I am new to this CARTER List. I am researching my CARTER line which went
from TN (possibly White County) @ the late 1820s to Marion Co., AL, then to
Itawamba County, MS (some stayed there, my line, ALEXANDER CARTER, born 1830,
came back to AL and married MARY WELCH in Blount Co., AL in 1855. I have his
Civil War papers which stated he was born in Marion Co., AL (1830). I went
to the Marion Co., AL Census, and there was a SANFORD AND WILLIAM CARTER
listed as heads of household. Further research showed SANFORD as ALEXANDER's
father, and they had moved over across the AL line from Marion Co. into
Itawamba Co., MS. They were listed there in 1840 and with the whole family's
names in 1850, where it shows SANFORD age 46, born in TN (1804) with wife,
ANNA and children: ALEXANDER, age 20, Calvin 19, Mary 14, all born in AL;
then Susan, 13, Luther, 9, Alfred, 7, another male child 5, Drucilla, 3, and
Sanford, 1, all born in MS. It shows 2 married sons living nearby, William
G., 22, and Calvin, 19, both born in AL. so I could tell that they came to
AL by at least 1828. In the CARTER Genforum I learned more about SANFORD's
brothers. In his family there were: HUGH, SANFORD, BAINES, WILLIAM, JR.,
IRWIN, FRANKLIN, and SAMUEL, sons of WILLIAM CARTER, and they mentioned White
Co., TN. That is the only "proof" I have about White Co. However, in the
White Co., webpage it shows that many settlers there migrated to Marion Co.,
AL. WILLIAM CARTER, SR. definitely moved South. I have found WILLIAM
CARTERS in Giles TN and Green Co., TN so it was a very common name. I have
heard that HUGH CARTER went to Rusk, TX, and WILLIAM CARTER, JR. went to
Arkansas, then to Rusk, TX. My line (ALEXANDER) wound up in Morgan Co., AL
and bought a farm there before the Civil War. If anyone is researching this
line of CARTERS or has come across info that is linked to them, please e-mail
me. I would especially like to have info further back than the 1820s, to
confirm exactly where my CARTERS were in TN; where they came from prior to
coming to TN: names, dates, marriages, places they lived, etc. You can
e-mail me directly at: rgsapg(a)aol.com
Thanks,
Pat Garrison