Alfred Moore Carter Taylor

Alfred married Elizabeth "Betsy" Brown about 1840 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Elizabeth was born about 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

General married Mary Cocke Polly Carter on 22 Aug 1816 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Landon C. Carter and Elizabeth Maclin) was born on 5 May 1799 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee; died on 19 Dec 1853 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

General married Mary Polly Patton on 15 Nov 1791 in Rockbridge County, , , Virginia. Mary was born about 1770 in Rockbridge County, , , Virginia; died about 1860 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried about 1860 in Taylor Family Cemetery, Sabine Hall, Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note from John James Henry : Landon CARTER, along with his Father, John CARTER, and William BEAN were the first permanent English settlers in Tennessee in 1766. On his grave, near the Carter Mansion, the DAR has placed a marker listing his birth as 1760. However, tradition has it that he was ten years old when his father founded Carter's Station in 1766 so I list his birth as 1756. THe earlier birth date is also supported by the fact that Landon signed the petition asking North Carolina to approve The Washington District in 1773, and by NC law (which his father was well aware of) you had to be at least 16 to sign a petition. The petition was approved by the Whig Legislature in 1776. The Carters first settled in Carters Valley (just west of Kingsport, TN) and later moved near Watauga Old Fields (a deserted Indian Town) on the Watauga River, near present day Elizabethton. Prime movers in the establishment of the Watauga Association (which had the first written constitution in America), John and Landon were influential in the Constitutions and founding of the Washington District of North Carolina in 1776, the State of Franklin (1786) and the State of Tennessee in 1796. Carter County is named for John and Elizabethton is named for Landon's wife, Elizabeth (MACLIN) CARTER. Landon was a Major in the North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution, serving under Colonel John Sevier, who later as Governor of Tennessee (1796) made him General in charge of the Tennessee Militia. The 1830 Census for Carter Co., TN lists Alfred M. Carter, George Carter and William B. carter as heads of households. These are undoubtedly Three of Landon's sons. No mention is made of John Maclin Carter, but the following are listed William Carter age 40-49 (5), William Carter age 30-39 (10), and Thomas Carter age 30-39 (4), all of which had households (number of members in the parenthesis). These are possibly descendants of Landon's half brothers, John and Emanuel. The 1840 Census Shows Landon's sons A. M. Carter and William B. Carter as well as the older William (4) listed in 1830 and two of Alfred Moore Carter's sons but not George, nor the Thomas or younger William above.

Landon married Elizabeth Maclin on 3 Feb 1784 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . Elizabeth (daughter of Judge William Maclin, II and Sarah Slack) was born on 9 Jul 1765 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, ; died on 27 Feb 1842 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Last Will & Testament of Elizabeth Carter

I Elizabeth Carter of the County of Carter &
State of Tennessee, being of sound mind & memory
but weak of body, knowing that it is appointed
for all once to die, do make ordain & establish
this as my last will and Testament, namely:
I give my soul to God who gave it, to be
disposed of according to his good will &
pleasure: My body I require my Executors herein
after named, to have decently buried; and such
wordly Estate as it has pleased God to favor me
with, I dispose of in the following manner, viz
First: I require my Executors to pay all my
just debts.
Secondly: Being desirous to provide for the
support & maintenance of my daughter Sally S.
Brewer, seperate & apart from her husband
Benjamin Brewer, I give & bequeath to George
A. Duffield, in trust for the benefit & use of
his mother Sally S. Brewer during her life, the
following Negroes, namely, my negro woman Celia -
commonly called Sealy - and her three children,
namely, Annette, James & Harriet & the future
increase of the said Celia - aka Sealy - Annette
& Harriet, & at the death of said Sally S.
Brewer, it is my will that the before mentioned
negroes & their increase may be equally divided
between my three grand children namely, George
A. Duffield, William P. Brewer, & Evelina M.
Brewer, the children of the said Sally S.
Brewer.
Thirdly: I give & bequeath to my daughter
Mary C. Taylor, my negro girl Betsy, daughter of
my negro woman Charlotte; I do also give &
bequeath to the said Mary my negro girl Martha,
daughter of Eady, provided however, that if
this said Mary C. Taylor accept of my donation
to her of the said Martha, she shall, within two
years after my death, pay to Evelina E.C.
Gillespie Three hundred Dollars in Tennessee
Bank notes, without interest.
Fourthly: I give & bequeath to my grand—
daughter Elizabeth Rhea, formerly Elizabeth
Carter, daughter of A. M. Carter, my negro girl
Sabre.
I give & bequeath to my daughter Eliza
Gillespie my negro girl Fanny & her children,
now in the possession of the said Eliza. I do
likewise give & bequeath to the said Eliza my
negro boy Nelson, the son of my negro woman
Charlotte and now in the possession of Alfred M.
Carter.
Fifthly: I give & bequeath to my daughter
Mary C. Taylor, my Bureau; & to my grand-
daughter Mary C. P. Taylor, daughter of Mary C.
Taylor, I give my bed & the furniture to said
bed: my other bed clothes, it is my will, shall
be equally divided between my three daughters
Sally S. Brewer, Eliza Gillespie, and Mary
C. Taylor.
Sixthly: it is my will that my negro woman
Eady be emancipated, if the laws of the land
will permit it, & I do hereby require my
Executors hereinafter named, to carry the same-
my will respecting said Eady - into effect, but
if they cannot, then I give the said Eady to my
daughter Mary C. Taylor, & wish the said Mary to
let her work for herself the ballance of her
life - i.e. the life of Eady, & to have and
enjoy the proceeds of all such her labor.
Seventhly: I give & bequeath my negro boy
Nathaniel, the son of my negro woman Charlotte
to my son Alfred M. Carter.
Eightly: I do give & bequeath, to Alfred W.
Taylor, the husband of my grand-daughter
Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Sally S. Brewer,
my negro woman Charlotte & also her two sons
Landon & George, & also her future increase. I
do also give & bequeath to the said Alfred W.
Taylor, my negro boy Noah the son of negro woman
Eady, provided however, that if the said A. W.
Taylor, accept of my donation to him of the above
named negroes, he shall pay to my son William B.
Carter the sum of Two Hundred Dollars in Tennessee
Bank Notes without interest.
Ninthly: I give & bequeath to my son George
W. Carter, my large looking glass now in the
possession of Mary C. Taylor; I do also give to
the said George, one half dozzen windsor chairs,
one half dozzen silver tea spoons, my carpet, my
teaboard, & shovel & tongs now in the possession
of Sally S. Brewer.
Should I owe anything at my death - have any
debts due me or any money on hands over & above
what may be necessary to pay my debts & not
herein-before devised, it is my will that the
said property money & debts due me, if any,
shall be equally divided between all my children
vis: Sally S. Brewer, A. M. Carter, W. B.
Carter, G.W. Carter, Eliza Gillespie & Mary C.
Taylor.
Lastly: I do constitute & appoint Alfred M.
Carter and Alfred W. Taylor Executors of this my
last will and Testament, & I wish the court not
to require them to give bond & security for the
Execution thereof. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hard & seal this 22ond day of
March 1841.
her
Elizabeth X Carter (Seal)
mark

Signed, sealed and acknowledged in
our presence:
David Nelson
William Stover.

Andrew married Ann Wilson about 1763 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . Ann was born about 1742 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, ; died about 1812 in North Carolina, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note from John James Henry : John Carter was one of the first permanent white settlers in Tennessee in 1766. He opened a store at Carter's Station in Carter's valley (just west of Kingsport, TN). He and other settlers thought they were in Virginia but learned later that they were a little too far south and in land claimed by North Carolina. After Indians burned his store in 1768, he moved east to a safer region along the Watauga River. The area near his settlement later became Elizabethton, TN. He was a merchant, farmer, land agent (entry taker) and land speculator, who before his death in 1781 became the richest man in North Carolina, though his home is now in Tennessee. A gentleman educated in England, John greatly loved wandering in the wilderness and often went on long hunting trips into uncharted territory, taking along his overseer as guide and companion. It was on these trips that he saw much of the land and was able to acquire the choice property (cheap) for resale to later settlers at significant profit. John was principal Author of the Articles of the Watauga Association (the first Constitution of a self governing body in America) and served on the committee which drafted North Carolina's first State Constitution, He served as a Colonel in the NC Militia during the American Revolution and Commanded the defense of the Watauga Settlements against a British incited raid by the Cherokees in 1778. He trained the troops used by Col. John Sevier in the battles he won against British Gen. Howe in North and South Carolina.

John married Mary (Carter) about 1755 in Lancaster County, , , Virginia. Mary was born before 1735 in Lancaster County, , , Virginia; died in 1758 in Lancaster County, , , Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judge married Sarah Slack. Sarah was born about 1730 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]