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1. | John Carter was born about 1728 in Corotoman, , Lancaster County, Virginia; died about 1781 in Washington District (Carter County), , North Carolina, . Notes: Note from John James Henry 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]
John married Elizabeth Taylor about 1761 in Rockbridge County, , , Virginia. Elizabeth was born in 1743 in Rockbridge County, , , Virginia; died after 1776 in Washington District (Carter County), , North Carolina, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Landon C. Carter ![]() Notes: Note from John James Henry 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]
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3. | John Carter ![]() Notes: In 1812, John swore that he had assisted his father as entry taker and verified the accuracy of a number of North Carolina land grants which were being registered to establish land ownership in the State of Tennessee. To have legally assisted his father he would have to have been at least 16, and the earliest land grant he testified to was in 1778, which would put his birth date at 1762 or earlier. |
4. | Emanuel Carter ![]() |
5. | Susan Carter ![]() Notes: Susan Carter was named as executrix in John Carter's Will. She was only 16 years old and not married yet but records show that she served as his executrix. There are no further records of her, so we don't know when she died or who she married. |
6. | Alfred Moore Carter ![]() Notes: Last Will & Testament of Alfred M. Carter Alfred married Matilda W. Wendell about 1810 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Matilda was born about 1785; died on 4 Feb 1816 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Alfred married Evilina Belmont Perry about 1817 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee. Evilina (daughter of David Perry) was born about 1797 in Augusta County, , , Virginia; died about 1877 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | John Mclin Carter ![]() Notes: John died as an infant. |
8. | Sarah Stuart Carter ![]() Sarah married George Duffield on 4 Dec 1805 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee. George was born about 1775 in Philadelphia, , , Pennsylvania; died on 28 Jun 1823 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Sarah married Benjamin Brewer about 21 Jun 1825 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee. Benjamin was born about 1800; died before 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | George Washington Carter ![]() |
10. | William Blount Carter ![]() Notes: CARTER, William Blount, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Elizabethton, Carter County, Tenn., October 22, 1792; attended the public schools; during the War of 1812 served as a colonel; member of the State house of representatives; served in the State senate; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1834 and served as its presiding officer; elected as an Anti Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1841); died in Elizabethton, Tenn., April 17, 1848; interment in Carter Cemetery. William married Miss Lytle about 1827 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Miss was born about 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Elizabeth Massengill "Eliza" Carter ![]() Notes: 1840 Jefferson County, TN Census Elizabeth married George Tennesse Gillespie on 22 Sep 1812 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. George (son of Thomas Gillespie and Agnes Orr) was born on 6 Dec 1789 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; died on 7 Sep 1838 in Greene County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Bethesda Cemetery, , Hamblen County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Mary Cocke Polly Carter ![]() Mary married General James Patton Taylor on 22 Aug 1816 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. General (son of General Nathaniel Taylor and Mary Polly Patton) was born on 5 Nov 1792 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee; died on 12 Jan 1833 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | David Wendel Carter ![]() David married Eliza Jane Hale about 1838 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Eliza was born on 17 Dec 1814 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 30 Nov 1893 in Bristol, , Washington County, Virginia; was buried in Bristol City Cemetery, , Washington County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Elizabeth Juliet Carter ![]() |
15. | Landon Duffield Carter ![]() |
16. | Samuel Powhatan Carter ![]() Notes: Samuel Perry (he changed his middle name to Powhatan) CARTER was born in Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee on 6 August 1819. Carter County was named after his grandfather, Landon CARTER, and Elizabethton was named after his grandmother, Elizabeth McLin CARTER. The CARTERs were probably the richest family in the Northeastern corner of Tennessee during the early 1800's. They had accumulated large land holdings, and operated several iron forges. Samuel was well educated, having attended Duffield Academy, Washington College in Limestone, TN, Princeton University, and graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. He served aboard the U.S.S. Ohio, and saw combat action in the war with Mexico in 1846. Following the war, he returned to Annapolis where he was an instructor. Between 1855 and 1857, he was again at sea and saw action on the China coast. In 1857, he returned to the Naval Academy as an instructor of seamanship. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Samuel was assigned to the War Department, and given the task of returning to Northeastern Tennessee and organizing forces among the mostly Union sympathetic population. He led forces which captured Cumberland Gap in 1862, destroyed 100 miles of railroad tracks, and in 1863, commanded the Kentucky Division which defeated Morgan one day and Smith the next. Recognized for his combat leadership, he advanced in rank throughout the war and was a Major General by war's end. After the war, he returned tothe Naval Academy where he was the Commandant between 1869-1872. In 1882, he was promoted to Rear Admiral, making him the only U.S. military officer to have held the rank of Army General and Navy Admiral. Samuel died on 26 May 1891, and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Samuel's father, Alfred Moore Carter, and grandfather, Landon Carter, also have interesting stories. But instead, let me jump to his great grandfather, John Carter. John was a very wealthy merchantand fur trader. He left Virginia in about 1770 and set up an indian trading post near present day Rogersville, Tennessee. He may have stayed in that location, but the Shawnees robbed and destroyed the post. He moved to the Watauga Settlement near Sycamore Shoals on the Watauga River in what is now Carter County. He was a signer of the Watauga Association in 1772, which provided for self rule four years before the thirteen colonies declared their independence from Great Britain.He held several important postions in Watauga, and was later chairman of the courts in Washington District and Washington County, North Carolina (all of eastern Tennessee). In about 1780, he and his son Landon built a mansion using hand hewn timbers, and installed what is believed to be the first glass windows in the region. John died shortly after the mansion was completed, and may have been the wealthiest man in North Carolina. His descendants were instrumental in the formationof Tennessee in 1796, and two of his great great grandsons became govenors of the State. Samuel married Caroline C. "Carrie" Potts on 16 Jul 1851 in District of Columbia, , , . Caroline (daughter of Samuel J. Potts and Mary A. Ross) was born about 1828 in District of Columbia, , , ; died on 24 May 1875 in Murau, , Tyrol, Austria; was buried on 29 Oct 1875 in Oak Hill Cemetery, , Georgetown, District of Columbia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Samuel married Martha Custis "Markie" Williams on 3 Oct 1877 in District of Columbia, , , . Martha (daughter of Captain William George Williams and America Pinckney Peter) was born on 28 Mar 1827 in Georgetown, , , District of Columbia; died on 31 Oct 1899 in Georgetown, , , District of Columbia; was buried on 2 Nov 1899 in Oak Hill Cemetery, , Georgetown, District of Columbia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
17. | William Belmont Carter ![]() William married Mary H. Fowler about 1843. Mary (daughter of Dr. Charles Fowler) was born about 1822; died about 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] William married Elizabeth J. Brown about 1850 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of Col. William J. Brown) was born about 1830 in Pennsylvania, , , ; died about 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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18. | James Patton Taylor Carter ![]() Notes: Colonel James Patton Taylor Carter James married Margaret M. Dunn on 5 Aug 1851 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of Gen. Samuel Dunn and Jane Maclay) was born in Aug 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
James married Margaret Letcher about 1854. Margaret was born about 1832 in Kentucky, , , ; died about 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
19. | Elizabeth C. Duffield ![]() Elizabeth married Alfred W. Taylor about 1829 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Alfred (son of General Nathaniel Taylor and Mary Polly Patton) was born about 1798 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died about 1868. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
20. | George A. Duffield ![]() George married Charlotte Charlotta (Carter) about 1844 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee. Charlotte was born about 1810 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee; died after 1880 in Elizabethton, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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21. | Samuel Landon Duffield ![]() Samuel married Elizabeth M. Eliza Ferguson about 20 Nov 1851 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of William H. Ferguson and Mary Burns) was born about 1823 in Fincastle, , Botetourt County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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22. | Sarah Carter Duffield ![]() |
23. | William Phillip Brewer ![]() |
24. | Evalina Moore Brewer ![]() |
25. | James Taylor Carter ![]() James married Mary C. Jackson about 1849 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary was born about 1834 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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26. | Elizabeth Carter Gillespie ![]() |
27. | Alfred L. Gillespie ![]() |
28. | Anna Gillespie ![]() Anna married Hugh Lawson McClung about 1844 in Knox County, , , Tennessee. Hugh was born about 1820 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
29. | Mary F. Gillespie ![]() |
30. | Henry Clay Gillespie ![]() |
31. | Alfred Moore Carter Taylor ![]() Alfred married Elizabeth "Betsy" Brown about 1840 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Elizabeth was born about 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
32. | Reverend Nathaniel Greene Taylor ![]() Reverend married Emily Emma Haynes in Jan 1844 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Emily (daughter of David Haynes and Rhoda Ann Taylor) was born about 1822 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; died about 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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33. | Kennedy Taylor ![]() |
34. | Mary Evalina Taylor ![]() |