CARTER
Hi, all. I'm stumped on my:
John Wesley Carter, farmer-soldier, b 1818 TN (census), res Fayette Co., GA,
d 1864 Richmond, VA (CSA). He m X, X, Mary Elizabeth Jane X (1823-1902).
They had five children. Mrs. Mary E. J. Carter m 2) 1873, Fayette Co., Dr.
J. P. Hilton (no further data), and 3) 1878, Fayette Co., Samuel Lively (no
further data).
Children of John Wesley and Mary Elizabeth Jane (X) Carter:
i. George D. Carter (1842-1911), m 1867, Fayette Co., Martha Josephine
Slaton. Issue: Lilah O. (Carter) Gardner, Thomas Allen, Vilula J. (Carter)
Lyons, Helena Clifford (Carter) Welch, Ascenith A (Carter) Cochran, and Dora
T. (Carter) Cochran.
ii. Sarah Jane Carter (1847-1889); m 1866, Fayette Co., William Perryman
Head, son of Thomas Jones and Martha (Bearden) Head of Fayette Co., grandson
of Tavenah/Taverner and Jane (Plunkett) Head of Orange Co., VA, and
great-grandson of militia capt. Benjamin Head et ux Martha of St. Thomas
Parish, Orange Co., VA. Will and Sarah Jane arrived in Smith Co., TX, on 25
Dec. 1885. Issue: Charles Montezuma Head, Vesta Pauline (Head) Bookout,
Jones Wesley Head M.D., Amanuel Perryman Head M.D., Eliza Martha Head, Cora
Mary (Head) McKinley, Sarah Roberta Head, Lucy Ethel Head, Tallulah Russell
(Head) Barton (grandmother of Tom Nash), William Sterling Head J.D., Lon
David Head, Agnes Lizzie Head.
iii. Mary Caroline Carter (1849-c1926); m 1872, Fayette Co., William J. Black
(no further data).
iv. Berrien Anders Carter (1855-1905); m 1) X, Mary L. Thornton, 2) 1884,
Fayette Co., Mary A. Fambro, 3) 1899, X, Missouri King (1869-1932). No
further data.
v. Wesley Florence Carter (1856-1934); m. X, Elizabeth Gowan (no further
data). Note: in the 1880s, there was a Sam Carter family in Florence, GA.
Seek this J. W. Carter's parents, siblings, other Carter groups from TN to
GA.
Any clues?
Thank you much,
/Tom Nash in San Antonio, Texas
bartonash(a)aol.com [at office]
please copy to: bartnash(a)swbell.net [at home]
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Tom Nash works these lines:
Abercrombie (colonial SC, GA), Barton (VA, SC, GA), Bearden (NC, GA), Bomar
(colonial VA, SC, GA, TX), Bookout (GA, TX), Box (colonial SC), Carter (TN,
GA, TX), Cox (NC, SC, GA), Dial (SC, GA), Dicken(s) (NC, GA), Febiger (PA,
SC, GA), Fletcher (colonial VA, GA, TX), Gilliam (GA), Goodson (GA), Hadley
(colonial DE, PA, NC, SC), Hanner/Hanna(h) (GA), Hathcock (GA), Head
(colonial VA, GA, TX), Hindman (colonial VA), Klut(t)z (NC, GA, TX), Lindley
(colonial NC, SC, GA), Malone (colonial SC, GA), McCarley (SC, GA, AL, TX), Mc
Larty (NC, GA, TX), McVickers (SC, GA), Messer (SC, GA, TX), Moon (colonial
PA, VA, GA TX), Nance (SC), Nash (SC, GA, LA, TX), Pearce/Pierce (colonial
VA, GA, LA, TX), Pike (Yankee line, for a friend), Plunkett (colonial VA), Pow
ell (colonial VA, SC, GA) Ridgeway (colonial SC), Robertson (TN, TX), Sewell
(GA), Spence (colonial VA), Stell (VA, SC, GA, TX), Sturman (colonial VA), Swo
rd(s) (GA), Taverner (colonial VA), Tone (Yankee line, for a friend), Trantham
or Trentham (NC, TN, GA, TX), VanSant or VanZant (GA, AL), Watson (GA), White
head (VA, NC, SC, GA), Wright (GA), Youell (colonial VA), and Zollicoffer
(friend's line) in TN.
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