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Bernard Moore Carter was born November 29, 1789, in Shirley, Charles City county, Virginia, a son of Charles Carter and Ann Butler Moore. In 1803, Bernard married Lucy Grymes Lee, the sister of Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee, Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer, U.S. Congressman and the father of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee,
Bernard died March 7, 1842, at the age of 61 years, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery, in Philadelphia. There are portraits of Bernard on his Find A Grave memorial. [1]
Bernard was named as the brother of Mildred W Carter in her May 1807 Last Will & Testament; when the Will was proved in Dec 1807, Bernard appeared and was named executor - Carter, Bernard M. & Lee, Anne H. (on behalf of Carter Lee, Anna Lee, Smith Lee, Robert Lee, & Mildred Lee): Petition, Charles City County, Virginia, 12 Dec 1816; Legislative Petitions of the [Virginia] General Assembly, 1776-1865, Accession Number 36121, Box 52, Folder 38; digital images, Library of Virginia (http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=510436 : accessed 5 January 2018). [The image includes the Last Will and Testament of Mildred W Carter, daughter of the late Charles Carter Esq of Thorley decd; bequests to affectionate friends Mary & Ann Nelson, daughters of Mr. Robert Nelson; rest and residue ... I give and bequeath to my brother Bernard and William in trust and for ... my dear sister Lee during her life free from the control of her husband General Lee; dated 31 day of May 1807; Will proved 17th day of December 1807. Petition of Bernard M Carter and Anne H Lee on behalf of herself and Carter Lee, Anna Lee, Smith Lee, Robert Lee, and Mildred Lee, her children, to sell slaves bequeathed to them in the Will of Mildred W Carter.]
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