According to the December 17, 1850 census for Town of Alexander Beat,
District # 41, Marshall County, Alabama, the following was listed for
Dwelling #276, Family #284:
Charles (Pinkney) Carter M Age 30, Born 20 Jan 1820, Farmer, born Virginia
Rebecca (Briscoe) Carter F Age 24, Born 1826, born Alabama
Elizabeth Carter F Age 10, Born 1 Feb 1840 born Alabama
(Carolyn) Matilda Carter F Age 8, Born 19 Jan 1843 born Alabama
William H(ouston) Carter M Age 5, Born 5 Aug 1845 born Alabama
Atala R. Carter F Age 3, Born 21 Jun 1848 born Alabama
Thomas M(organ). Carter M Age 55, Born 1795 born Virginia
George W. Carter M Age 21, Born 1829 born Virginia, son of Thomas M.
Thomas M. Carter M Age 18, Born 1832 born Virginia, son of Thomas M.
Jonathan F. Carter M Age 16, Born 1834 born Tennessee, son of ?
Thomas M. Carter b1795 is a son of Charles C. Carter and Sarah Houston.
Thomas M. married Caroline Matilda Wood in 1816. He died in 1852. Thomas
M. is the father of my relative, Martin Birdwood Carter.
Charles Pinkney Carter b1820 is the brother of my Carter relative, Martin
Birdwood Carter.
Martin Birdwood Carter is the father of Rebecca Carter, fourth child, b28
Dec 1853, who married my great grandfather Nathaniel Craig on 16 Jan 1868.
Rebecca died 1883(?) in Marshall County, Mississippi. At that time they had
four sons, including my grandfather, Edward Franklin Craig, and his twin
brother, who were about 18 months old. Nathaniel later married Mary Delilah
Carter Abel, b.18 May 1861, who was widowed at the death of her first
husband, Jesse Maurice Abel, and the mother of one child.
In direct answer to your question, the only child of Charles C. Carter and
Sarah Houston that I have information on is Thomas Morgan Carter, b1795,
d1852, Married Caroline Matilda Wood 9/17/1816.
Jim Craig
Jim.craig(a)rccorp.net
3489 Ivy Chase Circle
Hoover, AL 35226-2279
-----Original Message-----
From: Molly Pere [mailto:mollypere@comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 2:54 PM
To: CARTER-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Charles C CARTER and Sarah HOUSTON of VA
Hello CARTER cousins
Is anyone out there related to Charles C CARTER ( Scott Co and Lee Co VA )
/ Sarah HOUSTON ( Augusta Co VA ) ,son of Thomas CARTER / Mary Elizabeth
MORGAN , son of Peter CARTER / Judith NORRIS , son of Thomas CARTER Jr/
Arabella WILLIAMSON ? I am trying to verify the names of the children of
Charles C CARTER and Sarah HOUSTON . Sarah HOUSTON Carter's sister was Mary
"Polly" HOUSTON who married Stephen Saunders EWING. Please write if you
know who they were. Thanks so much .
Molly