Hill
Carter
Born in Shirley Plantation, Shirley, Charles City County, VA
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Hill Carter
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Mary Braxton (Randolph) Carter
— married
20 Nov 1817 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Lewis Warrington Carter, Robert Randolph Carter U S Navy, Williams Carter, Bernard Hill Carter, Beverly Randolph Carter and Charles Carter
Died
at age 74
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Aug 2016
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Biography
Hill Carter fought in the War of 1812.
As a sixteen-year-old midshipman in the United States Navy, Hill Carter played an active role in the War of 1812. He served aboard the USS Peacock when it battled the British sloop HMS Epervier in 1814. Reports described him as "the little red-headed midshipman with his cutlass between his teeth" who led "the boarding party..." and "fought manfully." When he returned with the victorious crew, the United States Congress awarded him an inscribed sword. This sword hung on the wall at Shirley Plantation for many decades. In 1882, Hill Carter's son, Robert Randolph Carter, loaned the sword to the Virginia Historical Society. After 126 years on display at the Historical Society, the sword was returned to Shirley in 2008 and is on display for the general public.
Info taken from the Shirley Plantations list of events. (above listed on Hill Carter's page on Find A Grave)
Hill is buried at Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia .
Sources
- 1. Find A Grave memorial #71592956
2. Carter Genealogy (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marshall/esmd26.htm)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hill by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hill:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hill by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hill:
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~0.39%
Theresa (Frye) Floyd
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23andMe
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~0.39%
Sabrina Robinson :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Joseph Roby :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A541378 [compare], Ancestry member joseph_roby81
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~0.39%
Druann (Meade) Dalton :
23andMe, GEDmatch QZ7343527 [compare]
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Is he connected to the correct parents? This page indicates that he is the son of Edward Hill Carter and Sarah Champe: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I61443&tree=Tree1