Joseph McCarroll Carter (1838 - 1902)

Born 25 Mar 1838 in Roane, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Matilda (Williams) Carter — married 10 Mar 1859 (to 15 May 1902) in Polk, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 15 May 1902 at age 64 in Shady Grove, Logan, Arkansas, United States

Biography

Joseph McCarroll Carter was born on 25 March 1838 in Roane County, Tennessee. ^[1] He was a son of Moses Looney Carter Sr. and Cynthia Isabella McCarrell. ^[2] He married Elizabeth Williams in 1859 in Polk County, Missouri. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} He passed away on 15 May 1902 in Hobart, Logan County, Arkansas. He was interred in Elizabeth Hall Cemetery, New Blaine, Logan County, Arkansas. ^[1]

Joseph served with the 29th Texas Cavalry, Company H, Confederate States of America. He enlisted in July of 1862. Company H was raised in Collin County, Texas, under Captain William A. Brown, where Joseph McCarrell Carter is listed as a sergeant.

The 29th Texas Cavalry participated in a number of battles and skirmishes in Arkansas in 1864.

The 29th also participated in a number of battles in the Indian Territory in 1863 and 1864.

By 1868 Joseph had moved his family to Johnson County, Arkansas. They moved to the area known as "Carter Mountain" in Harkey Valley near New Blaine in Logan County, Arkansas. (Logan Co. was formed from Johnson Co.) He had received Homestead Certificate #63336 for 160 acres of land in Arkansas by the Government Land Office on Sept. 18, 1894.

The Land Records for Logan County, Arkansas shows the following; Carter, Joseph M 160 acres Sept 18, 1894, Sec 36, Twp 7N, Rng 23W, Dardanelle.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Find a Grave Index,"
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850,"
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850,"
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870,"
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880,"
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900,"

• "Find a Grave Index"

Joseph McCarroll Carter

Elizabeth Hall Cemetery Logan County, Arkansas, USA

Find A Grave: Memorial #107560488

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZJ-D2Q: 12 April 2016), Moses L Carter, Polk county, Polk, Missouri, United States; citing family 573, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Moses L Carter M 37 Tennessee

Cythia Carter F 39 Tennessee

Jefferson Carter M 17 Tennessee

Sarah Carter F 16 Tennessee

John Carter M 14 Tennessee

Joseph Carter M 12 Tennessee

Mary Carter F 11 Tennessee

Elvira Carter F 9 Tennessee

Julia Carter F 8 Missouri

Melinda Carter F 5 Missouri

Amanda Carter F 3 Missouri

Adaline Carter F 1 Missouri

Susannah McDaniel F 51 Tennessee

• "United States Census, 1870," Arkansas, Johnson County, Shoal Creek Township, Ellsworth P.O., 17 June 1870, page 14(85B), family #103, microfilm #0545556,

Carter Joseph M 32 M Farmer $666 TN

Eliza M 32 F MO

Mary I 9 F TX

Laura J 7 F TX

Frederick N 4 M TX

Henry L 2 M AR

Joseph W 5/12 M AR born Jan 1870

• "United States Census, 1880," Arkansas, Logan County, Shoal Creek Township, 10 June 1880, page 182A, family #9, line 45, microfilm # 1254050

Carter, Joseph M WM 42 TN TN TN

Eliza M wife WF 42 MO MO MO

Fred N son WM 16 TX TN MO

Henry Lee son WM 14 AR TN MO

Joseph W son WM 12 AR TN MO

Anne M dau WF 10 AR TN MO

Mattie dau WF could not read

Luella dau WF could not read

• "United States Census, 1900," Arkansas, Logan County, Shoal Creek Township, 14 June 1900 (Hobart?), SD 4, ED 60, page 160B(8B), family #130, line 53, microfilm #1240066

Carter, J. M. 60 Mar 1838 TN TN TN (Joseph McCarroll Carter)

Liza M. 62 Oct 1838 MO TN TN (Matilda Elizabeth Williams)

Jordon O. 18 Jun 1881 Ark TN MO (Jordan E. Cravens)

Grover Cleveland 15 Dec 1884 Ark TN MO

married 41 years, 10 births, 10 living