Hello Mara,
I live in a tiny little community called Temperance Hall in DeKalb Co., TN,
which joins Smith Co.,TN. I have only lived in Tenn. about 16 months , and
I don't know this Carter Family which live in my community , I know about
them. What I know I got from a book called "THROUGH THE YEARS WITH MISS OCIA
(1952-1984)" Complied by Marjorie Hayes and Nadene Carter. Miss Ocia was
Ocia Francis Mason Carter wife of Charlie Ivan Carter. Miss Ocia was a
writer for The Smithville Review Newspaper of Smithville, TN. Nadene Carter
is the wife of Kenneth Carter the s/o Ocia and Charlie Carter. Some of this
Carter Family lived in Gordonsville Smith Co., TN. What caught my eye was
the marriage of Vincent Carter to Elizabeth Rose. I also have Rose's living
in my area, which are an old Dekalb Co. Family.
Don't know if the Carters and the Rose's of DeKalb and Smith Cos., TN are of
any value to you , but if I can look up something at the library for you I
will be glad to. The Smithville, DeKalb Co and the Carthage , Smith Co.,
Libraries both have good resources on Tenn.
Regards,
Betty Ann McVey DeFore
of the Isaac J. (Ike) Carter, Texas