Searching for a male CARTER direct line descendant to do DNA test.
Must be a CARTER male direct descendant of Levi CARTER b. abt 1777, poss. VA d.between
1840-1850, Coles Co., IL, m#1.1800, Catharine GRAHAM m. #2 1806, Elizabeth EDGAR, or
one of his male children:
Caleb CARTER b. abt 1801, Mason Co., KY
Lemuel CARTER b. 1809, d. 1888, IA m #1 Polly OWEN m#2 Jemima ORAHOOD 4 boys
Isiah CARTER b. abt 1838, OH
William CARTER b. abt 1843, OH
Alonzo CARTER b. abt 1845, OH
James CARTER b. abt 1847, OH
I don't have info on some of these men. They may have never married but it's
worth a try.
Levi CARTER prob. was a descendant of Caleb CARTER b. abt 1750 d. 1828, Champaign
County, OH.
Our line, the Israel CARTER line has had one DNA test done. We are searching for others
to do the test. We took contributions from cousins and pooled our resources to do the
test, so one person did not have to pay for it all. A 12 marker test is $99. We are #
25218 in group 1 at
http://carter-cousins.org/results/
You can contact me or go to
http://www.ftdna.com/surname_join.asp?code=C98318&special=true and order your kit.
(it is a saliva test)
Thanks,
Barb - dbjmlew(a)swbell.net