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          Descendants of John Carter



          Generation No. 1


          1. JOHN1 CARTER was born 1730 in New Jersey, and died 1811 in Greene County, Tennessee. He married (1) REBECCA STUART 23 January 1754 in Brunswick County, Virginia, daughter of CHARLES STUART and ANNE UNKNOWN. He married (2) DOROTHY UNKNOWN 1781 in Surry County, North Carolina.

          Children of JOHN CARTER and REBECCA STUART are:

          2. i. DANIEL2 CARTER, b. 27 June 1748, New Jersey; d. 27 July 1829, Greene County, Tennessee.

          3. ii. ABRAHAM CARTER, b. Bet. 1750 - 1751, New Jersey; d. 26 October 1832, Greene County, Tennessee.

          4. iii. JOHN CARTER, b. 1755; d. 10 September 1845, Greene County, Tennessee.

          5. iv. JACOB CARTER, b. 1758, New Jersey; d. 24 January 1857, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi.

          6. v. DOROTHY CARTER, b. 1760, Monongalela County, Virginia; d. Bef. 1811, Greene County, Tennessee.

          vi. PENELOPE ELEANOR CARTER, b. 1764, Monongalela County, Virginia; d. 1840, Hamblen County, Tennessee; m. HUGH CAIRO CAIN, 21 February 1810, Greene County, Tennessee.

          7. vii. JAMES CARTER, b. 01 January 1768, Tennessee; d. 01 March 1849, Bonham, Fannin County, Texas.

          8. viii. REBECCA CARTER, b. 1770, Monongalela County, Virginia; d. 1836, Greene County, Tennessee.



          Generation No. 2


          2. DANIEL2 CARTER (JOHN1) was born 27 June 1748 in New Jersey, and died 27 July 1829 in Greene County, Tennessee. He married (1) NANCY COBB 22 February 1782 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He married (2) ANNE JONES 11 February 1795 in Greene County, Tennessee. He married (3) CLARA UNKNOWN Aft. 1808. He married (4) SARAH JONES 20 July 1824 in Greene County, Tennessee.

          Children of DANIEL CARTER and NANCY COBB are:

          i. MARY NELLIE3 CARTER, b. 1783; m. HENRY KELLER, 10 July 1815, Greene County, Tennessee.

          ii. JEMIMA CARTER, b. 1785, Virginia; d. 1829; m. THOMAS WILLIAMS, 22 October 1804, Greene County, Tennessee.

          iii. ELLIS CARTER, b. 1791, Greene County, Tennessee; d. 1848, Greene County, Tennessee; m. SUSANNAH ANDERSON, 14 March 1814, Greene County, Tennessee.

          iv. ELISHA CARTER, b. 05 February 1793, Greene County, Tennessee; d. 28 March 1837, Greene County, Tennessee; m. MARGARET ANDERSON, 15 August 1809, Greene County, Tennessee.

          v. SOPHIA CARTER, b. 1794, Greene County, Tennessee; d. 1836, Greene County, Tennessee; m. (1) UNKNOWN SON ROGERS, 1804; m. (2) AARON CATE, 24 January 1809, Greene County, Tennessee; m. (3) JOHN POGUE, 24 June 1824, Greene County, Tennessee.


          Children of DANIEL CARTER and CLARA UNKNOWN are:

          vi. UNKNOWN CHILD13 CARTER, b. 1809.

          vii. UNKNOWN CHILD2 CARTER, b. 1810.



          3. ABRAHAM2 CARTER (JOHN1) was born Bet. 1750 - 1751 in New Jersey, and died 26 Octobber 1832 in Greene County, Tennessee. He married (1) PRESCILLA BENNETT Bef. 1780, daughter of CHARLES BENNETT and MARTHA COLLINS. He married (2) REBECKAH BECK 15 March 1821 in Greene County, Tennessee.

          Children of ABRAHAM CARTER and PRESCILLA BENNETT are:

          i. EZEKIAL3 CARTER, b. 25 March 1780, Pennsylvania; d. 24 February 1853, Greene County, Tennessee; m. MARTHA PATSY STANLEY, 27 November 1800, Greene County, Tennessee.

          ii. ELIZABETH CARTER, b. 1781, Preston, Preston County, West Virginia; m. ELLIS KING, 23 January 1797, Greene County, Tennessee.

          iii. NANCY CARTER, b. 1782, West Virginia; d. Bef. 03 June 1844, Greene County, Tennessee; m. GEORGE W WEEMS, 06 February 1797, Greene County, Tennessee; b. 1770; d. October 1832.

          iv. ROBERT ENOCH CARTER, b. 16 December 1785, Tennessee; d. 20 June 1856, Jefferson County, Tennessee; m. LUCRETIA TRECY CLAYTON, 17 August 1809, Greene County, Tennessee.

          v. MESHACH CARTER, b. 1788, Greene County, Tennessee; d. 20 November 1858, Greene County, Tennessee; m. NANCY PARKER, 21 June 1815, Greene County, Tennessee.

          vi. TEMPERANCE CARTER, b. 1791, Greene County, Tennessee; d. Greene County, Tennessee; m. HUMPHREY MALONE, 06 December 1808, Greene County, Tennessee.

          vii. ELEANOR REBECCA CARTER, b. 25 May 1793, Greene County, Tennessee; m. JOSEPH HENRY KELLER, 10 July 1815, Greene County, Tennessee.

          viii. JOHN A CARTER, b. 10 March 1795, Greene County, Tennessee; m. (1) HONOR MILBURN, 30 May 1822, Greene County, Tennessee; m. (2) CATHERINE REED, 28 December 1848.

          ix. SARAH CARTER, b. Bet. 1795 - 1802, Greene County, Tennessee; m. (1) JOHN WESTON, 15 February 1816, Greene County, Tennessee; m. (2) PARSONS EDMONDS, 13 September 1819, Greene County, Tennessee.



          4. JOHN2 CARTER (JOHN1) was born 1755, and died 10 September 1845 in Greene County, Tennessee. He married MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN 27 August 1783 in Surry County, North Carolina, daughter of DAVID ALLEN.

          Children of JOHN CARTER and MARY ALLEN are:

          i. ISAAC3 CARTER, b. 23 May 1784, Greene County, Tennessee.

          ii. BENJAMIN CARTER, b. 10 October 1787, Greene County, Tennessee; d. 06 May 1861, Greene County, Tennessee; m. RACHEL COLE, 08 June 1808, Greene County, Tennessee.

          iii. JACOB CARTER, b. 08 March 1788, Greene County, Tennessee; d. August 1860, Greene County, Tennessee; m. MARY ELIZABETH GUFFIE, 25 April 1808, Greene County, Tennessee.

          iv. SARAH CARTER, b. 02 July 1789.

          v. ALLEN ALBERT CARTER, b. 24 January 1791, Greene County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH TRIM.

          vi. REBECCAH ELEANOR CARTER, b. 20 May 1793, Greene County, Tennessee; d. 07 September 1876; m. SAMUEL JACKSON KELLER, 05 July 1815, Greene County, Tennessee.

          vii. JOHN CARTER, b. 18 August 1793, Knox County, Tennessee; d. 05 January 1864, Lenoir City, Roane County, Tennessee; m. (1) JANE MCCARROLL, 1811, Knox County, Tennessee; b. 09 May 1795, Tennessee; d. 20 December 1838, Lenoir City, Roane County, Tennessee; m. (2) MARY MOORE, 09 July 1840, Roane County, Tennessee; b. 13 June 1808; d. 18 August 1841, Roane County, Tennessee; m. (3) NANCY AGNES SIMMS, 02 January 1842, Knox County, Tennessee; b. 05 May 1817, Tennessee; d. 29 March 1882, Mississippi.

          viii. BATHSHEBA CARTER, b. 25 July 1797; m. DAVID CAMPBELL, 05 March 1818, Greene County, Tennessee.

          ix. MATILDA CARTER, b. 06 August 1799.

          x. CATHY CARTER, b. 28 January 1802, Greene County, Tennessee; m. HERMON MCKEY, 09 April 1819, Greene County, Tennessee.

          xi. ELAM CARTER, b. 08 March 1805, Tennessee; d. 17 June 1882, Arkansas; m. SARAH SMITH, 01 February 1836.

          xii. EZEKIEL CARTER, b. 07 July 1807, Greene County, Tennessee; d. 04 April 1864, Benton County, Arkansas; m. (1) MARY LYNCH, 15 April 1828; m. (2) RHODA MUNSEY, 1845.



          5. JACOB2 CARTER (JOHN1) was born 1758 in New Jersey, and died 24 January 1857 in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. He married CHARITY SAMPLE 06 December 1787 in Princess Anne, Virginia.

          Children of JACOB CARTER and CHARITY SAMPLE are:

          i. HIGHLY3 CARTER, b. 1788; m. NOEL FRANCIS ROBERTS, 10 March 1808, Clarke County, Georgia.

          ii. SERENA CARTER, b. 1789; m. UNKNOWN SON JONES.

          iii. MARY MATILDA CARTER, b. 1790, North Carolina; m. SAMUEL LANE.

          iv. MARCUS ELAM CARTER, b. 1794, Clarke County, Georgia; d. 04 March 1869, Covington, Jefferson County, Mississippi; m. LYDIA E WILLIAMS.

          v. WILLIAM WILKINS CARTER, b. 1803, Georgia; m. (1) APPY WATSON, 19 December 1825, Marion County, Mississippi; m. (2) DELILA BASS, Aft. 1825.



          6. DOROTHY2 CARTER (JOHN1) was born 1760 in Monongalela County, Virginia, and died Bef. 1811 in Greene County, Tennessee. She married BENJAMIN GOODIN 1779.

          Children of DOROTHY CARTER and BENJAMIN GOODIN are:

          i. JAMES3 GOODIN, b. 1779; m. MAHALA COX, Bef. 1807.

          ii. JOHN GOODIN, b. 1780; m. MAHALA COX, Greene County, Tennessee.

          iii. BENJAMIN GOODIN, b. 1784.

          iv. GREENVILLE GOODIN, b. 1785; m. ANN COX.

          v. HANNAH GOODIN, b. 1786; m. ISAAC CONNELLY, 1800.

          vi. AMY GOODIN, b. 1786; m. JOHN GREEN, 1809.

          vii. ELOIS GOODIN, b. 1787.

          viii. EZEKIEL GOODIN, b. 1788.

          ix. LEMUL GOODIN, b. 1789.



          7. JAMES2 CARTER (JOHN1) was born 01 January 1768 in Tennessee, and died 01 March 1849 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas. He married PHOEBE BULLARD 02 May 1791 in Greene County, Tennessee, daughter of ISAAC BULLARD.

          Children of JAMES CARTER and PHOEBE BULLARD are:

          i. SOPHIA3 CARTER, b. 1792; m. ROBERT PAISLEY RUSSELL.

          ii. MINATREE CARTER, b. 1793.

          iii. REBECCA CARTER, b. 1794; m. JAMES WHITSON.

          iv. SYNTHIA CARTER, b. 1795; m. FRANCES SHOEMAKE.

          v. ELEANOR CARTER, b. 1796; m. JOHN BARRON.

          vi. ANNA CARTER, b. 1797; m. HENRY MURRY.

          vii. ELIZABETH CARTER, b. 1798; m. MONTGOMERY ROBERTSON.



          8. REBECCA2 CARTER (JOHN1) was born 1770 in Monongalela County, Virginia, and died 1836 in Greene County, Tennessee. She married (1) JOHN HARDIN 14 November 1787 in Greene County, Tennessee, son of JOSEPH HARDIN and JANE GIBSON. She married (2) JOHN ROSS 08 January 1794 in Greene County, Tennessee, son of WILLIAM ROSS and JANE ALLISON.

          Child of REBECCA CARTER and JOHN HARDIN is:

          i. JOHN3 HARDIN, b. 25 November 1788, Greene County, Tennessee; d. 25 December 1844, Greene County, Tennessee; m. (1) UNKNOWN DAUGHTER HARMON, Bef. 1808; m. (2) CLARISSA A NEWMAN, 1808, Greene County, Tennessee; b. 24 October 1787; d. 04 October 1873.


          Children of REBECCA CARTER and JOHN ROSS are:

          ii. MARY JANE3 ROSS, b. 1795; m. JAMES SAUNDERS, 26 September 1814, Greene County, Tennessee.

          iii. ALLEN ROSS, b. 1795, Greene County, Tennessee; d. 1884, Greene County, Tennessee; m. SARAH WEEMS, 19 December 1822, Greene County, Tennessee.

          iv. NANCY ROSS, b. Bet. 1795 - 1800, Tennessee; m. VINCENT ANDERSON, 06 April 1815, Greene County, Tennessee.

          v. WILLIAM ROSS, b. 1797; d. April 1840; m. NANCY MCKEE, 23 August 1818, Greene County, Tennessee.

          vi. REBECCA T ROSS, b. 1800, Tennessee; m. JAMES H ANDERSON, 23 December 1819, Greene County, Tennessee.

          vii. ELEANOR ROSS, b. 1801; m. (1) RICHARDSON PRICE, Bef. 1820; m. (2) ELLIOT RUTHERFORD, 19 January 1820, Greene County, Tennessee.

          viii. HYLA ROSS, b. 03 November 1803; d. 01 August 1873, Greene County, Tennessee; m. JACOB GASS, 27 November 1829, Greene County, Tennessee.

          ix. JOHN ROSS, b. 1804; d. June 1848; m. (1) NANCY ARMITAGE, 17 October 1827, Greene County, Tennessee; m. (2) MARY ANN PATTERSON, 29 December 1836, Greene County, Tennessee.

          x. ELIZABETH ROSS, b. 1805; m. JOHN A STONECYPHER, 17 January 1828, Greene County, Tennessee.


             


             


               


                   
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