According to Find a Grave, Peter Carter was born in 1818 in Greene County, Tennessee.[1]
See issues section below: Parents are potentially duplicates.
Various unsourced online trees state that Peter was a "...very strong Methodist."
In the 1840 census[2] Peter, aged 20 to 29, has an unidentified wife, aged 20 to 29, and two young sons less than 5 years old. He is living in Monroe County, Tennessee nextdoor to his father Jessee, aged 60-70, who is living with a female aged 40-50. This marriage must have ended by 1842 when Peter remarried. Interestingly, these two young sons don't appear in the 1850 census with Peter. Peter's Find a Grave profile suggests his wife's name was Sarah Rutherford (unsourced).[1]
The marriage license for Peter Carter & Jerusha Dobbs was recorded 2 March 1842 in McMinn County, Tennessee.[3] They were married on 3 Mar 1842.[4] This seems to be the first marriage for Jarusha as she is listed as Miss Jarusha Dobbs
In the 28 Oct 1850 census Peter & Jarusha are living with their family in McMinn County, Tennessee.[5]
Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
Peter Carter
Male
33
Tennessee
Jarusha Carter
Female
24
Tennessee
John Carter
Male
6
Tennessee
Susan Carter
Female
4
Tennessee
James Carter
Male
2
Tennessee
Jasper Carter
Male
1
Tennessee
In about 1859 Peter Carter married his wife Catherine/Katherine. Various unsourced online trees state that Peter T Carter married Catherine Blair or Peter T Carter married Katherine Dilley Talley "within 1 yr prior to 3 Jul 1860" (the date of the 1860 census). What we do know is that in the 1860 census Peter was living with his wife Catharine and 3 Tally children and a Tally family nextdoor. See issues section below: Catherine Blair and Katherine Dilley are potentially duplicates.
"Peter [Carter] married a second time to Katherine Dilley-Talley, widow of Allen Talley, about 1859/60. Katherine had four children: Alma, Emma, Joseph, and Elisha.
In the 1860 Census taken on 3 Jul 1860 Peter was living with his wife Catharine in Galatin, Benton Township, Daviess County, Missouri.[7]The oldest Carter children, John, Susan, James and Jasper, are from Peter's marriage with Jarusha since they appeared in the 1850 census with her. Likely all of the Carter children are Jarusha's. The Tally children are most likely from Catharine's marriage to Allen Tally in 1831.
"On May 1, 1863, Peter Carter, ... , enlisted at Pattonsburg, with Co. F, llth Regt., Missouri Cavalary Volunteers, in the Union Army. His eldest son John L. and son-in-law Alma Talley also served in the same Company. They were all three captured by the Confederates during their time of service by Major General Sterling Price’s Company. They were released after signing statements to the effect that they would not take up arms against the Confederate States until regular exchanged as prisoners of war. They were charged with desertion by the Union during this time."
Civil War Military Service:
1863 in Pattonsburg, Daviess County, Missouri. Age: 40 Company F, 11th MO Infantry[8][9][10]
6 September 1864 in DeVall's Bluff, Prarie County, Arkansas. Captured by the CSA.
1 November 1864 in Benton Barracks, St. Louis City, Missouri. Traded in a prisoner swap.
In the 21 Jul 1870 Peter was living with his wife Catharine in Galatin, Benton Township, Daviess County, Missouri.[11]
Dwelling
Name
Sex
Age
Birth Est.
Birthplace
136
Peter Carter
Male
52
1818
Tennessee
Farming, no RE, $450
Catharine Carter
Female
58
1812
Ohio
Jasper M Carter
Male
20
1850
Tennessee
Farm laborer
Jesse Carter
Male
18
1852
Tennessee
Farm laborer
Franklin P Carter
Male
16
1854
Tennessee
Farm laborer
Julia A Carter
Female
14
1856
Missouri
In the Jun 1880 census Peter was living with his wife Catharine in Benton Township, Daviess County, Missouri.[12]
Name
Role
Sex
Age
Birth Est.
Birthplace
Peter Carter
Self
Male
62
1818
Tennessee
Veterinary Surg.
Catherine Carter
Wife
Female
68
1812
Ohio
William A. Tally
Grandson
Male
9
1871
Missouri
Peter Carter died 25 Jan 1882 (aged 63–64) in Daviess County, Missouri, and is buried in the Webb Cemetery in Pattonsburg, Daviess County, Missouri.[1]
Peter was buried in 1885 in Webb Cemetery, Pattonsburg, Daviess County, Missouri.[13]
Issues to be checked
It appears that Peter's parents are potentially duplicates and also his wife, Catherine. They need to be researched and merged
There is more than one birth fact. They have different dates and locations. Using birth date of 1823 and location of Athens, Mcminn, Tennessee, USA
Date: 1823, Location: Athens, Mcminn, Tennessee, USA
Description: Military enlistment lists Hawkins County, TN
Date: 1817, Location: Green Co, TN
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2Find a Grave: database and images, memorial page for Peter Carter (1818–25 Jan 1882), Find A Grave: Memorial #51571098, citing Webb Cemetery, Pattonsburg, Daviess County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Alison Fuchs (contributor 47261321) .
↑1840 Census: "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYG-48L : 8 December 2020), Peter Carter, Monroe, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 200, NARA microfilm publication, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll; FHL microfilm.
↑1850 Census:
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDG-TVP : 12 April 2016), Peter Carter, McMinn county, McMinn, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1160, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ 6.06.1Pattonsburg, 100 year story, 1877-1977: Pattonsburg, Missouri. Gilbert L. Hutchinson, editor. Pub. Shawnee Mission, Kansas: Inter Collegiate Press, n.d. [1977?] p. 68. FamilySearch
↑1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH8M-4P9 : 14 December 2017), Peter Carter, 1860, Benton Township, Daviess, Missouri, United States.
↑Military Service: Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, Page: National Archives and Records Administration; Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912, documenting the period 1861 - 1866; Catalog ID: 300398; Record Grou.
↑Military Service: Author: Historical Data Systems, comp. Title: American Civil War Soldiers Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data - Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA form the following list of works. Copyright 1997-2000 Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35 Duxbury.Or. Citing: Page: Side served: Union; State served: Missouri (accessed before 4 June 2014)
↑Military Service: Author: National Park Service Title: U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865.
↑1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4D1-54J : 12 April 2016), Peter Carter, Missouri, United States; citing p. 19, family 134, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,272.
↑1880 Census: United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66B-697 : 14 January 2022), Peter Carter, Benton Township, Daviess, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
↑Burial: Author: Ancestry.com Title: Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903.
Levi Carter Sr And Descendants: Volume 7 Of The Pratt Progenitor Papers by Floyd Thomas Pratt F.H.C., M.A.G.I., 2013 Internet Archive
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter 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.
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Carter-12769 and Carter-2907 do not represent the same person because: I have a book "Pattonsburg: 100- year story 1877-1977. It has the "Carter's of" Peter Carter and Jasper Carter. I have proof of the date's of any of them.