long stopovers in Virginia
and
North Carolina. The exact relationship of John Sr. and Levi Sr. has not been
established. They may have been brothers or perhaps some other relationship.
They were approximately the same age and both died in Greene County in 1811.
A probable family member, Joseph Carter, Sr. of the same generation as John
Sr. and Levi Sr. may have accompanied, with his family, the latter two on
the
move from New Jersey to Greene County, however there is no evidence that
Joseph
and his family were with the other Carter groups until the family heads
appeared on the 1780-81 tax rolls of Washington County, NC. An inventory of
Joseph
estate in Greene County records indicates he, too, died in the county of
1811.
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The John Denton Carter paper was written in 1981. We have came a long way
since then on researching. I submit this in hopes it aids someone in
finding
their line before TN and they will share what they find because it will aid
me
on the John Carter search. Looks like the place to look is New Jersey
records.
Clarence