Son of Matthew Carter and Cassandra Barbour Carter.
Passports of Southeastern Pioneers, 1770-1823, page 283
Passports Issued by Governors of Georgia
Tuesday 16th April 1811
On application
ORDERED
That a passport be prepared for Messers. Mathew Carter Senr. with his wife two children and two negroes, Mathew Carter Junr. with his wife two children and one negro, William Goff with his wife and two children, William Carter and his wife and Edmund Goff and James Goff, all from the County of Bulloch in this State to travel through the Creek Nation of Indians. Which was presented and signed.[1]
Children with Mary Rester Carter (1792 - ____)
Elizabeth Carter Wilson (1808 - 1870) m Thomas Wilson
Joseph Carter (1811 - ____) m Lucinda Goff.
Anna Nancy CARTER m John J Wells
Children with Ann Nancy Goff Carter (1791 - ____)
Matthew III CARTER m Exer/Exa Roberts,
William Tone Carter (1821 - 1895)m [1]Jane J Goff, [2]Elizabeth Beardslee, [3]Mrs Sarah Ann Davis Thompson,
Thomas CARTER m Ellen Byrd,
Mary Carter Carter (1824 - 1907) m John Carter,
Martha Carter Broom (1826 - 1894) m Cicero Broome,
Susan Carter Byrd (1828 - 1856) m James 'Jim' Sidney Byrd
Wiley Griffin Carter (1832 - 1911)m [1]Malinzy Roberts, [2]Mrs Susan Lyons Roberts,
From the Memoirs of Rev Abiezer Clark Ramsay.
...."Where are now the original tenters that first inaugurated the plan and carried out to successful development the object and aim of this CAMP GROUND? [SALEM]...Where is the sainted Peter HELVESTON, William CARTER, Matthew CARTER, Samuel DAVIS, Henry FLETCHER, Edmind(sic) GOFF, Bryant FERRELL, William MIZELL, Father WELLS, Isaac WELLS, besides many others who were generally seen on that ground with open arms, open hearts, and open tents to receive, feed, and care for the people assembled there to hear the word of Life?"...[3]
Census
United States Census, 1850 Mississippi, Jackson county
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L8-QDH : 9 November 2014), Matthew Carter, Jackson county, Jackson, Mississippi, United States; citing family 282, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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